The case of Thomas Quick is Sweden's biggest legal scandal ever. The upcoming feature Quick is being directed by Mikael Håfström, who is now returning to Sweden to make his first Swedish film since Oscar nominated “Evil”. Quick stars David Dencik, Alba August and Jonas Karlsson and is produced by Helena Danielsson, Brain Academy and [...]
Last year the Swedish director Ruben Östlund's The Square won the Palme d’Or and was nominated for both an Oscar® and Golden Globe. This year another Film i Väst co-production is competing in the Official Selection: The Wild Pear Tree by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (who won a Palme d’Or 2014). We're proud co-producers of three [...]
The former Palme d’Or-winner, Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s feature film The Wild Pear Tree has been selected to the Cannes Film Festival, 8 – 19 May, the Official Selection. The Wild Pear Tree is co-produced by seven countries, and Film i Väst is Swedish co-producer along with Chimney. Parts of the post-production is done in [...]
Film i Väst’s co-production Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built has been added to the Official Selection - Out of Competition. This is the 10th time Lars von Trier is in Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival. In 2000 he won The Palme d'Or for Dancer in the Dark, shot in Trollhättan, Sweden [...]
Film i Väst’s co-production Fugue (Fuga), directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, has been selected to Semaine de la Critique, 9-17 May, in Cannes. Fugue is produced by Agnieszka Kurzydło, MD4, in co-production with among others Jonas Kellagher, Common Ground Pictures, and Film i Väst. Part of the post-production is to be done in Göteborg by Cloudberry [...]
The Cannes Film Festival today announced a selection of this year's films in competition, and one of the feature films is Film i Väst’s co-production Border (Gräns) directed by Ali Abbasi, competing in the section Un Certain Regard. “Film i Väst congratulates director Ali Abbasi, whose feature Border (Gräns) will compete in Un Certain Regard [...]
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 [...]
