Koko-di Koko-da

Koko-di Koko-da

Koko-di Koko-da follows a couple who, after a family tragedy, goes on a vacation in order to reconnect. They are confronted by their inner demons in the form of a surreal circus company that pulls them into a maelstrom of psychological terror.

Koko-di Koko-da had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Festival.

Written and directed by Johannes Nyholm.

Awards

Shortlisted for LovelyBooks Leserpreis, Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards See full list
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Nominee (Best Foreign Film) US 2020
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Best Screenplay) US 2019
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Special Jury Award) US 2019
T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival Nominee (Grand Prix) Poland 2019
Buenos Aires International Festival Nominee (Best Film) Argentina 2019
Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival Nominee (Best Motion Picture) Spain 2019
Molins Film Festival Nominee (Audience Award ) Spain 2019
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival Nominee (Best European Fantastic Feature Film) France 2019
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival Nominee (Best International Feature Film) France 2019
Guanajuato International Film Festival Nominee (Best International Film) Mexico 2019
Brussels International Film Festival (Best Picture) Belgium 2019
Fantasia Film Festival (Camera Lucida Award) Canada 2019
Molins Film Festival Nominee (Jury Prize) Spain 2019
Rotterdam International Film Festival Nominee (Tiger Award) Netherlands 2019
Gothenburg Film Festival Nominee (Dragon Award Best Nordic Film) Sweden 2019
Sundance Film Festival Nominee (Grand Jury Prize) US 2019
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Reviews

  • “[Johannes Nyholm] impresses again with Koko-di Koko-da, making me infuriatingly happy. /…/ Johannes Nyholm is an artist that Sweden should take extra well care of. All of his films display the kind of creativity, narrative skill and imagination that Roy Andersson has been searching for during the last centuries.”

    ★★★★

    Nöjesguiden, Sweden

  • “There is nothing like it in theatres right now.”

    ★★★★

    Sveriges Radio P4, Sweden

  • “Scary but brilliantly narrated. /…/ Strikingly peculiar. /…/ [The film possesses] a hard-to-define horror, one that strikes deep inside you, making the soul defenseless.”

    ★★★★

    SVT Kulturnyheterna, Sweden

  • “A surreal work of art. /…/ [Johannes Nyholm] establishes himself as one of the most exciting, interesting, smart, wise, creative and brilliant and unique directors to have appeared in a long time.”

    ★★★★

    Kulturbloggen, Sweden

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Author
Photo: Emma Larsson Johannes Nyholm
Published
2019
Genre
  • Drama
  • Horror

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