Film Talk: Local Stories, Global Impact

Film Talk: Local Stories, Global Impact

What does a car dealership in Sao Paulo have to do with Malaysia? And how is cycling in Copenhagen connected? Award-winning Swedish director Fredrik Gertten has made a career out of showing the connections between local issues and their global impacts. Using his films Big Boys Going Bananas and Bikes Vs Cars, Gertten will show us how telling local stories can have big impacts on the global level.

Speaker

Fredrik Gerrten

Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning Swedish director. He is famous for local stories with a global impact, with films like ‘Push’ (2019), ’Jozi Gold’ (2019), ‘Bikes vs Cars’ (2015), ‘Big Boys Gone Bananas!*’ (2011) and ‘Bananas!*’ (2009). He is also the founder of the production company WG Film, one of Sweden’s most prominent documentary production companies. Here he combines filmmaking with his role as the creative producer. In October 2017, Fredrik was named Honorary Doctor at Malmö University’s Faculty of Culture and Society for his work as a documentary filmmaker. He is also a co-host of the podcast ‘PUSHBACK’ together with Leilani Farha.

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