Isabella Eklöf (born 10 February 1978) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Eklöf attended the

National Film School of Denmark The National Film School of Denmark ( da, Den Danske Filmskole) is an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen in the harbour of Copenhagen. History The National ...

. She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film '' Let the Right One In''. Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film ''

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'' with director Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist. For ''Border'', Eklöf, Abbasi and Lindqvist were nominated for the

Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay The Guldbagge for Best Screenplay is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to screenwriters working in the Swedish motion picture industry. Winners an ...

; they were also nominated for the

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter The European Film Award for Best Screenwriter is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a screenwriter who has delivered an outstanding screenplay in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Academy ( ...

. She also wrote and directed the 2018 Danish film ''

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'', for which she won the New Wave Best Picture and New Wave Best Director awards at the

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; ''Holiday'' went on to win four

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, including Best Danish Film.

Awards and nominations

References

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* 1978 births Living people Swedish screenwriters Swedish film directors Swedish women film directors Swedish women screenwriters {{sweden-film-bio-stub