Ruben Östlund was born in 1974 on Styrsö, a small island off the west coast of Sweden. An avid skier, he directed ski films into his mid 20’s, showcasing his penchant for long takes. He went on to study film at the University of Gothenburg, where he developed his knowledge of methodical, well-structured sequence shots—a technique that has continued to evolve in all his films. His work, suffused with an interest in sociology, is characterized by shrewd and humorous observations of human behavior. His last three feature films have premiered at Cannes: Force Majeure won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2014, while The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022) won the Palme d’Or. Special Guests 2022 Luis Mandoki Jerry Schatzberg Maribel Verdú Laurent Cantet Frank Marshall Claire Denis Barry Jenkins Special Guests in Other Editions Ciro Guerra en Willem Dafoe Rosalie Varda Ciro Guerra J. M. Coetzee James Ivory Luc Dardenne Robert Redford Alfonso Cuarón Damien Chazelle Paul Weitz Patrice Leconte Julie Bertuccelli Carol Littleton John Bailey Olivier Assayas Lynne Ramsay Al Gore Michel Hazanavicius Laurent Cantet Bob Rafelson Fred Kelemen Aaron Eckhart Casey Affleck Giada Colagrande Audrey Tautou Willem Dafoe Isabelle Huppert Tim Roth Rodrigo García Jerry Schatzberg Laurent Cantet Peter Greenaway Pawel Pawlikowski Pierre Rissient Amos Gitai Juliette Binoche Edward James Olmos Robert Rodriguez John Sayles Alejandro Jodorowsky Danny Trejo Bruno Dumont Quentin Tarantino Alfonso Cuarón Pablo Larraín José María Prado Whit Stillman Olivier Assayas Dieter Kosslick Geraldine Chaplin Seifollah Samadian Gregory Nava Sally Potter Abbas Kiarostami Damián Alcázar Demián Bichir Elena Anaya Thierry Frémaux Marisa Paredes Michel Gondry Volker Schlöndorff Luis Valdez Béla Tarr Lucrecia Martel Javier Bardem Edgar Ramírez Fernando Trueba Doris Dörrie Serge Bromberg Terry Gilliam Julio Alemán Kelly Reichardt Jennifer Lawrence Steven Soderbergh Michael Nyman Nicolas Philibert Todd Haynes Stephen Frears Héctor Babenco Gael García Bernal Carlos Reygadas Alejandro González Iñárritu Cristian Mungiu Bertrand Tavernier Arthur Penn Jean-Claude Carrière Guillermo del Toro Mike Hodges Diego Luna Tommy Lee Jones Valeria Sarmiento Raúl Ruiz Gus Van Sant Manoel De Oliveira Fernando Vallejo Julia Ormond Salma Hayek Werner Herzog Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck
Ruben Östlund was born in 1974 on Styrsö, a small island off the west coast of Sweden. An avid skier, he directed ski films into his mid 20’s, showcasing his penchant for long takes. He went on to study film at the University of Gothenburg, where he developed his knowledge of methodical, well-structured sequence shots—a technique that has continued to evolve in all his films. His work, suffused with an interest in sociology, is characterized by shrewd and humorous observations of human behavior. His last three feature films have premiered at Cannes: Force Majeure won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2014, while The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022) won the Palme d’Or.
