Rising Stars
AMANDA NILSSON
Amanda Nilsson is a photographer and director known for her vibrant, concept-driven style and imaginative storytelling. With roots in a small northern village, where there wasn’t much to do, Amanda’s imagination sparked and the love for visual arts emerged early through photography and poetry. She studied commercial photography at Fotoskolan STHLM and has worked as a commercial photographer since then, before really stepping into directing with The Mare, a debut short film that underlined her range in both still and motion work.
While Amanda usually opts for black attire, her work is creative, quirky and colorful. Her versatility shines through her ability to handle every stage of production, ensuring a seamless creative vision from concept to post-production. Driven by curiosity and a touch of humor, she crafts stories that are as surprising as they are visually striking.
FINN ALDÉN JOYCE
Creator, podcaster, and comedian who transformed jokes into a full-time job after creating over 400 humor sketches for social media. What started as a fun hobby has turned into a journey of entertaining millions of Swedes with sketches and creating comedic advertisements.
Named one of the most powerful swedes on Instagram and one of Sweden’s 150 Super Communicators in 2024. Finn’s strength lies in creating humor that is both original and relatable, and he truly masters the art of finding humor in all situations and personalities. These abilities have led him to collaborate with well-known brands like Pressbyrån, 3, Tradera, Santa Maria, and Tobias Registret.
Outside of work Finn loves exercising and playing sports, 2024 he completed Ironman Kalmar and he currently plays on the Swedish national beach volleyball tour.
VERA HERNGREN
More or less born and raised on set, Vera has humour in her DNA. She started her career in front of the camera, but soon found her way into directing. She was the youngest student to be admitted to Biskop Arnös scriptwriter class and has since worked as a directors assistant for tv-series such as Quicksand, Sjölyckan and Björnstad.
Vera has now taken that natural step into directing on her own. She’s an expert in finding characters with funny bones and creating witty and quick dialogues. If we know one thing for sure, this Rising star will make you laugh!