Norwegian director Jens Lien is set to direct “The Nation’s Gambit,” a feature film adaptation of up-and-coming author Johan Høst’s bestselling debut novel “En nasjon i sjakk.”
The action thriller will be produced by the Norwegian production company Stig og Stein Studio. Sf Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics, while Reinvent Studios handles international sales.
Høst’s novel, published by Vigmostad & Bjørke, has recently been nominated for the Norwegian Boksellers Award 2022 and a sequel novel is on the way.
The story of “The Nation’s Gambit” kicks off as Norway’s prime minister is kidnapped by a terrorist and disappears without a trace. The terrorist demands that the politicians in power play a game of chess over the prime minister’s life. The chess pieces represent people who work for the state or as leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live,...
The action thriller will be produced by the Norwegian production company Stig og Stein Studio. Sf Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics, while Reinvent Studios handles international sales.
Høst’s novel, published by Vigmostad & Bjørke, has recently been nominated for the Norwegian Boksellers Award 2022 and a sequel novel is on the way.
The story of “The Nation’s Gambit” kicks off as Norway’s prime minister is kidnapped by a terrorist and disappears without a trace. The terrorist demands that the politicians in power play a game of chess over the prime minister’s life. The chess pieces represent people who work for the state or as leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live,...
- 11/22/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Glimsdal will focus on Sf Studios’ Nordic acquisitions and co-productions.
Silje Nikoline Glimsdal will leave her role as sales and project manager at TrustNordisk to join Sf Studios as senior acquisitions manager.
She starts the new post on November 1 and will focus on Sf Studios’ Nordic acquisitions and co-productions, and occasionally on the company’s international acquisitions.
Glimsdal, born in Norway, will continue to be based in Copenhagen, where she will now report to Fredrik Warstedt, EVP acquisition & licensing at Sf Studios, and working closely with Yaba Holst, head of Nordic acquisition.
Glimsdal started her career as an intern at...
Silje Nikoline Glimsdal will leave her role as sales and project manager at TrustNordisk to join Sf Studios as senior acquisitions manager.
She starts the new post on November 1 and will focus on Sf Studios’ Nordic acquisitions and co-productions, and occasionally on the company’s international acquisitions.
Glimsdal, born in Norway, will continue to be based in Copenhagen, where she will now report to Fredrik Warstedt, EVP acquisition & licensing at Sf Studios, and working closely with Yaba Holst, head of Nordic acquisition.
Glimsdal started her career as an intern at...
- 10/5/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
’Elling’ director Petter Næss directs based on actor Odd Magnus Williamsom’s script.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Petter Næss’ Nothing To Laugh About, now shooting in Oslo, Norway.
Norwegian director Næss is best known for directing Elling (2001); he has recently worked more in TV and theatre.
The new film is about a 40-year-old stand-up comedian who has the worst day ever: he loses his job and his girlfriend and gets a cancer diagnosis. He learns to cope with his illness and somehow finds laughter again. The cast is led by Odd Magnus Williamsom, who also wrote the script.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Petter Næss’ Nothing To Laugh About, now shooting in Oslo, Norway.
Norwegian director Næss is best known for directing Elling (2001); he has recently worked more in TV and theatre.
The new film is about a 40-year-old stand-up comedian who has the worst day ever: he loses his job and his girlfriend and gets a cancer diagnosis. He learns to cope with his illness and somehow finds laughter again. The cast is led by Odd Magnus Williamsom, who also wrote the script.
- 9/11/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Now in production, the quirky comedy will mix live action and animation.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for quirky comedy drama Ninjababy, which will mix live action and animation.
Norway’s Yngvild Sve Flikke directs from a script by Johan Fasting based on Inga H Sætre’s graphic novel Fallteknik. The film is in production now for local release in autumn 2020. Screen can reveal the first image here.
The story is about 23-year-old Rakel, who finds out she is six months pregnant after a one-night stand. That’s when the animated Ninjababy climbs out of her notebook and begins to...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for quirky comedy drama Ninjababy, which will mix live action and animation.
Norway’s Yngvild Sve Flikke directs from a script by Johan Fasting based on Inga H Sætre’s graphic novel Fallteknik. The film is in production now for local release in autumn 2020. Screen can reveal the first image here.
The story is about 23-year-old Rakel, who finds out she is six months pregnant after a one-night stand. That’s when the animated Ninjababy climbs out of her notebook and begins to...
- 11/8/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The suspense drama from director Shariff Korver is in production.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Do Not Hesitate, directed by Venezuela-born director Shariff Korver.
The story follows a Dutch military convoy working on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. When three young soldiers guarding their vehicle on a desolate mountain road accidentally shoot and kill a goat, they don’t know if they can trust a 14-year-old goatherd following an ambush.
Described a suspenseful drama, the film is currently in production. Screen International can reveal the first image here.
TrustNordisk sales and project manager Silje Nikoline Glimsdal said:...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Do Not Hesitate, directed by Venezuela-born director Shariff Korver.
The story follows a Dutch military convoy working on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. When three young soldiers guarding their vehicle on a desolate mountain road accidentally shoot and kill a goat, they don’t know if they can trust a 14-year-old goatherd following an ambush.
Described a suspenseful drama, the film is currently in production. Screen International can reveal the first image here.
TrustNordisk sales and project manager Silje Nikoline Glimsdal said:...
- 11/6/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Haugesund, Norway — On Wednesday morning, shortly before this year’s New Nordic Films Works in Progress screening was due to begin, a handful of industry veterans sat for a panel that picked up right where last year’s Wip program left off.
Presented in collaboration with Europa Distribution, the panel – called “The Value Chain: A Case Study” – tracked the serendipitous path of the recent Danish hit “Queen of Hearts,” one of the standout titles of the 2018 Works in Progress session.
Moderated by Screen journalist Wendy Mitchell, the panel brought together sales agent Silje Nikoline Glimsdal (TrustNordisk), festival consultant Christian Juhl Lemche (Danish Film Institute), Lithuanian festival programmer Aiste Racaityte (Kino Pavasaris) and British distributor Frances Harvey (Thunderbird Releasing), with each panelist detailing their own experiences shepherding the film into its eventual release.
Both Lemche and Glimsdal stressed the importance of securing a strong festival launch when handling a film with challenging subject matter.
Presented in collaboration with Europa Distribution, the panel – called “The Value Chain: A Case Study” – tracked the serendipitous path of the recent Danish hit “Queen of Hearts,” one of the standout titles of the 2018 Works in Progress session.
Moderated by Screen journalist Wendy Mitchell, the panel brought together sales agent Silje Nikoline Glimsdal (TrustNordisk), festival consultant Christian Juhl Lemche (Danish Film Institute), Lithuanian festival programmer Aiste Racaityte (Kino Pavasaris) and British distributor Frances Harvey (Thunderbird Releasing), with each panelist detailing their own experiences shepherding the film into its eventual release.
Both Lemche and Glimsdal stressed the importance of securing a strong festival launch when handling a film with challenging subject matter.
- 8/23/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Stellan Skarsgard is set to star in “Hope,” Maria Sodahl’s Norwegian drama that Scandinavian sales powerhouse TrustNordisk has just boarded.
Skarsgard, who has the lead role in the Berlinale competition title “Out Stealing Horses,” stars in “Hope” opposite Andrea Braein Hovig (“All the Beauty”). The film is the story of a couple with a large blended family that has grown apart, but when the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love.
The movie is being produced by producer Thomas Robsahm at Motlys, the banner behind Pernilla August’s “A Serious Game,” Eskil Vogt’s “Blind” and Joachim Trier’s movies, notably “Oslo, 31. August” and “Louder Than Bombs.”
Silje Nikoline Glimsdal, TrustNordisk’s sales and project manager, said the film is a “heartfelt and honest story.”
“‘Hope’ both captivates and inspires you by portraying the circumstances facing a serious and life-changing illness,...
Skarsgard, who has the lead role in the Berlinale competition title “Out Stealing Horses,” stars in “Hope” opposite Andrea Braein Hovig (“All the Beauty”). The film is the story of a couple with a large blended family that has grown apart, but when the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love.
The movie is being produced by producer Thomas Robsahm at Motlys, the banner behind Pernilla August’s “A Serious Game,” Eskil Vogt’s “Blind” and Joachim Trier’s movies, notably “Oslo, 31. August” and “Louder Than Bombs.”
Silje Nikoline Glimsdal, TrustNordisk’s sales and project manager, said the film is a “heartfelt and honest story.”
“‘Hope’ both captivates and inspires you by portraying the circumstances facing a serious and life-changing illness,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Nordisk Film will distribute in Scandinavia with the theatrical launch planned for the end of 2019.
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for survival drama Breaking Surface, which writer/director Joachim Hedén is shooting now.
Moa Gammel and Madeleine Martin star in the story of Swedish/Norwegian half sisters who go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.
Breaking Surface is shooting at Lites studios in Flanders at the world’s deepest water tank; it is the first film to shoot there.
After Belgium, the film will shoot in Strömstad, Sweden; Lofoten, Norway; and Göteborg,...
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for survival drama Breaking Surface, which writer/director Joachim Hedén is shooting now.
Moa Gammel and Madeleine Martin star in the story of Swedish/Norwegian half sisters who go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.
Breaking Surface is shooting at Lites studios in Flanders at the world’s deepest water tank; it is the first film to shoot there.
After Belgium, the film will shoot in Strömstad, Sweden; Lofoten, Norway; and Göteborg,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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