Rome-based Intramovies has clinched further key sales on the Swedish pic “Paradise is Burning” for which rising talent Mika Gustafson won best director and writer at the 2023 Venice Orizzonti.
The coming-of-age drama was sold to Conic in the U.K. and Ireland, HBO Max for Eastern Europe (TV and VOD rights), Leopardo Filmes in Portugal, Providence/Belas Artes Grupo Brazil, and Mongsang in South Korea.
The story turns on young siblings Laura, Mira and Steffi, who live a totally free and wild life with no parental supervision. When social services intervene, the eldest sister, Laura (Bianca Delbravo-best actress for her role at Lisbon & Estoril Fest), tries to convince the recently befriended Hanna (Ida Engvoll of Netflix’s “Love & Anarchy”) to be the sisters’ stand-in mother.
“The very talented Swedish director Mika Gustafson has brilliantly captured a portrait of adolescence,” commented Mongsang’s CEO Jihyun Min. “Paradise Is Burning...
The coming-of-age drama was sold to Conic in the U.K. and Ireland, HBO Max for Eastern Europe (TV and VOD rights), Leopardo Filmes in Portugal, Providence/Belas Artes Grupo Brazil, and Mongsang in South Korea.
The story turns on young siblings Laura, Mira and Steffi, who live a totally free and wild life with no parental supervision. When social services intervene, the eldest sister, Laura (Bianca Delbravo-best actress for her role at Lisbon & Estoril Fest), tries to convince the recently befriended Hanna (Ida Engvoll of Netflix’s “Love & Anarchy”) to be the sisters’ stand-in mother.
“The very talented Swedish director Mika Gustafson has brilliantly captured a portrait of adolescence,” commented Mongsang’s CEO Jihyun Min. “Paradise Is Burning...
- 5/13/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt will join Dionysos Films from the start of 2024.
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt, who were previously company leaders at Helsinki-based Tuffi Films, will join Dionysos Films from the start of 2024.
Tuffi has produced titles such as Stupid Young Heart (Berlinale Crystal Bear winner), Hobbyhorse Revolution and the 2014 Academy Award nominated short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? – all directed by Vilhunen. In addition to Vilhunen’s works, Tuffi’s other credits include Jenni Toivoniemi’s Games People Play, the feminist omnibus Force of Habit and Marja Pyykkö’s youth film Sihja,...
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt, who were previously company leaders at Helsinki-based Tuffi Films, will join Dionysos Films from the start of 2024.
Tuffi has produced titles such as Stupid Young Heart (Berlinale Crystal Bear winner), Hobbyhorse Revolution and the 2014 Academy Award nominated short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? – all directed by Vilhunen. In addition to Vilhunen’s works, Tuffi’s other credits include Jenni Toivoniemi’s Games People Play, the feminist omnibus Force of Habit and Marja Pyykkö’s youth film Sihja,...
- 11/23/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt will join Dionysos Films from the start of 2024.
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt, who were previously co-founders of Helsinki-based Tuffi Films, will join Dionysos Films from the start of 2024.
Tuffi has produced titles such as Stupid Young Heart (Berlinale Crystal Bear winner), Hobbyhorse Revolution and the 2014 Academy Award nominated short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? – all directed by Vilhunen. In addition to Vilhunen’s works, Tuffi’s other credits include Jenni Toivoniemi’s Games People Play, the feminist omnibus Force of Habit and Marja Pyykkö’s youth film Sihja,...
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen and producer Venla Hellstedt, who were previously co-founders of Helsinki-based Tuffi Films, will join Dionysos Films from the start of 2024.
Tuffi has produced titles such as Stupid Young Heart (Berlinale Crystal Bear winner), Hobbyhorse Revolution and the 2014 Academy Award nominated short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? – all directed by Vilhunen. In addition to Vilhunen’s works, Tuffi’s other credits include Jenni Toivoniemi’s Games People Play, the feminist omnibus Force of Habit and Marja Pyykkö’s youth film Sihja,...
- 11/23/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Mika Gustafson’s “Paradise Is Burning” – sold by Italy’s Intramovies and previously known as “Sisters” – has debuted a trailer and exclusive first clip ahead of its premiere in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section.
Set in Sweden, it sees young sisters Laura, Mira and Steffi trying to get by on their own after their mother leaves.
When social services call, Laura comes up with a plan: in order to avoid foster care, she needs to find someone to impersonate their mom. Intriguing stranger Hanna, who keeps breaking into empty houses with her, might be just the right fit.
Nima Yousefi produces for Sweden’s Hobab, joined by Marco Valerio Fusco and Micaela Fusco (Intramovies), Denmark’s Maria Stevnbak Westergren (ToolBox Film), and Finland’s Venla Hellstedt and Jenni Jauri (Tuffi Films).
“I am interested in taking kids seriously,” Gustafson tells Variety.
“When I started out 13 years ago, I already...
Set in Sweden, it sees young sisters Laura, Mira and Steffi trying to get by on their own after their mother leaves.
When social services call, Laura comes up with a plan: in order to avoid foster care, she needs to find someone to impersonate their mom. Intriguing stranger Hanna, who keeps breaking into empty houses with her, might be just the right fit.
Nima Yousefi produces for Sweden’s Hobab, joined by Marco Valerio Fusco and Micaela Fusco (Intramovies), Denmark’s Maria Stevnbak Westergren (ToolBox Film), and Finland’s Venla Hellstedt and Jenni Jauri (Tuffi Films).
“I am interested in taking kids seriously,” Gustafson tells Variety.
“When I started out 13 years ago, I already...
- 9/1/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
New film from Selma Vilhunen, who directed 2019 Berlinale Crystal Bear winner ‘Stupid Young Heart’.
LevelK has boarded international sales for Selma Vilhunen’s Four Little Adults, which premieres in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition and screens as part of Goteborg’s Nordic Competition.
The Finnish feature stars Alma Pöysti (Tove), Eero Milonoff (Border), Oona Airola (The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki) and Pietu Wikström (Girl Picture).
The story is about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to explore polyamory without secrets.
Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi produce for Tuffi Films and...
LevelK has boarded international sales for Selma Vilhunen’s Four Little Adults, which premieres in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition and screens as part of Goteborg’s Nordic Competition.
The Finnish feature stars Alma Pöysti (Tove), Eero Milonoff (Border), Oona Airola (The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki) and Pietu Wikström (Girl Picture).
The story is about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to explore polyamory without secrets.
Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi produce for Tuffi Films and...
- 1/17/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market runs August 23-26.
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market has unveiled the works in progress presentations for its 2022 edition, running August 23-26.
The line-up includes new films from the likes of Pathfinder director Nils Gaup’s new drama The Riot (Sulis), sold by REinvent and set against a workers revolt in 1907 Lapland; The Worst Person In The World producer Thomas Robsahm, who presents Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian youth film Dancing Queen, sold by Level K; and Berlinale prize-winning director Selma Vilhunen’s new Finnish production, polyamory drama Four Little Adults.
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Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market has unveiled the works in progress presentations for its 2022 edition, running August 23-26.
The line-up includes new films from the likes of Pathfinder director Nils Gaup’s new drama The Riot (Sulis), sold by REinvent and set against a workers revolt in 1907 Lapland; The Worst Person In The World producer Thomas Robsahm, who presents Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian youth film Dancing Queen, sold by Level K; and Berlinale prize-winning director Selma Vilhunen’s new Finnish production, polyamory drama Four Little Adults.
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- 8/12/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The story is about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to explore polyamory without secrets.
Selma Vilhunen has wrapped shooting on her new feature, Four Little Adults. The film stars Alma Pöysti (Tove), Eero Milonoff, and Oona Airola and Pietu Wikström, who both appear in Sundance and Berlinale 2022 selection Girl Picture.
The first image has also been released featuring Pöysti and Milonoff (see above).
The story is about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to explore polyamory without secrets.
The film shot in Helsinki for 31 days and is being readied for a 2023 launch.
Selma Vilhunen has wrapped shooting on her new feature, Four Little Adults. The film stars Alma Pöysti (Tove), Eero Milonoff, and Oona Airola and Pietu Wikström, who both appear in Sundance and Berlinale 2022 selection Girl Picture.
The first image has also been released featuring Pöysti and Milonoff (see above).
The story is about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to explore polyamory without secrets.
The film shot in Helsinki for 31 days and is being readied for a 2023 launch.
- 2/17/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The documentary was produced by Berlinale award-winning Finnish firm Tuffi Films
The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales on feature documentary Just Animals, directed by Finland’s Saila Kivelä and Vesa Kuosmanen.
Elli Toivoniemi, Juha Löppönen and Venla Hellstedt produce for Finland’s prolific, female-centred production company Tuffi Films, whose credits also include Berlinale Crystal Bear winner Stupid Young Heart.
Just Animals will reveive its market premiere at the European Film Market (EFM), ahead of Aurora Studios releasing the film in Finnish cinemas on March 4.
The film follows an animal rights activist through the legal battles of her youth, and...
The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales on feature documentary Just Animals, directed by Finland’s Saila Kivelä and Vesa Kuosmanen.
Elli Toivoniemi, Juha Löppönen and Venla Hellstedt produce for Finland’s prolific, female-centred production company Tuffi Films, whose credits also include Berlinale Crystal Bear winner Stupid Young Heart.
Just Animals will reveive its market premiere at the European Film Market (EFM), ahead of Aurora Studios releasing the film in Finnish cinemas on March 4.
The film follows an animal rights activist through the legal battles of her youth, and...
- 2/9/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Film4 and Match Factory execs also selected for Nfts scheme from 11 territories.
Amazon Studios and Paramount Pictures executives are among those selected for the 2021 Inside Pictures training and leadership initiative, run by the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts).
The annual scheme has chosen 20 participants, representing 11 territories, from sectors including acquisitions, development, production, sales, distribution, finance, marketing, publicity, exhibition, legal and business affairs.
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This year’s industry mentor is Fiona Lamptey, director of UK features for Netflix, who will provide support and expertise to the producers and executives throughout the programme,...
Amazon Studios and Paramount Pictures executives are among those selected for the 2021 Inside Pictures training and leadership initiative, run by the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts).
The annual scheme has chosen 20 participants, representing 11 territories, from sectors including acquisitions, development, production, sales, distribution, finance, marketing, publicity, exhibition, legal and business affairs.
Scroll down for full list of participants
This year’s industry mentor is Fiona Lamptey, director of UK features for Netflix, who will provide support and expertise to the producers and executives throughout the programme,...
- 5/4/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Vilhunen’s feature credits include Stupid Young Heart and Little Wing.
Tuffi Films has optioned the screen rights to the acclaimed Finnish novel Defiance (Ei kertonut katuvansa).
Tommi Kinnunen’s award-winning novel is a nominee for the Finlandia award, the top literary prize in the country.
Selma Vilhunen will direct the film, and she is co-writing the script with Jan Forsström, whose credits include Miami and The Good Son. Vilhunen, a co-founder of Tuffi and a former Oscar nominee, has feature credits include Stupid Young Heart and Little Wing.
The team plans to shoot the film in May 2023, with Tuffi...
Tuffi Films has optioned the screen rights to the acclaimed Finnish novel Defiance (Ei kertonut katuvansa).
Tommi Kinnunen’s award-winning novel is a nominee for the Finlandia award, the top literary prize in the country.
Selma Vilhunen will direct the film, and she is co-writing the script with Jan Forsström, whose credits include Miami and The Good Son. Vilhunen, a co-founder of Tuffi and a former Oscar nominee, has feature credits include Stupid Young Heart and Little Wing.
The team plans to shoot the film in May 2023, with Tuffi...
- 12/17/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Cast includes The Innocents’ Laura Birn; project presented at Finnish Film Affair’s works in progress this week.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Jenni Toivoniemi’s Finnish comedy Games People Play.
Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi produce for Finland’s award-winning female-focused production company Tuffi Films, whose credits include 2019 Berlinale Crystal Bear winenr Stupid Young Heart. The deal marks the first collaboration between LevelK and Tuffi.
Jenni Toivoniemi makes her feature film debut following award-winning shorts such as The Date and The Committee.
Games People Play is a bittersweet comedy about a group of thirtysomething friends regressing to...
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Jenni Toivoniemi’s Finnish comedy Games People Play.
Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi produce for Finland’s award-winning female-focused production company Tuffi Films, whose credits include 2019 Berlinale Crystal Bear winenr Stupid Young Heart. The deal marks the first collaboration between LevelK and Tuffi.
Jenni Toivoniemi makes her feature film debut following award-winning shorts such as The Date and The Committee.
Games People Play is a bittersweet comedy about a group of thirtysomething friends regressing to...
- 9/18/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Norway, The Netherlands and Finland have selected “Out Stealing Horses,” “Instinct” and “Stupid Young Heart,” respectively, to vie for a nomination in the international feature film category of the Oscars.
Directed by Hans Petter Molands, “Out Stealing Horses” was chosen over Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Beware of Children” and Eirik Svenssons’s “Harajuku.” Based on Per Petterson’s novel, the movie is set in 1999 and follows a lonely 67-year-old man who discovers that his neighbor is someone he knew back in 1948. “Out Stealing Horses” won the Silver Bear in Berlin.
“The film’s sensual and inner tranquility reverberates in very beautiful scenery and a nicely tuned actor ensemble that is needed to lift the film’s themes and seamless shifts between different time periods,” said Norway’s Oscar committee. “Out Stealing Horses” was produced by Turid Øversveen and Håkon Øverås for 4 ½ Fiksjon. TrustNordisk is handling international sales.
“Instinct,” which marks...
Directed by Hans Petter Molands, “Out Stealing Horses” was chosen over Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Beware of Children” and Eirik Svenssons’s “Harajuku.” Based on Per Petterson’s novel, the movie is set in 1999 and follows a lonely 67-year-old man who discovers that his neighbor is someone he knew back in 1948. “Out Stealing Horses” won the Silver Bear in Berlin.
“The film’s sensual and inner tranquility reverberates in very beautiful scenery and a nicely tuned actor ensemble that is needed to lift the film’s themes and seamless shifts between different time periods,” said Norway’s Oscar committee. “Out Stealing Horses” was produced by Turid Øversveen and Håkon Øverås for 4 ½ Fiksjon. TrustNordisk is handling international sales.
“Instinct,” which marks...
- 9/3/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Instinct, the psychological thriller starring Game of Thrones‘ Carice van Houten and Aladdin‘s Marwan Kenzari, has been chosen by The Netherlands as the country’s official selection in the Oscars’ International Feature Film race.
The pic, which won an award for its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and is prepping for its North American premiere this month at Toronto, is from first-time feature director Halina Reijn. The plot revolves around and experienced psychologist working in a penal institution who becomes obsessed with a sex offender who appears to be ready to return to society. (See a trailer below.)
Topkapi Films produced in a co-production with Man Up and Bnnvara, and is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive en CoBo Fund. Films Boutique is handling international sales...
The pic, which won an award for its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and is prepping for its North American premiere this month at Toronto, is from first-time feature director Halina Reijn. The plot revolves around and experienced psychologist working in a penal institution who becomes obsessed with a sex offender who appears to be ready to return to society. (See a trailer below.)
Topkapi Films produced in a co-production with Man Up and Bnnvara, and is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive en CoBo Fund. Films Boutique is handling international sales...
- 9/2/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Vilhunen’s 2016 film Little Wing also debuted at Tiff.
Finnish sales company The Yellow Affair has acquired worldwide rights to Selma Vilhunen’s Stupid Young Heart, which screened at the Toronto Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema strand.
The project is written by Kirsikka Saarì, who collaborated with Vilhunen on the Oscar-nominated short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?. Vilhunen’s 2016 film Little Wing also debuted at Tiff.
Stupid Young Heart revolves around two suburban teenagers who discover they are expecting a baby. Lacking a father figure himself, Lenni latches on to a member of a right-...
Finnish sales company The Yellow Affair has acquired worldwide rights to Selma Vilhunen’s Stupid Young Heart, which screened at the Toronto Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema strand.
The project is written by Kirsikka Saarì, who collaborated with Vilhunen on the Oscar-nominated short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?. Vilhunen’s 2016 film Little Wing also debuted at Tiff.
Stupid Young Heart revolves around two suburban teenagers who discover they are expecting a baby. Lacking a father figure himself, Lenni latches on to a member of a right-...
- 9/10/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
17 projects selected for festival showcase.
A strong crop of works in progress projects are set to be presented at Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market, which runs Feb 1-4.
Source: Maipo Film
Queen Of Ice
The selection includes new films from Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men), Michael Noer (R), and Anne Sewitsky (Happy Happy).
Presentations of clips by the directors/producers will be made to the industry attendees in Goteborg.
Erlingsson will present his new film Woman At War, an “arthouse action film” about an Icelandic woman on an environmental mission. Noer will discuss his new Danish period drama A Better Life starring Jesper Christensen as an 1850s farmer. Sewitsky will unveil footage of her Sonja Henie biopic Queen Of Ice.
The 17 projects are:
Swoon, dir Mans Marlind and Björn Stein, prod Kristina Aberg (Swe) Bergman, dir Jane Magnusson, prods Mattias Nohrborg, Fredrik Heinig, Cecilia Nessen (Swe) Happy People, dir Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm, prod Jakob Høgel (Den...
A strong crop of works in progress projects are set to be presented at Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market, which runs Feb 1-4.
Source: Maipo Film
Queen Of Ice
The selection includes new films from Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men), Michael Noer (R), and Anne Sewitsky (Happy Happy).
Presentations of clips by the directors/producers will be made to the industry attendees in Goteborg.
Erlingsson will present his new film Woman At War, an “arthouse action film” about an Icelandic woman on an environmental mission. Noer will discuss his new Danish period drama A Better Life starring Jesper Christensen as an 1850s farmer. Sewitsky will unveil footage of her Sonja Henie biopic Queen Of Ice.
The 17 projects are:
Swoon, dir Mans Marlind and Björn Stein, prod Kristina Aberg (Swe) Bergman, dir Jane Magnusson, prods Mattias Nohrborg, Fredrik Heinig, Cecilia Nessen (Swe) Happy People, dir Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm, prod Jakob Høgel (Den...
- 1/18/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Drama, set to shoot in East Helsinki, will touch on teenage pregnancy and extreme right
Finnish director Selma Vilhunen, whose debut feature Little Wing premiered at Toronto 2016, will shoot her second fiction feature Stupid Young Heart in autumn 2017.
Tuffi Films will shoot in East Helsinki and plan to premiere the drama in Finnish cinemas by late 2018.
Tuffi’s Elli Toivoniemi and Venla Hellstedt produce the film, described as an “edgy and warm drama” about suburban teenagers dealing with an unexpected pregnancy as well as extreme right ideas entering their multicultural neighbourhood.
Kirsikka Saari wrote the script; she and Vilhunen previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated short Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?
Backers are the Finnish Film Foundation, Yle, Nordisk Film, The Church Media Foundation and Creative Europe. Co-producers are Hob Ab from Sweden and Windmill Film from The Netherlands.
Vilhunen said: ”Kirsikka Saari has written a script where the pulsating, wild and delicate...
Finnish director Selma Vilhunen, whose debut feature Little Wing premiered at Toronto 2016, will shoot her second fiction feature Stupid Young Heart in autumn 2017.
Tuffi Films will shoot in East Helsinki and plan to premiere the drama in Finnish cinemas by late 2018.
Tuffi’s Elli Toivoniemi and Venla Hellstedt produce the film, described as an “edgy and warm drama” about suburban teenagers dealing with an unexpected pregnancy as well as extreme right ideas entering their multicultural neighbourhood.
Kirsikka Saari wrote the script; she and Vilhunen previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated short Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?
Backers are the Finnish Film Foundation, Yle, Nordisk Film, The Church Media Foundation and Creative Europe. Co-producers are Hob Ab from Sweden and Windmill Film from The Netherlands.
Vilhunen said: ”Kirsikka Saari has written a script where the pulsating, wild and delicate...
- 3/2/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Hobbyhorse Revolution will be presented at Nordisk Panorama later this month.
Selma Vilhunen, the Finnish director making her feature debut with Little Wing in Toronto International Film Festival’s (Sept 8-18) Discovery strand, is already in post on her next feature, a documentary entitled Hobbyhorse Revolution. Cats & Docs handles international sales and the film, co-produced with Sweden’s Bautafilm, will be presented as a work in progress at Nordisk Panorama later this month; it will be delivered for early 2017 festivals.
TV deals are already in place with Yle in Finland and Svt in Sweden; the team at Vilhunen’s Helsinki-based Tuffi Films is looking for a partner to turn the subject – Finnish teenage girls obsessed with hobbyhorses – into an online or TV series as well.
Tuffi producer Venla Hellstedt commented, “This is a kick-ass film about a girls’ subculture.”
Tuffi is also pitching Vilhunen’s second fiction feature, Stupid Young Heart, which was presented...
Selma Vilhunen, the Finnish director making her feature debut with Little Wing in Toronto International Film Festival’s (Sept 8-18) Discovery strand, is already in post on her next feature, a documentary entitled Hobbyhorse Revolution. Cats & Docs handles international sales and the film, co-produced with Sweden’s Bautafilm, will be presented as a work in progress at Nordisk Panorama later this month; it will be delivered for early 2017 festivals.
TV deals are already in place with Yle in Finland and Svt in Sweden; the team at Vilhunen’s Helsinki-based Tuffi Films is looking for a partner to turn the subject – Finnish teenage girls obsessed with hobbyhorses – into an online or TV series as well.
Tuffi producer Venla Hellstedt commented, “This is a kick-ass film about a girls’ subculture.”
Tuffi is also pitching Vilhunen’s second fiction feature, Stupid Young Heart, which was presented...
- 9/9/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Screen reports on the 19 project pitches, including animations, family fare and a Daniel Dencik drama.
The Nordic Co-Production And Finance Market at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films event hosted its project pitches today (August 24).
They included Daniel Dencik’s drama about a disintegrating relationship 1000 R.I.P.; a children’s animation from Norway’s Aleksander Nordaas, the director of festival hit Thale; Icelandic director Marteinn Thorsson’s new psychological thriller; Martin Skovbjerg’s debut feature produced by hot new Danish outfit Snowglobe (who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard with Godless); and a new family film, hand drawn 2D animated Amundsen & Nobile.
Projects from Georgia, Italy and Canada were also included in the 19-strong line-up.
Overview of pitches:
1000 R.I.P., dir Daniel Dencik, prod Michael Haslund-Christensen, Company Haslund/Dencik Entertainment (Den)
The team behind 2015’s Gold Coast reunites for this fable inspired by The Passenger about a couple who meet a half Japanese model in the desert...
The Nordic Co-Production And Finance Market at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films event hosted its project pitches today (August 24).
They included Daniel Dencik’s drama about a disintegrating relationship 1000 R.I.P.; a children’s animation from Norway’s Aleksander Nordaas, the director of festival hit Thale; Icelandic director Marteinn Thorsson’s new psychological thriller; Martin Skovbjerg’s debut feature produced by hot new Danish outfit Snowglobe (who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard with Godless); and a new family film, hand drawn 2D animated Amundsen & Nobile.
Projects from Georgia, Italy and Canada were also included in the 19-strong line-up.
Overview of pitches:
1000 R.I.P., dir Daniel Dencik, prod Michael Haslund-Christensen, Company Haslund/Dencik Entertainment (Den)
The team behind 2015’s Gold Coast reunites for this fable inspired by The Passenger about a couple who meet a half Japanese model in the desert...
- 8/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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