Cph:Forum, the financing and co-production event on the industry programme of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, has selected new projects from the producers of Flee and Cow for its 2024 edition; and has refreshed its industry awards with six prizes.
Danish producer Signe Byrge Sorensen will participate with Freedom (working title), directed by Camilla Nielsson, who previously made Sundance 2021 title President about a challenger in Zimbabwe’s corrupt presidential elections.
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Sorensen is CEO of Danish documentary production house Final Cut For Real, which has made films including The Killing Of A Journalist,...
Danish producer Signe Byrge Sorensen will participate with Freedom (working title), directed by Camilla Nielsson, who previously made Sundance 2021 title President about a challenger in Zimbabwe’s corrupt presidential elections.
Scroll down for the full list of Forum projects
Sorensen is CEO of Danish documentary production house Final Cut For Real, which has made films including The Killing Of A Journalist,...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has scored a raft of deals on Christoffer Sandler’s Swedish romantic dramedy “So Damn Easy Going” which played at several festivals, including Goteborg and Seattle film festivals.
The heartwarming coming-of-age love story revolves about Joanna, an 18-year-old girl whose mind is like a flashing amusement park at peak season. She needs Adhd meds to keep her buzzy brain in order. With a depressed father whose sick pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna sets off to hunt for money to pay for her medication. In the midst of the chaos, she falls in love with the charming and confident Audrey.
The film is headlined by up-and-coming talents Nikki Hanseblad and Melina Paukkonen, alongside Shanti Roney (“Nymphomaniac: Vol. II”).
TrustNordisk has locked key sales on the film for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Salzgeber & Co Medien GmbH), Albania and Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Australia and New...
The heartwarming coming-of-age love story revolves about Joanna, an 18-year-old girl whose mind is like a flashing amusement park at peak season. She needs Adhd meds to keep her buzzy brain in order. With a depressed father whose sick pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna sets off to hunt for money to pay for her medication. In the midst of the chaos, she falls in love with the charming and confident Audrey.
The film is headlined by up-and-coming talents Nikki Hanseblad and Melina Paukkonen, alongside Shanti Roney (“Nymphomaniac: Vol. II”).
TrustNordisk has locked key sales on the film for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Salzgeber & Co Medien GmbH), Albania and Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Australia and New...
- 10/25/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Göteborg-based Cinenic Film, headed by Annika Hellström and Erika Malmgren, has a flawless track record in backing debut directors with global breakthrough potential.
Their roster takes in Ísold Uggadóttir (“And Breathe Normally”), Gorki Glaser-Müller (“Children of the Enemy”) and most recently Christoffer Sandler, whose fiction debut “So Damn Easy Going” opened the last Göteborg Film Festival and is now heading off to the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug. 20-26).
Cinenic will also be in Haugesund with its latest young filmmaking recruits, Angelika Abramovitch and Minka Jakerson and their respective feature debuts “The Braid” and “The Soft Skin,” to be pitched at the Nordic Co-production Market, part of Haugesund confab New Nordic Films (Aug. 23-26).
The Crimean-born Swede Abramovitch competed in Clermont Ferrand with her graduation film from Stockholm’s Academy of the Arts “Catcave Hysteria” and was picked for the Future Frames next generation showcase in Karlovy Vary in July.
Their roster takes in Ísold Uggadóttir (“And Breathe Normally”), Gorki Glaser-Müller (“Children of the Enemy”) and most recently Christoffer Sandler, whose fiction debut “So Damn Easy Going” opened the last Göteborg Film Festival and is now heading off to the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug. 20-26).
Cinenic will also be in Haugesund with its latest young filmmaking recruits, Angelika Abramovitch and Minka Jakerson and their respective feature debuts “The Braid” and “The Soft Skin,” to be pitched at the Nordic Co-production Market, part of Haugesund confab New Nordic Films (Aug. 23-26).
The Crimean-born Swede Abramovitch competed in Clermont Ferrand with her graduation film from Stockholm’s Academy of the Arts “Catcave Hysteria” and was picked for the Future Frames next generation showcase in Karlovy Vary in July.
- 8/12/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk is unveiling the trailer for Christoffer Sandler’s feature directing debut “So Damn Easy Going,” a teenage romantic dramedy.
The film is headlined by a Swedish cast of newcomers Nikki Hanseblad and Melina Paukkonen and Shanti Roney (“Nymphomaniac: Vol. II). Sandler penned the script with Lina Åström, Jessika Jankert and Linda-Maria Birbeck.
The heartwarming coming-of-age love story revolves about Joanna, an 18-year-old girl whose mind is like a flashing amusement park at peak season. She is 18 years old and needs Adhd meds to keep her buzzy brain in order. With a depressed father whose sick pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna sets off to hunt for money to pay for her medication. In the midst of the chaos, she falls in love with the charming and confident Audrey.
“So Damn Easy Going” is produced by Annika Hellström and Erika Malmgren, the banner behind the...
The film is headlined by a Swedish cast of newcomers Nikki Hanseblad and Melina Paukkonen and Shanti Roney (“Nymphomaniac: Vol. II). Sandler penned the script with Lina Åström, Jessika Jankert and Linda-Maria Birbeck.
The heartwarming coming-of-age love story revolves about Joanna, an 18-year-old girl whose mind is like a flashing amusement park at peak season. She is 18 years old and needs Adhd meds to keep her buzzy brain in order. With a depressed father whose sick pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna sets off to hunt for money to pay for her medication. In the midst of the chaos, she falls in love with the charming and confident Audrey.
“So Damn Easy Going” is produced by Annika Hellström and Erika Malmgren, the banner behind the...
- 12/15/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Swedish dramedy is director Christoffer Sandler’s feature debut.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Swedish dramedy So Damn Easy Going, Christoffer Sandler’s feature directing debut. It is written by Sandler with Lina Åström, Jessika Jankert and Linda-Maria Birbeck.
The humorous coming-of-age love story is about Joanna, an 18-year-old girl with Adhd who meets the charming and confident Audrey.
The cast features newcomers Nikki Hanseblad and Melina Paukkonen in the leads alongside Shanti Roney.
Annika Hellström and Erika Malmgren produce for Cinenic Film. The film is co-produced by Hummelfilm, Film i Väst and Svt with support from Swedish Film Institute,...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Swedish dramedy So Damn Easy Going, Christoffer Sandler’s feature directing debut. It is written by Sandler with Lina Åström, Jessika Jankert and Linda-Maria Birbeck.
The humorous coming-of-age love story is about Joanna, an 18-year-old girl with Adhd who meets the charming and confident Audrey.
The cast features newcomers Nikki Hanseblad and Melina Paukkonen in the leads alongside Shanti Roney.
Annika Hellström and Erika Malmgren produce for Cinenic Film. The film is co-produced by Hummelfilm, Film i Väst and Svt with support from Swedish Film Institute,...
- 10/12/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Copenhagen documentary film festival Cph:dox sees the world premiere of “Children of the Enemy,” which captures the journey of a Swedish-Chilean man to a Syrian prison camp to rescue his grandchildren, after their parents – members of the Islamic State terrorist group – are killed. Director Gorki Glaser-Müller spoke to Variety about the film, and his next projects, a Chilean thriller centering on questionable adoptions, and an interactive virtual reality experience with the American dancer and choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith.
Amanda, the daughter of bohemian musician Patricio Galvez, married a Swedish Muslim convert, and the two of them travelled with their children in 2014 to join Isis in Syria to fight for the Caliphate. Both parents were killed in 2019, and their seven children were transferred to the Kurdish-run al-Hol prison camp in north-east Syria. There are up to 22,000 foreign children of at least 60 nationalities in Syrian camps, according to Unicef, but Sweden, like many European countries,...
Amanda, the daughter of bohemian musician Patricio Galvez, married a Swedish Muslim convert, and the two of them travelled with their children in 2014 to join Isis in Syria to fight for the Caliphate. Both parents were killed in 2019, and their seven children were transferred to the Kurdish-run al-Hol prison camp in north-east Syria. There are up to 22,000 foreign children of at least 60 nationalities in Syrian camps, according to Unicef, but Sweden, like many European countries,...
- 4/25/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Frontieres, the industry initiative for genre film professionals, has named an 11-strong lineup for its 2020 Financing & Packaging Forum.
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Niels Arden Oplev’s Isis hostage story has started shooting in Sweden and will continue in Denmark and Jordan.
Toby Kebbell has joined the cast of Niels Arden Oplev’s Daniel, playing Us reporter James Foley, who was executed by Isis.
Kebbell’s credits include Destroyer, the upcoming Bloodshot, RocknRolla, War Horse, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and Black Mirror.
Daniel follows the story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured working in Syria in 2013 and held hostage by Isis for 398 days. He was in captivity with 23 other foreign nationals including Foley. To date, Rye is the...
Toby Kebbell has joined the cast of Niels Arden Oplev’s Daniel, playing Us reporter James Foley, who was executed by Isis.
Kebbell’s credits include Destroyer, the upcoming Bloodshot, RocknRolla, War Horse, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and Black Mirror.
Daniel follows the story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured working in Syria in 2013 and held hostage by Isis for 398 days. He was in captivity with 23 other foreign nationals including Foley. To date, Rye is the...
- 10/24/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Danish photographer who was held captive by Isis for 398 days.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Niels Arden Oplev’s new feature Daniel, about Daniel Rye, a Danish photographer who was held captive by Isis for 398 days.
To date, Rye is the last hostage to escape Isis captivity alive.
Daniel will start shooting on October 1 in Denmark, Sweden and Jordan. The film is budgeted at $6.5m (5.5m Euros) for a likely 10-week shoot.
The film is based on Puk Damgård’s bestseller Ser du månen, Daniel, which tells the true story of the young Danish freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Niels Arden Oplev’s new feature Daniel, about Daniel Rye, a Danish photographer who was held captive by Isis for 398 days.
To date, Rye is the last hostage to escape Isis captivity alive.
Daniel will start shooting on October 1 in Denmark, Sweden and Jordan. The film is budgeted at $6.5m (5.5m Euros) for a likely 10-week shoot.
The film is based on Puk Damgård’s bestseller Ser du månen, Daniel, which tells the true story of the young Danish freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who...
- 5/12/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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