Ruben Östlund knows it sounds “absurd” to complain about winning awards, but he admits it adds another level of “pressure” for filmmakers.
In a recent conversation with Sofa for mom Writer-director Niclas Larsson for Interview reviewTHE Triangle of sadness The director was asked if “awards create self-confidence or make you more uncertain?”
“I would say it makes you more insecure,” Östlund replied. “For me, it was exactly like that. Winning a Palme d’Or put more pressure on me, but winning two Palmes d’Or took a lot of pressure off me because it meant I wasn’t a one-hit wonder. But I also need pressure to perform.”
He added: “That’s why the goal of the next film is to win another Palme d’Or. It will be the first time in the history of cinema that a director will win three Palmes d’Or in a row.”
Östlund won his first Palme d’Or for The place in 2017 and again in 2022 for Triangle of sadnessWhile he noted that “it’s completely absurd to say these things,” the filmmaker also acknowledges that “pressure” can help propel people toward their goals.
“For me, the goal is to create a bar that is pushed up and to create a goal,” Östlund says. “I think a lot of people find me very pretentious in a way, but for me, it’s said because it creates something that allows something to be pushed.”
The Oscar-nominated director added earlier in the conversation: “I think true creative confidence, being successful at something, working on feature films, traveling the world and meeting people has also built my confidence. So it’s about gaining confidence in a profession and, through that, experiencing the world and being exposed to different social situations makes you even more confident.”
Östlund also earned two Oscar nominations for Triangle of sadnessincluding Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, while The place received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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