Looking for something to fill The Crown-sized hole like this writer’s done since the award-winning Netflix original series about Queen Elizabeth II’s reign ended? The search is over because there’s another royal family headed for the small screen. Denmark’s royal family is set to be the subject of an upcoming TV drama. Here’s everything we know so far, from the name of the show and who it will focus on to when it’s expected to premiere.
The Danish series will center around the royal family’s matriarch, Queen Margrethe, similar to ‘The Crown’
Per The Guardian, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s life will be depicted in an upcoming Danish TV series. Titled Af Guds nåde, which translates to “By the grace of God,” the program is being developed by Sam Productions and the Danish broadcast company TV2.
The show will begin with...
The Danish series will center around the royal family’s matriarch, Queen Margrethe, similar to ‘The Crown’
Per The Guardian, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s life will be depicted in an upcoming Danish TV series. Titled Af Guds nåde, which translates to “By the grace of God,” the program is being developed by Sam Productions and the Danish broadcast company TV2.
The show will begin with...
- 1/28/2024
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s been a dramatic month for Denmark’s royal family, with Queen Margrethe announcing her abdication in favour of her elder son, the new King Frederik.
The former monarch stood down from the Danish throne after 52 years, making the announcement in a surprise address to the nation live on television.
Now The Guardian reports that the long-reigning sovereign is to have her life story brought to screen, in a TV show Af Guds nåde (‘By the grace of God’). The show is being developed by the makers of hit political Danish drama Borgen, Sam Productions, alongside Danish broadcaster TV2. Margrethe’s story will being with her birth in 1940, and will be set at Amalienborg royal palace in the capital city of Copenhagan
According to The Guardian, the show’s producers will tell the story from the perspective of members of the royal family and also royal court employees.
Margrethe...
The former monarch stood down from the Danish throne after 52 years, making the announcement in a surprise address to the nation live on television.
Now The Guardian reports that the long-reigning sovereign is to have her life story brought to screen, in a TV show Af Guds nåde (‘By the grace of God’). The show is being developed by the makers of hit political Danish drama Borgen, Sam Productions, alongside Danish broadcaster TV2. Margrethe’s story will being with her birth in 1940, and will be set at Amalienborg royal palace in the capital city of Copenhagan
According to The Guardian, the show’s producers will tell the story from the perspective of members of the royal family and also royal court employees.
Margrethe...
- 1/20/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Empire, an absurdist period drama about Denmark’s colonial history from filmmaker Frederikke Aspöck and writer Anna Neye, has won the 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize.
The award was announced Tuesday evening during the Nordic Council Prize ceremony at the Opera house in Oslo. The gong was handed to Aspöck and Neye alongside producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff, and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen.
Speaking of Empire, the council jury said: “It is a rare thing to come across a film that is so confidently and thoroughly thought through in every single detail, and where such an extraordinarily clear vision from the filmmakers behind it shines from every frame. They serve a beautiful, sweet, and colorful treat laced with bitter poison and low-intensity rage. The film is complex and thought-provoking, and the filmmakers do not stumble once while telling their tale about an ugly part of history.”
Conceived and written by Neye,...
The award was announced Tuesday evening during the Nordic Council Prize ceremony at the Opera house in Oslo. The gong was handed to Aspöck and Neye alongside producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff, and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen.
Speaking of Empire, the council jury said: “It is a rare thing to come across a film that is so confidently and thoroughly thought through in every single detail, and where such an extraordinarily clear vision from the filmmakers behind it shines from every frame. They serve a beautiful, sweet, and colorful treat laced with bitter poison and low-intensity rage. The film is complex and thought-provoking, and the filmmakers do not stumble once while telling their tale about an ugly part of history.”
Conceived and written by Neye,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The award was handed out tonight during a ceremony at Oslo’s Opera House.
Danish drama Empire (Viften) has won the lucrative Nordic Council Film Prize for 2023.
The prize, worth $45,000, is split between director Frederikke Aspöck, screenwriter Anna Neye and producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen.
The award was handed out tonight during a ceremony at Oslo’s Opera House.
Empire celebrated its world premiere in Göteborg and opened in Danish cinemas in April via Sf Studios. REinvent handles international sales.
The film was selected among six Nordic candidates by a jury consisting...
Danish drama Empire (Viften) has won the lucrative Nordic Council Film Prize for 2023.
The prize, worth $45,000, is split between director Frederikke Aspöck, screenwriter Anna Neye and producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen.
The award was handed out tonight during a ceremony at Oslo’s Opera House.
Empire celebrated its world premiere in Göteborg and opened in Danish cinemas in April via Sf Studios. REinvent handles international sales.
The film was selected among six Nordic candidates by a jury consisting...
- 10/31/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Six nominees vying for the lucrative annual award.
The Nordic Council Film Prize is including a Greenlandic nominee for the first time, with six titles in the running for the prize, worth $45,000.
The full list of nominees this year are:
The Edge Of The Shadow (Greenland) Directed and written by Malik Kleist and produced by Nina Paninnguaq for PaniNoir and Imalik Film. Empire (Den) Directed by Frederikke Aspöck, written by Anna Neye and Frederikke Aspöck and produced by Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen for Meta Film Bubble (Fin) Directed by Aleksi Salmenperä , written by Reeta Ruotsalainen and Aleksi Salmenperä,...
The Nordic Council Film Prize is including a Greenlandic nominee for the first time, with six titles in the running for the prize, worth $45,000.
The full list of nominees this year are:
The Edge Of The Shadow (Greenland) Directed and written by Malik Kleist and produced by Nina Paninnguaq for PaniNoir and Imalik Film. Empire (Den) Directed by Frederikke Aspöck, written by Anna Neye and Frederikke Aspöck and produced by Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen for Meta Film Bubble (Fin) Directed by Aleksi Salmenperä , written by Reeta Ruotsalainen and Aleksi Salmenperä,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: REinvent International Sales has picked up Empire, an absurdist period drama about Denmark’s colonial history from Danish filmmaker Frederikke Aspöck.
Conceived and written by Anna Neye, who also stars in the film’s lead role, Empire is set in the Danish West Indies in 1848 and is a story about power and human interdependence that aims to challenge Denmark’s historical amnesia with a mix of earnest drama and absurd comedy.
The film’s full synopsis reads: St. Croix, the Danish West Indies, 1848. Anna Heegaard (Neye) and Petrine (Sara Fanta Traore) are close friends. Both are women of color, but their living conditions are very different – Anna is free and owns the enslaved Petrine. Anna shares her life with Danish Governor General Peter von Scholten at her country house, where she manages the home, her fortune, and her beloved and trusted housekeeper Petrine. Things are seemingly fine until rumors...
Conceived and written by Anna Neye, who also stars in the film’s lead role, Empire is set in the Danish West Indies in 1848 and is a story about power and human interdependence that aims to challenge Denmark’s historical amnesia with a mix of earnest drama and absurd comedy.
The film’s full synopsis reads: St. Croix, the Danish West Indies, 1848. Anna Heegaard (Neye) and Petrine (Sara Fanta Traore) are close friends. Both are women of color, but their living conditions are very different – Anna is free and owns the enslaved Petrine. Anna shares her life with Danish Governor General Peter von Scholten at her country house, where she manages the home, her fortune, and her beloved and trusted housekeeper Petrine. Things are seemingly fine until rumors...
- 2/9/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Göteborg Film Festival has unveiled the 53 Nordic Films that will take part in the latest edition of the Nordic Film Market, running February 2 – 5. Scroll down for the list.
The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.
The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.
Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.
Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.
The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.
The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.
Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.
Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.
- 1/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Manchevski won the Venice Golden Lion in 1994 for Before The Rain.
LevelK has boarded international sales for the Macedonian-set drama Kaymak by Milcho Manchevski, best known for his 1994 Venice Golden Lion winner Before The Rain.
Kaymak will world premiere in competition in Tokyo.
The ensemble cast includes Sara Klimoska, Kamka Tocinovski, Aleksandar Mikic (Secret Ingredient), Ana Stojanovska (Mothers), Simona Spirovska and Filip Trajkovikj.
The “irreverent, unconventional and poignant love story” is about two different sets of neighbours in Macedonia: a young rich couple who have to welcome a distant relative in their home; and the middle-aged neighbours in a crumbling house who feel left behind.
LevelK has boarded international sales for the Macedonian-set drama Kaymak by Milcho Manchevski, best known for his 1994 Venice Golden Lion winner Before The Rain.
Kaymak will world premiere in competition in Tokyo.
The ensemble cast includes Sara Klimoska, Kamka Tocinovski, Aleksandar Mikic (Secret Ingredient), Ana Stojanovska (Mothers), Simona Spirovska and Filip Trajkovikj.
The “irreverent, unconventional and poignant love story” is about two different sets of neighbours in Macedonia: a young rich couple who have to welcome a distant relative in their home; and the middle-aged neighbours in a crumbling house who feel left behind.
- 9/22/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Sam Productions’ owners are Søren Sveistrup, Adam Price and Studiocanal.
Denmark’s Sam Productions and Meta Film, the companies headed by CEO Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, are expanding into Sweden.
Maria Dahlin will spearhead the Swedish business, as Sam and Meta ramp up their investments in Swedish features and series.
Sam Productions’ owners are Søren Sveistrup, Adam Price and Studiocanal.
“Søren, Adam and I have a sincere deep love for Swedish stories; I think our previous productions clearly showed that,” said Foldager Sørensen, pointing to past Swedish collaborations including Border, The Wife and Aniara. She added that the companies planned...
Denmark’s Sam Productions and Meta Film, the companies headed by CEO Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, are expanding into Sweden.
Maria Dahlin will spearhead the Swedish business, as Sam and Meta ramp up their investments in Swedish features and series.
Sam Productions’ owners are Søren Sveistrup, Adam Price and Studiocanal.
“Søren, Adam and I have a sincere deep love for Swedish stories; I think our previous productions clearly showed that,” said Foldager Sørensen, pointing to past Swedish collaborations including Border, The Wife and Aniara. She added that the companies planned...
- 9/6/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The 7th MipDrama ended on Sunday with German series “House of Promises” named as the winner of the Buyers’ Coup de Coeur Award. While the showcase received mixed reactions from the participants, gathered onsite in Cannes – with only Italy’s “Bangla” opting for a more humorous approach – the event marked a win for Finland’s Elisa Viihde, presenting “Evilside,” “Summer of Sorrow” and “The Invicibles” (with Viaplay also attached.)
It must be some kind of a record that three out of 10 series are from the same commissioning broadcaster,” said Sari Lempiäinen, executive producer at Elisa Viihde. “We are excited and proud, as all of them are unique and brilliant.”
Here’s a drill-down on the 10 shows profiled at this year’s MipDrama:
“All That Is Left” (Sweden)
Genre: Teen / Young Adult
Format: 8 x 20’-25′
Production Companies: Erik McAllister for Svt and Lia Cederström for Baluba
Main Broadcaster: Svt
Distribution Company:...
It must be some kind of a record that three out of 10 series are from the same commissioning broadcaster,” said Sari Lempiäinen, executive producer at Elisa Viihde. “We are excited and proud, as all of them are unique and brilliant.”
Here’s a drill-down on the 10 shows profiled at this year’s MipDrama:
“All That Is Left” (Sweden)
Genre: Teen / Young Adult
Format: 8 x 20’-25′
Production Companies: Erik McAllister for Svt and Lia Cederström for Baluba
Main Broadcaster: Svt
Distribution Company:...
- 4/6/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Milcho Manchevski is set to re-team with North Macedonia-based Banana Film and Ian Prior’s U.K. banner Scala Productions on his next directorial outing, the black comedy “Kaymak.”
Manchevski last teamed up with Banana Film and Scala Productions on “Willow” which represents North Macedonia in the Oscar race.
Penned by Manchevski, the film tells the story of two couples who live next to each other and are involved in non-traditional romantic liaisons.
“Kaymak” is co-produced by Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen and Mette Børch at Meta Films in Copenhagen and Ivan Doykov of Dare Films in Sofia. Casting is currently underway.
“’Kaymak’ is about challenging the accepted wisdom of what is considered a ‘normal’ romantic relationship. It is about following your heart and where that takes you,” said Manchevski who also wrote the screenplay. “It is about taboos, about the choices we make in life and how they come back...
Manchevski last teamed up with Banana Film and Scala Productions on “Willow” which represents North Macedonia in the Oscar race.
Penned by Manchevski, the film tells the story of two couples who live next to each other and are involved in non-traditional romantic liaisons.
“Kaymak” is co-produced by Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen and Mette Børch at Meta Films in Copenhagen and Ivan Doykov of Dare Films in Sofia. Casting is currently underway.
“’Kaymak’ is about challenging the accepted wisdom of what is considered a ‘normal’ romantic relationship. It is about following your heart and where that takes you,” said Manchevski who also wrote the screenplay. “It is about taboos, about the choices we make in life and how they come back...
- 1/27/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Update: The Spanish Academy has announced that the 2021 Goya nominations will now be announced on Monday, Jan. 18.
In today’s Global Bulletin, historic snowfall in Madrid delays Spanish Academy Award nominations, Sky announces members of its Diversity Advisory Council, Netflix reveals casting for the next season of “Borgen,” documentary “Daisy Maskell – Insomnia and Me” on the way from BBC Three, Endemol Shine Germany teams with Rainer Laux on a new reality production label, “Covid vs The World” documentary gets History Channel premiere dates across Asia, and Gaumont’s “Lupin” becomes Netflix’s first French series to break the Top 10 in the U.S.
Awards
The 2021 Spanish Academy Goya Awards nominations, scheduled to be announced on Monday (Jan. 11), have been delayed after winter storm Filomena dropped 8”-12” of snow on Madrid, paralyzing the Spanish capital. The Academy has not yet stated when the nominations will take place, but record temperatures threaten...
In today’s Global Bulletin, historic snowfall in Madrid delays Spanish Academy Award nominations, Sky announces members of its Diversity Advisory Council, Netflix reveals casting for the next season of “Borgen,” documentary “Daisy Maskell – Insomnia and Me” on the way from BBC Three, Endemol Shine Germany teams with Rainer Laux on a new reality production label, “Covid vs The World” documentary gets History Channel premiere dates across Asia, and Gaumont’s “Lupin” becomes Netflix’s first French series to break the Top 10 in the U.S.
Awards
The 2021 Spanish Academy Goya Awards nominations, scheduled to be announced on Monday (Jan. 11), have been delayed after winter storm Filomena dropped 8”-12” of snow on Madrid, paralyzing the Spanish capital. The Academy has not yet stated when the nominations will take place, but record temperatures threaten...
- 1/11/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix and Danish broadcaster Dr are partnering to revive political drama Borgen after it was last on television in 2013.
Sidse Babett Knudsen will reprise her role as Danish politician Birgitte Nyborg in the new series, which is slated to premiere in 2022 on Dr before dropping on Netflix internationally.
Netflix has also secured the rights to the first three seasons of the BAFTA-winning show and is planning to launch them globally later this year.
Borgen will be produced by Sam Productions and will reunite its creative team, including creator Adam Price, who will pen Season 4. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen also returns as Katrine Fønsmark.
The new season follows Nyborg in her role as Foreign Minister, as well as her staff and the media tasked with covering her. Fønsmark was her head of press, but returns to journalism in the new season.
Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisition at Netflix, said: “Ten...
Sidse Babett Knudsen will reprise her role as Danish politician Birgitte Nyborg in the new series, which is slated to premiere in 2022 on Dr before dropping on Netflix internationally.
Netflix has also secured the rights to the first three seasons of the BAFTA-winning show and is planning to launch them globally later this year.
Borgen will be produced by Sam Productions and will reunite its creative team, including creator Adam Price, who will pen Season 4. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen also returns as Katrine Fønsmark.
The new season follows Nyborg in her role as Foreign Minister, as well as her staff and the media tasked with covering her. Fønsmark was her head of press, but returns to journalism in the new season.
Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisition at Netflix, said: “Ten...
- 4/29/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hit political drama “Borgen” is not only gearing up for a fourth outing, but all seasons are coming to Netflix.
Following a deal between the streaming giant and Danish public broadcaster Dr, all three seasons of the show, which originally aired from 2010-2013, will land on Netflix later this year, followed by a new fourth season of the hit drama in 2022.
While terms of the co-production deal have not been disclosed, it is likely Netflix is contributing to some of the costs for the fourth season, and getting involved in the creative direction.
Dr revealed Wednesday that a new season will debut on the broadcaster, followed by a global premiere on Netflix. The show — which follows a centrist politician’s journey to become the first female Prime Minister of Denmark — reunites creator Adam Price as well as lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark.
Following a deal between the streaming giant and Danish public broadcaster Dr, all three seasons of the show, which originally aired from 2010-2013, will land on Netflix later this year, followed by a new fourth season of the hit drama in 2022.
While terms of the co-production deal have not been disclosed, it is likely Netflix is contributing to some of the costs for the fourth season, and getting involved in the creative direction.
Dr revealed Wednesday that a new season will debut on the broadcaster, followed by a global premiere on Netflix. The show — which follows a centrist politician’s journey to become the first female Prime Minister of Denmark — reunites creator Adam Price as well as lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark.
- 4/29/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
One hundred Danish actors have contributed to a Danish project presenting everyday people’s #MeToo stories.
One hundred Danish actors including Claes Bang (The Square), Danica Curcic (Silent Heart), Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale), Ghita Nørby (Babette’s Feast), Victoria Carmen Sonne (Holiday), and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair) have contributed to a Danish project presenting everyday people’s #MeToo stories.
Copenhagen-based production company Meta Film has launched the website dkmetoo.dk, where its ‘mosaic’ of 100 videos related to #MeToo can be streamed.
The videos – nearly all under 2 minutes each – will also be screened tonight (Friday) at the Scandinavian Terrace...
One hundred Danish actors including Claes Bang (The Square), Danica Curcic (Silent Heart), Jesper Christensen (Casino Royale), Ghita Nørby (Babette’s Feast), Victoria Carmen Sonne (Holiday), and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair) have contributed to a Danish project presenting everyday people’s #MeToo stories.
Copenhagen-based production company Meta Film has launched the website dkmetoo.dk, where its ‘mosaic’ of 100 videos related to #MeToo can be streamed.
The videos – nearly all under 2 minutes each – will also be screened tonight (Friday) at the Scandinavian Terrace...
- 5/11/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Danish authorities are investigating claims by nine women of sexual harassment and workplace bullying by Peter Aalbaek Jensen, the co-founder of Lars von Trier's production company Zentropa and a towering figure in European cinema.
The women, including former Zentropa producer Meta Louise Foldager Sorensen, who worked on von Trier's films Antichrist (2009) and Melancholia (2011), made their claims public in Danish newspaper Politiken. They allege that “sexual harassment have long been part of the work environment for many employees” at Zentropa and that Jensen was “one of the main figures perpetuating the system of degradation.”
Among the allegations, former employees...
The women, including former Zentropa producer Meta Louise Foldager Sorensen, who worked on von Trier's films Antichrist (2009) and Melancholia (2011), made their claims public in Danish newspaper Politiken. They allege that “sexual harassment have long been part of the work environment for many employees” at Zentropa and that Jensen was “one of the main figures perpetuating the system of degradation.”
Among the allegations, former employees...
- 11/13/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Danish authorities are investigating claims of sexual harassment and workplace bullying by Peter Aalbæk Jensen, co-founder of Lars Von Trier's production company Zentropa. Deadline has confirmed that the country's Working Environment Authority, known locally as Arbejdstilsynet, is to launch a review after nine women, including Antichrist and Melancholia producer Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen made allegations against Aalbæk Jensen. The women gave detailed testimonials to…...
- 11/13/2017
- Deadline
Nine women have come forward to speak about their experiences with “sexual harassment, degradation and bullying” at Zentropa, the Danish production company co-founded by Lars von Trier. Many of the accusations center around Peter Aalbæk Jensen, the company’s other founder, who is “highlighted by several sources one of the main figures perpetuating the system of degradation.”
Read More:Björk Stands By Sexual Harassment Claims After Lars von Trier Denial, Reveals More ‘Paralyzing’ Abuse
These women offered their accounts to Politiken, one of the oldest and most widely read newspapers in Denmark. One of them, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, worked on such films as “Antichrist” and “Melancholia” and claims that “I think that everyone who has been employed by Zentropa has been exposed to or witnessed certain things. Both sexually charged acts and bullying or ‘teasing’. All of this was an ingrained part of the culture.”
Former employees claim that...
Read More:Björk Stands By Sexual Harassment Claims After Lars von Trier Denial, Reveals More ‘Paralyzing’ Abuse
These women offered their accounts to Politiken, one of the oldest and most widely read newspapers in Denmark. One of them, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, worked on such films as “Antichrist” and “Melancholia” and claims that “I think that everyone who has been employed by Zentropa has been exposed to or witnessed certain things. Both sexually charged acts and bullying or ‘teasing’. All of this was an ingrained part of the culture.”
Former employees claim that...
- 11/12/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Shoot due to get underway on October 31; Embankment handles sales.
Principal photography on The Wife, set to star Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater, is due to get underway on 31 October, 2016, on location across Scotland and Stockholm, for seven weeks.
Annie Starke (Albert Nobbs), Max Irons (Woman in Gold) and Harry Lloyd (Anthropoid) co-star.
The long-gestating project charts the story of a writer who decides to leave her husband while traveling to receive a prestigious award.
The Wife is produced by Rosalie Swedlin, Meta Louise Foldager, Piers Tempest and Claudia Bluemhuber.
London-based Embankment Films handles international sales and brokered the financing for the film, provided by Silver Reel, Creative Scotland, Film Väst, Chimney, the Swedish Film Institute and Svensk Filmindustri. CAA and Wme co-represent the Us.
Swedish director Björn Runge (De Blaue Engel), winner of Berlin’s Silver Bear and two Swedish Academy Awards, directs from a screenplay by screenwriter Jane Anderson (Olive Kitteridge), adapted from Meg Wolitzer...
Principal photography on The Wife, set to star Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater, is due to get underway on 31 October, 2016, on location across Scotland and Stockholm, for seven weeks.
Annie Starke (Albert Nobbs), Max Irons (Woman in Gold) and Harry Lloyd (Anthropoid) co-star.
The long-gestating project charts the story of a writer who decides to leave her husband while traveling to receive a prestigious award.
The Wife is produced by Rosalie Swedlin, Meta Louise Foldager, Piers Tempest and Claudia Bluemhuber.
London-based Embankment Films handles international sales and brokered the financing for the film, provided by Silver Reel, Creative Scotland, Film Väst, Chimney, the Swedish Film Institute and Svensk Filmindustri. CAA and Wme co-represent the Us.
Swedish director Björn Runge (De Blaue Engel), winner of Berlin’s Silver Bear and two Swedish Academy Awards, directs from a screenplay by screenwriter Jane Anderson (Olive Kitteridge), adapted from Meg Wolitzer...
- 10/19/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
StudioCanal is aiming to strengthen its UK presence with the launch of a new TV and film production company.
StudioCanal has announced the creation of Guilty Party, a new UK-based production company run by producer Spencer Millman (The Inbetweeners 2) and actor-writers Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) and Jonny Sweet (Chickens).
The new company will come under the creative supervision of Nicola Shindler, executive producer and founder of drama firm Red Production Company.
The move underlines StudioCanal’s ambition to strengthen its position in the UK. The French film giant will own a 25% share in Guilty Party as a partner in the company and will also handle worldwide distribution.
StudioCanal’s COO, CFO and head of TV series Romain Bessi said: “There is a fantastic opportunity for StudioCanal to become the main house of European talents in TV series so we are very happy to have Spencer Millman, Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet join our family.
“They bring very...
StudioCanal has announced the creation of Guilty Party, a new UK-based production company run by producer Spencer Millman (The Inbetweeners 2) and actor-writers Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) and Jonny Sweet (Chickens).
The new company will come under the creative supervision of Nicola Shindler, executive producer and founder of drama firm Red Production Company.
The move underlines StudioCanal’s ambition to strengthen its position in the UK. The French film giant will own a 25% share in Guilty Party as a partner in the company and will also handle worldwide distribution.
StudioCanal’s COO, CFO and head of TV series Romain Bessi said: “There is a fantastic opportunity for StudioCanal to become the main house of European talents in TV series so we are very happy to have Spencer Millman, Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet join our family.
“They bring very...
- 10/14/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Logan Lerman, Oscar-winner Frances McDormand and Christian Slater have joined the cast of Anonymous Content and Meta Film’s drama “The Wife.”
Also rounding out the cast are Brit Marling and Jonathan Pryce.
Glenn Close, who was already previously signed on for the project, will star as Joan Castleman, a wife who decides to leave her husband Joe (Pryce) on the eve of him receiving the Nobel Prize for literature.
Also read: ‘A Delicate Balance’ Theater Review: Glenn Close Revisits More Than One Diva
Slater will play a determined biographer who becomes the catalyst prompting Joan’s decision to leave...
Also rounding out the cast are Brit Marling and Jonathan Pryce.
Glenn Close, who was already previously signed on for the project, will star as Joan Castleman, a wife who decides to leave her husband Joe (Pryce) on the eve of him receiving the Nobel Prize for literature.
Also read: ‘A Delicate Balance’ Theater Review: Glenn Close Revisits More Than One Diva
Slater will play a determined biographer who becomes the catalyst prompting Joan’s decision to leave...
- 1/30/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
Exclusve: Cast rounds on Us-Swedish drama set to star Glenn Close.
Frances McDormand (Fargo), Logan Lerman (Fury), Brit Marling (Arbitrage), Christian Slater (Nymphomaniac) and Jonathan Pryce (Woman in Gold) have joined Glenn Close in Us-Swedish drama The Wife.
Ahead of the Efm, Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar’s Embankment Films has boarded the intriguing package produced by Anonymous Content and Sweden’s Meta Film.
CAA and Wme Global are co-representing the U.S sale.
Close will star as the elegant Joan Castleman, a flawlessly gracious wife who gladly gave up her writing ambitions to play the role of helpmate to her husband, the philandering literary giant Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce). On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature Joan decides to leave him.
Slater is the determined, unauthorized biographer who unwittingly becomes the catalyst that prompts Joan’s decision.
Marling will play the younger Joan, a product of her class and time, and McDormand...
Frances McDormand (Fargo), Logan Lerman (Fury), Brit Marling (Arbitrage), Christian Slater (Nymphomaniac) and Jonathan Pryce (Woman in Gold) have joined Glenn Close in Us-Swedish drama The Wife.
Ahead of the Efm, Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar’s Embankment Films has boarded the intriguing package produced by Anonymous Content and Sweden’s Meta Film.
CAA and Wme Global are co-representing the U.S sale.
Close will star as the elegant Joan Castleman, a flawlessly gracious wife who gladly gave up her writing ambitions to play the role of helpmate to her husband, the philandering literary giant Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce). On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature Joan decides to leave him.
Slater is the determined, unauthorized biographer who unwittingly becomes the catalyst that prompts Joan’s decision.
Marling will play the younger Joan, a product of her class and time, and McDormand...
- 1/30/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Picture marks Danish Bo Mikkelsen’s feature debut after critically acclaimed short Tabu.
Paris-based Indie Sales has acquired international rights to Danish director Bo Mikkelsen’s upcoming horror thriller What We Become ahead of the Afm.
The feature, shot in Mikkelsen’s hometown of Sorgenfri in the suburbs of Copenhagen, revolves around a family’s fight to survive after a virulent strain of flu breaks out prompting panic amid the population.
The Johanssons are forced into quarantine in their home but when they come under attack from a riotous, bloodthirsty mob they are forced to take extreme measures to escape alive.
The film, which has just wrapped, marks Mikkelsen’s feature debut after a number of shorts including the well-travelled Tabu, which was produced by Nicolas Winding Refn and Lene Børglum at Space Rocket Nation.
The cast features Mille Dinesen and Mikael Birkkjær, who both appeared in hit Danish TV series Borgen, as well as...
Paris-based Indie Sales has acquired international rights to Danish director Bo Mikkelsen’s upcoming horror thriller What We Become ahead of the Afm.
The feature, shot in Mikkelsen’s hometown of Sorgenfri in the suburbs of Copenhagen, revolves around a family’s fight to survive after a virulent strain of flu breaks out prompting panic amid the population.
The Johanssons are forced into quarantine in their home but when they come under attack from a riotous, bloodthirsty mob they are forced to take extreme measures to escape alive.
The film, which has just wrapped, marks Mikkelsen’s feature debut after a number of shorts including the well-travelled Tabu, which was produced by Nicolas Winding Refn and Lene Børglum at Space Rocket Nation.
The cast features Mille Dinesen and Mikael Birkkjær, who both appeared in hit Danish TV series Borgen, as well as...
- 10/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Picture marks Danish Bo Mikkelsen’s feature debut after critically acclaimed short Tabu.
Paris-based Indie Sales has acquired international rights to Danish director Bo Mikkelsen’s upcoming horror thriller What We Become ahead of the Afm.
The feature, shot in Mikkelsen’s hometown of Sorgenfri in the suburbs of Copenhagen, revolves around a family’s fight to survive after a virulent strain of flu breaks out prompting panic amid the population.
The Johanssons are forced into quarantine in their home but when they come under attack from a riotous, bloodthirsty mob they are forced to take extreme measures to escape alive.
The film, which has just wrapped, marks Mikkelsen’s feature debut after a number of shorts including the well-travelled Tabu, which was produced by Nicolas Winding Refn and Lene Børglum at Space Rocket Nation.
The cast features Mille Dinesen and Mikael Birkkjær, who both appeared in hit Danish TV series Borgen, as well as...
Paris-based Indie Sales has acquired international rights to Danish director Bo Mikkelsen’s upcoming horror thriller What We Become ahead of the Afm.
The feature, shot in Mikkelsen’s hometown of Sorgenfri in the suburbs of Copenhagen, revolves around a family’s fight to survive after a virulent strain of flu breaks out prompting panic amid the population.
The Johanssons are forced into quarantine in their home but when they come under attack from a riotous, bloodthirsty mob they are forced to take extreme measures to escape alive.
The film, which has just wrapped, marks Mikkelsen’s feature debut after a number of shorts including the well-travelled Tabu, which was produced by Nicolas Winding Refn and Lene Børglum at Space Rocket Nation.
The cast features Mille Dinesen and Mikael Birkkjær, who both appeared in hit Danish TV series Borgen, as well as...
- 10/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
Co-pros include English-language Easy Money, Henning Mankell TV series.
Svensk Filmindustri (Sf) and Studiocanal have entered an agreement that includes an all rights, output distribution deal for Sf on all new Studiocanal films in the Nordic market (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland) and the digital distribution by Sf of Studiocanal catalogue titles.
The deal also comprises coproduction based on English-speaking Nordic features and TV-series from Sf properties.
Sf will handle the Nordic markets for the co-productions and Studiocanal will distribute them internationally.
StudioCanal’s upcoming titles to be distributed by Sf include Paddington, Shaun the Sheep, Our Kind of Traitor, Macbeth, Legend and Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino’s Untitled Pantelleria).
Two feature co-productions are currently being developed: Easy Money (Snabba Cash), the English-language remake of the Swedish 2010 box office hit, and the Ibiza-set thriller The White Island, to be directed by Jens Jonsson.
Sf and Studiocanal are also developing two TV series. This first is...
Svensk Filmindustri (Sf) and Studiocanal have entered an agreement that includes an all rights, output distribution deal for Sf on all new Studiocanal films in the Nordic market (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland) and the digital distribution by Sf of Studiocanal catalogue titles.
The deal also comprises coproduction based on English-speaking Nordic features and TV-series from Sf properties.
Sf will handle the Nordic markets for the co-productions and Studiocanal will distribute them internationally.
StudioCanal’s upcoming titles to be distributed by Sf include Paddington, Shaun the Sheep, Our Kind of Traitor, Macbeth, Legend and Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino’s Untitled Pantelleria).
Two feature co-productions are currently being developed: Easy Money (Snabba Cash), the English-language remake of the Swedish 2010 box office hit, and the Ibiza-set thriller The White Island, to be directed by Jens Jonsson.
Sf and Studiocanal are also developing two TV series. This first is...
- 9/4/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The multiple Oscar nominee has committed to play the title role in Jane Anderson’s adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestseller.
Björn Runge will direct and the producers are Rosalie Swedlin for Anonymous Content with Meta Louise Foldager for Meta Film Stockholm and Sweden’s Maria Dahlin and Gila Ulfung.
The Wife is a drama about the unravelling of a marriage during a couple’s journey to the Nobel Award ceremony in Stockholm.
The film will shoot primarily in Stockholm in both English and Swedish. Production is planned for early 2015 and the producers are searching for the male lead.
“The first time I read The Wife I was instantly inspired by the story of love, creativity and a secret larger than life in itself that the main characters, Joan and Joe, are carrying,” said Runge. “After meeting the amazing Glenn Close, I was convinced that directing this film would be a creatively wonderful and challenging experience.”...
Björn Runge will direct and the producers are Rosalie Swedlin for Anonymous Content with Meta Louise Foldager for Meta Film Stockholm and Sweden’s Maria Dahlin and Gila Ulfung.
The Wife is a drama about the unravelling of a marriage during a couple’s journey to the Nobel Award ceremony in Stockholm.
The film will shoot primarily in Stockholm in both English and Swedish. Production is planned for early 2015 and the producers are searching for the male lead.
“The first time I read The Wife I was instantly inspired by the story of love, creativity and a secret larger than life in itself that the main characters, Joan and Joe, are carrying,” said Runge. “After meeting the amazing Glenn Close, I was convinced that directing this film would be a creatively wonderful and challenging experience.”...
- 5/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Glenn Close will play the title role in The Wife, the adaptation of the Meg Wolitzer novel that will be directed by Swedish director Bjorn Runge. Rosalie Swedlin of Anonymous Content, Meta Louise Foldager of Meta Film Stockholm and Swedish producers Maria Dahlin and Gila Ulfung are producing the movie, which will shoot primarily in Stockholm in both English and Swedish languages. A winter/spring 2015 shoot is being planned, with casting of the male lead now beginning. The project has been in the works for over a decade, and was initially set up at Fine Line Features for Jane
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- 5/16/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Six-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close has committed to play the title role in an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's bestselling novel “The Wife,” it was announced Thursday by Anonymous Content. Swedish filmmaker Bjorn Runge will direct from a script by Jane Anderson. Rosalie Swedlin will produce for Anonymous Content along with Meta Louise Foldager of Meta Film Stockholm and Swedish producers Maria Dahlin and Gila Ulfung. “The Wife” is a drama about the unraveling of a marriage during a couple's journey to the Nobel Award ceremony in Stockholm. The film will shoot primarily in Stockholm in both English and Swedish languages.
- 5/16/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Kaspar Barfoed will direct the story of the underdog Danish football team that became Euro 1992 champions.
Ulrich Thomsen is set to star as Danish national football team coach Richard Moller Nielsen in Summer of ’92.
Kris Thykier’s London-based PeaPie Films and Meta Louise Foldager’s Copenhagen-based Meta Film are producing.
HanWay handles international sales excluding Scandinavia.
Kasper Barfoed will direct the story based on a script he wrote alongside Anders Frithiof August. The film tells the story of the underdog Danish national football team thatbecame the surprise Euro 1992 champions.
“I am extremely pleased that we have Ulrich Thomsen in the role of Richard Møller Nielsen,” said Barfoed. “Ulrich is one of the best actors we’ve ever had in Denmark and this role will show sides of him we have not seen before.
“Richard Moller contained warmth, humour, ambition and single-mindedness, and it takes a brave actor to embrace this role. I am also...
Ulrich Thomsen is set to star as Danish national football team coach Richard Moller Nielsen in Summer of ’92.
Kris Thykier’s London-based PeaPie Films and Meta Louise Foldager’s Copenhagen-based Meta Film are producing.
HanWay handles international sales excluding Scandinavia.
Kasper Barfoed will direct the story based on a script he wrote alongside Anders Frithiof August. The film tells the story of the underdog Danish national football team thatbecame the surprise Euro 1992 champions.
“I am extremely pleased that we have Ulrich Thomsen in the role of Richard Møller Nielsen,” said Barfoed. “Ulrich is one of the best actors we’ve ever had in Denmark and this role will show sides of him we have not seen before.
“Richard Moller contained warmth, humour, ambition and single-mindedness, and it takes a brave actor to embrace this role. I am also...
- 5/15/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
StudioCanal and Canal+ Group have joined forces with The Killing creator/writer Soren Sveistrup, Borgen writer Adam Price and veteran Danish producer Meta Louise Foldager [pictured] to launch production company Sam Productions ApS.
The company will work on both TV and film projects, with initial emphasis on TV series for the international market.
Foldager, who has produced films for Lars von Trier and who now runs Copenhagen’s Meta Film, will serve as partner, CEO and executive producer.
Sveistrup and Price will continue to work on their own projects as well as being partners in the company and executive producing works.
StudioCanal will be a partner as well as distributor for the company’s projects; it gives the company a strengthened presence in Scandinavia.
Olivier Courson, StudioCanal Chairman and CEO, said: “Sam is meeting StudioCanal’s ambitions to develop TV series and strengthen our relationships with Scandinavian talents. We’ve already been working with Tomas Alfredson, Susanne Bier, and Tobias Lindholm...
The company will work on both TV and film projects, with initial emphasis on TV series for the international market.
Foldager, who has produced films for Lars von Trier and who now runs Copenhagen’s Meta Film, will serve as partner, CEO and executive producer.
Sveistrup and Price will continue to work on their own projects as well as being partners in the company and executive producing works.
StudioCanal will be a partner as well as distributor for the company’s projects; it gives the company a strengthened presence in Scandinavia.
Olivier Courson, StudioCanal Chairman and CEO, said: “Sam is meeting StudioCanal’s ambitions to develop TV series and strengthen our relationships with Scandinavian talents. We’ve already been working with Tomas Alfredson, Susanne Bier, and Tobias Lindholm...
- 5/14/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Studiocanal and its parent Canal Plus Group are partnering with key Scandinavian talent to produce TV series for the international market. Together, they have created Sam Productions which is named after its three principals: Søren Sveistrup, Adam Price, and Meta Louise Foldager. Each of the three comes with significant credits. Sveistrup is creator and writer of the original Danish series The Killing and exec producer of the U.S. version. He will create and write his own series and executive produce other projects. Price created Denmark’s Borgen and is also the host of a TV cooking show and author of several cookbooks. He will be a partner in the same capacity as Sveistrup. Foldager, whose feature producing credits include A Royal Affair and Melancholia, will be CEO of Copenhagen-based Sam and a producer and exec producer on upcoming projects. She will also still run her own production shingle Meta Film.
- 5/14/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television, which previously honored Aussie productions, has launched five new award categories that will recognize international product in Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. In other words, the Aussies are going Hollywood. The nominees were announced tonight by Jacki Weaver, the Aussie actress who was Oscar nominated for Animal Kingdom. I am not sure how these will factor into the Oscar conversation, but here are the nominees: Inaugural Aacta International Awards Nominees Best Film The Artist – Thomas Langmann (The Weinstein Company) The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Hugo – Graham King, Tim Headington, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp (Paramount Pictures) The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver (Columbia Pictures) Margin Call - Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto (Roadside Attractions) Melancholia – Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth...
- 1/15/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The King’s Speech, Melancholia, and the other winners of the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards were presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.”
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards winners is below.
European Film 2011
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by: Lars von Trier; Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth
European Director 2011
Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)
European Actress 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
European Actor 2011
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
European Screenwriter 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Carlo Di Palma European...
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards winners is below.
European Film 2011
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by: Lars von Trier; Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth
European Director 2011
Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)
European Actress 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
European Actor 2011
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
European Screenwriter 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Carlo Di Palma European...
- 12/4/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The film to beat at the European Film Awards, "Melanchola," took home the top prize Saturday in Berlin. Lars von Trier was not present when his film won, as the eccentric director has stopped making public statements since his series of gaffes earlier this year.
"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.
Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.
"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.
Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.
- 12/4/2011
- by Gazelle Emami
- Huffington Post
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia Melancholia Tops European Film Awards, Lars von Trier Bypassed, Colin Firth Beats Jean Dujardin Lars Von Trier/Melancholia Dominate European Film Awards European Film 2011 The Artist, France Written & Directed By: Michel Hazanavicius Produced By: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat Le Gamin Au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy Written & Directed By: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Produced By: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti HÆVNEN (In a Better World), Denmark Directed By: Susanne Bier Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen The King's Speech, UK Directed By: Tom Hooper Written By: David Seidler Produced By: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin Le Havre, Finland/France/Germany Written & Directed By: Aki Kaurismäki Produced By: Aki Kaurismäki & Karl Baumgartner * Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany Written & Directed By: Lars von Trier Produced By: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth European Director 2011 * Susanne Bier for...
- 12/4/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The live stream of the European Film Awards from Berlin this evening was pretty spotty, but a few fine moments came through, particularly the moment when a special honorary award was inaugurated and presented to a very surprised Michel Piccoli by Volker Schlöndorff and Bruno Ganz.
Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners and nominees:
European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.
Also nominated:
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...
Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners and nominees:
European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.
Also nominated:
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...
- 12/3/2011
- MUBI
Melancholia, The Artist, Le Havre and the other nominations for the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards are presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.” This year’s European Film Awards “ceremony will be held on December 3, 2011 in Berlin’s Tempodrom near Potsdamer Platz.”
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
- 11/6/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
"Melancholia" is the film to beat at this year's European Film Awards, which announced its nominated films Saturday at the Seville European Film Festival. The Lars von Trier film leads the pack with eight nominations including best film, best director, two best actress nods for Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg and best screenwriter. Following "Melancholia" -- all with half the number of noms it earned -- are Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech," Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist," Aki Kaurismaki's "Le Havre," Susanne Bier's "In a Better World" and Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne's "The Kid with a Bike." "The King's Speech" and "In a Better World" won best picture and best foreign film, respectively, at the Academy Awards this year.
Whether "Melancholia" will get as much love outside of Europe remains to be seen, when it opens in the U.S. in limited release on Nov. 11. The film,...
Whether "Melancholia" will get as much love outside of Europe remains to be seen, when it opens in the U.S. in limited release on Nov. 11. The film,...
- 11/5/2011
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
"Lars von Trier's Melancholia led the 24th European Film Award nominations, which were announced this morning," reports indieWIRE's Peter Knegt. "The film took 8 nominations including best film, director, screenplay and a double nominations for best actress with Kirsten Dunst [who, of course, won Best Actress in Cannes] and Charlotte Gainsbourg." Peruse the full list below and note that the list of nominees for European Film 2011 is identical to the one for European Director 2011 — except that Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) has been switched out for Béla Tarr, whose The Turin Horse also scores nominations for cinematographer Fred Kelemen and composer Mihály Vig.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd and Andrea Occhipinti
Haeven (In a Better World...
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd and Andrea Occhipinti
Haeven (In a Better World...
- 11/5/2011
- MUBI
Gabriel Yared and Cyrille Aufort are co-scoring the historical drama A Royal Affair. The film directed by Nicolaj Arcel (King’s Game, screenwriter of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) centers on the affair between Chr. VII’s German physician, Johan Struensee, and the English born queen of Denmark, Caroline Mathilda in the early 1770’s. The movie stars Mads Mikkelsen as Johan Struensee and Alicia Vikander as Caroline Mathilda. Trine Dyrholm and David Dencik are co-starring and Graum Jørgensen (In a Better World, Meta Louise Foldager (Melancholia and Peter Aalbæk Jensen are producing the Zentropa Entertainment production. The movie is set for a release on March 15, 2012 in several European countries. Magnolia Pictures has picked up domestic rights and a release next year in the Us is expected.
As previously reported, Yared also has Angelina Jolie’s directorial feature debut In the Land of Blood and Honey coming up this holiday season.
As previously reported, Yared also has Angelina Jolie’s directorial feature debut In the Land of Blood and Honey coming up this holiday season.
- 10/25/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Here is a new international trailer for Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, and an older trailer from a few months ago I just found as well. In the sci-fi/psychological drama another planet that is going to collide with the Earth, but at the same time it also revolves around a wedding and the lives and relationships of certain people. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgard and Udo Kier.
If anything, a Lars von Trier movie will surprise you (Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Antichrist), so I do look forward to seeing Melancholia even if it does seem more mainstream than his previous works. The film premiered in May 2011 at the 64th Cannes Film Festival where Kirsten Dunst received the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actress Award for her performance.
Here’s the press release, which includes a synopsis and...
If anything, a Lars von Trier movie will surprise you (Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Antichrist), so I do look forward to seeing Melancholia even if it does seem more mainstream than his previous works. The film premiered in May 2011 at the 64th Cannes Film Festival where Kirsten Dunst received the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actress Award for her performance.
Here’s the press release, which includes a synopsis and...
- 8/29/2011
- by Graham
- City of Films
Earlier we reported that Lars von Trier and Martin Scorsese were set to collaborate on The Five Obstructions. Today it was announced that Magnolia Pictures and Madman have pre-bought North American and Australia/New Zealand rights to project. This is a recreation of the 2003 collaboration documentary where director Jorgen Leth was challenged by von Trier to remake his 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times while following a set of strict rules or obstructions. This new project is being co-produced by Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions and Trier and Peter Aalbaek Jensen’s Zentropa Real.
Here is what Magnolia Vp Tom Quinn had to say about the purchase in a statement:
“The Five Obstructions is one of my all time favorite films, and I couldn’t be more excited to see what these two masters concoct together for this next installment. After being blown away by ‘Melancholia’ here in Cannes, the...
Here is what Magnolia Vp Tom Quinn had to say about the purchase in a statement:
“The Five Obstructions is one of my all time favorite films, and I couldn’t be more excited to see what these two masters concoct together for this next installment. After being blown away by ‘Melancholia’ here in Cannes, the...
- 5/19/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Magnolia Pictures and Madman Pre-Buy
The Five Obstructions: Scorsese Vs Trier and
A Royal Affair in North America and Australia/New Zealand
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures and Madman announced today they have respectively pre-bought North American and Australia/New Zealand rights to two high profile films from TrustNordisk and Zentropa Entertainment: the just announced and hugely anticipated Lars von Trier and Martin Scorsese collaboration, The Five Obstructions: Scorsese Vs Trier, and the sweeping historical drama, A Royal Affair.
Martin Scorsese subjecting himself to Lars Von Trier.s challenge was one of the biggest announcements out of Cannes this year. The Five Obstructions: Scorsese Vs Trier follows in the footsteps of The Five Obstructions, Trier.s landmark 2003 documentary collaboration with Jørgen Leth, wherein von Trier challenged Leth to remake his 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, with an increasingly difficult set of strict rules, or obstructions, that he had to follow.
The Five Obstructions: Scorsese Vs Trier and
A Royal Affair in North America and Australia/New Zealand
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures and Madman announced today they have respectively pre-bought North American and Australia/New Zealand rights to two high profile films from TrustNordisk and Zentropa Entertainment: the just announced and hugely anticipated Lars von Trier and Martin Scorsese collaboration, The Five Obstructions: Scorsese Vs Trier, and the sweeping historical drama, A Royal Affair.
Martin Scorsese subjecting himself to Lars Von Trier.s challenge was one of the biggest announcements out of Cannes this year. The Five Obstructions: Scorsese Vs Trier follows in the footsteps of The Five Obstructions, Trier.s landmark 2003 documentary collaboration with Jørgen Leth, wherein von Trier challenged Leth to remake his 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, with an increasingly difficult set of strict rules, or obstructions, that he had to follow.
- 5/18/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Artificial Eye have announced that Melancholia will be released in the UK on September 30, 2011.
Directed by Lars von Trier, Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier and Jesper Christensen.
Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth..
Melancholia will premiere next month at the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival.
Press Release:
Artificial Eye will release Lars von Trier’s Melancholia on 30 September. A beautiful movie about the end of the world, Melancholia is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Melancholia will receive its world premiere in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival next month.
Directed by Lars von Trier, Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier and Jesper Christensen.
Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth..
Melancholia will premiere next month at the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival.
Press Release:
Artificial Eye will release Lars von Trier’s Melancholia on 30 September. A beautiful movie about the end of the world, Melancholia is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Melancholia will receive its world premiere in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival next month.
- 4/19/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The trailer made its debut last week (see it Melancholia Trailer) and now Lars von Trier's next magnum opus will open in the UK from 30th September. Melancholia will be receiving its world premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival next month, which means Lars will be making the trip to the fest in his camper van. He's scared of flying, apparently.
So will Melancholia cause outrage on the Croisette like Antichrist did? Who knows. Von Trier announced at the pre-shoot press conference there would be "no more happy endings!" He's such a joker. Expect this to polarise opinion just like all his other films.
Press release:
Artificial Eye will release Lars von Trier's Melancholia on 30 September. A beautiful movie about the end of the world, Melancholia is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Melancholia will...
So will Melancholia cause outrage on the Croisette like Antichrist did? Who knows. Von Trier announced at the pre-shoot press conference there would be "no more happy endings!" He's such a joker. Expect this to polarise opinion just like all his other films.
Press release:
Artificial Eye will release Lars von Trier's Melancholia on 30 September. A beautiful movie about the end of the world, Melancholia is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Melancholia will...
- 4/19/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
"No more happy endings!" Lars von Trier announced at the pre-production press conference for Melancholia. Of course such statements are part and parcel of the Danish director's schtick, which only serves to make us all laugh and await the next film.
The debut trailer for his latest work should be called a disasterpiece given that it's a story centred on the destruction of our planet. It was launched today via the official website. Melancholia will be having its world premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival next month.
Along with the trailer we've got the UK press release with info on the plot, its UK release date and distribution details. Can't wait for this one.
London, 8 April 2011 - The trailer for Lars von Trier's Melancholia is launched online today and available to view at http://www.melancholiathemovie.com. A beautiful movie about the end of the world. Melancholia is...
The debut trailer for his latest work should be called a disasterpiece given that it's a story centred on the destruction of our planet. It was launched today via the official website. Melancholia will be having its world premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival next month.
Along with the trailer we've got the UK press release with info on the plot, its UK release date and distribution details. Can't wait for this one.
London, 8 April 2011 - The trailer for Lars von Trier's Melancholia is launched online today and available to view at http://www.melancholiathemovie.com. A beautiful movie about the end of the world. Melancholia is...
- 4/8/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
#03. Melancholia Director/Writer: Lars von TrierProducers: Meta Louise Foldager and Louise VesthDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Melancholia follows a group of people who react after discovering that the earth is on a collision course with another planet. Among the group we find the story of two sisters played by Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg and they pair respond to the coming cataclysm in different ways; one of them melancholic and the other more “normal.”...(more) Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, Brady Corbet and Udo Kier. List Worthy Reasons...: Moving from losing your child, to the notion of losing the world and everything in it, Von Trier is in the challenging genre-types portion of his career if you pair this sci-fi, perhaps dystopian-utopian versed film with his version of a horror film in Antichrist. Say what you want: he's a...
- 1/18/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
July is a pretty big month for movie productions worth keeping tabs on - this month's Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a mix of indie and studio project, with helmer Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) making the jump for low budget to huge budget with Summit Ent. distributing and Timur Bekmambetov producing an alien invasion project. - July is a pretty big month for movie productions worth keeping tabs on - this month's Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a mix of indie and studio project, with helmer Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) making the jump for low budget to huge budget with Summit Ent. distributing and Timur Bekmambetov producing an alien invasion project. Sticking with the notion of madness, Lars Von Trier has a huge ensemble at his disposal for the a shot in Sweden apocalypse. and we have a pair of shot in Hollywood North horror projects:...
- 7/2/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
July is a pretty big month for movie productions worth keeping tabs on - this month's Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a mix of indie and studio project, with helmer Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) making the jump for low budget to huge budget with Summit Ent. distributing and Timur Bekmambetov producing an alien invasion project. Sticking with the notion of madness, Lars Von Trier has a huge ensemble at his disposal for the a shot in Sweden apocalypse. and we have a pair of shot in Hollywood North horror projects: one indie by Mark Tonderai and one big budget from Catherine Hardwicke. Keeping with the shot in Canada projects, we have Sarah Polley shooting in Toronto. Shooting in the U.K we have Madonna going retro with W.E. and have Lone Scherfig taking on book to film romance One Day. To wrap things up, we have Woody in...
- 7/2/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
John Hurt has rounded out the cast of Lars von Trier.s new disaster movie "Melancholia."He joins a cast that includes Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Udo Kier, Stellan Skarsgård and his son, Alexander Skarsgård. The $7.5 million production starts shooting July 19 in Trollhattan, Sweden. According to The Hollywood Reporter, plot points have been scarce but the film has been described by Peter A. Jensen, head of von Trier's production firm, Zentropa, as a "beautiful film about the end of the world." Zentropa Denmark is producing with Slot Machine in France, Zentropa International in Cologne, Sweden's Memfis Film and Trollhattan Film. Meta Louise Foldager, who produced von Trier.s last film, "Antichrist," and Louise Vesth will produce.
- 5/18/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
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