Anna-Maria Kantarius

Studies

2006       

EAVE, Entrepreneurs de l’Audiovisuel. Workshop for European producers.

2001-2005   

Producer programme, The National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999-2000           

Audio-visual communication, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

1998-1999          

Stockholm Film School, Stockholm, Sweden

1996-1997         

Department of Cinema studies, Stockholm University and Copenhagen University

1996       

Graduation, Ecole Française, Stockholm, Sweden


Selected Filmography

2009    

Producer: Cities on Speed- BOGOTÁ CHANGE

Documentary, Upfront Films, supported by Danish Filminstitute, DR2 , Danida, Sundance Channel, NHK.

Producer: Cities on Speed- MUMBAI DISCONNECTED

Documentary, Upfront Films, supported by Danish Filminstitute, DR2 , Danida, Sundance Channel, NHK.

2008                       

Co-producer: Slaves

Animated documentary, Pausefilm, supported by the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Film Institutes and Nordic Film and Tv fund, In co-production with Story AB. 

2007                   

Producer/ Director: Shanghai Rap

Documentary, Pausefilm. Supported by the Danish Film Institute the Film Workshop

Producer: Bessie

Documentary film, Pausefilm. Supported by the Danish Film Institute and the Danish Ministry of Education

Producer: Voice over voice

Experimental documentary Pausefilm. Supported by the Danish Film Institute and the Film Workshop.

Producer: Poems

Series of 5 shorts, supported by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation

Producer: Goodbye Bluebird

Short film, Pausefilm. Supported by the Danish Film Institute, Film Stockholm, Film i Skåne and the Swedish Film Institute.

2006                 

Producer: Hearing Boy

Documentary, Cosmo Doc. Supported by the Danish Film Institute 

2005                 

Producer: In Transit

Graduation Film, the National Film School of Denmark

Producer: InshAllah

Documentary Graduation Film, the National Film School of Denmark

2004        

Producer: Cirkus

Animated Graduation Film, the National Film School of Denmark

Producer: F*ck the Rapist!

Fictive commercial shorts supported by the Swedish Film Institute and Film Stockholm 

2003       

Producer: Margarita

Documentary Graduation Film, the National Film School of Denmark 

Co-producer: Right Hand

Documentary Graduation Film, the National Film School of Denmark

2002   

Producer: Gone thinking (Borta i tankar)

Fiction film supported by the Swedish Film Institute and Film Stockholm

Producer/ Director: Managua Rap

Documentary supported by SVT and DANIDA

2001   

Director: Late at Night- Early in the Century

Experimental short film supported by the Swedish Film Institute, SVT and Hansel Productions


Film related employment

2005-                

Producer: Upfront Films Aps, Cosmo Doc Aps (DK), Pausefilm Aps (DK), Story AB (SE)

Lectures in project development/ Coaching production strategies for Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm,
Film Stockholm/  Filmbasen, HBG/ Boost Helsingborg

2000                  

Project co-ordinator, CinemAfrica, African Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

2000

Producer/ Director, Barcelona Television, Spain

1999

Co-ordinator Guest Department, Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden

1998

Project co-ordinator, CinemAfrica, African Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

1998

Assistant Distribution Dept., Folkets Bio, Stockholm, Sweden


Languages: Swedish, English, Spanish, French, Polish, Danish, Romanian