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Susanna Edwards

Biography

Susanna Edwards works in both narrative and documentary filmmaking. In 1996, she won the Swedish Guldbagge Award for SUNSHADOW, a documentary about the bullfighter Cristina Sánchez. The film was sold to 35 countries and won numerous international awards. In 2000, she received a Guldbagge nomination for her film RESPECT!, which follows four teenage girls from Farsta, on the outskirts of Stockholm.

 

Her narrative feature debut, KEILLERS PARK (2006), is a love story with a tragic outcome. The film was distributed internationally, including in the U.S. In 2013, her film DANCE MY HEART OUT, shot in Cuba, won the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation's VIZE 97 Award, a prestigious human rights prize. 

 

Her documentary GOLDEN GIRL, about Swedish WBC World Champion boxer Frida Wallberg, was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Sound Design in 2017. That same year, she completed the documentary CAPTURING THE DIVINE, about Anglo-Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas. 

 

With THE DIALOGUE POLICE, Susanna takes the next step in her career, both producing and directing — supported by co-producers and executive producers who are leading figures in the industry.

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The Dialogue Police

Susanna Edwards, 2025

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In 2022, amid demonstrations, Quran burnings, and climate actions, filmmaker Susanna Edwards follows THE DIALOGUE POLICE on their mission to safeguard everyone’s right to freedom of speech.