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Magnus von Horn

Magnus von Horn

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Biography

Magnus von Horn, (born 21 December 1983, Gothenburg) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 2013. A few months after he arrived in Poland he was brutally robbed, which resulted in him becoming interested in violent people. His first film was a short documentary about a young Polish criminal. His 2011 short film Without Snow was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Short Film. His debut feature, The Here After, premiered in the Directors' Fortnight of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Known For

The Girl with the Needle
7.6

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

The Girl with the Needle

2024
The Silent Twins
6.6

June and Jennifer Gibbons are twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s and '80s. Feeling isolated from the community, the pair turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into their own fantasy world of inspiration and adolescent desires. After a spree of vandalism, the girls are sentenced to Broadmoor, an infamous psychiatric hospital, where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.

The Silent Twins

2022
At Home - Poland
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Spring 2020, Poland. 16 filmmakers create 14 short films about unexpected experience of isolation caused by pandemic.

At Home - Poland

2020
Sweat
6.2

Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, whose presence on social media has made her a celebrity. Although she has hundreds of thousands of followers, is surrounded by loyal employees and admired by acquaintances, she is looking for true intimacy.

Sweat

2021
Wild Roses
5.3

A young mother returns to her village after a hospital stay and is forced to deal with an emotionally distant husband and her own simmering guilt.

Wild Roses

2017
Kebab & Horoscope
6.0

A group of misfits from a carpet shop have a chance to change their lives with the help of two marketing experts - an ex-kebab shop worker and an ex-fortune teller from a wildlife magazine.

Kebab & Horoscope

2014
The Word
4.4

Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.

The Word

2014
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A psychological thriller following rising fitness influencer Emma Kent who dreams of matching the success of her idol, social media superstar Kat Highbrook. Her carefully curated world begins to collapse when an encounter with Kat goes horribly wrong, and she is forced into a dangerous arrangement with Trent, an obsessive fan. His unhinged devotion pushes her to choose how far she’s willing to go for fame.

Sweat

The Here After
6.3

When John returns home to his father after serving time in prison, he is looking forward to starting his life afresh. However, in the local community his crime is neither forgotten nor forgiven.

The Here After

2015
Bucolic
10.0

Danusia and her daughter Basia live far away from the modern world, in tune with the rhythm and laws of nature, among animals and the spirits of the dead. The peace and sense of security offered by their enclave come at a price - the women increasingly long for contact with other people. Bucolic is an affectionate observation of people who live in a different way. It evokes a curiosity about their world and a desire to take a closer look.

Bucolic

2021
Echo
7.0

The powerful echo of two schoolboys’ actions resonates as they reconstruct their crime and relive the pain of what they have done.

Echo

2008
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A road movie about three friends who go through a night of fights, separations, arguments, friendship, love and dirty jokes. The common denominator is their constant battle against loneliness.

Mleczaki

2007
Warmth
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Mother and daughter are going to a funeral. The mother is taking away the coal furnace for scrap that day, and the daughter is wearing brown tights. The stove turns out to be heavy and tights inadequate for the ceremony.

Warmth

2023
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Etude realized as part of the costume and characterization workshop under the artistic supervision of Ewa Braun.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

2008
Without Snow
5.6

A raw and honest portrait of some youths in a Swedish small town where bullying has devastating consequences. Sixteen-year old Linus and his best friend systematically bully a boy in their class.

Without Snow

2011
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Adaptation of the play "Lenny Bruce" by Julian Barry, which is a free biography of the controversial American comedian. Lenny Bruce was famous for his jokes about sex, religion and ethnicity. His performances became the basis for initiating precedent-setting legal proceedings for obscenity.

Lenny Bruce

2007
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Respected businessman Otto Silbermann tries to escape with his wealth and drifts from train to train as his homeland becomes a cage and his identity dissolves.

The Passenger

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This short documentary follows three students in their first year of the Medical Academy in łódź for six months. Three students who do not come from łódź and now, for the first time in their lives, live outside the House. The Film is a deep observation of today's youth and their values. How much can you discover in people in normal and banal situations that we all somehow experienced?

In the Evenings

2013
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"Łódź from dawn to night" is a joint project of the second year of the directing Department of PWSFTViT in łódź implemented from January to March 2007.

Łódź od świtu do nocy

2007
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Within 5 Seconds

2007