Magnus von Horn explained

Magnus von Horn, (born 21 December 1983, Gothenburg), is a Swedish-Polish^{[1] [2]} film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 2013.^[3] A few months after he arrived in Poland he was brutally robbed, which resulted in him becoming interested in violent people. His first film was a short documentary about a young Polish criminal.^[4] His 2011 short film Without Snow was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Short Film.^[5] His debut feature, The Here After, premiered in the Directors' Fortnight of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[6]

His sophomore film, Sweat, was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to COVID.^[7] His third feature, The Girl with the Needle, premiered in the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d’Or.^[8]

Filmography

• Radek (2006) – short documentary
• Mleczaki (2007) – short
• Echo (2008) – short
• Without Snow (Utan snö) (2011) – short
• The Here After (Efterskalv) (2015)
• Sweat (2020)
• The Girl with the Needle (2024)

External links

• • • Polsko-szwedzki film "Intruz" jedzie do Cannes! (in Polish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Magnus von Horn dla Onetu przed festiwalem w Cannes: to nie jest film o aborcji. Polish. onet.pl. 2022-05-16.
2. Web site: Wise . Damon . 2024-05-15 . Director Magnus Von Horn Steps Up To The Cannes Competition With ‘The Girl With The Needle’: “It Was A Story That Provoked Me Very Deeply” — Ones To Watch . 2024-07-12 . Deadline . en-US.
3. Web site: Magnus von Horn. Polish. FilmPolski.pl. 2015-04-24.
4. Web site: Joelsson. Johan. 2008-04-23. Regissör 08. Swedish. Göteborgs-Posten. 2015-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520165154/http://www.gp.se/jobbstudier/1.21737-regissor-08. 2015-05-20. dead.
5. Web site: Without Snow (2011). Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. 2015-04-24.
6. Web site: Rossing Jensen. Jørn. 2015-04-23. Sweden's The Here After heads to the Directors' Fortnight. Cineuropa. 2015-04-24.
7. Web site: Lodge . Guy . 2024-05-15 . ‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: Magnus von Horn’s Expressionistic Nightmare of Women Abandoned by Society . 2024-05-16 . Variety . en-US.
8. Web site: Utichi . Joe . 2024-05-15 . ‘The Girl With The Needle’ Review: Magnus Von Horn’s Dark Fairytale Retelling Of Denmark’s Most Infamous Serial Murder Case Is Beguiling – Cannes Film Festival . 2024-05-16 . Deadline . en-US.