Isabella Eklöf

Isabella Eklöf
Born (1978-02-10) 10 February 1978 (age 46)
Östra Ryds landskommun, Stockholms län, Sweden[1]
NationalitySwedish
Alma materNational Film School of Denmark
OccupationScreenwriter
film director

Isabella Eklöf (born 10 February 1978) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director.

Eklöf attended the National Film School of Denmark.[2] She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In.[3]

Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film Border with director Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist.[2] For Border, Eklöf, Abbasi and Lindqvist were nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay;[4] they were also nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.[5] She also wrote and directed the 2018 Danish film Holiday, for which she won the New Wave Best Picture and New Wave Best Director awards at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas;[6] Holiday went on to win four Bodil Awards, including Best Danish Film.[7]

Awards and nominations

Film Year Award Result Ref(s)
Border 2018 European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Nominated [5]
2019 Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay Nominated [4]
Holiday 2018 Fantastic Fest Award for New Wave Best Picture Won [6]
Fantastic Fest Award for New Wave Best Director Won

References

  1. ^ Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013 Swedish death index 1901-2013. Version 6.0 (in Swedish). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642.
  2. ^ a b Simon, Alissa (2 March 2019). "Film Review: 'Border'". Variety. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Let the Right One In (2008)". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Nominerade 2018" (in Swedish). Guldbaggen.se. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "The 31st European Film Awards" (PDF). European Film Academy. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Fantastic Fest 2018 Announces The Fantastic Fest Awards". Fantastic Fest. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. ^ Wind-Friis, Lea (2 March 2019). "Voldtægtsfilm af debutant blev den store vinder til Bodil-festen". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 2 March 2019.


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