Mantaray Film’s productions have been screened and awarded at leading film festivals, including Cannes, Berlinale, and Sundance. With international successes such as The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words, and But Film Is My Mistress, the company produces complex, character-driven documentary films with a strong visual language and unique access.
We continuously work with directors such as Stig Björkman, Kristian Petri/Kristina Lindström, Theresa Traore Dahlberg and Maryam Ebrahimi. Our films range from deeply personal stories told from an inside perspective to strong directorial POVs and visually stunning cinematography. We have invested in the accounts of women, both in front of and behind the camera, and are today one of the foremost documentary production companies in Europe.
Mantaray Film also runs its own distribution company, and regularly co-produce international films. Our titles are developed and produced with support from Creative Europe Media, IDF Enterprise, ARTE, and we have won prizes and honorary mentions such as Prix Europa, Prix Italia, The Golden Eye/Cannes.
CONTACT
Mantaray Film AB
Kattgränd 10
118 25 Stockholm
Sweden
Email: info@mantarayfilm.se
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Producer/CEO
Stina Gardell is a director and producer of documentary film, educated at the Stockholm
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She founded the production company Mantaray Film in 2005 and has since
then produced 29 documentaries with theatrical release and co-produced 10 international documentaries.
She received the Nordic Documentary Producer Award 2023 and has together with her company been awarded a great number of prestigious film awards over the years; Guldbaggen - The Swedish Academy Awards, PRIX - Europa, Kristallen, Ikarospriset, SilverSärilen, Dorispriset, Filmfoten and twice Best Documentary at Prix Italia.
She is also the producer/project manager of the outreach initiative ”Mantaray Impact”.
Contact: stina[a]mantarayfilm.se
Producer Freelance
Mirjam Gelhorn is a producer based in Stockholm. She is educated at
Södertörns University and the Royal Institute of Art. Among films she has worked with can be mentioned titles such as ALL OF OUR HEARTBEATS ARE CONNECTED THROUGH EXPLODING STARS (by Jennifer Rainsford, Vision Du reel, Hot Docs, Guldbagge for best sound design). and as associated producer, OUAGA GIRLS (by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, 60+ festivals, cinamatic release in Sweden, France, Spain), MADRE (by Simon Mesa Soto, nominated Palme d’Or for best short, Cannes 2016) and TRANSNISTRA (by Anna Eborn, Big Screen Award Rotterdam IFFR, Dragon Award Best Documentary Gothenburg IFF, Guldbagge for best documentary). She has previous experience as a film curator, editor in chief, producer at places like Turteatern, Doc Lounge Sthlm, and various cultural magazines.
Currently Mirjam produces a slate of five films both documentaries and fictions, with directors such as Tova Mozard and Theresa Traore Dahlberg.
Contact: Mirjam Gelhorn
Director & Producer Freelance
The Emmy award-winning producer and director Maryam Ebrahimi was born in Tehran in 1976. She studied Art and Art theory at Art faculty in Tehran and continued her education in Sweden at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design.
Later she started to work as producer and director in the documentary field. She co-directed the documentary NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS (2012), set in an Afghan women’s prison, and produced I WAS WORTH 50 SHEEP (2010), and PRISON SISTERS. Her last feature as a director is STRONGER THAN A BULLET which premiered at IDFA 2017.
Maryam is a Chicken & Egg Award recipient 2021.
Contact: maryam[a]mantarayfilm.se
Production Coordinator / Archive / Postproducer
Frida Neema Järnbert is an archive researcher and production & post coordinator. She has worked with research and clearance for films such as PALME (2012), INGRID BERGMAN - IN HER OWN WORDS (selected for Cannes Film Fesival 2015), CITIZEN SCHEIN (2017) and JOYCE CAROL OATES "A BODY IN THE SERVICE OF MIND" (2022) to mention a few.
Frida has a bachelor's degree in film studies and is educated in film- and documentaryfilm production at Stockholm Filmskola respective Luleå University of Technology.
Contact: frida[a]mantarayfilm.se
Controller, Producer
Pär Lindström has been controller at Mantaray Film since 2008 and also works as a producer for the documentary Winds of Change.
He is also the operation manager for the non-profit organization Mantaray Impact where he produced the communication project Ögonblick att minnas - film för levande samtal, a collaborative project between scientists in cognition impairment and professional filmmakers that resulted in over 25 films for people with dementia and material for relatives and care workers in order to be able to communicate with people with dementia, 2017-2021, funded by Arvsfonden, Kulturbryggan, Scenkonst Sörmland, Region Jämtland Härjedalen and Längmanska Kulturfonden.
He has previously worked in emergency aid for various international NGO projects; but has also a background as a freelance photographer and director.
Educations
Documentary film line Biskops-Arnö 1997-1998
Bachelor of Social Anthropology, Stockholms University 1988-1989
Economics major, Stockholms University 1980-1982
Contact: par[a]mantarayfilm.se
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