Documentaries By Mikael Strandberg

Review:

Mikael Strandberg is very possibly the most respected and experienced explorer that we have ever had associated with the Adventure Film Festival. We thrive on the lo-fi goonery of gifted amateurs but Strandberg is A-list, the real deal. In his fifties, he has made documentaries and expeditioned to some of the wildest places on earth. Yemen, Siberia, Patagonia, Darien Gap etc. However, nothing could have prepared him for the total immersion required for this experience. He had been keen to get ‘under the skin’ of the English but his project was hobbled by not being able to afford the childcare for Dana, his little girl! So, he realised he would have to take her with him. What emerges is one of the most remarkable documentaries this festival will ever witness. Strandberg resolutely shoots unprepared and spontaneously. If a celeb did this trip a young intern would be feverishly setting up local ‘characters’ for our hero to ‘encounter’. Not so for this man. A stunning document that is like secretly reading a school report about yourself, before it gets mailed to your parents, but you didn’t score very well….

Filmography

Patagonia – 3000 kilometers by horse (1998)

Maasailand – 1000 kilometers by foot (2001)

Minus 72 degrees F– 3000 kilometers by ski through Siberia (2006)

Expedition Yemen – 126 degrees in the shade (2013)

Expedition Frozen Frontier -Director (2015)

Man With A Pram (2016)

Man With A Family – A Greenlandic Adventure (2020)

Awards.

2016 Best Photography, winner of the Golden Goggles 2016 Yakutsk International Film Festival
2020 Special Award of the Jury at the Golden Raven Film Festival in Anadyr, Chukotka, Russia
2020 Special Award of the Jury at The Yakutsk International film Festival
2021 Winner Best Documentary Luleå Film Festival

In Production:

Man With A Bicycle (ready 2024)

From London To New York, Expedition Defender X (2026)

KARLAG, (ready 2025)

Like Father, Like son (ready 2026)