Daniel Lundquist | Contemporary Scandinavian Cinema for Young People

Films for young people from Scandinavia have long been among the most progressive, interesting, and successful in the context of European cinema. But how do the Nordic countries themselves feel about that? What needs to happen for Sweden to produce a film as successful as Lukas Moodysson's 1998 Love Is Love? And what is the situation in other Scandinavian countries that have joined the NoJse network?

Daniel Lundquist works as the head of programming at BUFF Malmö Film Festival in Sweden. The first edition of the festival was arranged in 1984 and it has since grown to become one of the leading children’s and youth film festivals in the world. In addition to working with the festival’s content, he also works with buying films for the distribution company TUFF. Daniel has a background in various parts of the cultural world and has worked with projects in music, theatre and art, among other things. He graduated in arts administration in 2001. For several years he worked in various positions at the Swedish Film Institute and the City of Malmö Culture Department, before starting at BUFF in 2009.