Jenny Jokela

Biography

Jenny Jokela (1990) is a Finnish animation director and illustrator based in the UK. She graduated from Royal College of Art in 2017, where she studied MA Animation. Her graduation film Barbeque has won multiple awards including Cristal at Annecy 2018. Since 2018, Jenny directs and animates Finnish kids TV show Hoppsorna. In her colourful and expressive personal work Jenny explores visualising the invisible; feelings and emotions, often around the topics of sexuality and trauma.