A 19-minute masterclass in fragility—both paper and people.
Linerboard is a film about thin paper between cardboard. It’s about how fragile items need to be properly protected and about a hesitant but long-term relationship.
Direction
Jonsson squeezes decades of longing into under 20 minutes.
Acting
Brynolfsson's silence speaks entire marriages.
Director
Jens Jonsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jonsson reportedly spent months visiting actual linerboard factories to nail the sensory details.
This premiered during Sweden's brief 2000s boom in hyper-minimalist short dramas, often called 'furniture cinema.'
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