Johan Jonason
Johan Jonason is a Swedish director, scriptwriter and actor. He started making films while studying Fine Art in London. In 2003 his short film Terrible Boy won the prestigious award 1 km film at Stockholm International Film Festival and was also nominated for the annual Swedish Film Award.
Hotel
(2013)
Erika is mentally bruised and starts group therapy with people seeking absolute anonymity. (more)
Erika is mentally bruised and starts group therapy with people seeking absolute anonymity. (more)
Guidance (2009)
Roy has lost his motivation and spends his days at home. Finally his wife can't take it anymore and sends him away on an alternative treatment. The method is ridiculous. Roy doesn't understand what he's doing there. The therapist is strange, so strange that Roy ... (more)
Roy has lost his motivation and spends his days at home. Finally his wife can't take it anymore and sends him away on an alternative treatment. The method is ridiculous. Roy doesn't understand what he's doing there. The therapist is strange, so strange that Roy ... (more)
Play
(2011)
In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric ... (more)
In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric ... (more)
Conquering China (2014)
A Swedish singer trades Europe for China. Like a blonde nephew of Bryan Ferry, he enters the burgeoning music scene in Shanghai, where electronic dance music dominates. But is this new land of opportunity ready for his soul-searching, tormented voice? Is music ... (more)
A Swedish singer trades Europe for China. Like a blonde nephew of Bryan Ferry, he enters the burgeoning music scene in Shanghai, where electronic dance music dominates. But is this new land of opportunity ready for his soul-searching, tormented voice? Is music ... (more)
The Square
(2017)
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. (more)
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. (more)
Dance Music Now (2012)
A neurotic recording session releases emotional turmoil. (more)
A neurotic recording session releases emotional turmoil. (more)
Josefines himmel (2012)
Josefine, 16, lives a relaxed and fluttering life on a sailing boat together with her dad. It's the two against the world and Josefine likes to have her dad for herself. When her dad meets a woman, Josefine's life threatens. He wants to stay, but Josefine wants to ... (more)
Josefine, 16, lives a relaxed and fluttering life on a sailing boat together with her dad. It's the two against the world and Josefine likes to have her dad for herself. When her dad meets a woman, Josefine's life threatens. He wants to stay, but Josefine wants to ... (more)
Status Quo (2013)
The Midnight Sun blurs the line between night and day. For part of the year, living close to the Arctic Circle means having more hours of the day to spend bonding with others. Though this, in combination with a lack of things to do, breeds creativity in some folks, ... (more)
The Midnight Sun blurs the line between night and day. For part of the year, living close to the Arctic Circle means having more hours of the day to spend bonding with others. Though this, in combination with a lack of things to do, breeds creativity in some folks, ... (more)
Grand Piano Legend (2014)
If you are going to be really good at something, you need to start early. If you are a piano player too. (more)
If you are going to be really good at something, you need to start early. If you are a piano player too. (more)
De andra barnen (2017)
A 10-year-old girl discovers that her privileged life may have something to do with the reason she doesn’t have any siblings. (more)
A 10-year-old girl discovers that her privileged life may have something to do with the reason she doesn’t have any siblings. (more)
The Stick (2019)
An applicant. A jury. The most prestigious film school. An admission test where you balance a stick on your finger. (more)
An applicant. A jury. The most prestigious film school. An admission test where you balance a stick on your finger. (more)
The Japanese Illusion (2022)
Dreams of Japan and unexpected career opportunities when an uncle depicts future plans for a boy in a twisted, bizarre, and wonderfully humorous film, where sumo wrestling shadow figures and werewolf howls create an unforgettable crescendo. (more)
Dreams of Japan and unexpected career opportunities when an uncle depicts future plans for a boy in a twisted, bizarre, and wonderfully humorous film, where sumo wrestling shadow figures and werewolf howls create an unforgettable crescendo. (more)
Under the Bridge (2022)
An upper-class cuple on the way home from the party ask a female employee, dressed as a savage, to howl at the moon. Her refusal to take part in the role playing game leads to an absurd and twisted series of events that overthrow the established order of power. (more)
An upper-class cuple on the way home from the party ask a female employee, dressed as a savage, to howl at the moon. Her refusal to take part in the role playing game leads to an absurd and twisted series of events that overthrow the established order of power. (more)