Lisa Aschan
{{short description|Swedish film director and screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lisa Aschan
| image = Lisa Aschan 01 (cropped).png
| caption = Lisa Aschan (2011)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|2|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vejbystrand, Sweden
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
| known_for = Apflickorna, Det vita folket
}}
Daria Sofia Elisabeth "Lisa" Aschan (born 28 February 1978) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. Aschan went to film school in Stockholm and Denmark. During her studies, she became known for a commercial series called Fuck the Rapist! about a rape-protection. She worked as a director's assistant before releasing her first feature film, Apflickorna, in 2011, which garnered numerous film festival awards. In 2011, she was also awarded a 5{{nbsp}}million Swedish kronor award by the Stockholm Film Festival' for her new project, Det vita folket (The White People), a science fiction-inspired story about government deportation camps. However, Aschan declined the money for the film, which later premiered in 2015. At Sweden's 2016 Guldbaggen Awards, Aschan was filmed in the audience giving the finger to Swedish cinematographer Gösta Reiland who had won the award for Best Cinematography besting Linda Wassberg in the same category for Det vita folket.
Early life
Aschan grew up on a farm in Vejbystrand. At the age of twelve, she moved to Gothenburg and then studied at a boarding school in England.{{cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2912595-lisa-aschan-utforskar-relationer |title=Lisa Aschan utforskar relationer |work=Göteborgs-Posten |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130113643/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2912595-lisa-aschan-utforskar-relationer |url-status=live}} After that she studied at Stockholms Filmskola between 1989 and 1999, and at the National Film School of Denmark from 2001 to 2005 to become a director.{{cite book |last=John |first=Ole |authorlink=:da:Ole John |title=At lære kunsten: 40 år med filmskolen |publisher=Aschehoug |publication-place=Copenhagen, Denmark |year=2006 |isbn=978-87-11-30048-0 |oclc=466469100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HflaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260 |language=da |access-date=9 June 2021 |page=266}}{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/provokation-ar-helt-ointressant |title=Lisa Aschan: "Provokation är helt ointressant" |date=18 October 2015 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129231643/http://www.svd.se/provokation-ar-helt-ointressant |url-status=live|last1=Andersson |first1=Elisabet}} During her studies, she became known for the commercials Fuck the Rapist!, a number of commercial films about a rape-protection consisting of an awl-clad tampon.{{cite news|url=http://www.hd.se/noje/2015/11/27/lisa-aschan-gar-under-jorden/ |title=Lisa Aschan går under jorden |work=Helsingborgs Dagblad |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128114943/http://www.hd.se/noje/2015/11/27/lisa-aschan-gar-under-jorden/ |url-status=live}} Her short films In Transit and Goodbye Bluebird, which were made during the same time, have been shown at different film festivals.{{cite web |url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2912595-lisa-aschan-utforskar-relationer |title=Lisa Aschan utforskar relationer |first=Maria |last=Domellöf-Wik |date=30 November 2015 |work=Göteborgs-Posten |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130113643/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2912595-lisa-aschan-utforskar-relationer |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/She+Monkeys-10753.html |title=She Monkeys |date=4 October 2011 |publisher=Female First |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129171925/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/She+Monkeys-10753.html |url-status=live}}
Career
In 2009, she was a director's assistant at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and directed the Danish TV series Thea & leoparden for DR's child TV section; the series has also been broadcast in Sweden and several other countries. The three-part series is about a girl who pretends to be a leopard.{{cite web |url=http://www.hd.se/noje/2009/11/06/lisa-aschan-atervander-alltid-till-djurens-varld/ |title=Lisa Aschan återvänder alltid till djurens värld |work=Helsingborgs Dagblad |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208072651/http://www.hd.se/noje/2009/11/06/lisa-aschan-atervander-alltid-till-djurens-varld/ |url-status=live}} Aschan has stated that she likes to use animal parables in her productions to make it more clear about human behavioural patterns.
In 2011, she released her first feature film, Apflickorna, which premiered at the Gothenburg Film Festival and won the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film and FIPRESCI awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/film/1.815186-lisa-aschan-tackar-nej-till-miljonstipendium |title=Lisa Aschan tackar nej till miljonstipendium |first=Maria |last=Domellöf-Wik |date=3 January 2012 |work=Göteborgs-Posten |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095947/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/film/1.815186-lisa-aschan-tackar-nej-till-miljonstipendium |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/de-ar-storfavoriter-infor-guldbaggen/ |title=De är storfavoriter inför Guldbaggen |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=18 January 2016 |access-date=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120212818/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/de-ar-storfavoriter-infor-guldbaggen/ |url-status=live}} Apflickorna has also won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, Best Cinematography at the Transilvania International Film Festival, as well as a Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://ng.se/artiklar/lisa-aschan-skapar-skrack-pa-flyktingforvar |title=Lisa Aschan skapar skräck på flyktingförvar |work=Nöjesguiden |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703190024/http://ng.se/artiklar/lisa-aschan-skapar-skrack-pa-flyktingforvar |url-status=live}} At the 2012 Guldbagge Awards, Aschan and Josefine Adolfsson won the award for Best Script for the film, and the film also won the Best Film and Best Sound categories.{{cite web |url=http://www.dramatiker.se/aktuellt/guldbagge-till-lisa-aschan-och-josefine-adolfsson-basta-manus |title=Guldbagge till Lisa Aschan och Josefine Adolfsson för bästa manus! |publisher=Sveriges Dramatikerförbund |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129032052/http://www.dramatiker.se/aktuellt/guldbagge-till-lisa-aschan-och-josefine-adolfsson-basta-manus |url-status=live}}
In 2011, Aschan was awarded the Stockholm Film Festival's newly created long-film scholarship of 5{{nbsp}}million Swedish kronor (about €550,000, £480,000, or $770,000 in 2011) for her new project, Det vita folket, a science fiction-inspired story about the camps where the government places foreigners that are awaiting deportation.{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/filmrecensioner/filmrecension-det-vita-folket-med-pernilla-august/ |title=Filmrecension: "Det vita folket" med Pernilla August |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129040449/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/filmrecensioner/filmrecension-det-vita-folket-med-pernilla-august/ |url-status=live}} Aschan declined the money as she did not feel that her project fell under the rules of the award. Aschan has described Det vita folket as a space epos with inspiration from the horror film The Shining.{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/jag-har-gjort-sciencefiction-av-verkligheten/ |title=Efter Guldbaggebelönade "Apflickorna" är Lisa Aschan tillbaka med en rysare på ett sterilt flyktingförvar |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=13 November 2015 |access-date=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129064738/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/jag-har-gjort-sciencefiction-av-verkligheten/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Film/Evenemang/2015/Det-vita-folket/ |title=Det vita folket |work=Kulturhuset Stadsteatern |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208173454/http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Film/Evenemang/2015/Det-vita-folket/ |url-status=live}} The film had its premiere in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=76335&ref=%252ftemplates%252fSwedishFilmSearchResult.aspx%253fid%253d1225%2526epslanguage%253dsv%2526searchword%253ddet+vita+folket%2526type%253dMovieTitle%2526match%253dBegin%2526page%253d1%2526prom%253dFalse |publisher=Svensk Filmdatabas |title=Det vita folket (2015) |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023044/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=76335&ref=%252ftemplates%252fSwedishFilmSearchResult.aspx%253fid%253d1225%2526epslanguage%253dsv%2526searchword%253ddet+vita+folket%2526type%253dMovieTitle%2526match%253dBegin%2526page%253d1%2526prom%253dFalse |url-status=live}}
At the 2016 Guldbaggen Awards, Aschan was filmed in the audience giving the finger and saying "Fuck You" to Swedish cinematographer Gösta Reiland.{{cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/ilskan-mot-lisa-aschan-efter-gesten/ |title=Bröderna Wahlgrens ilska mot Lisa Aschan efter Guldbagge-galan |work=Expressen |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121204112/http://www.expressen.se/noje/ilskan-mot-lisa-aschan-efter-gesten/ |url-status=live}} This was after Reiland had won the award for Best Cinematography, and was on his way up to the stage to receive the award.{{cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/fula-gesten-mitt-under-guldbaggegalan/ |title=Fula gesten från Lisa Aschan mitt under Guldbaggegalan |work=Expressen |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120210446/http://www.expressen.se/noje/fula-gesten-mitt-under-guldbaggegalan/ |url-status=live}} Linda Wassberg, who had filmed Det vita folket, was also nominated in the same category, and Aschan called it a "spontaneous reaction" to Wassberg losing to Reiland.{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/arg--da-pekade-hon-finger-under-galan-spontant#sida-5 |title=Arg och pekade finger: "Spontan reaktion" |date=19 January 2016 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121203547/http://www.svd.se/arg--da-pekade-hon-finger-under-galan-spontant#sida-5 |url-status=live|last1=Drevinger |first1=Joanna}}
Filmography
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- 2003 – Borta i tankar (based on a novel by {{ill|Alejandro Leiva Wenger|sv}})
- 2004 – Fuck the Rapist!
- 2006 – {{ill|In Transit (2005 film)|lt=In Transit|da|In Transit}}
- 2007 – {{ill|Goodbye Bluebird|da}}
- 2009 – Thea & leoparden
- 2011 – Apflickorna
- 2015 – {{ill|Det vita folket|sv}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/1.2245784 |title=Det vita folket |work=Göteborgs-Posten |accessdate=22 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130113648/https://www.gp.se/nyheter/1.2245784 |url-status=live}}
- 2018 – Guds tystnad (short film)
- 2019 – {{ill|Call Mom!|sv|Ring mamma!|italics=y}}
References
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External links
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