Breaking Social
Breaking Social explores the possibilities of overcoming injustice and corruption. The film aims to re-imagine the building blocks of our societies and ignite the hope that lives within us all.
Fredrik Gertten
Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning Swedish director. He’s 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’s also the founder of the production company WG Film – one of Sweden’s most prominent documentary production companies. Here he combines filmmaking with a role as 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’s also a co-host of the podcast PUSHBACK Talks together with Leilani Farha.
FILMOGRAPHY
Selected films as director:
Jozi Gold, co-directed with Sylvia Vollenhoven (2019)
Push (2019)
Becoming Zlatan, co-directed with Magnus Gertten (2016),
Bikes vs Cars (2015)
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011)
BANANAS!* (2009)
The Socialist, the Architect and the Twister Tower (2005)
An Ordinary Family (2005)
Bye Bye Malmö/ Just a Piece of Steel (2003)
The Way Back, True Blue 2, co-directed with Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (2002)
The Death of a Working Man’s Newspaper (2000)
True Blue, co-directed with Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (2000)