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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Johannes Nyholm

Johannes NYHOLM (1974, Sweden) is a filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and animator. He was educated in film, art, new media and animation, and manages his own production company. Nyholm first gained recognition for his animated film series, The Tale of Little Puppetboy (2008), which has been shown internationally at festivals and galleries. His short film, Las Palmas (2011), gained worldwide fame with its trailer alone. His feature debut The Giant (2016) screened at TIFF, San Sebastián International Film Festival and IFFR and had the highest review index of all Swedish films released that year. Koko-di Koko-da (2019) premiered in 2019 at Sundance, and also screened at IFFR and Gothenburg Film Festival. With a background in classic animation, Nyholm often mixes different styles and cinematic universes and grounds them in existential narratives.

Filmography

(selection) Sagan om den lilla Dockpojken/The Tale of Little Puppetboy (2008, short), Dockpojken/Puppetboy (2008, short), Drömmar från skogen/Dreams from the Woods (2009, short), Las Palmas (2011, short), Jätten/The Giant (2016), Koko-di Koko-da (2018)

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Johannes Nyholm at IFFR

  • Firehawks

    Isaiah, a commercial film director, is tired of the industry and its superficial consumerism. With the noble determination of saving the planet, he ga

  • Puppetboy

    Live action film about an obsessed animator and a film crew doing a documentary on him. For more than ten years, the artist has worked on films with a

  • Koko-di Koko-da

    Two lovers who have grown apart because of sorrow find themselves in an endless nightmare during a camping trip.

  • The Giant

    He might be handicapped, but Rikard Boberg has set his sights on winning an important pétanque championship. He thinks he will then be reu

  • Dreams from the Woods

    Refined and magic shadow-puppet play full of true love and deep hurt, with, in the leading roles, the Girl, the Bird and Death.

  • Dreams from the Woods

    Refined and magic shadow-puppet play full of true love and deep hurt, with, in the leading roles, the Girl, the Bird and Death.