Sanna Lenken’s new film Comedy Queen has been invited to the Berlinale’s children and young people’s section, Generation Kplus. Comedy Queen tells the story of 13-year old Sasha who refuses to cry despite suffering from immeasurable sorrow. She decides to become a stand-up comedian. Her goal is to make everyone laugh again, especially her father. The film is produced [...]
Five Film i Väst co-productions are nominated or has won prizes at the European Film Awards 2021. Two nominations for Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, two for Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb and one each for Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, Eskil Vogt’s The Innocents and Linda Hambäck’s The Ape Star. All shot and/or postproduced in [...]
Two Cannes 2021 films, Joachim Trier’s competition title The Worst Person in the World, and Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb selected for Un Certain Regard, have been selected as Norway’s respectively Iceland’s entries for Best International Feature Film Award at the 94th Academy Awards. Both are co-produced by Film i Väst. Besides the two chosen national entries [...]
Internationally acknowledged actress Tuva Novotny and actor Mikael Persbrandt will star in the final season of Lars von Trier’s cult series The Kingdom Exodus together with Primetime Emmy Award-winning Alexander Skarsgård and David Dencik, who will both star as guests. The Kingdom Exodus is produced by Zentropa, NENT Group and DR in co-production with Film i [...]
- Film i Väst congratulates Renate Reinsve (picture), who won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Joachim Trier’s Palme d’Or-nominated The Worst Man in the World, co-produced by Film i Väst, says Kristina Börjeson, Head of Production at Film i Väst. This is the second time Trier has had a [...]
Mexican director Michel Franco’s Sundown has been selected for the main competition at the filmfestival in Venice. Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Tim Roth. Sundown is postproduced in Göteborg, Sweden, by Cloudberry Post and co-produced with CommonGround Pictures, Jonas Kellagher, and Film i Väst. From writer-director Michel Franco (New Order) comes a simmering, suspenseful sharp jolt: [...]
Film i Väst, Scandinavia's biggest film fund, on Saturday arranged a press conference together with the Swedish Film Institute during the Cannes Film Festival for Swedish and international media to present this year’s Cannes line-up. Film i Väst has four co-productions in selection. Film i Väst has four co-productions in selection at this year's edition [...]
The internationally acclaimed and award-winning Swedish director Björn Runge (The Wife) will direct SF Studios’ upcoming film adaption Burn All My Letters, based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s success novel of the same name. The film brings the international stars Bill Skarsgård, Asta Kamma August and Gustav Lindh together in a passionate drama spanning over [...]
Italian director Jonas Carpignano’s feature film A Chiara has been selected for Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is produced by Stayblack in co-production with Snowglobe and Film I Väst. Part of the postproduction was made in region Västra Götaland by Haymaker and CAN Film. A Chiara is the fourth Film i [...]
Joachim Trier's film The Worst Person in the World will be shown in the main competition in Cannes and can thus win the very prestigious award Palme d'Or. Eskil Vogt`s The Innocents has been invited to the Un Certain Regard program just like Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb starring Noomi Rapace. All three films are co-produced by [...]
