Ahlsson’s credits include producing Lisa Langseth’s Pure and executive producing A Man Called Ove.
Producer Helen Ahlsson, whose credits include producing Lisa Langseth’s Pure starring a young Alicia Vikander and executive producing A Man Called Ove, is joining Scandinavian production company Nordic Drama Queens as of September 1.
Ahlsson was previously a producer at Tre Vanner, where she also produced The Fjällbacka Murders, and she most recently worked at the Swedish Film Institute, where she was the head of the new talent initiative Moving Sweden. She was also the Swedish Film Institute’s commissioning editor for international co-productions...
Producer Helen Ahlsson, whose credits include producing Lisa Langseth’s Pure starring a young Alicia Vikander and executive producing A Man Called Ove, is joining Scandinavian production company Nordic Drama Queens as of September 1.
Ahlsson was previously a producer at Tre Vanner, where she also produced The Fjällbacka Murders, and she most recently worked at the Swedish Film Institute, where she was the head of the new talent initiative Moving Sweden. She was also the Swedish Film Institute’s commissioning editor for international co-productions...
- 8/23/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
It’s hard to describe what Ida Engvoll does on “Love & Anarchy” as anything other than a magic trick. There’s a moment early in Season 2 of Lisa Langseth’s Netflix series involving a cup of coffee that’s somehow wilder and funnier and more believable than it has any right to be. Part of the thrill of “Love & Anarchy” is that the characters at the heart of it often seem surprised in the same way. Whether it’s a secret kiss, a coworker walking into a meeting in slippers, or a transformative weekend retreat, watching these people continually pinch themselves to remind them that what’s happening in front of them is actually happening is what helps make this show a top-tier Netflix viewing experience.
Sofie (Engvoll) finds herself in plenty of those moments early on in “Love & Anarchy” as the incoming new high-powered consultant at Stockholm-area publishing house Lund & Lagerstedt,...
Sofie (Engvoll) finds herself in plenty of those moments early on in “Love & Anarchy” as the incoming new high-powered consultant at Stockholm-area publishing house Lund & Lagerstedt,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
“Midsommar” producer Patrik Andersson from B-Reel Films and Jakob Abrahamsson, a distribution veteran from NonStop Entertainment, have joined forces to launch Mylla Films, a Scandinavian genre film and TV production company.
Aiming to nurture local talent and stories, folklore and myths for an international audience, the banner is bowing at Cannes with a strong slate comprising of “Devastation,” Sweden’s first gothic Western, and “Hoin,” a conspiracy thriller based on a hit Swedish podcast and penned by Jerker Virdborg (Netflix’s “Black Crab”).
“Devastation” revolves around two brothers who keep a town under a tyrannical stronghold during the never-ending winter and plague of 1867. An uprising begins from the most unexpected place.
“Hoin,” meanwhile, is a thriller based on Andreas Ericson’s popular podcast of the same name. Virdborg penned the movie, which Andersson described as “‘Chinatown’ meets ‘The Ring.'” The story follows a journalist who travels to the barren archipelago of Stockholm,...
Aiming to nurture local talent and stories, folklore and myths for an international audience, the banner is bowing at Cannes with a strong slate comprising of “Devastation,” Sweden’s first gothic Western, and “Hoin,” a conspiracy thriller based on a hit Swedish podcast and penned by Jerker Virdborg (Netflix’s “Black Crab”).
“Devastation” revolves around two brothers who keep a town under a tyrannical stronghold during the never-ending winter and plague of 1867. An uprising begins from the most unexpected place.
“Hoin,” meanwhile, is a thriller based on Andreas Ericson’s popular podcast of the same name. Virdborg penned the movie, which Andersson described as “‘Chinatown’ meets ‘The Ring.'” The story follows a journalist who travels to the barren archipelago of Stockholm,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.]
Where to Watch ‘Love & Anarchy’: Netflix
If you took out all the flirting from “Love & Anarchy” (though why on earth would you ever do such a thing), what’s left is still a pretty solid workplace comedy. A Stockholm-area publishing house has its share of backward-facing execs, eminently more capable employees lower on the organizational chart, and one receptionist/secretary often baffled by what plays out in front of her desk.
But understandably, the hook of this series is the gradual escalation between Sofie (Ida Engvoll), the company’s new publishing consultant and Max (Björn Mosten), the temporary It specialist who makes a noisy first impression. Much of the opening episodes is devoted to showing how one accidental after-hours interaction sets the template for a series of in-office dares between the two. What starts as a potential dark story of blackmail...
Where to Watch ‘Love & Anarchy’: Netflix
If you took out all the flirting from “Love & Anarchy” (though why on earth would you ever do such a thing), what’s left is still a pretty solid workplace comedy. A Stockholm-area publishing house has its share of backward-facing execs, eminently more capable employees lower on the organizational chart, and one receptionist/secretary often baffled by what plays out in front of her desk.
But understandably, the hook of this series is the gradual escalation between Sofie (Ida Engvoll), the company’s new publishing consultant and Max (Björn Mosten), the temporary It specialist who makes a noisy first impression. Much of the opening episodes is devoted to showing how one accidental after-hours interaction sets the template for a series of in-office dares between the two. What starts as a potential dark story of blackmail...
- 12/12/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Lisa Langseth’s play on the corporate and intellectual circles of metropolitan Stockholm is smart, silly fun for grown-ups, offering food for thought along the way. As in her fiction features Pure, Hotell and Euphoria, Lisa Langseth continues to explore sociological and existential themes in the eight episodes of Love & Anarchy, the first Swedish Netflix series based on an original screenplay. The setting is a slightly twisted version of an opulent European metropolis – in this case Stockholm – with a brassy corporate culture, anxiously mincing intellectual circles and outwardly perfect lifestyles flaunted by all players, embellished with cocky jargon, and with every conceivable blemish carefully concealed under a glossy sheen. One such mustard-cutting individual is Sofie Rydman, a hard-nosed business developer with a keen eye for figures and how they relate to creative originality. On paper, she has it all – a picture-perfect home, a pair of choice offspring...
One of the hippest, most international Scandinavian companies, the Copenhagen-based Snowglobe, is the 5-year-old banner behind “Wildland,” the female-powered crime film set to world premiere at the Berlinale.
Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) as a mafia ringleader and introducing Sandra Guldberg Kampp, “Wildland” was written by Ingeborg Topsoe (“The Charmer”) and directed by Jeanette Nordahl. It explores the themes of family, loyalty and the cycle of violence, addiction and corruption. “It’s a female take on a mafia story, a genre that has traditionally been male-driven,” says Katrin Pors, Snowglobe’s co-founder.
The company was founded in 2015 by three plugged-in Scandinavian film executives with complementary backgrounds: Eva Jakobsen, a former producer at Nimbus Film and Zentropa, who produced hit “Antboy”; Mikkel Jersin, a former producer at Nimbus who worked with Joachim Trier, Runar Runarsson and Lisa Langseth; and Pors, who spent years in Latin America, and co-produced films by the...
Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) as a mafia ringleader and introducing Sandra Guldberg Kampp, “Wildland” was written by Ingeborg Topsoe (“The Charmer”) and directed by Jeanette Nordahl. It explores the themes of family, loyalty and the cycle of violence, addiction and corruption. “It’s a female take on a mafia story, a genre that has traditionally been male-driven,” says Katrin Pors, Snowglobe’s co-founder.
The company was founded in 2015 by three plugged-in Scandinavian film executives with complementary backgrounds: Eva Jakobsen, a former producer at Nimbus Film and Zentropa, who produced hit “Antboy”; Mikkel Jersin, a former producer at Nimbus who worked with Joachim Trier, Runar Runarsson and Lisa Langseth; and Pors, who spent years in Latin America, and co-produced films by the...
- 2/22/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
In this week’s International TV Newswire, Netflix goes back to the Flx well in Sweden, “The Bureau” is selected to close Canneseries, BBC4 picks up two new series for its Saturday night lineup, Endemol Shine announces a “Love is Forever” spinoff in Spain, and Conecta Fiction earns the honor of selecting this year’s International Emmy Short-Form semi-finalists.
Netflix Commissions Third Swedish Original, “Love & Anarchy”
Created by Swedish screenwriter Lisa Langseth, “Love & Anarchy” has been announced as Netflix’s third Original Series from Sweden. Production company Flx will produce, marking the renewal of a partnership with Netflix which began when the company produced the platform’s first Swedish Original, “Quicksand.” “Love & Anarchy” follows Sofie, played by “A Man Called Ove’s” Ida Engvoll, a career driven consultant and mother of two assigned to modernize an outdated publishing house. Upon her arrival, a flirty relationship kicks off with young It tech Max,...
Netflix Commissions Third Swedish Original, “Love & Anarchy”
Created by Swedish screenwriter Lisa Langseth, “Love & Anarchy” has been announced as Netflix’s third Original Series from Sweden. Production company Flx will produce, marking the renewal of a partnership with Netflix which began when the company produced the platform’s first Swedish Original, “Quicksand.” “Love & Anarchy” follows Sofie, played by “A Man Called Ove’s” Ida Engvoll, a career driven consultant and mother of two assigned to modernize an outdated publishing house. Upon her arrival, a flirty relationship kicks off with young It tech Max,...
- 2/14/2020
- by Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is going beyond Nordic Noir with Love & Anarchy, a new Scandinavian original series from Swedish producer Flx (Quicksand) and writer/director Lisa Langseth (Euphoria, Pure).
The comedic drama stars A Man Called Ove actress Ida Engvoll as Sofie, a career-driven consultant and married mother of two whose well-ordered life is thrown off course. When Sofie gets an assignment to modernize an old publishing house, she meets young It tech Max (first-timer Björn Mosten), and begins a flirtatious game where the two secretly challenge each other to do things that question societal norms. What starts innocently soon becomes serious as the ...
The comedic drama stars A Man Called Ove actress Ida Engvoll as Sofie, a career-driven consultant and married mother of two whose well-ordered life is thrown off course. When Sofie gets an assignment to modernize an old publishing house, she meets young It tech Max (first-timer Björn Mosten), and begins a flirtatious game where the two secretly challenge each other to do things that question societal norms. What starts innocently soon becomes serious as the ...
- 2/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix has ordered a new Swedish original from Flx, the producers behind “Quicksand.” Romantic dramedy “Love & Anarchy” is the first TV series created by filmmaker by Lisa Langseth.
The commission marks Netflix’s second time working with the Sf Studios-owned Flx, which produced crime drama “Quicksand.” “Quicksand,” which debuted on Netflix in April, was the first Swedish original series made for the streaming giant.
“Love & Anarchy” tells the story of a career-driven consultant, and married mother of two, who meets a young It tech on a job. The pair flirt and secretly challenge each other to do things that question modern day life, but what starts innocently soon becomes more daring with growing consequences.
The eight-part series was created by Langseth (pictured) who also serves as head writer alongside Alex Haridi. Haridi also worked on “Quicksand.” Langseth made her feature debut with 2010’s “Pure,” starring Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander,...
The commission marks Netflix’s second time working with the Sf Studios-owned Flx, which produced crime drama “Quicksand.” “Quicksand,” which debuted on Netflix in April, was the first Swedish original series made for the streaming giant.
“Love & Anarchy” tells the story of a career-driven consultant, and married mother of two, who meets a young It tech on a job. The pair flirt and secretly challenge each other to do things that question modern day life, but what starts innocently soon becomes more daring with growing consequences.
The eight-part series was created by Langseth (pictured) who also serves as head writer alongside Alex Haridi. Haridi also worked on “Quicksand.” Langseth made her feature debut with 2010’s “Pure,” starring Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has ordered a Swedish drama from Lisa Langseth, the filmmaker behind Alicia Vikander and Eva Green mystery feature Euphoria. The Svod service has commissioned eight-part romantic dramedy Love & Anarchy.
The series, which is produced by Quicksand producer Flx, follows Sofie, a career driven consultant and married mother of two. When Sofie gets an assignment to modernize an old publishing house she meets young It tech Max, and an unexpected flirting game begins. Sofie and Max secretly challenge each other to do things that question modern day life. It starts innocently enough, but as the game gets more and more daring the consequences grow beyond proportions.
Langseth has created the series and will serve as its head writer with Alex Haridi. It will be produced by Fatima Varhos, and Frida Asp and exec produced by Pontus Edgren and Martina Håkansson
“This has been my dream project for a long time.
The series, which is produced by Quicksand producer Flx, follows Sofie, a career driven consultant and married mother of two. When Sofie gets an assignment to modernize an old publishing house she meets young It tech Max, and an unexpected flirting game begins. Sofie and Max secretly challenge each other to do things that question modern day life. It starts innocently enough, but as the game gets more and more daring the consequences grow beyond proportions.
Langseth has created the series and will serve as its head writer with Alex Haridi. It will be produced by Fatima Varhos, and Frida Asp and exec produced by Pontus Edgren and Martina Håkansson
“This has been my dream project for a long time.
- 8/29/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Family animation Charming to be Blue Finch’s first theatrical release.
Blue Finch Films - the UK distribution outfit set up by former Kaleidoscope executive Mike Chapman with sales exec Simon Crowe and financier Matthew Joynes in August this year - has picked up its first titles.
Among the deals is a title that will mark the company’s first theatrical release, family animation Charming. Directed and written by Ross Venokur, the film features the voices of Demi Lovato, Sia, Avril Lavigne and John Cleese in the story of three fairy tale princesses who find themselves engaged to the same guy,...
Blue Finch Films - the UK distribution outfit set up by former Kaleidoscope executive Mike Chapman with sales exec Simon Crowe and financier Matthew Joynes in August this year - has picked up its first titles.
Among the deals is a title that will mark the company’s first theatrical release, family animation Charming. Directed and written by Ross Venokur, the film features the voices of Demi Lovato, Sia, Avril Lavigne and John Cleese in the story of three fairy tale princesses who find themselves engaged to the same guy,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
B-Reel’s past credits include ‘Euphoria’, ‘Gentlemen’ and ‘Before We Die’.
Nordisk Film said it is is ramping up its output of original Nordic film and TV series, and also unveiling a new five-picture deal with Sweden’s B-Reel Films.
Stockholm-based B-Reel Films (Brf) has past credits including Mikael Marcimain’s Gentlemen, Lisa Langseth’s Euphoria, TV series Before We Die and Pernilla August’s A Serious Game.
This follows Nordisk’s recent announcement of a three-year output deal with Swedish directors Helena Bergström and Colin Nutley and their production company Sweetwater.
Lone Korslund, VP acquisition and co-production at Nordisk Film,...
Nordisk Film said it is is ramping up its output of original Nordic film and TV series, and also unveiling a new five-picture deal with Sweden’s B-Reel Films.
Stockholm-based B-Reel Films (Brf) has past credits including Mikael Marcimain’s Gentlemen, Lisa Langseth’s Euphoria, TV series Before We Die and Pernilla August’s A Serious Game.
This follows Nordisk’s recent announcement of a three-year output deal with Swedish directors Helena Bergström and Colin Nutley and their production company Sweetwater.
Lone Korslund, VP acquisition and co-production at Nordisk Film,...
- 5/15/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
In addition to Lisa Langseth’s sisterhood drama “Euphoria,” Alicia Vikander also hit last year’s fall film festival circuit with Wim Wenders’ globe-trotting romance “Submergence.”
Read MoreAlicia Vikander on Learning Accents in a Foreign Language and Her Favorite Robots
“Submergence” is based on the novel of the same name by J. M. Ledgard. Vikander and James McAvoy play a deep-sea researcher and a water engineer, respectively. The lovers are striving to reconnect although separated by oceans, continents, and civil war. Alex Hafner and Charlotte Rampling co-star.
The movie is the latest from the legendary German filmmaker Wim Wenders. He’s been having better luck as documentarian in recent years than as a narrative filmmaker. Non-fiction efforts “Pina” and “The Salt of the Earth” have received critical acclaim, while features like “Everything Will Be Fine,” shot in 3D and starring James Franco, have been widely panned.
“Submergence” opens in the U.
Read MoreAlicia Vikander on Learning Accents in a Foreign Language and Her Favorite Robots
“Submergence” is based on the novel of the same name by J. M. Ledgard. Vikander and James McAvoy play a deep-sea researcher and a water engineer, respectively. The lovers are striving to reconnect although separated by oceans, continents, and civil war. Alex Hafner and Charlotte Rampling co-star.
The movie is the latest from the legendary German filmmaker Wim Wenders. He’s been having better luck as documentarian in recent years than as a narrative filmmaker. Non-fiction efforts “Pina” and “The Salt of the Earth” have received critical acclaim, while features like “Everything Will Be Fine,” shot in 3D and starring James Franco, have been widely panned.
“Submergence” opens in the U.
- 1/29/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Alicia Vikander returned to her hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, to accept the Nordic Honourary Dragon Award from the Gothenburg Film Festival, and the 29-year-old Oscar-winner had plenty to say about gender inequality in Hollywood movies. Speaking of her experience working with Swedish director Lisa Langseth in 2010’s “Pure” and the 2018 film “Euphoria”, Vikander said she...
- 1/27/2018
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The Danish Girl actress was receiving the event’s Nordic Honorary Dragon Award.
Source: Goteborg
Lisa Langseth and Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander returned to her hometown of Goteborg to accept the Nordic Honorary Dragon Award on the opening night of the Göteborg Film Festival yesterday (Jan 26).
The Swedish actress of The Danish Girl and the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot used the platform to talk about women in film.
She spoke of her experience making Swedish feature films “all with strong women”, including two with director Lisa Langseth – Vikander’s film debut Pure (2010) and Goteborg 2018 selection Euphoria, in which Vikander stars and also serves as a producer.
“It gave me the opportunity to experience a diversity that was meaningful for my personal development and it gave me inspiration as an artist. But it also made me realise something even greater. Strong women are alone – as women – on the big screen. The roles we play, we play against...
Source: Goteborg
Lisa Langseth and Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander returned to her hometown of Goteborg to accept the Nordic Honorary Dragon Award on the opening night of the Göteborg Film Festival yesterday (Jan 26).
The Swedish actress of The Danish Girl and the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot used the platform to talk about women in film.
She spoke of her experience making Swedish feature films “all with strong women”, including two with director Lisa Langseth – Vikander’s film debut Pure (2010) and Goteborg 2018 selection Euphoria, in which Vikander stars and also serves as a producer.
“It gave me the opportunity to experience a diversity that was meaningful for my personal development and it gave me inspiration as an artist. But it also made me realise something even greater. Strong women are alone – as women – on the big screen. The roles we play, we play against...
- 1/27/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Moving Sweden is a Swedish Film Institute initiative whose very DNA supports innovation.
Source: Iffr
‘Jimmie’
Rotterdam’s opening film Jimmie is the most innovative project yet backed by Moving Sweden, a Swedish Film Institute initiative whose very DNA supports innovation.
Moving Sweden was launched in 2013 by Sfi film commissioner Andra Lasmanis to help Swedish filmmakers experiment with new formats and bold creative moves. Although it backs many new talents, Moving Sweden is also committed to supporting established filmmakers – like Jesper Ganslandt, who made Jimmie as his fourth feature.
The usual formats backed by Moving Sweden are 30, 45 or 60 minute films, or short series of 6-8 episodes of 12-15 minutes each. That’s where Jimmie is different, as it’s a full feature film of 91 minutes.
The Fasad-produced film, told through the perspective of a four-year-old boy, stars Ganslandt and his real-life son Hunter, as a father and son fleeing Sweden for a safer land during an unnamed...
Source: Iffr
‘Jimmie’
Rotterdam’s opening film Jimmie is the most innovative project yet backed by Moving Sweden, a Swedish Film Institute initiative whose very DNA supports innovation.
Moving Sweden was launched in 2013 by Sfi film commissioner Andra Lasmanis to help Swedish filmmakers experiment with new formats and bold creative moves. Although it backs many new talents, Moving Sweden is also committed to supporting established filmmakers – like Jesper Ganslandt, who made Jimmie as his fourth feature.
The usual formats backed by Moving Sweden are 30, 45 or 60 minute films, or short series of 6-8 episodes of 12-15 minutes each. That’s where Jimmie is different, as it’s a full feature film of 91 minutes.
The Fasad-produced film, told through the perspective of a four-year-old boy, stars Ganslandt and his real-life son Hunter, as a father and son fleeing Sweden for a safer land during an unnamed...
- 1/25/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Festival launches international competition to be judged by audiences.
The Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 26-Feb 5) has unveiled its 2018 of 399 films from 78 countries.
Source: Goteborg Film Festival
Amateurs
Gabriela Pilcher’s Amateurs will open the festival and also compete for the lucrative Dragon Award for best Nordic film (full list of competition titles below).
Pilcher, who previously directed festival hit Eat Sleep Die, presents the world premiere of her second feature, which is about a small town in Sweden that hopes to revive its economic activity by bringing in a German discount supermarket. The supermarket brand asks local teenagers to make films about their hometown, but the films don’t turn out as expected.
The festival’s new prize, the Dragon Award for best international film, will be fought over by 20 international films that will be voted on by the festival audience for a $6,000 (Sek 50,000) prize.
Films competing are: Disobedience by Sebastián Lelio The Death of Stalin by [link=nm...
The Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 26-Feb 5) has unveiled its 2018 of 399 films from 78 countries.
Source: Goteborg Film Festival
Amateurs
Gabriela Pilcher’s Amateurs will open the festival and also compete for the lucrative Dragon Award for best Nordic film (full list of competition titles below).
Pilcher, who previously directed festival hit Eat Sleep Die, presents the world premiere of her second feature, which is about a small town in Sweden that hopes to revive its economic activity by bringing in a German discount supermarket. The supermarket brand asks local teenagers to make films about their hometown, but the films don’t turn out as expected.
The festival’s new prize, the Dragon Award for best international film, will be fought over by 20 international films that will be voted on by the festival audience for a $6,000 (Sek 50,000) prize.
Films competing are: Disobedience by Sebastián Lelio The Death of Stalin by [link=nm...
- 1/9/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the new feature "Euphoria" written and directed by Lisa Langseth, starring Alicia Vikander ("Tomb Raider") and Eva Green ("Sin City"):
"... two sisters work out their many issues in a lavish 'euthanasia clinic'...
"...with Eva Green as a terminally ill woman who decides to take her own life in a luxurious fashion..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Euphoria"...
"... two sisters work out their many issues in a lavish 'euthanasia clinic'...
"...with Eva Green as a terminally ill woman who decides to take her own life in a luxurious fashion..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Euphoria"...
- 12/30/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Euphoria International Trailer Lisa Langseth‘s Euphoria (2017) international movie trailer stars Alicia Vikander, Eva Green, Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, and Mark Stanley. Euphoria‘s plot synopsis: “Most of this lusciously shot film takes place in a sun-dappled country mansion. It’s an intimate setting that belies the broader implications [...]
Continue reading: Euphoria (2017) International Movie Trailer: Alicia Vikander & Eva Green Confront Their Past...
Continue reading: Euphoria (2017) International Movie Trailer: Alicia Vikander & Eva Green Confront Their Past...
- 12/29/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"If you leave, I'll still do it." This is an intriguing film that may not show up in Us theaters for quite some time. Euphoria is the latest film from Swedish filmmaker Lisa Langseth, her first English language feature, and it stars two incredible actors: Eva Green and Alicia Vikander. The story follows these sisters as they travel through Europe to a beautiful country mansion. At first we're not sure why they're going there, but soon discover that one of them wants to go there to end her life. The cast also includes the great Charlotte Rampling with a strong presence throughout, as well as Charles Dance, Mark Stanley, and Adrian Lester. This is our first look at a full trailer and I am very curious about this film, though the buzz seems to be mixed. I like the whole "freedom of choice" concept and I'm curious to see what revelations this contains.
- 12/28/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As the most prominent Swedish actress in Hollywood today, it stands to reason that Alicia Vikander would want to support talented Swedish filmmakers, especially ones close to her heart. Long before “Ex Machina” made her a household name, Vikander starred in two films from Swedish director Lisa Langseth, “Pure” (2010) and “Hotell” (2013). Now, Vikander is producing as well as starring (opposite Eva Green) in Langseth’s English-language debut, the ominous and lush “Euphoria.” In the newly released first trailer, full of lush greenery and ominous tensions, “Euphoria” could be a stunner.
Read More:‘Euphoria’ First Trailer: Alicia Vikander and Eva Green Are Damaged Sisters
Also starring the inimitable Charlotte Rampling, “Euphoria” stars Vikander and Green as estranged sisters on a mysterious trip through the European countryside. When they arrive at the sun-soaked country manor house, the true purpose of the rip slowly begins to dawn on Ines (Vikander). Set in the near future,...
Read More:‘Euphoria’ First Trailer: Alicia Vikander and Eva Green Are Damaged Sisters
Also starring the inimitable Charlotte Rampling, “Euphoria” stars Vikander and Green as estranged sisters on a mysterious trip through the European countryside. When they arrive at the sun-soaked country manor house, the true purpose of the rip slowly begins to dawn on Ines (Vikander). Set in the near future,...
- 12/27/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The dream team of Alicia Vikander and Eva Green united for Euphoria, the latest drama from Vikander’s Pure and Hotell collaborator Lisa Langseth. Also starring Charlotte Rampling, the story follows the emotional journey of two sisters. Following a premiere at Tiff, no U.S. release has been set yet, but it’ll arrive in Sweden in Norway early next year, and now the first full trailer has landed.
“Predictably, Vikander is wonderful, believable, and agreeably upset as Ines,” Christopher Schobert said in his review. “This is another fine performance from the star who is often the best thing in flawed dramas like The Danish Girl and The Light Between Oceans. Green is saddled with the drearier role, the “other sister” who is deeply ill. The Casino Royale star is far more effective when she plays a character in control of the situation. In Euphoria, things are beyond her grasp,...
“Predictably, Vikander is wonderful, believable, and agreeably upset as Ines,” Christopher Schobert said in his review. “This is another fine performance from the star who is often the best thing in flawed dramas like The Danish Girl and The Light Between Oceans. Green is saddled with the drearier role, the “other sister” who is deeply ill. The Casino Royale star is far more effective when she plays a character in control of the situation. In Euphoria, things are beyond her grasp,...
- 12/27/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander will receive the lifetime achievement award, the Nordic Honorary Dragon Award, from Sweden's Goteborg Film Festival.
Vikander, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for The Danish Girl, next takes on the role of video game heroine Lara Croft in MGM's reboot of the Tomb Raider action film franchise.
The 29-year-old actress made her debut as a producer, as well as co-starring, on Lisa Langseth's Euphoria, which premiered in Toronto this year. Euphoria will have its Nordic premiere in competition at Goteborg on January 27.The film, which co-stars Eva Green, marks Vikander's third collaboration with Langseth,...
Vikander, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for The Danish Girl, next takes on the role of video game heroine Lara Croft in MGM's reboot of the Tomb Raider action film franchise.
The 29-year-old actress made her debut as a producer, as well as co-starring, on Lisa Langseth's Euphoria, which premiered in Toronto this year. Euphoria will have its Nordic premiere in competition at Goteborg on January 27.The film, which co-stars Eva Green, marks Vikander's third collaboration with Langseth,...
- 12/8/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After launching her own production company, the aptly named Vikarious Productions, Alicia Vikander’s first project was a reteam with her Pure and Hotell collaborator Lisa Langseth. Euphoria, also starring Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling, follows the journey of two sisters. Following a premiere at Tiff, no U.S. release has been set yet, but it’ll arrive in Sweden in Norway early next year, and now the first teaser has landed.
“Predictably, Vikander is wonderful, believable, and agreeably upset as Ines,” Christopher Schobert said in his review. “This is another fine performance from the star who is often the best thing in flawed dramas like The Danish Girl and The Light Between Oceans. Green is saddled with the drearier role, the “other sister” who is deeply ill. The Casino Royale star is far more effective when she plays a character in control of the situation. In Euphoria, things are beyond her grasp,...
“Predictably, Vikander is wonderful, believable, and agreeably upset as Ines,” Christopher Schobert said in his review. “This is another fine performance from the star who is often the best thing in flawed dramas like The Danish Girl and The Light Between Oceans. Green is saddled with the drearier role, the “other sister” who is deeply ill. The Casino Royale star is far more effective when she plays a character in control of the situation. In Euphoria, things are beyond her grasp,...
- 11/29/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The thought of Alicia Vikander and Eva Green starring in the same movie is enticing enough, but the fact they’re playing sisters in “Euphoria” is almost too amazing to handle. The drama marks the third directorial effort from Lisa Langseth, the Swedish filmmaker who put Vikander on the radar of Hollywood by casting her as the lead in dramas “Pure” and “Hotell.” “Euphoria” marks a coming home of sorts for Vikander, and it should be a knockout.
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“Euphoria” follows Vikander and Green’s estranged sisters as they travel through Europe and attempt a difficult and ominous reconciliation. The supporting cast includes Charles Dance, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Stanley, and Adrian Lester. The film was shot in Munich, Germany and the German Alps.
The drama had its world premiere in the Platform section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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“Euphoria” follows Vikander and Green’s estranged sisters as they travel through Europe and attempt a difficult and ominous reconciliation. The supporting cast includes Charles Dance, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Stanley, and Adrian Lester. The film was shot in Munich, Germany and the German Alps.
The drama had its world premiere in the Platform section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
- 11/28/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Well, here’s a trailer that’s a bit of a misdirect. The first teaser for “Euphoria” promises to bring viewers to a bucolic environment with Eva Green and Alicia Vikander, for what looks like a wonderful romp in a resort style paradise. That’s not quite the case.
The new movie from director Lisa Langseth (“Pure,” “Hotel“) marks her third feature with Vikander, with the film following a young woman who joins her estranged sister at a gorgeous estate, where the latter, suffering from a terminal illness, has decided to end her life.
Continue reading ‘Euphoria’ Trailer: Eva Green & Alicia Vikander Go To The Most Beautiful Place In The World at The Playlist.
The new movie from director Lisa Langseth (“Pure,” “Hotel“) marks her third feature with Vikander, with the film following a young woman who joins her estranged sister at a gorgeous estate, where the latter, suffering from a terminal illness, has decided to end her life.
Continue reading ‘Euphoria’ Trailer: Eva Green & Alicia Vikander Go To The Most Beautiful Place In The World at The Playlist.
- 11/28/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Polite conversation, it is said, avoids sex, politics or confrontation. But there was no getting around uncomfortable topics at the American Film Market Indie Directors Roundtable, with gay coming-of-age film Call Me By Your Name by Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino; the political advocacy of Rob Reiner’s Shock and Awe, the story of the journalists who tried to warn America not to blunder into the Iraq War; or the ethical minefield of Euphoria, Swedish director Lisa Langseth’s English-language debut, starring Alicia Vikander and Eva Green, which confronts the issues of death, depression and euthanasia. Add...
- 11/5/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sneak Peek new footage from the Swedish drama "Euphoria", filmed in Munich and the German Alps, written and directed by Lisa Langseth in her English-language debut, starring Alicia Vikander ("Tomb Raider") and Eva Green ("300: Rise of an Empire"):
"...two sisters in conflict...
"...'Ines' (Vikander) and 'Emilie' (Green), travel through Europe towards a mystery destination..."
Cast also includes Charlotte Rampling ("Zardoz"), Charles Dance, Adrian Lester and Mark Stanley.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Euphoria"...
"...two sisters in conflict...
"...'Ines' (Vikander) and 'Emilie' (Green), travel through Europe towards a mystery destination..."
Cast also includes Charlotte Rampling ("Zardoz"), Charles Dance, Adrian Lester and Mark Stanley.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Euphoria"...
- 9/27/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Choosing the time and place you’d like to die is either an affront to nature and allowing the human body to decline as it was designed to, or the next step in mankind’s relationship to their bodies. However, while writer/director Lisa Langseth’s (“Pure,” “Hotel“) English language debut “Euphoria” is entirely centered around the act of euthanasia, the film isn’t concerned with debating the issue.
Continue reading ‘Euphoria’: Alicia Vikander & Eva Green Confront Death [Tiff Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Euphoria’: Alicia Vikander & Eva Green Confront Death [Tiff Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/17/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Equal parts solemn and sappy, Euphoria marks a well-performed if extremely heavy-handed foray into English-language filmmaking for Swedish director Lisa Langseth. Teaming up once again with Hotel star Alicia Vikander, who also produced under her new shingle Vikarious, this forlorn tale of two sisters working out their many issues in a lavish euthanasia clinic is propped up by its strong lead turns, with Eva Green co-starring as a terminally ill woman who decides to take her own life in a most luxurious fashion.
But once the plot kicks in after the first reel, things head pretty much where you’d expect...
But once the plot kicks in after the first reel, things head pretty much where you’d expect...
- 9/13/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Equal parts solemn and sappy, Euphoria marks a well-performed if extremely heavy-handed foray into English-language filmmaking for Swedish director Lisa Langseth. Teaming up once again with Hotel star Alicia Vikander, who also produced under her new shingle Vikarious, this forlorn tale of two sisters working out their many issues in a lavish euthanasia clinic is propped up by its strong lead turns, with Eva Green co-starring as a terminally ill woman who decides to take her own life in a most luxurious fashion.
But once the plot kicks in after the first reel, things head pretty much where you’d expect and ...
But once the plot kicks in after the first reel, things head pretty much where you’d expect and ...
- 9/13/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Equal parts solemn and sappy, Euphoria marks a well-performed if extremely heavy-handed foray into English-language filmmaking for Swedish director Lisa Langseth. Teaming up once again with Hotel star Alicia Vikander, who also produced under her new shingle Vikarious, this forlorn tale of two sisters working out their many issues in a lavish euthanasia clinic is propped up by its strong lead turns, with Eva Green co-starring as a terminally ill woman who decides to take her own life in a most luxurious fashion.
But once the plot kicks in after the first reel, things head pretty much where you’d expect and ...
But once the plot kicks in after the first reel, things head pretty much where you’d expect and ...
- 9/13/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the beginning of Alicia Vikander’s onscreen acting career, there has been one constant for the Oscar winner: her creative bond with filmmaker Lisa Langseth. The fellow Swede cast Vikander in her very first feature film, the 2010 drama “Pure,” followed by the 2013 offering “Hotel”; now the pair are at it again with Langseth’s “Euphoria,” bowing at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.
Langseth and Vikander’s work together has always been compelled by big questions answered through unique stories told from a feminine perspective. “Euphoria” is no different, following a pair of mismatched sisters (Vikander and Eva Green) who reunite to go on a mysterious trip, as bidden by Green’s Emilie, who has scores of secrets she’s keeping from her own sister. Those secrets result in major revelations between the pair, but also force the audience to confront greater issues that apply to no less than life-and-death decisions.
Langseth and Vikander’s work together has always been compelled by big questions answered through unique stories told from a feminine perspective. “Euphoria” is no different, following a pair of mismatched sisters (Vikander and Eva Green) who reunite to go on a mysterious trip, as bidden by Green’s Emilie, who has scores of secrets she’s keeping from her own sister. Those secrets result in major revelations between the pair, but also force the audience to confront greater issues that apply to no less than life-and-death decisions.
- 9/11/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Alicia Vikander and Eva Green star in Euphoria as two estranged sisters who take a mysterious European trip and are forced to grapple with their complicated family history. Also featuring Charlotte Rampling, the drama is Vikander’s third collaboration with director Lisa Langseth (after 2009’s Pure and 2013’s Hotel) as well as the first film from Vikander's namesake company Vikarious Productions.
Ahead of Euphoria’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Vikander (who is also in the Tiff title Submergence) and Langseth spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about exploring sisterhood onscreen and propelling female-directed films forward.
What...
Ahead of Euphoria’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Vikander (who is also in the Tiff title Submergence) and Langseth spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about exploring sisterhood onscreen and propelling female-directed films forward.
What...
- 9/11/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alicia Vikander and Eva Green star in Euphoria as two estranged sisters who take a mysterious European trip and are forced to grapple with their complicated family history. Also featuring Charlotte Rampling, the drama is Vikander’s third collaboration with director Lisa Langseth (after 2009’s Pure and 2013’s Hotel) as well as the first film from Vikander's namesake company Vikarious Productions.
Ahead of Euphoria’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Vikander (who is also in the Tiff title Submergence) and Langseth spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about exploring sisterhood onscreen and propelling female-directed films forward.
What was ...
Ahead of Euphoria’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Vikander (who is also in the Tiff title Submergence) and Langseth spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about exploring sisterhood onscreen and propelling female-directed films forward.
What was ...
- 9/11/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Alicia Vikander and Eva Green star in Euphoria as two estranged sisters who take a mysterious European trip and are forced to grapple with their complicated family history. Also featuring Charlotte Rampling, the drama is Vikander’s third collaboration with director Lisa Langseth (after 2009’s Pure and 2013’s Hotel) as well as the first film from Vikander's namesake company Vikarious Productions.
Ahead of Euphoria’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Vikander (who is also in the Tiff title Submergence) and Langseth spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about exploring sisterhood onscreen and propelling female-directed films forward.
What was ...
Ahead of Euphoria’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Vikander (who is also in the Tiff title Submergence) and Langseth spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about exploring sisterhood onscreen and propelling female-directed films forward.
What was ...
- 9/11/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s difficult to know what to make of Lisa Langseth’s Euphoria. At times it seems in the cusp of science fiction. But then… it isn’t. At other points it offers some clumsy attempts at social satire, and even dark humor. Yet when this 2017 Toronto International Film Festival world premiere is finally finished, it is clear that the film is no more than a standard drama. And a relatively weak one, at that.
Considering its stars, then, Euphoria must qualify as a disappointment. On paper, the idea of pairing Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and the always-intriguing Eva Green as estranged sisters is delightful. Vikander made her debut in Langseth’s Pure, and also drew raves in the director’s 2013 Tiff selection Hotell. It may not come as a surprise that Vikander fares best here. She, far more so than Green, develops a complex persona. How could audiences not expect more,...
Considering its stars, then, Euphoria must qualify as a disappointment. On paper, the idea of pairing Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and the always-intriguing Eva Green as estranged sisters is delightful. Vikander made her debut in Langseth’s Pure, and also drew raves in the director’s 2013 Tiff selection Hotell. It may not come as a surprise that Vikander fares best here. She, far more so than Green, develops a complex persona. How could audiences not expect more,...
- 9/9/2017
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Oscar winners, studio heads and tech geeks will gather in Zurich next month for the 4th annual Zurich Summit, the film industry meet held during the Zurich Film Festival.
Providing some star power this year will be Academy Award–winning actress Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), who will be wearing her producer hat, discussing the making of Euphoria, an upcoming Swedish-German co-production from director Lisa Langseth which Vikander produced and stars in.
Among the seasoned production execs speaking in Zurich this year are John Lesher (Birdman), Greg Shapiro (The Hurtlocker) and Christine Vachon (Carol), who will share their insights on the...
Providing some star power this year will be Academy Award–winning actress Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), who will be wearing her producer hat, discussing the making of Euphoria, an upcoming Swedish-German co-production from director Lisa Langseth which Vikander produced and stars in.
Among the seasoned production execs speaking in Zurich this year are John Lesher (Birdman), Greg Shapiro (The Hurtlocker) and Christine Vachon (Carol), who will share their insights on the...
- 9/7/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After highlighting 55 titles confirmed to arrive this fall, we now turn our attention to the festival-bound films either without distribution or awaiting a release date. Looking over Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and New York Film Festival titles, we’ve rounded up 25 movies — most of which we’ll be checking out over the next few weeks — that we can’t wait to see.
Check out our 25 most-anticipated festival premieres below, and let us know what you’re most looking forward to.
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel)
As part of the groundbreaking Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel have established themselves at the forefront of modern documentary filmmaking, most notably with their landmark 2012 film Leviathan. In their second collaboration this year (after somniloquies, which premiered at Berlin), the two seem to be engaging with a more typical documentary subject, though the form of Caniba remains to be seen.
Check out our 25 most-anticipated festival premieres below, and let us know what you’re most looking forward to.
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel)
As part of the groundbreaking Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel have established themselves at the forefront of modern documentary filmmaking, most notably with their landmark 2012 film Leviathan. In their second collaboration this year (after somniloquies, which premiered at Berlin), the two seem to be engaging with a more typical documentary subject, though the form of Caniba remains to be seen.
- 8/28/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
The fall festival season has long been a harbinger of things to come, from the contenders that will consume months of awards season jockeying to bright new talents just making their first big splashes, and this year brings with it another glimpse of the future: one that’s filled with new films from a wide variety of female filmmakers.
From Venice to Toronto, New York to Telluride, this year’s fall festival circuit is filled with new offerings from from female filmmakers of every stripe, including 20 that we’ve hand-picked as the ones to keep an eye on during the coming weeks.
First-time feature filmmakers like Maggie Betts, Brie Larson, and the Mulleavey sisters are out in full force, along with the return of mainstays like Angelina Jolie, Lynn Shelton, and Susanna White. There are plenty...
The fall festival season has long been a harbinger of things to come, from the contenders that will consume months of awards season jockeying to bright new talents just making their first big splashes, and this year brings with it another glimpse of the future: one that’s filled with new films from a wide variety of female filmmakers.
From Venice to Toronto, New York to Telluride, this year’s fall festival circuit is filled with new offerings from from female filmmakers of every stripe, including 20 that we’ve hand-picked as the ones to keep an eye on during the coming weeks.
First-time feature filmmakers like Maggie Betts, Brie Larson, and the Mulleavey sisters are out in full force, along with the return of mainstays like Angelina Jolie, Lynn Shelton, and Susanna White. There are plenty...
- 8/25/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
One of the most compelling sections in the Toronto International Film Festival lineup is the recently-launched Platform sidebar. Showcasing original voices in contemporary cinema, last year’s slate including Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama, William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie, and Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight. They’ve now unveiled this year’s lineup, which includes some of our most-anticipated festival premieres, including Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin, Euphoria, starring Eva Green and Alicia Vikandar, and Clio Barnard’s Dark River.
“The films unveiled today embody our bold vision for the programme, and our ongoing commitment to showcase artistic and inventive directors that fearlessly push boundaries,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. “The twelve titles exemplify bravery, dynamism and a unique voice in storytelling that we look for when curating the Platform programme.”
“Platform is the place to look for the distinct stamp of today’s...
“The films unveiled today embody our bold vision for the programme, and our ongoing commitment to showcase artistic and inventive directors that fearlessly push boundaries,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. “The twelve titles exemplify bravery, dynamism and a unique voice in storytelling that we look for when curating the Platform programme.”
“Platform is the place to look for the distinct stamp of today’s...
- 8/4/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
by StaffDirectors’ cinema, now: Tiff’s three-year-old Platform program returns for 2017 with more original voices and visionary films.
Last year, Platform included celebrated works such as William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth — currently playing at Tiff Bell Lightbox — Pablo Larraín’s Jackie, and Barry Jenkins’ Academy Award Best Picture winner, Moonlight. The 12 films in this year’s programme are another showcase for the artistry of a group of bold, dynamic voices in contemporary cinema.
Sweet CountryIf You Saw His Heart
This year’s lineup presents 12 films from eight countries on five continents. All selected films will compete for the Platform Prize, to be awarded by a jury made up of award-winning filmmakers Chen Kaige, Małgorzata Szumowska, and Wim Wenders.
The program will open with the world premiere of The Death of Stalin, from award-winning director-writer Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, Veep). The historical epic follows the final days leading up to the Soviet dictator’s death.
Last year, Platform included celebrated works such as William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth — currently playing at Tiff Bell Lightbox — Pablo Larraín’s Jackie, and Barry Jenkins’ Academy Award Best Picture winner, Moonlight. The 12 films in this year’s programme are another showcase for the artistry of a group of bold, dynamic voices in contemporary cinema.
Sweet CountryIf You Saw His Heart
This year’s lineup presents 12 films from eight countries on five continents. All selected films will compete for the Platform Prize, to be awarded by a jury made up of award-winning filmmakers Chen Kaige, Małgorzata Szumowska, and Wim Wenders.
The program will open with the world premiere of The Death of Stalin, from award-winning director-writer Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, Veep). The historical epic follows the final days leading up to the Soviet dictator’s death.
- 8/3/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
ThelmaA selection of films from the 2017 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has been unveiled, with new films by Sebastián Lelio, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Darren Aronofsky, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo Del Toro, Joachim Trier, Wim Wenders, and many more.Special PRESENTATIONSOpening Night: Ladybird (Greta Gerwig)Closing Night: Sheikh Jackson (Amr Salama)Battle of the Sexes (Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton)Bpm (Beats Per Minute) (Robin Campillo)The Brawler (Anurag Kashyap)The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino)Catch the Wind (Gaël Morel)The Children Act (Richard Eyre)The Current War (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)Disobedience (Sebastián Lelio)Downsizing (Alexander Payne)A Fantastic Woman (Sebastián Lelio)First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie)The Guardians (Xavier Beauvois)Hostiles (Scott Cooper)The Hungry (Bornila Chatterjee)I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie)Mother! (Darren Aronofsky)Novitiate (Maggie Betts)Omerta (Hansal Mehta)Plonger (Mélanie Laurent)The Price of Success (Teddy Lussi-Modeste)Professor Marston & the Wonder Women...
- 8/3/2017
- MUBI
Strand also includes Clio Barnard’s Dark River and Brad’s Status with Ben Stiller.
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) unveiled on Thursday the 12 films that comprise this year’s Platform programme.
The line-up opens with Armando Iannucci’s satire The Death Of Stalin (pictured), and includes Mike White’s Us comedy Brad’s Status starring Ben Stiller, and Clio Barnard’s UK selection Dark River.
Warwick Thornton’s Australian western Sweet Country closes the section. Every entry is a world premiere except Sweet Country and Xavier Legrand’s Custody, both of which premiere in Venice.
The films represent eight countries and will compete for the Platform Prize awarded by a jury comprising filmmakers Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska and Wim Wenders.
This will mark the third year of Platform., designed to showcase “original voices in contemporary cinema.” Previous selections include this year’s best picture Oscar winner Moonlight, Lady Macbeth, Land Of...
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) unveiled on Thursday the 12 films that comprise this year’s Platform programme.
The line-up opens with Armando Iannucci’s satire The Death Of Stalin (pictured), and includes Mike White’s Us comedy Brad’s Status starring Ben Stiller, and Clio Barnard’s UK selection Dark River.
Warwick Thornton’s Australian western Sweet Country closes the section. Every entry is a world premiere except Sweet Country and Xavier Legrand’s Custody, both of which premiere in Venice.
The films represent eight countries and will compete for the Platform Prize awarded by a jury comprising filmmakers Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska and Wim Wenders.
This will mark the third year of Platform., designed to showcase “original voices in contemporary cinema.” Previous selections include this year’s best picture Oscar winner Moonlight, Lady Macbeth, Land Of...
- 8/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
No pressure or anything, but last year’s Toronto International Film Festival Platform section turned out a Best Picture winner.
Now in only its third year, the festival’s director-driven program aims to showcase original names in international cinema, and has steadily become one of the most exciting sections of the annual festival. Last year, it played home to such gems as “Moonlight,” “Jackie,” and “Lady MacBeth,” following its inaugural year, where it bowed titles like “High-Rise,” “Bang Gang,” and “Land of Mine.”
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This year promises to only further the mission of the section, thanks to 12 titles that speak to the breadth of modern cinema, and some of the rising stars it’s currently fostering. “Platform is the place to look for the distinct stamp of today’s most interesting directors as they establish their reputations,” said Cameron Bailey, Tiff’s Artistic Director, in a statement.
This year’s lineup hails from eight countries on five continents. The films will compete for the Platform Prize, to be awarded by a jury that includes award-winning filmmakers Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska, and Wim Wenders.
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The section will open with the world premiere of “The Death of Stalin,” from award-winning director-writer Armando Iannucci, which “follows the final days leading up to the Soviet dictator’s death.” “Sweet Country,” a period Western from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton, will close out the section.
Other highlights include Mike White’s Ben Stiller-starring “Brad’s Status” and Clio Barnard’s “Dark River,” along with Lisa Langseth’s “Euphoria,” starring Alicia Vikander and Eva Green as sisters on a mysterious trip.
“The films unveiled today embody our bold vision for the programme, and our ongoing commitment to showcase artistic and inventive directors that fearlessly push boundaries,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. “The twelve titles exemplify bravery, dynamism and a unique voice in storytelling that we look for when curating the Platform programme.”
Below are the newest additions to the Tiff 2017 lineup, including the Platform program. Stay tuned for more programming announcements in the days to come.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7 – 17 in Toronto, Canada.
Platform
“Beast,” Michael Pearce, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“Brad’s Status,” Mike White, USA, World Premiere
“Custody,” Xavier Legrand, France, North American Premiere
“Dark River,” Clio Barnard, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“The Death of Stalin,” Armando Iannucci, France/United Kingdom/Belgium, World Premiere, Platform Opening Film
“Euphoria,” Lisa Langseth, Sweden/Germany, World Premiere
“If You Saw His Heart,” Joan Chemla, France, World Premiere
“Mademoiselle Paradis,” Barbara Albert, Austria/Germany, World Premiere
“Razzia,” Nabil Ayouch, France, World Premiere
“The Seen and Unseen,” Kamila Andini, Indonesia, World Premiere
“Sweet Country,” Warwick Thornton, Australia, North American Premiere, Platform Closing Film
“What Will People Say: (Hva vil folk si), Iram Haq, Norway/Germany/Sweden, World Premiere
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Now in only its third year, the festival’s director-driven program aims to showcase original names in international cinema, and has steadily become one of the most exciting sections of the annual festival. Last year, it played home to such gems as “Moonlight,” “Jackie,” and “Lady MacBeth,” following its inaugural year, where it bowed titles like “High-Rise,” “Bang Gang,” and “Land of Mine.”
Read MoreTIFF Reveals First Slate of 2017 Titles, Including ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Downsizing,’ and ‘Call Me By Your Name’
This year promises to only further the mission of the section, thanks to 12 titles that speak to the breadth of modern cinema, and some of the rising stars it’s currently fostering. “Platform is the place to look for the distinct stamp of today’s most interesting directors as they establish their reputations,” said Cameron Bailey, Tiff’s Artistic Director, in a statement.
This year’s lineup hails from eight countries on five continents. The films will compete for the Platform Prize, to be awarded by a jury that includes award-winning filmmakers Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska, and Wim Wenders.
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The section will open with the world premiere of “The Death of Stalin,” from award-winning director-writer Armando Iannucci, which “follows the final days leading up to the Soviet dictator’s death.” “Sweet Country,” a period Western from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton, will close out the section.
Other highlights include Mike White’s Ben Stiller-starring “Brad’s Status” and Clio Barnard’s “Dark River,” along with Lisa Langseth’s “Euphoria,” starring Alicia Vikander and Eva Green as sisters on a mysterious trip.
“The films unveiled today embody our bold vision for the programme, and our ongoing commitment to showcase artistic and inventive directors that fearlessly push boundaries,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. “The twelve titles exemplify bravery, dynamism and a unique voice in storytelling that we look for when curating the Platform programme.”
Below are the newest additions to the Tiff 2017 lineup, including the Platform program. Stay tuned for more programming announcements in the days to come.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7 – 17 in Toronto, Canada.
Platform
“Beast,” Michael Pearce, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“Brad’s Status,” Mike White, USA, World Premiere
“Custody,” Xavier Legrand, France, North American Premiere
“Dark River,” Clio Barnard, United Kingdom, World Premiere
“The Death of Stalin,” Armando Iannucci, France/United Kingdom/Belgium, World Premiere, Platform Opening Film
“Euphoria,” Lisa Langseth, Sweden/Germany, World Premiere
“If You Saw His Heart,” Joan Chemla, France, World Premiere
“Mademoiselle Paradis,” Barbara Albert, Austria/Germany, World Premiere
“Razzia,” Nabil Ayouch, France, World Premiere
“The Seen and Unseen,” Kamila Andini, Indonesia, World Premiere
“Sweet Country,” Warwick Thornton, Australia, North American Premiere, Platform Closing Film
“What Will People Say: (Hva vil folk si), Iram Haq, Norway/Germany/Sweden, World Premiere
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- 8/3/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Fund also supporting adaptation of erotic classic Fear Of Flying.
The Daniel Radcliffe action comedy Guns Akimbo the first screen adaptation of Erica Jong’s 1973 erotic classic Fear Of Flying are the latest projects to be supported by the international co-production fund operated under the auspices of the Bavarian Film & Television Fund (Fff Bayern) as part of a concerted drive to attract large-scale productions to the region.
The Fff subcommittee for international co-productions allocated €2m ($2.2m) apiece at its latest session on Wednesday (5 July) to two Us projects which will be co-produced with Munich-based companies and largely or completely shot on location in Bavaria.
Philipp Kreuzer and Joerg Schulze’s Maze Pictures are partnering Us producers Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino of La/Munich-based Occupant Entertainment on New Zealand filmmaker Jason Lei Howden’s action comedy Guns Akimbo which already has Daniel Radcliffe attached for the lead role. Principal photography is set to be located completely in Bavaria...
The Daniel Radcliffe action comedy Guns Akimbo the first screen adaptation of Erica Jong’s 1973 erotic classic Fear Of Flying are the latest projects to be supported by the international co-production fund operated under the auspices of the Bavarian Film & Television Fund (Fff Bayern) as part of a concerted drive to attract large-scale productions to the region.
The Fff subcommittee for international co-productions allocated €2m ($2.2m) apiece at its latest session on Wednesday (5 July) to two Us projects which will be co-produced with Munich-based companies and largely or completely shot on location in Bavaria.
Philipp Kreuzer and Joerg Schulze’s Maze Pictures are partnering Us producers Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino of La/Munich-based Occupant Entertainment on New Zealand filmmaker Jason Lei Howden’s action comedy Guns Akimbo which already has Daniel Radcliffe attached for the lead role. Principal photography is set to be located completely in Bavaria...
- 7/6/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Norway: Scandinavia has always made a good show of films in all festivals, but this is the first time in 17 years a Swedish film has been in Competition.
“The Square” is the first Swedish film in Competition in 17 years! Winner of the Palme D’or and the Vulcain Prize for an artist technician awarded by the C.S.T. Director Ruben Östlund attracted producers from Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark to tell this tale of the successful curator of a modern art museum who lives in the epicenter of the art community and takes his work very seriously. A few days before the opening of the prestigious exhibition The Square he is mugged, which he can neither shake off or let pass unnoticed. He embarks on a hunt for the perpetrator and ends up in situations that turn steadily more amusing, and make him question his own moral compass.
“The Square” is the first Swedish film in Competition in 17 years! Winner of the Palme D’or and the Vulcain Prize for an artist technician awarded by the C.S.T. Director Ruben Östlund attracted producers from Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark to tell this tale of the successful curator of a modern art museum who lives in the epicenter of the art community and takes his work very seriously. A few days before the opening of the prestigious exhibition The Square he is mugged, which he can neither shake off or let pass unnoticed. He embarks on a hunt for the perpetrator and ends up in situations that turn steadily more amusing, and make him question his own moral compass.
- 6/6/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Ben Wheatley has long talked about wanting to make a movie called “Freakshift,” in which cops head out at night to hunt down and kill monsters coming up from underground. It’s the movie you need a pretty hefty budget for, and it appears after rising through the ranks with well-received genre films like “Kill List,” “High-Rise” and “Free Fire,” Wheatley finally has enough stature to secure the budget and make this passion project a reality.
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Deadline reports that Alicia Vikander is in talks to lead the project, which is aiming to begin production this August. She’s currently shooting the “Tomb Raider” reboot, but that wouldn’t interfere with Wheatley’s film as production on the blockbuster is expected to wrap in early summer. Her casting would mark the latest Oscar winner to join a Wheatley movie.
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Deadline reports that Alicia Vikander is in talks to lead the project, which is aiming to begin production this August. She’s currently shooting the “Tomb Raider” reboot, but that wouldn’t interfere with Wheatley’s film as production on the blockbuster is expected to wrap in early summer. Her casting would mark the latest Oscar winner to join a Wheatley movie.
- 3/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Burn Burn Burn director Chanya Button is directing the project, which is being launched at the Efm.
Eva Green will star as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton will play Vita Sackville-West in Vita & Virginia, director Chanya Button’s second feature after Burn Burn Burn.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded sales on the project and will launch to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Set in the 1920s, the film will depict the passionate love affair between English novelist Woolf (Green) and socialite Sackville-West (Arterton), which inspired the former to write her novel Orlando.
Chanya Button, who made her feature debut in 2015 with the well-received Burn Burn Burn, will direct the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Eileen Atkins, on whose stage play the film is based.
Producers are Evangelo Kioussis of Mirror Productions and Katie Holly of Blinder Films (Love & Friendship). Eva Green, Gemma Arterton and Mirror’s Simon Baxter are executive producers...
Eva Green will star as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton will play Vita Sackville-West in Vita & Virginia, director Chanya Button’s second feature after Burn Burn Burn.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded sales on the project and will launch to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
Set in the 1920s, the film will depict the passionate love affair between English novelist Woolf (Green) and socialite Sackville-West (Arterton), which inspired the former to write her novel Orlando.
Chanya Button, who made her feature debut in 2015 with the well-received Burn Burn Burn, will direct the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Eileen Atkins, on whose stage play the film is based.
Producers are Evangelo Kioussis of Mirror Productions and Katie Holly of Blinder Films (Love & Friendship). Eva Green, Gemma Arterton and Mirror’s Simon Baxter are executive producers...
- 2/8/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
After highlighting 50 films that we can guarantee are worth seeing this year, it’s time we venture into the unknown. Rather than regurgitating a list of dated-years-in-advance studio releases, we’ve set out to focus on 100 films we’re genuinely looking forward to, regardless of their marketing budgets. While some might not have a set release — let alone any confirmed festival premiere — most have wrapped production and will likely debut at some point in 2017, so make sure to check back for updates over the next twelve months and beyond. Be sure to keep the following one-hundred films on your radar (with release dates, where applicable). If you want to see how we did with our picks last year (potentially to shame us), head on over here.
100. The Discovery (Charlie McDowell; Winter Tbd)
One of the primary pleasures of Charlie McDowell‘s directorial debut The One I Love was his ability...
100. The Discovery (Charlie McDowell; Winter Tbd)
One of the primary pleasures of Charlie McDowell‘s directorial debut The One I Love was his ability...
- 1/11/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
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