Göteborg Film Festival's former leader, Mikael Fellenius will become the new CEO of Film i Väst on January 1st next year. He succeeds Tomas Eskilsson who in turn assumes a new role as Head of Strategy of the film fund, as previously announced. Now it is announced that Mikael Fellenius will succeed Tomas Eskilsson as [...]
The Finnish film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki by Juho Kuosmanen has won the Un Certain Regard Award and the Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat has won the Directors Fortnight Art Cinema Award for her debut feature Wolf and Sheep at the Cannes Film Festival. Both are co-produced by Film i Väst. The Happiest Day in [...]
Film Väst is very happy to congratulate Trine Dyrholm and Tomasz Wasilewski, who last Saturday each received a Silver Bear at the Berlinale: Trine Dyrholm for Best Actress for her perfomance in Thomas Vinterberg's THE COMMUNE, Tomasz Wasilewski for Best Script in his UNITED STATE OF LOVE. In The Commune, Trine Dyrholm plays Anne, who along with her husband Erik (Ulrich Thomsen) and their daughter Freja, [...]
Film i Väst is a regional film fund located on the Swedish west coast in Västra Götaland. Its main headquarters are situated 70 km from Gothenburg in Trollhättan, the country’s leading film city, affectionally referred to by locals as Trollywood. Since its inception, Film i Väst has co-produced more than 1 000 feature films, TV [...]
Film i Väst seeks projects that can compete in the most prestigious film festivals and/or be seen by a large international audience. Film i Väst accepts applications for feature film co-productions throughout the year. All co-productions are required to bring elements of production or post-production to Västra Götaland, work with a Swedish production partner, and [...]
Facilities & locations West Sweden has been used in both feature films and TV series to portray different locations from aorund in the world, as well as its owh vibrant big cities, sleepy small towns and former fishing villages. Production service Film i Väst’s website www.filmservice.se is a resource for all film and TV productions, [...]
Film i Väst is one of Europe’s most successful co-producers and Scandinavia’s preeminent regional film fund. Millions of cinema tickets are sold annually to Film i Väst co-productions around the globe. Over the years, Film i Väst co-productions have also been richly rewarded with nominations and prizes at the world’s most prestigious events, including festivals [...]
A Man Called Ove by Hannes Holm. Nominated Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling 2017. Won European Comedy European Film Awards 2016. The Nile Hilton Incident by Tarik Saleh. Won Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Competition, Sundance 2017. The Commune by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Trine Dyrholm. Won Silver [...]
