Lineup includes ‘The Quiet Girl’, which was Oscar-nominated for best international film.
The European Film Festival is to launch its second edition in Saudi Arabia this week, comprising 16 titles from across Europe and filmmaker events.
The Delegation of the European Union in the Saudi capital of Riyadh has again organised the week-long festival with media and entertainment firm Arabia Pictures Entertainment. In addition to offering a chance for European films to be screened and promoted to Arab audiences, the festival also highlights rising local talent to the international market and serves as a platform for European and Saudi filmmakers to connect.
The European Film Festival is to launch its second edition in Saudi Arabia this week, comprising 16 titles from across Europe and filmmaker events.
The Delegation of the European Union in the Saudi capital of Riyadh has again organised the week-long festival with media and entertainment firm Arabia Pictures Entertainment. In addition to offering a chance for European films to be screened and promoted to Arab audiences, the festival also highlights rising local talent to the international market and serves as a platform for European and Saudi filmmakers to connect.
- 6/7/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
L.A.-based Dynamic Television has acquired worldwide rights to the Swedish series “The Pirate Bay,” about the notorious pirate BitTorrent site and its co-founders Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Swartholm.
The six-part series, set to go unto production this fall, is being produced by Stockholm and L.A.-based powerhouse B-Reel Films for Swedish pubcaster Svt. “I Am Zlatan” helmer Jens Sjögren is directing, from a screenplay by head-writer Piotr Marciniak (“Everything I Can’t Remember”), with Patrik Gyllström (“Agatha Christie’s Hjerson”) serving as episodic writer.
The character-driven show turns on Peter, Fredrik and Gottfrid, who ended up creating in 2003 one of the world’s largest BitTorrent indexes as a reaction to big business trying to take control file sharing over the Internet.
What was intended to ignite a revolution to let information flow freely, quickly became responsible for the illegal distribution of copyrighted films, music, books and software online.
The six-part series, set to go unto production this fall, is being produced by Stockholm and L.A.-based powerhouse B-Reel Films for Swedish pubcaster Svt. “I Am Zlatan” helmer Jens Sjögren is directing, from a screenplay by head-writer Piotr Marciniak (“Everything I Can’t Remember”), with Patrik Gyllström (“Agatha Christie’s Hjerson”) serving as episodic writer.
The character-driven show turns on Peter, Fredrik and Gottfrid, who ended up creating in 2003 one of the world’s largest BitTorrent indexes as a reaction to big business trying to take control file sharing over the Internet.
What was intended to ignite a revolution to let information flow freely, quickly became responsible for the illegal distribution of copyrighted films, music, books and software online.
- 4/6/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Ruben Ostlund’s satire won awards including best film and best director.
Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness swept Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards on Monday night, winning six prizes including best film and best director.
The satire also won best actress in a supporting role for Dolly de Leon, who recently secured a Bafta nomination for her performance as cleaner-turned-leader Abigail, and best actor in a supporting role for Croatian actor Zlatko Burić.
Sofie Krunegård won the best costume design prize and Stefanie Gredig won the best makeup award for their work on the film.
Triangle Of Sadness won the...
Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness swept Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards on Monday night, winning six prizes including best film and best director.
The satire also won best actress in a supporting role for Dolly de Leon, who recently secured a Bafta nomination for her performance as cleaner-turned-leader Abigail, and best actor in a supporting role for Croatian actor Zlatko Burić.
Sofie Krunegård won the best costume design prize and Stefanie Gredig won the best makeup award for their work on the film.
Triangle Of Sadness won the...
- 1/24/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Ruben Östlund’s Oscar contender Triangle of Sadness continues to build award buzz, on Monday night sweeping Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards, taking six trophies, including Best Film and Best Director.
The capitalism satire also picked up Best Supporting Actress trophy for Dolly de Leon, the Filipino breakout whose turn in Triangle as Abigail —a cleaner on a luxury yacht who becomes the de facto leader of the one-percenters left over after a shipwreck —has put her on Hollywood’s radar.
Croatian actor Zlatko Burić, a scene-stealer in Triangle as the obnoxious Russian billionaire Dimitry, took the Best Supporting Actor nod, just a month after scooping the same prize at the European Film Awards. Sofie Krunegård also won the Guldbagge for Best Costume Design for Triangle, and Stefanie Gredig took the award for Best Make-Up.
Östlund’s dramedy, which co-stars Harris Dickinson, Woody Harrelson, and the late Charlbi Dean, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,...
The capitalism satire also picked up Best Supporting Actress trophy for Dolly de Leon, the Filipino breakout whose turn in Triangle as Abigail —a cleaner on a luxury yacht who becomes the de facto leader of the one-percenters left over after a shipwreck —has put her on Hollywood’s radar.
Croatian actor Zlatko Burić, a scene-stealer in Triangle as the obnoxious Russian billionaire Dimitry, took the Best Supporting Actor nod, just a month after scooping the same prize at the European Film Awards. Sofie Krunegård also won the Guldbagge for Best Costume Design for Triangle, and Stefanie Gredig took the award for Best Make-Up.
Östlund’s dramedy, which co-stars Harris Dickinson, Woody Harrelson, and the late Charlbi Dean, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Black Bear, the independent production and financing group behind such features as Mudbound, I Care a Lot and The Imitation Game, has set up a multi-year revolving development fund with B-Reel Films, the Scandinavian production company whose credits include Ari Aster’s Midsommar and Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World.
The deal, announced Tuesday by Black Bear’s President and CEO Teddy Schwarzman and B-Reel Films CEO, Pelle Nilsson, will see the two companies jointly acquire and develop Scandinavian-sourced IP and content, both for film and television. Black Bear will also represent B-Reel Films’ English-language and international projects and will coordinate closely with B-Reel’s representatives at CAA.
Philip Westgren, who runs B-Reel Films’ U.S. operations, will join Black Bear partners Keith Redmon and Joanne Roberts Wiles as a manager and producer in the company’s newly formed management division.
The Scandinavian deal is part of...
The deal, announced Tuesday by Black Bear’s President and CEO Teddy Schwarzman and B-Reel Films CEO, Pelle Nilsson, will see the two companies jointly acquire and develop Scandinavian-sourced IP and content, both for film and television. Black Bear will also represent B-Reel Films’ English-language and international projects and will coordinate closely with B-Reel’s representatives at CAA.
Philip Westgren, who runs B-Reel Films’ U.S. operations, will join Black Bear partners Keith Redmon and Joanne Roberts Wiles as a manager and producer in the company’s newly formed management division.
The Scandinavian deal is part of...
- 1/10/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Cannes title by Tarik Saleh won the best screenplay prize at the festival’s 75th edition.
Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven has been selected by Sweden as its submission for the best international feature Oscar race.
Boy From Heaven world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in Competition where it won the best screenplay prize. It is due to screen at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival (Oct 5-16) and will open the Stockholm International Film Festival in November.
The film was chosen by the Swedish Oscar committee jury over a three-title shortlist that included I...
Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven has been selected by Sweden as its submission for the best international feature Oscar race.
Boy From Heaven world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in Competition where it won the best screenplay prize. It is due to screen at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival (Oct 5-16) and will open the Stockholm International Film Festival in November.
The film was chosen by the Swedish Oscar committee jury over a three-title shortlist that included I...
- 9/22/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
The Cannes title by Tarik Saleh won the best screenplay prize at the festival’s 75th edition.
Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven has been selected by Sweden as its submission for the best international feature Oscar race.
Boy From Heaven world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in Competition where it won the best screenplay prize. It is due to screen at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival (Oct 5-16) and will open the Stockholm International Film Festival in November.
The film was chosen by the Swedish Oscar committee jury over a three-title shortlist that included I...
Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven has been selected by Sweden as its submission for the best international feature Oscar race.
Boy From Heaven world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in Competition where it won the best screenplay prize. It is due to screen at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival (Oct 5-16) and will open the Stockholm International Film Festival in November.
The film was chosen by the Swedish Oscar committee jury over a three-title shortlist that included I...
- 9/22/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
‘Bergman Island’, ‘Dashcam’ and ‘Major’ are also set to debut.
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Bergman Island’, ‘Dascham’ and ‘Major’ are also set to debut.
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Bergman Island’, ‘Dascham’ and ‘Major’ are also out this weekend.
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Jens Sjögren’s sympathetic film avoids the cliched sport movie formula of triumph over adversity by focusing on what happens off the pitch
That’s Zlatan as in Zlatan Ibrahimović, the superstar Swedish striker whose troubled childhood in a tough working-class neighbourhood of Malmö is dramatised here. The cocky underprivileged kid saved from (possibly) a life of crime by football; it sounds like the cheesiest sports movie ever. And yet director Jens Sjögren, more interested in what happens off the pitch, dodges the dull cliches. His sympathetic, realist film is a compelling watch.
The film is based on Ibrahimović’s autobiography, co-authored with the Swedish writer David Lagercrantz. Dominic Andersson Bajraktati plays 11-year-old Zlatan, who is disruptive in school and bad-tempered on the pitch. What soon becomes clear is that all this behaviour is the communication of a kid who feels inadequate, alone and often hungry. He’s playing football...
That’s Zlatan as in Zlatan Ibrahimović, the superstar Swedish striker whose troubled childhood in a tough working-class neighbourhood of Malmö is dramatised here. The cocky underprivileged kid saved from (possibly) a life of crime by football; it sounds like the cheesiest sports movie ever. And yet director Jens Sjögren, more interested in what happens off the pitch, dodges the dull cliches. His sympathetic, realist film is a compelling watch.
The film is based on Ibrahimović’s autobiography, co-authored with the Swedish writer David Lagercrantz. Dominic Andersson Bajraktati plays 11-year-old Zlatan, who is disruptive in school and bad-tempered on the pitch. What soon becomes clear is that all this behaviour is the communication of a kid who feels inadequate, alone and often hungry. He’s playing football...
- 6/1/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features.
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features in its annual works in progress showcase.
The most high-profile film to show first footage will be Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, produced by Sf Studios and the latest adaptation of the famed Vilhelm Moberg novels about a Swedish family that moves to America in the 1850s. The cast includes Lisa Carlehed, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tove Lo and Sofia Helin.
Further projects include Sagres, a Sweden-Finland-Belgium co-production sold by Totem Films. The debut feature from Stockholm-based Lovisa Siren...
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features in its annual works in progress showcase.
The most high-profile film to show first footage will be Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, produced by Sf Studios and the latest adaptation of the famed Vilhelm Moberg novels about a Swedish family that moves to America in the 1850s. The cast includes Lisa Carlehed, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tove Lo and Sofia Helin.
Further projects include Sagres, a Sweden-Finland-Belgium co-production sold by Totem Films. The debut feature from Stockholm-based Lovisa Siren...
- 8/13/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The film has now sold to Germany/Austria, Swtizerland, Benelux, and Bulgaria.
TrustNordisk has closed a number of new deals on Jens Sjögren’s biopic I Am Zlatan, inspired by the early life of footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović.
The film has now sold to Germany/Austria (Telepool), Swtizerland (Ascot Elite), Benelux (September), and Bulgaria (A Plus).
Previously closed deals include to Italy (Lucky Red), Russia (International Movie Distribution/Capella), Baltics (Estinfilm), and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Groupicon).
The €5m project is co-written by Ibrahimović biographer David Lagercrantz with Jakob Beckman.
It is produced by Frida Bargo,...
TrustNordisk has closed a number of new deals on Jens Sjögren’s biopic I Am Zlatan, inspired by the early life of footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović.
The film has now sold to Germany/Austria (Telepool), Swtizerland (Ascot Elite), Benelux (September), and Bulgaria (A Plus).
Previously closed deals include to Italy (Lucky Red), Russia (International Movie Distribution/Capella), Baltics (Estinfilm), and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Groupicon).
The €5m project is co-written by Ibrahimović biographer David Lagercrantz with Jakob Beckman.
It is produced by Frida Bargo,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has boarded “Attachment,” an English-language horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore, directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason.
Now in production, “Attachment” revolves around Maja, a Danish actress with her fading career who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short, and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London.
There, she meets Leah’s overbearing and secretive mother, Chana, who lives downstairs. As Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated.
The film is headlined by a strong cast including Josephine Park (“The Investigation”), Ellie Kendrick (“The Diary of Anne Frank”), Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing”) and David Dencik (“Men & Chicken”).
Thomas Heinesen...
Now in production, “Attachment” revolves around Maja, a Danish actress with her fading career who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short, and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London.
There, she meets Leah’s overbearing and secretive mother, Chana, who lives downstairs. As Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated.
The film is headlined by a strong cast including Josephine Park (“The Investigation”), Ellie Kendrick (“The Diary of Anne Frank”), Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing”) and David Dencik (“Men & Chicken”).
Thomas Heinesen...
- 5/17/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has closed key territory sales on “Riders of Justice,” Anders Thomas Jensen’s dark comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen.
“Riders of Justice” revolves around a military man Markus (Mikkelsen), who returns home to his teenage daughter after his wife dies in a tragic train accident. When a passenger on the wrecked train surfaces with claims of foul play, Markus begins to suspect the accident may have been a carefully orchestrated assassination.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh and Andrea H. Gadeberg also star. The movie, which won four Danish Film Awards, was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa Entertainments3.
Jensen is the screenwriter behind Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning drama “In a Better World.” His directorial credits include “Men & Chicken,” “Adam’s Apples,” “The Green Butchers” and “Flickering Lights” — all of which star Mikkelsen.
TrustNordisk sold the film to Canada (Mongrel Media), Spain (La Aventura...
“Riders of Justice” revolves around a military man Markus (Mikkelsen), who returns home to his teenage daughter after his wife dies in a tragic train accident. When a passenger on the wrecked train surfaces with claims of foul play, Markus begins to suspect the accident may have been a carefully orchestrated assassination.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh and Andrea H. Gadeberg also star. The movie, which won four Danish Film Awards, was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa Entertainments3.
Jensen is the screenwriter behind Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning drama “In a Better World.” His directorial credits include “Men & Chicken,” “Adam’s Apples,” “The Green Butchers” and “Flickering Lights” — all of which star Mikkelsen.
TrustNordisk sold the film to Canada (Mongrel Media), Spain (La Aventura...
- 3/2/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Directed by Jens Sjögren, the much-anticipated biopic about Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimović starts shooting in his hometown of Malmö. With an impressive career spanning over 20 years and without any clear sign of when he will be retiring, Swedish football superstar and multi-champion Zlatan Ibrahimović will have a chance to watch his biopic I Am Zlatan, which starts shooting this week in his hometown of Malmö. Directed by Jens Sjögren, the film is based on the best-selling book I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović, written by journalist and author David Lagercrantz with Ibrahimović, and which has been translated in more than 30 languages. The coming-of-age story follows the early years of Ibrahimović, who as a Balkan immigrant grew up in the rough Malmö suburb of Rosengård, before becoming who he is today. After his tough childhood, the film will also focus on his first team, Malmö Ff, and how he became...
‘I Am Zlatan’ will tell the true story of the Swedish football star.
TrustNordisk has scored a hat trick of sales on I Am Zlatan - a drama about Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimović that is set to begin filming this month.
I Am Zlatan has sold to Capella Film for Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan; Estin Film for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia; and Cinemania Group for Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
The feature is an adaptation of the book I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović by David Lagercrantz and Ibrahimović. It centres on a determined youngster...
TrustNordisk has scored a hat trick of sales on I Am Zlatan - a drama about Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimović that is set to begin filming this month.
I Am Zlatan has sold to Capella Film for Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan; Estin Film for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia; and Cinemania Group for Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
The feature is an adaptation of the book I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović by David Lagercrantz and Ibrahimović. It centres on a determined youngster...
- 9/3/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The Swedish-language feature is based on the footballer’s biography by David Lagercrantz.
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Jens Sjögren’s I Am Zlatan, the Swedish-language feature about renowned Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The dramatic feature is written by journalist and author David Lagercrantz, based on his Ibrahimović biography, which has been translated into more than 30 languages.
“It feels very inspiring, touching but also scary to be part of this huge project,” Sjögren said.
Ibrahimović is involved in the project and advising on every stage of the scriptwriting process. The film will begin casting in autumn 2019 for the film’s...
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Jens Sjögren’s I Am Zlatan, the Swedish-language feature about renowned Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The dramatic feature is written by journalist and author David Lagercrantz, based on his Ibrahimović biography, which has been translated into more than 30 languages.
“It feels very inspiring, touching but also scary to be part of this huge project,” Sjögren said.
Ibrahimović is involved in the project and advising on every stage of the scriptwriting process. The film will begin casting in autumn 2019 for the film’s...
- 5/16/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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