Jack Bannon (Pennyworth) and Douglas Henshall (Shetland, Who is Erin Carter?) are among a group of actors who have joined the drama series The Darkness, starring Oscar nominee Lena Olin (Enemies, A Love Story, Hunters, Chocolat, The Artist’s Wife, Hilma) and directed by Oscar nominee Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Hilma).
Also joining the cast of the six-episode English-language series, which is a co-production from CBS Studios and Icelandic production firm Truenorth with Stampede Ventures, are Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (A Gentleman in Moscow), Thorsteinn Bachmann (Katla), Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson (The Minister), Tora Hallström (Hilma), Ahd Tamimi (River City) and Árni Þór Lárusson.
Principal photography is underway in Reykjavík, Iceland, with Paramount Global Content Distribution selling the series outside Iceland.
The series reunites Olin with director Hallström in his first foray into television. The project was first unveiled at Rome’s Mia Market in the fall.
Suzanne Crowley...
Also joining the cast of the six-episode English-language series, which is a co-production from CBS Studios and Icelandic production firm Truenorth with Stampede Ventures, are Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (A Gentleman in Moscow), Thorsteinn Bachmann (Katla), Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson (The Minister), Tora Hallström (Hilma), Ahd Tamimi (River City) and Árni Þór Lárusson.
Principal photography is underway in Reykjavík, Iceland, with Paramount Global Content Distribution selling the series outside Iceland.
The series reunites Olin with director Hallström in his first foray into television. The project was first unveiled at Rome’s Mia Market in the fall.
Suzanne Crowley...
- 1/3/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Darkness is descending in Iceland.
Principal photography on the CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures’ six-part, English-language drama co-production for Icelandic telecoms and streaming company Síminn is underway in the country’s capital Reykjavík, and the cast has now rounded out.
Jack Bannon (Pennyworth), Douglas Henshall, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (A Gentleman in Moscow), Thorsteinn Bachmann (Katla), Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson (The Minister), Tora Hallström (Hilma), Ahd Tamimi (River City) and Árni Þór Lárusson have joined the cast, which Lena Olin is leading.
Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole are UK casting directors, with Tinna Aðalbjörndottir and Andrea Brabin in Reykavík covering casting for Iceland.
Based on the best-selling thriller series by Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness follows Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir as she investigates a shocking murder case whilst coming to terms with her own personal traumas. Facing early retirement and forced to take on a new partner,...
Principal photography on the CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures’ six-part, English-language drama co-production for Icelandic telecoms and streaming company Síminn is underway in the country’s capital Reykjavík, and the cast has now rounded out.
Jack Bannon (Pennyworth), Douglas Henshall, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (A Gentleman in Moscow), Thorsteinn Bachmann (Katla), Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson (The Minister), Tora Hallström (Hilma), Ahd Tamimi (River City) and Árni Þór Lárusson have joined the cast, which Lena Olin is leading.
Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole are UK casting directors, with Tinna Aðalbjörndottir and Andrea Brabin in Reykavík covering casting for Iceland.
Based on the best-selling thriller series by Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness follows Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir as she investigates a shocking murder case whilst coming to terms with her own personal traumas. Facing early retirement and forced to take on a new partner,...
- 1/3/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of the name Hilma af Klint until recently — or before finding your way to “Hilma,” Lasse Hallström’s somewhat syrupy, conventional yet still respectable attempt to broaden the general public’s knowledge of, and affection for, the Swedish abstract artist. If so, you can hardly be blamed for your unawareness, considering af Klint’s longtime (and only recently reversed) obscurity in art circles.
Hers is a story as old as time: A brilliant, ahead-of-her-time woman goes largely ignored despite significant contributions to her field, while her male counterparts claim the spotlight and all the glory. In that regard, it was af Klint herself who invented the notion of abstract painting years before Wassily Kandinsky, one of the most regarded Modernists and abstract painters of all time. And when she died in 1944, her magnificent work was locked away and kept from the public eye for years.
Hers is a story as old as time: A brilliant, ahead-of-her-time woman goes largely ignored despite significant contributions to her field, while her male counterparts claim the spotlight and all the glory. In that regard, it was af Klint herself who invented the notion of abstract painting years before Wassily Kandinsky, one of the most regarded Modernists and abstract painters of all time. And when she died in 1944, her magnificent work was locked away and kept from the public eye for years.
- 3/30/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – The European Union Film Festival is an annual happening at Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center, and will take place in 2023 from March 1st-31st. Kicking off the Fest will be an appearance from actors Lena Olin and Tora Hallström.
Both are featured in the film “Hilma,” directed by Lasse Hallström (“Chocolat”), Tora’s father and Lena’s husband. The Opening Night event (6pm at the Siskel Center) on March 1st, 2023, will feature the appearances, the Chicago premiere of “Hilma” and a reception afterward hosted by the Honorary Consulate of Sweden. For Opening Night tickets and information, click EU Fest Opening Night.
’Hilma’ Opens the Ceuff on March 1st, 2023
Photo credit: Juno Films
“Hilma” is a cinematically artistic biography of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (portrayed younger by Tora Hallström and in middle age by Lena Olin). Hilma died in 1944, unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract...
Both are featured in the film “Hilma,” directed by Lasse Hallström (“Chocolat”), Tora’s father and Lena’s husband. The Opening Night event (6pm at the Siskel Center) on March 1st, 2023, will feature the appearances, the Chicago premiere of “Hilma” and a reception afterward hosted by the Honorary Consulate of Sweden. For Opening Night tickets and information, click EU Fest Opening Night.
’Hilma’ Opens the Ceuff on March 1st, 2023
Photo credit: Juno Films
“Hilma” is a cinematically artistic biography of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (portrayed younger by Tora Hallström and in middle age by Lena Olin). Hilma died in 1944, unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract...
- 3/1/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Like most art lovers, the prolific filmmaker Lasse Hallström had never heard of the prolific painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) until recently. Af Klint was disregarded, discouraged, sidelined and overlooked during her lifetime, but except for a four-year period, she never stopped creating. She took painting beyond representational still lifes and landscapes and into the uncharted sphere of abstraction, several years before Wassily Kandinsky would claim the mantle of that innovative leap. Her work sat in storage for 20 years after her death, per her instructions, and none of it is for sale.
What a (market-free) discovery of the groundbreaking artist it’s been, beginning with the landmark 2013 exhibit that wowed museumgoers in Stockholm before traveling to seven other European cities and New York. Halina Dyrschka’s 2019 film Beyond the Visible, the first feature-length documentary about af Klint, explores the breadth and depth of her legacy from a revisionist art history...
What a (market-free) discovery of the groundbreaking artist it’s been, beginning with the landmark 2013 exhibit that wowed museumgoers in Stockholm before traveling to seven other European cities and New York. Halina Dyrschka’s 2019 film Beyond the Visible, the first feature-length documentary about af Klint, explores the breadth and depth of her legacy from a revisionist art history...
- 1/12/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hilma Trailer 2 — Juno Films has released the second movie trailer for Hilma (2022). Crew Lasse Hallström‘s Hilma stars Lena Olin, Lily Cole, Tora Hallström, Tom Wlaschiha and Martin Wallström. Lasse Hallström wrote the screenplay for Hilma. “Produced by Helena Danielsson, Lasse Hallström, and Sigurjon Sighvatsson.” Poster Hilma Movie Poster Plot Synopsis Hilma‘s plot synopsis: “Follows Hilma af Klint as [...]
Continue reading: Hilma (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Artist Hilma af Klint seeks the Spirit World through Her Paintings...
Continue reading: Hilma (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Artist Hilma af Klint seeks the Spirit World through Her Paintings...
- 12/30/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Hilma is a 2022 drama movie written and directed by Lasse Hallström starring Tora Hallström and Lena Olin and Tom Wlaschiha.
The film is scheduled to release in the U.S. April 14, 2023.
Premise
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is an important part of art history and one of the first ever painters of abstract art. However, unlike the work of many of her peers at the time hers was misunderstood and neglected until long after her death. This is a story about Hilma and the circumstances which made her paintings possible. The film picks up during her early life and ends today; when her art connects with people of all religions and cultures. Just as she intended.
Hilma (2022) Director
Lasse Hallström
Cast
Lena Olin / Hilma af Klint
Tora Hallström / Young Hilma
Lily Cole / Mathilda
Tom Wlaschiha / Rudolf Steiner
Emmi Tjernström
See full credits >>...
The film is scheduled to release in the U.S. April 14, 2023.
Premise
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is an important part of art history and one of the first ever painters of abstract art. However, unlike the work of many of her peers at the time hers was misunderstood and neglected until long after her death. This is a story about Hilma and the circumstances which made her paintings possible. The film picks up during her early life and ends today; when her art connects with people of all religions and cultures. Just as she intended.
Hilma (2022) Director
Lasse Hallström
Cast
Lena Olin / Hilma af Klint
Tora Hallström / Young Hilma
Lily Cole / Mathilda
Tom Wlaschiha / Rudolf Steiner
Emmi Tjernström
See full credits >>...
- 12/29/2022
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
"We can still trust in the presence of the spirits. They surround us, and are always willing to communicate with us." Juno Films in the US has revealed a new official trailer for a biopic film called Hilma, made by director Lasse Hallström. It's a Swedish film but most of it is in English anyway. We also posted a trailer a few months ago for it UK release. It will open starting in April in the US. The film explores the incredible life of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who is now widely recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. A story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe at a time when men made all the rules.Exploring the enigmatic life of Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), whose unconventional and highly spiritual art remained fairly unknown for decades. Starring Lena Olin, Lily Cole,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Juno Films has picked up North American rights to Hilma — the latest film written and directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Lasse Hallström (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), which is poised to make its North American premiere at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
The cinematic portrait of the Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint — who’s played at different ages by Tora Hallström and Oscar nominee Lena Olin — will premiere theatrically at the Quad Cinema in NYC on April 14 before expanding nationwide.
Hilma brings to the big screen the life story of a woman who defied conventions and revolutionized the art world when her work was exhibited in its entirety in 2019 at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. The artist died in 1944, unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract painting, displacing Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian as the initiators of abstract painting and Modernism. From her adoration of...
The cinematic portrait of the Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint — who’s played at different ages by Tora Hallström and Oscar nominee Lena Olin — will premiere theatrically at the Quad Cinema in NYC on April 14 before expanding nationwide.
Hilma brings to the big screen the life story of a woman who defied conventions and revolutionized the art world when her work was exhibited in its entirety in 2019 at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. The artist died in 1944, unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract painting, displacing Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian as the initiators of abstract painting and Modernism. From her adoration of...
- 12/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Film candyman Lasse Hallström has delivered a cloying but well performed version of the life of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint
The director is all wrong. Just as you wouldn’t call on Quentin Tarantino to make a movie about Monet and his waterlilies, Lasse Hallström is a perplexing choice for a biopic about the Swedish outsider artist Hilma af Klint. Hallström is the soft-centred director of sweet-natured heart-tuggers such as Chocolat and A Dog’s Purpose. Af Klint was completely unknown when she died in 1944, and is now finally getting the recognition she deserves; Tate Modern in London is staging an exhibition of her mystical abstract canvases next year. Under Hallström’s mushy direction, her life story is simplified, sweetened and feelgood-ified.
Still, there are some cracking performances, including by the director’s daughter Tora Hallström, who plays Hilma as a free-spirited carefree young woman with fiercely present, intense blue eyes.
The director is all wrong. Just as you wouldn’t call on Quentin Tarantino to make a movie about Monet and his waterlilies, Lasse Hallström is a perplexing choice for a biopic about the Swedish outsider artist Hilma af Klint. Hallström is the soft-centred director of sweet-natured heart-tuggers such as Chocolat and A Dog’s Purpose. Af Klint was completely unknown when she died in 1944, and is now finally getting the recognition she deserves; Tate Modern in London is staging an exhibition of her mystical abstract canvases next year. Under Hallström’s mushy direction, her life story is simplified, sweetened and feelgood-ified.
Still, there are some cracking performances, including by the director’s daughter Tora Hallström, who plays Hilma as a free-spirited carefree young woman with fiercely present, intense blue eyes.
- 10/25/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
"The spirits – they want us to paint the invisible worlds!" Viaplay UK has revealed the first official trailer for Lasse Hallström's Hilma, the acclaimed Swedish filmmaker with a huge filmography. This hasn't played at any festivals, strangely, and will be arriving in the UK and in Sweden in October for anyone to watch. The film explores the incredible life of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who is now widely recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. A story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe at a time when men made all the rules. Hilma explores the enigmatic life of Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), whose unconventional and highly spiritual art remained fairly unknown for decades. Hilma boasts an outstanding female-led cast featuring Lena Olin, Lily Cole, and Tora Hallström, along with "Game of Thrones" legend Tom Wlaschiha and "Mr. Robot's" Martin Wallström.
- 9/12/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Tom Wlaschiha and Jazzy de Lisser (“Game of Thrones”) have joined the cast of Viaplay’s major English-language original feature “Hilma.” The film is written and directed by Lasse Hallström, the Oscar-nominated director of “The Cider House Rules” and “My Life as a Dog.”
The biopic, which explores the life of revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, will bow this fall in theaters and on Viaplay, Scandinavia’s leading streaming service.
Wlaschiha stars as Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian artist and founder of the anthroposophical spiritual movement. Steiner became a key figure and mentor for Hilma af Klint who created more than a thousand striking paintings, sketches and watercolors that remained largely unknown until decades after her death.
The film explores the enigmatic life of Klint, who navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.
“Rudolf Steiner´s...
The biopic, which explores the life of revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, will bow this fall in theaters and on Viaplay, Scandinavia’s leading streaming service.
Wlaschiha stars as Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian artist and founder of the anthroposophical spiritual movement. Steiner became a key figure and mentor for Hilma af Klint who created more than a thousand striking paintings, sketches and watercolors that remained largely unknown until decades after her death.
The film explores the enigmatic life of Klint, who navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.
“Rudolf Steiner´s...
- 7/5/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Lily Cole (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”), Rebecca Calder (“I May Destroy You”), Maeve Dermody (“The Beast Must Die”) and Catherine Chalk (“Hereafter”) have joined the cast of “Hilma,” Lasse Hallström’s English-language biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint.
As previously announced, Lena Olin (“Enemies”) and Tora Hallström will play Klint at different ages of her life.
Now shooting in Stockholm and Vilnius (first still pictured above), the movie is a passion project for Hallström, the celebrated Swedish director of “The Cider House Rules” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” It explores the enigmatic life of Klint, whose unconventional art remained largely unknown for decades. Klint navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.
“Hilma” is being produced by Nent Studios with Helena Danielsson as producer and Josephine Zapata Genetay as executive producer. The film...
As previously announced, Lena Olin (“Enemies”) and Tora Hallström will play Klint at different ages of her life.
Now shooting in Stockholm and Vilnius (first still pictured above), the movie is a passion project for Hallström, the celebrated Swedish director of “The Cider House Rules” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” It explores the enigmatic life of Klint, whose unconventional art remained largely unknown for decades. Klint navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.
“Hilma” is being produced by Nent Studios with Helena Danielsson as producer and Josephine Zapata Genetay as executive producer. The film...
- 10/5/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sweden’s Nent Group commits to making two English-language films every year.
Sweden’s Lasse Hallström is to write and direct Hilma, an English-language biopic of artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, as the first title in a new film commitment from streaming operator Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group).
Nent Group has pledged to produce two English-language features every year for international audiences, focusing on stories of inspirational Nordic figures and events.
Hilma will star Lena Olin as Klint in her later years, with Olin and Hallström’s daughter Tora Hallström playing the younger version of the artist.
The...
Sweden’s Lasse Hallström is to write and direct Hilma, an English-language biopic of artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, as the first title in a new film commitment from streaming operator Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group).
Nent Group has pledged to produce two English-language features every year for international audiences, focusing on stories of inspirational Nordic figures and events.
Hilma will star Lena Olin as Klint in her later years, with Olin and Hallström’s daughter Tora Hallström playing the younger version of the artist.
The...
- 5/10/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Updated– Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) is set to produce two major English-language films every year, kicking off with “Hilma,” a biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, starring Lena Olin (“Enemies”).
Lasse Hallström (‘The Cider House Rules”), one of Sweden’s most celebrated directors, is on board to write and direct the film.
“Hilma” will explore the enigmatic life of Klint, whose unconventional art remained largely unknown for decades. Klint navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.
Olin will play Klint in her later years, while Tora Hallström (‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’), Olin and Lasse Hallström’s daughter, will be portraying the artist in her younger years.
“I’ve spent three years trying to understand the mystery of Hilma af Klint. This is a story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe,...
Lasse Hallström (‘The Cider House Rules”), one of Sweden’s most celebrated directors, is on board to write and direct the film.
“Hilma” will explore the enigmatic life of Klint, whose unconventional art remained largely unknown for decades. Klint navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.
Olin will play Klint in her later years, while Tora Hallström (‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’), Olin and Lasse Hallström’s daughter, will be portraying the artist in her younger years.
“I’ve spent three years trying to understand the mystery of Hilma af Klint. This is a story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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“Safe Haven,” which opens on Feb. 14, 2013 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Cobie Smulders, Irene Ziegler, David Lyons, Juan Piedrahita, Red West, Noah Lomax, Mimi Kirkland, Robin Mullins, Jasper Grey and Tora Hallstrom from “Dear John” director Lasse Hallström and writers Leslie Bohem and Dana Stevens based on the novel by “The Notebook” author Nicholas Sparks.
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“Safe Haven,” which opens on Feb. 14, 2013 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Cobie Smulders, Irene Ziegler, David Lyons, Juan Piedrahita, Red West, Noah Lomax, Mimi Kirkland, Robin Mullins, Jasper Grey and Tora Hallstrom from “Dear John” director Lasse Hallström and writers Leslie Bohem and Dana Stevens based on the novel by “The Notebook” author Nicholas Sparks.
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- 2/9/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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