Their film art reflects Mai Zetterling's legacy by combining a personal expression with a desire to challenge social structures, while creating new spaces for women's voices in film. With talent and insight, Jessica and Annika Karlsson are worthy of inspiring future generations of filmmakers in Mai Zetterling's spirit.
Jessica and Annika Karlsson are documentary filmmakers, producers, and directors, and won, among other things, a Guldbagge for the short film "A Legacy of Horses" in 2021. They have also made, among other things, the feature film "Loving Lorna" (2017). Their latest film "Power Jaguars" (2022) was shown on SVT.
The scholarship of 200,000 kronor has been awarded since 2006 and is intended for "a film director with high artistic quality who pushes the boundaries of short or documentary film".
