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Joanna Rytel
Born1974
Works and lives in Berlin
Education
1999-2004 University of Art, Konstfack-Stockholm
1998-1999 University of Photo and Film-Gothenburg
1996-1998 Domens Artschool-Gothenburg
Joanna Rytel graduated in 2004 from the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She has developed a complex artistry, which always points out our time's most poignant issues of gender, power and identity. She approaches these issues with great integrity, putting the personal at stake, making her form of address accessible to those outside the usual art and film worlds. Some of the controversial topics she explores are honor, racism, feminism, relationships between animals and people, taboos and sexuality in the public sphere, abortion and porn. Considering how loaded these topics are, one might guess that Rytel would handle them with political correctness. Far from it. The politically correct answers are left out, and the reaction becomes stronger when viewers are deprived of their passive role and become a part of the answer.
2020
Tampere Film Festival, Finland (4 – 8 March, 2020)
Retrospective Joanna Rytel & EFA Short Matters!
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (11 – 18 March, 2020)
International Competition
Sun Valley Film Festival, United States (18 – 22 March. 2020)
Competition
Vienna Shorts, Austria (28 May – 2 June, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Krakow Film Festival, Poland (31 May – 7 June, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway (10 – 14 June, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Rojal Film Festival, Latvia (30 July – 1 August, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Dokufest, Kosovo (7 – 15 August, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (14 – 21 August, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Short Waves Festival, Poland (18 – 23 August, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
OFF – Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (24 – 30 August, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Shorts Mexico – International Short Film Festival, Mexico (2 – 9 September, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
European Film Festival Palic, Serbia (12 – 18 September, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (17 – 27 September,
2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Encounters Film Festival, United Kingdom (18 September – 11 October, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia (1 – 8 October, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
WoFF – World of Film International Festival, United Kingdom (8 – 11 October, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Festival del Cinema Europea, Italy (31 October – 7 November, 2020)
EFA Short Matters!
Porny Days Film Art Festival, Switzerland (27 – 28 November, 2020)
Official Selection
SQUAREEYESFILM.COM
Film Maudit 2.0, United States (12 – 24 January, 2020)
Official Selection
Sun Valley Film Festival, United States (18 – 22 March. 2020)
31 October - 7 November (originally 18 - 25 April 2020)
Festival del Cinema Europeo (Lecce, Italy)
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (21 – 26 January, 2020)
2019
Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden (25 January – 4 February, 2019)
American Documentary Film Festival, United States (29 March – 4 April, 2019)
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (3 – 7 April, 2019)
European Competition Won: European Film Award Nomination
Cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (23 – 28 April, 2019)
Out-of-competition: Kinky Shorts
Indielisboa, Portugal (2 – 12 May, 2019) Silvestre
VIS Vienna Shorts, Austria (28 May – 2 June, 2019)
Fiction & Documentary Competition
Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (19 – 25 August, 2019)
Competition
Encounters Film Festival, United Kingdom (24 – 29 September, 2019)
Official Selection
Film Festival Cologne, Germany (10 – 17 October, 2019)
Short Film Program curated by KFFK
Intimate Film Festival, Greece (18 – 20 October, 2019)
Official Selection
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (21 – 27 October, 2019)
International Competition
Porn Film Festival Berlin, Germany (22 – 27 October, 2019)
Official Selection
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain (8 – 15 November, 2019)
Out of Competition: Sexy Shorts
Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (30 November – 8 December, 2019)
Official Selection
Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (4 – 8 December, 2019)
Retrospective Joanna Rytel
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (11 – 18 March, 2019)
International Competition
London Short Film Festival
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (3 – 7 April,
European Competition Won: European Film Award Nomination
cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (23 – 28 April, 2019)
Out-of-competition: Kinky Shorts
Indielisboa, Portugal (2 – 12 May, 2019)
Silvestre
VIS Vienna Shorts, Austria (28 May – 2 June, 2019)
Fiction & Documentary Competition
Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (19 – 25 August, 2019)
Competition
Encounters Film Festival, United Kingdom (24 – 29 September, 2019)
Official Selection
Film Festival Cologne, Germany (10 – 17 October, 2019)
Short Film Program curated by KFFK
Intimate Film Festival, Greece (18 – 20 October, 2019)
Official Selection
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (21 – 27 October, 2019)
International Competition
Porn Film Festival Berlin, Germany (22 – 27 October, 2019)
Official Selection
interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany (5 – 10 November, 2019)
EFA Short Matters!
Scanorama – European Film Forum, Lithuania (7 – 24 November, 2019)
EFA Short Matters!
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain (8 – 15 November, 2019)
Out of Competition: Sexy Shorts
Seville European Film Festival, Spain (8 – 16 November, 2019)
EFA Short Matters!
PÖFF Shorts, Estonia (15 November – 1 December, 2019)
EFA Short Matters!
Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (30 November – 8 December, 2019)
Official Selection
Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (4 – 8 December, 2019)
2018
"Bestof Female Troubles" Cinema Palace-Brussels
Delhi Shorts International Film Festival
Morelia International Film Festival-Mexico
Stockmotion Filmfestival
Porny Days Film Kunst Festival
Cinémathèque Leipzig
Atlanta Film Festival
International Film Festival Message to Man-St Petersburg
Anibar Animation Filmfestival-Peja, Kosovo
VisuElles film festival in Ottawa
Mecal, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona
Galleri Industigatan 12
Grrl haus cinema Berlin
The 42nd Hong Kong International Film
The 42nd Atlanta Film Festival Glasgow Short Film Festival
Independent short movie Festival in Brussels - 'Courts Mais Trash
INDIELISBOA 2018 International Independent Film Festival, Lisbon
Glasgow Short Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
30 Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival
Vienna Porn Filmfestival
Anthology Film Archives , New York
Berlin Pornfilmfestival
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
2017
Biografen ZITA
Malmö feministiska filmfestival
Göteborgs Film Festival
NexT International Film Festival in Bucharest
Busan Art Film Fest in Korea
37th Uppsala International Short Film Festival
34th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Vilnius International Short Film Festival
Independent short movie Festival in Brussels - 'Courts Mais Trash
Stockholm Feminist Film Festival
2016
Gothenburg Film Festival-Moms On Fire has been selected to compete in the 2016 edition of the Göteborg Film Festival short film competition Startsladden and wins the audience award for Best Swedish Short Competition.
Berlin International Film Festival-Moms On Fire wins the Teddy Award on Berlinale. The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Moms on Fire has won 2 awards at the Annecy Film Festival!!
* Festivals Connexion Jury Distinction (2016)
*Jury Distinction (2016)
Annecy IFF, France (Festivals Connexion Jury Distinction)
Berlinale, Germany (Teddy)
Chicago International Film Festival (Silver Hugo)
Anilogue Animation fest, Budapest Best of Anilogue Award
StopTrik Grand Prix Maribor Audience Award, Slovenia
Stop Motion Animation Award, Stoptrik IFF
Riga IFF, Short Riga International Competition Award 2016
Anifilm, Trebon, Czech Republic
33. Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg
Animatou, Geneve, Switzerland
Budapest Pride, Hungary
23.Queerfilmfestival Bremen, Germany
Cortas Vila do Condo, Portugal
Freiburg Gay FF, Germany
Göteborg IFF, Sweden
Hong Kong International FF, Hong Kong
Kiev Short Film Festival, Ukraine
Krakow FF, Poland
Newport Beach FF, USA
NexT International Film Festival, Romania
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway
XPOSED International Queer Film Festival, Germany
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine
Queer Lisboa International Queer Film Festival, Portugal
Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Finland
Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany
Nordisk Panorama, Sweden
MIAFF Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2016
Seattle International Film Festival
Queerfilmfestival Bremen
International Animation Film Festival, Baden Switzerland
Cherry Picks at the Berlin Film Society
QUEERSICHT Filmfestival 2016 Bern, Switzerland
Way Out West, Sweden
Riga IFF, Latvia
Austin Gay & Lesbian FF, USA Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico
QueerFilmFest Rostock
Lago Film Fest, Italy
Szczecin European Film Festival
Portico Media | Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF)
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival
Long Night of Short Films, Bucharest
Queer-Streifen film festival
Sequence Short Film Festival, Toulouse
International Competition at Fantoche 2016
Cartoon d’Or
Queer Lisboa - International Queer Film Festival
Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art
29th Helsinki Intl Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
Night of Animation in Lille
20th QUEERSICHT queer film festival, Bern
Leuven International Short Film festival in Belgium
17th QFF Mezipatra, Prag
2016 edition of Brussels Pink Screens Film Festival
Film Fest Gent, Belgium
Side by Side LGBT Film Festival
20th Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival
Szczecin European Film Festival, Poland
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Oscars kvalificering
58th Nordic Film Days, Lübeck
25th Curtas Vila do Conde
Animateka International Animated Film Festival
Les Femmes s'Animent ( LFA)
identities. Queer Film Festival, Vienna
11th Vilnius International Short Film Festival
European Film Festival of Lille, France
Festival Anima - Folioscope ASBL
Mezipatra IFF, Czech Republic
Sao Paolo IFF, Brazil
Mix Copenhagen, Denmark
Queer Film Fest München, Germany
Subversive Film Festival, Metz
2015
Zombie Queer Pride-Liège
Warehouse peanut factory- London
The conference 'Law's Pluralities' 'Beholding the child'- Justus Liebig University Giessen-Germany Cinematic Intimacies: ‘Church of Carnality’ –Sydney
2014
Swedish Oscar Nominations, Guldbagge Awards-Nominated for best shortfilm
Le Lavoir Public-Lyon
This human world film festival International Film Festival -Vienna
Uppsala international short film festival
Bio Rio Filmform News-Stockholm
Nordox Nordic Documentary Film Festival-Guangzhou, China
9th XPOSED International Queer Film Festival Berlin
Nordisk Panorama-Inkost klubben-Malmö
Kulturhusfestivalen 29 Augusti - X, Umeå, Sweden
Weld-CRINGE - a night of dysfunctional comedy-Stockholm
60th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Screening of Me seal, baby at Passager-Kristianstads konsthall
43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
Tempo Documentary Film Festival- Stockholm
Poo Up House Art-Helsinki
Guadalajara International Film Festival
SEX FILMER OM SEX - Metropolbiografen i Eksjö
Family, freedom and creativity – Swedish film on the frontlines på UCCA
(Ullens Center for Contemporary Art), Beijing, Shanghai Film Museum, Guangzhou-Times Museum
BLOT EXOTICA, EROTICA, ETNOGRAFICA Etnografiska museet-Stockholm
Porny Days filmartfestival at Cinema Riffraff-Zurich
2013
BLOT EXOTICA, EROTICA, ETNOGRAFICA Etnografiska museet-Stockholm
36:e Göteborg International Film Festival
Gallery Nordin http://nordingallery.com/#/latest-exhibitions/me-seal-baby/1
Galleri BOX http://galleribox.se/joanna-rytel/
30th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
32nd Uppsala International Short Film Festival
ZOOM SWEDEN 2013 –Skopje
Cinema Riffraff-Zürich
Cinématte-Bern
Cinema Bourbaki-Luzern
60th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
Tempo Documentary Film Festival- Stockholm
SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum- The Beginning is Always Today
8.Porn Filmfestival-Berlin
2012
Nordisk Panorama- Oulu
Pushing the Boundaries, Gartenbaukino-Wien
Bunkier Sztuki gallery-Krakow
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts-Austria
Göteborgs Konsthall-QUEER EYES del 4
15th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival-Ankara
Verkstad rum for konst-Norrköping
8th Regensburg Short Filmfestival
Bergen Konstmuseum
2011
Fotografiska, 3xVideo-Stockholm
Werkleitz Festival ZOO, Lux Cinema- Halle/Saale
Nordic Art Express-Temnikova & Kasela gallery -Tallinn
Fishfabrique - St. Petersburg
Superbia Luxuria,Wandas Salonger-Gothenburg
Stenersen Museet-Oslo
57th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Videorama Werkleitz Festival Zoo
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
Trajector Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Fotogalleriet-Oslo
KINOKINO Senter for kunst og film-Sandnes
7th CON-CAN Movie Festival Corto-Tokyo
The 36 Badalona Film Festival-Barcelona
14th International Short Film Festival Winterthur
Damascus International Film Festival
Nordisk Panorama, 5 Cities Film Festival-Bergen
Expresión en Corto International Film Festival-Mexico
Luru Kino-Leipzig
Bongoût Gallery-Berlin
Moderna Museet, Kulturnatta-Stockholm
Moderna Museet, Videor of Joanna Rytel-Stockholm
Centre Culturel Suedois, Nordic Delight-Paris
Pornfilmfestival Berlin
60th Berlin International Film Festival
Visions Du ReelFestival international de cinéma
Cinemat Bio Rio-Stockholm
Odense International Film Festival
Montreal Festival of new cinema
Raindance Festival-London
City of Women Festival-Ljubljana
Genderbenderfestival-Bologna
Pink Screens Film Festival-Brussels
2009
Malmö Queer & Art Film Festival
PornFest Isra-hell
Pornfilmfestival Berlin
Objektiv Feminist Filmfestival-Stockholm
Documentary Film and Video Festival CPH:dox-Köpenhamn
Tempo Documentary film festival-Stockholm
Ankara International Film Festival
Images festival in Toronto-Canada
28th Uppsala International short film festival
Skånes Konstförening-Curare Art Movement
Catodica 4 International video art festival-Trieste
The Museum of Contemorary Art-Detroit
H & R Block Artspace-Kansas City
2008
Act Out: Performative Video by Scandinavian Women Artists
Center of Art History and Artistic Research of Évora University-Portugal
Färgfabriken, 6808-Stockholm
Videoex festival - Zurich
Göteborg Museum Of Art, Stena Salen
Liljevalchs ,Vårsalongen-Stockholm
Pasarokalo Filmfestival-Athen
The renaissance society, Black is, Black Ain’t-Chicago
Festival 404 -Trieste
25th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Bergen kunsthall, Fatal Nordic Attractions-Landmark-Norway
IFC center, The Swedish Experience-New York
2007
Zurich Filmfestival
ARC/Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Playback-Paris
11th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
12th Split Film Festival
Göteborg International Biennal for Contemporary Art
Impakt Filmfestival-Utrecht
50% image ,Montevideo-Amsterdam
Dark Mirror ,Montevideo-Amsterdam
53rd International Short Film Festival-Oberhausen
"Intothepill at her (his)tory, Cycladic Museum Athens, Greece".
Konsthallen Bohusläns Museum,-Performance day
2006
Shadow Filmfestival-Amsterdam
Film and Danza Festival-Buenos Aires
Apexart-New York
1.60 Insurgent Space-Albania
Göteborgs konstmuseum-Artfeminism
Hälsinglands Museum-Artfeminism
Dunkers konsthall-Artfeminism
Lilljevalchs Konsthall-Artfeminism
Tensta Konsthall-The project room
2005
Natalia Goldin Gallery-Stockholm
Göteborgs International Filmfestival
Liljevalchs Vårsalong-Stockholm
Milliken Gallery,The Mirror between us-Stockholm
Röda Sten, Women on tour-Göteborg
Bohusläns museeum, Showroom-Uddevalla
Tirana Biennale 3-Albania
2004
Le lieu unique-Nantes
Centre Culturel Suèdois-Paris
Kulturhuset , After shopping-Stockholm
VideoZone 4 Video Art Biennial-Tel Aviv
Gallery Konstfack-Stockholm
Jönköpings Länsmuseum, Den fria viljan
2003
Gallery Soc-Stockholm
Gallery 60-Umeå
Kulturhuset, SAM project-Stockholm
Kodama Gallery-Osaka
Side 2 Gallery-Tokyo
Gallery Enkehuset-Stockholm
Sourze videomagazine