‘Snabba Cash’ Creator Jesper Ganslandt Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

Writer-director Jesper Ganslandt has signed with CAA for representation.Ganslandt made his debut with “Falkenberg Farewell” in 2006.

The coming-of-age film followed a group of friends who grew up in the titular town of Falkenberg and spend a last summer there before moving to the big city.The film debuted at Venice and had a stellar festival run including Toronto, Reykjavik, Tallinn Black Nights and Goteborg.

It was nominated for the Nordic Council’s Film Prize, chosen as Sweden’s submission for the Academy Awards, and was nominated in several categories at the Guldbagge Awards in 2007, including best film, best direction and best screenplay.

It won the Fipresci Award at the IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival.Ganslandt went on to co-direct documentary “The Film I’m No Longer Talking About” (2009), in which a group of friends without much experience decides to make an epic cult movie; and “The Ape” (2009) that followed

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