Ida Thomasdotter
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five months & a lifetime
After a horrendous pregnancy, a long and arduous labour, overwhelming birth and even more overwhelming recovery in the immediate postpartum,...
they call it “baby blues”
They call it "baby blues" but truthfully there is nothing about these babies that feels blue to me. The way...
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navigating pregnancy
What I’ve noticed in this pregnancy, as all women who have been pregnant before me surely must have noticed too,...
building worlds & growing humans
As chaotic as 2022 was, 2023 has so far been just as intense, if not more so, only in a very different way.
Fleeting thoughts about keepsakes
Planning for motherhood, I find myself nesting. But not only that, I’m also pre-emptively sentimental and nostalgic over things that...
Attention Deficit Hyper-act
🌧️ November 🌧️ is normally the worst month for me in terms of bipolar depression and it's always a battle getting through...
I wake up like this sometimes
Some mornings you wake up and everything just feels wrong. It's not even so much the world around you; the...
Stepping out of my Echo Chamber
I was reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s blog this morning with my morning coffee and some of her thoughts on the...
Where’s the harm?
How can you say you're rehabilitating sex offenders, when in reality you're actively encouraging them to act out their sick...
Developing worlds & stories
My work life balance is slightly off at the moment, with so many exciting projects in the Cypherverse pipeline. All...
2021/07/09Ida Thomasdotter
Pre-production headaches
After trying to get a hold of a location to film our teaser trailer in through the public sector channels...
Lazarus Films
Another resurrected film starts its journey! Back in 2014, I collaborated with choreographer Destiny Bergvall and two young actors, Parisa...
2021/03/06Ida Thomasdotter
Illustration techniques & interactive web series plotting
My partner got me an online course for xmas, so I decided to go with a course in unlocking creativity...
Bipolar in the social context
I don’t know what kind of bipolar you have, but you seem fine to me. I don’t think of you as...
WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?
Don’t worry, that’s actually a misleading title. In fact, things are pretty good and have been good for quite some...
Autumn filming
As The Great Wave is looming closer, it's crunch time for us in the Filmmaker In Residency programme. I'm dividing...
2020/09/26Ida Thomasdotter
Creating ripples
It never rains but it pours! Emerging from lockdown, I went from having very little to do but potter around...
2020/09/09Ida Thomasdotter
“Get those cookies”
Still in lockdown, dividing my time between portfolio building, networking, creative collaboration and kitten training -- YES. I got...
2020/06/23Ida Thomasdotter
Lockdown News
I spent two weeks visiting my family in Sweden at the beginning of March, regrouping and thinking about my future,...
2020/05/13Ida Thomasdotter