Simon Vahlne was born in 1984 in the coastal town of Varberg, Sweden. He has made several price winning shorts, most notably ”Fight on a Swedish Beach!!” which was nominated for the Palme d´Or and won Best European Short at Seminci. Simon’s films are drama comedies with naturalistic acting. They often depict power struggles between tourists and locals in his idyllic home town on the Swedish west coast. One of Simon’s director’s trademarks is casting his friend’s parents in cringy fight scenes.