Jon Pettersson

Jon Pettersson strives to make films that are both visual, dramatic and authentic with stories that will find its way to the hearts of the audience. Mr. Pettersson has over 20 years in the business and a Bachelor degree in the fine arts of Film directing from Swedens prestigious Film school "Filmhögskolan" a.k.a "Akademi Valand". Mr. Pettersson has shown films on a variety of film festivals both nationally and internationally. His short films "The Lifeguard" and "Beauty" were bought for different TV channels. Mr. Pettersson's first feature film "John Hron" Has been shown abroad at film festivals and won several awards. Official competition at the Montreal World Film Festival. Gold Award for best film, best director and best screenplay at the International Independent Film Award and the third Jury Prize for best film at the European Independent Film Award. "John Hron" had it's Swedish premiere, screening at a total of 74 cinemas across the country. "John Hron" also became the most watched Swedish cinema feature that summer.