Johan Hallström
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Johan Hallström

Film Programmer/ ActorLondon, United Kingdom
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Johan Hallström
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Johan Hallström

Film Programmer/ ActorLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Currently acting as the Artistic Leader for the Bergman week at Fårö 2024. Swedish film programmer and actor based in Stockholm, London and New York. After finishing a Masters at Birkbeck University of London I have worked at the British Film Institute(BFI) as Programme Assistant and Lead on Events on their Ingmar Bergman retrospective named Ingmar Bergman. A Definitive Season, as Film Programmer at The Nordic Film Festival in New York and Festival Coordinator at London Korean Film Festival and Nordic Baltic Film Festival in London. I also worked as Short Film Programmer for Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2020. Prior to that I have worked for Stockholm Film Festival doing numerous Q&A´s as well as for Tempo Documentary Festival where I was responsible for the international guests including directors and producers. In 2022 I ran an independent cinema in Stockholm called Cinema PARK with 700 seats and 13x5 meter screen. It was mainly an event cinema that hosted multiple film premieres of Feature films, documentaries, TV-series and Stockholm Film Festival among many other things. I was managing the cinema and was also the film programmer being responsible for the screenings, the programme and 10 front of house employees. As an actor I have worked in Feature films, Short films, TV-Series,Theater, Commercials and Voicework for both advertising and Animation both in The UK and in Sweden.
Projects
  • Short Film Programmer Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2020
    Short Film Programmer Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2020Trailer
  • Nordic Baltic Film festival (London)
    Nordic Baltic Film festival (London)Festival co-ordinator, arranging UK screening for Swedish feature film A Man Called Ove at Regent Street Cinema in collaboration with BLABAR café in Putney. Arranging with sponsors PR and Marketing.
  • Nordic International Film Festival NYC (NIFF)
    Nordic International Film Festival NYC (NIFF)Film Programmer 2019 and part of the jury for Nordic Short and Feature Films, presenting prize for best Nordic Short and hosted Q&As in 2018
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Work history
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    JuryNordic International Film Festival(NIFF) New York
     - New York, United StatesFreelance
    Jury member for Best International Narrative Feature and Best Nordic Narrative Feature.
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    Head of CinemaBiografen PARK
     - Stockholm, SwedenPart Time
    Film Programmer and Head of Front of House, responsible for 10 employees setting schedules, payments and general maintenance of the cinema. We arranged movie premieres, company events, parties, concerts and even a Christmas market. I was also responsible for the cinema´s screenings in collaboration with Stockholm Film Festival, that screened around 30 films at the venue. In addition to this I hosted Q&As, created a full Christmas programme of films, and a bunch of cult film screenings with pizza including films such as Escape from New York, Mulholland Drive, Apocalypse Now and many more.
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Skills
  • Film Acting
  • Screenwriting
  • Film Programming
  • Events
  • Administrative Assistance
  • Marketing
  • PR
Education
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    Film Studies, Programming and CurationBirkbeck College, University of London
     - London, United Kingdom
    A Masters in Film Programming for renowned film theorist Laura Mulvey, Janet MacCabe and Ian Christie among others. This also included a 2 month internship at British Film Institute, Cinemas & Events BFI Southbank doing research for upcoming and earlier seasons. This was supervised by Julie Pearce, Head of Programme Planning. This later lead to an employment as Programme Assistant to Lead Programmer Justin Johnson with a special focus on the 2018 retrospective to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman named Ingmar Bergman. A definitive Film Season.
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    Screenwriting for Film and TVAlma screenwriters education
     - Stockholm, Sweden
    A part time screenwriting education on distance, with monthly meetings, travels to Berlin film festival and others. It also included two internships, whereof one was for Tempo Documentary Film Festival and one for the production Company FilmLance International (Sweden's most active producer of Scandic Noir and feature films such as BECK. ) where I helped in the development of a miniseries for television, in collaboration With Thomas Borgström.
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