Born in Sweden in 1977, Frida Kempff directed the short documentary "Bathing Micky" in 2010, after graduating from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This film tells the story of an elderly woman who is a member of her local swimming club and won the Jury Prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

The short fiction film "While You Were Gone," about a young man's evolving relationship with his father, premiered in 2011, followed in 2015 by the short documentary "Circles," about a man's return to Stockholm after volunteering for Doctors Without Borders.

In 2015, Kempff's first feature film, "Winter Buoy," premiered at the Gothenburg Film Festival. The documentary highlights a public health program in Toronto that supports at-risk pregnant women.

Kempff went on to direct two other short fiction films: "Dear Kid," about a mother who suspects a swim coach of abusing one of his students, and Wolf, about a young woman who encounters a wolf that threatens her family's sheep. Kempff's first feature-length fiction film, "Knocking," premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.