ABOUT US
Instrument Films is an independent collaboration between three professional film makers, Arvid Eriksson, Jonas Mortensen and Mikkel Eriksen, and was initially set up as a creative outlet for aural and visual experiments. Over the years the cross-discipline collaboration has developed into a forum for music, photography and cinema.
NEWS
2008.10
Arvid animates Title Seq for iti Pounamu. Check it out here.
2008.09
Mikkel plays mysterous live gig with 'HEST' at the ICA in London!
2008.08
EMI contracts Arvid to direct Greg Johnson's new music video "Looking Out On Monday" on location in Los Angeles
2008.08
Arvid launches "Clever Creative" together with Mark Ihaia and Joe Whitehead.
2008.07
Vitagraph starts distributing Eradescape on a worldwide basis
2008.05
Arvid shots and directs "Eradescape" within the 48hour film challenge, New Zealand.
2008.02
Platonic screens in The Short Film Market at world famous Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France.
2008.01
Arvid relocates to Auckland, New Zealand, to develop a feature film script and explore other opportunities down under.
2007.11
Distribution deal closed with Italian Mobile Phone Network. Both Airhead and Matinee will be distributed as Pay-Per-View films.
2007.10
Jonas begins work on a series of promos about the efforts of the Nissan GT car and team at races in UK, Germany and Dubai.
2007.10
Arvid delivers an on-line commercial for world famous brand Lycra. The account was handled by agency Saatchi Saatchi London/Masius and the film was produced by Toast and Flynn Productions. Shot on location in London.
2007.09
Airhead and Matinee are selected by Bristol Int. Film Festival to be included in a Best-of -DepicT showcase. The films will be screened at Uppsala Int. Film Festival in Sweden.
Jonas and director Colin O'Toole shoot a documentary about a pilgrim taking part in the annual procession up holy mountain Croagh Patrick on the west coast of Ireland.
2007.06
Arvid starts new contract at Canal Plus in Stockholm, directing film trailers and channel identity
2007.05
Arvid screens Platonic at the REX Cinema in Soho to a busy crowd of about 160 people.
2007.04
Jonas shoots the TV commercials for Channel4 TELETEXT
2007.04
Vitagraph in Italy closes deal with Instrument Films to distribute Let Go, Matinee, and Airhead world-wide!
2007.03
Jonas' black and white commercial for PLAYSTATION3 is released on television and in all major cinemas.
2007.02
Jonas shoots music video for Norwegian band King Midas' track HONKY TONK SYMPHONY - a mini roadmovie through Norway, Sweden and Germany directed by Tundra*. www.tundragroup.com
2007.02
Flynn Productions in London starts representing Arvid as a director.
2006.12
Arvid has just finished filming an 8 min short film, "Platonic". The film will be ready for the international film festivals by end of March 2007. We'll keep you posted on the private view!
2006.11
Jonas and director Nikolaj Larsen travel around Israel / Palestine
shooting material for an ongoing documentary project about everyday life in
a place of intense conflict. As part of the project they daily uploaded
clips from the rushes on www.mystictruths.net.
2006.11
RIPPLES is screening at the Oslo International Film Festival in Norway.
2006.10 Jonas shoots the commercial for the SONY PS3 launch game RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN.
2006.07 Jonas shoots on location in Denmark, Germany and Poland for artist
Pia Rønicke's art project ROSA'S LETTERS. The two-screen installation opens
at the gallery GB Agency in Paris.
2006.07
SILVERTOWN is short listed for the Newham Film Office's grant and will go through workshops throughout August. Production is set to start in September.
2006.05
RIPPLES is screening at the Solar Cinema Experience @ Camden Green Fair, Regents Park, London on Sunday the 4th of June
2006.05
SILVERTOWN documentary proposal is finalised and handed in to Newham Film Office.
2006.03
RIPPLES is selected for Raindance East Film Festival.
2006.03
LET GO, broadcast rights sold to Canal+ in Spain.
2006.02
Jonas travels to Cambodia on photoassignment for the Landmine Disability Support Trust, documenting the lives of landmine victims in the Kompong Chhnang province, north of Phnom Penh.
2006.02
LET GO gets grant from Swedish Film Institute for blow up to two 35mm prints to be shown at Folkets Bio cinemas around Sweden. Premiere April 2006.
2006.02
"1859" is Pick of the Week on MTV Nordic.
2006.01
Arvid is invited as one of the talents at Berlinale Talent Campus.
2005.12
Jonas shoots musicvideo for Danish punkrockers ROCK HARD POWER SPRAY's debut single "1859". The video is directed by Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen. www.rockhardpowerspray.com
2005.11
NO PLACE LIKE HOME is screened at Oslo International Film Festival.
2005.09-12
REHEARSALS screens at documentary events in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Brighton, Birmingham and Munich.
2005.09
Jonas and fellow cinematographer Bjorn Hellem finish principal photography on the feature NAKED IN LONDON. The film is directed by veteran director Mark Tierney and coming out 2006. www.nakedinlondon.com
2005.06
Jonas teams up with director Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen to shoot the documentary NO PLACE LIKE HOME, on location in Sharjah and Dubai, U.A.E. Mikkel makes the sounddesign and score. www.nbsl.info
2005.04
Jonas shoots the b/w shortfilm MARK for director Dagmar Baumunk. www.threebraincells.net
2005.10
REHEARSALS shot by Jonas for Michael Grigsby in Northern Ireland hits the big screen at NFT in London and is screened at Channel 5. NFT wrote: "The stunning cinematic camerawork by Danish cameraman Jonas Mortensen, shot on High Definition wide screen format, illuminates the depth and complexity of Belfast's landscape". www.michaelgrigsby.co.uk
2005.10
LET GO, Scandinavian broadcast rights sold to Viasat Broadcasting Ltd.
2005.10
LET GO & MATINEE, broadcast rights sold to Canal+ in France.
2005.10
MATINEE, webrights sold to Lovefilm.
2005.08
Mikkel makes a documentary with artist Nikolaj Larsen, RIPPLES, about young people - for young people, focusing on the experiences and thoughts of young Muslims in the aftermath of the London Bombings. www.instrumentfilms.com/ripples
2005.06
LET GO is selected for the 'Best of Raindance East' selection in Raindance's new initiative with Tiscali.
2005.04
Arvid joins the creative collective Tundra Group. Arvid will be joining as live action director and editor. Please check out what Tundra's up to at www.tundragroup.com
2005.03
LET GO is selected for Raindance East Film Festival.
2005.02
Jonas shoots documentary in Northern Ireland for documentary legend Michael Grigsby.
2004.06
Mikkel and Jonas team up with Danish artist Pia Ranicke to work on her new documentary ZONEN.
2004.01
Jonas is cameraman and Mikkel sounddesigner on director Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen's documentary PORTRAIT IN TIME.
2004.11
Mikkel is runner-up with SWAP in the 24 Hour Film Challenge. See it here!
2004.11
Arvid co-produces and edits behind the scenes documentary of Tennis Masters Cup, Houston Texas.
2004.09
Mikkel teams up with choreographer Tharan Revfem and Plire Multi Dance Company - competing for the "The Place Prize"
2004.09
LET GO wins best short film at the South Korean Film festival eMotion.
2004.08
Arvid is signed as a director with The Wall, a Swedish based productions company which produces commercials and TV identities.
2004.06
LET GO makes the final short list to Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2004.
2004.06
Jonas and Bjorn Hellem wins best Cinematography at the 48 Hour Film Challenge for THE MEETING. www.virtualcontent.co.uk/48hr
2004.06
Premiere of LET GO at The Other Cinema, London.
2003.11
MATINEE is shortlisted for at DepitcT 2003, part of Brief Encounters, Bristol.
2002.11
AIRHEAD is shortlisted for DepitcT 2002.