Magnus VON HORN

Writer, Director

Sweden

Having spent his childhood in Sweden, Magnus von Horn studied film in Poland at the Polish National Film School in Lodz, where he is currently also teaching. He began his film career by directing several short films that were screened at festivals between 2007 and 2011. In 2015, he released his first feature film, The Here After, which explores the reintegration of a former prisoner into society. He continued his career with Sweat (2020), which explores the excesses of social media and received the Cannes 2020 label. In 2025, The Girl with the Needle was premiered in Cannes in Competition, and nominated for the Golden Globes and the Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category.