Jens Jonsson crowned king

by Annika Pham

28/01/2008 - The King of Ping Pong [trailer], directed by Sweden’s celebrated shorts filmmaker Jens Jonsson, received the World Cinema Competition Award and the World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic (for Askild Vik Edvardsen) at the Sundance Film Festival’s closing ceremony last Saturday.

“I think it is an incredibly courageous choice of the jury to have bet on such a small film, and I’m so happy for Askild, who is one of the best cinematographers in the Nordic region after Sven Nykvist,” commented Jonsson.

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Based an original script by Jonsson and Hans Gunnarsson (Evil), The King of Ping Pong was produced by Bob Film Sweden in co-production with Filmpool Nord, Nordisk Film, SVT, in association with Jens Jonsson AB and support from the Swedish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the MEDIA Programme and Eurimages.

The film opened the Göteborg International Film Festival last Friday, where it is competing for the Nordic Film Prize. It is also vying for a VPRO Tiger Award in Rotterdam.

The domestic release through Nordisk Film is set for February 8.