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CECILIA “CIA“ PAULSSON (director and producer) is a Malmö-based filmmaker with a wide range, she makes everything from quirky and colourful stop motion animations to fictional stories and documentaries. In her artistry, she explores issues around utopias, basic income, alternative economy, climate anxiety and activism. She has a bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies followed by three years of film school and has been working professionally with film since 2018. She is a part of the film collective RåFILM. Her first feature length documentary film, “Outgrow the system” (2023) is about transitioning into a sustainable economic system. At the moment she is also involved with the international network Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), and took the initiative to start a Swedish hub. Cia has previously filmed a lot for the environmental movement, including the short documentary "STOPP", which was screened at several festivals. For 1.5 years, she worked as a digital public educator at the project Klimatprata, (”Talking Climate”), where she single-handedly produced more than 30 short educational films for social media and for an app. She has also worked on a number of TV series, for instance as an Extra’s Coordinator on the Swedish series “Thin Blue Line”.