About me

Ida Åkesson is a writer, director and producer from Lund who spent two decades in London before relocating back to Skåne in 2015. She has a BA (Hons) Fine Art at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design and an MA Screeningwriting from London College of Communications. After spending years playing in bands on the indie scene in London, she went to art school and started directing short films. Since moving back to Sweden she started to also produce films. She works in both fiction and documentary and is currently working on both short and feature length projects.

A Tribute to the King of the Forest, (Producer, 8 min doc), director Kim Sundbeck. Nominated Tempo Short Award 2024

Letter to My Unborn Child, (Writer/Director, 3 min fiction), producer Caroline Drab BCD Film. The Nordic International Film Festival New York City 2023, Sundsvall Filmfest 2023, Girrl Haus Berlin 2024, Max3Min 2024

Grits, (Producer, 6 min fiction), director Kim Sundbeck. Winner Pixel Talent Award 2021, Winner 'Best Foreign Film' Le Festival du Film Fantastique de France 2023, 20minmax Kurzfilmfestival 2022, Mykolaichuk Open 2023,

Crossroads (Director/Producer, 27min doc) Nominated New Doc Tempo Documentary Festival 2020, Winner Audience Award IFEMA 2021

Moments (Writer/Director, 4 min fiction), producer Martin Wady. Winner Film London's Best of Boroughs Jury Award 2011, London Short Film Festival 2012

The Holiday (Writer/Director 10 min fiction), producer Martin Wady & Sian Habell-Aili Poisson Rouge Pictures.  Nominated 1km Film Stockholm Film Festival 2010, British Urban Film Festival 2011, Community Channel UK 2012, Cambridge TV 2015