The film presents five childhood friends in their twenties who have grown up together in the city Falkenberg. The movie chronicles what they call “their last summer” in the town, faced with the prospect that sooner or later they have to move up to Göteborg.

Aglow with sun-kissed, end-of-summer warmth, this autobiographical coming-of-age drama set on Sweden’s coast swells with emotional anticipation. Funny and nostalgic, but tinged with a sense of impending tragedy, Falkenberg Farewell is an affecting debut from first-time filmmaker Jesper Ganslandt.