McCance died aged 53 on December 19 last year, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
Colleagues and friends have paid tribute to “free spirit” and “brilliant role model”, Northern Ireland-born, Sweden-based film and TV writer and executive producer Ruth McCance, who has died aged 53 from cancer.
McCance was diagnosed in November of last year with stomach cancer, and died just five weeks later.
During her career she worked on films including Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher, Thomas Vinterberg’s It’s All About Love, Soren-Kragh Jakobson’s Skagerrak and Garth Jennings’s Son Of Rambow.
McCance grew up in Belfast. Her mother was a...
Colleagues and friends have paid tribute to “free spirit” and “brilliant role model”, Northern Ireland-born, Sweden-based film and TV writer and executive producer Ruth McCance, who has died aged 53 from cancer.
McCance was diagnosed in November of last year with stomach cancer, and died just five weeks later.
During her career she worked on films including Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher, Thomas Vinterberg’s It’s All About Love, Soren-Kragh Jakobson’s Skagerrak and Garth Jennings’s Son Of Rambow.
McCance grew up in Belfast. Her mother was a...
- 1/15/2024
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The Sf Studios production stars Trine Dyrholm.
REinvent International Sales has closed four new deals for historical epic biopic Margrete – Queen Of The North for the UK (Signature), France (Swift Productions), Italy (Koch Films) and Russia (Paradise Film Distribution Company).
This follows on previously announced deals for the US (Samuel Goldwyn) and Germany (Splendid Film). Charlotte Seiling directs the story of Margrete I (played by Trine Dyrholm), who gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union. The story follows events in 1402, as a conspiracy threatens to ruin her.
The cast also features Søren Malling, Morten Hee Andersen, Jakob Oftebro,...
REinvent International Sales has closed four new deals for historical epic biopic Margrete – Queen Of The North for the UK (Signature), France (Swift Productions), Italy (Koch Films) and Russia (Paradise Film Distribution Company).
This follows on previously announced deals for the US (Samuel Goldwyn) and Germany (Splendid Film). Charlotte Seiling directs the story of Margrete I (played by Trine Dyrholm), who gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union. The story follows events in 1402, as a conspiracy threatens to ruin her.
The cast also features Søren Malling, Morten Hee Andersen, Jakob Oftebro,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to the anticipated Danish epic period drama “Margrete-Queen of the North,” helmed by Charlotte Sieling. The upscale feature, produced by Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek for Scandinavian major Sf Studios, is screening at this week’s Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug.21-27).
The deal was negotiated by REinvent International Sales, exclusive sales agent of Sf Studios’ feature film slate.
“Samuel Goldwyn Films is a great partner for us, and we are confident that they will release the film with success,” said REinvent’s sales and marketing director Helene Aurø. “They have been keen on the film from the very beginning, and we are certain they will do a great job releasing this epic film in the US.”
An earlier sales deal was closed with Splendid Film for Germany.
Toplining Trine Dyrholm, “Margrete-Queen of the North” is a biopic about...
The deal was negotiated by REinvent International Sales, exclusive sales agent of Sf Studios’ feature film slate.
“Samuel Goldwyn Films is a great partner for us, and we are confident that they will release the film with success,” said REinvent’s sales and marketing director Helene Aurø. “They have been keen on the film from the very beginning, and we are certain they will do a great job releasing this epic film in the US.”
An earlier sales deal was closed with Splendid Film for Germany.
Toplining Trine Dyrholm, “Margrete-Queen of the North” is a biopic about...
- 8/24/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Nordic production and distribution powerhouse Sf Studios and sales agency REinvent International Sales have revealed a sneak peek of Charlotte Sieling’s epic period drama “Margrete – Queen of the North,” starring Trine Dyrholm, a Berlin Silver Bear winner for best actress with Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Commune.”
Dyrholm, whose credits also include Susanne Bier’s Oscar winner “In a Better World” and May el-Toukhy’s “Queen of Hearts,” toplines as Margrete the First, who is considered the most powerful ruler in Scandinavian history, as she gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union.
With a big budget by Scandinavian standards, “Margrete – Queen of the North” marks the first biopic movie about Margrete the First, a woman ahead of her time who sacrificed herself completely for her vision and for her countries. “Margrete -Queen of the North” is one of the titles set to be presented in the work in...
Dyrholm, whose credits also include Susanne Bier’s Oscar winner “In a Better World” and May el-Toukhy’s “Queen of Hearts,” toplines as Margrete the First, who is considered the most powerful ruler in Scandinavian history, as she gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union.
With a big budget by Scandinavian standards, “Margrete – Queen of the North” marks the first biopic movie about Margrete the First, a woman ahead of her time who sacrificed herself completely for her vision and for her countries. “Margrete -Queen of the North” is one of the titles set to be presented in the work in...
- 1/19/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Projects include period drama ‘The Emigrants’ and ‘Margrete – Queen Of The North’, starring Trine Dyrholm.
Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market has revealed the 13 Nordic films that will be presented as works in progress at its online market.
They include two big-budget historical epics, Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen Of The North, starring Trine Dyrholm as a powerful ruler in the early 15th century; and Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, about Swedes moving to America in the 19th century.
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Further features set to be previewed include Bille August’s drama The Pact, about Karen Blixen’s...
Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market has revealed the 13 Nordic films that will be presented as works in progress at its online market.
They include two big-budget historical epics, Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen Of The North, starring Trine Dyrholm as a powerful ruler in the early 15th century; and Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, about Swedes moving to America in the 19th century.
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Further features set to be previewed include Bille August’s drama The Pact, about Karen Blixen’s...
- 1/19/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Cannes 2020: The Marché du Film webinar, entitled “Pandemic Production: Lessons Learned in the Nordics”, saw the participation of four filmmakers from the region. During this year’s Cannes Marché du Film (22-26 June), Scandinavian Films organised five webinars on producing films in the time of the coronavirus, all moderated by Screen International journalist Wendy Mitchell. The first of the five panels, “Pandemic Production: Lessons Learned in the Nordics”, took place on 22 June and saw the participation of four Nordic filmmakers – namely, Nina Laurio (producer from Finland’s Dionysos Films), Lars Bredo Rahbek (head of production at Sf Studios’ Danish division), Sara Young (writer-director of the Swedish flick Most Unwanted) and Kristinn Thordarson (head of production at Iceland’s TrueNorth). In the midst of the pandemic, audiovisual production restarted earlier in the region than it did in the rest of the world. The participants disclosed the main obstacles created by the.
Don’t Move is to be directed by Alain Darborg, who is currently working on Netflix’s first original film, Red Dot.
Nordic distribution and production company Sf Studios is expanding its London team, which leads the company’s English-language productions, with the addition of Sudie Smyth as VP Production UK & International, and Indy Datta, VP Legal & Business Affairs UK & International. Both will report to Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, Svp International Production at Sf Studios, and work closely with Kate Myers, VP Development UK & international.
Datta previously worked at Buccaneer Media and Smyth was previously head of production at Pinewood Pictures.
The...
Nordic distribution and production company Sf Studios is expanding its London team, which leads the company’s English-language productions, with the addition of Sudie Smyth as VP Production UK & International, and Indy Datta, VP Legal & Business Affairs UK & International. Both will report to Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, Svp International Production at Sf Studios, and work closely with Kate Myers, VP Development UK & international.
Datta previously worked at Buccaneer Media and Smyth was previously head of production at Pinewood Pictures.
The...
- 2/22/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The big-budget production will start shooting on March 2, with a premiere planned for spring 2021.
Award-winning Queen Of Hearts actress Trine Dyrholm will play a different kind of queen in Charlotte Sieling’s historical epic Margrete – Queen Of The North.
The Danish actress plays Margrete I, who gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union. In 1402, a conspiracy threatens to ruin her.
The film’s budget is larger than typical Scandinavian productions, at $9.4m (8.7m Euros).
The cast is a who’s who of pan-Scandinavian talent, also including Søren Malling (The Killing), Morten Hee Andersen (Ride Upon The Storm), Jakob Oftebro...
Award-winning Queen Of Hearts actress Trine Dyrholm will play a different kind of queen in Charlotte Sieling’s historical epic Margrete – Queen Of The North.
The Danish actress plays Margrete I, who gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union. In 1402, a conspiracy threatens to ruin her.
The film’s budget is larger than typical Scandinavian productions, at $9.4m (8.7m Euros).
The cast is a who’s who of pan-Scandinavian talent, also including Søren Malling (The Killing), Morten Hee Andersen (Ride Upon The Storm), Jakob Oftebro...
- 2/14/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
’Margrete’ will tell story of influential queen at start of 15th century.
Renowned Danish film and TV director Charlotte Sieling, whose credits include 2017 feature The Man, as well as TV series Borgen, The Bridge, Homeland and The Americans is planning her largest-budget film to date, the $8m period drama Margrete.
Margrete is based on “the true story of the strongest, most fascinating but also most under-exposed ruler that Scandinavia has ever seen,” Sieling revealed.
At a time when most women were second-class citizens, in 1397 Margrete The First was the first person to merge Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one sovereign...
Renowned Danish film and TV director Charlotte Sieling, whose credits include 2017 feature The Man, as well as TV series Borgen, The Bridge, Homeland and The Americans is planning her largest-budget film to date, the $8m period drama Margrete.
Margrete is based on “the true story of the strongest, most fascinating but also most under-exposed ruler that Scandinavia has ever seen,” Sieling revealed.
At a time when most women were second-class citizens, in 1397 Margrete The First was the first person to merge Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one sovereign...
- 11/13/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The winner of the Eurimages Lab Project Award from Haugesund’s Works In Progress presentations was Katrín Ólafsdóttirs The Wind Blew On from Iceland.
The new prize, worth $56,000 (€50,000) was given to “the most promising cutting-edge film presented as a work in progress”.
The jury was comprised of Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer, Dorien van de Pas of the Netherlands Filmfund, and Heidi Zwicker of Sundance.
Head of New Nordic Films Gyda Velvin Myklebust noted that the award was aimed at a film that was “experimental in form or content”.
Of the 20 films presented, industry buzz was highest for pitches including Izer Aliu’s energetic and funny teenage story 12 Dares; Norwegian debut The Tree Feller; Fenar Ahmad’s Danish criminal underworld drama/thriller Darkland, Danish debut Winter Brothers; family animation Richard The Stork (already a hot seller for Global Screen); absurdist Norwegian comedy Lake Over Fire; and Danish drama Mesteren, starring Soren Malling and Jakob Oftebro and directed by [link...
The new prize, worth $56,000 (€50,000) was given to “the most promising cutting-edge film presented as a work in progress”.
The jury was comprised of Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer, Dorien van de Pas of the Netherlands Filmfund, and Heidi Zwicker of Sundance.
Head of New Nordic Films Gyda Velvin Myklebust noted that the award was aimed at a film that was “experimental in form or content”.
Of the 20 films presented, industry buzz was highest for pitches including Izer Aliu’s energetic and funny teenage story 12 Dares; Norwegian debut The Tree Feller; Fenar Ahmad’s Danish criminal underworld drama/thriller Darkland, Danish debut Winter Brothers; family animation Richard The Stork (already a hot seller for Global Screen); absurdist Norwegian comedy Lake Over Fire; and Danish drama Mesteren, starring Soren Malling and Jakob Oftebro and directed by [link...
- 8/26/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Agreement comprises co-production and distribution of all of Flx’s projects in development.
Scandinavian film distribution and production outfit Ab Svensk Filmindustri and Swedish production company Flx have signed an exclusive output agreement.
The deal, which covers the Nordic region (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland) and comprises co-production and distribution, will relate to all projects that Flx has in development.
Run by Felix Herngren, Pontus Edgren and Niclas Carlsson, Flx’s credits include Oscar-nominated comedy The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared, which grossed more than $51m worldwide, as well as TV series Boy Machine, Solsidan and Torpederna.
The company plans to make “major investments over the next few years”, read a release, with Edgren adding that they had found “a strong partner” in Svensk Filmindustri.
Svensk Filmindustri recently announced the appointments of Tim King as executive vice president production and Lars Bredo Rahbek as head of production.
Scandinavian film distribution and production outfit Ab Svensk Filmindustri and Swedish production company Flx have signed an exclusive output agreement.
The deal, which covers the Nordic region (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland) and comprises co-production and distribution, will relate to all projects that Flx has in development.
Run by Felix Herngren, Pontus Edgren and Niclas Carlsson, Flx’s credits include Oscar-nominated comedy The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared, which grossed more than $51m worldwide, as well as TV series Boy Machine, Solsidan and Torpederna.
The company plans to make “major investments over the next few years”, read a release, with Edgren adding that they had found “a strong partner” in Svensk Filmindustri.
Svensk Filmindustri recently announced the appointments of Tim King as executive vice president production and Lars Bredo Rahbek as head of production.
- 2/16/2016
- ScreenDaily
Tim King joins as executive vice president production and Lars Bredo Rahbek has been appointed head of production for Denmark.
Swedish film production outfit Svensk Filmindustri has revealed two new appointments.
Danish producer Lars Bredo Rahbek [pictured left] - who has been a producer at Nimbus Film since 1997 working on titles including Flame And Citron – joins as the company’s new head of production for Denmark, effective from March 1.
Tim King [pictured right], formerly of McKinsey & Co and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, joins as executive vice president production, reporting to CEO Jonas Fors, effective immediately.
Fors said of the new hires: “Tim’s broad experience together with Lars’s strong history within Danish film and TV allows us to ensure we can manage both the challenges of our existing production businesses, together with ensuring the skills to manage the growth we want to achieve.”...
Swedish film production outfit Svensk Filmindustri has revealed two new appointments.
Danish producer Lars Bredo Rahbek [pictured left] - who has been a producer at Nimbus Film since 1997 working on titles including Flame And Citron – joins as the company’s new head of production for Denmark, effective from March 1.
Tim King [pictured right], formerly of McKinsey & Co and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, joins as executive vice president production, reporting to CEO Jonas Fors, effective immediately.
Fors said of the new hires: “Tim’s broad experience together with Lars’s strong history within Danish film and TV allows us to ensure we can manage both the challenges of our existing production businesses, together with ensuring the skills to manage the growth we want to achieve.”...
- 2/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
Tordenskiold
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz // Writer: Erlend Loe
Danish director Genz is best known for his 2008 film Terribly Happy, which earned him comparison to the Coen Bros. and David Lynch. This past year, he made the underwhelming English language debut, Good People, which came and went without making any conversation. We’re excited to see him return to Denmark about an 18th century naval hero. Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn’t know what to do with the rest of his life. His trusted valet persuades him to go on a European ‘road trip’ to search for a bride.
Cast: Jakob Oftebro, Martin Buch, Leonora Ployart
Producer: Nimbus Films’ Lars Bredo Rahbek (Itsi Bitsi)
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.
Release Date: With filming well underway, it’s hard to say where this will premiere,...
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz // Writer: Erlend Loe
Danish director Genz is best known for his 2008 film Terribly Happy, which earned him comparison to the Coen Bros. and David Lynch. This past year, he made the underwhelming English language debut, Good People, which came and went without making any conversation. We’re excited to see him return to Denmark about an 18th century naval hero. Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn’t know what to do with the rest of his life. His trusted valet persuades him to go on a European ‘road trip’ to search for a bride.
Cast: Jakob Oftebro, Martin Buch, Leonora Ployart
Producer: Nimbus Films’ Lars Bredo Rahbek (Itsi Bitsi)
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.
Release Date: With filming well underway, it’s hard to say where this will premiere,...
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki) plays the titular Danish-Norwegian Vice-Admiral
Henrik Ruben Genz is now shooting Tordenskiold, a drama about the famous 18th-century naval hero.
Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki) plays the titular Danish-Norwegian Vice-Admiral Tordenskiold who was something of a rock star war veteran of his day, and who is still well known throughout Scandinavia.
Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn’t know what to do with the rest of his life. His trusted valet (Martin Buch) persuades him to go on a European ‘road trip’ to search for a bride. The cast also features Leonora Ployart.
“Tordenskiold is a towering legend in our shared Danish-Norwegian history,” said Genz, whose credits include Terribly Happy. “One thing about Tordenskiold always piqued my curiosity – his death! Tordenskiold dies at age 30 in an apparently accidental and pathetic duel. Why did this great hero end his days so...
Henrik Ruben Genz is now shooting Tordenskiold, a drama about the famous 18th-century naval hero.
Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki) plays the titular Danish-Norwegian Vice-Admiral Tordenskiold who was something of a rock star war veteran of his day, and who is still well known throughout Scandinavia.
Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn’t know what to do with the rest of his life. His trusted valet (Martin Buch) persuades him to go on a European ‘road trip’ to search for a bride. The cast also features Leonora Ployart.
“Tordenskiold is a towering legend in our shared Danish-Norwegian history,” said Genz, whose credits include Terribly Happy. “One thing about Tordenskiold always piqued my curiosity – his death! Tordenskiold dies at age 30 in an apparently accidental and pathetic duel. Why did this great hero end his days so...
- 10/16/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Producer Lars Bredo Rahbek of Copenhagen’s Nimbus Film, whose Itsi Bitsi screened premiered at Tiff last night, is now developing a big-screen adaptation of In Search of a Distant Voice by author Taichi Yamada.
The film’s setting will be transplanted from Tokyo to Copenhagen and director Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm is attached to direct and working on the first draft of the script now.
The novel, first published in 1986, is well known in Japan and was translated into English in 2006.
Rahbek told Screen: “It’s a mixture of a drama with a ghost story. It also suits the talents of Samanou very well.”
“Sometimes I get envious that you can see certain genres of film like horror or ghost stories that are hard to envision in a small, modern country such as Denmark,” the producer, who is a fluent Japanese speaker, tells Screen. “I was scouting to see how we could bring elements of that...
The film’s setting will be transplanted from Tokyo to Copenhagen and director Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm is attached to direct and working on the first draft of the script now.
The novel, first published in 1986, is well known in Japan and was translated into English in 2006.
Rahbek told Screen: “It’s a mixture of a drama with a ghost story. It also suits the talents of Samanou very well.”
“Sometimes I get envious that you can see certain genres of film like horror or ghost stories that are hard to envision in a small, modern country such as Denmark,” the producer, who is a fluent Japanese speaker, tells Screen. “I was scouting to see how we could bring elements of that...
- 9/7/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
After a couple of years’ absence publicist/ producer, Richard Lormand is returning to Toronto with a satchel full of films. Check these out because when he chooses films, he chooses them well.
"Phoenix"
Christian Petzold
Disfigured Holocaust survivor Nina, now unrecognizable after facial reconstruction, returns to find out if her husband really loves her or actually betrayed her...
Starring "Barbara" leads Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld. Romance and reconstruction in post World War II Germany from the critically
acclaimed director of "Barbara" (Berlinale 2012 Best Director) and "Yella" (Berlinale 2007 Best Actress – Nina Hoss)
Present: Christian Petzold (director), Nina Hoss (actress), Florian Koerner von Gustorf (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Fri 5 – 18:00 (Public 1 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 11:30 (Public 2 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 12:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 2)
Tue 9 - 14:00 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 14)
Fri 12 - 14:15 (Press/Industry 3 - Scotiabank 7
"Itsi Bitsi"
Ole Christian Madsen
In the soul-searching psychedelic 60s, a rebellious young man desperately tries to win a beautiful woman’s love by transforming from poet to writer, nomad to junkie and eventually rock star...
The new film by Ole Christian Madsen, acclaimed director of "Superclásico," "Flame and Citron" and "Prague."
Present: Ole Christian Madsen (director), Joachim Fjelstrup (actor), Marie Tourell Søderberg (actress), Lars Lars Bredo Rahbek (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sat 6 – 8:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 9)
Sat 6 – 17:15 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 4)
Sun 7 – 9:30 (Public 2 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)
Tue 9 - 17:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Fri 12 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Isabel Bader)
"1001 Grams"
Bent Hamer
Urbane urbanite Marie is a thirty-something scientist whose life is rigorously controlled. When she attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. As she explores her new possibilities, everything seems to unfurl magically, beautiful.
Featuring Ane Dahl Torp (Pioneer, Cold Lunch) in a charmingly offbeat comedy from Norwegian master Bent Hamer ("Kitchen Stories," "O'Horten"). A co-production: Norway (BulBul), France (Slot Machine), Germany (Pandora)
Present: Bent Hamer (director), Ane Dahl Torp (actress), Marianne Slot (producer)
World Sales: Les Films du Losangne
Fri 5 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 3)
Sun 7 – 19:15 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
Tue 9 - 9:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 4)
Tue 9 – 14:45 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 2)
Sun 14 – 19:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
"Tigers"
Danis Tanovic
Devastated when he discovers the effects of the infant formula he’s peddling, a young salesman takes on a multinational corporation, in this based-on-fact drama from Academy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic ("No Man's Land").
Featuring Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi ("Once Upon a Time in Mumbai"). A co-production: India (Cinemorphic Pvt Ltd & Sikhya Entertainment), France (Asap Films)
Present: Danis Tanovic (director), Emraan Hashmi (actor), Geetanjali (actress), Khalid Abdalla (actor), Prashita Chaudhary (producer), Guneet Monga (producer), Cédomir Kolar (producer), Andy Paterson (producer, co-writer), Achin Jain (executive producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sun 7 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 10)
Mon 8 – 21:45 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 1)
Wed 10 - 21:15 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Wed 10 – 21:30 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 3)
Sat 13 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1
"Natural Resistance"
Jonathan Nossiter
Four Italian winegrowers of a rapidly spreading European natural wine revolution have encountered fierce resistance. Not everyone believes in their struggle for an ecologically progressive, economically just and historically rich expression of Italian
agriculture…
10 years after "Mondovino" world acclaimed director Jonathan Nossiter offers a model of charmed and joyous ecological and cinematic resistance against the new world economic order.
Present: Jonathan Nossiter (director)
Sat 6 – 11:15 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 7),
Mon 8 – 19:00 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 3)
Tue 9 – 19:00 (Public 2 – Jackman Hall)
Thu 11 – 17:45 (Public 3 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)...
"Phoenix"
Christian Petzold
Disfigured Holocaust survivor Nina, now unrecognizable after facial reconstruction, returns to find out if her husband really loves her or actually betrayed her...
Starring "Barbara" leads Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld. Romance and reconstruction in post World War II Germany from the critically
acclaimed director of "Barbara" (Berlinale 2012 Best Director) and "Yella" (Berlinale 2007 Best Actress – Nina Hoss)
Present: Christian Petzold (director), Nina Hoss (actress), Florian Koerner von Gustorf (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Fri 5 – 18:00 (Public 1 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 11:30 (Public 2 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 12:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 2)
Tue 9 - 14:00 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 14)
Fri 12 - 14:15 (Press/Industry 3 - Scotiabank 7
"Itsi Bitsi"
Ole Christian Madsen
In the soul-searching psychedelic 60s, a rebellious young man desperately tries to win a beautiful woman’s love by transforming from poet to writer, nomad to junkie and eventually rock star...
The new film by Ole Christian Madsen, acclaimed director of "Superclásico," "Flame and Citron" and "Prague."
Present: Ole Christian Madsen (director), Joachim Fjelstrup (actor), Marie Tourell Søderberg (actress), Lars Lars Bredo Rahbek (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sat 6 – 8:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 9)
Sat 6 – 17:15 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 4)
Sun 7 – 9:30 (Public 2 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)
Tue 9 - 17:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Fri 12 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Isabel Bader)
"1001 Grams"
Bent Hamer
Urbane urbanite Marie is a thirty-something scientist whose life is rigorously controlled. When she attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. As she explores her new possibilities, everything seems to unfurl magically, beautiful.
Featuring Ane Dahl Torp (Pioneer, Cold Lunch) in a charmingly offbeat comedy from Norwegian master Bent Hamer ("Kitchen Stories," "O'Horten"). A co-production: Norway (BulBul), France (Slot Machine), Germany (Pandora)
Present: Bent Hamer (director), Ane Dahl Torp (actress), Marianne Slot (producer)
World Sales: Les Films du Losangne
Fri 5 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 3)
Sun 7 – 19:15 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
Tue 9 - 9:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 4)
Tue 9 – 14:45 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 2)
Sun 14 – 19:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
"Tigers"
Danis Tanovic
Devastated when he discovers the effects of the infant formula he’s peddling, a young salesman takes on a multinational corporation, in this based-on-fact drama from Academy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic ("No Man's Land").
Featuring Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi ("Once Upon a Time in Mumbai"). A co-production: India (Cinemorphic Pvt Ltd & Sikhya Entertainment), France (Asap Films)
Present: Danis Tanovic (director), Emraan Hashmi (actor), Geetanjali (actress), Khalid Abdalla (actor), Prashita Chaudhary (producer), Guneet Monga (producer), Cédomir Kolar (producer), Andy Paterson (producer, co-writer), Achin Jain (executive producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sun 7 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 10)
Mon 8 – 21:45 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 1)
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"Natural Resistance"
Jonathan Nossiter
Four Italian winegrowers of a rapidly spreading European natural wine revolution have encountered fierce resistance. Not everyone believes in their struggle for an ecologically progressive, economically just and historically rich expression of Italian
agriculture…
10 years after "Mondovino" world acclaimed director Jonathan Nossiter offers a model of charmed and joyous ecological and cinematic resistance against the new world economic order.
Present: Jonathan Nossiter (director)
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- 9/1/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
In Palm Springs this past weekend we sat down for a crowded screening of this Danish comedy SuperClásico (Isa: The Match Factory). The audience loved it, really over the top response. Afterwards we spoke with Director Ole Christian Madsen and Producer Lars Bredo Rahbek. Ole hails from Copenhagen. As a boy his dad was a Colonel in the Danish Army and they moved a lot. His dad was the Commander of the first U.N. forces in Cyprus to monitor the peace between warring Turks and Greeks on the island. He began – how else? – by making super 8 movies when he was young and at university. He also decided then Not to make films for his life’s...
- 1/14/2012
- Sydney's Buzz
NEW YORK -- Focus Features is sealing a deal to acquire Thomas Vinterberg's sci-fi thriller It's All About Love, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn, sources said. Set in 2021, the film -- which had its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival -- follows John (Phoenix), who stops off in New York to see his estranged wife, Elena (Danes), a famous ice skater, to sign their final divorce papers. When Elena asks John to stay over a day, he realizes that mysterious events and ominous people hover around her and that she might be in danger. Vinterberg penned the screenplay with Mogens Rukov. Birgitte Hald served as producer, with Lars Bredo Rahbek, Bo Ehrhardt, Paul Webster and Peter Asbaek Jensen executive producing. One of the founders of the influential Dogme 95 movement, Vinterberg's credits include the critically acclaimed The Celebration. Focus, Vivendi Universal's specialty film arm, is headed by James Schamus and David Linde. The filmmakers were repped by ICM.
- 3/20/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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