JESSIKA JANKERT  

JESSIKA JANKERT is a screenwriter based in Gothenburg. Together with Lovisa Löwhagen she created and wrote the TV-drama Hashtag that premiered at SVT in 2016. The series was nominated for best drama at Prix Europa, C21 drama awards and the Rose d'Or. Jessika and Lovisa were head-writers for four seasons of the TV-drama Lyckoviken (int. title Hammarvik) based on an original concept by the best-selling novelist Camilla Läckberg, released in 2020 on Viaplay.

Jessika’s feature film debut was as a co-writer for the film So damn easy going that premiered in the main competition at Göteborg Filmfestival in 2022. For the TV-drama Strandhotellet, Viaplay 2023, she wrote two episodes.

Jessika developed and wrote the original script for the feature film Forever, directed by Anders Hazelius and produced by SF Studios, that premiered in cinemas in July 2023.  It won the audience award and the special jury price at Zlin film festival 2023. Forever is now available on Netflix.

Agent Moa Alfvén

Selected works

Skurkarnas skurk - feature (screenwriter) - in development
Untitled
- feature ( screenwriter) - in development
Untitled - drama series ( screenwriter) - in development
Strandhotellet series (episod writer) - Viaplay 2023
Forever - feature (screenwriter) - Netflix -2023
Lyckoviken - series (screenwriter) Viaplay 2020-2022
So damn easy going
- feature (screenwriter) - 2022
Hashtag -
series (screenwriter) SVT - 2016

Awards and nominations:

Forever won the audience award and the special jury price at Zlin film festival 2023

Hashtag was nominated for best drama at Prix Europa, C21 drama awards and the Rose d'Or

Photo:Veronica Persson