Production begins today on Dancing Queen In Hollywood, the sequel to Berlinale 2023 selection Dancing Queen, with LevelK securing pre-sales for multiple territories.
The family film has sold to Poland (Vivarto), Benelux (In The Air), former Yugoslavia (Fivia) and Baltics (Estin Film).
Aurora Gosse returns to direct the sequel, which is written by Silje Holtet. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles, Copenhagen, and Hamar in Norway.
Dancing Queen In Hollywood resumes the journey of Mina and Markus, as they set out for Los Angeles after winning a dance competition. Mina must deal with the pressure of auditioning for a film,...
The family film has sold to Poland (Vivarto), Benelux (In The Air), former Yugoslavia (Fivia) and Baltics (Estin Film).
Aurora Gosse returns to direct the sequel, which is written by Silje Holtet. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles, Copenhagen, and Hamar in Norway.
Dancing Queen In Hollywood resumes the journey of Mina and Markus, as they set out for Los Angeles after winning a dance competition. Mina must deal with the pressure of auditioning for a film,...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Production begins today on Dancing Queen In Hollywood, the sequel to Berlinale 2023 selection Dancing Queen, with LevelK securing pre-sales for multiple territories.
The family film has sold to Poland (Vivarto), Benelux (In The Air), former Yugoslavia (Fivia) and Baltics (Estin Film).
Aurora Gosse returns to direct the sequel, which is written by Silje Holtet. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles, Copenhagen, and Hamar in Norway.
Dancing Queen In Hollywood resumes the journey of Mina and Markus, as they set out for Los Angeles after winning a dance competition. Mina must deal with the pressure of auditioning for a film,...
The family film has sold to Poland (Vivarto), Benelux (In The Air), former Yugoslavia (Fivia) and Baltics (Estin Film).
Aurora Gosse returns to direct the sequel, which is written by Silje Holtet. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles, Copenhagen, and Hamar in Norway.
Dancing Queen In Hollywood resumes the journey of Mina and Markus, as they set out for Los Angeles after winning a dance competition. Mina must deal with the pressure of auditioning for a film,...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Norwegian Film Institute also backs new Hans Petter Moland and Ingvild Søderlind films.
The team from the family film hit Dancing Queen will reunite for a sequel, Dancing Queen in Hollywood.
The film has received support from the Norwegian Film Institute’s latest production funding round, with backing of $491,000 of the film’s total budget of $1.6m (Euros 1.5m).
The team plans to shoot in Los Angeles, Copenhagen (studio work) and Hamar, Norway in 2024, for a launch in 2025.
The first Dancing Queen ends with the young Mina and Markus dancers winning a trip to Hollywood, and in Dancing Queen in Hollywood,...
The team from the family film hit Dancing Queen will reunite for a sequel, Dancing Queen in Hollywood.
The film has received support from the Norwegian Film Institute’s latest production funding round, with backing of $491,000 of the film’s total budget of $1.6m (Euros 1.5m).
The team plans to shoot in Los Angeles, Copenhagen (studio work) and Hamar, Norway in 2024, for a launch in 2025.
The first Dancing Queen ends with the young Mina and Markus dancers winning a trip to Hollywood, and in Dancing Queen in Hollywood,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Miia Tervo’s “The Missile,” an absurdist dramatic comedy based on the real-life story of a Soviet missile landing in Finnish Lapland in 1984, took home the top prize Thursday at the Finnish Film Affair, an annual industry event running parallel to the Helsinki International Film Festival — Love & Anarchy.
“The Missile” was one of five fiction feature works in progress that were pitched to an audience of industry guests in Helsinki on Sept. 21, during the Finnish Film Affair’s showcase of local and regional projects. The sophomore feature of Finnish director Tervo, known for the female-centered romantic comedy “Aurora,” the film is produced by Kaisla Viitala and Daniel Kuitunen of Helsinki-based Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta, with Stellar Film co-producing.
“The Missile” tells the empowering story of an abused single mother working at a small-town newspaper who gets drawn into the investigation surrounding the missile crash, which upends life in a small northern village.
“The Missile” was one of five fiction feature works in progress that were pitched to an audience of industry guests in Helsinki on Sept. 21, during the Finnish Film Affair’s showcase of local and regional projects. The sophomore feature of Finnish director Tervo, known for the female-centered romantic comedy “Aurora,” the film is produced by Kaisla Viitala and Daniel Kuitunen of Helsinki-based Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta, with Stellar Film co-producing.
“The Missile” tells the empowering story of an abused single mother working at a small-town newspaper who gets drawn into the investigation surrounding the missile crash, which upends life in a small northern village.
- 9/22/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The Helsinki showcase has become a must-attend event for the Nordic industry.
Miia Tervo’s absurdist comedy drama The Missile walked away with the €3,000 prize for the best fiction project award at Finland’s Finnish Film Affair, which draws to a close today (September 22) in Helsinki.
The Missile is now in post-production. It is set in 1984 in Finnish Lapland, where a single mother of two children is trying to get over her violent ex-husband. She finds herself working at a local newspaper, as reports come in that a Soviet Union missile has shot across the Finnish border.
The project is...
Miia Tervo’s absurdist comedy drama The Missile walked away with the €3,000 prize for the best fiction project award at Finland’s Finnish Film Affair, which draws to a close today (September 22) in Helsinki.
The Missile is now in post-production. It is set in 1984 in Finnish Lapland, where a single mother of two children is trying to get over her violent ex-husband. She finds herself working at a local newspaper, as reports come in that a Soviet Union missile has shot across the Finnish border.
The project is...
- 9/22/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The World War Two drama War Sailor — which debuted at last year’s Toronto Film Festival — swept Norway’s Amanda Awards last night, taking four main awards.
The War Sailor haul included best actor for Pål Sverre Hagen. This is his third Amanda and second consecutive win. Ine Marie Wilmann won the best supporting actress award for portraying Cecilia in the pic.
The film, directed by Norwegian filmmaker Gunnar Vikene, centers on Alfred Garnes, a working-class sailor who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where German submarines may attack their valuable vessels at any moment.
The War Sailor haul included best actor for Pål Sverre Hagen. This is his third Amanda and second consecutive win. Ine Marie Wilmann won the best supporting actress award for portraying Cecilia in the pic.
The film, directed by Norwegian filmmaker Gunnar Vikene, centers on Alfred Garnes, a working-class sailor who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where German submarines may attack their valuable vessels at any moment.
- 8/20/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
LevelK has unveiled the trailer for “Dancing Queen,” Aurora Gossé’s coming-of-age film world premiering in the Generation section at the Berlin Film Festival.
Penned by Silje Holtet, the dance-filled movie is produced by Thomas Robsahm, whose credits include the Oscar-nominated Norwegian romantic comedy “The Worst Person in the World.”
Newcomer Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson stars as Mina, a slightly overweight underdog who falls head over heels in love and sets off to become at hip hop dancer to win his heart. The movie also stars Anders Baasmo (“In Order of Disappearance”) and Andrea Bræin Hovig (“An Affair), among others.
“With ‘Dancing Queen’ our ambition is to make a charming and warm dance film for
children, which adults will also want to see,” said Robsahm, who is producing at Amarcord. “The audience should feel a tingle in their bodies when they experience dance, passion, love and coming of age. But...
Penned by Silje Holtet, the dance-filled movie is produced by Thomas Robsahm, whose credits include the Oscar-nominated Norwegian romantic comedy “The Worst Person in the World.”
Newcomer Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson stars as Mina, a slightly overweight underdog who falls head over heels in love and sets off to become at hip hop dancer to win his heart. The movie also stars Anders Baasmo (“In Order of Disappearance”) and Andrea Bræin Hovig (“An Affair), among others.
“With ‘Dancing Queen’ our ambition is to make a charming and warm dance film for
children, which adults will also want to see,” said Robsahm, who is producing at Amarcord. “The audience should feel a tingle in their bodies when they experience dance, passion, love and coming of age. But...
- 2/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“The Worst Person in the World” producer Thomas Robsahm is set to produce “Loveable,” another contemporary relationship movie headlined by Scandinavian stars Helga Guren (“22. juli”) and Oddgeir Thune (“Blind Spot”).
Scandinavia’s leading sales company TrustNordisk is representing “Loveable” in international markets.
“Loveable” will mark the long-gestated feature debut of Lilja Ingolfsdottir, who has directed a flurry of well-received shorts, including “Neglect,” and is teaching directing and filmmaking at the Norwegian Film School.
Penned by Ingolfsdottir, “Loveable” follows Maria, 40, who juggles four children and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, travels all the time. One evening, Sigmund comes home from a long work trip abroad and finds Maria frustrated and exhausted. They get into an ugly argument and Maria bursts with anger. Despite Maria’s desperate efforts to salvage their relationship, Sigmund eventually tells her he wants to divorce and forces her to face her worst fears.
Robsahm,...
Scandinavia’s leading sales company TrustNordisk is representing “Loveable” in international markets.
“Loveable” will mark the long-gestated feature debut of Lilja Ingolfsdottir, who has directed a flurry of well-received shorts, including “Neglect,” and is teaching directing and filmmaking at the Norwegian Film School.
Penned by Ingolfsdottir, “Loveable” follows Maria, 40, who juggles four children and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, travels all the time. One evening, Sigmund comes home from a long work trip abroad and finds Maria frustrated and exhausted. They get into an ugly argument and Maria bursts with anger. Despite Maria’s desperate efforts to salvage their relationship, Sigmund eventually tells her he wants to divorce and forces her to face her worst fears.
Robsahm,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Göteborg Film Festival has unveiled the 53 Nordic Films that will take part in the latest edition of the Nordic Film Market, running February 2 – 5. Scroll down for the list.
The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.
The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.
Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.
Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.
The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.
The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.
Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.
Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.
- 1/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood Stars Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney To Be Given Welsh Award
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are to receive a special award from the people of Wales to show their support for raising the profile of the nation in Welcome to Wrexham. The pair bought the Welsh football club and showcased Wales to the world via the FX show’s first season. One episode focuses on the history and language of the nation. Welsh broadcaster S4C has partnered with the Welsh government and Football Association of Wales on the award, which will be given as part of the Wales to the World New York Concert next month taking place in Times Square. “S4C is delighted to be recognizing the contribution that Rob and Ryan have made by inspiring a whole generation to celebrate and embrace Wales to the World,” said S4C CEO Sian Doyle. “Their passion for Wrexham,...
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are to receive a special award from the people of Wales to show their support for raising the profile of the nation in Welcome to Wrexham. The pair bought the Welsh football club and showcased Wales to the world via the FX show’s first season. One episode focuses on the history and language of the nation. Welsh broadcaster S4C has partnered with the Welsh government and Football Association of Wales on the award, which will be given as part of the Wales to the World New York Concert next month taking place in Times Square. “S4C is delighted to be recognizing the contribution that Rob and Ryan have made by inspiring a whole generation to celebrate and embrace Wales to the World,” said S4C CEO Sian Doyle. “Their passion for Wrexham,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled.
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated smash “The Worst Person in the World,” about a young woman trying to figure out what – and who – she really wants in her life, won big at Norway’s Amanda Awards on Saturday night, scooping five statuettes, including one for best film.
Trier, who now holds the title for most Amanda Awards, also won for best screenplay with his long-time collaborator Eksil Vogt. The film’s breakout star Renate Reinsve, already awarded at Cannes, picked up her first Amanda for her portrayal of Julie, with Anders Danielsen Lie named best supporting actor.
Back in February, Reinsve – who will be next seen in “A Different Man” alongside Sebastian Stan – opened up about her work with Trier, which started in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st,” her very first feature film.
“I was an extra with one line. I had nothing to compare it to – it was my first movie set.
Trier, who now holds the title for most Amanda Awards, also won for best screenplay with his long-time collaborator Eksil Vogt. The film’s breakout star Renate Reinsve, already awarded at Cannes, picked up her first Amanda for her portrayal of Julie, with Anders Danielsen Lie named best supporting actor.
Back in February, Reinsve – who will be next seen in “A Different Man” alongside Sebastian Stan – opened up about her work with Trier, which started in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st,” her very first feature film.
“I was an extra with one line. I had nothing to compare it to – it was my first movie set.
- 8/21/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market runs August 23-26.
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market has unveiled the works in progress presentations for its 2022 edition, running August 23-26.
The line-up includes new films from the likes of Pathfinder director Nils Gaup’s new drama The Riot (Sulis), sold by REinvent and set against a workers revolt in 1907 Lapland; The Worst Person In The World producer Thomas Robsahm, who presents Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian youth film Dancing Queen, sold by Level K; and Berlinale prize-winning director Selma Vilhunen’s new Finnish production, polyamory drama Four Little Adults.
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Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market has unveiled the works in progress presentations for its 2022 edition, running August 23-26.
The line-up includes new films from the likes of Pathfinder director Nils Gaup’s new drama The Riot (Sulis), sold by REinvent and set against a workers revolt in 1907 Lapland; The Worst Person In The World producer Thomas Robsahm, who presents Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian youth film Dancing Queen, sold by Level K; and Berlinale prize-winning director Selma Vilhunen’s new Finnish production, polyamory drama Four Little Adults.
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- 8/12/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The first film on her new slate is Armand, the debut feature of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel.
Norway’s Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, one of the producers of Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick Of Myself in Un Certain Regard, is leaving Oslo Pictures to concentrate on her own independent productions.
Her new outfit doesn’t yet have a name but she says, “I know which talents I want to work with and the people I want to continue relationships with on the production side and also the talent side.” She will continue to collaborate with Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, who had also been at Oslo Pictures.
Norway’s Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, one of the producers of Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick Of Myself in Un Certain Regard, is leaving Oslo Pictures to concentrate on her own independent productions.
Her new outfit doesn’t yet have a name but she says, “I know which talents I want to work with and the people I want to continue relationships with on the production side and also the talent side.” She will continue to collaborate with Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, who had also been at Oslo Pictures.
- 5/22/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
A-Ha The Movie
With so many documentaries competing for critics’ attention every year, and with awards attention often going first and foremost to those which deal with heart-rending subjects, it’s difficult for music documentaries to make much noise. So when there’s as much positive word of mouth about one as A-ha The Movie, one sits up and listens. I caught this film at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year and was pleased to get the chance to talk to director Thomas Robsahm about it last week, as it’s now getting a well-deserved big screen release.
When he was 18, he was in a band himself, he tells me. “And some friends of mine had gone to London, like they always did, to buy records and see bands, and so on, and they had heard about these Norwegians who had gone over to try to make it. At that time so many.
With so many documentaries competing for critics’ attention every year, and with awards attention often going first and foremost to those which deal with heart-rending subjects, it’s difficult for music documentaries to make much noise. So when there’s as much positive word of mouth about one as A-ha The Movie, one sits up and listens. I caught this film at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year and was pleased to get the chance to talk to director Thomas Robsahm about it last week, as it’s now getting a well-deserved big screen release.
When he was 18, he was in a band himself, he tells me. “And some friends of mine had gone to London, like they always did, to buy records and see bands, and so on, and they had heard about these Norwegians who had gone over to try to make it. At that time so many.
- 5/21/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
UK-Ireland box office preview: indies exploit gap between ‘Doctor Strange 2’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
’Benediction’, ’The Road Dance’ and ’The Innocents’ launch this weekend.
Benediction, The Road Dance and The Innocents are among the independent arthouse titles launching in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend, with live event screenings, a RoboCop re-release and documentary a-ha: The Movie also looking to attract audiences.
No studio titles are opening this weekend, clearing the way for Disney’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness to perform strongly in its third weekend. Studios are also looking to avoid their films being crushed in the wake of Paramount juggernaut Top Gun: Maverick next week.
Terence Davies’ Benediction explores...
Benediction, The Road Dance and The Innocents are among the independent arthouse titles launching in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend, with live event screenings, a RoboCop re-release and documentary a-ha: The Movie also looking to attract audiences.
No studio titles are opening this weekend, clearing the way for Disney’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness to perform strongly in its third weekend. Studios are also looking to avoid their films being crushed in the wake of Paramount juggernaut Top Gun: Maverick next week.
Terence Davies’ Benediction explores...
- 5/20/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
’Dancing Queen’ is produced by Thomas Robsahm.
LevelK has boarded Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian family drama Dancing Queen, produced by Thomas Robsahm, whose credits include Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World.
Director Aurora Gossé will start the shoot in June. The cast features Anders Baasmo Christensen (Kon Tiki), Andrea Bræin Hovig (Hope), Anne Marit Jacobsen (Beware of Children), Cengiz Al (Skam) and newcomer Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson in the lead role of Mina.
It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who falls in love with a famous dancer who moves to her town, and auditions for his crew...
LevelK has boarded Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian family drama Dancing Queen, produced by Thomas Robsahm, whose credits include Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World.
Director Aurora Gossé will start the shoot in June. The cast features Anders Baasmo Christensen (Kon Tiki), Andrea Bræin Hovig (Hope), Anne Marit Jacobsen (Beware of Children), Cengiz Al (Skam) and newcomer Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson in the lead role of Mina.
It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who falls in love with a famous dancer who moves to her town, and auditions for his crew...
- 5/19/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Trier and Eskil Vogt will develop future projects at their company Don’t Look Now.
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt are leaving Norway’s Oslo Pictures to develop future projects at their company Don’t Look Now. They are currently in talks with potential new production partners on future films.
The pair, who have been screenwriting collaborators since the early 1990s, joined forces with Oslo Pictures in 2018, most recently on their Oscar-nominated hit The Worst Person In The World, directed by Trier.
Don’t Look Now Productions is owned by Trier and Vogt and the company has been a producing partner...
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt are leaving Norway’s Oslo Pictures to develop future projects at their company Don’t Look Now. They are currently in talks with potential new production partners on future films.
The pair, who have been screenwriting collaborators since the early 1990s, joined forces with Oslo Pictures in 2018, most recently on their Oscar-nominated hit The Worst Person In The World, directed by Trier.
Don’t Look Now Productions is owned by Trier and Vogt and the company has been a producing partner...
- 5/11/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
A band’s 40th anniversary is nothing to sneeze at, but learning that one of the groups to reach that milestone is the Norwegian trio a-ha might warrant not so much an achoo as a gasp, double take, or “Come again?”
Since 1985, we’ve all lived with the sparkling earworm of syncopation, synth and pop crooning that is the single “Take On Me,” the kind of breakout chart-topper (in 36 countries) that you just knew was going to define an era’s sugary, youthful romanticism. The dynamically conceptualized half-animated music video didn’t hurt its immortality campaign either, with lead singer Morten Harket’s chiseled, sensitive pouty-rebel presence — someone, please, help him! — destined to adorn teenage walls everywhere. a-ha was ‘80s MTV fame personified, but that song is also a truly great pop classic.
And yet, as Norwegian filmmaker and proud fan Thomas Robsahm’s affectionate documentary “a-ha: The Movie” reveals,...
Since 1985, we’ve all lived with the sparkling earworm of syncopation, synth and pop crooning that is the single “Take On Me,” the kind of breakout chart-topper (in 36 countries) that you just knew was going to define an era’s sugary, youthful romanticism. The dynamically conceptualized half-animated music video didn’t hurt its immortality campaign either, with lead singer Morten Harket’s chiseled, sensitive pouty-rebel presence — someone, please, help him! — destined to adorn teenage walls everywhere. a-ha was ‘80s MTV fame personified, but that song is also a truly great pop classic.
And yet, as Norwegian filmmaker and proud fan Thomas Robsahm’s affectionate documentary “a-ha: The Movie” reveals,...
- 4/8/2022
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
You’d think the songs that we call one-hit wonders — I’ve always applied the term interchangeably to bands and songs — would, by their nature, have the quality of novelty singles. A lot of them do, like “Come On Eileen” or “I’m Too Sexy” or “Spirit in the Sky” or “867-5309 (Jenny)” or “96 Tears.” But occasionally there’s a one-hit wonder that’s so transcendent it qualifies as one of the greatest pop songs you’ve ever heard — which makes it all the more mysterious that the band in question never came within a million miles of replicating its sublimity or success. I’m thinking of songs like “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba, “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone, or the song that may be the greatest one-hit wonder of them all: “Take On Me” by the Norwegian synth-pop trio A-ha.
As the new documentary “A-ha: The Movie” makes clear,...
As the new documentary “A-ha: The Movie” makes clear,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The 75th Ee British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards took place Sunday March 13. Over 7,000 voting members submitted their ballots, voting from nominees that looked a bit more like those for the Oscars than in some years past. The entire winners list has now been revealed.
The awards ceremony is airing as of 3:00pm Et Sunday on a one-hour delay for U.S. viewers on Britbox, can you still tune in. And a note on the streamer says it will replay in full there at 7:00pm Et.
“Dune” scored the most BAFTA nominations with 11, followed by “The Power of the Dog” with eight, and “Belfast” with six. “West Side Story,” “No Time to Die,” and “Licorice Pizza” followed with five each.
Once the awards were presented Sunday, “The Power of the Dog” emerged winner of Best Film and Best Director for Jane Campion.
“Dune” scored the...
The awards ceremony is airing as of 3:00pm Et Sunday on a one-hour delay for U.S. viewers on Britbox, can you still tune in. And a note on the streamer says it will replay in full there at 7:00pm Et.
“Dune” scored the most BAFTA nominations with 11, followed by “The Power of the Dog” with eight, and “Belfast” with six. “West Side Story,” “No Time to Die,” and “Licorice Pizza” followed with five each.
Once the awards were presented Sunday, “The Power of the Dog” emerged winner of Best Film and Best Director for Jane Campion.
“Dune” scored the...
- 3/13/2022
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
‘The Power Of The Dog’ wins best film and best director.
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog won best film and best director at the 2022 Bafta Film Awards, whilst Dune picked up the most awards overall.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The Power Of The Dog, which was backed by Netflix and developed with and backed by BBC Film, earned two awards from eight nominations and saw Campion win her first Bafta, following a nomination for The Piano back in 1994.
Dune won five Baftas: for Hans Zimmer’s original score; Greig Fraser’s cinematography; plus production design,...
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog won best film and best director at the 2022 Bafta Film Awards, whilst Dune picked up the most awards overall.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The Power Of The Dog, which was backed by Netflix and developed with and backed by BBC Film, earned two awards from eight nominations and saw Campion win her first Bafta, following a nomination for The Piano back in 1994.
Dune won five Baftas: for Hans Zimmer’s original score; Greig Fraser’s cinematography; plus production design,...
- 3/13/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Dune leads the way with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog on eight and Belfast on six.
The 2022 Bafta Film Awards show is taking place today (March 13) from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The show started at 17:00 UK time, finishing at approximately 19:30, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 19:00, finishing at 21:00. Rebel Wilson is hosting for the first time.
The ceremony returns as a full physical event, following last year’s edition which was mostly virtual.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they...
The 2022 Bafta Film Awards show is taking place today (March 13) from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The show started at 17:00 UK time, finishing at approximately 19:30, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 19:00, finishing at 21:00. Rebel Wilson is hosting for the first time.
The ceremony returns as a full physical event, following last year’s edition which was mostly virtual.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they...
- 3/13/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: London-based sales agent Dogwoof has picked up world rights to Tommy Gulliksen’s Sound Of Ice, a documentary about musician Terje Isungset’s project to produce and play musical instruments crafted from each of the world’s most endangered glaciers.
Even though making music from ice is close to impossible, it is Isungset’s obsession. His instruments are only used once before they melt and disappear. Climate change has made ice music difficult and Terje’s artistic project even more urgent. When he receives an unexpected invitation to play in China’s greatest opera house, Terje decides to build an instrument from each of the world’s most endangered glaciers to bring to Beijing.
Here’s a first teaser for the project:
An Oslo Pictures production, Sound of Ice is directed by Tommy Gulliksen, produced by Thomas Robsahm and Tonje Hessen Schei, written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, and co-produced with Road Movies.
Even though making music from ice is close to impossible, it is Isungset’s obsession. His instruments are only used once before they melt and disappear. Climate change has made ice music difficult and Terje’s artistic project even more urgent. When he receives an unexpected invitation to play in China’s greatest opera house, Terje decides to build an instrument from each of the world’s most endangered glaciers to bring to Beijing.
Here’s a first teaser for the project:
An Oslo Pictures production, Sound of Ice is directed by Tommy Gulliksen, produced by Thomas Robsahm and Tonje Hessen Schei, written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, and co-produced with Road Movies.
- 2/9/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Ee British Academy Film (BAFTA) Awards today announced the nominations for the 2022 awards.
Unsurprisingly, Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi thriller ‘Dune,’ earned 11 nominations, most of which fall under the technical sections. Jane Campion’s Netflix western ‘The Power of the Dog’ racked up eight nominations, while Kenneth Branagh’s personal coming-of-age drama ‘Belfast’received six. ‘No Time to Die,’ picked up five nods, alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s-set ‘Licorice Pizza’ and Steven Spielberg’s musical reboot ‘West Side Story.’
The nominations in full are;
2022 BAFTA Film Award nominees are below:
Best Film
“Belfast”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“Licorice Pizza”
“The Power of the Dog”
Outstanding British Film
“After Love”
“Ali & Ava”
“Belfast”
“Boiling Point”
“Cyrano”
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
“House of Gucci”
“Last Night in Soho”
“No Time to Die”
“Passing”
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
“After Love” – Aleem Khan (Writer/Director...
Unsurprisingly, Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi thriller ‘Dune,’ earned 11 nominations, most of which fall under the technical sections. Jane Campion’s Netflix western ‘The Power of the Dog’ racked up eight nominations, while Kenneth Branagh’s personal coming-of-age drama ‘Belfast’received six. ‘No Time to Die,’ picked up five nods, alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s-set ‘Licorice Pizza’ and Steven Spielberg’s musical reboot ‘West Side Story.’
The nominations in full are;
2022 BAFTA Film Award nominees are below:
Best Film
“Belfast”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“Licorice Pizza”
“The Power of the Dog”
Outstanding British Film
“After Love”
“Ali & Ava”
“Belfast”
“Boiling Point”
“Cyrano”
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
“House of Gucci”
“Last Night in Soho”
“No Time to Die”
“Passing”
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
“After Love” – Aleem Khan (Writer/Director...
- 2/3/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced its official 2022 nominees, marking the event’s 75th anniversary. This year’s nominations were broadcast live from BAFTA 195 Piccadilly in central London on Thursday, February 3. Film Awards red carpet hosts Aj Odudu and Tom Allen listed all the noms.
This year, the most nominated films are “Dune” with 11 nods; “The Power of the Dog” with eight; “Belfast” with six; and “Licorice Pizza,” “West Side Story,” and “No Time to Die” all with five nominations each.
There are also the highest number of women nominated, ever.
The BAFTAs are set to take place on Sunday, March 13 at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall. Sponsored by Ee, the Awards will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One, BBC One HD and BBC iPlayer that evening, and will be preceded by live red carpet coverage on BAFTA’s social channels.
Over 7,000 members voted for this year’s nominations.
This year, the most nominated films are “Dune” with 11 nods; “The Power of the Dog” with eight; “Belfast” with six; and “Licorice Pizza,” “West Side Story,” and “No Time to Die” all with five nominations each.
There are also the highest number of women nominated, ever.
The BAFTAs are set to take place on Sunday, March 13 at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall. Sponsored by Ee, the Awards will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One, BBC One HD and BBC iPlayer that evening, and will be preceded by live red carpet coverage on BAFTA’s social channels.
Over 7,000 members voted for this year’s nominations.
- 2/3/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Nominations for the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards have been unveiled. Scroll down for the full list.
Leading the way this year is Dune with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog on eight and Belfast on six.
Licorice Pizza, No Time to Die and West Side Story all have five, while four nominations apiece went to After Love, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Don’t Look Up, Passing and King Richard.
In total, 48 feature films are up for prizes this year.
Diversity remains in the spotlight for the Brit Awards org. Following a 2020 when BAFTA drew criticism for having an all-male directing field and no non-white acting nominees, sweeping changes to the voting procedures put in place since have again produced a more diverse field. More on that in our analysis piece, which you can read here.
Winners will be announced at the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, hosted by Rebel Wilson, on...
Leading the way this year is Dune with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog on eight and Belfast on six.
Licorice Pizza, No Time to Die and West Side Story all have five, while four nominations apiece went to After Love, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Don’t Look Up, Passing and King Richard.
In total, 48 feature films are up for prizes this year.
Diversity remains in the spotlight for the Brit Awards org. Following a 2020 when BAFTA drew criticism for having an all-male directing field and no non-white acting nominees, sweeping changes to the voting procedures put in place since have again produced a more diverse field. More on that in our analysis piece, which you can read here.
Winners will be announced at the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, hosted by Rebel Wilson, on...
- 2/3/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Six nominations for ‘Belfast’; three titles on five.
Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster Dune led the Bafta Film Awards nominations from Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with the nominations announced today.
Dune received 11 nominations, including in best film, adapted screenplay, original score, and all eight technical categories.
Scroll down for the full list of nominations
The Power of the Dog scored eight nominations, including in best film, three times in the acting categories – and a best director nomination for Campion, who was the first woman to be nominated for the best director Bafta for The Piano in 1994.
Belfast...
Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster Dune led the Bafta Film Awards nominations from Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with the nominations announced today.
Dune received 11 nominations, including in best film, adapted screenplay, original score, and all eight technical categories.
Scroll down for the full list of nominations
The Power of the Dog scored eight nominations, including in best film, three times in the acting categories – and a best director nomination for Campion, who was the first woman to be nominated for the best director Bafta for The Piano in 1994.
Belfast...
- 2/3/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Robsahm will move from Motlys and Oslo Pictures where he presently works.
Norway’s Thomas Robsahm, Joachim Trier’s producer on The Worst Person in the World, Thelma and Louder Than Bombs, has joined Nordisk Film Production as producer.
He leaves the two production outfits which are his current homes, Motlys (since 2013) and Oslo Pictures (since 2018).
Robsahm is also a director, most recently of the music documentary a-ha: The Movie, which premiered at Tribeca 2021. He has more than 50 film credits as a producer, including Margreath Olin’s Self Portrait, Emil Trier’s Trust Me and Maria Sodahl’s Hope.
The Worst Person in the World,...
Norway’s Thomas Robsahm, Joachim Trier’s producer on The Worst Person in the World, Thelma and Louder Than Bombs, has joined Nordisk Film Production as producer.
He leaves the two production outfits which are his current homes, Motlys (since 2013) and Oslo Pictures (since 2018).
Robsahm is also a director, most recently of the music documentary a-ha: The Movie, which premiered at Tribeca 2021. He has more than 50 film credits as a producer, including Margreath Olin’s Self Portrait, Emil Trier’s Trust Me and Maria Sodahl’s Hope.
The Worst Person in the World,...
- 1/20/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
HanWay Boards UK Debut
HanWay Films has picked up world sales rights to Sweet Sue, the debut feature from Leo Leigh, son of filmmaker Mike Leigh. Starring Maggie O’Neill, Tony Pitts and Harry Trevaldwyn, the pic is a comedy-drama following a woman back on the dating scene who meets a mysterious biker at her brother’s funeral. It is produced by Somesuch, Sums Film & Media with BBC Film. HanWay will screen footage to buyers at the virtual European Film Market. A first look at the film is at the top of this post.
Nordisk Film Norway Hire
Nordisk Film Production has hired Thomas Robsahm, the experienced producer who has worked on more than 50 films including with directors Joachim Trier (The Worst Person In The World), Margreth Olin (Self Portrait), and Maria Sødahl (Hope). He will be based in Nordisk’s Norway office.
ITV Hires Former UKTV Commissioner
ITV has reshuffled its entertainment division,...
HanWay Films has picked up world sales rights to Sweet Sue, the debut feature from Leo Leigh, son of filmmaker Mike Leigh. Starring Maggie O’Neill, Tony Pitts and Harry Trevaldwyn, the pic is a comedy-drama following a woman back on the dating scene who meets a mysterious biker at her brother’s funeral. It is produced by Somesuch, Sums Film & Media with BBC Film. HanWay will screen footage to buyers at the virtual European Film Market. A first look at the film is at the top of this post.
Nordisk Film Norway Hire
Nordisk Film Production has hired Thomas Robsahm, the experienced producer who has worked on more than 50 films including with directors Joachim Trier (The Worst Person In The World), Margreth Olin (Self Portrait), and Maria Sødahl (Hope). He will be based in Nordisk’s Norway office.
ITV Hires Former UKTV Commissioner
ITV has reshuffled its entertainment division,...
- 1/20/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lightyear Entertainment has acquired two documentaries that made their world premieres at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival: Thomas Robsahm’s A-ha: The Movie and Eddie Martin’s We Were Once Kids. The former will open in theaters across the U.S. and Canada on April 8, with the latter set for release in May.
A-ha: The Movie celebrates the 40th anniversary of the synth-pop band’s irresistible single “Take on Me,” which is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. The musicians from small-town Norway became global sensations and heartthrobs overnight when they released the song and its groundbreaking pencil-sketch animation video, seeing their newfound fame overshadow their original dream to make music. In the years since, each has taken separate roads to get back to what they loved most.
A-ha has released 15 albums to date, which have sold more than 55 million copies. The band has also earned eight MTV Awards,...
A-ha: The Movie celebrates the 40th anniversary of the synth-pop band’s irresistible single “Take on Me,” which is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. The musicians from small-town Norway became global sensations and heartthrobs overnight when they released the song and its groundbreaking pencil-sketch animation video, seeing their newfound fame overshadow their original dream to make music. In the years since, each has taken separate roads to get back to what they loved most.
A-ha has released 15 albums to date, which have sold more than 55 million copies. The band has also earned eight MTV Awards,...
- 12/20/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Neon announces the addition of Joachim Trier’s award-winning The Worst Person In The World to The Criterion Collection. The film was recently awarded Best Foreign Language Film by NYFCC and previously won the Best Actress Award at Cannes. The Worst Person in the World is the official Oscar submission for Norway for Best International Film at this year’s Academy Awards. Neon will release the film theatrically on February 4, 2022.
Director Joachim Trier returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, The Worst Person In The World examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the film features a breakout performance by Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve as she explores new professional avenues and embarks on relationships with two very different men (Anders Danielsen Lie...
Director Joachim Trier returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, The Worst Person In The World examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the film features a breakout performance by Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve as she explores new professional avenues and embarks on relationships with two very different men (Anders Danielsen Lie...
- 12/10/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Zürich- and Berlin-based sales outlet First Hand Films has acquired world rights (excluding Norway) for Håvard Bustnes’ “Name of the Game” ahead of its world premiere in IDFA’s Frontlight section, Variety has learned. The director’s previous credits include IDFA 2017 competition entry “Golden Dawn Girls” and “Two Raging Grannies.”
Bustnes’ new effort centers on controversial politician Trond Giske, who was for many years the “crown prince” of the Norwegian Labor Party. When his left-wing party loses popularity and the #MeToo movement raises awareness about sexual harassment, however, the tide turns for the once so popular Giske. Long-standing rumors of inappropriate behavior toward young party members are thrown into sharp relief when a number of women accuse him of sexual assault. The flood of media attention, leaked videos and testimonials, and the ensuing political power struggle, bring about his downfall.
Nevertheless, Giske decides to travel the country in a self-refurbished...
Bustnes’ new effort centers on controversial politician Trond Giske, who was for many years the “crown prince” of the Norwegian Labor Party. When his left-wing party loses popularity and the #MeToo movement raises awareness about sexual harassment, however, the tide turns for the once so popular Giske. Long-standing rumors of inappropriate behavior toward young party members are thrown into sharp relief when a number of women accuse him of sexual assault. The flood of media attention, leaked videos and testimonials, and the ensuing political power struggle, bring about his downfall.
Nevertheless, Giske decides to travel the country in a self-refurbished...
- 11/14/2021
- by Davide Abbatescianni
- Variety Film + TV
Swiss-based sales outfit First Hand Films has added major territories to Tribeca and Haugesund entry “A-ha: The Movie” doc, helmed by Thomas Robsahm together with Aslaug Holm (“Generation Utøya”).
Lighthouse Entertainment has snapped rights for the U.S., Modern Films for the U.K., A Contracorriente for Spain, Periscoop for Benelux, Pannania for Hungary and Side Project Production for Taiwan.
Earlier distribution deals were closed with Germany (Salzgeber), Japan (Klockworx), Korea (Company L), Poland (Mayfly), Norway (Euforia), Sweden (TriArt), Denmark (Øst for Paradis), with First Hand Films’ own distribution shingle in charge of the Swiss premiere.
The Norwegian doc is a candid and close look at the iconic Norwegian pop band A-ha, behind the 1985 hit “Take on Me.” The pic follows founding members Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket through their creative clashes, ambitions and stormy relationships.
Robsahm, a seasoned director-producer,behind Joachim Trier’s Cannes competition hit “The Worst Person in the World,...
Lighthouse Entertainment has snapped rights for the U.S., Modern Films for the U.K., A Contracorriente for Spain, Periscoop for Benelux, Pannania for Hungary and Side Project Production for Taiwan.
Earlier distribution deals were closed with Germany (Salzgeber), Japan (Klockworx), Korea (Company L), Poland (Mayfly), Norway (Euforia), Sweden (TriArt), Denmark (Øst for Paradis), with First Hand Films’ own distribution shingle in charge of the Swiss premiere.
The Norwegian doc is a candid and close look at the iconic Norwegian pop band A-ha, behind the 1985 hit “Take on Me.” The pic follows founding members Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket through their creative clashes, ambitions and stormy relationships.
Robsahm, a seasoned director-producer,behind Joachim Trier’s Cannes competition hit “The Worst Person in the World,...
- 8/11/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
MK2 Films has sold Cannes buzz pic The Worst Person In The World to Mubi following an auction for UK/Ire rights. The buyers has also taken Indian rights.
The anticipated third film in Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo’ trilogy, following Reprise and Oslo, August 31st, was one of the best-reviewed films on the Croisette this past week.
Produced by Thomas Robsahm at Oslo Picture, the comedy-drama chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Trier wrote the script together with Eskil Vogt. Cast includes Renate Reinsve (Oslo August 31st), who garnered rave reviews, Anders Danielsen Lie (Oslo August 31st) and Herbert Nordrum (Beforeigners).
As we revealed earlier today, the film has also been newly picked up by Parasite distributor Neon for North America.
The anticipated third film in Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo’ trilogy, following Reprise and Oslo, August 31st, was one of the best-reviewed films on the Croisette this past week.
Produced by Thomas Robsahm at Oslo Picture, the comedy-drama chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Trier wrote the script together with Eskil Vogt. Cast includes Renate Reinsve (Oslo August 31st), who garnered rave reviews, Anders Danielsen Lie (Oslo August 31st) and Herbert Nordrum (Beforeigners).
As we revealed earlier today, the film has also been newly picked up by Parasite distributor Neon for North America.
- 7/16/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Norwegian romantic drama premiered in Competition at Cannes.
Mubi has acquired all UK, Ireland and India rights for Joachim Trier’s Norwegian drama The Worst Person In The World, which premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival last week.
The London-based streaming platform and distributor closed the deal with French sales agent mk2 Films, which is handling international sales. Mubi plans to release the feature theatrically in the UK and Ireland. Neon has picked up the US rights.
The romantic drama is the third film in Trier’s Olso trilogy, which began with Reprise in 2006 and continued with Oslo,...
Mubi has acquired all UK, Ireland and India rights for Joachim Trier’s Norwegian drama The Worst Person In The World, which premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival last week.
The London-based streaming platform and distributor closed the deal with French sales agent mk2 Films, which is handling international sales. Mubi plans to release the feature theatrically in the UK and Ireland. Neon has picked up the US rights.
The romantic drama is the third film in Trier’s Olso trilogy, which began with Reprise in 2006 and continued with Oslo,...
- 7/16/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Neon has picked up U.S. rights to hot Cannes title “The Worst Person in the World,” directed by Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier, from French sales agent mk2 Films.
The romantic comedy, which is playing in competition, rounds out Trier’s Oslo Trilogy, which began with “Reprise” in 2006 and continued with “Oslo, August 31st” in 2011.
The script was co-written by Trier with regular collaborator Eskil Vogt, and the film stars Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjøreby, and Vidar Sandem.
“The Worst Person in The World” tells the story of a quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie (Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Following its July 8 premiere in Cannes,...
The romantic comedy, which is playing in competition, rounds out Trier’s Oslo Trilogy, which began with “Reprise” in 2006 and continued with “Oslo, August 31st” in 2011.
The script was co-written by Trier with regular collaborator Eskil Vogt, and the film stars Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjøreby, and Vidar Sandem.
“The Worst Person in The World” tells the story of a quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie (Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Following its July 8 premiere in Cannes,...
- 7/16/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy and Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Mk2 Films has sold Cannes buzz pic The Worst Person In The World to Parasite distributor Neon following a tussle for North American rights, we can reveal.
The anticipated third film in Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo’ trilogy, following Reprise and Oslo, August 31st, was one of the best-reviewed films on the Croisette this past week.
The Norwegian-language romantic-dramedy chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Trier wrote the script together with Eskil Vogt. Cast includes Renate Reinsve (Oslo August 31st), who garnered rave reviews, Anders Danielsen Lie (Oslo August 31st) and Herbert Nordrum (Beforeigners).
Jeff Deutchman negotiated the deal for Neon with Fionnuala Jamison from mk2 Films. The French seller has seen significant interest in the movie in...
The anticipated third film in Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo’ trilogy, following Reprise and Oslo, August 31st, was one of the best-reviewed films on the Croisette this past week.
The Norwegian-language romantic-dramedy chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Trier wrote the script together with Eskil Vogt. Cast includes Renate Reinsve (Oslo August 31st), who garnered rave reviews, Anders Danielsen Lie (Oslo August 31st) and Herbert Nordrum (Beforeigners).
Jeff Deutchman negotiated the deal for Neon with Fionnuala Jamison from mk2 Films. The French seller has seen significant interest in the movie in...
- 7/16/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Film is produced by Thomas Robsahm and Renée Mlodyszewski at Oslo Pictures.
Paris-based Totem Films has taken on world rights to rising Norwegian film and music video director Yenni Lee’s polyamorous love story Explosions In The Heart, starring Danish actress Victoria Carmen Sonne and Swedish rapper Silvana Imam.
It follows a young woman who falls madly in love but then finds herself and the relationship put to the test on discovering that the object of her desire and devotion is polyamorous, someone who has mutliple love affairs at the same time.
”Yenni’s cinema is a world of sensation,...
Paris-based Totem Films has taken on world rights to rising Norwegian film and music video director Yenni Lee’s polyamorous love story Explosions In The Heart, starring Danish actress Victoria Carmen Sonne and Swedish rapper Silvana Imam.
It follows a young woman who falls madly in love but then finds herself and the relationship put to the test on discovering that the object of her desire and devotion is polyamorous, someone who has mutliple love affairs at the same time.
”Yenni’s cinema is a world of sensation,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Film is produced by Thomas Robsahm and Renée Mlodyszewski at Oslo Pictures.
Paris-based Totem Films has taken on world rights to rising Norwegian film and music video director Yenni Lee’s polyamorous love story Explosions Of The Heart, starring Danish actress Victoria Carmen Sonne and Swedish rapper Silvana Imam.
It follows a young woman called who falls madly in love but then finds herself and the relationship put to the test on discovering that the object of her desire and devotion is polyamorous, someone who has mutliple love affairs at the same time.
”Yenni’s cinema is a world of sensation,...
Paris-based Totem Films has taken on world rights to rising Norwegian film and music video director Yenni Lee’s polyamorous love story Explosions Of The Heart, starring Danish actress Victoria Carmen Sonne and Swedish rapper Silvana Imam.
It follows a young woman called who falls madly in love but then finds herself and the relationship put to the test on discovering that the object of her desire and devotion is polyamorous, someone who has mutliple love affairs at the same time.
”Yenni’s cinema is a world of sensation,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Festival ran from June 9-20.
2021 Tribeca Festival announced revenge thriller Catch The Fair One and Blind Ambition as audience award winners on Thursday (June 24).
Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch The Fair One played in the US Narrative Feature category and centres on a Native American woman’s search for her missing sister. Second place went to Pan Nalin’s Spotlight Narrative selection Last Film Show.
Warwick Ross and Robert Coe’s Documentary Competition entry Blind Ambition took the top prize in the documentary category and tells of four friends who leave Zimbabwe for South Africa and become top sommeliers. Second...
2021 Tribeca Festival announced revenge thriller Catch The Fair One and Blind Ambition as audience award winners on Thursday (June 24).
Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch The Fair One played in the US Narrative Feature category and centres on a Native American woman’s search for her missing sister. Second place went to Pan Nalin’s Spotlight Narrative selection Last Film Show.
Warwick Ross and Robert Coe’s Documentary Competition entry Blind Ambition took the top prize in the documentary category and tells of four friends who leave Zimbabwe for South Africa and become top sommeliers. Second...
- 6/24/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A-ha detail the evolution of their Eighties smash “Take On Me” in this clip from A-ha: The Movie, a documentary about the Norwegian New Wave band’s formation, success and disintegration set to premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
As the band reveal in the clip — and as keyboardist Magne Furuholmen told Rolling Stone in a 2011 interview about the track — “Take On Me” underwent numerous stylistic changes, title changes and false starts before becoming a chart-topping hit and instantly-iconic music video.
Before becoming a Number One hit, “Take On Me...
As the band reveal in the clip — and as keyboardist Magne Furuholmen told Rolling Stone in a 2011 interview about the track — “Take On Me” underwent numerous stylistic changes, title changes and false starts before becoming a chart-topping hit and instantly-iconic music video.
Before becoming a Number One hit, “Take On Me...
- 6/11/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Consider it a celebration with something of an asterisk: in-person film festivals are back! But so are virtual components, making some of the year’s biggest cinematic events both safe and accessible for an even wider audience to enjoy them. After a cancelled 2020 edition and a delayed 2021 event, the Tribeca Festival is bellying up for a hybrid event with a major in-person edge, with lots to watch, no matter in which manner you choose to consume it.
In March, the festival announced that it would “transform prominent locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration” held this month, and is believed to be first major North American film festival to mount such an in-person event.
Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca on June 9. The festival will also celebrate the world...
In March, the festival announced that it would “transform prominent locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration” held this month, and is believed to be first major North American film festival to mount such an in-person event.
Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca on June 9. The festival will also celebrate the world...
- 6/7/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Tribeca Film Festival’s Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer (in Paris) with Anne-Katrin Titze (in New York) agrees with Frances McDormand’s Oscar speech: “We have to teach a young generation to see a film on a big screen.”
Tribeca Film Festival’s Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer is always a good person to talk cinema. We covered in our conversation the Opening Night selection, Jon M Chu’s adaption of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights; Mariem Pérez Riera’s Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It; Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show; Andrew Gaynord’s All My Friends Hate Me with Tom Stourton; Thomas Robsahm and Aslaug Holm’s A-ha the Movie; Thomas Daneskov’s Wild Men; Shariff Korver’s Do Not Hesitate; Adam Leon’s Italian Studies, starring Vanessa Kirby; Morgan Neville’s Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain; Warwick Ross...
Tribeca Film Festival’s Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer is always a good person to talk cinema. We covered in our conversation the Opening Night selection, Jon M Chu’s adaption of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights; Mariem Pérez Riera’s Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It; Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show; Andrew Gaynord’s All My Friends Hate Me with Tom Stourton; Thomas Robsahm and Aslaug Holm’s A-ha the Movie; Thomas Daneskov’s Wild Men; Shariff Korver’s Do Not Hesitate; Adam Leon’s Italian Studies, starring Vanessa Kirby; Morgan Neville’s Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain; Warwick Ross...
- 5/20/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“A-ha The Movie,” a documentary feature on the iconic Norwegian pop band, is set to have its world premiere at Tribeca on June 12.
The band’s hit “Take On Me,” accompanied by a pioneering sketch-animation video by Steve Barron, is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. The documentary follows the band over a period of four years, sharing the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of making it big. When “Take On Me” reached number 1 on Billboard in the U.S. in 1985, that dream came true.
Almost 35 years after their breakthrough, A-ha still creates magic on stage with their music and tour the world together, but behind the scenes it’s a less united front: the group members drive in separate cars to their gigs and stay apart backstage. They only meet on stage, while doing the one thing they love.
The band’s hit “Take On Me,” accompanied by a pioneering sketch-animation video by Steve Barron, is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. The documentary follows the band over a period of four years, sharing the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of making it big. When “Take On Me” reached number 1 on Billboard in the U.S. in 1985, that dream came true.
Almost 35 years after their breakthrough, A-ha still creates magic on stage with their music and tour the world together, but behind the scenes it’s a less united front: the group members drive in separate cars to their gigs and stay apart backstage. They only meet on stage, while doing the one thing they love.
- 5/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its 2021 feature film lineup, showcasing 64 films from 81 filmmakers from across 23 different countries.
The features program includes 54 world premieres, and notably, over 60% of the films this year are directed by female, Bipoc, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers. The 2021 festival received a record high of 11,222 total submissions across all categories.
The festival will premiere the Hulu release False Positive, starring Ilana Glazer (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film), about a couple whose relationship is on the rocks after they visit a fertility specialist. The film is directed,...
The features program includes 54 world premieres, and notably, over 60% of the films this year are directed by female, Bipoc, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers. The 2021 festival received a record high of 11,222 total submissions across all categories.
The festival will premiere the Hulu release False Positive, starring Ilana Glazer (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film), about a couple whose relationship is on the rocks after they visit a fertility specialist. The film is directed,...
- 4/20/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Selection presents 56 world premieres, focuses on comedic, music-centered, socially-conscious films.
Tribeca Festival 2021 has announced 66 films in the line-up of the upcoming outdoor 20th anniversary edition that runs June 9-20, including documentaries on the late food and travel broadcaster Anthony Bourdain and Norwegian pop icons A-ha.
The selection will present 56 world premieres and focuses on comedic, music-centered, and socially-conscious films. Many of the films will also be available for US audiences to view online the day after they premiere in person through the Tribeca at Home virtual hub.
Curated Juneteenth programming throughout the festival will celebrate voices from the African Diaspora,...
Tribeca Festival 2021 has announced 66 films in the line-up of the upcoming outdoor 20th anniversary edition that runs June 9-20, including documentaries on the late food and travel broadcaster Anthony Bourdain and Norwegian pop icons A-ha.
The selection will present 56 world premieres and focuses on comedic, music-centered, and socially-conscious films. Many of the films will also be available for US audiences to view online the day after they premiere in person through the Tribeca at Home virtual hub.
Curated Juneteenth programming throughout the festival will celebrate voices from the African Diaspora,...
- 4/20/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Zurich-based First Hand Films has snapped up the Norwegian documentary “Trust Me” – about a Justin Bieber concert fraudster. The film is directed by Emil Trier, co-director with his brother Joachim Trier of “The Other Munch,” showcased at New York’s Lincoln Center in 2018.
The pic produced by Thomas Robsahm and Nicolai Moland for Motlys, with co-production partner Zentropa Sweden, is world premiering at the Nordic:dox competition strand of Denmark’s leading documentary festival Cph:dox, running April 21-May 12.
“Trust Me” is a stranger than fiction true story echoing “Catch Me If You Can.” The documentary chronicles the startling rise and fall of young Norwegian entrepreneur of Pakistani descent Waleed Ahmed, currently serving an 11-year prison sentence in the U.S. for international fraud.
Once a media darling, hailed as “Norway’s Mark Zuckerberg” at the age of 20 for supposedly inventing a solar energy mobile, Ahmed fooled everyone in Norway before moving...
The pic produced by Thomas Robsahm and Nicolai Moland for Motlys, with co-production partner Zentropa Sweden, is world premiering at the Nordic:dox competition strand of Denmark’s leading documentary festival Cph:dox, running April 21-May 12.
“Trust Me” is a stranger than fiction true story echoing “Catch Me If You Can.” The documentary chronicles the startling rise and fall of young Norwegian entrepreneur of Pakistani descent Waleed Ahmed, currently serving an 11-year prison sentence in the U.S. for international fraud.
Once a media darling, hailed as “Norway’s Mark Zuckerberg” at the age of 20 for supposedly inventing a solar energy mobile, Ahmed fooled everyone in Norway before moving...
- 4/14/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Scandinavia’s film industry has proven resilient in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, bolstered by well-established production and sales banners, as well as high-profile talent who have seized opportunities from streamers and broadcasters.
Spanning Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, the Nordic film biz has been able to ride through the health crisis better than those in many
other territories.
The industry’s robustness lies in the strength of a handful of local players, including vertically integrated powerhouses such as Sf Studios, which is delivering some big-budget local and international movies including “Omerta 6/12,” “The Emigrants” and “The Pact”; and Nent Group’s streaming service Viaplay, which is releasing original movies.
Scandinavia also boasts the sales banners TrustNordisk, a sister company to Zentropa, the leading Nordic production outfit behind Lars Von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”); REinvent Intl. Sales, which handles Nordic titles from Sf Studios; and a wide network of indie production banners,...
Spanning Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, the Nordic film biz has been able to ride through the health crisis better than those in many
other territories.
The industry’s robustness lies in the strength of a handful of local players, including vertically integrated powerhouses such as Sf Studios, which is delivering some big-budget local and international movies including “Omerta 6/12,” “The Emigrants” and “The Pact”; and Nent Group’s streaming service Viaplay, which is releasing original movies.
Scandinavia also boasts the sales banners TrustNordisk, a sister company to Zentropa, the leading Nordic production outfit behind Lars Von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”); REinvent Intl. Sales, which handles Nordic titles from Sf Studios; and a wide network of indie production banners,...
- 3/1/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
MK2 Films has scored a raft of strong pre-sales on “The Worst Person In The World,” the anticipated third film in Joachim Trier’s “Oslo” trilogy, following “Reprise” and “Oslo, August 31st.” The company has also unveiled a first look still of the film ahead of the virtual EFM, where it will present a promo-reel to buyers.
The Paris-based banner, whose sales team is spearheaded by Fionnuala Jamison, has already sold the film to France (Memento), Benelux (Cineart), Russia (Russian World Vision), Poland (M2 Films), Former Yugoslavia (Mega Com Film) and The Baltics (Kino Pavasaris).
Now in post, the movie’s shoot was initially delayed at the start of the pandemic and was eventually completed in two phases, in August and November 2020. The film is expected to world premiere this summer.
Produced by Thomas Robsahm at Oslo Picture, the film is a comedy drama about love in our times and...
The Paris-based banner, whose sales team is spearheaded by Fionnuala Jamison, has already sold the film to France (Memento), Benelux (Cineart), Russia (Russian World Vision), Poland (M2 Films), Former Yugoslavia (Mega Com Film) and The Baltics (Kino Pavasaris).
Now in post, the movie’s shoot was initially delayed at the start of the pandemic and was eventually completed in two phases, in August and November 2020. The film is expected to world premiere this summer.
Produced by Thomas Robsahm at Oslo Picture, the film is a comedy drama about love in our times and...
- 2/26/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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