Lisa Östberg

Writing

Lisa Östberg

Acting credits

Chess poster
8.2

The first Swedish language stage version of Chess, starring Helen Sjöholm as Florence Vaszi, Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana Sergievskaja, Tommy Körberg as Anatolij Sergievskij, Anders Ekborg as Freddie Trumper and Per Myrberg as Alexander Molokov. The cast sing new lyrics in Swedish (written by Rudolfson, Jan Marks and Björn Ulvaeus) to tell a new version of the everchanging Chess story. A few new songs have been included (Chess continues to be a work in progress.) This version premiered in February 2002 at the Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm.

Chess

2003

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A dance film by Maja Lindström in collaboration with choreographer Anna Vnuk. Awarded Best Musical Composition, Georgetown Indy Short Film Festival, Washington DC.

Howlin'

2001

War in Academia poster
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In the setting of a course at the Art University of Stockholm a lesson about work conditions of artists turns into a challenge of running the gauntlet for the two course instructors. As the students ask critic questions, the the whole situation escalates quickly.

War in Academia

2020

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments poster
4.5

Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments

2017

What You Do poster
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What You Do – A practical guide. This book shows you how to use your model A1. Using one hundred and twenty three illustrations, it shows how even the hopeless can make a film.

What You Do

2007

This Is Alaska poster
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A group of people have moved to Alaska. They are searching for a higher level of freedom.

This Is Alaska

2009

Certain People poster
3.4

A small group of friends are gathered at Katinka's summer house to celebrate her birthday. The guests are all in their thirties, upper class, art world, liberal humanitarian bohemians. They sit on the floor smoking amongst books, antiques and modern art. The party sets off on a high note, when suddenly during dinner, two new guests arrive. Linda, a blonde game show hostess, is unexpectedly brought to the party by Katinka's brother. Linda is greeted warmly at first, her brusque and liberated manners are entertaining and fresh. But during the course of the evening Linda stretches the groups invisible social rules of hospitality. Contempt starts to grow, thus unfolding the groups hidden prejudices.

Certain People

2012

Behind the camera

Tusse: Without my voice poster
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With less than a month until his Eurovision appearance Tusse must undergo a surgery that puts everything in jeopardy. Here is Tusse’s incredible life story, from Congolese refugee to winner of Swedish Idol and Melodifestivalen.

Tusse: Without my voice

2021

War in Academia poster
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In the setting of a course at the Art University of Stockholm a lesson about work conditions of artists turns into a challenge of running the gauntlet for the two course instructors. As the students ask critic questions, the the whole situation escalates quickly.

War in Academia

2020

War in Academia poster
NR

In the setting of a course at the Art University of Stockholm a lesson about work conditions of artists turns into a challenge of running the gauntlet for the two course instructors. As the students ask critic questions, the the whole situation escalates quickly.

War in Academia

2020

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments poster
4.5

Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments

2017

Certain People poster
3.4

A small group of friends are gathered at Katinka's summer house to celebrate her birthday. The guests are all in their thirties, upper class, art world, liberal humanitarian bohemians. They sit on the floor smoking amongst books, antiques and modern art. The party sets off on a high note, when suddenly during dinner, two new guests arrive. Linda, a blonde game show hostess, is unexpectedly brought to the party by Katinka's brother. Linda is greeted warmly at first, her brusque and liberated manners are entertaining and fresh. But during the course of the evening Linda stretches the groups invisible social rules of hospitality. Contempt starts to grow, thus unfolding the groups hidden prejudices.

Certain People

2012