Josefin Åsberg

History

Josefin Åsberg is a production designer and art director, known for The Square (2017), Force Majeure (2014) and Lilya 4-Ever (2002).

Movies

Triangle of Sadness
Production Design
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
Il était une fois...
Self
X&Y
Art Direction
An artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together, in the context of a feature film, to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They engage in a boundless play with their surroundings in an exploration of identity, male and female.
The Square
Production Design
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Up in the Sky
Production Designer
Pottan is going to a riding camp, but ends up at a recycling center where she is taken care of by the strange staff. One day Pottan finds out that the staff are building a space rocket.
Force Majeure
Art Direction
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
Force Majeure
Production Design
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
The Quiet Roar
Production Design
MARIANNE (Evabritt Strandberg) is a 68-year old woman diagnosed with a terminal disease. Left with angst, she seeks therapy at a clinic where she is treated with Psilocybin (LSD) and meditation by a counselor, Eva (Hanna Schygulla). Through this she is transferred to her subconscious, where she meets and confronts her 25-year old self and her former husband.
Waltz for Monica
Production Design
"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm.
Mammoth
Production Design
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.
The King of Ping Pong
Production Design
Rille, an ostracized and bullied teenager, who only excels in the ping pong room, descends into a life-and-death struggle with his younger, more popular brother when the truth about their father surfaces during their spring break.
Lilya 4-ever
Art Direction
Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
The Entertainment System Is Down
Production Designer
When the entertainment system suddenly stops working on board a long-haul flight, the passengers are stuck with no screens to look at.