Sara Broos is a Swedish filmmaker known for her introspective, poetic, and emotionally intimate style of filmmaking, often drawing from personal experiences and blending reality with metaphorical imagery. Her work frequently explores themes of identity, family, memory, and the complexities of human relationships. Broos has a distinct visual and narrative style, merging documentary and fiction in a way that blurs the lines between the two, often creating dreamlike, contemplative atmospheres.

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Autobiographical and Personal Storytelling

Many of Broos' films, such as "Reflections" (2016), focus on her own life or the lives of those close to her. She uses these personal narratives to explore universal themes like the relationship between parents and children, mental health, and the passage of time. Her autobiographical approach gives her films a raw, vulnerable, and deeply authentic feel.

Example: "Reflections" follows the complicated relationship between Broos and her mother, painter Karin Broos, blending documentary footage with symbolic and poetic visuals to explore themes of generational trauma and the difficulty of understanding oneself through one’s family.

Dreamlike Visuals and Metaphorical Imagery

Broos often employs symbolic and metaphorical imagery to convey emotions and inner experiences, making her work more abstract and reflective. Her use of visuals—such as water, reflections, and nature—creates an ethereal, dreamlike quality that invites viewers to interpret the meaning for themselves.

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Contact: broosfilm@gmail.com

+46(0)70 6807767

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Sara Broos Bio ​

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Sara Broos is a Swedish artist and filmmaker with a personal approach to storytelling that makes her films deeply intimate and relatable. Know for her exploration of personal and emotional themes to convey complex human experiences.

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Sara Broos was born in the countryside in Sweden and lives and work in Värmland and spends a lot if time in Berlin.  She began her artistic journey with a passion for both writing and filmmaking. She pursued her education in literature, art and film, allowing her to merge these artistic forms.

Her films and texts often delve into the intricacies of human relationships, identity, and the human experience. She captures raw, emotional moments, showcasing the vulnerability and authenticity of her subjects.

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She has directed and produced short films, video installations and documentaries.

She has received several awards as a filmmaker and her first feature length documentary, For You Naked (2012) received The Dragon Award at Gothenburg Film Festival and Best Nordic Documentary at Nordic Docs in Norway. Her latest film Reflections (2016) a mother daughter relation has been shown in competition at Gothenburg Film Festival, Tempo Documentary Festival and Krakow Film Festival.

Her films have been produced in co-production with Swedish Television and Region Värmland and with support from The Swedish Film Institute and The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Screened at festivals like Karlovy Vary, Idfa, Tribeca Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Vilnius Film Festival, Kiev Short Film Festival, Planet Doc, Doc Point, Sao Paolo, St Petersburg, etc. She is also head of an advanced level script writing course at Alma Education

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