The state of horror in 2023 is strong. Familiar names such as Brandon Cronenberg and Eli Roth returned with "Infinity Pool" and "Thanksgiving" and so did "Re-Animator" screenwriter Dennis Paoli, writer of "Suitable Flesh," his first realized feature script in over 20 years. Old franchises returned, too, with "Evil Dead Rise" and even "Saw X" doing well critically and commercially. Less established filmmakers have also made an impression, namely Nahnatchka Khan, director of "Totally Killer," and Danish debut filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason, who helmed "Attachment."
But away from "M3GAN," "When Evil Lurks" and the numerous other highlights, there were still some disappointments that were lackluster, recycled, underplayed, overplayed, or in one or two cases, just underwhelming in almost every aspect of production. There is little pleasure to be had in chronicling such disappointment, but it is a service any critic must provide at one time or another. So let's dig into some...
But away from "M3GAN," "When Evil Lurks" and the numerous other highlights, there were still some disappointments that were lackluster, recycled, underplayed, overplayed, or in one or two cases, just underwhelming in almost every aspect of production. There is little pleasure to be had in chronicling such disappointment, but it is a service any critic must provide at one time or another. So let's dig into some...
- 12/23/2023
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Gabriel Bier Gislason, the rising genre filmmaker whose feature directorial debut Attachment world premiered to critical acclaim at last year’s Tribeca Festival, has signed with Curate for management.
The Danish-American creative’s horror romance tells the story of Maja (Josephine Park), a Danish has-been actress who falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick), a Jewish academic from London. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London, Maja meets her paramour’s mother, Chana (Sofie Gråbøl), a woman who holds dark secrets.
A festival favorite that went on to screen in competition at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, Outfest, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other venues, Attachment debuted on Shudder last month after being snapped up out of Tribeca.
The Copenhagen-born Gislason earned his Mfa at NYU and splits his time between NYC and Denmark, where he is concurrently developing a TV series for...
The Danish-American creative’s horror romance tells the story of Maja (Josephine Park), a Danish has-been actress who falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick), a Jewish academic from London. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London, Maja meets her paramour’s mother, Chana (Sofie Gråbøl), a woman who holds dark secrets.
A festival favorite that went on to screen in competition at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, Outfest, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other venues, Attachment debuted on Shudder last month after being snapped up out of Tribeca.
The Copenhagen-born Gislason earned his Mfa at NYU and splits his time between NYC and Denmark, where he is concurrently developing a TV series for...
- 8/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jewish horror certainly isn’t new. ‘The Dybbuk,’ a play by S. Ansky about the Jewish folkloric demon, was first performed in 1920. Since, there have been many stories of the mythological nightmare, from stage to screen and otherwise. The dybbuk is named for the word “to cleave” or “to cling,” referencing the demon’s way of latching onto a living body. It’s a soul of a dead person that takes up a living host, possessing them until it is able to accomplish its goal.
Unlike Christian demons we’re used to seeing in films, dybbuks aren’t cohorts of the devil, but souls of the dead who are unable or unwilling to move on due to unfinished business. Movies like The Unborn (2009), The Possession (2012), and Ezra (2017) used the dybbuk, but each fell into a common trap. We won’t spend time tackling the 2003 created “dybbuk box,” but suffice it...
Unlike Christian demons we’re used to seeing in films, dybbuks aren’t cohorts of the devil, but souls of the dead who are unable or unwilling to move on due to unfinished business. Movies like The Unborn (2009), The Possession (2012), and Ezra (2017) used the dybbuk, but each fell into a common trap. We won’t spend time tackling the 2003 created “dybbuk box,” but suffice it...
- 2/27/2023
- by Lindsay Traves
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director Gabriel Bier Gislason deftly combines dry Jewish humour with horror to create a surprisingly compelling and emotionally complex date-night thriller
For a horror film about the terror of demonic possession, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s feature-film debut is unexpectedly charming. Having fallen in love after an adorable meet-cute, Danish has-been performer Maja (Josephine Park) impulsively moves in with Jewish academic Leah (Ellie Kendrick), who suffers from a mysterious injury. Their romance is watched over by Leah’s ultra-Orthodox mother, Chana (The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl), who fusses over Leah’s every need with an insistence that borders on possessiveness.
The awkward interactions that spring out of this clash between an overbearing parent and a gentile outsider are portrayed with that entertaining dry humour of classic Jewish comedy, yet there are also darker forces at play. As Maja bumbles through a series of cultural faux-pas – imagine frying bacon for your Jewish hookup!
For a horror film about the terror of demonic possession, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s feature-film debut is unexpectedly charming. Having fallen in love after an adorable meet-cute, Danish has-been performer Maja (Josephine Park) impulsively moves in with Jewish academic Leah (Ellie Kendrick), who suffers from a mysterious injury. Their romance is watched over by Leah’s ultra-Orthodox mother, Chana (The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl), who fusses over Leah’s every need with an insistence that borders on possessiveness.
The awkward interactions that spring out of this clash between an overbearing parent and a gentile outsider are portrayed with that entertaining dry humour of classic Jewish comedy, yet there are also darker forces at play. As Maja bumbles through a series of cultural faux-pas – imagine frying bacon for your Jewish hookup!
- 2/14/2023
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Mileage may vary on the way “Attachment” uses an already too frequently maligned religion as a foundation for supernatural scares, but that’s also kind of the point of writer-director Gabriel Bier Gislason’s feature debut: With this possession story set in an Orthodox Jewish household, the Danish helmer disorients what may be a good portion of his audience by thrusting them into an unfamiliar belief system and asks if it’s them or those performing its rituals who are strange or misguided. Led by Josephine Park as a woman navigating a new relationship in the shadow of her lover’s seemingly disapproving mother, the film mines romantic, familial and religious discord while swapping out the usual Christian boogeymen for less common Jewish ones.
Park plays Maja, a former actor now staging readings to children in character as the Christmas elf she played on television. After a meet-cute collision in...
Park plays Maja, a former actor now staging readings to children in character as the Christmas elf she played on television. After a meet-cute collision in...
- 2/10/2023
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Ellie Kendrick in Attachment Photo: Soeren Kirkegaard
Now screening on Shudder, Attachment is one of the most successful of the various films shot under lockdown conditions. It’s set almost entirely within the confines of one house, with a small but high quality cast: rising Danish star Josephine Park as heroine Maja, Game Of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick as her girlfriend, Leah, and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl as Leah’s deeply troubled mother, Chana. The two young women have recently fallen in love and relocated to London, but Chana takes the clichés of the Jewish mother to a new extreme in her efforts to control her daughter’s life – and all for a reason which won’t become clear until it may already be too late. When I met writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason yesterday, I asked him if the project began with an interest in the London Hasidic community,...
Now screening on Shudder, Attachment is one of the most successful of the various films shot under lockdown conditions. It’s set almost entirely within the confines of one house, with a small but high quality cast: rising Danish star Josephine Park as heroine Maja, Game Of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick as her girlfriend, Leah, and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl as Leah’s deeply troubled mother, Chana. The two young women have recently fallen in love and relocated to London, but Chana takes the clichés of the Jewish mother to a new extreme in her efforts to control her daughter’s life – and all for a reason which won’t become clear until it may already be too late. When I met writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason yesterday, I asked him if the project began with an interest in the London Hasidic community,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)
Move over, Sandra Bullock—there’s a new Bird Box in town. The only film to have collected prizes at both Sundance and Cannes, Shaunak Sen’s taut, tender documentary has a healing power that’s sourced straight from its subjects: two brothers in Delhi who have devoted their lives to saving the Black Kite—a majestic, medium-sized, hypercarnivorous raptor of the air—from going extinct in Delhi’s fatally-polluted skies. Set to the backdrop of India’s rising social turmoil and Islamophobia, the threatened and neglected state of this bird reflects the brothers’ reality in a place that doesn’t fully recognize their humanity. But that doesn’t stop them from operating. It seems nothing can.
All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)
Move over, Sandra Bullock—there’s a new Bird Box in town. The only film to have collected prizes at both Sundance and Cannes, Shaunak Sen’s taut, tender documentary has a healing power that’s sourced straight from its subjects: two brothers in Delhi who have devoted their lives to saving the Black Kite—a majestic, medium-sized, hypercarnivorous raptor of the air—from going extinct in Delhi’s fatally-polluted skies. Set to the backdrop of India’s rising social turmoil and Islamophobia, the threatened and neglected state of this bird reflects the brothers’ reality in a place that doesn’t fully recognize their humanity. But that doesn’t stop them from operating. It seems nothing can.
- 2/9/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We were treated to four brand new horror movies this past Tuesday, and today brings another two as we head towards the weekend. One is playing in theaters, the other available at home.
Here are the two new horror movies released on Thursday, February 9, 2023.
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Robbie Banfitch‘s nightmare found footage movie The Outwaters opened in limited theaters today from Cinedigm, Bloody Disgusting, and Screambox.
Beginning its theatrical run in 100+ theaters, tickets for The Outwaters can be found over at Fandango or on the official website.
The film plays out over three memory cards found in a sun-drenched section of the Mojave Desert. The footage within is that of a foursome, who set out to make a music video while camping, led by a charismatic LA filmmaker. Their trip starts out uneventful, though their peace is occasionally disrupted by unexplained sounds,...
Here are the two new horror movies released on Thursday, February 9, 2023.
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Robbie Banfitch‘s nightmare found footage movie The Outwaters opened in limited theaters today from Cinedigm, Bloody Disgusting, and Screambox.
Beginning its theatrical run in 100+ theaters, tickets for The Outwaters can be found over at Fandango or on the official website.
The film plays out over three memory cards found in a sun-drenched section of the Mojave Desert. The footage within is that of a foursome, who set out to make a music video while camping, led by a charismatic LA filmmaker. Their trip starts out uneventful, though their peace is occasionally disrupted by unexplained sounds,...
- 2/9/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason Starring Josephine Park (Baby Fever), Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones), Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing), and David Dencik (No Time To Die) *Streaming Exclusively On Shudder* February 9th, 2023 Shudder invites you to screen Attachment, the feature debut from Denmark-based writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason, a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. …
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- 2/4/2023
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Shudder invites you to screen Attachment, the feature debut from Denmark-based writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason, a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, an academic from London. After Leah suffers from a mysterious seizure Maja …
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- 1/17/2023
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Seasoned helmers Ole Bornedal, Erik Poppe, Mikael Håfström, newcomers Mika Gustafson, Sara Gyllenstierna and rising talent Ulaa Salim are some of the 15 Nordic helmers set to pitch their feature projects in post-production at this year’s Nordic Film Market.
The leading Nordic film confab is due to run Feb. 2-5 in a hybrid version, parallel to Sweden’s 46th Göteborg Film Festival (Jan.27-Feb. 5), the biggest film-tv event in Scandinavia.
For its first full-scale outing post-covid and first year under the helm of industry chief Josef Kullengård, the Nordic Film Market is set to draw a record 500 delegates on-site, on top of nearly 60 on-line visitors. “The interest from the international industry is amazing! It will be a record year for us, even compared to pre-pandemic times,” boasts. Kullengård, a habitué of the event’s backstage gigs who took over from Cia Edström in October to allow her to focus on...
The leading Nordic film confab is due to run Feb. 2-5 in a hybrid version, parallel to Sweden’s 46th Göteborg Film Festival (Jan.27-Feb. 5), the biggest film-tv event in Scandinavia.
For its first full-scale outing post-covid and first year under the helm of industry chief Josef Kullengård, the Nordic Film Market is set to draw a record 500 delegates on-site, on top of nearly 60 on-line visitors. “The interest from the international industry is amazing! It will be a record year for us, even compared to pre-pandemic times,” boasts. Kullengård, a habitué of the event’s backstage gigs who took over from Cia Edström in October to allow her to focus on...
- 1/17/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The Göteborg Film Festival has unveiled the 53 Nordic Films that will take part in the latest edition of the Nordic Film Market, running February 2 – 5. Scroll down for the list.
The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.
The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.
Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.
Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.
The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.
The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.
Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.
Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.
- 1/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Tribeca premiere ‘A Matter Of Trust’ is among those to land deals.
TrustNordisk has had a busy AFM closing a batch of deals on a trio of its festival hit titles of 2022.
Annette K. Olesen’s Danish drama A Matter Of Trust, which premiered at Tribeca and this week plays at the Nordic Film Days in Lubeck, has sold to Australia (Palace Films), Benelux (September) and Estonia (Estin). The story follows five unrelated people whose lives are turned upside down. The cast includes Trine Dyrholm (Queen Of Hearts) and Jakob Cedergren (The Guilty).
Another Tribeca selection, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s horror romance Attachment,...
TrustNordisk has had a busy AFM closing a batch of deals on a trio of its festival hit titles of 2022.
Annette K. Olesen’s Danish drama A Matter Of Trust, which premiered at Tribeca and this week plays at the Nordic Film Days in Lubeck, has sold to Australia (Palace Films), Benelux (September) and Estonia (Estin). The story follows five unrelated people whose lives are turned upside down. The cast includes Trine Dyrholm (Queen Of Hearts) and Jakob Cedergren (The Guilty).
Another Tribeca selection, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s horror romance Attachment,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has snapped up international sales rights to the new Danish crime thriller “Boundless,” based on fiction guru Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Den Grænseløse,” his sixth novel in the Department Q series.
Danish helmer Ole Christian Madsen, credited for the HBO series “Banshee” (2013-16) and WWII drama “Flame & Citron” starring Mads Mikkelsen, has taken up the challenge of bringing Adler-Olsen’s suspenseful universe to the silver screens, working from a script by Jakob Weis.
Christian Madsen will reunite with his “Banshee” actor Ulrich Thomsen. The latter reprises the role of detective Carl Mørck, which he played in Nordisk Film Production’s previous Department Q film version, “The Marco Effect”.
The helmer said he has “a profound respect for the world built in Adler-Olsen’s novels, that he finds both “intriguing and fascinating.” “I do believe ‘Boundless’ the movie could expand that world even more,” he asserted.
In this new thriller,...
Danish helmer Ole Christian Madsen, credited for the HBO series “Banshee” (2013-16) and WWII drama “Flame & Citron” starring Mads Mikkelsen, has taken up the challenge of bringing Adler-Olsen’s suspenseful universe to the silver screens, working from a script by Jakob Weis.
Christian Madsen will reunite with his “Banshee” actor Ulrich Thomsen. The latter reprises the role of detective Carl Mørck, which he played in Nordisk Film Production’s previous Department Q film version, “The Marco Effect”.
The helmer said he has “a profound respect for the world built in Adler-Olsen’s novels, that he finds both “intriguing and fascinating.” “I do believe ‘Boundless’ the movie could expand that world even more,” he asserted.
In this new thriller,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The 2022 edition of Fantastic Fest is set to be held at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas from September 22nd through the 29th, and with the start date just over a month away the festival has revealed their lineup, which they are accurately describing as colossal. The seventeenth Fantastic Fest will feature 21 world premieres, 14 North American premieres, and 21 U.S. premieres. Festival Director Lisa Dreyer says,
It’s been far too long since we’ve all been able to gather together and celebrate film the Fantastic Fest way. We’ve really put our all into crafting an extraordinary week, from the exceptional programming that spans exciting discoveries to highly-anticipated features, to our signature events that will inject a much-needed dose of fun into 2022.”
The opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2022 will be the world premiere of the Paramount Pictures horror film Smile, which they say is an “intensely...
It’s been far too long since we’ve all been able to gather together and celebrate film the Fantastic Fest way. We’ve really put our all into crafting an extraordinary week, from the exceptional programming that spans exciting discoveries to highly-anticipated features, to our signature events that will inject a much-needed dose of fun into 2022.”
The opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2022 will be the world premiere of the Paramount Pictures horror film Smile, which they say is an “intensely...
- 8/16/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Fantastic Fest will be making its long-awaited return to in-person festival events in Austin this September, and per usual, the lineup is heavy on delightfully bizarre horror films from around the world.
In addition to the impeccable selection of genre fare the festival has come to be known for, the lineup also features several Cannes favorites that are sure to be players throughout the fall festival season. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning “Triangle of Sadness” will make its U.S. premiere, closing out the festival. The U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave” is also headed to Fantastic Fest, and the director will be in attendance to accept a lifetime achievement award for his mind-bending body of work, which includes films like “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden.”
Elsewhere at the festival, the U.S. premieres of Mark Mylod’s culinary satire “The Menu” and Martin McDonagh...
In addition to the impeccable selection of genre fare the festival has come to be known for, the lineup also features several Cannes favorites that are sure to be players throughout the fall festival season. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning “Triangle of Sadness” will make its U.S. premiere, closing out the festival. The U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave” is also headed to Fantastic Fest, and the director will be in attendance to accept a lifetime achievement award for his mind-bending body of work, which includes films like “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden.”
Elsewhere at the festival, the U.S. premieres of Mark Mylod’s culinary satire “The Menu” and Martin McDonagh...
- 8/16/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
For years, Fantastic Fest, the annual genre film festival in Austin, Texas, has been one of the best kept secrets on the festival circuit. Taking place at one theater (the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar), it’s an endlessly delightful cornucopia of exploding heads, talking animals and deviant sex (sometimes all in the same movie). This year’s festival features 21 world premieres, 14 North American premieres and 21 U.S. premieres, with a mixture of mainstream fare (Paramount’s new horror movie “Smile” will have its premiere at the festival) and the endearingly esoteric.
The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse from Sept. 22-29 and on the web via a virtual Ff@Home experience from Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
Among the many delights of this year’s festival include the opening night premiere of “Smile,” the U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” with the closing night film being “Triangle of Sadness,...
The festival will once again take over the Alamo Drafthouse from Sept. 22-29 and on the web via a virtual Ff@Home experience from Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
Among the many delights of this year’s festival include the opening night premiere of “Smile,” the U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” with the closing night film being “Triangle of Sadness,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Hello, dear readers! While the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up a few weeks ago now, I have two final reviews from the fest that I wanted to share before we move onto other fests and events this summer. Here are my thoughts on Attachment from Gabriel Bier Gislason and Kyra Sedwick’s Space Oddity, which isn’t technically a genre film but I wanted to check it out all the same.
Enjoy!
Attachment: For writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, a meet-cute between two women yearning for some kind of connectivity in life takes a sinister turn once it is revealed that a dangerous demonic force threatens to destroy not only their relationship but their very lives as well. Attachment is a confidently crafted debut feature from Gislason that thoughtfully examines Jewish folklore in ways I haven’t seen before (it would pair well with The Vigil) and it...
Enjoy!
Attachment: For writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, a meet-cute between two women yearning for some kind of connectivity in life takes a sinister turn once it is revealed that a dangerous demonic force threatens to destroy not only their relationship but their very lives as well. Attachment is a confidently crafted debut feature from Gislason that thoughtfully examines Jewish folklore in ways I haven’t seen before (it would pair well with The Vigil) and it...
- 7/2/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Attachment Review — Attachment (2022) Film Review from the 21st Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason, starring Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, and David Dencik. Despite a hefty portion of it being in English, the entirety of Attachment – the feature debut [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Attachment: Danish Family Drama Finds the Horror in What’s Left Unsaid [Tribeca 2022]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Attachment: Danish Family Drama Finds the Horror in What’s Left Unsaid [Tribeca 2022]...
- 6/24/2022
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
After premiering at the ongoing Tribeca Film Festival, Nordisk Film has released the international trailer for Attachment, Gabriel Bier Gislason’s horror romance that’s steeped in Jewish folklore. “The story follows a Danish actress past her prime who falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London.” Bier Gislason made his directorial debut on […]
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- 6/13/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
A meet-cute and whirlwind romance gets complicated by overbearing parents, and clashing religions make for a familiar setup to the romantic comedy. Writer/Director Gabriel Bier Gislason reinvigorates the concept by framing it through the lens of horror in Attachment. It’s not just an overbearing mother and Orthodox Judaism presenting roadblocks to budding love, but an ambiguous and eerie […]
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- 6/13/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Leah’s (Ellie Kendrick) reasons for being in Denmark are purely academic. At least, that’s what she tells former actress Maja (Josephine Park) upon meeting by accident at a bookshop. It’s a cutely fateful collision, the former with a stack of research and the latter dressed as an elf while running to an engagement to read to a bunch of school children. Maja’s haste causes a mix-up in their attempt to pick everything up, ensuring they must come together once more in calmer circumstances. A mug of tea and conversation later has Leah waking up in the Dane’s bed, a day away from catching her flight back to London. Her decision to stay might not reveal this trip was also a chance for escape. Ignoring her mother’s calls does.
Writer-director Gabriel Bier Gislason will show us as his feature debut Attachment progresses a couple more days.
Writer-director Gabriel Bier Gislason will show us as his feature debut Attachment progresses a couple more days.
- 6/13/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Tribeca Film Festival 2022 - Midnight Selections: The Tribeca Film Festival 2022's Midnight selections have been announced and include a screening of The Black Phone, along with the world premiere of Travis Stevens' A Wounded Fawn:
"Attachment (Natten Har Øjne), (Denmark) – Feature Narrative, International Premiere. Maja and Leah’s new relationship is interrupted when mysterious things start happening in their London flat. It seems that Leah’s disapproving mother, who lives downstairs, is using Jewish folklore to come between them. In Danish and English with English subtitles. Directed and written by Gabriel Bier Gislason. Produced by Thomas Heinesen. With Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik. A Shudder release.
The Black Phone, (United States) – Feature Narrative, New York Premiere. Locked in a soundproof basement by a masked child killer, a teenage boy finds the possibility of hope through an unexpected and supernatural lifeline: a telephone on which he receives...
"Attachment (Natten Har Øjne), (Denmark) – Feature Narrative, International Premiere. Maja and Leah’s new relationship is interrupted when mysterious things start happening in their London flat. It seems that Leah’s disapproving mother, who lives downstairs, is using Jewish folklore to come between them. In Danish and English with English subtitles. Directed and written by Gabriel Bier Gislason. Produced by Thomas Heinesen. With Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik. A Shudder release.
The Black Phone, (United States) – Feature Narrative, New York Premiere. Locked in a soundproof basement by a masked child killer, a teenage boy finds the possibility of hope through an unexpected and supernatural lifeline: a telephone on which he receives...
- 4/27/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Shudder Acquires Horror Romance Attachment From Trustnordisk: "Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired the horror romance Attachment by Gabriel Bier Gislason. The film will stream exclusively on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Attachment is a horror romance about love at first sight, steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbor: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to...
Attachment is a horror romance about love at first sight, steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbor: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to...
- 2/15/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Maja, a Danish female actor with a fading career falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, Maja decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. When Maja arrives there, she meets Leah's secretive mother Chana. However, stranger occurrences begin to happen. Trust Shudder to announce on the loveliest day of the year that they've tied the knot with TrustNordisk and acquired their horror romance film, Attachment. This is the feature film debut of film Gabriel Bier Gislason. Attachement is scheduled for a local April release in Denmark. The English and Danish-Language film will stream on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and...
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- 2/14/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Another late deal out of the ongoing EFM in Berlin is Shudder picking up North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights to Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, reports ScreenDaily. The film is described as a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. “The story follows a Danish actress past her prime who falls in love […]
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- 2/14/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The film is the directorial of Gabriel Bier Gislason.
Shudder has struck an exclusive deal for North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights to Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, in a deal done with TrustNordisk.
The film is described as a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. The story follows a Danish actress past her prime who falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London.
Bier Gislason, the son of Susanne Bier, makes his feature directorial debut and also wrote the script. Thomas Heinesen produces for Nordisk Film Production. The film is supported by the...
Shudder has struck an exclusive deal for North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights to Gabriel Bier Gislason’s Attachment, in a deal done with TrustNordisk.
The film is described as a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore. The story follows a Danish actress past her prime who falls in love with Leah, a young Jewish academic from London.
Bier Gislason, the son of Susanne Bier, makes his feature directorial debut and also wrote the script. Thomas Heinesen produces for Nordisk Film Production. The film is supported by the...
- 2/14/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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Comedians, the new film by Gabriele Salvatores, headlines Rai Com’s market slate. The completed film is based on the play of the same name by Trevor Griffiths and is produced by Indiana with Rai Cinema. It features a cast of aspiring comedians preparing for their big night.
Intramovies is kickstarting sales on the Dutch drama Love In A Bottle, produced by Levitate Film and directed by Paula van der Oest, whose credits include Zus & Zo. It is a lockdown love story that unfolds over FaceTime. The...
- 6/18/2021
- by Gabriele Niola¬Elisabet Cabeza¬Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has boarded “Attachment,” an English-language horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore, directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason.
Now in production, “Attachment” revolves around Maja, a Danish actress with her fading career who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short, and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London.
There, she meets Leah’s overbearing and secretive mother, Chana, who lives downstairs. As Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated.
The film is headlined by a strong cast including Josephine Park (“The Investigation”), Ellie Kendrick (“The Diary of Anne Frank”), Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing”) and David Dencik (“Men & Chicken”).
Thomas Heinesen...
Now in production, “Attachment” revolves around Maja, a Danish actress with her fading career who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short, and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London.
There, she meets Leah’s overbearing and secretive mother, Chana, who lives downstairs. As Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated.
The film is headlined by a strong cast including Josephine Park (“The Investigation”), Ellie Kendrick (“The Diary of Anne Frank”), Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing”) and David Dencik (“Men & Chicken”).
Thomas Heinesen...
- 5/17/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The cast also includes Josephine Park and David Dencik.
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Gabriel Bier Gislason’s English and Danish-language Attachment (working title), his debut feature film which will shoot this spring in both Copenhagen and London.
The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl has signed to star with Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, and David Dencik.
The up-and-coming writer/director is the son of director Susanne Bier and editor Tómas Gislason. The film mixes romance, horror and comedy in a love story that is also inspired by Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a young,...
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Gabriel Bier Gislason’s English and Danish-language Attachment (working title), his debut feature film which will shoot this spring in both Copenhagen and London.
The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl has signed to star with Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, and David Dencik.
The up-and-coming writer/director is the son of director Susanne Bier and editor Tómas Gislason. The film mixes romance, horror and comedy in a love story that is also inspired by Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a young,...
- 4/23/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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