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FREETOWN FILMS

FreetownFilms is a Swedish production company founded in 2011 by director, producer, and journalist Viktor Nordenskiöld. With a strong international outlook, the company creates documentaries for cinema and television that combine journalistic depth with cinematic storytelling. Our films are character-driven and emotionally resonant, offering audiences both connection and reflection.

In addition to independent productions, FreetownFilms collaborates with NGOs and institutions such as UNHCR, WWF, and SPL, creating films that merge artistic ambition with pressing global issues.

Over the years, FreetownFilms has worked with a wide network of creative collaborators, including producers, editors, cinematographers, composers, broadcasters, and cultural institutions across Europe.


Viktor Nordenskiöld


Viktor Nordenskiöld is an award winning Swedish director, producer and journalist. He has since 2001 made films for Swedish TV, his short Out of This World premiered at Berlinale (2014), his first released feature The Feminister premiered at CPH DOX (2019), the second Behind The Swedish Model at GIFF Gothenburg Film Festival and CPH:DOX (2022), and third Hemligheten at Tempo FF (2023). The EUkrainian premiered at CPH:DOX, competing for the F:ACT Award, which celebrates engaged cinematic storytelling of contemporary and political urgency.

Viktor has a Master of Arts (MA) from Stockholm University of the Dramatic Arts (2017) and a Bachelor (BJ) in Journalism from The Netherlands and Denmark (1994). He has been a member of the Artistic Commission for Film at The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (2020-2023).

FILMOGRAPHY

THE EUKRAINIAN, documentary, director & producer, 2025

THE SECRET / HEMLIGHETEN, documentary, director, 2023

BEHIND THE SWEDISH MODEL, documentary, director, 2022

THE FEMINISTER / UTRIKESMINISTERN, documentary, director, 2019

OUT OF THAT WORLD, short documentary, director, 2017

OUT OF THIS WORLD, short documentary, director, 2014

MISSION: SAVE THE OCEAN, National Geographic documentary series, 3*28 min, editor, producer & field producer, 2012-2013

TOMORROW, short documentary, director, 2011

DOM KALLAS RASISTER (THEY ARE CALLED RACISTS), TV4 documentary, producer, 2010

I WAS WORTH 50 SHEEP, documentary by Nima Sarvestani, assistant producer, 2010

EN SOM ALLA - ALLA SOM EN (ONE LIKE ALL‚ ALL LIKE ONE), documentary, director & producer, 2008

SVENSKA SOLDATFABRIKEN (SWEDISH SOLDIERS FACTORY), documentary, director & producer, 2008

KANTULES SKUGGA (THE SHADOW OF KANTULE), SVT documentary, director 2006

IDOLS AGAINST ALL ODDS, TV4 documentary, director, 2007

FREDLÖS (OUTLAW / GIRLS IN JEOPARDY), TV4 documentary, director, 2001

Collaborators

Producers & Co-Producers

  • Anita Rehoff-Larsen – Co-producer, Sant & Usant AS, The EUkrainian

  • Ashley J. Smith –Creative Producer, Lust for Life

  • Christian Popp – Producer, The EUkrainian

  • Dirk Manthey –Producer, Lust for Life

  • Dylan Williams – Producer, The EUkrainian; Development Producer & Drama Consultant, Hemligheten; Producer, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Helen Prestgard – Line Producer, Sant & Usant AS, The EUkrainian

  • Karin Ekberg – Development Producer, Hemligheten

  • Malcolm Dixelius – Co-Producer, Hemligheten, Producer, The EUkrainian

  • Mario Adamson –Creative Producer, Lust for Life

  • Olha Beskhmelnytsina – Producer, The EUkrainian

  • Per Lindström –Producer

  • Sergio Ghizzardi – Producer, The EUkrainian

  • Stina Gardell - Producer

  • Tone Grøttjord-Glenne – Co-producer, Sant & Usant AS, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Tom Brennan – Producer / Production Support

  • Zara Arrehed – Assistant Producer / Production Support, The EUkrainian

Editors

  • Audrey Maurion – Editor, The EUkrainian

  • Britta Norell – Editor, The Feminister

  • Eva Tillberg – Editor, The Feminister

  • Jakob Åsell – Editor, The Feminister

  • Lina Mannheimer – Edit Consultant, Hemligheten

  • Matti Kentrschynskyi – Editor, The Feminister

  • Nils Nouchi – Editor, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Petter Brundell – Editor, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Simon Carlgren – Editor, The EUkrainian, Hemligheten, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Tell Aulin – Editor, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Tone Grøttjord-Glenne – Edit Consultant, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Yousra Said – Edit Consultant, Hemligheten

Cinematographers & Photography

  • Alain Fisch – Cinematographer, The EUkrainian

  • Andrii Kotliar– Cinematographer, The EUkrainian

  • Bo Landin – Cinematography Support

  • Denys Melnyk – Cinematographer, The EUkrainian

  • Erik Pauser – Additional Photography, The EUkrainian

  • Felicia Margineanu – Still Photographer (Director portrait), The EUkrainian

  • Ilja Yehorov – Cinematographer, The EUkrainian

  • Johannes Molin – Title Graphics, The EUkrainian

  • Niklas Panthell – Cinematographer, Gimbal Photography, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Patrice Michaux – Cinematographer, The EUkrainian

  • Serhiy Stetsenko – Cinematographer, The EUkrainian

  • Tim Ekendahl – Additional Photography, The EUkrainian

  • Viktor Nordenskiöld – Director of Photography, multiple films: The EUkrainian, Hemligheten, Behind the Swedish Model, The Feminister

  • Åke Bertil Johansson – Archive Photographer, Hemligheten

Music & Sound

  • Martin Landquist – Composer, The EUkrainian, The Feminister, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Adrian Souyris Strumse – Sound Effects Editor, The EUkrainian

  • Anna Nilsson – Dialogue Mixer, The EUkrainian

  • Fredrik Ståhlne – Sound Design, Hemligheten

  • Håkon Lammetun – Sound Design & Re-recording Mixer, The EUkrainian

  • Jonas Sjöberg – Sound Design, Hemligheten

  • Raf Keunen – Original Music, The EUkrainian

  • Thomas Résimont – Sound Design, The EUkrainian

Script & Drama Consultants

  • Åsa Blanck – Drama Consultant, Hemligheten

  • Kersti Grunditz Brennan – Drama Consultant, Hemligheten

  • Phil Jandalay – Drama Consultant, Hemligheten

  • Dylan Williams – Drama Consultant, Hemligheten

  • Nils-Thomas Andersson – FilmCentrum

  • Sofia Klemming Nordenskiöld

  • Stig Hansén

  • Tom Brennan

  • Ulla Nordenskiöld

Research, Translation & Archive

  • Ellenor Larsson – Translator, Svensk Medietext, The EUkrainian

  • Sara Henriksson – Log / Archive, The EUkrainian, Hemligheten

  • Sofi Helleday – Archive Log, Hemligheten

  • Tomas Lindblad – Researcher, The EUkrainian

Design, Graphics & Postproduction

  • David Ricci – Film Graphics, The EUkrainian

  • Fredrik Harreschou – Color Grader, The EUkrainian

  • Jens Valberg – Online Editor, The EUkrainian

  • Miimi Muskos (Vårsön) – Grade / Colorist, Hemligheten

  • Simon Carlgren – Online Editor, The EUkrainian

  • Tone Grøttjord-Glenne – Edit Consultant, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

Broadcasters & Commissioning Editors

  • Asta Dalman – Executive Producer, SVT, The EUkrainian, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Charlotte Hellström – SVT, Hemligheten

  • Fredrik Færden – Acquisitions Executive, NRK, The EUkrainian

  • Ida Høyer Bom – Commissioning Editor, DR2, The EUkrainian

Film Institutes & Funds

  • Swedish Film Institute (via Anna Weiss, Jenny Örnborn, Klara Nilsson Grunning) – The EUkrainian

  • Fritt Ord Foundation (Bente Roalsvig) – The EUkrainian

  • Norwegian Film Institute (Eirin Gjørv) – The EUkrainian

  • Nordisk Film & TV Fond (Karolina Lidin, Lise Lowholm) – The EUkrainian

  • Swedish Film Institute Festival Manager (Sara Rüster) – The EUkrainian

Sales, Distribution & Impact

  • Autlook Film Sales – World Sales, The EUkrainian, The Feminister, Behind the Swedish Model

  • Anna Dziapshipa – Distribution, Georgia

  • Karina Bernauer – Impact & Distribution

Special Thanks & Collaborators

  • Antonio Rosso Merenda

  • Bo Landin

  • Britta Norell

  • Claes Nordenskiöld

  • Edvard Stockstad

  • Emil Engerdahl

  • Erik Gandini

  • Eva Tillberg

  • Gustaf Nordenskiöld

  • Ingela Bendt

  • Jacob Solgren

  • Johan Palmgren

  • Johan Söderberg

  • Jonathan Ewing

  • Katherine Yan

  • Kattis Hellberg

  • Matti Kentrschynskyi

  • Nils Nordenskiöld

  • Nils-Thomas Andersson – FilmCentrum

  • Sofia Klemming Nordenskiöld

  • Stig Hansén

  • Tom Brennan

  • Ulla Nordenskiöld