Magnus von Horn

Magnus von Horn, (born 21 December 1983, Gothenburg), is a Swedish-Polish film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 2013. A few months after he arrived in Poland he was brutally robbed, which resulted in him becoming interested in violent people. His first film was a short documentary about a young Polish criminal. His 2011 short film Without Snow was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Short Film. His debut feature, The Here After, premiered in the Directors' Fortnight of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

His sophomore film, Sweat, was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to COVID. His third feature, The Girl with the Needle, premiered in the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d’Or.

Filmography

 * Radek (2006) – short documentary
 * Mleczaki (2007) – short
 * Echo (2008) – short
 * Without Snow (Utan snö) (2011) – short
 * The Here After (Efterskalv) (2015)
 * Sweat (2020)
 * The Girl with the Needle (2024)