Jens Jonsson

 

Director
Jonsson is a Swedish director and screenwriter, born in Umeå in 1974. From 1994 to 1998, he studied graphic design and then film directing at Dramatiska Institute in Stockholm, from which he graduated in 2001. In 1999 he started making short films. His short film Brother of Mine (Bror min, 2001) won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival as Best Short Feature Film. In 2005, he made the popular children’s TV series Good Morning Children (God morgon alla barn). His first feature film is The King of Ping Pong (Ping-pongkingen, 2008).

Filmography


Films by this director

The King of Ping Pong

(Ping-pongkingen, 2008)

Directed by: Jens Jonsson
PHOTOGRAPHY: Askild Edvardsen
Synopsis:

Rille and Erik are brothers who live with their mother in north Sweden. Their father works on an oilrig and they see him once a year when he comes home for vacation. Their mother has a boyfriend, Gunnar, whom both boys dislike. Even though they are brothers, the boys are completely different: the younger Erik is a sportsman, adored by his friends and girls, while the older Rille is an outsider. He is a chubby teenager who only knows how to play table tennis.

color, 35 mm, 112 min
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