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Director's Statement
”Probably not until all this is over will I realize how important this film is to me. Zozo is the film that I’ve been dreaming of doing for such a long time now, that it almost feels like my first. I can’t really answer why I made it; it’s just always been in my head. It’s much more personal than anything I’ve done in the past, because it’s inspired by my own life.”
”I’ve always thought I’d have to wait a long time to make Zozo. When I was more experienced. So I made Cool Guys, Jalla! Jalla! and Kops and figured it would be a few more years. And then Anna (Anthony, producer) said to me; ’you know, you could miss the boat on this one… let’s just do it now’.”
”Because of the stakes involved for me personally, the process has been nerve-racking, from the writing to the casting, all the way through the editing. I had to look deep down and sometimes it was pretty rough. I don’t know what it was exactly, but probably because it had to do with alienation. I remember what it was like coming to Sweden and trying to find my way, like at school for instance.”
”I’ve never written a script entirely by myself before. This was a first. And because I had such a passion for the story it was incredibly fun and exciting. With Zozo, I put no limitations on myself whatsoever. I’ve tried to be very receptive. What I’ve liked, I’ve gone with. Like the chicken being able to talk, or Zozo on the balcony speaking with some sort of God. I could easily have allowed myself to think, ’wow, this is nuts’, but instead I just let loose and wrote whatever came to mind. It was very satisfying.”