China Åhlander

China Åhlander (she/her) is an intimacy coordinator and a work environment consultant on film, TV, and theatre, based in Skåne in the south of Sweden. China ensures safety in the process regarding the intimate scenes for the actors, the director, and the rest of the crew or regarding the work environment as a whole.

China has a combination of deep industry experience, problem-solving skills, and ability to create a safe and respectful work environment. She brings not only technical and organizational expertise, but also strong interpersonal skills to create trust and security. China has acquired extensive knowledge about people when making films with minorities or films about people suffering from trauma or shame. Her own films are often a collaboration with people, and shot in environments that are rarely seen on film to give a voice to those who lack one, raise awareness, and invite the audience to places and meet people they haven't met before. Through her work as a producer and first assistant director alongside both professional and first-time actors and directors, she has gained a deep understanding of what is needed to create a safe environment for everyone involved.

In her job as intimacy coordinator, China is keen to portray the characters' psychological encounters in the intimate scenes, to strengthen the effect of their relationship and the story's content and development in the scenes – without reinforcing any explicit sexual expressions but instead deepening the narrative.

Alongside her work as an intimacy coordinator, China is an award-winning screenwriter and producer of the multi-awarded feature films "My Aunt in Sarajevo" (dir. Goran Kapetanovic) and "Eat Sleep Die" (Sweden's Oscar submission 2013, dir. Gabriela Pichler). Among other notable films, she has also edited and produced the documentary "Lindy the Return of Little Light" about the Romani artist and actor Lindy Larsson, and the documentary "The Dear John Letter" about men who, after 35 years, dare to break the silence about childhood sexual abuse. To be able to choose the projects she is passionate about, she runs her own production company Chinema Film Sweden. China is also a script consultant and teaches the film production process and its work environment challenges at film schools such as Filmlinjen at Skurups Folkhögskola.

China speaks Swedish, English and Italian.

Email: china@chinema.se

Website: www.chinema.se/intimacycoordinator