Denmark-based sales outfit LevelK has boarded Charlotte Sieling’s Way Home, ahead of its presentation in the work-in-progress sessions at Goteborg Film Festival today.
Written by Danish filmmaker Sieling with Nagieb Khaja and Jesper Fink based on Khaja’s original idea, Way Home follows a man smuggled into Syria on a desperate search for his son; the man must sacrifice everything he believes in to be reunited with his child. The film is currently in post-production.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas plays the lead role, and learned Arabic for the part. Lie Kaas recently appeared in Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders Of Justice...
Written by Danish filmmaker Sieling with Nagieb Khaja and Jesper Fink based on Khaja’s original idea, Way Home follows a man smuggled into Syria on a desperate search for his son; the man must sacrifice everything he believes in to be reunited with his child. The film is currently in post-production.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas plays the lead role, and learned Arabic for the part. Lie Kaas recently appeared in Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders Of Justice...
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Göteborg-based Cinenic Film, headed by Annika Hellström and Erika Malmgren, has a flawless track record in backing debut directors with global breakthrough potential.
Their roster takes in Ísold Uggadóttir (“And Breathe Normally”), Gorki Glaser-Müller (“Children of the Enemy”) and most recently Christoffer Sandler, whose fiction debut “So Damn Easy Going” opened the last Göteborg Film Festival and is now heading off to the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug. 20-26).
Cinenic will also be in Haugesund with its latest young filmmaking recruits, Angelika Abramovitch and Minka Jakerson and their respective feature debuts “The Braid” and “The Soft Skin,” to be pitched at the Nordic Co-production Market, part of Haugesund confab New Nordic Films (Aug. 23-26).
The Crimean-born Swede Abramovitch competed in Clermont Ferrand with her graduation film from Stockholm’s Academy of the Arts “Catcave Hysteria” and was picked for the Future Frames next generation showcase in Karlovy Vary in July.
Their roster takes in Ísold Uggadóttir (“And Breathe Normally”), Gorki Glaser-Müller (“Children of the Enemy”) and most recently Christoffer Sandler, whose fiction debut “So Damn Easy Going” opened the last Göteborg Film Festival and is now heading off to the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug. 20-26).
Cinenic will also be in Haugesund with its latest young filmmaking recruits, Angelika Abramovitch and Minka Jakerson and their respective feature debuts “The Braid” and “The Soft Skin,” to be pitched at the Nordic Co-production Market, part of Haugesund confab New Nordic Films (Aug. 23-26).
The Crimean-born Swede Abramovitch competed in Clermont Ferrand with her graduation film from Stockholm’s Academy of the Arts “Catcave Hysteria” and was picked for the Future Frames next generation showcase in Karlovy Vary in July.
- 8/12/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to Held For Ransom (aka Daniel), a hostage thriller based on the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye, who was abducted by Isis in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for more than a year before he was released. An October 15 theatrical and digital release is planned.
Esben Smed (The Kindness of Strangers), Toby Kebbell (Kong: Skull Island), Sofie Torp and Anders W. Berthelsen star in the pic, which was co-directed by Niels Arden Oplev and Anders W. Berthelsen. Anders Thomas Jensen penned the screenplay adapted from a novel by Puk Damsgaard.
Rye (played by Smed) was captured by Isis in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days in Syria along with several other foreign nationals including American journalist James Foley, who was eventually beheaded by Isis in while in captivity. The film follows Daniel’s struggle to survive, his friendship with James (Kebbell...
Esben Smed (The Kindness of Strangers), Toby Kebbell (Kong: Skull Island), Sofie Torp and Anders W. Berthelsen star in the pic, which was co-directed by Niels Arden Oplev and Anders W. Berthelsen. Anders Thomas Jensen penned the screenplay adapted from a novel by Puk Damsgaard.
Rye (played by Smed) was captured by Isis in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days in Syria along with several other foreign nationals including American journalist James Foley, who was eventually beheaded by Isis in while in captivity. The film follows Daniel’s struggle to survive, his friendship with James (Kebbell...
- 8/10/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Morten Kaufmann, Signe Leick Jensen produced for Toolbox Film.
Samuel Goldwyn Films announced has acquired from TrustNordisk US rights to hostage drama Held For Ransom aka Daniel directed by Niels Arden Oplev and Anders W. Berthelsen.
Anders Thomas Jensen adapted the screenplay from the novel by Puk Damsgaard about the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by Isis along with foreign nationals including American journalist James Foley.
The film follows Rye’s struggle to survive in captivity, his friendship with Foley, and the plight of the Rye family in Denmark as...
Samuel Goldwyn Films announced has acquired from TrustNordisk US rights to hostage drama Held For Ransom aka Daniel directed by Niels Arden Oplev and Anders W. Berthelsen.
Anders Thomas Jensen adapted the screenplay from the novel by Puk Damsgaard about the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by Isis along with foreign nationals including American journalist James Foley.
The film follows Rye’s struggle to survive in captivity, his friendship with Foley, and the plight of the Rye family in Denmark as...
- 8/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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
“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
Exclusive: Frontieres, the industry initiative for genre film professionals, has named an 11-strong lineup for its 2020 Financing & Packaging Forum.
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Deals include France, Switzerland and Benelux.
LevelK has now sold Poul Berg’s Danish family film Hacker to more than 60 territories.
They include France, Switzerland and French-speaking African territories (Swift Productions), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Fyrom, Kosovo and Montenegro (Radar), Benelux (Just4Kids), Poland (Vivarto) and Estonia (Estin Film).
The Latin American deal is in the final stages of negotiations.
Scanbox released the film on March 28 in Denmark; it has 20,451admissions to date. It will launch in Norway in early June.
The story is about a 13-year-old hacker who wants to find out the truth about his mother’s disappearance years earlier.
LevelK has now sold Poul Berg’s Danish family film Hacker to more than 60 territories.
They include France, Switzerland and French-speaking African territories (Swift Productions), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Fyrom, Kosovo and Montenegro (Radar), Benelux (Just4Kids), Poland (Vivarto) and Estonia (Estin Film).
The Latin American deal is in the final stages of negotiations.
Scanbox released the film on March 28 in Denmark; it has 20,451admissions to date. It will launch in Norway in early June.
The story is about a 13-year-old hacker who wants to find out the truth about his mother’s disappearance years earlier.
- 4/8/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Niels Arden Oplev’s Isis hostage story has started shooting in Sweden and will continue in Denmark and Jordan.
Toby Kebbell has joined the cast of Niels Arden Oplev’s Daniel, playing Us reporter James Foley, who was executed by Isis.
Kebbell’s credits include Destroyer, the upcoming Bloodshot, RocknRolla, War Horse, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and Black Mirror.
Daniel follows the story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured working in Syria in 2013 and held hostage by Isis for 398 days. He was in captivity with 23 other foreign nationals including Foley. To date, Rye is the...
Toby Kebbell has joined the cast of Niels Arden Oplev’s Daniel, playing Us reporter James Foley, who was executed by Isis.
Kebbell’s credits include Destroyer, the upcoming Bloodshot, RocknRolla, War Horse, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and Black Mirror.
Daniel follows the story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured working in Syria in 2013 and held hostage by Isis for 398 days. He was in captivity with 23 other foreign nationals including Foley. To date, Rye is the...
- 10/24/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Dark Star has acquired U.S. rights to Henrik Ruben Genz’s (“The Killing”) Danish drama-comedy “Word of God” from LevelK.
Based on the best-selling Danish book by the same name, “Word of God” stars the renowned Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson and Danish actor Søren Malling. It portrays a family’s life in suburbia and the madness that lurks behind their curtains when the patriarch decides to write his memoirs and considers calling them “Mein Kampf.”
“‘Word of God’ is a very unique snapshot of an oddball family. Highlighted by spectacular performances, sharp dialogue and brilliant cinematography; the film takes audiences on a roller-coaster through the full spectrum of emotions,” said Michael Repsch, president of Dark Star Pictures.
The film was produced by Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann at Toolbox Film, in co-production with Deluca Film and with production funding from the Danish Film Institute. Scanbox Entertainment helmed the distribution in Scandinavia.
Based on the best-selling Danish book by the same name, “Word of God” stars the renowned Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson and Danish actor Søren Malling. It portrays a family’s life in suburbia and the madness that lurks behind their curtains when the patriarch decides to write his memoirs and considers calling them “Mein Kampf.”
“‘Word of God’ is a very unique snapshot of an oddball family. Highlighted by spectacular performances, sharp dialogue and brilliant cinematography; the film takes audiences on a roller-coaster through the full spectrum of emotions,” said Michael Repsch, president of Dark Star Pictures.
The film was produced by Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann at Toolbox Film, in co-production with Deluca Film and with production funding from the Danish Film Institute. Scanbox Entertainment helmed the distribution in Scandinavia.
- 5/12/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Danish photographer who was held captive by Isis for 398 days.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Niels Arden Oplev’s new feature Daniel, about Daniel Rye, a Danish photographer who was held captive by Isis for 398 days.
To date, Rye is the last hostage to escape Isis captivity alive.
Daniel will start shooting on October 1 in Denmark, Sweden and Jordan. The film is budgeted at $6.5m (5.5m Euros) for a likely 10-week shoot.
The film is based on Puk Damgård’s bestseller Ser du månen, Daniel, which tells the true story of the young Danish freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Niels Arden Oplev’s new feature Daniel, about Daniel Rye, a Danish photographer who was held captive by Isis for 398 days.
To date, Rye is the last hostage to escape Isis captivity alive.
Daniel will start shooting on October 1 in Denmark, Sweden and Jordan. The film is budgeted at $6.5m (5.5m Euros) for a likely 10-week shoot.
The film is based on Puk Damgård’s bestseller Ser du månen, Daniel, which tells the true story of the young Danish freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who...
- 5/12/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Music Box Films’s genre label Doppelgänger Releasing and Germany’s Ascot Elite have acquired U.S. and German distribution rights, respectively, to Finnish back metal comedy “Heavy Trip” from LevelK.
The film, which had its world premiere at SXSW, follows Turo, a musician from a small village in Northern Finland who takes his undiscovered heavy metal band on an eventful road trip to play at Norway’s biggest heavy metal music festival. The band went on to become the famed Finnish group Impaled Rektum. The movie stars Johannes Holopainen, Minka Kuustonen and Ville Tiihonen.
“We’ve been on the hunt for something a little different for Doppelgänger Releasing,” said Lisa Holmes of Music Box Films/Doppelgänger Releasing. “’Heavy Trip’ is such a fun combination of humor, heart and of course, heavy metal that we couldn’t resist the opportunity to bring this to American audiences.”
Ascot Elite Entertainment CEO...
The film, which had its world premiere at SXSW, follows Turo, a musician from a small village in Northern Finland who takes his undiscovered heavy metal band on an eventful road trip to play at Norway’s biggest heavy metal music festival. The band went on to become the famed Finnish group Impaled Rektum. The movie stars Johannes Holopainen, Minka Kuustonen and Ville Tiihonen.
“We’ve been on the hunt for something a little different for Doppelgänger Releasing,” said Lisa Holmes of Music Box Films/Doppelgänger Releasing. “’Heavy Trip’ is such a fun combination of humor, heart and of course, heavy metal that we couldn’t resist the opportunity to bring this to American audiences.”
Ascot Elite Entertainment CEO...
- 5/10/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Poul Berg’s feature debut was developed in cooperation with fellow Emmy nominee Kalle Bjerkø.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Poul Berg’s Danish family action film Hacker.
The film marks the feature debut for Emmy nominee Berg, whose TV credits include Ride Upon The Storm, Mille and Limbo.
The script has been developed in cooperation with writer Kalle Bjerkø, Emmy nominee 2012 for Boxhead.
Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann produce for Toolbox Film, with Cinenic Film as co-producer. Backers include The Danish Film Institute, Dr TV, The Swedish Film Institute, Svt, Scanbox Entertainment, LevelK and Creative Europe/Media.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Poul Berg’s Danish family action film Hacker.
The film marks the feature debut for Emmy nominee Berg, whose TV credits include Ride Upon The Storm, Mille and Limbo.
The script has been developed in cooperation with writer Kalle Bjerkø, Emmy nominee 2012 for Boxhead.
Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann produce for Toolbox Film, with Cinenic Film as co-producer. Backers include The Danish Film Institute, Dr TV, The Swedish Film Institute, Svt, Scanbox Entertainment, LevelK and Creative Europe/Media.
- 3/19/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The Killing’s Soren Malling leads the adaptation of Jens Blendstrup’s best-selling novel.
Terribly Happy director Henrik Ruben Genz starts shooting his next film Gud Taler Ud (literal translation:’God Speaks Out’) next week in Risskov, Denmark (a suburb of Aarhus).
The film is an adaptation of the 2004 best-selling novel by Jens Blendstrup, the story of a strong-willed patriarch whose family may revolt against him. Bo Hr. Hansen adapted the script.
Soren Malling from The Killing, Borgen and A War plays the protagonist - a psychologist with three sons who are ready to rebel against him - and Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson plays his wife. The cast also includes Marcus Gert, Jesper Asholt, Jacob Kvols and Maria Erwolter.
Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann are producing for Toolbox Film, in co-production with Deluca Film and with production funding from the Danish Film Institute. It is produced in partnership with TV 2 and the West Danish Film Fund...
Terribly Happy director Henrik Ruben Genz starts shooting his next film Gud Taler Ud (literal translation:’God Speaks Out’) next week in Risskov, Denmark (a suburb of Aarhus).
The film is an adaptation of the 2004 best-selling novel by Jens Blendstrup, the story of a strong-willed patriarch whose family may revolt against him. Bo Hr. Hansen adapted the script.
Soren Malling from The Killing, Borgen and A War plays the protagonist - a psychologist with three sons who are ready to rebel against him - and Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson plays his wife. The cast also includes Marcus Gert, Jesper Asholt, Jacob Kvols and Maria Erwolter.
Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann are producing for Toolbox Film, in co-production with Deluca Film and with production funding from the Danish Film Institute. It is produced in partnership with TV 2 and the West Danish Film Fund...
- 9/1/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The 12th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival by Mami (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) is scheduled to take place from Oct 21 to Oct 28 in Mumbai. Following is the complete list of all the films that are going to be premiered for the first time ever at the festival: 1. The Way Home - Biju Kumar World Premiere Synopsis - The plot revolves around a doctor with a haunting past. Now working at a Prison Hospital, the Doctor is assigned the case of a woman a surviving member from a notorious terrorist group. .Before dying she entrusts him to find her five-year-old son and unite him with his father who is the head of terrorist group. Finding the boy from a village the Doctor and child set out on a journey to find his father. The journey is happening through the contemporary and mysterious path of the terrorist network in the vast country with many incidents.
- 10/15/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The 12th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival by Mami (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) is scheduled to take place from Oct 21 to Oct 28 in Mumbai. Following is the complete list of all the films that are going to be premiered for the first time ever at the festival: 1. The Way Home - Biju Kumar World Premiere Synopsis - The plot revolves around a doctor with a haunting past. Now working at a Prison Hospital, the Doctor is assigned the case of a woman a surviving member from a notorious terrorist group. .Before dying she entrusts him to find her five-year-old son and unite him with his father who is the head of terrorist group. Finding the boy from a village the Doctor and child set out on a journey to find his father. The journey is happening through the contemporary and mysterious path of the terrorist network in the vast country with many incidents.
- 10/15/2010
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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