A Swedish dreamer chases ethical gold across continents—and pays the ultimate price for a boyhood dream.
A film about the gold panning adventures of Hans Söderström, an indigenous Swede. The story stretches from Scandinavia to Africa, via Asia and the Americas, but ultimately boils down to the simple boyish dream of finding gold. Lots of it. And oneself.
Director: Mattias Löw
Writers: Mattias Löw, Reshma Mansuri Löw, Fredrik Oskarsson
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The Gold Panner from Lannavaara” is a quietly engaging documentary that offers an intriguing glimpse into Hans Söderström’s stubborn pursuit of gold between the Arctic and Africa. It balances character study and adventure reasonably well, with evocative imagery and a memorable, i…
“The Gold Panner from Lannavaara” is that rare documentary that feels like someone spliced a slow Norrbotten village evening with a fever dream set in a gold mine. Hans “Hasse” Söderström wanders through the film as a tragic hero, overcaffeinated entrepreneur and your most conspi…
The Gold Panner from Lannavaara feels like a snow-dusted cautionary tale dressed as adventure: a man chasing gold, meaning, and his own myth until all three start to blur. It made me think of a child building a palace from pyrite—beautiful, sincere, and slightly doomed. By the en…
