Film i Väst’s co-production Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg has been nominated for a Golden Globe within the category “Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language”. Another Round is produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing for Zentropa Entertainments3 in co-production with Film i Väst, Zentropa Sweden, Lizette Jonjic. The Danish drama is partly shot in Västra Götaland in west Sweden.
– We congratulate Thomas Vinterberg and the producers Sisse Graum Jørgensenand Kasper Dissing, Zentropa International and Lizette Jonjic, Zentropa Sweden, to a fantastic drama and the worldwide success. It’s a great honour and a real pleasure being a co-producer and the fact that part of the film was shot in our region in Västra Götland, says Kristina Börjeson, Head of Production at Film i Väst.
Having sold no less than 800,000 admissions locally in the time of a pandemic as well as more than 60,000 digital copies upon the feature’s digital release, Another Round has become Vinterberg’s greatest cinema success to date and the best selling film digitally in Denmark. It has also been sold to most territories world-wide as well as received high appraisals and awards from the international critics and festivals. In the US, the film is released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The film was honoured with the official selection label at Cannes Film Festival 2020 as well as Toronto International Film Festival 2020, where it had its international premiere. In addition, the drama won the award ‘Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai in France’, the LFF Virtual Audience Award for ‘Best Film’ at the BFI London Film Festival 2020, the Silver Shell for ‘Best Actor’ at the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival, and no less than four awards at the 33rd European Film Awards 2020 (‘Best European Film’, ‘Best European Director’, ‘Best European Actor’, ‘Best European Screenwriter’ plus a nomination for the new Lux European Audience Award). In addition, the film has been selected for Competition at Göteborg International Film Festival 2021 and nominated for the 25th annual Satellite Awards within the category “Motion Picture, International”.
Besides being selected as Denmark’s official contender in the International Feature Film category for the 2021 Academy Awards® and now being nominated for the 78th Annual Golden Globe® Awards, this marks the high quality of Vinterberg’s Another Round.
With the nomination, this will be Vinterberg’s third feature to enter the Golden Globe® Awards besides his previous award-winning features The Celebration (1998) and The Hunt (co-produced by Film i Väst) (2012).
Another Round is produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissingfor Zentropa Entertainments3 in co-production with Film i Väst, Zentropa Sweden, Topkapi Films and Zentropa Netherlands with support from Danish Film Institute, TV 2 DENMARK, Eurimages, Netherlands Film Fund, Svenska Filminstitutet, Netherlands Film Production Incentive and the MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
The film had its local release on 24 September 2020 in Denmark. International sales handled by TrustNordisk. Nordic distribution through Nordisk Film.The film was released in the US on 4 December 2020 (theatrical) and 18 December 2020 (VOD) through US distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films. The 78th Annual Golden Globe® Awards are presented by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), and the winners will be announced at the presentation of the awards on Sunday, 28 February 2021.
