Niki Lindroth von Bahr


Niki Lindroth von Bahr is a Swedish director and animator based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Biography

von Bahr studied animation at the Royal Institute of Art. She received her master's degree in fine art in 2016. Her films Bath House and Tord & Tord have been screened in prestigious festivals such as Berlinale, Sundance and Annecy. Tord & Tord was nominated as Best Short film at Guldbaggegalan 2011 and won the Grand Prix of Fredrikstad Animation Festival the same year.
In 2017 von Bahr released Min Börda, a dystopian animated musical. Her short was nominated for the Prize for Best Short Film 2017 at the Directors' Fortnight during Cannes Festival in May 2017. One month later, The Burden won the Oscars qualifying Cristal Award for the Best Animated Short at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France.

Filmography

Short films