About
Ashley is a producer and Managing Director of Sisyfos Film in Stockholm, Sweden together with Mario Adamson. Recently Motherland won the main prize at CPH:DOX and received an EFA nomination for Best Documentary. Prior to producing, she worked at film festivals, taught Cinema Studies, and published a PhD dissertation on the archival life of home movies. She is currently developing documentary, fiction, and immersive projects and co-directing the feature documentary Punk Rock Aerobics: The Movie.
projects in progress
Elevated (documentary) - Directed by Gustav Littorin. Premiere planned for 2025. A group of outsiders on the autism spectrum rise above their loneliness by building a community in the most unexpected of places: an elevator.
Demands of a Teenage Heart (drama) - Directed by Lisa Meyer. Premiere planned for 2027. 15-year-old Melanie is forced to choose between following her best friend to the city and holding on to her dream of taking over her dad’s forestry.
finished projects
The Scars of Ali Boulala (documentary) - Directed by Max Eriksson, 100 min, Sweden/Norway, 2021.
Fever Ray: What They Call Us (music video) - Directed by Martin Falck, 5 min, Sweden, 2022.
Blix Not Bombs (documentary) - Directed by Greta Stocklassa, 85 min, Czech Republic/Sweden/Germany, 2023; co-producer.
Motherland (documentary) - Directed by Hanna Badziaka & Alexander Mihalkovich, 92 min, Sweden/Ukraine/Norway, 2023.
Magnifica: Passive Intruder (hybrid) - Directed by Ville Koskinen, 20 min, Finland/Sweden, 2024; co-producer.
News
new project / Demands of a Teenage Heart / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
new project / Elevated / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
new project / Magnifica: Passive Intruder / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
new project / Motherland / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
new project / Blix Not Bombs / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
new project / Fever Ray: What They Call Us / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
new project / The Scars of Ali Boulala / Ashley J. Smith / New project has been added - 14.10.2024
Producer Ashley J. Smith updated promo video - 14.10.2024
Producer Ashley J. Smith updated promo video - 14.10.2024
Production company
Name: Sisyfos Film
Address: Bergsrådsvägen 108, 12842 Bagarmossen, Sweden
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E-mail address: ashley@sisyfosfilm.com
Website: www.sisyfosfilm.com
