Jesper Ganslandt

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Born in the small town of Falkenberg on the west coast of Sweden. He moved to Stockholm in 2000 where he formed the production company Fasad together with sound designer Torbjörn Olsson.  From the onset the aim of the company has been to make feature films matching the best work coming from Europe and the US.

In 2006 his first feature Farväl Falkenberg/Falkenberg Farewell (2006) premiered, the script for which he wrote as a means of saying farewell to his manic longing for home.  The film was screened at festivals such as the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, and won several awards as well as five National Film Award nominations.

Having made several documentaries since then, he hit the cinemas with Apan/The Ape in the fall of 2009. It is certainly one of the most talked about and critically acclaimed Swedish features of 2009 and opened internationally at the Venice Film Festival. Jesper is now, along with his fellow directors and producers at Fasad, a well respected and established auteur and one of the strongest names in the new Swedish wave of young directors.