Jessica Nettelbladt
Jessica Maria Nettelbladt (born 7 August 1972, in Malmö) is a Swedish director and documentary filmmaker, specializing in personal interviews. Biography Nettelbladt attended the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and received her master's degree in independent filmmaking from the University of Gothenburg. She currently runs the production company Lejoni Produktions. Her documentary, I Am My Own Dolly Parton, featuring interviews with Gudrún Hauksdóttir, Helena Josefsson, Cecilia Nordlund, The Cardigans' Nina Persson and Lotta Wenglen, premiered at the Tempo documentary film festival on March 11 and later at New York at the Tribeca Grand as part of the Nordic Music Documentary Festival. The film began as a Dolly Parton tribute concert but evolved into a work about independent musicians, role models and parenthood. The film was nominated best documentary at Zürich Filmfestival. Her feature film Monalisa Story was praised by critics. It had its world premiere, and in competition as best Nordic documentary at CPH:DOX December 2015. In 2016 MonaLisa Story was nominated best documentary at Tempo Awards and at Nordisk Panorama. MonaLisa Story achieved Nordic Doc special jury award. It was also nominated to best documentary at Swedish Guldbagge awards 2017. In 2019 she made the drama documentary Funkiskungen in