Kodak had a momentous 2023 with more than 60 movies shot on film, and 2024 gets off to a promising start, led by Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders,” Luca Guadignino’s “Challengers,” and Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu.”
In addition, there’s M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap,” Ilya Povolotsky’s “Grace,” and John Andreas Andersen’s “Nr. 24,” with many more to come.
Plus, there are the following Sundance premieres: Jane Shoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow,” Aaron Shimberg’s “A Different Man,” Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples,” and Thea Hvistendahl’s “Handling the Undead.”
“Challengers” “Challengers”Amazon/MGM Studios
Guadagnino’s first comedy is a love triangle about the sexual tension of tennis with queer undertones. It stars Zendaya as a championship tennis star/coach opposite Mike Faist as her husband, and Josh O’Connor as her ex-lover and his childhood best friend, thrust into a grudge match tennis competition. The 35mm film-friendly director...
In addition, there’s M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap,” Ilya Povolotsky’s “Grace,” and John Andreas Andersen’s “Nr. 24,” with many more to come.
Plus, there are the following Sundance premieres: Jane Shoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow,” Aaron Shimberg’s “A Different Man,” Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples,” and Thea Hvistendahl’s “Handling the Undead.”
“Challengers” “Challengers”Amazon/MGM Studios
Guadagnino’s first comedy is a love triangle about the sexual tension of tennis with queer undertones. It stars Zendaya as a championship tennis star/coach opposite Mike Faist as her husband, and Josh O’Connor as her ex-lover and his childhood best friend, thrust into a grudge match tennis competition. The 35mm film-friendly director...
- 1/27/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
To mark the release of The Burning Sea on 25th July, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
From director John Andreas Andersen. In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil fields in the neighbouring North Sea, launching a prosperous period of offshore drilling.
Fifty years later, the environmental consequences begin to manifest – a crack has opened on the ocean floor, causing a rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), rushes in to search for the missing and assess the cause of the damage. But what they discover is that this is just the start of a possible apocalyptic catastrophe. As rigs are evacuated, Sofia’s partner Stian (Henrik Bjelland) becomes trapped in the depths of the sea, leaving Sofia to come to his rescue.
Please note: This competition is open to UK...
From director John Andreas Andersen. In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil fields in the neighbouring North Sea, launching a prosperous period of offshore drilling.
Fifty years later, the environmental consequences begin to manifest – a crack has opened on the ocean floor, causing a rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), rushes in to search for the missing and assess the cause of the damage. But what they discover is that this is just the start of a possible apocalyptic catastrophe. As rigs are evacuated, Sofia’s partner Stian (Henrik Bjelland) becomes trapped in the depths of the sea, leaving Sofia to come to his rescue.
Please note: This competition is open to UK...
- 7/18/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ninjababy star Kristine Kujath Thorp’s career continues to be on the rise – and showing plenty of variation – as she has added to it in the past few months with Cannes black comedy satire Sick Of Myself and this Nordic action thriller, which sees director John Andreas Andersen return to disaster movie territory after The Quake.
This time around she Thorp plays Sofia, an operator of drone-like submarines that buzz about in the ocean beneath oil rigs looking for problems. In a spirit running at least as far back as Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, she is about to become the hero, even though she doesn’t know that as she jokes about with her colleague Arthur (Rolf Kristian Larsen) and debates whether it might finally be time to move in with her oil worker boyfriend Stian (Henrik Bjelland) and his young son Odin (Nils Elias Olsen).
A prologue, filmed...
This time around she Thorp plays Sofia, an operator of drone-like submarines that buzz about in the ocean beneath oil rigs looking for problems. In a spirit running at least as far back as Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, she is about to become the hero, even though she doesn’t know that as she jokes about with her colleague Arthur (Rolf Kristian Larsen) and debates whether it might finally be time to move in with her oil worker boyfriend Stian (Henrik Bjelland) and his young son Odin (Nils Elias Olsen).
A prologue, filmed...
- 6/1/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Anders Baasmo, Bjørn Floberg, Anneke von der Lippe, Ane Skumsvoll, Cengiz Al, Nils Elias Olsen | Written by Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Lars Gudmestad | Directed by John Andreas Andersen
The Burning Sea is a Norwegian film with an interesting, albeit depressing conceit…
In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil fields in the neighbouring North Sea, launching a prosperous period of offshore drilling. Fifty years later, the environmental consequences begin to manifest – a crack has opened on the ocean floor, causing a rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), rushes in to search for the missing and assess the cause of the damage. But what they discover is that this is just the start of a possible apocalyptic catastrophe. As rigs are evacuated, Sofia’s partner Stian (Henrik Bjelland) becomes trapped in the depths of the sea,...
The Burning Sea is a Norwegian film with an interesting, albeit depressing conceit…
In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil fields in the neighbouring North Sea, launching a prosperous period of offshore drilling. Fifty years later, the environmental consequences begin to manifest – a crack has opened on the ocean floor, causing a rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), rushes in to search for the missing and assess the cause of the damage. But what they discover is that this is just the start of a possible apocalyptic catastrophe. As rigs are evacuated, Sofia’s partner Stian (Henrik Bjelland) becomes trapped in the depths of the sea,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
Norwegian disaster movies The Wave and The Quake marked out an interesting middle ground in the genre. They eschewed the tiny, insular, approach of something like Right At Your Door, but didn’t quite have the budget to compete with the vast scale of the likes of Roland Emmerich’s CGI choked productions, but they turned their limitations very much to their advantage. Where Emmerich and others in Hollywood tend to favour spectacle over emotion, these films leaned in to character, and deployed their limited but high quality effects to make us feel the peril and therefore identify with the well drawn characters.
The Burning Sea, to my slight disappointment, doesn’t follow Kristoffer Joner’s character into yet another disaster, as if he were John McClane but it was nature, rather than terrorists, repeatedly trying to kill him. Instead, the film focuses on Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), a robot...
The Burning Sea, to my slight disappointment, doesn’t follow Kristoffer Joner’s character into yet another disaster, as if he were John McClane but it was nature, rather than terrorists, repeatedly trying to kill him. Instead, the film focuses on Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), a robot...
- 5/18/2022
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Magnet Releasing will release The Burning Sea in theaters and on demand February 25, 2022 Directed by John Andreas Andersen Written by Lars Gudmestad and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Anders Baasmo, Bjørn Floberg, and Anneke von der Lippe In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil …
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- 4/8/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
In a film hinged on a killer ocean rift, the most outlandish portion of Norwegian disaster-movie-savant John Andreas Andersen’s “The Burning Sea” occurs when the people in authority — when presented with the scientific facts of the matter — make the right decision. In Norway, oil is truly liquid gold. Though the country, in reality, hopes to become a leader on climate change, the region stands as one of the world’s leaders in exporting that fossil fuel. For Andersen, the contradiction seems rife for big explosions and large devastation, for
The third film in a disaster trilogy that began with “The Wave” flowing seamlessly into “The Quake,” a fake documentary launches “The Burning Sea.” An older oil man, living in a cabin, wistfully recalls the country’s energy legacy: Footage from the 1980s of craned rigs, projectile plumes of oil, and birds covered in the noxious black liquid stitch a montage.
The third film in a disaster trilogy that began with “The Wave” flowing seamlessly into “The Quake,” a fake documentary launches “The Burning Sea.” An older oil man, living in a cabin, wistfully recalls the country’s energy legacy: Footage from the 1980s of craned rigs, projectile plumes of oil, and birds covered in the noxious black liquid stitch a montage.
- 2/25/2022
- by Robert Daniels
- Indiewire
In “The Burning Sea,” which is your basic, everyday Norwegian oil-rig disaster thriller, Stian (Henrik Bjelland), a rig worker stationed on a drilling platform that’s about to collapse, must descend into the bowels of the rig to shut down a well that can’t be reached remotely. As the soundtrack fills with one of those flatulent brass musical scores that sounds like it’s heralding the arrival of the devil, a bureaucratically ominous title splashes across the screen: “D Shaft, Gullfaks A, 138 meters under the sea.” 138 meters? That’s pretty far down, though not necessarily deep enough to be, you know, scary.
The disaster film started off as a “realistic” genre, one that gradually grew more over-the-top. In recent decades, though, directors like Roland Emmerich have accustomed us to the earthly-disaster-as-digital-ride. You could say it’s refreshing that “The Burning Sea,” the third in a series of not-so-over-the-top Norwegian disaster films,...
The disaster film started off as a “realistic” genre, one that gradually grew more over-the-top. In recent decades, though, directors like Roland Emmerich have accustomed us to the earthly-disaster-as-digital-ride. You could say it’s refreshing that “The Burning Sea,” the third in a series of not-so-over-the-top Norwegian disaster films,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Buyers worldwide continue to board The North Sea.
The Norwegian disaster movie, set on a North Sea oil drilling platform, racked up multiple presales for TrustNordisk unveiled during the American Film Market (AFM). The company closed deals with distributor Rialto for Australia and New Zealand rights, with Dd Dream for China, with Neo Films for Greece and with Films4You for Portugal.
The thriller, from The Quake director John Andreas Andersen, presold to Magnolia for the U.S. at the European Film Market in Berlin earlier this year. Other indie distributors who have pre-bought the film include Mongrel Media for Canada, Mediawan in France ...
The Norwegian disaster movie, set on a North Sea oil drilling platform, racked up multiple presales for TrustNordisk unveiled during the American Film Market (AFM). The company closed deals with distributor Rialto for Australia and New Zealand rights, with Dd Dream for China, with Neo Films for Greece and with Films4You for Portugal.
The thriller, from The Quake director John Andreas Andersen, presold to Magnolia for the U.S. at the European Film Market in Berlin earlier this year. Other indie distributors who have pre-bought the film include Mongrel Media for Canada, Mediawan in France ...
- 11/5/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Buyers worldwide continue to board The North Sea.
The Norwegian disaster movie, set on a North Sea oil drilling platform, racked up multiple presales for TrustNordisk unveiled during the American Film Market (AFM). The company closed deals with distributor Rialto for Australia and New Zealand rights, with Dd Dream for China, with Neo Films for Greece and with Films4You for Portugal.
The thriller, from The Quake director John Andreas Andersen, presold to Magnolia for the U.S. at the European Film Market in Berlin earlier this year. Other indie distributors who have pre-bought the film include Mongrel Media for Canada, Mediawan in France ...
The Norwegian disaster movie, set on a North Sea oil drilling platform, racked up multiple presales for TrustNordisk unveiled during the American Film Market (AFM). The company closed deals with distributor Rialto for Australia and New Zealand rights, with Dd Dream for China, with Neo Films for Greece and with Films4You for Portugal.
The thriller, from The Quake director John Andreas Andersen, presold to Magnolia for the U.S. at the European Film Market in Berlin earlier this year. Other indie distributors who have pre-bought the film include Mongrel Media for Canada, Mediawan in France ...
- 11/5/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TrustNordisk has closed key deals on John Andreas Andersen’s anticipated Norwegian disaster film “The North Sea.”
Now in post-production, the ambitious movie is produced by Fantefilm Fiksjon, which previously delivered the Scandinavian blockbusters “The Quake” and “The Wave” that TrustNordisk sold around the world.
The film, the trailer for which has just been unveiled by TrustNordisk, opens on Christmas Eve in 1969 as the Norwegian government announces that the country is home to the world’s largest offshore oil platform following the discovery of the Ekofisk field. The finding marks a turning point in the history of Norway and kicks off an unprecedented financial adventure. The thriller explores the consequences of 50 years of offshore drilling by the Norwegian government.
TrustNordisk has sold the film to Canada (Mongrel Media), Japan (Inter Film), South Korea (AtNine), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures), Poland (Hagi Film), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania), Czech Republic and...
Now in post-production, the ambitious movie is produced by Fantefilm Fiksjon, which previously delivered the Scandinavian blockbusters “The Quake” and “The Wave” that TrustNordisk sold around the world.
The film, the trailer for which has just been unveiled by TrustNordisk, opens on Christmas Eve in 1969 as the Norwegian government announces that the country is home to the world’s largest offshore oil platform following the discovery of the Ekofisk field. The finding marks a turning point in the history of Norway and kicks off an unprecedented financial adventure. The thriller explores the consequences of 50 years of offshore drilling by the Norwegian government.
TrustNordisk has sold the film to Canada (Mongrel Media), Japan (Inter Film), South Korea (AtNine), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures), Poland (Hagi Film), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania), Czech Republic and...
- 9/22/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has unveiled the trailer for “The North Sea,” the Norwegian disaster movie directed by John Andreas Andersen, and produced by the banner behind the Scandinavian blockbusters “The Quake” and “The Wave.”
“The North Sea” was co-written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg, who also penned “The Quake” and “The Wave,” and Lars Gudmestad, whose credits include the Norwegian thriller “Headhunters.”
The film opens on Christmas Eve in 1969 as the Norwegian government announces that the country is home to the world’s largest offshore oil platform following the discovery of the Ekofisk field. The finding marks a turning point in the history of Norway and kicks off an unprecedented financial adventure. The thriller explores the consequences of 50 years of offshore drilling by the Norwegian government.
“The North Sea” stars Kristine Kujath Thorp (“Ninjababy”), Rolf Kristian Larsen (“Cold Prey”), Anders Baasmo Christiansen (“Kon-Tiki”), Bjørn Floberg (“Out Stealing Horses”) and Anneke von der Lippe...
“The North Sea” was co-written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg, who also penned “The Quake” and “The Wave,” and Lars Gudmestad, whose credits include the Norwegian thriller “Headhunters.”
The film opens on Christmas Eve in 1969 as the Norwegian government announces that the country is home to the world’s largest offshore oil platform following the discovery of the Ekofisk field. The finding marks a turning point in the history of Norway and kicks off an unprecedented financial adventure. The thriller explores the consequences of 50 years of offshore drilling by the Norwegian government.
“The North Sea” stars Kristine Kujath Thorp (“Ninjababy”), Rolf Kristian Larsen (“Cold Prey”), Anders Baasmo Christiansen (“Kon-Tiki”), Bjørn Floberg (“Out Stealing Horses”) and Anneke von der Lippe...
- 5/27/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has closed key territory sales on “Riders of Justice,” Anders Thomas Jensen’s dark comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen.
“Riders of Justice” revolves around a military man Markus (Mikkelsen), who returns home to his teenage daughter after his wife dies in a tragic train accident. When a passenger on the wrecked train surfaces with claims of foul play, Markus begins to suspect the accident may have been a carefully orchestrated assassination.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh and Andrea H. Gadeberg also star. The movie, which won four Danish Film Awards, was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa Entertainments3.
Jensen is the screenwriter behind Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning drama “In a Better World.” His directorial credits include “Men & Chicken,” “Adam’s Apples,” “The Green Butchers” and “Flickering Lights” — all of which star Mikkelsen.
TrustNordisk sold the film to Canada (Mongrel Media), Spain (La Aventura...
“Riders of Justice” revolves around a military man Markus (Mikkelsen), who returns home to his teenage daughter after his wife dies in a tragic train accident. When a passenger on the wrecked train surfaces with claims of foul play, Markus begins to suspect the accident may have been a carefully orchestrated assassination.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh and Andrea H. Gadeberg also star. The movie, which won four Danish Film Awards, was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa Entertainments3.
Jensen is the screenwriter behind Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning drama “In a Better World.” His directorial credits include “Men & Chicken,” “Adam’s Apples,” “The Green Butchers” and “Flickering Lights” — all of which star Mikkelsen.
TrustNordisk sold the film to Canada (Mongrel Media), Spain (La Aventura...
- 3/2/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Buyers across Europe and Latin America have boarded the upcoming Norwegian disaster film The North Sea, from director John Andreas Andersen.
On the first day of Berlin’s all-virtual European Film Market (EFM), Scandinavian sales outfit TrustNordisk racked up a slew of pre-sales for the film, closing deals for German-speaking territories (Koch Films), for France (Mediawan), Benelux (Just Licensing), Italy (Minerva Pictures Group), Spain (Mediaset Espana), Russia and the Baltics (Vlg.Film), and Latin America (California Filmes).
TrustNordisk closed the deals off the film’s script and a teaser trailer it screened for EFM buyers. The North Sea comes from Norwegian production ...
On the first day of Berlin’s all-virtual European Film Market (EFM), Scandinavian sales outfit TrustNordisk racked up a slew of pre-sales for the film, closing deals for German-speaking territories (Koch Films), for France (Mediawan), Benelux (Just Licensing), Italy (Minerva Pictures Group), Spain (Mediaset Espana), Russia and the Baltics (Vlg.Film), and Latin America (California Filmes).
TrustNordisk closed the deals off the film’s script and a teaser trailer it screened for EFM buyers. The North Sea comes from Norwegian production ...
Buyers across Europe and Latin America have boarded the upcoming Norwegian disaster film The North Sea, from director John Andreas Andersen.
On the first day of Berlin’s all-virtual European Film Market (EFM), Scandinavian sales outfit TrustNordisk racked up a slew of pre-sales for the film, closing deals for German-speaking territories (Koch Films), for France (Mediawan), Benelux (Just Licensing), Italy (Minerva Pictures Group), Spain (Mediaset Espana), Russia and the Baltics (Vlg.Film), and Latin America (California Filmes).
TrustNordisk closed the deals off the film’s script and a teaser trailer it screened for EFM buyers. The North Sea comes from Norwegian production ...
On the first day of Berlin’s all-virtual European Film Market (EFM), Scandinavian sales outfit TrustNordisk racked up a slew of pre-sales for the film, closing deals for German-speaking territories (Koch Films), for France (Mediawan), Benelux (Just Licensing), Italy (Minerva Pictures Group), Spain (Mediaset Espana), Russia and the Baltics (Vlg.Film), and Latin America (California Filmes).
TrustNordisk closed the deals off the film’s script and a teaser trailer it screened for EFM buyers. The North Sea comes from Norwegian production ...
Projects from the team behind box office hits The Quake and The Wave.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for The North Sea, the new disaster film from the team behind The Quake and The Wave (both previously sold by TrustNordisk)
The film will be set offshore on the rigs tapping into the oil and gas fields underneath the North Sea.
The North Sea, budgeted at $6.7m, will be directed by John Andreas Andersen (The Quake) and produced by Oslo-based Fantefilm’s team of Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen and Therese Bøhn.
Screenwriters are Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad.
The Norwegian-language...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for The North Sea, the new disaster film from the team behind The Quake and The Wave (both previously sold by TrustNordisk)
The film will be set offshore on the rigs tapping into the oil and gas fields underneath the North Sea.
The North Sea, budgeted at $6.7m, will be directed by John Andreas Andersen (The Quake) and produced by Oslo-based Fantefilm’s team of Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen and Therese Bøhn.
Screenwriters are Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad.
The Norwegian-language...
- 11/1/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Long-time collaborators Quentin Tarantino and cinematographer Robert Richardson will receive the joint Cinematographer-Director Duo Award at the closing night of Polish festival Camerimage. The pair have collaborated on five features including Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and have won five Oscars between them. Camerimage, a film fest dedicated to the art of cinematography, runs Nov 9-16 this year in its new home of Toruń, Poland.
StarzPlay, the streaming service run by Lionsgate-owned network Starz, has picked up Mindy Kaling’s 10-part miniseries adaptation of rom-com Four Weddings And A Funeral, and will premiere the show exclusively in the UK on December 12. Natalie Emmanuel, Nikesh Patel and John Reynolds lead the cast of the series, which follows a young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign who receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London and leaves her professional and personal life behind. It...
StarzPlay, the streaming service run by Lionsgate-owned network Starz, has picked up Mindy Kaling’s 10-part miniseries adaptation of rom-com Four Weddings And A Funeral, and will premiere the show exclusively in the UK on December 12. Natalie Emmanuel, Nikesh Patel and John Reynolds lead the cast of the series, which follows a young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign who receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London and leaves her professional and personal life behind. It...
- 10/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Haugesund, Norway — Hans Petter Moland’s sweeping literary adaptation “Out Stealing Horses” put in a dominant showing at Norway’s Amanda Awards on Saturday night, placing first with a collected five awards, including best Norwegian film.
Celebrating its 35th edition this year, the Norwegian industry’s top film prize helped kick off the Haugesund Film Festival and was broadcast live on national TV.
Moland’s generation-spanning outdoor drama very quickly took the lead at Saturday night’s ceremony, collecting additional awards for cinematography (Rasmus Videbæk), original music (Kaspar Kaae), best supporting actor (Bjørn Floberg), and best director.
The film premiered to strong notices at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where cinematographer Rasmus Videbæk won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution. In his Berlinale review, Variety critic Guy Lodge called the Amanda winner a “loving adaptation” and credited the film’s “lush visual storytelling against its characters’ desolate interiors.
Celebrating its 35th edition this year, the Norwegian industry’s top film prize helped kick off the Haugesund Film Festival and was broadcast live on national TV.
Moland’s generation-spanning outdoor drama very quickly took the lead at Saturday night’s ceremony, collecting additional awards for cinematography (Rasmus Videbæk), original music (Kaspar Kaae), best supporting actor (Bjørn Floberg), and best director.
The film premiered to strong notices at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where cinematographer Rasmus Videbæk won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution. In his Berlinale review, Variety critic Guy Lodge called the Amanda winner a “loving adaptation” and credited the film’s “lush visual storytelling against its characters’ desolate interiors.
- 8/17/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Motelx, the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, will return for it's lucky 13th year of horror thrills in Portugal. Tonight the festival is announcing its first wave of titles and Ari Aster's daylight folk horror Midsommar is leading the pack. Aster will be attending the festival for the Protuguese premiere and present a special screening of his previous film, Hereditary. Other films from the circuit are coming to town: Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz's The Lodge, John Andreas Andersen’s disaster flick The Quake, and the remake of Rabid from the Soska sisters. In a lucky twist of fate the 13th annual festival will have its first ever Friday the 13th while the festival is running. So it only makes sense that you...
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- 7/16/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Goteborg, Sweden — There’s an impending sense of doom in the current zeitgeist, particularly with feelings about climate change, that the Göteborg Film Festival taps into this year with Focus: Apocalypse. Fest artistic director Jonas Holmberg notes, “We are exploring how today’s filmmakers work with the existential, ethical and political aspects of this crisis. Perhaps more than any other art form, film has preoccupied itself with envisioning the apocalypse and post-apocalyptic situations, and perhaps it is precisely through such artistic imaginings that we can deal with civilization’s presently critical state.”
Comprising a thoughtfully-curated program of films, special events and seminars, the focus poses the question “What can humans do, alone or collectively, to save the earth?”
One answer comes via the Icelandic title “Woman At War,” directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, which takes on pressing environmental concerns with humor and aplomb. The eponymous woman is a much beloved, middle-aged Reykjavik choir conductor,...
Comprising a thoughtfully-curated program of films, special events and seminars, the focus poses the question “What can humans do, alone or collectively, to save the earth?”
One answer comes via the Icelandic title “Woman At War,” directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, which takes on pressing environmental concerns with humor and aplomb. The eponymous woman is a much beloved, middle-aged Reykjavik choir conductor,...
- 1/29/2019
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Interview: Director John Andreas Andersen on the Importance of Practical Sets and More for The Quake
This past Friday, Magnet Releasing unleashed The Quake in theaters and on various digital platforms. A direct sequel to the 2015 Norwegian disaster film The Wave, The Quake was directed by John Andreas Andersen and reunites us with Kristian Eikjord (Kristoffer Joner) and his family three years after the horrific events of the first film, but now, they’re contending with a cataclysmic earthquake that’s set to rock the city of Oslo.
Daily Dead recently caught up with Andersen to discuss taking on such an ambitious project for his feature film directorial debut. He also talked about how his career in cinematography served him well while at the helm of The Quake, his experiences collaborating with Joner, and why he insisted they use practical sets for some of the movie’s impressive action-oriented set pieces.
Good to speak with you today, John, and congrats on The Quake. How much of your background,...
Daily Dead recently caught up with Andersen to discuss taking on such an ambitious project for his feature film directorial debut. He also talked about how his career in cinematography served him well while at the helm of The Quake, his experiences collaborating with Joner, and why he insisted they use practical sets for some of the movie’s impressive action-oriented set pieces.
Good to speak with you today, John, and congrats on The Quake. How much of your background,...
- 12/17/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The Quake is an upcoming disaster film, from Norway. A sequel to The Wave (2015), this latest feature looks at how a 5.4 magnitude earthquake would effect Oslo. Taking a note from an actual earthquake in 1904, this film builds on the possible devastation, that would rock this Scandinavian city. The Quake will show this week in the U.S., while Canada follows suit at a later date. This film, from director John Andreas Andersen (King of Devil's Island), stars: Kristoffer Joner (The Revenant), Ane Dahl Torp (The Wave), Hang Tran and many more. Already released in Norway, more North American release details are available here. This film focuses on the Oslo Rift. Here, a fault line runs deeply. The Quake looks at what might happen here, if a seismic shift took place, shaking the city of Oslo. Producer Martin Sundland recently spoke of The Quake. At Nordisk Film, Sundland talks about competing...
- 12/12/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Roar Uthaug’s 2015 “The Wave” revived the pleasures of the 1970s disaster-movie cycle in a form that seemed purer than the never-quite-dead genre’s recent Stateside incarnations — most of which seem to involve Dwayne Johnson in a generic pileup of CGI perils. “The Wave” wasn’t high art, but it was entertainment that delivered some standard satisfactions without treating the viewer like an easy mark.
“The Quake,” written by the same duo of John Kare Raake and Harald Rosenlow Eeg, is a “more of the same” sequel that’s just as good as the original, in nearly identical ways. Yes, there’s a tolerably talky buildup to wade through first, but once again it pays off in heightened human involvement when the mass destruction hits the fan. With Uthaug having defected to Hollywood and the “Tomb Raider” remake, this entry is helmed by veteran cinematographer John Andreas Andersen, whose second...
“The Quake,” written by the same duo of John Kare Raake and Harald Rosenlow Eeg, is a “more of the same” sequel that’s just as good as the original, in nearly identical ways. Yes, there’s a tolerably talky buildup to wade through first, but once again it pays off in heightened human involvement when the mass destruction hits the fan. With Uthaug having defected to Hollywood and the “Tomb Raider” remake, this entry is helmed by veteran cinematographer John Andreas Andersen, whose second...
- 12/12/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Another day, another disaster movie though this time, don't expect The Rock to be showing up to save the day.
John Andreas Andersen's latest is The Quake, a disaster movie which imagines the destruction of Oslo if a big enough earthquake were to strike.
The movie co-stars Kristoffer Joner who also starred in another disaster movie from Norway, the disappointing The Wave which suggested destruction to come but didn't deliver until the very end. At least in the case of The Quake, it looks like the destruction will come early and there will be much of it.
Andersen has a background as a cinematographer, including Headhunters, Babycall and King of Devil's Island, which certainly bodes well for his latest which looks impressive.
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John Andreas Andersen's latest is The Quake, a disaster movie which imagines the destruction of Oslo if a big enough earthquake were to strike.
The movie co-stars Kristoffer Joner who also starred in another disaster movie from Norway, the disappointing The Wave which suggested destruction to come but didn't deliver until the very end. At least in the case of The Quake, it looks like the destruction will come early and there will be much of it.
Andersen has a background as a cinematographer, including Headhunters, Babycall and King of Devil's Island, which certainly bodes well for his latest which looks impressive.
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- 11/13/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Leave it to Norway to make great movies about natural disasters. In 2015 a film called The Wave was released which ended up being a great movie! Now there’s a film called The Quake that is coming out that focuses on a major earthquake and it looks like it could be equally as good.
We have a trailer for the film for you to watch today that tells the story of a massive earthquake that hits Oslo from fault-line that lies beneath the city of 1.7 million people. It looks like a terrifying ordeal! Here’s the brief synopsis:
In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo soon…
The movie was directed by Norwegian filmmaker John Andreas Andersen from...
We have a trailer for the film for you to watch today that tells the story of a massive earthquake that hits Oslo from fault-line that lies beneath the city of 1.7 million people. It looks like a terrifying ordeal! Here’s the brief synopsis:
In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo soon…
The movie was directed by Norwegian filmmaker John Andreas Andersen from...
- 10/31/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In recent years Norway has been cranking out some fantastic genre films – Troll Hunter, Dead Snow and its sequel, Rare Exports, Thale and the Cold Prey series. Speaking of the latter, director Roar Uthaug, the man behind the three Cold Prey movies, turned his hand from the horrors of the slasher movie to the horrors of nature with The Wave, a disaster movie of real-life proportions – which screened back in February 2016 at Glasgow Frightfest and was followed by a home entertainment release, here in the UK, in August of the same year.
Well now comes The Quake, a follow-up to that film which sees The Wave star Kristoffer Joner return as geologist Kristian Eikjord, this time under the direction of John Andreas Andersen, who worked as a cinematographer on such films as King of Devil’s Island and the Jo Nesbo adaptation Headhunters.
In 1904 an earthquake with a 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Oslo.
Well now comes The Quake, a follow-up to that film which sees The Wave star Kristoffer Joner return as geologist Kristian Eikjord, this time under the direction of John Andreas Andersen, who worked as a cinematographer on such films as King of Devil’s Island and the Jo Nesbo adaptation Headhunters.
In 1904 an earthquake with a 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Oslo.
- 10/30/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"Oslo has experienced this before. And now it's happening again." Magnolia Pictures has released the a new official Us trailer for The Quake, the "next big disaster movie from Norway" following the smash hit The Wave from a few years back. This movie is about a massive earthquake that hits Oslo, centered on a fault-line underneath the city of 1.7 million people. They had a big quake in 1904, but they still aren't prepared. The story follows various people trying to survive, of course. Also titled Skjelvet in Norwegian, the movie opened in Norway this summer, and it's opening in Us theaters this December. Starring Ane Dahl Torp, Kristoffer Joner, Hang Tran, and Jonas Hoff Oftebro. It's fun to see Norway promoting their country through Emmerich-esque disaster movies, at least it's a change from the cities we usually see. Check it out. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for John Andreas Andersen's The Quake,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"But what if it's not the same strength as in 1904...?" Nordisk Filmdistribusjon already released an official trailer for a Norwegian disaster movie titled The Quake, the next big Norwegian disaster movie to follow the highly successful The Wave from 2015. As you might expect, the movie is about an Earthquake that hits Oslo, centered on a fault-line underneath the city of 1.7 million. Also known as Skjelvet in Norwegian, this is opening in August in Norway but still has no other international release plans set yet. Starring Ane Dahl Torp, Kristoffer Joner, Hang Tran, and Jonas Hoff Oftebro. The footage actually looks like a Roland Emmerich-esque disaster movie, so good work in that sense, but I'm not too sure it's going to be any good. Here's the official Norwegian trailer (+ poster) for John Andreas Andersen's The Quake, from YouTube: Here's the terrifying official synopsis: In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude...
- 7/20/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
TrustNordisk also closes another four deals.
Magnolia has acquired Us rights to The Quake from TrustNordisk; Screen can exclusively reveal this first image from the film.
Other newly signed deals include to Canada (Mongrel); Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (Volga); Turkey (Sinema TV Yay. Ve Prod), and India (One World Movies).
The film imagines an earthquake hitting Oslo. The $6.4m project, directed by John Andreas Andersen, marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave. (Magnolia also distributed The Wave in the Us).
The project reunites The Wave’s producers Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of...
Magnolia has acquired Us rights to The Quake from TrustNordisk; Screen can exclusively reveal this first image from the film.
Other newly signed deals include to Canada (Mongrel); Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (Volga); Turkey (Sinema TV Yay. Ve Prod), and India (One World Movies).
The film imagines an earthquake hitting Oslo. The $6.4m project, directed by John Andreas Andersen, marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave. (Magnolia also distributed The Wave in the Us).
The project reunites The Wave’s producers Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of...
- 5/8/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Disaster film from the producers of 2015 hit ‘The Wave’.
TrustNordisk continues to shake up deals for its new disaster film The Quake. New sales include to Poland (Mówis Serwis Dystrybucja Spólka), former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Spain (Selectavision) and Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia (Cm Holdings).
As previously reported, sales already done include German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (Dd Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Middle East (Gulf) and South Korea (AtNine).
Director John Andreas Andersen will shoot the film this autumn. The $6.4m project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave (also a big seller for TrustNordisk, pictured), this time inspired by a real earthquake in Oslo in 1904. The Quake is slated for release in Norway on August 30, 2018.
The project reunites The Wave’s producers Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm and scriptwriters Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake. The [link=co...
TrustNordisk continues to shake up deals for its new disaster film The Quake. New sales include to Poland (Mówis Serwis Dystrybucja Spólka), former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Spain (Selectavision) and Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia (Cm Holdings).
As previously reported, sales already done include German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (Dd Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Middle East (Gulf) and South Korea (AtNine).
Director John Andreas Andersen will shoot the film this autumn. The $6.4m project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave (also a big seller for TrustNordisk, pictured), this time inspired by a real earthquake in Oslo in 1904. The Quake is slated for release in Norway on August 30, 2018.
The project reunites The Wave’s producers Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm and scriptwriters Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake. The [link=co...
- 5/18/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Disaster film from The Wave producers will shoot in autumn; sales include for Germany, China, Latin America and more.
Scandi powerhouse TrustNordisk has already closed a slew of deals on new disaster film The Quake, which it is introducing at this week’s European Film Market (Efm)
The film, set to shoot this autumn for director John Andreas Andersen, has been pre-sold to German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (Dd Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Middle East (Gulf) and South Korea (AtNine).
The $6.4m project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave, this time inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo.
It will be released in Norway on Aug 30, 2018.
Scandi powerhouse TrustNordisk has already closed a slew of deals on new disaster film The Quake, which it is introducing at this week’s European Film Market (Efm)
The film, set to shoot this autumn for director John Andreas Andersen, has been pre-sold to German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (Dd Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Middle East (Gulf) and South Korea (AtNine).
The $6.4m project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave, this time inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo.
It will be released in Norway on Aug 30, 2018.
- 2/10/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Projects backed by Nordic funding bodies range from the next disaster film by the writers of The Wave to a documentary reconstructing the Utoya massacre.
The Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round includes $1.82m (Nok 15m) to Kon-Tiki co-director Espen Sandberg’s new film Roald Amundsen, a biopic of the titular Arctic explorer.
The $9m (Nok 75m) production is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Sinkerud for Motion Blur Films.
The Nfi also awarded $1.7m (Nok 13.9m) to John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake (Skjelvet), written by The Wave writers Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake.
The film is inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiction (also behind The Wave) produce the $6.3m (Nok 52.1m) production.
Andersen makes his solo directorial debut after working as a cinematographer on films such as The Snowman and Headhunters.
Sweden
In Sweden, the Swedish Film Institute has backed 23 projects in its latest...
The Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round includes $1.82m (Nok 15m) to Kon-Tiki co-director Espen Sandberg’s new film Roald Amundsen, a biopic of the titular Arctic explorer.
The $9m (Nok 75m) production is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Sinkerud for Motion Blur Films.
The Nfi also awarded $1.7m (Nok 13.9m) to John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake (Skjelvet), written by The Wave writers Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake.
The film is inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiction (also behind The Wave) produce the $6.3m (Nok 52.1m) production.
Andersen makes his solo directorial debut after working as a cinematographer on films such as The Snowman and Headhunters.
Sweden
In Sweden, the Swedish Film Institute has backed 23 projects in its latest...
- 9/16/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Norwegian director Hallvard Bræin’s action comedy Børning received both the jury and the audiences’ film prize at the ceremony in Haugesund’s Maritim HallScroll down for full list of winners
Norwegian director Hallvard Bræin’s feature debut, Børning – a local twist of Cannonball Run (1981), which became last year’s most popular Norwegian film, taking 381,648 admissions – was also the big winner at the Amanda awards ceremony in Haugesund on Saturday (Aug 15).
At the TV2 Norge televised presentation in Haugesund’s Maritim Hall, preceding today’s opening of the 43rd Norwegian International Film Festival, Børning received Amandas – Norway’s national film prizes - including Best Norwegian Feature, the People’s Amanda, Best Supporting Actor (Henrik Mestad) and Best Sound Design (Fredric Vogel, Petter Fladeby).
The frontrunner for the awards - Norwegian director Bent Hamer 1001 Grams (1001 gram), which has so far toured 25 international film festivals – was nominated in six categories, but won only Best Original Screenplay.
For the first...
Norwegian director Hallvard Bræin’s feature debut, Børning – a local twist of Cannonball Run (1981), which became last year’s most popular Norwegian film, taking 381,648 admissions – was also the big winner at the Amanda awards ceremony in Haugesund on Saturday (Aug 15).
At the TV2 Norge televised presentation in Haugesund’s Maritim Hall, preceding today’s opening of the 43rd Norwegian International Film Festival, Børning received Amandas – Norway’s national film prizes - including Best Norwegian Feature, the People’s Amanda, Best Supporting Actor (Henrik Mestad) and Best Sound Design (Fredric Vogel, Petter Fladeby).
The frontrunner for the awards - Norwegian director Bent Hamer 1001 Grams (1001 gram), which has so far toured 25 international film festivals – was nominated in six categories, but won only Best Original Screenplay.
For the first...
- 8/17/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
The interplay between beautiful and sinister imagery defines much of Marius Holst’s haunting Norwegian prison drama King of Devil’s Island. The bleakly perplexing visage of a harpooned whale dying alongside the arrival of two boys into a brutal prison system generates a stirring metaphor that grows only stronger over the film’s course.
Based on the actual 1915 uprising of Norway’s Bastøy Island, we meet new inmates Erling (Benjamin Helstad) and Ivar (Magnus Langlete) as they are initiated by being paraded around naked in front of their fellow prisoners. It creates an antagonistic atmosphere from the outset, one neither governed nor reprimanded by the prison’s ambiguous director, Bestyreren (Stellan Skarsgård). Violent confrontations are evidently endemic to the environment, no different from the majority of prisons worldwide. Disturbingly, those in positions of power, such as caretaker Brathen (Kristoffer Joner), order senior inmates to administer...
The interplay between beautiful and sinister imagery defines much of Marius Holst’s haunting Norwegian prison drama King of Devil’s Island. The bleakly perplexing visage of a harpooned whale dying alongside the arrival of two boys into a brutal prison system generates a stirring metaphor that grows only stronger over the film’s course.
Based on the actual 1915 uprising of Norway’s Bastøy Island, we meet new inmates Erling (Benjamin Helstad) and Ivar (Magnus Langlete) as they are initiated by being paraded around naked in front of their fellow prisoners. It creates an antagonistic atmosphere from the outset, one neither governed nor reprimanded by the prison’s ambiguous director, Bestyreren (Stellan Skarsgård). Violent confrontations are evidently endemic to the environment, no different from the majority of prisons worldwide. Disturbingly, those in positions of power, such as caretaker Brathen (Kristoffer Joner), order senior inmates to administer...
- 6/28/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Based on a true story, King of Devil’s Island dramatises the 1915 uprising at a correctional facility on Bastøy Island, Norway. Set in the Oslo fjord, the film charts the arrival of alleged murderer Erling (Benjamin Helstad) at Bastøy Boys Home: an unforgiving residence for Norway’s maladjusted youth which prefers numbers to names and forbids talk of the past.
Inducted with fellow offender Ivar (Magnus Langlete), Erling wastes no time in provoking the harsh school governor (Stellan Skarsgard) and coming into conflict with housemaster’s pet and dorm leader Olav (Trond Nilssen). When a teacher is caught sexually assaulting a pupil, however, order gives into chaos as the youths revolt.
Given the scale of the uprising and the infamy of the aftermath from which the film takes its name, it is truly surprising how unhurried director Marius Holst is to realise it onscreen. Instead, Holst conjects a series of...
Inducted with fellow offender Ivar (Magnus Langlete), Erling wastes no time in provoking the harsh school governor (Stellan Skarsgard) and coming into conflict with housemaster’s pet and dorm leader Olav (Trond Nilssen). When a teacher is caught sexually assaulting a pupil, however, order gives into chaos as the youths revolt.
Given the scale of the uprising and the infamy of the aftermath from which the film takes its name, it is truly surprising how unhurried director Marius Holst is to realise it onscreen. Instead, Holst conjects a series of...
- 6/20/2011
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Two more movies today and two more thumbs up: one for Albatross, which I review in full, and another for the Norwegian King of Devil’s Island. An unusual double bill, to be sure, but it matters not; you don’t generally need to be in a certain mood to watch a good movie, it’s supposed to put you in that mood.
Albatross is a British coming-of-age comic drama about two girls with very different outlooks and backgrounds, who come together and bring something out of one another. It was a surprise: a very sweet, funny movie with wonderful central performances. There was nothing particularly new or innovative about the story, but it still comes highly recommended. It is the first movie from director Niall MacCormick and writer Tamzin Rafn, who are clearly talents to keep an eye out for.
There’s an actor in it called Harry Treadaway,...
Albatross is a British coming-of-age comic drama about two girls with very different outlooks and backgrounds, who come together and bring something out of one another. It was a surprise: a very sweet, funny movie with wonderful central performances. There was nothing particularly new or innovative about the story, but it still comes highly recommended. It is the first movie from director Niall MacCormick and writer Tamzin Rafn, who are clearly talents to keep an eye out for.
There’s an actor in it called Harry Treadaway,...
- 6/20/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
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