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      Screenwriting

 

Why screenwriting then? That´s a good question. Writing books gives more prestige. Writing novels is easy comparing screenwriting. A fact that many denies.

So why?

  Because stories on the screen belongs to the future as well as the present. If I just take a look at my own children: They read a book now and then. But they watch TV, videos and movies all the time!

  Another reason is that the possibilities in filmmaking haven't been used up yet. Production companies are obstinate in their production of chewinggum instead of food! I believe that people will get weary of just beeing entertained all the time. They will ask for deeper and more complicated stories. The market consists of more teenagers.

  A third reason is my own passion. Film is simply the fastest and most

thrilling, interesting, fascinating and challenging art genre.

              

Favourite films:

 

The remains of the day (Återstoden av dagen) - Deer Hunter - The Warrior's Soul (Krigarens själ) - This is Your Life (Här har du ditt liv) - The Piano - Shutter Island

 

 

Work exerience:

 

 I’ve written twenty books.             

 I`ve written ten performed plays. 

 I have also written four featur film screenplays and a handful of short film screenplays. They have all arouse intrest among producers and directors but none of them has been seen on the screen yet...

 

 

Screenlays:

 

Surface tension - (Ytspänning) Feature film script. Thriller.

The divers' work in the depths changes into a dramatic rescue operation when a submarine collides at the oilrig.

  The script is based on my novel Ytspänning which was released in 1999 and became the Poloni-prize – best Swedish female thriller-debut of the year.  The script  is available in English. The novel is translated into German, Dutch and Danish.

  Cinemacho AB in Stockholm has an optioncontract and is planning to perform this film in 2012.

 

The Milky Way - (Vintergatan). Feature film script. Drama.

During twentyfour hours all the characters unknowingly affect each other’s destiny. When dawn breaks, everything has changed. A winter story about identity and love.

This is a script based on my novel Vintergatan released the first time in 1997 and once again in 2008.

 

Solitude - (På en öde ö i havet). Feature film script. Drama.

He gave her money, she gave him love... . A story about possession and morality.

This is a script based on my shortnovel På en öde ö i havet, edited in 1998 and  also published in the book Isbränna och andra berättelser. It is released on cd, read by the famous Swedish actor Sven Wollter who also has had an option to this script but unfortunately failed in provide capital for it.

 

Ice Burned - (Isbränna) Feature film script. Drama.

She raised him to speak out against racism, nazism and against everything that threatens democracy. That’s why they killed him. So where is democracy now, when she, his mother, needs it? A story about revenge and guilt.

 

 

short film script:

 

The Cranes - (Tranorna) Short film script - 28 min. Drama.

The countrypostman’s customers are his only family. So how can he accept that the service will get shut down..?

 

The Chaffinch - (Bofinken) Short film script. 15 min. Children's comedy.

One morning their mother is gone. Again. They don´t want to come to the orphanage again so why tell anyone..?

 

For ever young - (Evigt unga) Short film script. 28 min. Drama.

They are both retired. This weekend they are expecting their grandchildren. She is just going out for a walk and some shopping.

  When she returns her life is totally changed. She met a man...

 

Wafers and Priests - (Fjällets oblater) Short film script - 28 min. Comedy.

 A story about a conservative clergyman working at a winter sport village where the tourist’s desires are sometimes bizarre not to speak about his own desire which shows up to be a radical feminist. He just simply can´t accept female priests…

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I apologize the translation, made by myself!