Photo credits:©Malin Lin Nordström
Alexander Rynéus is a Sweden based film director and artist.
Education in Fine Arts, Documentary film and photography.
Previous films include the documentary ”Giants and the Morning After”, ”Autonomous”, Stekenjokk and the Guardians of the Eggs” and ”The Home and the Cavity”. Nominated for Dox:Award at Cph:Dox, nominated ”Best newcomer award” at International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, screened at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, Imagine Science film Festival among others. Broadcasting/streaming at Netflix,Amazon Prime, SVT, SVT, YLE, VG,RAI, Indicinema, Viddla, Cineasterna among others.
Exhibited at Modern Museum/ArkDes in Stockholm , Kalmar Konstmuseum, Hallands konstmuseum, Konstnärshuset , Konstfack, Nowness and others.
His work often consist of place specific art projects surrounding storytelling, mythology and different layers of a place and its conditions.
Education:
Konstfack - Master Fine Art (2020-2022)
Konstfack - Mikrohistorier: från arkiv till offentlighet, 15 Hp (2020-2021)
Konstfack - Bachelor Fine Art (2016-2019)
Biskops Arnö Documentary film year 2 (2010-2011)
Kulturama Higher Education of Photography 2008-2009)
Lugnets mediegymnasium, Falun, Moving images and Photography (2003-2006)
Other:
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working Grant
Swedish Church Cultural Grant
Art Inside Out residence ”The place between the people”
Bröderna Molanders Stiftelse
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Project support
Scandinavian Photo Grant
Svenska Film Institute ”stöd till ökad kompetens inom utveckling och produktion
Japanstiftelens stipendium
Geefeldts & Reeves Stiftelse stipendium
Art Inside Out Residency "People and place 2020
Sheffield Film Festival Meetmarket 2019
Doc Incubator 2017-2018
Twelve for the Future 2014