MYRLANDET

Bogland

Suecia. 2011. Color. 15 min. Ficción. .

Film Director: Jonas Selberg Augustsén.

Why are Arctic brambles so much more valuable than cloudberries and why did Sápmi men lay down naked on the bog in the old days? How would one react to a mock execution and what exactly is anxiety hysteria? Two rootless girls with more questions than answers trying to cautiously approach their Sápmi roots during a summer's night...

Jonas Selberg Augustsén

Jonas was born in Sweden in 1974. He started as a carpenter, went on and became Head of Sales at H&M in Northern Sweden before he decided to change roads in life. He studied Film Production at Kalix Folkhögskola and went on to The School of Film Directing in Gothenburg for four years. He has worked on several awarded short films with the production company Bokomotiv Filmproduktion.

"Myrlandet" (2011) / "The Tree Lover" (2008, Lm) / "Processen" (2006) / "Kalven och friheten" (2005) / "Hus, torn, stenmurar & en och annan drake" (2004) / "Vägen hem - på deras frukt ska ni känna igen dem" (2003) / "Vägen hem - följ med mig till en öde trakt" (2002) / "Underbara Sverige" (2001) / "Tryggarekan" (2000) / "Dagen är kommen" (1999)