Isabella Eklöf

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Isabella Eklöf
Born (1978-02-10) 10 February 1978 (age 47)
Östra Ryds landskommun, Stockholms län, Sweden[1]
NationalitySwedish
Alma materNational Film School of Denmark
OccupationScreenwriter
film director

Isabella Eklöf (born 10 February 1978) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director.

Eklöf attended the National Film School of Denmark.[2] She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In.[3]

Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film Border with director Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist.[2] For Border, Eklöf, Abbasi and Lindqvist were nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay;[4] they were also nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.[5] She also wrote and directed the 2018 Danish film Holiday, for which she won the New Wave Best Picture and New Wave Best Director awards at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas;[6] Holiday went on to win four Bodil Awards, including Best Danish Film.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer Editor Notes Ref.
2009 Willkommen in Barbaristan Yes Yes Yes Short film
2011 Notes from Underground [da] Yes Yes No
2018 Holiday Yes Yes No Debut feature; co-written with Johanne Algren [8]
Border No Yes No Co-written with Ali Abbasi and John Ajvide Lindqvist [2]
2023 Kalak [da] Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Kim Leine and Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen [9]

Television

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Year Title Director Editor Notes Ref.
2013 Dybvaaaaad! [da] No Yes 8 episodes (season 3)
2021 Servant Yes No 2 episodes (season 2)
2022–2024 Industry Yes No 8 episodes (seasons 2–3) [10]
2025 The Death of Bunny Munro Yes No —

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 Fantastic Fest Award for New Wave Best Picture Holiday Won [6]
Award for New Wave Best Director Won
European Film Awards Best Screenwriter Border Nominated [5]
2019 Guldbagge Awards Best Screenplay Nominated [4]
2023 British Academy Cymru Awards Best Director: Fiction Industry Nominated [11]

References

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  1. ^ Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013 Swedish death index 1901-2013. Version 6.0 (in Swedish). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642.
  2. ^ a b c Simon, Alissa (2 March 2019). "Film Review: 'Border'". Variety. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Let the Right One In (2008)". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Nominerade 2018" (in Swedish). Guldbaggen.se. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "The 31st European Film Awards" (PDF). European Film Academy. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Fantastic Fest 2018 Announces The Fantastic Fest Awards". Fantastic Fest. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. ^ Wind-Friis, Lea (2 March 2019). "Voldtægtsfilm af debutant blev den store vinder til Bodil-festen". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. ^ Erbland, Kate (1 January 2019). "'Holiday' Trailer: Isabella Eklof's Daring Sundance Drama Gets a Pulsating New Look". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  9. ^ Romney, Jonathan (28 September 2023). "'Kalak': San Sebastian Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  10. ^ Szalai, Georg (14 October 2025). "How the Female Gaze, David Lynch and 'Natural Born Killers' Play Into Sky's Nick Cave Novel Adaptation 'Bunny Munro' With Matt Smith". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  11. ^ "BAFTA Cymru Awards 2023". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. September 6, 2023.
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