WG Film (former Westman & Gertten AB) is a Swedish production company that produces national and international documentaries. The company is located in Malmö and was founded in 1994 by documentary filmmaker
Lars Westman and journalist
Fredrik Gertten
Carl Fredrik (von) Gertten (born 3 April 1956 in Malmö) is a Swedish filmmaker, producer and journalist. In 2017, he was appointed as an honorary doctor at Malmö University. He is a brother to the documentary filmmaker Magnus Gertten. In 1994, ...
.
WG Film produces documentaries for broadcast and cinema. The early films of the company were often local stories with global relevance. With time, the films have become more and more international. Most notable films include ''Bikes vs Cars'' (2015) on cycling and the car industry's control over city planning, ''
Bananas!*
''Bananas!*'' is a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten about a conflict between the Dole Food Company and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP.
The film was critic ...
'' (2009) on a conflict between the
Dole Food Company and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua as well as its sequel ''
Big Boys Gone Bananas!*'' (2012) on Dole Food's lawsuit against Gertten, WG Film and the films' producer Margarete Jangård.
WG Film's movies have been shown at festivals such as
Sundance Film Festival
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,
South by Southwest
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and
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...
.
Productions
* 2017 - ''Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas''
* 2016 - ''Becoming Zlatan''
* 2015 - ''Bikes vs Cars''
* 2013 - ''Maria and Her Shadow''
* 2012 - ''The Invisible Bicycle Helmet'' (short)
* 2012 - ''
Big Boys Gone Bananas!*''
* 2011 - ''Love Always, Carolyn''
* 2010 - ''I Bought a Rain Forest''
* 2009 - ''
Bananas!*
''Bananas!*'' is a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten about a conflict between the Dole Food Company and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP.
The film was critic ...
''
* 2008 - ''The Leftovers''
* 2007 - ''Milk Bar''
* 2006 - ''Thin Ice''
* 2006 - ''Belfast Girls''
* 2005 - ''An Ordinary Family''
* 2005 - ''The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower''
* 2003 - ''Just a Piece of Steel''
* 2003 - ''Love Boat''
* 2002 - ''The Way Back - True Blue 2''
* 2002 - ''Boogie Woogie Daddy''
* 2001 - ''The Poetry General''
* 2000 - ''Travel with Siluette''
* 2000 - ''The Death of a Working Man's Newspaper''
* 2000 - ''The Great Bridge''
* 2000 - ''Walking on Water''
* 1998 - ''True Blue''
* 1998 - ''Samba Football''
* 1995 - ''Malmö - Montevideo, my place in this world''
Awards
''Bikes vs Cars'' -
* 2015 - UK Green Film Fest's Audience Award Audience Award
* 2015 - Docs Against Gravity Film Festival - Special Mention
* 2015 - Tempo Documentary Award - Honourable Mention
* 2015 - ciwem.org Green Ribbon Political Awards
* 2015 - San Francisco Green Film Festival - Best Feature
''Big Boys Gone Bananas'' -
* 2010 - Sarasota Film Festival - Winner for Best Documentary
* 2012 - One World Film Festival - Winner of Audience Award and The Rudolf Vrba Jury Award
* 2012 - Hotdocs - Top Ten Audience Favourite
* 2012 - Sarasota fest annual Florida ceremony - Best Documentary
* MIFF Awards - Winner of Best Documentary and Best Film
Co-productions
* 2014 - The Man Who Saved the World
* 2011 - Love Addict
* 2008 - Burma VJ
* 2008 - Final Image
References
External links
WG FilmFredrik Gerttenat the
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
Fredrik Gerttenat the
Swedish Film Database
1994 establishments in Sweden
Companies based in Malmö
Mass media companies established in 1994
Documentary film production companies
Film production companies of Sweden
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