Axel Petersén, born 1979 in Stockholm, is a filmmaker who has made a variety of feature and short films, music videos, video and photography installations; exhibited in galleries and institutions, shown at filmfestivals and cinemas worldwide. He’s is educated at FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and the Mountain School of Arts in Los Angeles. Petersén’s feature THE REAL ESTATE, co-directed with Måns Månsson, had its world premiere in Competition at the Berlinale. Petersén’s feature debut, AVALON, premiered at Toronto, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize for Best First Feature. It went on to screen in Forum at the 2012 Berlinale. Axel has recently filmed his latest feature “Shame on Dry Land” a feature fiction story aswell as a documentary of Omar Sharif. Shame on dry land (Syndabocken) premiered at Toronto film festival and won nine awards at the Guldbagge filmfestival, among them for best director and script.
Axel
Petersén
Feature Films
- 2023
Shame on Dry Land, Idyll
- 2021
The Life and Times of Omar Sharif, Fedra
- 2018
The Real Estate - Toppen av Ingenting, Co-Directed with Måns Månsson, Flybridge
- 2016
Under the Pyramid, Idyll
- 2012
Avalon, Fasad
Short Films
- 2011
The Tracks of My Tears, Axel Petersén Productions
- 2008
A Good Friend of Mr World, Axel Petersén Productions
Awards
Awards
- 2023
Guldbagge Award (Winner), Best Direction for Shame on Dry Land
- 2019
Guldbagge Award (Nominee), Best Direction (Shared with Måns Månsson) for The Real Estate
- 2018
Berlin International Film Festival (Nominee), Golden Berlin Bear (Shared with Måns Månsson) for The Real Estate
- 2018
Geneva International FIlm Festival (Nominee), Best Feature Film (Shared with Måns Månsson) for The Real Estate
- 2012
Göteborgs Film Festival, Dragon Award (Nominee), Best Nordic Film for Avalon
- 2011
Toronto International Film Festival (Winner), Discovery for Avalon
- 2009
Warsaw International Film Festival (Nominee), Best Short for A Good Friend of Mr World
- 2009
Guldbagge Awards (Nominee), Best Short for A Good Friend of Mr World