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OSCARS 2007 Sweden

Falkenberg Farewell in the running

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Jesper Ganslandt's debut feature Falkenberg Farewell [+see also:
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has been selected by the Guldbagge jury as Sweden’s entry for this year’s Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

The film was first shown in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival, then in Toronto’s Discovery Programme and was described by programme coordinator Steve Gravestock as “part poetry, part sociological snapshot of small-town life. Falkenberg Farewell is like a Swedish I Vitelloni - the opening salvo from a new and distinctive talent”.

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It was then platformed domestically at the Umeå International Film Festival (September 14-20), where it won two awards: Best Film and the Audience Award. Sonet Film released it in Sweden last Friday and it registered the highest screen average from 14 screens (approximately €4,000), for a total three day gross of €397,847.

Born in 1978 in Falkenberg, on the west coast of Sweden, Ganslandt never attended film school but directed several music videos, TV programmes as well as short films. His feature debut, co-written with Fredrik Wenzel, is a coming of age story about five childhood friends who spend their last summer in Falkenberg.

Falkenberg Farewell was produced Anna Anthony (Memfis Film), producer of last year's Swedish Oscar candidate Zozo [+see also:
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by Josef Fares. The film was co-produced with Film i Väst, SVT in Sweden and with Zentropa Entertainments24 in Denmark. It was also supported by the Swedish Film Institute and Canal+ Television. International sales agent Trust Film Sales just sold it to Filmfreak Distibutie for Benelux and to Hollywood Entertainment for Greece.

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