About me

Ida Åkesson is an award winning Swedish writer, director and producer who spent many years in London before relocating to Skåne in 2015. Her films has screened nationally and internationally, selected titles below:

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. Sundsvall Filmfest 2023, The Nordic International Film Festival New York City 2023

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