BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* is a riveting chronicle of Swedish filmmakers Fredrik Gertten and Margarete Jangård’s battle to release BANANAS!*, a documentary about Nicaraguan farmers suing Dole Food Company for their use of banned pesticides. With the weight of the multinational’s legal team and shrewd PR firm against them, the filmmakers hire a film crew to follow them, as they are pulled from competition at a major L.A. film festival and find US distribution of their film blocked. Gertten becomes David fighting Dole’s Goliath as he takes a stand against censorship in a world of unchecked corporate and financial power.

Fredrik Gertten is an Award winning director and journalist based in Malmö, Sweden. He founded WG Film 1994. Before that he has worked as a foreign correspondent and columnist for radio, TV and press in Africa, Latin America, Asia and around Europe. Combines film making with a role as a creative producer. Famous for local stories with a global understanding, with several films catching the identity and transformation of his hometown. Featuring international stars like footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic and architect Santiago Calatrava, among others. Dole Food company made his film BANANAS!* controversial by suing the company, producer and director. The fight for the film and freedom of speach won international recognition. In Sweden awarded with several prices including the Anna Politkovskaya freedom of speach award.

Fredrik Gertten is an Award winning director and journalist based in Malmö, Sweden. He founded WG Film 1994. Before that he has worked as a foreign correspondent and columnist for radio, TV and press in Africa, Latin America, Asia and around Europe. Combines film making with a role as a creative producer. Famous for local stories with a global understanding, with several films catching the identity and transformation of his hometown. Featuring international stars like footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic and architect Santiago Calatrava, among others. Dole Food company made his film BANANAS!* controversial by suing the company, producer and director. The fight for the film and freedom of speach won international recognition. In Sweden awarded with several prices including the Anna Politkovskaya freedom of speach award.