Ruben·STLUND
Jury of the 8th Tiantan Award
  Ruben·stlund was born in 1974 in Styrs, Sweden. He started as a director of skiing films in the 1990s, and eventually went on to study film at the University of Gothenburg. His feature debut The Guitar Mongoloid (2004) won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2005. His second feature Involuntary (2008) premiered in the Un Certain regard at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. The film was then distributed in more than 20 countries and shown at numerous festivals, awarding Ruben international recognition. Two years later, he won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival for his short Incident by a Bank. The premiere of his third feature film Play (2011) was held in the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Play also brought him the Best Director Award at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival. His fourth feature film Force Majeure (2014) premiered in the Un Certain Regard at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. Force Majeure was also nominated at the Golden Globes and shortlisted for an Oscar.
  His newest feature film The Square (2017) won the Palme d'Or at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards and at the 75th Golden Globes. The film has been distributed in over 70 countries.