Jacob Kressner

A man works in a dystopian office. He copes by thinking about beautiful paintings during breaktime. Ants crawling out of his skin and a strange coworker interrupt his peace of mind but they remind him of his past as an artist.

16 year old Alex is struggling to figure out who he is. In the mirror he sees someone other than himself which both intrigues and mortifies him.

2024 Noomaraton project - A man watches stressed people outside his window while awaiting a visitor.

A hereditary and supernatural illness slowly twists the relationship between a boy and his mother. Through the course of 20 years Simon comes to learn of this illness and finds out that his mother will one day be consumed by it. When the time comes that the mother can no longer take care of herself, Simon is put to the test.

On a grass field, five women go on an inner journey to try and control their own realities by exploring and performing scenes and choreographies.

Five young friends are hanging out in the woods and discussing their different views on love. There’s Mary who is happily in love with Toby, Toby who is sort of indifferent about Mary, Joby who has a secret crush on Toby, Caty who is single and satisfied and Freddy, the gang’s own enthusiastic nerd. Freddy tells his friends about an ancient greek myth which suggests that humanity used to consist of people who were literally stuck together with their true loves. He then suggests that they should all pray to the old god Zeus so that Mary and Toby are reunited in their true form. Caty finds this suggestion repulsive but to her horror the others consider it to be a charming idea. The ritual works… but maybe not in the way they intended.

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.

A surreal tale told in three chapters about a man suffering from a severe back pain. The people around him fail to understand his experience and slowly the man descends into madness and despair.

A large party hall is full of strangers and relatives. Roger navigates through it. Today is his 80th birthday, he fears it might be his last. He´s searching for his two children and he wants to tell them his goodbyes. The noise in the hall intensifies, the children don't care about Roger and the others barely even notice him. This Goddamned Noise is a surreal horror film that reflects on time and purpose in an indifferent world that only makes noise.

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.

An ambitious young actor has 15 minutes to read a scene and convince the short-tempered and perfectionist director that she is the right choice for his upcoming feature film. It´s a story about power dynamics that explores the importance of art and the ethical limits that exist in its creative process.