Leading distribution company Beta Film has come on board four-part Norwegian drama “A Better Man,” created by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen.
The show, which was commissioned by Norwegian broadcaster Nrk and German broadcaster Zdf’s platform ZDFneo, is produced by Synnøve Hørsdal and Christian Fredrik Martin at Norway’s Maipo Film.
“A Better Man” centers on Tom, Norway’s number one internet troll. He is a smart but angry and frustrated man with misogynistic tendencies, and an example of everything that is pathetic and wrong with the men who didn’t get the memo about the gender equality movement.
When hackers reveal his identity to the public, he is forced to dress as a woman to escape social persecution, and discovers that the world opens up to him when he dresses in women’s clothes.
Torjussen tells Variety that the idea for the series was planted “when I started digging into...
The show, which was commissioned by Norwegian broadcaster Nrk and German broadcaster Zdf’s platform ZDFneo, is produced by Synnøve Hørsdal and Christian Fredrik Martin at Norway’s Maipo Film.
“A Better Man” centers on Tom, Norway’s number one internet troll. He is a smart but angry and frustrated man with misogynistic tendencies, and an example of everything that is pathetic and wrong with the men who didn’t get the memo about the gender equality movement.
When hackers reveal his identity to the public, he is forced to dress as a woman to escape social persecution, and discovers that the world opens up to him when he dresses in women’s clothes.
Torjussen tells Variety that the idea for the series was planted “when I started digging into...
- 4/18/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Also world premiering is HBO Max series ‘Spy/Master’ and Indian drama ‘Roar’
Italian crime drama The Good Mothers is among the seven titles selected for Berlinale (February 16-26) Series strand.
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The Disney+ series is directed by the UK’s Julian Jarrold, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane and Brideshead Revisted, and Italian filmmaker Elisa Amoruso. The Good Mothers is a UK-Italy co-production and follows three women trying to bring down the Italian mafia.
The first two episodes of the six-part series is one of five series world premiering at Berlinale.
These...
Italian crime drama The Good Mothers is among the seven titles selected for Berlinale (February 16-26) Series strand.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The Disney+ series is directed by the UK’s Julian Jarrold, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane and Brideshead Revisted, and Italian filmmaker Elisa Amoruso. The Good Mothers is a UK-Italy co-production and follows three women trying to bring down the Italian mafia.
The first two episodes of the six-part series is one of five series world premiering at Berlinale.
These...
- 1/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Fond also backs two TV serires and Lisa Langseth’s new feature.
In its June round of funding, Nordisk Film & TV Fond supported seven new projects, including its largest ever production grant for a documentary, $118,000 (Nok 1m), to Mads Brügger’s [pictured] Cold Case Dag Hammerskjöld.
The Danish documentary is produced by Peter Engel of Wingman Media, in co-production with Norway’s Piraya Film, Sweden’s Laika Film and Belgium’s Associate Producers. Again with his unique style also on camera The Ambassador director Brugger reopens the case of legendary former Un Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld who died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961.
Dr handles world sales on the film, which will be delivered in 2017.
The Fond also supported these projects in its latest round:
A Modern Man (documentary) $56,000 $231,000 (Nok 500,000) Produced by Danish Documentary and directed by Eva Mulvad, this film is an existential journey with violinist and model Charlie Siem. Rides Upon the...
In its June round of funding, Nordisk Film & TV Fond supported seven new projects, including its largest ever production grant for a documentary, $118,000 (Nok 1m), to Mads Brügger’s [pictured] Cold Case Dag Hammerskjöld.
The Danish documentary is produced by Peter Engel of Wingman Media, in co-production with Norway’s Piraya Film, Sweden’s Laika Film and Belgium’s Associate Producers. Again with his unique style also on camera The Ambassador director Brugger reopens the case of legendary former Un Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld who died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961.
Dr handles world sales on the film, which will be delivered in 2017.
The Fond also supported these projects in its latest round:
A Modern Man (documentary) $56,000 $231,000 (Nok 500,000) Produced by Danish Documentary and directed by Eva Mulvad, this film is an existential journey with violinist and model Charlie Siem. Rides Upon the...
- 6/28/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Back in 2011 Norway's Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and Eric Vogel rolled into Fantastic Fest with their animated short Dickface. It is, as you may have surmised, a short animation about a man with a penis for a nose, a situation which makes for a remarkably concise summary of the male condition.Portrait of the artist as a young man.If he had a dick for a nose and no hands.Scarcely seen since that Texas premiere Twitch now presents Dickface for the world to see in its entirety below. Take a look....
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- 2/18/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Fantastic Fest Announces List Of Short Films which includes must sees ‘Cop Hard’ and ‘Infernal Nuns’
The complete list of short films screening at Fantastic Fest has been announced. Unfortunatly as with most short films, there isn’t too much known about many of these. I know Infernal Nuns recieved a lot of praise from various blogs after it screened at Fantasia and Cop Hard is based on the popular web series, but apart from that, I’m pretty much in the dark. What I do know is that sometimes the short films are more rewarding than some features. Remember folks, some of these directors may go on to do some very big things in the near future, so try and check them out. Here is the press release.
Austin, TX-Wednesday, August 24th, 2011- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a...
Austin, TX-Wednesday, August 24th, 2011- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a...
- 8/26/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Anybody can tell a good tale, spin a quality yarn so to speak, if given an hour and a half. But to accomplish that same feat in 15 minutes or so, now that's doing something. And Fantastic Fest has announced the lineup of 50 films doing just that for this year's program.
The Fantastic Fest shorts will be presented during the festival, which runs September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. With running times as long as thirty minutes and a short as two, and coming from over a dozen countries, the films look as diverse as they will be entertaining. Take a gander at the huge list complied below, and for those of you lucky enough to be in the great state of Texas during the fest, we envy you.
Fantastic Fest 2011 Shorts
All Men Are Called Robert (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes
A naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods.
The Fantastic Fest shorts will be presented during the festival, which runs September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. With running times as long as thirty minutes and a short as two, and coming from over a dozen countries, the films look as diverse as they will be entertaining. Take a gander at the huge list complied below, and for those of you lucky enough to be in the great state of Texas during the fest, we envy you.
Fantastic Fest 2011 Shorts
All Men Are Called Robert (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes
A naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods.
- 8/24/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
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