Jacob Kressner
Biography
Ernst Jacob Theodor Kressner (born in February 12, 2000) is an independent film director, writer, producer and sound designer in Stockholm, Sweden. Between 2018 and 2021 he studied a broad film education in high school and Sundbybergs Folkhögskola. In 2022 he finished his second short film "Water!" which competed in six film festivals internationally. In 2024 he started the production company "Förbannade Myror" ("Damned Ants") together with collaborator Lukas Sjögren. His third short film "The Ant" is made with the support of the Swedish film fund "Film Stockholm AB" and crowdfunding. He plans to make his debut feature film next. Jacob's films use allegories and visual storytelling to tell personal stories.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Göns
A man watches stressed people outside his window while awaiting a visitor.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as The Man
A man wakes up and goes into town with a box. He wanders a bit, stopping only to get hot dogs, before finally arriving at the waters. He smokes a cigarette with the box and another cigarette without it.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as (Voice)
The film takes place in the Swedish capitol Stockholm during the year 1809. War has ravaged Europe continuously for the last seventeen years. The common citizens of Stockholm live in misery as poverty, violence and death dominate the shadowy alleys. A coup feels inevitable and the coming dissolvement of the nation is what's on everyone's lips. In a beautiful salon six nobles are hiding away from it all by partying and socializing. One night the hostess Charlotte reveals to her five guests that she will be forced to sign over her property to one of them, for fear of otherwise losing it to the rebelling antigustavians. A game begins in the candlelit salon. A game of covert intentions, manipulation and mind games as five nobles attempt to find out who of them is best suited to take over the beautfiul estate. Time passes as they're all constantly driven towards their own personal abysses. All meanwhile the sounds of gunshots and yelling echo from beyond the gilded window sills.