Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

YOUTH PROGRAME ENC

The Threefold Life of Man

Sweden, Germany
2011 — 15' / Color

Synopsis

The Threefold Life of Man is the title of a book from the Seventeenth century by the German mystic Jacob Böhme, but it is also the title of a recent short silent film by Swedish radio- and sound artist Johan Andrén. During the quarter of an hour, we are introduced to a childhood memory, a reminiscence of an autistic boy’s last summer on an island in the Swedish archipelago, conducted as a drama with three protagonists; the father, the mother, the child.

Directors' Biography

Johan is a Swedish poet and sound artist. Since the middle of the eighties he has been living in Berlin, where he is working as a producer of radio plays and documentaries. The Threefold Life of Man is his first film.

Directors

Johan Andrén

Producers

Johan Andrén

Cinematographers

Peter Cederblom

Editors

Johan Andrén

Contact

Johan Andrén
Greifswalder Strasse 163
10409 Berlin, Germany
+ 491797978049
johan.andren@snafu.de