Scandinavia’s top sales agent TrustNordisk has scored major deals on the English-language epic “Stockholm Bloodbath” by Oscar-nominated Mikael Håfström (‘Evil”), which has sold to Brainstorm Media and Sunrise Films for the US and Canada, The Jokers for France and Divisa Red for Spain.
The Claes Bang-vehicle, produced by Helena Danielsson for Viaplay Studios Sweden, is due to screen at the Cannes Market May 18, in a new international version.
Commenting on their joint acquisition for North America, Brainstorm Media CEO, Michelle Shwarzstein said: “Håfström has infused his elaborate period epic with amazing wit and a sense of humor. We’re excited for audiences to discover this thrill ride of a movie, and to kick off our partnership with Sunrise Films.”
“We are thrilled to be working with our friends at Brainstorm Media to bring Stockholm Bloodbath” to audiences across North America,” added Sunrise Films CEO Rupert Preston and head...
The Claes Bang-vehicle, produced by Helena Danielsson for Viaplay Studios Sweden, is due to screen at the Cannes Market May 18, in a new international version.
Commenting on their joint acquisition for North America, Brainstorm Media CEO, Michelle Shwarzstein said: “Håfström has infused his elaborate period epic with amazing wit and a sense of humor. We’re excited for audiences to discover this thrill ride of a movie, and to kick off our partnership with Sunrise Films.”
“We are thrilled to be working with our friends at Brainstorm Media to bring Stockholm Bloodbath” to audiences across North America,” added Sunrise Films CEO Rupert Preston and head...
- 5/14/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has signed key deals on Frederik Louis Hviid’s upcoming action feature The Quiet Ones.
The film has sold to the US (Magnolia Pictures), Germany (Plaion) and South Korea (PoongKyong Sori).
Inspired by true events, Hviid’s film is set after the 2008 financial crisis, and follows a group of Danish and European men planning to commit the largest robbery ever on Danish soil.
It is currently in post-production, produced by Kasper Dissing for Zentropa Entertainment, with a script by Anders Frithiof August. Reda Kateb, Gustav Giese and Amanda Collin lead the cast.
Co-producers are Lizette Jonjic and Jean-Christophe Reymond,...
The film has sold to the US (Magnolia Pictures), Germany (Plaion) and South Korea (PoongKyong Sori).
Inspired by true events, Hviid’s film is set after the 2008 financial crisis, and follows a group of Danish and European men planning to commit the largest robbery ever on Danish soil.
It is currently in post-production, produced by Kasper Dissing for Zentropa Entertainment, with a script by Anders Frithiof August. Reda Kateb, Gustav Giese and Amanda Collin lead the cast.
Co-producers are Lizette Jonjic and Jean-Christophe Reymond,...
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
As the final work in progress wrapped on Friday, Göteborg ‘s head of TV Drama Vision Cia Edström and head of industry and Nordic Film Market Josef Kullengård could finally relax after a mission well accomplished.
Two of their biggest challenges this year – hosting an industry showcase for 700-plus international delegates in a brand-new venue, the Clarion Hotel Draken, and lifting the Nordic industry’s moral by the crisis in the drama sector – had been successfully met. Variety drills down on how and why:
All-Time Record Attendees
As many as 2,029 accredited delegates registered for the festival and industry showcases at the 47th Göteborg Film Festival, and parallel TV and film markets, the largest in the Nordic region. “We’ve never hit this silver line,” said Kullengård. The 18th TV Drama Vision drew 729 delegates, the Nordic Film Market 556.
Ideal New Göteborg Industry Hub
Literally built around Götoborg’s historic Draken Cinema...
Two of their biggest challenges this year – hosting an industry showcase for 700-plus international delegates in a brand-new venue, the Clarion Hotel Draken, and lifting the Nordic industry’s moral by the crisis in the drama sector – had been successfully met. Variety drills down on how and why:
All-Time Record Attendees
As many as 2,029 accredited delegates registered for the festival and industry showcases at the 47th Göteborg Film Festival, and parallel TV and film markets, the largest in the Nordic region. “We’ve never hit this silver line,” said Kullengård. The 18th TV Drama Vision drew 729 delegates, the Nordic Film Market 556.
Ideal New Göteborg Industry Hub
Literally built around Götoborg’s historic Draken Cinema...
- 2/3/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Line-up for the 25th edition of the market includes 16 completed features, 15 Wip, 17 films in development.
Films by Sweat director Magnus von Horn and Margrete: Queen of the North filmmaker Charlotte Sieling will be presented at the 25th Nordic Film Market (January 31-February 2), the film marketplace of Goteborg Film Festival.
The projects are among the 15 Nordic films in post-production being showcased in the Works in Progress strand.
Scroll down for the full Market selection
Swedish director von Horn attends with The Girl With The Needle, a horror story set in 1910s Denmark, starring Trine Dyrholm and produced by Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov.
Films by Sweat director Magnus von Horn and Margrete: Queen of the North filmmaker Charlotte Sieling will be presented at the 25th Nordic Film Market (January 31-February 2), the film marketplace of Goteborg Film Festival.
The projects are among the 15 Nordic films in post-production being showcased in the Works in Progress strand.
Scroll down for the full Market selection
Swedish director von Horn attends with The Girl With The Needle, a horror story set in 1910s Denmark, starring Trine Dyrholm and produced by Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov.
- 1/16/2024
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Dr Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.”
Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (U.K. and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Choice (U.S.), Sbs (Australia), Npo (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium).
Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.
“‘Prisoner’ is an authentic, complex and compelling portrait of the harsh realities of life in prison, where it isn’t only the inmates who are trapped,” said Sue Deeks, head of program acquisitions at BBC, with Npo’s Evelien Bloemena adding:
“It’s about people with good intentions forced into difficult situations. A series with a great cast and a good fit for us as a public broadcaster.
Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (U.K. and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Choice (U.S.), Sbs (Australia), Npo (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium).
Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.
“‘Prisoner’ is an authentic, complex and compelling portrait of the harsh realities of life in prison, where it isn’t only the inmates who are trapped,” said Sue Deeks, head of program acquisitions at BBC, with Npo’s Evelien Bloemena adding:
“It’s about people with good intentions forced into difficult situations. A series with a great cast and a good fit for us as a public broadcaster.
- 10/25/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Three festival-goers will choose the winner of the international series competition.
Switzerland’s Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) has unveiled the programme for its 29th edition, with festival hits including Polite Society and The Sweet East, and a new format for its international series competition.
The festival includes 110 works, of which 53 are films, 27 are series, 28 are immersive experiences and two are installations.
Scroll down for the feature and series competition titles
Giff includes four competition sections: international feature, international series, international immersive and the convergent competition – the latter section featuring projects from all three formats.
All 12 titles in the international...
Switzerland’s Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) has unveiled the programme for its 29th edition, with festival hits including Polite Society and The Sweet East, and a new format for its international series competition.
The festival includes 110 works, of which 53 are films, 27 are series, 28 are immersive experiences and two are installations.
Scroll down for the feature and series competition titles
Giff includes four competition sections: international feature, international series, international immersive and the convergent competition – the latter section featuring projects from all three formats.
All 12 titles in the international...
- 10/12/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Project to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
TrustNordisk is busy with sales on the just-announced Back To Reality (working title), to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
Neue Visionen and Splendid are joining forces to acquire for Germany, Austria & Switzerland and September Film has purchased Benelux rights. More deals are in play; the film is at script stage with no cast attached yet.
Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann produce for Zentropa, in co-production with Zentropa Sweden, Lizette Jonjic, and Film i Väst, with support from The Danish Film Institute, FilmFyn and TV2.
TrustNordisk is busy with sales on the just-announced Back To Reality (working title), to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
Neue Visionen and Splendid are joining forces to acquire for Germany, Austria & Switzerland and September Film has purchased Benelux rights. More deals are in play; the film is at script stage with no cast attached yet.
Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann produce for Zentropa, in co-production with Zentropa Sweden, Lizette Jonjic, and Film i Väst, with support from The Danish Film Institute, FilmFyn and TV2.
- 5/21/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Prolific Danish writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen (Riders of Justice, Adams Apples, Men & Chicken), is dipping back into his deep well of dark comedy for his upcoming film, Back to Reality.
The film is described as a drama/crime comedy mashup involving a bank robbery, Anker, who gets released after a jail stint for a heist from which the money was never recovered. The only one who knows where the loot is buried is Anker’s brother Manfred, but the shock of his childhood trauma has sent him fleeing to an alter ego who has no recollection of the money. Hoping to unlock Manfred’s memory, the brothers travel to their childhood home and start digging, physically and psychologically. Back to Reality is currently in preproduction and in the final phase of financing.
No cast has been confirmed but Jensen is a frequent collaboration with Danish star Mads Mikkelsen, the...
The film is described as a drama/crime comedy mashup involving a bank robbery, Anker, who gets released after a jail stint for a heist from which the money was never recovered. The only one who knows where the loot is buried is Anker’s brother Manfred, but the shock of his childhood trauma has sent him fleeing to an alter ego who has no recollection of the money. Hoping to unlock Manfred’s memory, the brothers travel to their childhood home and start digging, physically and psychologically. Back to Reality is currently in preproduction and in the final phase of financing.
No cast has been confirmed but Jensen is a frequent collaboration with Danish star Mads Mikkelsen, the...
- 5/19/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Back To Reality’ is a dark comedy from writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen.
TrustNordisk has acquired international sales rights to two upcoming features from Denmark’s Zentropa, including a new film from acclaimed comedy filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen.
Jensen’s Back To Reality (working title) is a dark comedy, about a bank robber recently released from jail, who must unlock his traumatised brother’s memory to recover stolen loot.
Zentropa is producing the title, which is at script stage with no cast yet attached; Nordisk Film Distribution will release the film in Scandinavia. Producers are Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa,...
TrustNordisk has acquired international sales rights to two upcoming features from Denmark’s Zentropa, including a new film from acclaimed comedy filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen.
Jensen’s Back To Reality (working title) is a dark comedy, about a bank robber recently released from jail, who must unlock his traumatised brother’s memory to recover stolen loot.
Zentropa is producing the title, which is at script stage with no cast yet attached; Nordisk Film Distribution will release the film in Scandinavia. Producers are Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Everyone is a “Prisoner” in a new Dr Drama series created by Kim Fupz Aakeson, just shown at Canneseries. Not just the inmates crammed inside an old Danish prison, but the people who guard them as well.
“Twenty years ago, I wrote a Dogme film [‘In Your Hands’] that also took place in prison. I became interested in these guards, because who takes on that job? Who walks into such a hostile environment every day, unarmed?!,” he wonders.
The characters – played by “The Killing” star Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Charlotte Fich and Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt as Sammi, an ambitious rookie – have to watch their backs. But frustrated criminals are not their biggest problem: it’s the system itself, which leaves them powerless.
“It’s an extremely hard profession, poorly paid. They are constantly understaffed,” observes Gråbøl. Taking on Miriam, who still believes in people even though she can’t trust her own son.
“Twenty years ago, I wrote a Dogme film [‘In Your Hands’] that also took place in prison. I became interested in these guards, because who takes on that job? Who walks into such a hostile environment every day, unarmed?!,” he wonders.
The characters – played by “The Killing” star Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Charlotte Fich and Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt as Sammi, an ambitious rookie – have to watch their backs. But frustrated criminals are not their biggest problem: it’s the system itself, which leaves them powerless.
“It’s an extremely hard profession, poorly paid. They are constantly understaffed,” observes Gråbøl. Taking on Miriam, who still believes in people even though she can’t trust her own son.
- 4/19/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Danish Broadcaster Dr has ordered “Prisoner,” a dark-edged premium series which starts shooting this fall with a stellar local cast including Sofie Gråbøl and David Dencik (“Chernobyl”).
“Prisoner” was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson, whose credits include the Dr drama “Cry Wolf” and the HBO series “Utmark.” Michael Noer (“Papillon”) and Frederik Louis Hviid are set to direct.
Produced by Dr Drama, the series is told from the perspectives of four prison officers, Sammi, Henrik, Miriam, and Gert, who are colleagues in an old, worn-down Danish prison and face daily challenges and dilemmas. The story kicks off when they are forced to do a thorough investigation in the prison to save their jobs and prevent the hierarchy and drug trade from dominating the workplace within three months. The investigation turns into a battle for survival — not only for the prison but for everyone inside and outside the walls.
Dr Sales...
“Prisoner” was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson, whose credits include the Dr drama “Cry Wolf” and the HBO series “Utmark.” Michael Noer (“Papillon”) and Frederik Louis Hviid are set to direct.
Produced by Dr Drama, the series is told from the perspectives of four prison officers, Sammi, Henrik, Miriam, and Gert, who are colleagues in an old, worn-down Danish prison and face daily challenges and dilemmas. The story kicks off when they are forced to do a thorough investigation in the prison to save their jobs and prevent the hierarchy and drug trade from dominating the workplace within three months. The investigation turns into a battle for survival — not only for the prison but for everyone inside and outside the walls.
Dr Sales...
- 8/23/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Two cops are stranded in hostile territory when an act of police brutality triggers a riot in this slick action film
Denmark’s reputation as the land of tolerance, equality and cosy contentment takes a battering in this superslick urban thriller directed with adrenaline and savvy by first timers Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm. “Shorta” is Arabic for “police”, and the movie opens with black teenager Talib Ben Hassi lying face down, a white police officer on his back. “I can’t breathe,” he pleads. We don’t see Talib again but his name is repeated over and over: on the streets in Svalegårdena, the fictional estate where he grew up; by TV journalists reporting on his condition in intensive care; at the police station where damage limitation is in overdrive.
Officers are warned to stay out of Svalegårdena – a powder keg waiting to explode. The shift commander puts...
Denmark’s reputation as the land of tolerance, equality and cosy contentment takes a battering in this superslick urban thriller directed with adrenaline and savvy by first timers Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm. “Shorta” is Arabic for “police”, and the movie opens with black teenager Talib Ben Hassi lying face down, a white police officer on his back. “I can’t breathe,” he pleads. We don’t see Talib again but his name is repeated over and over: on the streets in Svalegårdena, the fictional estate where he grew up; by TV journalists reporting on his condition in intensive care; at the police station where damage limitation is in overdrive.
Officers are warned to stay out of Svalegårdena – a powder keg waiting to explode. The shift commander puts...
- 9/1/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Vertigo Releasing has debuted a trailer for the timely thriller ‘Shorta’.’
The film follows Police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on a routine patrol when news spreads of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi’s death whilst in police custody. As tensions escalate in the neighbourhood and the community’s youth seek revenge, the two officers find themselves in a volatile situation.
Anders Ølholm & Frederik Louis Hviid make their directorial debut on the feature which stars Jacob Hauberg, Simon Sears, Taren Zayat.
Also in trailers – Beanie Feldstein is Monica Lewinsky in first trailer for ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’
The film will be released in UK and Irish cinemas & digital on 3rd September.
The post Timely new trailer arrives for ‘Shorta’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
The film follows Police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on a routine patrol when news spreads of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi’s death whilst in police custody. As tensions escalate in the neighbourhood and the community’s youth seek revenge, the two officers find themselves in a volatile situation.
Anders Ølholm & Frederik Louis Hviid make their directorial debut on the feature which stars Jacob Hauberg, Simon Sears, Taren Zayat.
Also in trailers – Beanie Feldstein is Monica Lewinsky in first trailer for ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’
The film will be released in UK and Irish cinemas & digital on 3rd September.
The post Timely new trailer arrives for ‘Shorta’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 8/18/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cop(s) Out: Hviid & Olholm Provide Neutral Portrait Prizing Familiar Perspectives
Cinema can certainly successfully exist as both a statement and a sentiment, and the importance of the social issue drama sometimes outweighs certain shortcomings in the final product. Such is not the case for Enforcement, which is more a prime example of filmmakers trying to portray a contemporary reality of police violence and white privilege in Denmark as objectively as they can.
But in the attempt of Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm trying to avoid defending or criticizing the law enforcement figures driving their narrative, the film feels more like an example of ‘those who stand for nothing fall for anything’ category.…...
Cinema can certainly successfully exist as both a statement and a sentiment, and the importance of the social issue drama sometimes outweighs certain shortcomings in the final product. Such is not the case for Enforcement, which is more a prime example of filmmakers trying to portray a contemporary reality of police violence and white privilege in Denmark as objectively as they can.
But in the attempt of Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm trying to avoid defending or criticizing the law enforcement figures driving their narrative, the film feels more like an example of ‘those who stand for nothing fall for anything’ category.…...
- 3/21/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Slick, unsettling Danish law-enforcement thriller “Shorta” — or as it’s been generically retitled in the United States, “Enforcement” — opens with a familiar “I can’t breathe” moment as a team of police scramble to restrain a 19-year-old Muslim man, suggesting that what happened to Eric Garner in Staten Island, and to George Floyd in Minneapolis, is hardly an America-specific problem. Like those men, Talib Ben Hassi dies from complications of the police chokehold, and as in those cases, the community rises up against the establishment that was sworn to protect it.
In other words, “Shorta” begins where films such as “Do the Right Thing” and “Les Misérables” abruptly stopped. That’s an awfully ambitious (if somewhat foolhardy) setup for helmers Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid to construct their debut feature — a thriller that’s both a relentless adrenaline rush and a social-issue Rorschach test for all who watch it.
In other words, “Shorta” begins where films such as “Do the Right Thing” and “Les Misérables” abruptly stopped. That’s an awfully ambitious (if somewhat foolhardy) setup for helmers Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid to construct their debut feature — a thriller that’s both a relentless adrenaline rush and a social-issue Rorschach test for all who watch it.
- 3/20/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Just when you’d finished the dark and murky four-hour marathon that is HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow” docuseries, along comes Zack Snyder with a dark and murky four-hour director’s cut of “Justice League,” the super-friends reunion that underwhelmed critics and fans alike in its 2017 theatrical cut, now expanded/restored to Snyder’s full vision.
Personally, I found it fun for a while, then increasingly exhausting before giving up about midway through as a giant CG character with a hammerhead helmet and really shiny armor was growling something about Mother Boxes in what looked like a giant cavern, but might have been a spaceship. I don’t know, but my colleague Owen Gleiberman loved it — more than the Avengers movies — so if you’ve got an HBO Max subscription and four hours of your life to burn, give it a look.
Also dark and murky, the Notorious B.I.G. murder...
Personally, I found it fun for a while, then increasingly exhausting before giving up about midway through as a giant CG character with a hammerhead helmet and really shiny armor was growling something about Mother Boxes in what looked like a giant cavern, but might have been a spaceship. I don’t know, but my colleague Owen Gleiberman loved it — more than the Avengers movies — so if you’ve got an HBO Max subscription and four hours of your life to burn, give it a look.
Also dark and murky, the Notorious B.I.G. murder...
- 3/19/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The Brad Furman-directed crime thriller City of Lies has had quite a journey, but the Saban Films release finally hits theaters today before dropping on digital and on demand April 9.
Based on the book, LAbyrinth, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Randall Sullivan and adapted by Christian Contreras, City of Lies follows the investigation into the infamous murder of iconic rap artist Christopher Wallace aka the hip hop legend Notorious B.I.G.
Oscar and Emmy winner Forest Whitaker stars as Jack Jackson, a journalist who teams up with LAPD detective Russell Poole (Johnny Depp), who spent nearly 20 years trying to solve the murder. The two of them try to find the truth. They explore why the case remains cold — and why a secret division of the LAPD is seemingly set on keeping it that way.
It’s not a lie that City of Lies went through a lot to make its way to the theaters.
Based on the book, LAbyrinth, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Randall Sullivan and adapted by Christian Contreras, City of Lies follows the investigation into the infamous murder of iconic rap artist Christopher Wallace aka the hip hop legend Notorious B.I.G.
Oscar and Emmy winner Forest Whitaker stars as Jack Jackson, a journalist who teams up with LAPD detective Russell Poole (Johnny Depp), who spent nearly 20 years trying to solve the murder. The two of them try to find the truth. They explore why the case remains cold — and why a secret division of the LAPD is seemingly set on keeping it that way.
It’s not a lie that City of Lies went through a lot to make its way to the theaters.
- 3/19/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Looking for VeneraThe first titles for the International Film Festival Rotterdam's hybrid multi-part 50th edition program have been revealed. Under new festival director Vanja Kaludjercic, the newly-organized and extended IFFR 2021 will feature a new program structure, with competition sections to be presented between 1 – 7 February. The festival will resume again between 2 – 6 June with Bright Future (the festival's existing section dedicated to emerging film talent) and what will be the festival's latest and largest section, Harbour. In February the festival will also celebrate the 75th anniversary of Amsterdam's Eye Filmmusuem, while in June IFFR's own 50th year will be celebrated with a special anniversary program. Tiger COMPETITIONAgate mousse (Selim Mourad)Bebia, à mon seul désir (Juja Dobrachkous)Bipolar (Queena Li)Black MedusaA Corsican Summer (Pascal Tagnati)The Edge of Daybreak (Taiki Sakpisit)Feast (Tim Leyendekker)Friends and Strangers (James Vaughan)Gritt (Itonje Søimer Guttormsen)Landscapes of Resistance (Marta Popivoda)Liborio (Nino Martínez Sosa...
- 12/22/2020
- MUBI
Ben Sharrock’s “Limbo” was named the best film at the closing event Tuesday of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Japanese auteur Koreeda Hirokazu was bestowed with the festival’s Spirit of Cinema honorary award.
The film follows a Syrian refugee in a remote Scottish island as he awaits his asylum application to be processed and his arm to heal allowing him to play his musical instrument. It was previously selected for the Cannes festival.
The IFFAM jury, headed by mainland Chinese director Ning Hao, made a unanimous decision before awarding the $60,000 prize to Sharrock, who also won the best screenplay award. “It was a thought-provoking piece of work, because of its in-depth exploration of society and also the relationship between culture and humanity. Combined with the director’s unique film language and a modern artistic style, it magically blends together and gives the audience unforgettable pleasure and enjoyment of all senses,...
The film follows a Syrian refugee in a remote Scottish island as he awaits his asylum application to be processed and his arm to heal allowing him to play his musical instrument. It was previously selected for the Cannes festival.
The IFFAM jury, headed by mainland Chinese director Ning Hao, made a unanimous decision before awarding the $60,000 prize to Sharrock, who also won the best screenplay award. “It was a thought-provoking piece of work, because of its in-depth exploration of society and also the relationship between culture and humanity. Combined with the director’s unique film language and a modern artistic style, it magically blends together and gives the audience unforgettable pleasure and enjoyment of all senses,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Mads Mikkelsen stars in the drinking drama.
Thomas Vinterberg’s drinking drama Another Round will represent Denmark in the international feature category at the 2021 Oscars.
It was selected by the Danish Oscar committee, comprised of film industry representatives including from the Danish Film Institute.
The title was chosen from a three-film shortlist, ahead of Malou Reymann’s A Perfectly Normal Family and Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid’s Shorta.
Oscars best international feature 2021: all the films submitted so far
Another Round premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in September, having previously been awarded the Cannes 2020 label in June.
Thomas Vinterberg’s drinking drama Another Round will represent Denmark in the international feature category at the 2021 Oscars.
It was selected by the Danish Oscar committee, comprised of film industry representatives including from the Danish Film Institute.
The title was chosen from a three-film shortlist, ahead of Malou Reymann’s A Perfectly Normal Family and Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid’s Shorta.
Oscars best international feature 2021: all the films submitted so far
Another Round premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in September, having previously been awarded the Cannes 2020 label in June.
- 11/18/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Thomas Vinterberg’s award-winning drama “Another Round” has been selected as Denmark’s submission in the Oscars’ international feature film category.
Produced by Zentropa, “Another Round” follows four weary high school teachers experimenting with the liberating effects of alcohol. The movie was part of Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection and had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Star Mads Mikkelsen won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastian Film Festival, among the film’s other international awards. “Another Round” has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films for the U.S. TrustNordisk is handling international sales.
“‘Another Round’ is an original drama about our desire to feel the rush of life, even when the party is over and the lights come on. Director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter Tobias Lindholm take an unblinking look at this universal longing in a story of four men in mid-life experimenting with...
Produced by Zentropa, “Another Round” follows four weary high school teachers experimenting with the liberating effects of alcohol. The movie was part of Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection and had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Star Mads Mikkelsen won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastian Film Festival, among the film’s other international awards. “Another Round” has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films for the U.S. TrustNordisk is handling international sales.
“‘Another Round’ is an original drama about our desire to feel the rush of life, even when the party is over and the lights come on. Director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter Tobias Lindholm take an unblinking look at this universal longing in a story of four men in mid-life experimenting with...
- 11/18/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Pop the champagne – the Danish Film Institute is sending Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round to the 2021 International Oscar race.
The pic stars Mads Mikkelsen as one of a group of high school teachers who test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. It was a Cannes label selection and screened at Toronto, going on to win awards at the San Sebastian and London film festivals.
Another Round was selected ahead of Malou Reymann’s A Perfectly Normal Family and Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm’s Shorta by a Danish Film Institute committee, which wrapped its decisive meeting just now.
The committee was comprised of chairman Claus Ladegaard, Noemi Ferrer (Danish Producers), Ali Abbasi (Danish Directors), Mette Heeno (Danish Screenwriters), Jan Weincke (Danish Cinematographers), Nanna Frank Rasmussen (Danish Film Critics), Søren Søndergaard (Danish Cinema Owners...
The pic stars Mads Mikkelsen as one of a group of high school teachers who test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. It was a Cannes label selection and screened at Toronto, going on to win awards at the San Sebastian and London film festivals.
Another Round was selected ahead of Malou Reymann’s A Perfectly Normal Family and Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm’s Shorta by a Danish Film Institute committee, which wrapped its decisive meeting just now.
The committee was comprised of chairman Claus Ladegaard, Noemi Ferrer (Danish Producers), Ali Abbasi (Danish Directors), Mette Heeno (Danish Screenwriters), Jan Weincke (Danish Cinematographers), Nanna Frank Rasmussen (Danish Film Critics), Søren Søndergaard (Danish Cinema Owners...
- 11/18/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“Identifying Features,” Fernanda Valadez’s searing abduction drama set along the U.S.-Mexico border, was awarded the Golden Alexander for best feature film at the 61st Thessaloniki Film Festival.
The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15. Valadez’s feature debut, which was a double award winner in the World Cinema dramatic competition in Sundance, follows the extraordinary ordeal of a woman who sets out in search of her teenage son two months after he left their village to find work in the U.S.
“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the international jury said in its decision. “The film stands as a reminder of the limitless space artistic expression can take.”
Greek director Georgis Grigorakis took home the Silver Alexander Special Jury Award for his feature debut,...
The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15. Valadez’s feature debut, which was a double award winner in the World Cinema dramatic competition in Sundance, follows the extraordinary ordeal of a woman who sets out in search of her teenage son two months after he left their village to find work in the U.S.
“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the international jury said in its decision. “The film stands as a reminder of the limitless space artistic expression can take.”
Greek director Georgis Grigorakis took home the Silver Alexander Special Jury Award for his feature debut,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut “Falling” and the already acclaimed Chinese film “The Cloud in her Room” form part of the 11-title competition section announced by the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. The festival will take place entirely online this year, running Dec. 3-8.
The competition, which focuses on first and second films, also includes: Wang Xiaozhen’s “Love Poem,” which won the top prize at the First International Film Festival this year; Jeonju prize-winner “Black Light,” by Bae Jongdae; Cannes 2020 Label titles “Limbo,” by the U.K.’s Ben Sharrock, “Spring Blossom” by France’s Suzanne Lindon, and “Sweat” by Magnus von Horn; and “Back To The Wharf,” by China’s Li Xiaofeng.
Three other titles joining the competition are: “Servants,” by Ivan Ostrochovsky of the Czech Republic; “Shorta,” by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm from Denmark; and “Tragic Jungle,” by Yulene Olaizola, from Mexico.
Prizes will be...
The competition, which focuses on first and second films, also includes: Wang Xiaozhen’s “Love Poem,” which won the top prize at the First International Film Festival this year; Jeonju prize-winner “Black Light,” by Bae Jongdae; Cannes 2020 Label titles “Limbo,” by the U.K.’s Ben Sharrock, “Spring Blossom” by France’s Suzanne Lindon, and “Sweat” by Magnus von Horn; and “Back To The Wharf,” by China’s Li Xiaofeng.
Three other titles joining the competition are: “Servants,” by Ivan Ostrochovsky of the Czech Republic; “Shorta,” by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm from Denmark; and “Tragic Jungle,” by Yulene Olaizola, from Mexico.
Prizes will be...
- 11/10/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Programme includes competition section of 11 features from first and second-time directors.
The International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) has confirmed that it is moving online for its fifth edition (December 3-8) and announced its full programme, including an international competition for first and second-time filmmakers.
The competition line-up of 11 features including actor Viggo Mortensen’s directing debut Falling; Cannes 2020 Label titles Limbo, Spring Blossom and Sweat; Jeonju film festival winner Black Light; and Chinese titles Love Poem, which won the top prize at this year’s First International Film Festival, and The Cloud In Her Room, which took the Tiger...
The International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) has confirmed that it is moving online for its fifth edition (December 3-8) and announced its full programme, including an international competition for first and second-time filmmakers.
The competition line-up of 11 features including actor Viggo Mortensen’s directing debut Falling; Cannes 2020 Label titles Limbo, Spring Blossom and Sweat; Jeonju film festival winner Black Light; and Chinese titles Love Poem, which won the top prize at this year’s First International Film Festival, and The Cloud In Her Room, which took the Tiger...
- 11/10/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
by Nathaniel R
Mads Mikkelsen stars in "Another Round"
Denmark is currently Oscar's favourite country in the Best International Feature category. Yes, we know they're not the "all time" favourite country, so don't @ us. But in the past 10 years (2010-2019) they've been nominated 50% of the time, with two additional finalists. Deep involvement in 70% of the Oscar conversations in a decade is a pretty great track record. How long can they keep it up? We won't know if they'll nab another nomination this season until a few months from now but Denmark just announced their finalists. On November 17th, they'll choose their submission between the following films:
Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann Shorta by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid.
If Denmark wants to bet based on past success they'll go with Another Round. It just won the top prize at the London Film Festival.
Mads Mikkelsen stars in "Another Round"
Denmark is currently Oscar's favourite country in the Best International Feature category. Yes, we know they're not the "all time" favourite country, so don't @ us. But in the past 10 years (2010-2019) they've been nominated 50% of the time, with two additional finalists. Deep involvement in 70% of the Oscar conversations in a decade is a pretty great track record. How long can they keep it up? We won't know if they'll nab another nomination this season until a few months from now but Denmark just announced their finalists. On November 17th, they'll choose their submission between the following films:
Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann Shorta by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid.
If Denmark wants to bet based on past success they'll go with Another Round. It just won the top prize at the London Film Festival.
- 10/20/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Film generated more than 30,000 admissions in first weekend in Scandinavia this month.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Charades to Danish police thriller and Venice Critics Week selection Shorta.
Anders Ølhom and Frederik Louis Hviid directed the film about two police officers on patrol who find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings after the death in custody of an Arab teen sparks unrest.
The film also played at TIFF Industry Selects and was selected for Zurich’s feature competition.
Magnolia plans to release the film next year. Last week Screen revealed Vertigo Releasing had acquired UK and Ireland rights.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from Charades to Danish police thriller and Venice Critics Week selection Shorta.
Anders Ølhom and Frederik Louis Hviid directed the film about two police officers on patrol who find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings after the death in custody of an Arab teen sparks unrest.
The film also played at TIFF Industry Selects and was selected for Zurich’s feature competition.
Magnolia plans to release the film next year. Last week Screen revealed Vertigo Releasing had acquired UK and Ireland rights.
- 10/19/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia has acquired North American rights to “Shorta,” Anders Ølhom and Frederik Louis Hviid’s Danish action thriller, which world premiered during Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival to warm reviews. The movie went on to play at Toronto.
The action-packed film follows Jens and Mike, two police officers who are on a routine patrol in a disadvantaged neighborhood when news breaks that 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi has died in police custody. As the neighborhood’s young inhabitants call for revenge, the two officers find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings.
“Shorta” bowed in theaters in Scandinavia on Oct. 8 and reached more than 30,000 admissions over the first weekend, according to French sales outfit Charades, which is shopping the film globally.
“We are thrilled to have found in Magnolia the best home in the U.S. for Anders and Frederik’s work,” said Charades’ partner Carole Baraton, who negotiated...
The action-packed film follows Jens and Mike, two police officers who are on a routine patrol in a disadvantaged neighborhood when news breaks that 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi has died in police custody. As the neighborhood’s young inhabitants call for revenge, the two officers find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings.
“Shorta” bowed in theaters in Scandinavia on Oct. 8 and reached more than 30,000 admissions over the first weekend, according to French sales outfit Charades, which is shopping the film globally.
“We are thrilled to have found in Magnolia the best home in the U.S. for Anders and Frederik’s work,” said Charades’ partner Carole Baraton, who negotiated...
- 10/19/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round is continuing its trajectory as one to watch this season. The Mads Mikkelsen-starrer has been shortlisted by Denmark’s Oscar Committee as one of three pictures that will vie to be the country’s entry for the International Feature Film Academy Award. The other two films are Rotterdam prizewinner A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann and Venice Critics’ Week title Shorta from Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid. The official selection will be announced on November 18.
Another Round on Sunday scooped the Virtual Audience Award for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival. It had previously received the official selection label for Cannes’ 2020 edition and had its international premiere during the Toronto Film Festival. At San Sebastian, it won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.
At the Danish box office, the drama has sold over 500K tickets since release on...
Another Round on Sunday scooped the Virtual Audience Award for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival. It had previously received the official selection label for Cannes’ 2020 edition and had its international premiere during the Toronto Film Festival. At San Sebastian, it won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.
At the Danish box office, the drama has sold over 500K tickets since release on...
- 10/19/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The Danish action film deals with police brutality and racial tension.
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Shorta, the Danish action thriller which debuted in Critics’ Week at Venice last month.
Vertigo acquired the film during the Toronto market, and will release it theatrically in April 2021. French sales agent Charades is handling worldwide sales.
Shorta is written and directed by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm. The film centres around the death of an Arabic teenager in police custody, and the racial tensions that are exacerbated as a result of this incident. Jacob Lohmann and Simon Sears lead the cast,...
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Shorta, the Danish action thriller which debuted in Critics’ Week at Venice last month.
Vertigo acquired the film during the Toronto market, and will release it theatrically in April 2021. French sales agent Charades is handling worldwide sales.
Shorta is written and directed by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm. The film centres around the death of an Arabic teenager in police custody, and the racial tensions that are exacerbated as a result of this incident. Jacob Lohmann and Simon Sears lead the cast,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
More than half of all competition titles directed by women.
Switzerland’s Zurich Film Festival (Zff) has unveiled the full programme for its 2020 edition, which is set to go ahead as a physical event from September 24 to October 4.
Scroll down for list of competition titles
The 16th edition of the festival will comprise 165 films, of which 23 are world premieres and more than half of the competition titles are directed by women. Zff also revealed that Oscar-winning UK actress Olivia Colman will receive an honorary award and Johnny Depp is set to attend the festival with a new documentary.
The feature...
Switzerland’s Zurich Film Festival (Zff) has unveiled the full programme for its 2020 edition, which is set to go ahead as a physical event from September 24 to October 4.
Scroll down for list of competition titles
The 16th edition of the festival will comprise 165 films, of which 23 are world premieres and more than half of the competition titles are directed by women. Zff also revealed that Oscar-winning UK actress Olivia Colman will receive an honorary award and Johnny Depp is set to attend the festival with a new documentary.
The feature...
- 9/10/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
“Shorta,” the timely action-packed Danish thriller that had its world premiere in Venice Critics’ Week this weekend, has now been sold by Charades in a number of territories.
Directed by up-and-coming Danish filmmakers Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm, “Shorta” unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody. The film follows two police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on routine patrol in a multicultural neighborhood when news of Talib’s death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves trapped and must fight to find a way out.
The gripping feature debut has been acquired for France (Program Store), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Koch Media), Spain (Caramel), Italy (Blue Swan), Latin America (Synapse), South Korea (Nk Contents), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe), and India (Big Tree Entertainement). The police actioner will be released by Scanbox across Scandinavia in October.
Directed by up-and-coming Danish filmmakers Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm, “Shorta” unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody. The film follows two police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on routine patrol in a multicultural neighborhood when news of Talib’s death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves trapped and must fight to find a way out.
The gripping feature debut has been acquired for France (Program Store), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Koch Media), Spain (Caramel), Italy (Blue Swan), Latin America (Synapse), South Korea (Nk Contents), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe), and India (Big Tree Entertainement). The police actioner will be released by Scanbox across Scandinavia in October.
- 9/8/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Industry registration closes on September 2.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) organisers on Tuesday (September 1) announced a selection of 30 global acquisition titles outside the Official Selection.
TIFF Industry Selects titles hail from 29 countries and have been hand-picked by TIFF’s industry and festival programming teams and will screen to accredited users on the festival’s dedicated press and industry platform, TIFF Digital Cinema Pro. Industry registration closes on September 2.
2020 TIFF Industry Selects Titles:
A Good Man (France) Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
After Love (UK) Aleem Khan
And Tomorrow The Entire World (Germany/France) Julia Von Heinz
Apples (Greece) Christos Nikou
Baby Done (New...
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) organisers on Tuesday (September 1) announced a selection of 30 global acquisition titles outside the Official Selection.
TIFF Industry Selects titles hail from 29 countries and have been hand-picked by TIFF’s industry and festival programming teams and will screen to accredited users on the festival’s dedicated press and industry platform, TIFF Digital Cinema Pro. Industry registration closes on September 2.
2020 TIFF Industry Selects Titles:
A Good Man (France) Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
After Love (UK) Aleem Khan
And Tomorrow The Entire World (Germany/France) Julia Von Heinz
Apples (Greece) Christos Nikou
Baby Done (New...
- 9/1/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Wife of a SpyThe programme for the 2020 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Gia Coppola, Lav Diaz, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Alice Rohrwacher, Gianfranco Rosi, Frederick Wiseman, Chloé Zhao, and more.COMPETITIONIn Between Dying (Hilal Baydarov)Le sorelle Macluso (Emma Dante)The World to Come (Mona Fastvold)Nuevo Orden (Michel Franco)Lovers (Nicole Garcia)Laila in Haifa (Amos Gitai)Dear Comrades (Andrei Konchalovsky)Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Sun Children (Majid Majidi)Pieces of a Woman (Kornél Mundruczó)Miss Marx (Susanna Nicchiarelli)Padrenostro (Claudio Noce)Notturno (Gianfranco Rosi)Never Gonna Snow AgainThe Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane)And Tomorrow The Entire World (Julia Von Heinz)Quo Vadis, Aida? (Jasmila Zbanic)Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesThe Ties (Daniele Luchetti)Lasciami Andare (Stefano Mordini)Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux)Love After Love (Ann Hui)Assandria (Salvatore Mereu)The Duke (Roger Michell)Night in Paradise (Park Hoon-jung)Mosquito...
- 8/3/2020
- MUBI
With Telluride Film Festival forced to cancel their yearly event, what is now the first of the major fall festivals, Venice, has announced their complete lineup. Along with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, which was revealed yesterday, the lineup includes more of our most-anticipated films of the year, including Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Gia Coppola’s Mainstream, Abel Ferrara’s Sportin’ Life, Lav Diaz’s Genus Pan, Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come, Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman, Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno, and more.
There were also a few surprises in the lineup. Luca Guadagnino has directed a new documentary titled Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, while Alice Rohrwacher and Jr have teamed for the new short film, Omelia Contadina. Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibules will also premiere out of competition.
In perhaps the best surprise of all, a new, recently uncovered film by Orson Welles,...
There were also a few surprises in the lineup. Luca Guadagnino has directed a new documentary titled Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, while Alice Rohrwacher and Jr have teamed for the new short film, Omelia Contadina. Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibules will also premiere out of competition.
In perhaps the best surprise of all, a new, recently uncovered film by Orson Welles,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
There are not as many new films being made and some completed films are holding out until 2021 to make their festival premiere, but there’s no shortage of new restorations coming to film festivals soon. Cannes recently revealed their Classics lineup of titles screening this fall and hopefully coming to discs in the near future, and now it is Venice’s turn.
They’ve revealed the new restorations that will first screen at Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy on August 25-31, followed by screenings at Venice Film Festival soon after. New restorations include work by Martin Scorsese, Souleymane Cissé, Michelangelo Antonioni, Shôhei Imamura, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Nikita Mikhalkov, and more. Some of these films already have forthcoming disc releases announced, including Claudine, coming to Criterion this fall.
Check out the lineup below (via Deadline) as well as the Venice Critics’ Week slate, which includes the Terrence Malick...
They’ve revealed the new restorations that will first screen at Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy on August 25-31, followed by screenings at Venice Film Festival soon after. New restorations include work by Martin Scorsese, Souleymane Cissé, Michelangelo Antonioni, Shôhei Imamura, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Nikita Mikhalkov, and more. Some of these films already have forthcoming disc releases announced, including Claudine, coming to Criterion this fall.
Check out the lineup below (via Deadline) as well as the Venice Critics’ Week slate, which includes the Terrence Malick...
- 7/22/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
High-profile doc “The Rossellinis,” described as a tongue-in-cheek autobiographical look at the descendants of iconic Italian director Roberto Rossellini’s extended family, is among the standout world premieres in the lineup of the upcoming Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week.
Directed by Roberto Rossellini’s grandson, Alessandro Rossellini, the doc is unspooling out of competition and will close the separately-run Venice section that will feature seven first works in competition. It’s not yet know whether Isabella Rossellini will be on the Lido to promote the film.
The competition titles — all first works as well as world premieres — include “Topside,” the feature film debut of U.S. directorial duo Celine Held and Logan George, which is described in promotional materials as a drama set deep in the underbelly of New York City, where a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home.
Directed by Roberto Rossellini’s grandson, Alessandro Rossellini, the doc is unspooling out of competition and will close the separately-run Venice section that will feature seven first works in competition. It’s not yet know whether Isabella Rossellini will be on the Lido to promote the film.
The competition titles — all first works as well as world premieres — include “Topside,” the feature film debut of U.S. directorial duo Celine Held and Logan George, which is described in promotional materials as a drama set deep in the underbelly of New York City, where a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home.
- 7/21/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s opening film is The Book Of Vision, the debut fiction feature from frequent Terrence Malick collaborator Carlo Hintermann.
Carlo Hintermann’s The Book Of Vision will open this year’s Critics’ Week strand of the Venice Film Festival in September, playing out of competition. Critics’ Week will run from August 2-12.
The debut fiction feature from the frequent Terrence Malick collaborator stars Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek as a young doctor who becomes obsessed with the work of an 18th-century physician on dreams and visions. Charles Dance plays her tutor.
Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis, a documentary produced...
Carlo Hintermann’s The Book Of Vision will open this year’s Critics’ Week strand of the Venice Film Festival in September, playing out of competition. Critics’ Week will run from August 2-12.
The debut fiction feature from the frequent Terrence Malick collaborator stars Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek as a young doctor who becomes obsessed with the work of an 18th-century physician on dreams and visions. Charles Dance plays her tutor.
Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis, a documentary produced...
- 7/21/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Venice Critics’ Week, the independent sidebar of the Italian festival which is pressing on with its physical edition September 2-12, has unveiled a line-up of seven debut features and two special events in its competition program.
Joining the previously announced opening film The Book Of Vision are features from the U.S., Mexico and Denmark. Closing the event will be Alessandro Rossellini’s Italy-Latvia co-production The Rossellinis, which is the debut feature of Alessandro Rossellini, the grandson of revered director Roberto Rossellini. The full line-up is below.
As per usual, awards will be handed out including the Grand Prize, this year overseen by jury members Wendy Mitchell, Eugenio Renzi, and Jay Weissberg, as well as the Verona Film Club Award, and the Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for Best Technical Contribution. A Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” is also given to a debut film from the entire Venice program,...
Joining the previously announced opening film The Book Of Vision are features from the U.S., Mexico and Denmark. Closing the event will be Alessandro Rossellini’s Italy-Latvia co-production The Rossellinis, which is the debut feature of Alessandro Rossellini, the grandson of revered director Roberto Rossellini. The full line-up is below.
As per usual, awards will be handed out including the Grand Prize, this year overseen by jury members Wendy Mitchell, Eugenio Renzi, and Jay Weissberg, as well as the Verona Film Club Award, and the Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Award for Best Technical Contribution. A Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” is also given to a debut film from the entire Venice program,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Charades is unveiling a clip for “Shorta,” the anticipated Danish action-packed movie directed by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm.
The timely film unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody. “Shorta” follows two police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on routine patrol in a minority-heavy neighborhood when news of Talib’s death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Suddenly, the two cops find themselves trapped and must fight to find a way out.
Charades is representing the film in international markets and will kick off sales at the virtual Marché du Film in Cannes. “Shorta” was produced by Toolbox Film (“The Hunt”) and was believed to be in the pipeline for a world premiere at Cannes. The movie will be released in Denmark by Scanbox Entertainment.
Dealing with racism and police brutality in Denmark with a sharp visual style, “Shorta” was presented...
The timely film unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody. “Shorta” follows two police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on routine patrol in a minority-heavy neighborhood when news of Talib’s death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Suddenly, the two cops find themselves trapped and must fight to find a way out.
Charades is representing the film in international markets and will kick off sales at the virtual Marché du Film in Cannes. “Shorta” was produced by Toolbox Film (“The Hunt”) and was believed to be in the pipeline for a world premiere at Cannes. The movie will be released in Denmark by Scanbox Entertainment.
Dealing with racism and police brutality in Denmark with a sharp visual style, “Shorta” was presented...
- 5/25/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Charades has scooped up international sales rights to “Shorta,” the buzzed-about Danish project that was presented at Les Arcs’s work-in-progress and Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market.
“Shorta,” directed by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm, unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody. The film follows two police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on routine patrol in a minority-heavy neighborhood when news of Talib’s death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves trapped and must fight to find a way out.
The action-packed thriller, which deals with racism and police brutality in Denmark, has been compared by industry participants at both Les Arcs and Goteborg as similar to Ladj Ly’s Oscar-nominated “Les Miserables.” The film is produced by Toolbox Film (“The Hunt”) and could potentially make its world premiere at Cannes. “Shorta” will be distributed...
“Shorta,” directed by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm, unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody. The film follows two police officers, Jens and Mike, who are on routine patrol in a minority-heavy neighborhood when news of Talib’s death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves trapped and must fight to find a way out.
The action-packed thriller, which deals with racism and police brutality in Denmark, has been compared by industry participants at both Les Arcs and Goteborg as similar to Ladj Ly’s Oscar-nominated “Les Miserables.” The film is produced by Toolbox Film (“The Hunt”) and could potentially make its world premiere at Cannes. “Shorta” will be distributed...
- 2/20/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm’s directorial debut is set in a fictive ghetto outside Copenhagen. The Danish thriller Shorta (“Police” in Arabic) has just wrapped principal photography. The project, directed by duo Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm, is set in a fictive ghetto outside the Danish capital. Hviid, a former student at Super16 in Valby, recently directed two episodes of the successful crime TV series Follow the Money, while Ølholm, a graduate of the National Film School, has penned several important Danish productions, such as Fenar Ahmad’s Flow (2014) and Jacob Bitsch’s Letters for Amina (2017). The story, written in its entirety by the young duo, centres on Talib Ben Hassi, a 19-year-old boy whose life hangs by a thread. The exact details of what took place while he was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in the local ghetto.
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