NEWS DIRECTORS FILMS photo gallery director news PROGRAM PRESENTATION REGULATIONS PARTNERS CONTACTS CURRENT EDITION select films APAN - THE APE BARKING WATER CELDA 211 – CELL 211 DE LAATSTE DAGEN VAN EMMA BLANK - THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK DESERT FLOWER DI ME COSA NE SAI - WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME FRANCIA GORDOS HARRAGAS HONEYMOONS I MAGLIARI JE SUIS HEUREUX QUE MA MERE SOIT VIVANTE - I’M GLAD THAT MY MOTHER IS ALIVE L’AMORE E BASTA LA HORDE - THE HORDE LA SANGRE Y LA LLUVIA - BLOOD AND RAIN MILLE GIORNI DI VITO POESIA CHE MI GUARDI - POETRY, YOU SEE ME QU’UN SEUL TIENNE ET LES AUTRES SUIVRONT - SILENT VOICES RAGAZZE - LA VITA TREMA - GIRLS, LIFE IS TREMBLING TEAT BEAT OF SEX VIDEOCRACY VITTORIO D. APAN - THE APE Sweden - 2009, 81’, 35mm, colour - World Premiere - Second Feature Film directed by Jesper Ganslandt screenplay Jesper Ganslandt cinematography Fredrik Wenzel editing Jesper Ganslandt sound Andreas Frank cast Olle Sarri (Krister) Francoise Joyce (Mamman) Niclas Gillis (Jonas) Sean Pietrulewicz (Sonen) producer Jesper Kurlandsky production Fasad Bastugatan, 45 - 11825 S tockholm, Sweden Tel. +46 70 4244262 Fax +46 86 584244 www.fasad.se world sales TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark Tel. +45 3686 8788 Fax +45 3677 4448 www.trustnordisk.com synopsis Krister, a husband and father, wakes up to the consequences of a tragedy. He is a broken man, but not aware of it yet. Confronted with everyday reality, there is no place for escape and Krister is soon forced to face up to his actions. The Ape is about the struggle to hold on to things around us already lost. The question arises: What is left, when the life you once had is completely gone? The Apeis only Jesper Ganslandt’s second feature film, yet the 31-year-old Swedish director proves that he knows a thing or two about suspense and building anxiety. For a third of the film we follow the whereabouts of a driving instructor whose uneasy demeanour, worried looks and sudden flare-ups of anger make us increasingly tense. The first image of him waking in caked blood is obviously haunting us. What murky affair has he been involved in? What has he done? Fredrik Wenzel’s photography, clear and steely, complements this story of a man’s undoing while Jesper Ganslandt’s nervous mise-en-scène and fast-paced editing gives it a modern edge. An impressive cast –first among them Olle Sarri in the lead – complete what turns out to be a very accomplished second feature film. Agnès-Catherine Poirier PHOTOGALLERY PROGRAMMING   01/09/2009 - 17:00 hours APAN - THE APE Sala Perla 2 Press, Industry, All accreditations 03/09/2009 - 16:30 hours APAN - THE APE Sala Perla 2 Tickets, All accreditations Followed by Q&A Preceded by TEAT BEAT OF SEX - SOUL 07/09/2009 - 24:30 hours APAN - THE APE Sala Perla 2 All accreditations