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Caroline Troedsson

Documentary Director & Cinematographer

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Latest release as Co-Director and Director of Photography (only available in Swedish)

Vi får följa Betlehem Isaak när hon söker efter sin pappa, den svensk-eritreanske journalisten och författaren Dawit Isaak. Hon träffar de människor som kände honom i Sverige och Betlehems mamma Sofia uttalar sig för första gången sedan 2005. Filmen blir ett löfte om att tystnaden aldrig ska segra. Men det är också en film om att vara dotter, mamma och att sakna en morfar. En dokumentärfilm av Betlehem Isaak och Caroline Troedsson.

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Nelly & Nadine - a remarkable love story (2022)

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Nelly & Nadine - a remarkable love story (2022)

Nelly & Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family. Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story.

Only the Devil Lives Without Hope (2020)

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Only the Devil Lives Without Hope (2020)

Only the Devil Lives Without Hope is a real-life thriller about love, betrayal, spies, assassins and the unbreakable hope for a brother, locked in a desert prison called "The Place of No Return". Dilya became a human rights activist the day her brother Iskandar was thrown in prison, accused of being a terrorist. For years she challenged the dictatorship, and the consequences were brutal. She had to escape the country but realised that the regime who took her brother was closer than she could ever imagine. https://www.autoimages.se/onlythedevil #OtDLWH

Patriotic Highway (2019)

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Patriotic Highway (2019)

Patriotic Highway is a tale about justice, corruption and a newborn nation. Judge Marie Tuma sets out to uphold justice where society have succumbed to greed. When war hero and former minister Fatmir Limaj faces judge Marie Tuma in a prestigious international corruption trial, she is confronted by doubtful witnesses, political pressure, and erratic surroundings. Along the way the truth becomes increasingly blurred, as the determined Fatmir Limaj challenges every preconception of the case.

Every Face Has a Name (2015)

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Every Face Has a Name (2015)

On April 28, 1945, life begins again. Hundreds of survivors from the German concentration camps arrive to the harbour of Malmö, Sweden. While they take their first steps in freedom Swedish news photographers film them. Now, 70 years later the survivors are watching this archive footage for the very first time and as they discover themselves they re-experience the emotions from this special day. Bernard Kempler was 9 years old when he came to Malmö. He survived the war by dressing up as a girl. Elsie Ragusin from New York City was visiting her grandparents in Italy when she was accused of being a spy. She was put in a boxcar and sent to Auschwitz. These and many other emotional stories are evoked for the first time in Every Face Has a Name and the archive reveals an extraordinary blend of stories coming from Jewish survivors, Norwegian resistance men, Polish mothers with newborn babies and British spies. All united in the moment of freedom. Moments and scenes also taking place all over the world today. Endless streams of war survivors arriving to a new country. All anonymous. Faces without names. Director: Magnus Gertten Editor: Jesper Osmund Produced by: Magnus Gertten and Lennart Ström, Auto Images, Sweden. Documentary. Running time 76 minutes. 2015.

Becoming Zlatan (2015)

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Becoming Zlatan (2015)

The decisive years of Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, told through rare archival footage where a young Zlatan speaks openly about his life and challenges. The film closely follows Zlatan, from his debut in Malmö FF in 1999, through his conflictual years with Ajax Amsterdam, up to the final breakthrough with Juventus in 2005. BECOMING ZLATAN is a coming-of-age film, depicting the complicated journey of this young, talented and troubled player who finally becomes a superstar in the international football world. It's a story about a young talent living under constant pressure. From the teammates in Malmö who think he's too egoistic and only plays for himself. From the tough managers of Ajax who send him to the bench, where he loses his self-confidence. From his father who tells the 18 year old Zlatan: You're nothing. You're nothing special until you've succeeded internationally. Throughout his journey, Zlatan stays true to himself. When he finally succeeds in Italy he also closes the doors to his personal life. Football superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic is an enigma, but in this story from his breakthrough years, he - for a moment - gives some glimpses into who he really is.

Villa Thalassa - Helgen vecka 48 (2012)

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Villa Thalassa - Helgen vecka 48 (2012)

Teaser for a independent feature movie made in 2012. World premiere at Gothenburg film festival 2012. TV-premiere on Swedish television 2013. Directed by Robert Lillhonga, produced by Robert Melo (Hype Story). © Hype Story

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Hooked on real life stories. Based in the south of Sweden.

I released my first feature documentary PATRIOTIC HIGHWAY in 2019. The film premiered at Gothenburg International Film Festival. Among other places the film screened at cph:dox, Nordisk Panorama and was awarded a special mention at AJB DOC in Sarajevo. The film was broadcasted at SVT and YLE as well as worldwide by the Witness strand at Al Jazeera English.

I regularly work as Director of Photography. Most recently on the short documentary DAGAR UTAN DIG /DAYS WITHOUT YOU (2023) for SVT, which I co-directed with Betlehem Isaak. I'm proud I got the opportunity to join as DOP together with the great team behind creating NELLY & NADINE (2022) which premiered at Berlinale and won the Teddy Award, and ONLY THE DEVIL LIVES WITHOUT HOPE (2020) which premiered at cph:dox. Both films directed by Magnus Gertten. I have the privilege to nurture my fascination for investigative journalism as DOP on the Swedish series UPPDRAG GRANSKNING at SVT, and also have experience of educational films from the well received series AFTER THE FLIGHT (2020) directed by René Bo Hansen.

My background is as Director and Director of Photography in a number of shorts for clients, coach in young creator’s projects, and practical positions in bigger film crews. I started off inspired by storytellers in my childhood surroundings in the deep forests of northern Skåne, Sweden. My studies in business and economics was a brief shift of focus. Since 2006 it's been all about filmmaking.

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