Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund Swedish pronunciation ˈrʉːbɛnˈœstlɵnd born April 13 1974 is a Swedish filmmaker best known for his satirical black comedy films Force Majeure 2014 The Square2017 and Triangle of Sadness 2022 He is the recipient of various accolades including two Palmes dOr four European Film Awards and nominations for three Academy Awards Östlund was born in Styrsö Gothenburg Sweden After high school he started working in various ski resorts in the Alps during the winter seasons While in the Alps he began making skiing videos for his friends which helped him obtain a job at a local production company He went on to study at the film school in Gothenburg Sweden where he graduated in 2001 He was accepted to the school based on his skiing films Together with film producer Erik Hemmendorff he is the cofounder of the production company Plattform Produktion which produces his films His first three featurelength fiction films were The Guitar Mongoloid 2004 Involuntary 2008 and Play 2011 The Guitar Mongoloid won the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival Östlunds short film Incident by a Bank won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival in 2011 In 2014 his film Force Majeure was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival winning the Jury Prize Sweden then submitted Force Majeure for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film After the Academy shortlisted but did not nominate it Östlund released a humorous video of his response to missing the nomination list In 2016 he was a member of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes In 2017 his film The Square loosely inspired by some of his own experiences and art installation with Kalle Boman competed at the Cannes Film Festival where it ultimately won the Palme dOr Alissa Wilkinson of Vox described the film as Burying selfreferential allusions in the background and merrily poking viewers till they bruise The Square at times feels more like longform performance art than a narrative film Its social satire by way of artworld comedy and no woke participant is exempt from its barbs In 2020 he received the Kings Medal in Gold for significant efforts in Swedish film Afterwards he pursued the project Triangle of Sadness a satirical film about the wealthy elite winning his second Palme dOr in 2022 On January 23 2023 he won Best Director at the Guldbaggens gala for Triangle of Sadness The film won five other nominations In January of the same year only a day after winning the Guldbaggengala Triangle of Sadness received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture Best Director and Best Original Screenplay He was the Jury president of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruben Östlund licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia