Maja Borg

26.01.1982, Norrköping, Sweden

Director and co-producer of Passion, an artist and film director working with both documentary and fiction. Their work is as likely to be exhibited on cinema as in art galleries. Borg’s work explores political alternatives and personal ‘otherness’ and is often focused on the deconstruction of culture, economy, sexuality, mythology and language itself.

Filmography

Films by this director

Passion

(Sweden, Spain, 2021)

Directed by: Maja Borg

PHOTOGRAPHY: María González Otero, Patriez van der Wens

Synopsis:

Passion is an intensely personal film about longing, healing, and belonging where filmmaker Maja Borg illustrates their unique process of dealing with trauma in the wake of a destructive relationship. In seeking to reclaim intimacy and re-establish boundaries Borg is drawn to queer BDSM practice, through which they’re able to explore their long-forgotten Christian heritage. Adopting rituals and play from both queer BDSM and Christian communities, Borg finds themselves able to acknowledge a...

b/w and color, 92′

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