Indian director and script writer Karan Kandhari's feature Sister Midnight has been selected by Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes. It is produced by Alastair Clark, Wellington Films, in co-production with Filmgate Films, Sean Wheelan, and Film i Väst. Part of the post production is made by Filmgate VFX and Can Film, based in Region Västra Götaland. The [...]
Film i Väst’s co-production Julie Keeps Quiet by Belgian director Leonardo van Dijl will screen during the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. A drama revolving around a teenager's passion for tennis while her coach is put under investgation. Produced by De Wereldvrede and co-produced by Hobab and Film i Väst. A part of the [...]
Two of Film i Väst’s co-productions have been selected for the Official Competition at the Festival de Cannes: Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice and Magnus von Horn’s drama The Girl With The Needle, filmed in Göteborg. Both directors have previously been succesful at the festival with Palme d’Or nominations for Holy Spider and Cannes Label 2020 [...]
During the last eight years Film i Väst's co-productions have been nominated to the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. The co-productions have also had their success stories in other festival sections. Among the directors we can mention Ruben Östlund, double winner of the Palme d'Or with his Triangle of Sadness and The Square, and of course Tarik Saleh, Ali Abbasi, [...]
Gabriela Pichler and Johan Lundborg’s Painkiller is nominated in Canneseries, Short Form Competition. Jens Jonsson and Johan Lundin’s 8 Months has been selected for Series Mania, International Panorama. Both drama series are co-produced with Film i Väst. Painkiller Painkiller is the story of Dijana - a proud Balkan-mother and cleaning woman - and her daughter [...]
Now it’s out: the trailer for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, the world-famous fantasy tale by Astrid Lindgren, directed by Lisa James Larsson. In an expansive yet faithful reimaging of the classic tale, members are re-introduced to one of the most beloved stories in Sweden. The series is written by Hans Rosenfeldt and will launch on Netflix [...]
During Berlin Film Festival Film i Väst arranges a seminar with a keynote speach by Tomas Eskilsson, Film i Väst Analysis on ”Less is more… or not – how should Europ strengthen its competitiveness”. The panelists producer Jens Meurer, strategy advisor Doreen Boonekamp and producer Thomas Robsahm will be moderated by journalist Wendy Mitchell. In [...]
The Swedish film award, Guldbaggen Award, was held Monday 15 January. Film i Väst’s co-productions won in total seven awards. Mika Gustafson’s Venice premiered Paradise is Burning won Best Picture, Lukas Moodyssons Toronto premiered Together 99 won Best Screenplay and Maria Fredriksson’s Tribeca winner The Gullspång Miracle won Best Documentary. Winning co-productions Karen Fabritius Gram and Pierre [...]
Director and script writer Svitlana Lishchynska’s documentary A Bit of a Stranger has been selected to Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama section. In her documentary she explores her own familys four generations of women and their relation to the USSR era and the impact of the russification. The film's director, Svitlana, was born in [...]
Understanding AI – The New Future for the Screen Industries Understanding the fast-moving challenge of AI and the exponential changes generative models are already having on the Film Value Chain are critical for all practitioners in the screen entertainment industries. AI is now (yes, already!) ubiquitous and is impacting on underlying rights and IP, copyright; [...]
