THE BEAR
a succesful woman at the top of her career is fed up with being a human being, buys herself a bear suit and emigrates to the wilderness. when civilization finally catches up, she has to choose which world to belong to.
19 min fiction 2018.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Nils Bergendal
MAN WITHOUT DIRECTION
When his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Mr D finds himself more lost than ever. He checks in at a shabby hotel but is drawn into a world of endless corridors, lethal waitresses and talk show hosts that decapitate their guests. A dark, humoristic and surrealistc journey inspired by Dante’s Inferno. 9 min fiction 2015.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Art Direction: Miriam Myrtell
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Nina Jemth and Pelle Öhlund
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Johan Bävman
RAIN
A woman wakes up from rain on her pillow. When she gets out of bed the rain follows her. She carries the rain with her through the day. 9 min fiction 2014. Built and recorded at Ystad studios.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Nils Bergendal
SOUND OF NOISE
Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of renegade drummers decide to perform a musical apocalypse using the city as their orchestra. Reluctantly, Warnebring embarks on his first musical investigation. 98 min fiction 2010.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Sound: Nicholas Becker
Music: Fred Avril & Magnus Börjesson
Photo: Nils Bergendal
WOMAN BY GRAMOPHONE
A woman is sitting by a gramophone, listening. She is eating a pice of cake. A vinyl record is playing under the pick-up. When the record ends she decides to play something completely different. 4 min fiction 2006.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
Music: Magnus Börjesson
WAY OF THE FLOUNDER
In the North Sea a flounder is hiding in the seaweed. The flounder feeds on mussels and small shrimp. Many dangers lurk at the bottom of the sea but the flounder is clever. One day the flounder is caught in a net and pulled up on a trawler. It dies on the deck. The fish is now entering a new phase of its existence. The flounder travels on, though life has come to an end. 10 min fiction 2005.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Nils Bergendal
HOTEL RIENNE
The day begins as any day for Henry Dahlberg. He arrives on time to the office building and takes the elevator to the sixth floor. But very soon he finds that something is terribly wrong. Course of events are repeated and for short moments he’s thrown into the near future. Slowly, Henry comes to suspect the worst; his linear time has collapsed. Capriciously and without reason, he’s now forced to experience his working day in the wrong order. 27 min fiction 2002.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Nils Bergendal
JOHNNY & FISKEN
Children series for Swedish Television, 2010.
PD: Cecilia Sterner
Script and acting: Valle Westesson & Måns Nilsson
DoP: Joachim Hedén
MUSIC FOR ONE X-MAS AND SIX DRUMMERS
Six drummers disguise themselves and sneak into an elderly home. Secretly, they perform a piece of music for sewing machines, knittings and a Christmas tree. 5 min fiction 2010.
PD: Cecilia Sterner & Madeleine Schwanz
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Nils Bergendal
MUSIC FOR ONE APARTMENT AND SIX DRUMMERS
Six drummers execute a well-planned musical attack in the suburbs. As an elderly couple walk their dog the drummers take over. On everyday objects they give a concert in four movements: Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom and Livingroom. The drummers perform on everything from dog dishes and slippers to toilet brush and microwave oven. The hidden music in the household objects is just waiting to be brought to life. 10 min fiction 2001
PD: Cecilia Sterner & Madeleine Schwanz
Directors: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
DoP: Charlotta Tengroth
Photo: Nils Bergendal