
Johan Jonason
Director · b. 1970 · Stockholm, Sweden
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.
Movies10
Movie6.7DramaA 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.
The Square
2017 · 1.8K votes
MovieDramaFantasyAn 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.
Movie6.8DramaCrimeIn 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 rather than physical violence.
Play
2011 · 144 votes
Movie5.9DramaErika is mentally bruised and starts group therapy with people seeking absolute anonymity.
MovieComedyDramaAn applicant. A jury. The most prestigious film school. An admission test where you balance a stick on your finger.
MovieThe 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, others might arguably have too much time on their hands. The concept of status quo, i.e. nothing has changed, has seldom been more suitable.
MovieDramaJosefine, 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 the sea ...
Josefines himmel
2012
MovieDramaIf you are going to be really good at something, you need to start early. If you are a piano player too.
MovieDramaA neurotic recording session releases emotional turmoil.
Dance Music Now
2012
Movie8.3MusicDocumentaryA 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 really such a universal language?
Conquering China
2014 · 3 votes
Series3
TV6.6DramaComedyA new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.
TV7.2ComedyDramaA married consultant and a young IT tech kick off a flirty game that challenges societal norms — and leads them to re-evaluate their entire lives.
TV6.0DramaComedyAlva wants nothing more than to become a parent together with boyfriend Nico, but it's just not happening. Meanwhile, her sister Ellen has three children with husband Alex — and dearly wishes she hadn't.