Wiking Wolf (Vikingulven) is a horror movie directed by Stig Svendsen starring Liv Mjönes, Marius Lien and Arthur Hakalahti. The script is written by Stig Svendsen, Espen Aukan and Jannicke Systad Jacobsen.
As is the case with Trol, this movie is another take on the werewolf theme returning it to its Viking origins and, as in Godzilla we go back to the source of the myth to return to the origins.
It is impossible to not be reminded of American Werewolf, in London or Paris… but this time in a small Norwegian village.
And, sure, miss those other movies a little.
Storyline
A girl in a party with her friends witnesses a cruel murder by an unidentified creature. Nobody can imagine what it was.
About the Movie Viking Wolf (2023)
Well made within its possibilities. It takes us a little longer to discover the intrigue although, by now, nobody will be...
As is the case with Trol, this movie is another take on the werewolf theme returning it to its Viking origins and, as in Godzilla we go back to the source of the myth to return to the origins.
It is impossible to not be reminded of American Werewolf, in London or Paris… but this time in a small Norwegian village.
And, sure, miss those other movies a little.
Storyline
A girl in a party with her friends witnesses a cruel murder by an unidentified creature. Nobody can imagine what it was.
About the Movie Viking Wolf (2023)
Well made within its possibilities. It takes us a little longer to discover the intrigue although, by now, nobody will be...
- 2/3/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The 25th New Nordic Films, unspooling Aug. 20-23 parallel to the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, will kick off with the critically-lauded “A White, White Day” by Hlynur Pálmason. The Icelandic drama which world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, is among 19 films set to screen, of which 13 are world market premieres such as Jesper W. Nielsen’s thriller “The Exception,” Venice Critics Week’s pick “Psychosia,”, Venice Days’ entry “Beware of Children”, Jens Jonsson’s “The Spy” and Jesper Ganslandt’s “438 Days”.
The hot Works in Progress session has 20 titles to be pitched to more than 300 attendees. Gauging this year’s crop, New Nordic Films’ managing director Gyda Velvin Myklebust underlines the large number of local films, genre-driven and reality-based stories, as well as the healthy gender balance -half the films are female directed. “There are many new female talents to watch out for,” says Myklebust, citing the...
The hot Works in Progress session has 20 titles to be pitched to more than 300 attendees. Gauging this year’s crop, New Nordic Films’ managing director Gyda Velvin Myklebust underlines the large number of local films, genre-driven and reality-based stories, as well as the healthy gender balance -half the films are female directed. “There are many new female talents to watch out for,” says Myklebust, citing the...
- 8/13/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Hot projects include Runar Runarsson’s Echo, Grimur Hakonarson’s The County and Hlynur Palmason’s A White, White Day.
The three Icelandic films presented at Goteborg’s Works In Progress were some of the most buzzed about by festival programmers and buyers.
Runar Runarsson’s Echo is a stylistic departure for the Volcano and Sparrows director. He paints a portrait of contemporary society by presenting 59 difference scenes, in a mix of fiction and documentary. Jour2Fete handles sales.
The County will mark Grimur Hakonarson’s follow-up to his international hit Rams. The film, previously pitched at Les Arcs’ works in progress,...
The three Icelandic films presented at Goteborg’s Works In Progress were some of the most buzzed about by festival programmers and buyers.
Runar Runarsson’s Echo is a stylistic departure for the Volcano and Sparrows director. He paints a portrait of contemporary society by presenting 59 difference scenes, in a mix of fiction and documentary. Jour2Fete handles sales.
The County will mark Grimur Hakonarson’s follow-up to his international hit Rams. The film, previously pitched at Les Arcs’ works in progress,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Goteborg — The 20th Nordic Film Market, held parallel to the Göteborg Film Festival, closed Sunday after three days of screenings and pitchings of 48 Nordic films and projects. Following, five key takeaways or trends:
Standout Nordic Brand Quality
An excellent crop, better than 2018, with a large diversity of content, catering to arthouse/mainstream as well as local/international audiences – these were prevailing reactions from international buyers and programmers polled yesterday in Göteborg. A senior A festival programmer – who asked to remain anonymous- even said: “Today the Nordics are perhaps the strongest region in Europe creatively across TV drama, feature and documentary film.”
Although most titles had already been snatched by the big Nordic sellers – TrustNordisk, LevelK, New Europe Film Sales, The Yellow Affair, Sf Studios – a dozen small offers in post, or in development at the Discovery section, still open for negotiations, made the Göteborg stop-over – fully worthwhile for the 25-plus sales reps in attendance.
Standout Nordic Brand Quality
An excellent crop, better than 2018, with a large diversity of content, catering to arthouse/mainstream as well as local/international audiences – these were prevailing reactions from international buyers and programmers polled yesterday in Göteborg. A senior A festival programmer – who asked to remain anonymous- even said: “Today the Nordics are perhaps the strongest region in Europe creatively across TV drama, feature and documentary film.”
Although most titles had already been snatched by the big Nordic sellers – TrustNordisk, LevelK, New Europe Film Sales, The Yellow Affair, Sf Studios – a dozen small offers in post, or in development at the Discovery section, still open for negotiations, made the Göteborg stop-over – fully worthwhile for the 25-plus sales reps in attendance.
- 2/3/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The 20th Nordic Film Market in Göteborg, unspooling Jan. 31-Feb 3, will showcase 16 works in progress including Hlynur Pálmason’s “A White, White Day”, Grímur Hákonarson’s “The County”, Mikael Håfström’s “The Perfect Patient” and Jesper Ganslandt’s “438 Days.”
Iceland is well represented this year with top directors and festival darlings Pálmason (“Winter Brothers”), Hákonarson (“Rams”) as well as “Volcano”’s Rúnar Rúnarsson, who will pitch their latest projects at Göteborg’s Biopalatset where last year Benedikt Erlingsson first introduced “Woman at War.”
“I simply had to select the three films by Pálmason, Hákonarson and Rúnarsson as they are on the top list of many festival programmers and buyers and their films are very different from one other, displaying the wide breath of talents from Iceland,” said Nordic Film Market’s head of industry Cia Edström.
“A White, White Day” stars Ingvar E. Sigurðsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as an off-duty police chief,...
Iceland is well represented this year with top directors and festival darlings Pálmason (“Winter Brothers”), Hákonarson (“Rams”) as well as “Volcano”’s Rúnar Rúnarsson, who will pitch their latest projects at Göteborg’s Biopalatset where last year Benedikt Erlingsson first introduced “Woman at War.”
“I simply had to select the three films by Pálmason, Hákonarson and Rúnarsson as they are on the top list of many festival programmers and buyers and their films are very different from one other, displaying the wide breath of talents from Iceland,” said Nordic Film Market’s head of industry Cia Edström.
“A White, White Day” stars Ingvar E. Sigurðsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as an off-duty police chief,...
- 1/17/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Thomas Robsham and writer Eskil Vogt will also be partners in the new company, part of the group of Film Farms.
Norwegian director Joachim Trier, producer Thomas Robsahm and screenwriter Eskil Vogt are starting a new production company within Oslo-based Film Farms’ new corporate group.
The new production company, as yet untitled, will produce Trier’s future films, ending his three-film run with Motlys (where Robsahm was a producer).
It marks an amicable end to their work at Motlys, most recently with Thelma (pictured). With Trier considering several projects in both English and Norwegian as his next film, Robsahm said the time was right to set up their own shop. “We thought this was the best way to move forward,” he told Screen.
Trier could shoot his next film in 2019.
Vogt, whose directing credits include 2014’s Blind, will continue to work on his own directorial projects as well as writing with Trier.
Trier, Robsahm and Vogt...
Norwegian director Joachim Trier, producer Thomas Robsahm and screenwriter Eskil Vogt are starting a new production company within Oslo-based Film Farms’ new corporate group.
The new production company, as yet untitled, will produce Trier’s future films, ending his three-film run with Motlys (where Robsahm was a producer).
It marks an amicable end to their work at Motlys, most recently with Thelma (pictured). With Trier considering several projects in both English and Norwegian as his next film, Robsahm said the time was right to set up their own shop. “We thought this was the best way to move forward,” he told Screen.
Trier could shoot his next film in 2019.
Vogt, whose directing credits include 2014’s Blind, will continue to work on his own directorial projects as well as writing with Trier.
Trier, Robsahm and Vogt...
- 2/17/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
It’s the honesty of Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” that really makes the Saoirse Ronan-starring coming-of-age movie sing. Yes, it’s very funny and filled with enough genuinely great performances that it’s actually debatable which supporting star turns in the best work (it’s Laurie Metcalf, or maybe Beanie Feldstein, or possibly Tracy Letts), but what makes Gerwig’s movie such a gem is the honesty that infuses every part and every scene. Ronan’s Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson is a work-in-progress, but she’s also kind of a jerk, and Gerwig never shies away from showing the angstier, angrier side of growing up.
So often, high school-set features tend to lean into the more fun side of those four years, building up to the big dance or the big test or the big graduation, and while Lady Bird is consumed with getting to the next step,...
So often, high school-set features tend to lean into the more fun side of those four years, building up to the big dance or the big test or the big graduation, and while Lady Bird is consumed with getting to the next step,...
- 12/5/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Risky and risqué, indie films have always been a home for bold, honest, and controversial visions of teens’ sexuality. Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats,” opening this week after bowing at Sundance in January, is another notch in the belt of the sub-genre, a sensitive and often shocking look inside the coming-of-age of a young Brooklyn teen.
Like the best of these films, it’s not all about hormones; it builds on questions about identity and desire. But that’s there too, in sensitively crafted scenes that don’t skimp on reality. Punctuated by some bad choices and an unnerving final act, “Beach Rats” embraces the full spectrum of teen sexuality, even when it’s not exactly alluring.
Read More:Why ‘Beach Rats’ Breakout Harris Dickinson Isn’t Afraid Of Risqué Roles (Or Sex Scenes) — Sundance Springboard
Here are eight indie films that engage with the subject matter in appropriately intimate ways.
Like the best of these films, it’s not all about hormones; it builds on questions about identity and desire. But that’s there too, in sensitively crafted scenes that don’t skimp on reality. Punctuated by some bad choices and an unnerving final act, “Beach Rats” embraces the full spectrum of teen sexuality, even when it’s not exactly alluring.
Read More:Why ‘Beach Rats’ Breakout Harris Dickinson Isn’t Afraid Of Risqué Roles (Or Sex Scenes) — Sundance Springboard
Here are eight indie films that engage with the subject matter in appropriately intimate ways.
- 8/22/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Stars: Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Matias Myren, Henriette Streenstrup | Based on the novel by Olaug Nilssen | Written and Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
I’ve had something of a soft spot for coming-of-age stories ever since I read Jd Salinger’s perennial classic The Catcher In The Rye. Whether it’s the tough but good-hearted lessons of Stand By Me and Almost Famous or bleak but profound entries into adult like The 400 Blows and Kes, they usually contain a great deal that I can relate to on an emotional and thematic level, even if I never grew up in Paris, toured with a rock band or found a dead body in my youth. I did get drunk in a park once, but that’s about it. Realistically I think I still enjoy these stories because, despite having been legally adult for quite some time, I still haven...
I’ve had something of a soft spot for coming-of-age stories ever since I read Jd Salinger’s perennial classic The Catcher In The Rye. Whether it’s the tough but good-hearted lessons of Stand By Me and Almost Famous or bleak but profound entries into adult like The 400 Blows and Kes, they usually contain a great deal that I can relate to on an emotional and thematic level, even if I never grew up in Paris, toured with a rock band or found a dead body in my youth. I did get drunk in a park once, but that’s about it. Realistically I think I still enjoy these stories because, despite having been legally adult for quite some time, I still haven...
- 4/28/2013
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Based on the novel of the same title by Olaug Nilssen, Turn Me On, Goddammit tells the well-worn story of teenage sexual awakening but refreshingly explores the female perspective.
Alma is almost 16 and dreams about fellow classmate, Artur, climbing into her bedroom window at night. Playing guitar in the choir band, Artur has also attracted the attention of Alma’s friend Ingrid.
During the opening credits, Alma’s voice-over narration, emphasises the boredom of living in Skoddeheimen as we take a quick tour of the community: "Empty roads, more empty road.... stupid sheep..." Jacobsen doesn’t mess around with our first introduction to Alma; she challenges our expectations of the stereotypical bored female adolescent by showing her masturbating lying on her kitchen floor, listening to phone porn before the return of her mum interrupts her “down” time.
Later pre-“incident” scenes of Alma with her friends awaken painful, and often embarrassing,...
Alma is almost 16 and dreams about fellow classmate, Artur, climbing into her bedroom window at night. Playing guitar in the choir band, Artur has also attracted the attention of Alma’s friend Ingrid.
During the opening credits, Alma’s voice-over narration, emphasises the boredom of living in Skoddeheimen as we take a quick tour of the community: "Empty roads, more empty road.... stupid sheep..." Jacobsen doesn’t mess around with our first introduction to Alma; she challenges our expectations of the stereotypical bored female adolescent by showing her masturbating lying on her kitchen floor, listening to phone porn before the return of her mum interrupts her “down” time.
Later pre-“incident” scenes of Alma with her friends awaken painful, and often embarrassing,...
- 4/7/2013
- Shadowlocked
An eye-catching title will set this apart from other films – mainly as a possible date-night film that will excite – but those for looking for something pornographic or blurring the boundaries of that will probably be disappointed.
This is a coming of age comedy more than anything else while dealing with a sensitive issue lightly. Fifteen year-old Alma (Helene Bergshom) is consumed with her desire for a relationship with Artur (Matias Myren) and a need for any sexual activity with most people she sees. Desire is all-consuming in her life, where the line between reality and fantasies is blurred until they come to their climax.
Comedic moments come from complete obscurity – the main fallout between Alma and Artur is one such bizarre moment. This then feeds the rest of the film its humour for you to chew on; whether it be an ironic moment or her fantasising about her boss in a cycling helmet.
This is a coming of age comedy more than anything else while dealing with a sensitive issue lightly. Fifteen year-old Alma (Helene Bergshom) is consumed with her desire for a relationship with Artur (Matias Myren) and a need for any sexual activity with most people she sees. Desire is all-consuming in her life, where the line between reality and fantasies is blurred until they come to their climax.
Comedic moments come from complete obscurity – the main fallout between Alma and Artur is one such bizarre moment. This then feeds the rest of the film its humour for you to chew on; whether it be an ironic moment or her fantasising about her boss in a cycling helmet.
- 3/26/2013
- by Ashley Norris
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★★☆ Teen sex comedies are ten a penny these days, with 1999's American Pie giving birth to more than a decade's worth of cheap imitations. Whilst popular amongst cinemagoers of both sexes, the sub-genre remains predominantly male-driven, culminating in a sticky mess of prepubescent high jinx. Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's feature debut, Turn Me On, Goddammit (Få meg på, for faen, 2011), confronts this double standard, culminating in an appealingly unabashed examination of female sexual awakening. Our focus is on Alma (Helene Bergsholm) who, like her friends, shares little affection for her sleepy Norwegian hometown.
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- 3/25/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Fantasia International Film Festival is over for now, but don't be too sad; the 2013 dates have already been announced! Fantasia will be back from the 18th of July to the 6th of August 2013. In the meantime read on for the last news from the 2012 edition.
From the Press Release:
The festive atmosphere of Fantasia’s 16th edition will live on for several directors whose acquisition deals were announced during the festival: Boris Rodriguez, the Montreal director of Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, is celebrating his new contract for a theatrical release in the United States with Music Box Films. As well, Kern Saxton’s Sushi Girl was recently picked up by Phase 4 and Magnolia, while Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong will be distributed by Drafthouse Films.
The last juries have finished deliberating on this year’s competitions and are pleased to announce the following winners:
Aqcc Jury – Asian Section
President: Daniel Racine,...
From the Press Release:
The festive atmosphere of Fantasia’s 16th edition will live on for several directors whose acquisition deals were announced during the festival: Boris Rodriguez, the Montreal director of Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, is celebrating his new contract for a theatrical release in the United States with Music Box Films. As well, Kern Saxton’s Sushi Girl was recently picked up by Phase 4 and Magnolia, while Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong will be distributed by Drafthouse Films.
The last juries have finished deliberating on this year’s competitions and are pleased to announce the following winners:
Aqcc Jury – Asian Section
President: Daniel Racine,...
- 8/11/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Teenage Alma takes on all of the taboos of Western sexuality in this delightful coming-of-age fairytale. Awarded "Best Screenplay" at the Tribeca Film Festival 2011, "Independent Distribution Award for Best Debut Film" at the International Rome Film Festival 2011 and Best European First Feature at the Mons International Love Festival (Belgium) in 2012, Jannicke Jacobsen.s debut directorial effort is as quirky as it gets. Starring Helene Bergsholm as 15-year-old Alma, bright and fresh as the Norwegian spring itself, .Turn Me On. takes on several modern taboos with humor and understanding. The result is that both adults and teens get a much-needed chance to look at, and laugh at, themselves. Olaug Nilssen.s novel .Turn Me On, Dammit. is a...
- 7/2/2012
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
Adapted from Olaug Nilssen’s novel of the same name, writer-director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen shows us how the repressive tendencies of small rural towns can really screw with the adolescent minds of its inhabitants. The teens of Turn Me On, Dammit! feel locked up and oppressed (they hate their town so much that they flip off the town limit sign every time they pass by it) and hormonal tension is boiling inside them. The cast is played primarily by teenage actors, lending Turn Me On, Dammit! the aura of an authentically awkward adolescent world that is saturated with overwhelming sexuality. In Hollywood, these kids would have been total horn-dogs, talking raunchily about wanting to get into each others' pants; but Jacobsen’s film is incredibly subtle, approaching teenage sexuality naturally rather than exaggeratedly. The high schoolers in Turn Me On, Dammit! are way too shy and timid to discuss sex with each other,...
- 5/29/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
There'll be a party following the single screening of Bad Fever this evening at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles. Nick Schager, originally for the Voice, now in the La Weekly: "Writer-director Dustin Guy Defa's stark indie trains its character-study gaze on Eddie (Kentucker Audley), a socially dysfunctional 20-something who — while living at home with his dour mom (Annette Wright), hanging out in empty diners and entertaining stand-up comedy dreams by recording anecdotes on cassette — strikes up a random romance with Irene (Eleonore Hendricks), who lives in an abandoned school and has a fondness for kinky videotaping. Eddie and Irene are kindred misfits in search of some direction and contentment, and if Defa's aesthetics are mundane, his leads' performances are not, especially in the case of Audley, whose darting eyes and hushed, stuttering speech express confused longing with transfixing, train-wreck magnetism."
The New Yorker's Richard Brody: "Defa exerts...
The New Yorker's Richard Brody: "Defa exerts...
- 4/2/2012
- MUBI
If the title of Jannicke Systad Jacobsen‘s Turn Me On, Dammit! has you expecting a raunchy comedy of flamboyant zest, it may not hurt to dial back your expectations a bit. We do get no less than two up-close-and-personal looks at Artur’s (Matias Myren) Dirk Diggler, and I’d be lying if I said our introduction to 15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) — the outright image of her exploring her pants under the tutelage of a phone-sex worker named “Stig” — is something you see at the movies every day.
But Jacobsen, working from her own adaptation of an Olaug Nilssen novel, approaches the material with a Norwegian bite that keeps the on-screen stuff at a sleety distance. What we’re meant to laugh out loud at like rowdy, foolish goons in a Judd Apatow movie plays severely differently here, and that generally gives the film a more interesting aura than...
But Jacobsen, working from her own adaptation of an Olaug Nilssen novel, approaches the material with a Norwegian bite that keeps the on-screen stuff at a sleety distance. What we’re meant to laugh out loud at like rowdy, foolish goons in a Judd Apatow movie plays severely differently here, and that generally gives the film a more interesting aura than...
- 3/30/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Why She's On Our Radar: Norweigan filmmaker Jannicke Systad Jacobsen turned heads at last year's Tribeca Film Festival with her sweet (albeit provocatively titled) debut, "Turn Me On, Dammit!," a coming-of-age tale that turns turns the tables on its American counterparts by centering on a female teenager (Helene Bergsholm) who wants to get off. The film charmed the pants off of critics and audiences (our own Eric Kohn was a fan), and walked away from the festival with distribution via New Yorker Films in the Us. What's Next: "I'm writing my next script, which is an original idea," Jacobsen told Indiewire from Norway. "It's a tragic comic love story about people trying to be grownups. It's different, but I think it has some of the realistic bittersweetness. It's seeing everything subjectively from one person." The film, despite its racy title, is pretty endearing. How has the reception been in Norway,...
- 3/29/2012
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Small incidents, to paraphrase director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, can make large explosions. They can also make telling movies. In her first narrative film, Jacobsen explores a blip in the life of an adolescent girl and how a minuscule event can morph into something that leads to personal and social revelations. Based on the novel by Olaug Hilssen with a screenplay written by Jacobsen, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a sensitive and unapologetically blunt look at the convergence of sexuality and growing up. The film brings to light those many things we’ve been taught to ignore, yet have all thought about and experienced by default of having survived teenagehood.
- 3/28/2012
- MovieMaker.com
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (born 1975) is a writer/director based in Oslo, Norway. After over 10 years of making documentary films, Turn Me On, Dammit! is her first feature film. Turn Me On, Dammit! is a whimsical and refreshingly honest coming-of-age story about the blossoming sexuality of 15-year-old Alma, who shortly into the film gets nicknamed 'Dick-Alma.' Throughout the film's 76-minute run, a 17-year-old girl with no previous acting experience carries its weight on her shoulders. Casting this character proved a great challenge in many aspects: practically, artistically and morally. Here is the story. On page one in the screenplay, the character of Alma is introduced: 'Alma (15) - a natural looking girl with long hair and an innocent childlike quality - lies on the patterned linoleum floor with the phone to her ear. Her jeans are below her knees and she has both hands down her underpants. Her eyes are closed.
- 3/27/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
The 9th annual Calgary Underground Film Festival will run on April 16-22 at the Globe Cinema with a mix of outrageous comedies, documentaries about controversial personalities, cult flicks and some frank depictions of sexuality.
The fest launches on the 16th with the new comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait, God Bless America, in which Joel Murray stars as a terminally ill man who decides to kill as many stupid people he can can before he perishes himself. Also on the comedic front are Rick Alverson’s The Comedy starring TV’s Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareham as troublemaking urban hipsters; and Mikkel Nørgaard Klovn (Clown) about a Danish loser who takes a young boy on a brothel tour.
On the cult film front are Jack Perez’s Some Guy Who Kills People starring Kevin Corrigan in the eponymous role; Alex Ross Perry‘s abusive sibling flick The Color Wheel; the brutal Father...
The fest launches on the 16th with the new comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait, God Bless America, in which Joel Murray stars as a terminally ill man who decides to kill as many stupid people he can can before he perishes himself. Also on the comedic front are Rick Alverson’s The Comedy starring TV’s Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareham as troublemaking urban hipsters; and Mikkel Nørgaard Klovn (Clown) about a Danish loser who takes a young boy on a brothel tour.
On the cult film front are Jack Perez’s Some Guy Who Kills People starring Kevin Corrigan in the eponymous role; Alex Ross Perry‘s abusive sibling flick The Color Wheel; the brutal Father...
- 3/19/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Norwegian film Turn Me On, Dammit! is a coming of age story about the blossoming sexuality of a teenage girl, based on a novel by Olaug Nilssen. It is the feature debut of writer-director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, and won "Best Screenplay" at the Tribeca Film Festival, "Best Debut Film" at the Rome Film Festival and "Best European First Feature" at the Mons International Love Film Festival (Belgium).Synopsis: 15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) is consumed by her out-of-control hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to down-and-dirty daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on. Alma and her best friend Sara live in an insufferably boring little town in the hinterlands of Norway called Skoddeheimen, a place they...
- 3/17/2012
- Screen Anarchy
"So, my friends, let's make music, together." What do we have here? Thanks to a tip from Jeff Wells, there's a trailer for a Norwegian film called Turn Me On, Dammit! that you've got to see, or rather hear, because it uses an Orson Welles sample in the music and it's amazing. The film, being released by New Yorker, is an "offbeat coming-of-age comedy with a deadpan sense of humor, enlivened by its rich sense of fantasy and frank but sweet approach to teen sexuality." Helene Bergsholm stars as the lead girl, and the film got a couple of rave reviews (see here or here). Now I am definitely curious to see it, as that was a terrific trailer. Watch the official Us trailer for Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's Turn Me On, Dammit!, via YouTube: In Skoddeheimen, 15-year-old Alma (HeleneBergsholm) is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from...
- 3/17/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One film I quite enjoyed at Tribeca Film Festival last year was Jannicke Systad Jacobsen‘s refreshingly honest Turn Me On, Dammit!. The coming-of-age film follows a teen girl (Helene Bergsholm) just learning about sex and successfully captures how hormones overtake every decision at that age. It went on to deservedly win Best Screenplay at the festival and is now getting a limited release this month here. We’ve got the trailer below, which decides to not include any of the Norwegian dialogue (and therefore no subtitles), but we get glimpse at our lead, her friends, and the town that she lives in (and hates, as we can see her flipping the bird when the sign passes on every bus trip). Check it out below via Apple.
Synopsis:
Turn Me On, Dammit! is a whimsical and refreshingly honest coming of age story about the blossoming sexuality of a teenage girl.
Synopsis:
Turn Me On, Dammit! is a whimsical and refreshingly honest coming of age story about the blossoming sexuality of a teenage girl.
- 3/7/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Lisa Aschan's new sex-fueled teenage thriller She Monkeys just shocked and awed audiences at Karlovy Vary 2011. That's some kind of Czech film festival, in case you were American.
She Monkeys, (Aka Voltiges, Aka Apflickorna, depending on whether you speak English, French, or Swedish) is about control, sex, and creatures. Creatures like horses. When Emma meets Cassandra, they initiate a relationship filled with physical and psychological challenges. Emma does whatever it takes to master the rules of the game. Lines are crossed and the stakes get higher and higher. Despite this, Emma can’t resist the intoxicating feeling of total control.
A film that has been described as both chilling and sexy by various reviewers, Aschan herself calls it "a modern western." She Monkeys looks amazing. Here's a clip:
I'm particualrly fascinated by Aschan, because when she was a student in film school in Denmark in 2005, she created a fictional...
She Monkeys, (Aka Voltiges, Aka Apflickorna, depending on whether you speak English, French, or Swedish) is about control, sex, and creatures. Creatures like horses. When Emma meets Cassandra, they initiate a relationship filled with physical and psychological challenges. Emma does whatever it takes to master the rules of the game. Lines are crossed and the stakes get higher and higher. Despite this, Emma can’t resist the intoxicating feeling of total control.
A film that has been described as both chilling and sexy by various reviewers, Aschan herself calls it "a modern western." She Monkeys looks amazing. Here's a clip:
I'm particualrly fascinated by Aschan, because when she was a student in film school in Denmark in 2005, she created a fictional...
- 7/9/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Two Tribeca Film Festival winners, including best feature winner Lisa Aschan ("She Monkeys") and best screenplay winner Jannicke Systad Jacobsen ("Turn Me On Goddammit") are among the filmmakers named by film group European Film Promotion as one of the 10 European discoveries to watch. The group will be featured at the upcoming Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the sidebar, "Variety's Ten Euro Directors to Watch," at the invitation of the ...
- 6/9/2011
- Indiewire
Not to paint the good people of Norway with the same brush, but if the country's recent films are any indication, the problem of sexual dissatisfaction amongst women is making it frostier for some in the country than the usual climate in winter. Only weeks ago at the Tribeca Film Fest, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's "Turn Me On, Goddammit" won a screenplay prize for the story of a young woman whose openness about her horniness leads her to be ostracized from her small village, and then there's "Happy, Happy," Anne Sewitsky's Sundance winner which contrary to its title deals with the discontent of two married couples in Norwegian wilderness and in particular, the sexual awakening of Kaja, a cheery housewife who, upon tiring of her husband's rejection of her advances, winds up in the arms of another.
Although the logline may sound like it may come from the Ingmar Bergman wing of Scandinavian cinema,...
Although the logline may sound like it may come from the Ingmar Bergman wing of Scandinavian cinema,...
- 5/24/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen Writers: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Olaug Nilssen Starring: Helene Bergsholm, Matias Myren, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Henriette Steenstrup Alma (Helene Bergsholm) is a 15-year-old virgin...well, except by her own hand; but what else is a teenage girl supposed to do when she is trapped in a secluded Norwegian town that has nothing to offer except empty roads, sheep, tractors and hay? Alma wants to get all hey, hey in the hayloft with Artur (Matias Myren); but until that time comes, Alma must rely on a friendly phone sex operator at "Wet and Wild Dreams" to get her rocks off. A relatively normal teenager with an overactive imagination that has been hijacked by hyperactive hormones, Alma daydreams incessantly about a variety of sexual encounters. Her fantasies begin to get so confused with reality that neither Alma nor the audience know which is which. It is important to...
- 5/2/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
In an event held at the Union Square W Hotel in Manhattan, the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced its major prize winners (with the Heineken Audience Award to be announced on Saturday, April 30). The festival has been influential in recent years in finding the best documentaries of the year, and often also in helping to bring them to fruition.
Consequently, the judges’ choices of winners of the documentary categories should be taken seriously, and those films tracked down as must-viewing over the year/s ahead.
For the filmmakers, one of the true rewards that sets this festival apart, in addition to the cash and in-kind prizes that come with these awards, are the Tribeca Film Festival Art Awards sponsored by Chanel, which gift original pieces of art to the winners below. Any endeavor where art inspires art across different media is worthy of support, and nothing could be more New York.
Consequently, the judges’ choices of winners of the documentary categories should be taken seriously, and those films tracked down as must-viewing over the year/s ahead.
For the filmmakers, one of the true rewards that sets this festival apart, in addition to the cash and in-kind prizes that come with these awards, are the Tribeca Film Festival Art Awards sponsored by Chanel, which gift original pieces of art to the winners below. Any endeavor where art inspires art across different media is worthy of support, and nothing could be more New York.
- 4/29/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
In an event held at the Union Square W Hotel in Manhattan, the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced its major prize winners (with the Heineken Audience Award to be announced on Saturday, April 30). The festival has been influential in recent years in finding the best documentaries of the year, and often also in helping to bring them to fruition.
Consequently, the judges’ choices of winners of the documentary categories should be taken seriously, and those films tracked down as must-viewing over the year/s ahead.
For the filmmakers, one of the true rewards that sets this festival apart, in addition to the cash and in-kind prizes that come with these awards, are the Tribeca Film Festival Art Awards sponsored by Chanel, which gift original pieces of art to the winners below. Any endeavor where art inspires art across different media is worthy of support, and nothing could be more New York.
Consequently, the judges’ choices of winners of the documentary categories should be taken seriously, and those films tracked down as must-viewing over the year/s ahead.
For the filmmakers, one of the true rewards that sets this festival apart, in addition to the cash and in-kind prizes that come with these awards, are the Tribeca Film Festival Art Awards sponsored by Chanel, which gift original pieces of art to the winners below. Any endeavor where art inspires art across different media is worthy of support, and nothing could be more New York.
- 4/29/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The winners of the 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival were announced last night, chosen from 12 narrative and 12 documentary features, as well as prizes for first-time directors and short films. Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the film festival (along with Robert De Niro), said, “It’s wonderful to have reached our 10th edition and to be able to celebrate with all of these gifted filmmakers. We’ve been fortunate that as we have grown we have remained a place that welcomes a diverse range of stories told by compelling and exciting filmmakers. We are truly honored that the community has supported the...
- 4/29/2011
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW - Inside Movies
With a few days left in Tribeca's tenth anniversary festival, the winning films in the Documentary and Narrative competitions have been announced and well... Most of these Peter Gutierrez and I did not see, but two big winners I did see. Lisa Aschan's cold and calculating She Monkeys took home the Founder's Award for Best Narrative Film, while Jannicke Systad Jacobsen won Best Screenplay for Norwegian coming-of-age comedy Turn Me On, Goddammit! Both of these films are certainly in my top five for the fest, and we'll talk more about them (and then some) come Sunday in our wrap-up. Meanwhile, the full list of winners is below.World Narrative Competition Categories: The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition were Souleymane Cissé, Scott Glenn, David Gordon Green,...
- 4/29/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Small towns are everywhere. There are plenty of small towns in Norway. Hell, most of the country is made up of small towns. There is even a small town called Hell. 15-year old Alma, lives in Skaddeheimen (which as far as I can tell is a fictional small town named for obviously jokey purposes). She yearns to get out of there, and also, as the above photo suggests, she is insatiably horny. This is the first moment we see her in the film. Being horny, whether you hide it or not, whether you call Stig the phone sex guy or flick through a porno mag, is typical of a 15-year old. Director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen is frank and up front about that on all fronts....
- 4/25/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Despite the confrontational title, Norwegian coming-of-age movie "Turn me on, goddammit" doesn't take an abrasive approach. The gentle, emotionally honest narrative feature debut of writer-director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen follows horny teen Alma (Helene Bergsholm, in a believably understated breakout performance) as she explores her sexual curiosity, falls into an embarrassing situation with her peers and copes with becoming a pariah, all while dreaming of a better life. Adapted from the ...
- 4/22/2011
- Indiewire
Tribeca Film Festival has announced the line up of this years competition categories, including World Narrative Feature, World Documentary Feature, and the brand new Viewpoints which highlights eleven independent features and nine documentaries.
Tribeca Film Festival is one of leading film festivals located in New York City, showcasing many films not screened in any other U.S. film festival along with forty three world premieres and fifty four directorial debuts. Cameron Crowe’s premier of his concert documentary, The Union, will start the festival followed by a performance by Elton John. The rest of the lineup will be announced March 14th, and look out for coverage of the festival in April. Below you can find the complete press release on the lineup.
10th Tribeca Film Festival Announces World Narrative
And Documentary Competition Selections, And New Viewpoints Section
Tribeca Expands Awards Scope
2011 Festival to Present 88 Feature-Length and 61 Short Films April 20 – May...
Tribeca Film Festival is one of leading film festivals located in New York City, showcasing many films not screened in any other U.S. film festival along with forty three world premieres and fifty four directorial debuts. Cameron Crowe’s premier of his concert documentary, The Union, will start the festival followed by a performance by Elton John. The rest of the lineup will be announced March 14th, and look out for coverage of the festival in April. Below you can find the complete press release on the lineup.
10th Tribeca Film Festival Announces World Narrative
And Documentary Competition Selections, And New Viewpoints Section
Tribeca Expands Awards Scope
2011 Festival to Present 88 Feature-Length and 61 Short Films April 20 – May...
- 3/9/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) on Monday announced the first 44 feature films of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival slate, comprising the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections, and one new section: Viewpoints.
In a record year for submissions, the 2011 film slate was chosen from a field of 5,624 entries. Tff 2011 will include feature films from 32 countries, including 43 world premieres, 10 international premieres, 19 North American premieres, seven U.S. Premieres and nine New York premieres.
“It’s our 10th Tribeca Film Festival, and in our relatively brief existence we have evolved dramatically,” said Tff executive director Nancy Schafer in a statement. “The festival has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of New York City as well as a globally recognized platform for storytelling.”
A complete list of the films announced Monday follows, with descriptions provided by the festival.
World Narrative Features
“Angel’s Crest”
Directed by Gaby Dellal
Written by Catherine Trieschmann
(UK,...
In a record year for submissions, the 2011 film slate was chosen from a field of 5,624 entries. Tff 2011 will include feature films from 32 countries, including 43 world premieres, 10 international premieres, 19 North American premieres, seven U.S. Premieres and nine New York premieres.
“It’s our 10th Tribeca Film Festival, and in our relatively brief existence we have evolved dramatically,” said Tff executive director Nancy Schafer in a statement. “The festival has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of New York City as well as a globally recognized platform for storytelling.”
A complete list of the films announced Monday follows, with descriptions provided by the festival.
World Narrative Features
“Angel’s Crest”
Directed by Gaby Dellal
Written by Catherine Trieschmann
(UK,...
- 3/7/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) on Monday announced the first 44 feature films of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival slate, comprising the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections, and one new section: Viewpoints.
In a record year for submissions, the 2011 film slate was chosen from a field of 5,624 entries. Tff 2011 will include feature films from 32 countries, including 43 world premieres, 10 international premieres, 19 North American premieres, seven U.S. Premieres and nine New York premieres.
“It’s our 10th Tribeca Film Festival, and in our relatively brief existence we have evolved dramatically,” said Tff executive director Nancy Schafer in a statement. “The festival has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of New York City as well as a globally recognized platform for storytelling.”
A complete list of the films announced Monday follows, with descriptions provided by the festival.
World Narrative Features
“Angel’s Crest”
Directed by Gaby Dellal
Written by Catherine Trieschmann
(UK,...
In a record year for submissions, the 2011 film slate was chosen from a field of 5,624 entries. Tff 2011 will include feature films from 32 countries, including 43 world premieres, 10 international premieres, 19 North American premieres, seven U.S. Premieres and nine New York premieres.
“It’s our 10th Tribeca Film Festival, and in our relatively brief existence we have evolved dramatically,” said Tff executive director Nancy Schafer in a statement. “The festival has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of New York City as well as a globally recognized platform for storytelling.”
A complete list of the films announced Monday follows, with descriptions provided by the festival.
World Narrative Features
“Angel’s Crest”
Directed by Gaby Dellal
Written by Catherine Trieschmann
(UK,...
- 3/7/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival revealed the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections for the 10th annual Tff, which will be held April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
In addition, Tff organizers unveiled the first edition of the new section — Viewpoints.
Forty-four of the 88 feature-length films that will screen during the fest have been announced. Much more information on each title can be found below.
“It’s our tenth Tribeca Film Festival, and in our relatively brief existence we have evolved dramatically,” said Nancy Schafer, Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Festival. “The Festival has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of New York City as well as a globally recognized platform for storytelling.”
So what will screen at Tribeca this year? In part, the following:
World Narrative Feature Competition
· Angels Crest, directed by Gaby Dellal, written by Catherine Trieschmann. (UK, Canada) – World Premiere.
Hollywoodnews.com: The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival revealed the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections for the 10th annual Tff, which will be held April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
In addition, Tff organizers unveiled the first edition of the new section — Viewpoints.
Forty-four of the 88 feature-length films that will screen during the fest have been announced. Much more information on each title can be found below.
“It’s our tenth Tribeca Film Festival, and in our relatively brief existence we have evolved dramatically,” said Nancy Schafer, Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Festival. “The Festival has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of New York City as well as a globally recognized platform for storytelling.”
So what will screen at Tribeca this year? In part, the following:
World Narrative Feature Competition
· Angels Crest, directed by Gaby Dellal, written by Catherine Trieschmann. (UK, Canada) – World Premiere.
- 3/7/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
And the festival beat marches on… nothing on this list immediately jumps out at me… no titles I recognize. These are just the World Narrative and Documentary competition selections, so, there’ll be more announcements made later. I do see representation from South Africa, Egypt and Rwanda. As I always do, I’ll be taking a closer look at the lineup for any titles worth profiling on this website. The festival runs from April 20th to May 1st. It’s in my backyard, so you know I’ll be covering it!
For now, here’s the full press release:
New York, NY [March 7, 2011] – The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, today announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections and the first edition of the new section—Viewpoints. Forty-three of the 87 feature-length films were announced. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
For now, here’s the full press release:
New York, NY [March 7, 2011] – The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, today announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections and the first edition of the new section—Viewpoints. Forty-three of the 87 feature-length films were announced. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
- 3/7/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The Tribeca Film Festival announced selections for its World Narrative, World Documentary, and Viewpoints competitions at its 10th annual event, running from April 20 to May 1 in New York. Eighty-eight features (such as Angels Crest, with Jeremy Piven) and 61 short films from 32 different countries were selected from more than 5,600 submissions to screen at the festival. “In programming the Festival this year we had to make some incredibly difficult decisions, but we are excited about the quality, ingenuity, risk-taking and diversity of this year’s program,” David Kwok, Director of Programming, said in a statement. “We are particularly proud that we have...
- 3/7/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Getty Robert DeNiro
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, which will run from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan, has announced the films that will play in this year’s World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, which are both competition sections. The also named the films that will will play in its new, out-of-competition section “Viewpoints.”
Now in its tenth year, this year’s festival features movies from 32 different counties and 99 different filmmakers, who were selected from a pool of 5,624 entries.
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, which will run from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan, has announced the films that will play in this year’s World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, which are both competition sections. The also named the films that will will play in its new, out-of-competition section “Viewpoints.”
Now in its tenth year, this year’s festival features movies from 32 different counties and 99 different filmmakers, who were selected from a pool of 5,624 entries.
- 3/7/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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