Exclusive: Picture Tree International (Pti) has boarded sales on religious cult drama Raptures (Rörelser) about the notorious real-life Korpela Movement which took hold in the remote Torne Valley on the border of Sweden and Finland in the 1930s.
Written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Jon Blåhed, the film is inspired by true events captured in the novel Dagning; röd! by award-winning minority Meänkieli language author Bengt Pohjanen.
The drama, which is currently in the second half of its shoot in northern Finland and Sweden, will be the first feature shot in Meänkieli, which is spoken by some 70,000 people in the Torne Valley but was suppressed by the Swedish state for decades.
Blåhed took further inspiration from his own family history connected to the strict Læstadian movement in the Torne Valley region where he grew up.
The drama revolves around Rakel, a devout Christian believer whose husband Teodor forms a liberal...
Written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Jon Blåhed, the film is inspired by true events captured in the novel Dagning; röd! by award-winning minority Meänkieli language author Bengt Pohjanen.
The drama, which is currently in the second half of its shoot in northern Finland and Sweden, will be the first feature shot in Meänkieli, which is spoken by some 70,000 people in the Torne Valley but was suppressed by the Swedish state for decades.
Blåhed took further inspiration from his own family history connected to the strict Læstadian movement in the Torne Valley region where he grew up.
The drama revolves around Rakel, a devout Christian believer whose husband Teodor forms a liberal...
- 2/7/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Tia Kouvo’s debut feature follows an annual family Christmas get-together that sees the usual tensions rise.
Screen can reveal the trailer for Tia Kouvo’s debut feature Family Time which is world premiering at the Berlinale (February 16-26) in the Encounters strand.
The comedy-drama follows an annual family Christmas get-together that sees the usual tensions rise. It’s based on Kouvo’s s 2018 short of the same name which picked up a special mention at Helsinki International Film Festival (Love & Anarchy).
Family Time is produced by Finland’s Aamu Film Company in co-production with Sweden outfits Vilda Bomben Film and Film i Väst.
Screen can reveal the trailer for Tia Kouvo’s debut feature Family Time which is world premiering at the Berlinale (February 16-26) in the Encounters strand.
The comedy-drama follows an annual family Christmas get-together that sees the usual tensions rise. It’s based on Kouvo’s s 2018 short of the same name which picked up a special mention at Helsinki International Film Festival (Love & Anarchy).
Family Time is produced by Finland’s Aamu Film Company in co-production with Sweden outfits Vilda Bomben Film and Film i Väst.
- 1/31/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
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