Bio

SVEN DANIEL VINGE MADSEN, director of both documentary and narrative fiction. Sven directed two documentaries in Africa, “Burkina Bawfora” (Odense International Film Festival 2005) and “The Old Man and the Lake” (2006), both winners of the 1st prize for best documentary at the University of Copenhagen. Sven has written and directed the experimental short “Love/Rewind” which has been selected by 8 international film festivals and won the 1st prize for best experimental at the Crested Butte Reel Fest, Colorado, 2007, and the Jury’s Honorable Mention at the Utah Arts Festival, 2007. His most recent short “Words”, 2011, won the prize as best international short at Raindance Film Festival, London, 2011.