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    Focus: Kristian Levring is back with Fear Me Not

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Ten years on from the peak of the Dogme movement, Kristian Levring is back creating buzz with his latest feature, Fear Me Not. The Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde-inspired psychological drama was one of the stand-out hits at Toronto, where US rights were sold to IFC Films.Co-written and directed by ...

  • Fear Me Not
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    Fear Me Not

    2008-09-08T20:30:00Z

    Dir: Kristian Levring. 2008. Denmark. 95 mins.

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    IFC Films takes domestic rights on Levring's Fear Me Not

    2008-09-12T01:19:00Z

    IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Kristian Levring's Danish drama Fear Me Not, which received its word premiere in Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section last weekend.Ulrich Thomsen stars as a man whose mood begins to swing violently after he undertakes clinical trials for an anti-depressant drug.Levring wrote ...

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    Toronto reviews

    2008-09-04T14:37:00Z

    Gala PresentationsBurn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)The Duchess (Saul Dibb)Fifty Dead Men Walking (Kari Skogland)La Fille De Monaco (Anne Fontaine)The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell)Nothing But The Truth (Rod Lurie)One Week (Michael McGowan)The Other Man (Richard Eyre)Passchendaele (Paul Gross)Pride And Glory (Gavin O'Connor)Rachel Getting ...

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    Japan claims top prizes at Mar Del Plata

    2008-11-16T20:16:00Z

    Japanese films dominated the awards at the 23rd Mar del Plata Film Festival. Hirokazu Kore-eda received the Golden Astor prize for Still Walking, while Kiyoshi Kurosawa was named best director for Tokyo Sonata.A jury composed of actress/director Sarah Polley (Canada), director Peter Lilienthal (Germany), film-maker Pedro Olea (Spain), DoP Yu ...

  • Antichrist, Bronson among Sarajevo's Panorama titles
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    Antichrist, Bronson among Sarajevo's Panorama titles

    2009-07-16T19:02:00Z

    The Sarajevo Film Festival, which takes place this year from Aug 12 to 20, has announced the lineup in its Panorama section programmed by regular Screen critic Howard Feinstein.

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    San Sebastian announces first Official Selection films

    2008-06-26T11:50:00Z

    This year's San Sebastian International film festival (Sept18-27) will see its official selection include new films from acclaimed directors Daniel Burman, Christophe Honore, Kim Ki-Duk, Kristian Levring and local favourite Jaime Rosales.Multi-award winning Argentinean director Daniel Burman will present his sixth feature, Empty Nest (El Nino Vacio), which has already ...

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    The King Is Alive

    2000-06-02T11:24:00Z

    Dir: Kristian Levring. Denmark. 2000. 109 minsProd Co: Zentropa Entertainments 5. Int'l Sales: Good Machine. Prods: Patricia Kruijer, Vibeke Windelov. Exec prods: William A Tyrer, Chris J Ball, David Linde, Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Scr: Kristian Levring, Anders Thomas Jensen. DoP: Jens Schlosser. Ed: Nicholas Wayman Harris. Main cast: Miles Anderson, ...

  • Denmark: hot films
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    Denmark: hot films

    2013-06-25T11:44:00Z

    From new work by Thomas Vinterberg to Lars von Trier to The Killing’s Sofie Grabol, Wendy Mitchell previews some of the hottest new projects coming out of Denmark at all stages of production.

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    The buzz films - San Sebastian 2008: the lowdown

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    World premieres in official selectionDream (South Korea)Dir: Kim Ki-dukRespected Korean director Kim Ki-duk will be competing in official selection at the Spanish festival for the first time with his new film Dream (Bi Mong), which explores a couple's relationship though a dream state and in the real world.Int'l sales: Showbox ...