{"id":6456,"date":"2019-05-05T22:34:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T20:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:53:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T08:53:30","slug":"sweden-salomonsson-agency-swedish-director-jesper-ganslandts-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/sweden-salomonsson-agency-swedish-director-jesper-ganslandts-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden, Salomonsson Agency: Swedish director Jesper Ganslandt’s profile"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director and writer Jesper Ganslandt (b. 1978) has since his dynamic debut work, the much acclaimed\u00a0Falkenberg Farewell<\/em>\u00a0(2006), established himself as one of the most fearless voices in Scandinavian filmmaking.<\/p>\n

Falkenberg Farewell<\/em>\u00a0was nominated for the prestigious\u00a0Nordic Council\u2019s Film Prize<\/strong>, chosen as Sweden\u2019s submission for the\u00a0Academy Awards<\/strong>, and nominated in several categories at the 2007\u00a0Guldbagge Awards<\/strong>, including \u2018Best Film\u2019, \u2018Best Direction\u2019 and \u2018Best Screenplay\u2019.<\/p>\n

2009 saw the premiere of his second feature,\u00a0The Ape<\/em>, which received great reviews, among else in The Guardian where he was declared \u201ca new star director.\u201d In 2018, Ganslandt opened the\u00a0International Film Festival Rotterdam<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0Jimmie<\/em>, a cutting-edge film that shows his unique, psychologically intense and experimental style.\u00a0Jimmie<\/em>, which tells the tale of a young refugee boy on the run with his father, was lauded by the press and nominated for \u2018Best Nordic Film\u2019 at the\u00a0Gothenburg Film Festival<\/strong>. 2018 also marked the release of Ganslandt\u2019s first English-language feature film\u00a0Beast of Burden<\/em>\u00a0starring Daniel Radcliffe.<\/p>\n

Ganslandt recently finished shooting the drama\u00a0438 Days<\/em>, an extraordinary true story about two Swedish journalists who illegally crossed the border between Somalia and Ethiopia.\u00a0438 Days<\/em>\u00a0is based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, and will premiere in 2019.<\/p>\n

Awards
\nGothenburg Film Festival Nominee (Best Nordic Film) Sweden \u2013 Jimmie 2018
\nWarsaw International Film Festival Nominee (Grand Prix) Poland \u2013 Blondie 2012
\nMiami Film Festival Nominee (Grand Jury Prize) US \u2013 Apan 2010
\nVenice Film Festival Nominee (Queer Lion) Italy \u2013 Apan 2009
\nNordic Council’s Film Prize Nominee \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2007
\nGuldbagge Awards Nominee (Best Film) Sweden \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2007
\nGuldbagge Awards Nominee (Best Direction) Sweden \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2007
\nGuldbagge Awards Nominee (Best Screenplay) Sweden \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2007
\nNoordelijk Film Festival (Matad\u2019Or) Netherlands \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2007
\nIndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (FIPRESCI Award) Portugal \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2007
\nBratislava International Film Festival Nominee (Grand Prix) Slovakia \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2006
\nAthens International Film Festival (Golden Athena Award) Greece \u2013 Farv\u00e4l Falkenberg 2006<\/p>\n

Salomonsson Agency<\/a> (Sweden)
\nTorinoFilmLab<\/a> (Italy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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