Fredrik Gertten

Big Boys Gone Bananas!*

Fredrik Gertten

Dole Food Company wages a campaign to prevent a pair of Swedish filmmakers from showing their documentary about a lawsuit against the company.

An Ordinary Family

Fredrik Gertten

Oscar Borroni, Maria Del Los Angeles Kelez

Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten followed a nice middle class family during three years, 2000-2005. From the crisis that punished the middle class to the heartbreaking moment of emigration and a new beginning in Spain.

Push

Fredrik Gertten

Roberto Saviano, Leilani Farha

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster.The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she’s travelling the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. “I believe there’s a huge difference between housing as a commodity and gold as a commodity. Gold is not a human right, housing is,” says Leilani.

Sossen, arkitekten och det skruvade huset

Fredrik Gertten

Johnny Örbäck, Santiago Calatrava

A dramatic, behind-the-scene-story about the building of Santiago Calatravas Turning Torso in Malmö. A 190 meter high, twisted residential building which was appointed "worlds best residential building project" at Mipim in Cannes, 2005.

Bikes vs Cars

Fredrik Gertten

Aline Cavalcante, Dan Koeppel

Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, who refuse to stop riding despite the increasing number killed in traffic.

Bananas!*

Fredrik Gertten

Byron Rosales Romero, Juan J. Dominguez

Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?

Vägen tillbaka - Blådårar 2

Stefan Berg, Magnus Gertten

Nicklas Alexandersson, Markus Allbäck

Malmö FF:s gulddrömmar från mitten av 1990-talet har övergått i misströstan och förstämning. År 1999 sker något som aldrig hänt förut; klubben åker ur Allsvenskan på eget bevåg, efter att under en längre tid ha underpresterat sportsligt. Många inom föreningen är chockade och handlingsförlamade, men en ung lovande anfallare i Zlatan Ibrahimović och en nytillträdd sportchef i Hasse Borg blir klubbens nya framtidshopp.

Gå på vatten

Lars Westman, Fredrik Gertten

Janne B. Arusi, Sven Landelius

An often humorous documentary about the building of the Öresund bridge, connecting Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmö in Sweden. We meet the people who work on production of the bridge, as well as opponents to the idea of such a bridge.

Den unge Zlatan

Magnus Gertten, Fredrik Gertten

Zlatan Ibrahimović, Leo Beenhakker

The decisive years of Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović, told through rare archive footage in which a young Zlatan speaks openly about his life and challenges. The film closely follows him, from his debut with the Malmö FF team in 1999 through his conflict-ridden years with Ajax Amsterdam, and up to his final breakthrough with Juventus in 2005.

Blådårar - Om kärleken till ett fotbollslag

Stefan Berg, Magnus Gertten

"The blue colour of Malmö FF was dropped into my eyes by an angel when I was born" These are the words used by writer Björn Ranelid to explain the feelings a devoted fan has for his team. This documentary presents the supporters of Malmö FF, who will do anything for their team, whether they win or lose. "True Blue" is a film for anyone, who ever supported a team, be it Malmö FF or any other.

Bye Bye Malmö

Fredrik Gertten

George Wilson came to Malmö to dismantle the worlds largest crane. No big deal: "just a piece of steel" he says confidently. Five months and five accidents later George admits it was his worst project ever. The crane driver Paul Mezga came to Malmö as an 18-year-old. 40 years later he is maneuvering the Kockums crane for the last time. A beloved work site does no longer exist. From his kitchen window he sees the crane disappear. A dramatic documentary about two men and the definite end of an era. The Kockums crane was the worlds highest crane. It was built in 1974 during the Kockum yards most successful period. The crane quickly became a pride for the city and a symbol for an aspiring belief in the future. The yard was shut down in the 80s but the crane was still standing there like a remainder of a lost time. Now it has been sold to a yard in South Korea and has to be dismantled in four months. It is a man from Scotland, George Wilson, who is going to lead the project. With great ...

Arbetet - Mordet på en tidning

Fredrik Gertten

Fredrik Gertten's documentary follows the editoral on the newspaper "Arbetet" during the weeks before it is about to be closed.