MALIN INGRID JOHANSSON was born and raised on a farm in the Swedish countryside, Malin Ingrid might be one of few directors who knows how to operate a tractor as well as a camera.

Malin just won the prize for Best Short Film at TIFF 2024 with her third short film called ”Deck 5/Däck 5”, produced by Pine and starring Alma Pöysti in the lead role. 5 200 short films were submitted to the Short film section at TIFF. Both Deck 5 and the previous short film Madden have been qualified for the short list for an Academy Award for Best Short Film. To be continued …

She is also in development with a feature film, based on the short film "Madden".

Her short film “Madden” had its international premiere at the Berlinale 2023 and was awarded Best Swedish Short at Gothenburg International Film Festival (GIFF) 2023. Malin has also been shortlisted for the Young Director Award in Cannes in the category "Changing the world frame by frame". Her latest music video for José González premiered exclusively at Pitchfork.

Malin and DOP Maximilian Pittner shot the short film “Brynjar” (2018) in Iceland with a handheld 16mm camera and a documentary approach to the process. They were told stories about dead whales exploding and why a whole crew of sailors started taking “snus” (chewing tobacco) with mint flavor. Malin also stayed in the basement of the then Swedish ambassador Håkan Juholt, former Swedish Prime minister. She and Håkan communicated through handwritten notes left on the wall to wall carpet covered staircase, since they never managed to be at the house at the same time.  

Malin started out as a still photographer before transitioning into directing music videos, art film, commercials and short films.

With a keen eye for detail, Malin looks at the world in a raw yet sensitive way. With a loving eye for the human being she holds a deep interest for the conditions and themes such as ambivalence, guilt and the power of dreams. In her work she leaves plenty of room for the viewer to see themselves on the screen. If suddenly, the story is about them, then Malin knows she has succeeded.

Agent: Martina Österling

SELECTED WORKS

Untitled - Feature film (writer/director) - in development
Deck 5/Däck 5 - Short film (writer/director) - 2024
Madden - Short film (writer/director)
International Premiere Berlinale 2023
Best Short Film Gothenburg Film festival 2023, Startsladden
Watch here at SVT 
Brynjar (att bära en ö) - Short film (writer/director)
In Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, opening exhibition - 2018
Watch here
It’s Britney Bitch - Documentary (writer/director)
For SVT - 2018

commercial films - SELECTION

Macaulay Culkin for Happy Socks, films for Apple, UNDP, Save the children, Macy's, IKEA, H&M, Telia, amongst others: https://pine.se/malin-ingrid

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Deck 5/Däck 5 - Short film (writer/director)
- Winner of Best Short Film at TIFF - 2024

Madden - Short film (writer/director)
- Nominated for Best Short Film at Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - 2024
- International Premiere Berlinale - 2023
- Winner of Best Short Film “Startsladden” Gothenburg International Film festival - 2023