FREDDY OLSSON

Jury Member

Freddy Olsson, born in 1952 in Sweden, is an acclaimed producer and programmer. Following a career in book publishing, he has worked in the film industry since 1985. In the early days of his career as a producer, he co-founded a studio in Stockholm, through which he produced a number of films. In 1987, Olsson started working for the Göteborg Film Festival, where he served as chairman for many years. He currently travels all around the world as a senior programmer for the Göteborg Film Festival and watches about 700 films per year, in addition to producing notable films such as The Mill and the Cross (2011) by Lech Majewski, starring Charlotte Rampling and the late Rutger Hauer. Olsson also works as Acquisitions Consultant for Folkets Bio—an independent distributor in Sweden with more than 20 theaters across the country—and International Advisor for the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

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