And the king said, what a Fantastic Machine! by Gothenburg-based Axel Danielsson and Maximilien Van Aertryck and Mexican director David Zonana's film Heroico are selected for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Utah, USA in January. Both are co-produced with Film i Väst. And the king said, what a Fantastic Machine! is about man's relationship [...]
Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness and Ali Abbasis Holy Spider are both nominated for four European Film Awards respectively: European Film, European Director, European Scriptwriter. In total Film i Väst’s co-productions received eleven nominations. - We congratulate all the nominees and we are so proud of being co-producers of such successful films. 2022 is absolutely [...]
On November 7, the application opens for Swedish production rebates, for the production of audiovisual works, (feature films, documentary films, drama series or documentary series). It is permanent support from 2022 and consists of a total of SEK 100 million per year. The production rebate can be combined with a co-production investment from Film i [...]
Are you going to produce a feature film, documentary film, drama series or documentary series in Sweden? On November 7, the application opens for Swedish production rebates. Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth is administrating the incentive system. The support is intended for the production of audiovisual works, (feature films, documentary films, drama series [...]
Three national Oscar submissions for Film i Väst co-productions. A new drama series from Thomas Vinterberg and Erik Poppe’s historic drama Quisling coming up to region Västra Götaland. Wrap for Lukas Moodysson’s Together 99. And cinema premieres for Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven and Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom Exodus [...]
Principal photography has commenced on Families Like Ours, the first TV drama series by Academy-Award and BAFTA winning Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round, The Hunt) shooting on location in Copenhagen, Sweden, The Czech Republic, France and Romania. Produced by Zentropa, Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing, and co-produced by Zentropa Sweden, Lizette Jonjic, and Film i [...]
Film i Väst co-productions have been selected to the film festivals in Toronto and Venice. In Venice, the world premiere of Lars von Trier’s dramaseries The Kingdom Exodus and Oliver Hermanus Living. In Toronto in Special Screenings Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider and Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness and in section Primetime Lars von Trier’s The [...]
In March the study Public Film Funding at a Crossroads was launched in Brussels. It is a study about the future relevance of public film funding in Europe – particularly selective film finance, authored by Tomas Eskilsson, Katarina Krave and Bengt Toll for Film i Väst Analysis. Now an updated report based on the response [...]
In September, construction will begin on Europe's largest projector-based Virtual Production wall in Studio Fares in Trollhättan. Film i Väst is investing in a new technical solution for a specially designed projection wall. This creates completely new possibilities for recording in the 36 × 36 meter large studio. The investment is initially a collaboration with [...]
It’s historic! Swedish director and script writer Ruben Östlund win his second Palme d’Or for his feature film Triangle of Sadness. At the Cannes gala tonight Tarik Saleh also wins Best Screenplay for his Boy from Heaven and Zar Amir-Ebrahini Best Actress for her role in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider. All films co-produced by Film [...]
