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Gustav Olsson

@gustavolsson

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Director & Producer @gade18film & surf enthusiast.
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Every year, nearly 100,000 people vanish without a trace in Japan.
They are the jōhatsu, “the evaporated”, those who choose to disappear, escaping shame, debt, or the weight of broken ties.

In this two-minute short documentary, we follow Goro, a private investigator who searches for these invisible lives - the ghosts of modern Japan.

Premiere now!

Director/Producer: @gustav_ols
DOP: @jo.e.n
Sound Design: @unitedpar
Composer: @gitarrzan
Additional Research & Translation: @mayuymst
Production Company: @gade18film

Featuring:
PI Goro Koyama from Japan PI as Himself
Lost Man @watarunrt

With funding from:
@swedish_arts_grants_committee

Special thanks:
@mayasause @huddle_tokyo @kosuke111 & Nika Schicke

#johatsu #documentary #minidocumentary #TokyoStories #Japan #socialissues #shortfilm #filmcommunity #cinematography #GADE18 #GustavOlsson #investigation #trueStories #filmmaking #storytelling taken in Tokyo, Japan by @gustavolsson

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Happy Halloween! ”Bloody Mess” is out
Link in Bio

Directed and Produced by: @Gustav_Ols
Written by @Gustav_ols and @Perfect._Designs
DOP: @realoscarasplind
Sound Design: @Ljudande
Surf Cinematography: @Jonisstrom
Original Music: @Perfect._Designs
Sound Mix: @soniskastudio
1st AC: @juliuswadman & @peljer
Gaffer: @edgarthies
Drone Operator: @johanssonbasti
Catering: Lilleba Nilsson
Production Company: @Gade18film
Poster Photo: @nils.sjoholm
Poster Title: @valenscred

The Victim: @hannanormann
Surfer at Beach: @jeanpauly
911 Voice: @permapersson

Board Lamination: @bertramstorgaard

Special Thanks: @MalmorentalHouse,Jan Andersson, @sandra.haraldsen , @celticbarenitomelilla, @Jo.e.n, Lennart Olsson, @tom_pearsall_ , @petermalmgren & all extras

#surffilm #horror #surfboard #surfboardshaper #shortfilm #halloween taken in Österlen, Sweden by @gustavolsson

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2 years ago

SHOWREEL 2022
Tack till alla inblandade och alla som gjort dessa projekt möjliga 🙏
Musik: @slackinbeats by @gustavolsson

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Three years of following Adam and filming his journey.I think we’re done soon. I’ve said that before.
The film will premiere in 2027. That’s a promise.

Soundtrack for this post=Adam’s choice. by @gustavolsson

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In two weeks, I’ll sit down for the final interview for my documentary!

By then, I think all eight of my bodybuilding competitions will be mentioned. I competed on the bodybuilding stage in 2022, 2024 and 2025 — although in the film, the Swedish Championships in 2024 are presented as my first competition. That’s television for you! 😄

In the final interview, I’ll be able to say that it ended up being two competitions and five guest posing appearances, and that I finished my bodybuilding career at Amateur Olympia.

But this final interview is very special to me.

I want to talk about retiring from bodybuilding, about what this sport has meant to me, and about something much deeper — that I dared to feel a kind of love that I had never, ever dared to feel in my life before.

It has been an incredibly emotional three-year journey of filming. There have been funny moments, serious moments, difficult moments, and times when I’ve had to dig deep into my past.

Three years ago, I wished for certain things.

Today, I don’t wish for those things anymore.

Instead, I received something even more beautiful. And I think that will come through in the final interview.

Just this August, I was asked if I had started thinking about when the documentary will be released.

Honestly, no.

I haven’t thought about it. I’ve just kept filming.

But now… I’m starting to feel it.

This is my true story. Thirty years of my life.

I think I’ll probably say very little when the documentary is released. I’d rather let the documentary speak for itself.

Life on this earth became something truly beautiful. 🫶

The documentary is expected to air on SVT in Sweden in 2027 — and hopefully it will also reach audiences outside Sweden.

My story. My life. My truth. by @gustavolsson

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A few of my favorite takes from IKEA
“We’re better together”

Director @mauri_r_chifflet
Produced by @gustav_ols
Production House @gade18film
Director of photography @arilwretblad
Production Designer @mariachiffletdesign
Wardrobe @sandra.haraldsen
Post Production @takeoutpost by @gustavolsson

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3 months ago

Vår film ”I väntan på snö” utvald till satsningen Highlights från @svtdokumentar och @filmiskane

I väntan på snö, Vid ett hörn av Hallandsåsen ligger Vallåsen, en plats som en gång kallades för Skånes Alper. Varje vinter samlas här en liten grupp seriösa skidåkare som vägrar ge upp sin dröm - trots att snön knappt kommer längre och trots att Vallåsen knappast är ett berg (höjd 145m).
Regissör Gustav Olsson, producent Kerstin Übelacker. Produceras av @we_have_a_plan i samproduktion med Film i Skåne och SVT by @gustavolsson

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Oerhört tacksam för stipendiet från @sparbankenskane.
Tack juryn och @filmiskane för att ni tror på mitt arbete.
Det här betyder jättemycket!
Och ett extra stort tack till mina kollegor som är med med på varje resa! taken in Malmö Opera by @gustavolsson

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🕵️‍♂️🍜Joen with a camera and a soup of guts. A detective and some surf.

#behindthescenes #japan #tokyo #documentary taken in Japan by @gustavolsson

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In Tokyo, people disappear without a trace.
We followed a private investigator searching for Japan’s jōhatsu - the “evaporated” who disappear from their own lives, leaving society’s hidden wounds behind.

Here are a few frames from the film.
PREMIERE SOON!

Director: @gustav_ols
DOP: @jo.e.n
Production Company: @gade18film

#Johatsu #documentary #FilmMaking #TokyoStories #tokyo #framegrabs #VisualStorytelling #privateinvestigator #japan taken in Tokyo, Japan by @gustavolsson

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🏎️💖Halva Malmö består av killar som dumpat mig. Häng med när Moah Madsen tar med Carla Sehn på en guidad tur genom Malmö!

Vi stod bakom social shooten för serien. Här är några frames och BTS-bilder.

Hela filmen 👉 Länk i bio.

Producent/Regi: @Gustav_Ols
DOP: @petterbullling  Edit: @mtld.lnd  Talanger: @carla_sehn_ @moahmadsen
 Produktionsbolag: @gade18film  Byrå: @kurppahoskcomms  Klient: @netflixnordic

Kameraoperatör: @mackan_alexander_larsson_  Sound Recorder: @jakoberlandson  Sound Design: @unitedpar  MUA: @sandra.haraldsen

Tack hela teamet!
Extra tack till @beyondretro , @azaleekaraokebar & @mittmollan

#halvamalmöbeståravkillarsomdumpatmig #diaryofaditchedgirl #netflix #behindthescenes #malmö taken in Malmö, Sweden by @gustavolsson

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a year ago

Some moments from our project for IKEA.
Proud of the team and the story we got to tell.
Full film coming soon! 🎬

DOP: @arilwretblad
Prod Design: @mariachiffletdesign
Post: @slutettakeout

#IKEA #BetterTogether #CommercialFilm #FilmProduction #Reklamfilm #FilmCrew #CreativeProcess #Cinematography #OnSet taken in Malmö, Sweden by @gustavolsson

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