Jesper Isaksen

Jesper Isaksen is a talented director based in Copenhagen Denmark His first short NIMA 16 min a homemade low budget gangster tale from the streets of Copenhagen was shown at Danish National Television Another short gangster tale NO EXIT 12 min was selected semifinalist out of more than 15000 short films in the global YourFilmFestival conducted by Ridley Tony Scott and Michael Fassbender The first prize was 500000 USD NO EXIT went on to participate in the biggest and most prestigious short film festival in Denmark EKKO SHORTLIST and went straight to the top 10 and stayed there for 11 consecutive weeks straight The sequel NO EXIT 2 RISE AGAINST also participated in EKKO SHORTLIST with a 1st place as the highest ranking It went on to roam the top 10 in 13 consecutive weeks straight NO EXIT 2 was later nominated in two categories The Shortlist Award and also The Audience Award at EKKO Award Show 2014 The short film comedy THE VISITOR premiered at Orlando Film festival in 2018 and also received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Short Film In 2019 it got selected as part of the Official Selection at the BAFTAqualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival and also won the Best Comedy award at Annual Aarhus Film Festival It later roamed the top 10 at EKKO Shortlist 20192020 with a 1st place as the highest ranking In the fall of 2019 Jesper finished his first feature film VICTIM OF LOVE a dense psychological and bloody yet stylish horrorthriller starring Danish powerhouse actor Rudi Køhnke It premiered Saturday the 16th of November 2019 at the biggest feature film festival in Denmark CPH PIX It also received a Robert nomination by the Danish Film Academy for Best Original Song by Julian Winding at The Danish Film Awards 2020 Robert is equivalent to the American Oscar the French César and the British BAFTA VICTIM OF LOVE has had a pretty strong festival run earning 10 wins and 22 nominations so far It will continue its festival run in 2021 and hopefully reach even more awesome festivals and horror and genre audiences across the world VICTIM OF LOVE is being distributed by Another World Entertainment in Denmark and Indican Pictures worldwide Jesper has also directed more than 20 music videos