Since 2011, Film i Väst co-productions have received eight Oscar® nominations, with one win in 2011, when Susanne Bier became one of only three women to win an Oscar® in the Foreign Language category (In A Better World, Denmark). 2018 Oscars NOMINATED: Ruben Östlund’s The Square Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden) SHORTLISTED: Axel Danielsson and [...]
Film i Väst has three co-productions screening at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival: Berlinale Special Gala: Becoming Astrid Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen When Astrid Lindgren was still quite young, an event occurred which affected her on a fundamental level, granting her an in-depth insight into children's souls. This very incident convinced her to break with [...]
Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner The Square has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The Square is produced by Göteborg based Plattform Produktion in co-production with among others Film i Väst. The Square was shot in Göteborg. Since winning the Palme d’Or in Cannes in May The Square has [...]
Ruben Östlund’s The Square, Tarek Saleh’s The Nile Hilton Incident and Janus Metz’ Borg/McEnroe where among the winners of the Swedish film prize Guldbagge Award last Monday. Film i Väst’s co-productions received no less than eleven Guldbagge Awards at the gala. Among them Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Short. Best Film: The [...]
The international festival year has begun and Film i Väst's co-productions are well represented in Göteborg, Rotterdam, Sundance and Berlin. At Göteborg Film Festival four co-productions are competing for Dragon Award Best Nordic Film worth approx. 100.000 euro. Gabriela Pichler’s Amateurs, which also will open the festival. Isabella Eklöf’s Holiday Iram Haq’s What Will People [...]
