
Axel Petersén
Directing
Known For

”Cornelis” is the unique chronicle about one of Sweden’s greatest music legends - Cornelis Vreeswijk. An honest and gripping account of an exceptionally talented, but self-destructive artist’s intense life both on and behind the stage. A man who during his whole life was searching for love and confirmation.
Cornelis

A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Something Must Break

In the shade of Malta’s scorching sun, around the edges of the Swedish online-gambling community, exiled con man Dimman shows up for a lavish wedding, kicking off a desperate and decadent pursuit of redemption.
Shame on Dry Land

Young art gallerist Katarina's dad suddenly goes missing. It turns out that her dad, a prominent art dealer, is kidnapped in Egypt by his former smuggle partner, who has been released due to the Arab spring. To save her father, Katarina has to find the hidden statue that the kidnapper demands as ransom.
Under the Pyramid

A model agent tries to do a good deed but it pulls us into a game with our own judgemental gaze.
Picture World

Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people around him, he desperately seeks a way out.
Avalon

After a life of constant partying, Nojet inherits an apartment building from her recently deceased father. What she at first takes for a cash cow turns out to be a curse as she gets thrown into the murkiest corners of the Swedish housing market.
The Real Estate

Change is coming to the midsummer party at Barnens ö. There's a rumour that Joey Tempest has moved in next door. Meanwhile the family's youngest member, Alba, has just learned to walk and takes every opportunity to escape from the ever drunker adults.
A Real Swedish Midsommar

"It's about oriental rugs. It's about strangers and swindlers. It's about Sweden. It's about you and me." (productions Company's synopsis)
6 Degrees of Mustafa Arhan

Interrupted takes cause irritation to simmer during a music video shoot. A recording director tries desperately to create order and structure, but when a part of the props suddenly disappears, the whole scene changes. Unexpected twists and boundless chaos in nervously paced drama.
Råttan ibland oss
Saddam Hussein's palace plundered in Baghdad in 2003. A red Ferrari Testarossa disappears from his garage. Cars from the same garage are found around Europe and the Middle East. Some crashed, others in top condition. The testarossa still drives, unplanned and carelessly around the infinite desert.
The Tracks of My Tears 2

Alex, a home carer, has struck a partnership with the charming Leon, who enlists Alex to carry out petty crimes on his behalf. When Alex starts to question Leon's motives he gets caught up in a family feud that gets increasingly out of hand.