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Fredrik Gertten
SE 2019 58' 92'
⚬ Economy ⚬ Society
Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities globally. Long-time residents are being pushed out. This is not gentrification, it is a different kind of monster. Housing as an asset, a place to park money. PUSH is a global drama investigating an ongoing crime. Who are the players and what are the factors that make housing one of today’s most pressing world issues?
Director | Fredrik Gertten |
Producer | Margarete Jangård |
Co-Producers | Laura Baron Kastner, Jamie Kastner |
Executive Producer | Fredrik Gertten |
Production Company | WG Film |
Co-Production Company | Cave7 |
Cinematography | Janice d’Avila, Iris Ng |
Editor | Erik Wall Bäfving |
Music | Florencia Di Concilio |
Sound | Martin Hennel |
Politiken Audience Award | CPH:DOX 2019 |
CPH:DOX 2019 |
HotDocs 2019 |
DOXA Documentary FF 2019 |
DOK.fest München 2019 |
Docs Against Gravity 2019 |
IDFA 2019 |
| Runtimes | 58' 92' |
| Spoken Languages | English, German, Spanish |
| Production Countries | Sweden |
Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning Swedish director and journalist. His latest works BECOMING ZLATAN (2016), BIKES VS CARS (2015), BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* (2012) and BANANAS!* (2009) have met audiences in over 100 countries and screened at leading festivals. In 1994, Fredrik founded the production company WG Film. He previously worked as a foreign correspondent and columnist for radio, TV and press in Africa, Latin America, Asia and around Europe. Today he combines filmmaking with a role as a creative producer at WG Film – one of Sweden’s most prominent documentary production companies, famous for local stories with a global understanding and impact. In October 2017 Fredrik was named Honorary Doctor at Malmö University’s Faculty of Culture and Society for his work as a documentary filmmaker.
