For the ninth consecutive year, Film i Väst’s co-productions have been selected for the main competition, the Official Competition, at the Cannes Film Festival. Being nominated for the main competition in Cannes, and thus competing for the prestigious Palme d’Or, is highly esteemed in the international film world. It is also an explicit goal of Film [...]
Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound have been selected for the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where they will compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or. Tarik Saleh and Joachim Trier have previously been honored in the Official Competition at Cannes and Oliver Hermanus was double [...]
During the Berlin Film Festival, Film i Väst arranged a seminar on the future of film. The seminar was based on the third study from Film i Väst Analysis' research project Public Film Funding at a Crossroads: The Answers: Future Film and Audiovisual Policies – Revolution, Reforms or Just Let it Be. In a [...]
The Gothenburg-filmed The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn has been nominated for an Oscar in the International Feature Film category. Additionally, Sebastian Stan has been nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Jeremy Strong for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Ali Abbasi’s film The Apprentice, about a young [...]
Film i Väst Analysis research project Public Film Funding at a Crossroads is reaching its end and the third study will be presented and discussed during the Berlinale. Join us on February 16, 3:00–4:30 pm at the Hilton Hotel, Mohrenstrasse 30, Berlin, for an engaging discussion on the future of film and audiovisual policies in an ever-changing political and economic [...]
Denmark submits Gothenburg-Filmed The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn, while Norway nominates Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for the Oscar's Shortlist The American Academy has selected its shortlist of 15 films in the International Feature Film category for the upcoming Oscars. Among them, Denmark is represented by Magnus von Horn's Gothenburg-filmed The [...]
First selected for the Sundance Film Festival, and now Panorama at the Berlinale. It’s all abolut Film i Väst’s co-productions The Ugly Stepsister by Emilie Blichfeldt and Screen writer and director Dylan Southern’sThe Thing with Feathers. Produced by Mer Film and o-produced by the Göteborg based companies Zentropa Sweden It’s Not Easy Being the Ugly Stepsister. A sinister [...]
At a press conference in Stockholm the nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2024 were presented. Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis and Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo each received eight nominations. In total Film i Väst’s co-productions received 26 out of 52 possible nominations. The Guldbagge Awards ceremony will be held in Stockholm [...]
The Golden Globe nominations has been announced: Magnus von Horn's Gothenburg-filmed The Girl with the Needle was nominated for Best International Film. Sebastian Stan received a nomination for Best Actor, and Jeremy Strong was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Ali Abbasi's film The Apprentice. Both films were co-produced with Film i Väst. Additionally, there [...]
Film i Väst’s co-productions The Ugly Stepsister by Emilie Blichfeldt and The Things with Feathers by Dylan Southern have been selected for the Sundande Film Festival. Co-produced by the Göteborg based companies Zentropa Sweden respectively Filmgate Films. The Ugly Stepsister It’s Not Easy Being the Ugly Stepsister. A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, [...]
