NORDIC Production Listings - August 15 2003

Copyright: Screen International

BIG PLANS
(Angel Productions) Budget: dkr13.2m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark, TV2/Norway, RUV. Dist: Angel Distribution (Den). Comedy. A paroled crook decides to reform his old gang to prove to his eight-year-old son that he is not a failure. Exec prods: Poul Erik Lindeborg, Mogens Glad. Prod: Helle Loevgreen. Dir: Jesper W Nielsen. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson. Main cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, Lene Maria Christensen, Henrik Noel Olesen, Jimmy Joergense, Al Agami. Shooting from Nov 3 until Dec 19 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Helle Loevgreen, (45) 3586 0333

DEAR WENDY
(Lucky Punch) Budget: $5.3m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. In a small mining village in the US, a group of young outsiders form a pacifist group with a dangerous infatuation with guns. Exec prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Birgitte Hald. Prod: Sisse Graum Olsen. Dir: Thomas Vinterberg. Scr: Lars von Trier, Vinterberg. DoP: Anthony Dod Mantle. Shooting from September in Denmark and Germany.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 3686 8788

EUROTRASH
(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Zentropa Productions. Budget: e1.1m. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Den). Youth drama. Two friends attempt to get out of their miserable life in the concrete ghetto by robbing the local supermarket. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Thomas Stegler. Dir/scr: Stefano Gonzalez. Main cast: Oliver Bjerrehus, Robert Hansen, Sofie Lassen Kalhke, Jens Joern Spottag, Bjarne Henriksen. Shooting from Sept 1 until Oct 17 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Thomas Stegler, (45) 3686 8716

FACTOR 13
(M&M Productions) Budget: dkr25m. Romantic comedy. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir: Tzara Tristana. Scr: Fleur Castello, David Wareham, Christian Moerk. Main cast: Iben Hjele, Enrico Lo Verso. Shooting winter and spring 2004 in London, Mallorca and Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

THE FAKIR (fakiren fra bilbao)
(M&M Productions) Co-prods: Road Movies Factory (Ger), Felicia Film (Swe). Budget: dkr23m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, DR, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Swedish Film Institute, SVT (Swe), FilmFyn. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Den). Family adventure based on Bjarne Reuter's best-selling novel. Exec prod: Ute Schneider. Prods: Mie Andreasen, Tivi Magnusson. Dir: Peter Flinth. Scr: Mette Heeno. Main cast: Moritz Bleitreu, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Julie Zangenberg, Aksel Leth. Shooting from September in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
(Nordisk Film Production) Co-prod: DR. Budget: dkr30m. Story of the young author. Exec prod: Erik Crone. Prod: Tina Dalhoff. Dir: Rumle Hammerich. Scr: Ulf Stark, Hammerich. Shooting from autumn until February 2004.
Contact: Tina Dalhoff, Nordisk Film Production, (45) 3618 8200

KINGS' GAME (kongekabale)
(Nimbus Film) Co-prod: Zentropa Productions. Budget: dkr16.5m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Thriller. Exec prod: Bo Ehrhardt. Prod: Meta Louise Foldager. Dir: Nikolaj Arcel. Scr: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg based on a novel by Niels Krause Kjaer. Main cast: Anders W Berthelsen, Soeren Pilmark, Nicholas Bro, Lars Mikkelsen, Nastja Arcel. Shooting from Sept 11 until Nov 13 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Meta Louise Foldager, Nimbus Film, (45) 3634 0910

OH HAPPY DAYS (working title)
(Fine & Mellow Productions) Co-prods: Ugly Duckling Film (UK), Nordisk Film. Budget: dkr21m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Drtv, Matrix Film Finance (UK). Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Melodrama. A bored housewife joins an uninspired local church choir, but one day, as an act of God, meets a famous African-American choir leader and Baptist preacher. Prods: Thomas Gammeltoft, Lene Bausager. Dir: Hella Joof. Scr: Lotte Andersen, Jannik Johansen. Main cast: Andersen, Ditte Graaboel. Shooting from September until November in Denmark and Sweden.
Contact: Thomas Gammeltoft, (45) 3618 8500

THE QUEEN'S EVIDENCE (det sidste vidne)
(M&M Productions) Budget: dkr16m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Action thriller. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir: Peter Flinth. Scr: Stefan Jaworski. Main cast: Soeren Pilmark. Shooting from spring 2004 in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

REJS JER FORDOEMTE
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: dkr15m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Constantin Film. Multi-plot comedy drama. Portrait of contemporary Denmark. Prod: Monica Steenberg. Dir: Lotte Svendsen. Scr: Svendsen, Elith Nulle Nykjaer. Main cast: Helle Dolleris, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Anne Sophie Espersen, Louise Mieritz, Claus Ryskjaer. Shooting from Oct 13 until Nov 28 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Monica Steenberg, Nordisk Film, (45) 3618 8658

RETURN TO SENDER
(Moviefan Scandinavia) Co-prods: High Wire Entertainment (Can), Long Range Films (UK). Budget: $8m. Thriller. A defence lawyer who loses one too many clients to death row starts to correspond with convicts and falls in love with one of them. Exec prods: Michael H Laursen, Peter H Laursen. Prod: Michael Lunderskov. Dir: Aisling Walsh. Scr: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade. Shooting from September uintil October in Vancouver, Canada.
Contact: Michael Lunderskov, (45) 2224 2210

TERKEL I KNIBE
(Nordisk Film Production) Co-prod: A Film. Budget: e1.3m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film Distribution. Politically incorrect 3-D animation comedy suspense about sixth-graders. Prods: Thomas Heinesen, Trine Heidegaard. Dir: Stefan Fjeldmark, Thorbjoern Christoffersen, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen. Scr: Mette Heeno, based on a story by Anders Matthesen. Main cast: Matthesen (all voices). Shooting from Sept 1 until Sept 1 2004.
Contact: Thomas Heinesen, Nordisk Film, (45) 3618 8318

TOM JONES
(M&M Productions) Budget: dkr5m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Youth film. Exec prod: Tivi Magnusson. Prod: Mie Andreasen. Dir/scr: Tzara Tristana. Shooting from summer 2004 in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

TWO BROTHERS
(Zentropa Productions) Budget: dkr19m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama about two brothers. Prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Sisse Graum Olsen. Dir: Susanne Bier. Scr: Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen. Shooting from autumn in Copenhagen.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 3686 8788

UNGE HJERTER
(Zentropa, Angel 2) Budget: dkr8m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Drtv. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Angel Distribution (Den). Love story. Exec prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Poul Erik Lindeborg, Mogens Glad. Prod: Jonas Frederiksen. Co-prod: Peter Bech. Scr: Soren Frellesen, Jonas Frederiksen. Shooting from winter in Copenhagen.
Contact: Jonas Frederiksen, (45) 3686 8788

UNTITLED ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN PROJECT
(M&M Productions) Budget: dkr15m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Drama. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir/scr: Anders Thomas Jensen. Shooting from February 2004 in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

A CRY IN THE WOODS (den som frykter ulven)
(See Norway)

STRINGS
(Bald Film) Co-prods: Zentropa Productions, Revival, Nordisk Film (Nor). Budget: e3m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, DR, Norwegian Film Fund, Nordisk Film- & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film Distribution (Scan). Fantasy puppet movie. Prod: Niels Bald. Dir: Anders R Klarlund. Scr: Naja Marie Aidt, Klarlund. Prod des: Svend Wickman. Shooting from Aug 4 until Oct 3 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Niels Bald, (45) 3618 8200

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN (lad de smaa boern)
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: dkr14m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, Drtv. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Den). Drama. A married couple lose their child but find different ways to cope. Exec prod: Rumle Hammerich. Prod: Thomas Heinesen. Dir: Paprika Steen. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson. Main cast: Mikael Birkkjaer, Soeren Pilmark, Sofie Graaboel, Lena Endre, Karen-Lise Mynster, Laura Christensen. Shooting from Aug 11 to Sept 26 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Thomas Heinesen, Nordisk Film Production, (45) 3618 8318

ALL ABOUT ANNA
(Innocent Pictures, Zentropa) Dir: Jessica Nilsson.
Contact: Nicolas Barbano, (45) 3678 0055

BRATS (moegunger)
(Crone Film Produktion) Dir: Giacomo Campeotto.
Contact: Nina Crone, Crone Film Produktion, (45) 4587 2700

GEMINI (tvilling)
(Nimbus Film) Dir: Hans Fabian Wullenweber.
Contact: Lottie Terp Jakobsen, Nimbus Film, (45) 3634 0910

IN YOUR HANDS (forbrydelser)
(Zentropa Productions2) Dir: Annette K Olesen.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 3686 8788

JOHNNY & THE HIGHROLLERS
(Wise Guy Productions) Dir: Shaky Gonzalez.
Contact: Thomas Stegler, (45) 3686 8716

LIVING MIRACLES
(Zentropa Real) Dirs: Lene Staehr, Alec Due.
Contact: Carsten Holst,(45) 3686 8788

RULE NO 1(regel nr 1)
(Zeitgeist) Dir: Oliver Ussing Kanafani.
Contact: Soren Juul Petersen, Zeitgeist, (45) 3686 8747

SCRATCH (bagland)
(Nimbus Film) Dir: Anders Gustavsson.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 3686 8788

TAEL TIL 100
(Nimbus Film) Dir/scr: Linda Krogsoe Holmberg.
Contact: Sidsel Kron Breck, Nimbus Film, (45) 3634 0910

TINTIN AND ME (tintin et moi)
(Angel Production) Dir/scr: Anders Ostergaard.
Contact: Angel Productions, (45) 3586 0333

2 MOVES AND 1 PASS (2 ryk og 1 aflevering)
(Jutlandia Film) Dir: Aage Rais-Nordentoft.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 3686 8788

UTZON
(Nordisk Film Production) Dir/scr: Peter Anthony.
Contact: Michaela Arvesen, Nordisk Film, (45) 3518 8400

VILLA PARANOIA
(Clausen Film) Prod/dir/scr: Erik Clausen.
Contact: Clausen Film, (45) 3321 1968

BEST OF THE MOTHERS (aideista parhain)
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: e2.3m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, Media II, YLE1, SVT (Swe), Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama. An old Finnish man returns to Sweden to bury the woman who took care of him during the war. Based on the novel by Heikki Hietamies. Prod: Ilkka Matila. Dir: Klaus Haro. Scr: Veikko Aaltonen, Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Wikman. Shooting from spring 2004 in Turku, Finland and Skane, Sweden.
Contact: Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 9540 7820

HAVUKKA-AHON AJATTELIJA
(Fantasiafilmi) Budget: e1m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Epic comedy about being Finnish. Prod: Asko Apajalahti. Dir/scr: Kari Vaananen. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Fantasiafilmi, (358) 9540 7850

JADE WARRIOR (jadesoturi)
(Blind Spot Pictures) Co-prod: Fu Works (Neth). Budget: e1.7m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, Sandrew Metronome. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan), A-Film (Ben). Kung-fu fantasy comedy. A loveblinded warrior postpones the duty he is assigned by fate to get a second chance with the woman he loves 4,000 years later in Finland. Exec prod: San Fu Maltha. Prods: Tero Kaukomaa, Petri Jokiranta. Dir: AJ Annila. Scr: Iiro Kuttner. Shooting in March 2004 in Tampere and Lapland.
Contact: Tero Kaukomaa, Blind Spot Pictures, (358) 400 709 430

JUOKSUHAUDANTIE
(Kinotar) Budget: o1.1m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE 1. Dist: FS-Film (Fin). Drama. A man tries to get his family back at any cost after his wife has left him. Based on a best-selling novel by Kari Hotakainen. Prod: Lasse Saarinen. Dir/scr: Veikko Aaltonen. Shooting from autumn in Helsinki.
Contact: Lasse Saarinen, (358) 9135 1864

THE KID & THE KILLER
(Perfecto Films) Co-prods: Box Film & TV (Ger), All-Film (Est). Budget: e3.5m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Film Foundation. English-language action drama. A teenage boy accidentally saves the lives of three Chechen agents in Tallinn and is caught in an intricate web of adventure, violence, love and betrayal. Prods: Johannes Lassila, Philipp Homberg. Dir: Hannu Salonen. Scr: Katrin Laur, Mart Kivastik. Shooting from August 2004 until October 2004 in Tallinn and Stockholm.
Contact: Johannes Lassila, Perfecto Films, (358) 400 889 155

MY FRIEND HENRY
(Do Films) Budget: e1.7m Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE 1, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Eurimages, Hamburg Filmforderung, MMM Film Production. Drama. A 12-year-old girl has a mysterious boy as her friend ' is he real or imaginary' Prod: Anna Heiskanen. Dir/scr: Auli Mantila. Main cast: Aleksi Rantanen, Ninni Ahlroth, Hellen Willberg, Pertti Sveholm, Ylva Ekblad. Shooting from September until November in Helsinki.
Contact: Do Films, (358) 9 6874 4980

NORTHERN SKY (pohjoinen taivas)
(Perfecto Films) Budget: e2m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Youth drama comedy. Prod: Johannes Lassila. Dir: Joona Tena. Scr: Kauko Royhka, Tena. Shooting from autumn 2004 in Helsinki, northern Finland and northern Norway.
Contact: Johannes Lassila, Perfecto Films, (358) 400 889 155

PORVOO
(Kinotaurus) Co-prod: Helsinki Filmi. Budget: e1m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, TV2. Drama comedy. At a small factory in a small town, dramatic accidents lead to a better life. Prods: Marko Rauhala, Aleksi Bardy. Dir: Janne Kuusi. Scr: Bardy, Kuusi in co-operation with the Theatre Group Stella Polaris. Main cast: Theatre Group Stella Polaris. Shooting from September in Porvoo.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9622 0300

ROLLI'S HEART
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: e4m-e6m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Animated children's film based on popular characters. Prods: Ilkka Matila, Marko Rohr. Dir: Pekka Lehtosaari. Scr: Allu Tuppurainen, Lehtosaari.
Contact: Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 9540 7820

VARES
(Solar Films) Budget: o2.5m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3 Finland. Int'l sales: Birch Tree Entertainment. Dist: Buena Vista International (Scan). Action thriller. A private detective in a mid-life crisis pursues a criminal who has cheated millions from his former colleagues. Based on Reijo Maki's novel Vares And The Yellow Widow. Exec prod: Jukka Helle. Prod: Markus Selin. Dir: Aleksi Makela. Scr: Pekka Lehtosaari. Main cast: Juha Veijonen, Minna Turunen, Samuli Edelmann, Kari Hietalahti. Shooting from Sept 6 in southern Finland.
Contact: Markus Selin, (358) 941 744 700

ADDICTION (restless 3)
(Solar Films) Budget: e2.1m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, Channel Four Finland. Dist: Buena Vista International (Scan). Int'l sales: Birch Tree Entertainment. Drama. An ambitious married career woman has one-night stands that draw her into a cycle of dependency from which she cannot escape. Exec prod: Jukka Helle. Prod: Markus Selin. Dir: Minna Virtanen. Scr: Lara Moon, Virtanen. Main cast: Mi Gronlund, Jasper Paakkonen, Nicke Lignell, Amira Khalifa, Hanna Karjalainen. Shooting from July 11 until Aug 15 in Helsinki.
Contact: Markus Selin, (358) 941 744 700

PELICANMAN
(Lumifilm) Co-prod: Migma Film (Swe). Budget: e2.2m. Backers: Eurimages, Finnish Film Foundation, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Swedish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Foundation for Swedish Culture in Finland, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service Television RuV. Int'l sales: Nonstop Sales. Dist: Buena Vista (Fin/Swe). Live-action children's feature. Humorous adventures of a pelican and a 10-year-old boy in a world where reality and make-believe blur. Based on a book by Leena Krohn. Prod: Hanna Hemila. Co-prod: Anita Oxburgh. Dir: Liisa Helminen. Scr: Helminen, William Aldridge. Main cast: Kari Ketonen, Roni Haarakangas, Inka Nuorgam, Liisa Kuoppamaki, Jonna Jarnefelt. Shooting from June 9 until Aug 22 in Helsinki and surroundings.
Contact: Hanna Hemila, Lumifilm, (358) 400 512 205

POPULAR MUSIC FROM VITTULA
(See Sweden)

PRODUCING ADULTS (lapsia ja aikuisia)
(Blind Spot Pictures) Co-prod: Sonet film (Swe). Budget: e1.25m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE TV-1, Media Development, Canal+ (Fr), Film I Vast. Dist: FS-Film (Fin), Sonet Film (Swe). Romantic comedy. A family therapist at an infertility treatment clinic secretly tries to get pregnant by her husband, but ends up falling in love with her co-conspirator. Prods: Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa. Dir: Aleksi Salmenpera. Scr: Pekko Pesonen. Main cast: Minna Haapkyla, Minttu Mustakallio, Kari-Pekka Toivonen. Shooting until Aug 22 in Helsinki.
Contact: Tero Kaukomaa, Blind Spot Pictures, (358) 400 709 430

UNTITLED AAKE LINDMAN PROJECT
(Lindman Aake Film-Production) Budget: e3.5m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation. Drama. War diaries of the soldiers fighting in the front line 1942-1944. Prod: Alf Hemming. Dir: Aake Lindman. Scr: Stefan Forss, Benedict Zilliacus. Main cast: Tobias Zilliacus, Ilkka Heiskanen, Carl-Gustaf Wentzel. Shooting from March until August in Finland.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9622 0300

A BRIDE OF THE SEVENTH HEAVEN (jumalan morsian)
(Millennium Film) Dirs: Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9622 0300

THE BROTHERS (broidit)
(Kinotar) Dir/scr: Esa Illi.
Contact: Lasse Saarinen, Kinotar, (358) 9135 1864

DOG NAIL CLIPPER
(Fennada Filmi) Dir/scr: Markku Polonen.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9622 0300

THE GOOD SHIP (onnellisten laiva)
(Perfecto Films) Dir: Joona Tena.
Contact: Johannes Lassila, Perfecto Films, (358) 400 889 155

HONEY BABY
(Stamina Films [Ger]) Prod/dir/scr: Mika Kaurismaki.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9622 0300

LOVE OF AN ALIEN (vieraalla maalla)
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Dir: Ilkka Vanne.
Contact: Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 9540 7820

SIBELIUS
(Artista Filmi) Prod/dir/scr: Timo Koivusalo.
Contact: Susanna Palin, Artista Filmi, (358) 2647 7441

YOUNG GODS
(Helsinki-Filmi) Dir: J-P Siili.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9622 0300

ELEVEN MEN
(Kisi) Co-prods: Film And Music Entertainment (UK), Borealis Production (Nor), Solar Films (Fin). Backer: Icelandic Film Fund. Drama. An all-gay football team in an amateur football league get the chance to play against the big guns. Prods: Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson. Dir: Robert I Douglas. Scr: Douglas, Jon Atli Jonasson. Shooting from autumn in Iceland.
Contact: Julius Kemp, (354) 894 0099

THE SILENT MAGICIAN (skari skripo)
(Icelandic Film Corporation) Budget: e2m. Backer: Icelandic Film Fund. Dist: IFC (Ice). Non-dialogue comedy about the mishaps of a low-life pickpocket who knows a few magic tricks. Exec prod: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Prod: Anna Maria Karlsdottir. Dir/scr/ main cast: Oskar Jonasson. Shooting from August.
Contact: Icelandic Film Corporation, (354) 551 2260

NICELAND
(Zik Zak Filmworks) Co-prods: Film and Music Entertainment (UK), Tradewind Pictures (Ger), Nimbus Films (Den). Budget: e2.5m. Backers: Icelandic Film Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages, Hamburg Film Fund, Nordrein Westphalen. Int'l sales: Bavaria Film International. Fairy tale drama. Exec prods: Skuli Fr Malmquist, Thor S Sigurjonsson. Co-prods: Helmut Weber, Thomas Springer, Mike Downey, Bo Ehrhardt, Meta Foldager. Dir: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Scr: Huldar Breidfjord. Main cast: Gary Lewis, Martin Compston, Gudrun Bjarnadottir, Peter Capaldi, Kerry Fox, Timmy Lang. Shooting from July 21 until Sept 5 in Iceland and Germany.
Contact: Michael Weber, Bavaria Film International, (49) 896 499 3179

COLD LIGHT (kaldaljos)
(Icelandic Film Corporation) Dir/scr: Hilmar Oddsson.
Contact: Icelandic Film Corporation, (354) 551 2260

FAME ICELAND (sla i gegn)
(Film Douglas & Li) Prods/dirs/scr: Robert I Douglas, Li Yan Ping.
Contact: Li Yan Ping, Film Douglas & Li, (354) 587 6888

IMPORT AND EXPORT (import og eksport)
(Filmhuset Produksjoner) Co-prods: Illusion Film (Swe), Icelandic Film Corporation (Ice), Zentropa (Den). Budget: nkr16.9m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Scandinavian Entertainment Group. Romantic comedy. A Norwegian boy converts to Islam after he falls for a Pakistani girl. Exec prods: Peter Hiltunen, Mikael Olsen, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Prod: Egil Oedegaard. Dir/scr: Khalid Hussain.
Contact: Egil Oedegaard, Filmhuset, (47) 2256 2100

MONSTER THURSDAY
(Muz Film) Budget: e1.5m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome Norge. Love story. Two surfers in Stavanger love the same woman. Prod: Ingrid Festoey Ottesen. Dir: Arild Oestin Ommundsen. Scr: Gro Elin Hjelle, Ommundsen. Main cast: Vegar Hoel, Silje Salomonsen, Christian Skolmen, Kristoffer Joner. Shoots from Oct 7 to Nov 21 in Stavanger and the beaches of Jaeren.
Contact: Ingrid Festoey Ottesen, Muz Film, (47) 9183 0890

NOT NAKED (ikke naken)
(Painswick Film) Co-prod: Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Budget: nkr17.4m. Backer: Norsk Filmfond. Dist: SF Norge (Nor). Romantic comedy about a 12-year-old girl's first love. Exec prod: Anna Croneman. Prod: Catho Bach Christensen. Dir/scr: Torun Lian.
Contact: Catho Bach Christensen, Painswick Film, (47) 224 3452

UNO
(Tordenfilm) Budget: nkr9.35m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Drama. Prod: Joergen Storm Rosenberg. Dir/scr: Aksel Henie. DoP: Jon Andreas Andersen.
Contact: Joergen Storm Rosenberg, Tordenfilm, (47) 9015 3651

A CRY IN THE WOODS (den som frykter ulven)
(Paradox Produksjon) Co-prod: Angel Production (Den). Budget: nkr22.1m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund, TV2, TV2 (Den). Dist: Scanbox (Scan). Psychological thriller. Based on a novel by Karin Fossum. Exec prods: Poul Erik Lindeborg, Mogens Glad. Prods: Finn Gjerdrum, Torleif Hauge, Ulrik Bolt Joergensen. Dir: Erich Hortnagl. Scr: Stefan Ahnhem, Thomas Seeberg Torjussen. Main cast: Lars Bom, Laila Guudi. Shooting from June 30 until Aug 22.
Contact: Paradox Film, (47) 2280 9520

HAWAII
(Paradox Produksjon) Co-prods: Filmhaus (Swe), Angel Production (Den). Budget: nkr15m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund, Swedish Film Institute, NRK, Scanbox. Dist: Scanbox (Scan). Drama. Story about love, fate and angels. Exec prod: Thorleif Hauge. Prods: Finn Gjerdrum, Asle Vatn, Peter Holtaussen. Dir: Erik Poppe. Scr: Harald Rosenloew Eeg. Main cast: Trond Espen Seim. Shooting from July 7 until Aug 22.
Contact: Paradox Film, (47) 2280 9520

THIS IS THE SONG YOU NEED (alt for egil)
(Motlys) Budget: nkr14m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome. Romantic musical. A pizza delivery boy has two major goals: to help his mentally-handicapped friend become a chauffeur and wake the girl he fell in love with after he collided with her while skiing ' putting her into a coma. Prod: Sigve Endresen. Dir: Tore Rygh. Scr: Rygh, Tore Renberg. Cast: Kristoffer Joner.
Contact: Motlys, (47) 2303 5560

TRAIN IN A BOTTLE (kjaerlighet paa pinne)
(Dinamo Story). Budget: $2m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Egmont Columbia TriStar (Nor). Erotic comedy thriller. A paralysed man has to put up with his psychotic father. Prods: Petter J Borgli, Tomas Backstroem. Dir: Martinphaug. Scr: Eirik Ildahl.
Contact: Dinamo Story, (47) 6720 0000

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
(DinaSun LLC) Dir: Hans Petter Moland.
Contact: Dinamo Story, (47) 6720 0000

CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH (kaptein sabeltann)
(Seven Seas Production) Dir: Stig Bergqvist.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (468) 680 3500

DESTINATION MOSCOW
(Nordisk Film Production) Dir/scr: Jo Stromgren, Runar Hodne.
Contact: Rune H Trondsen, Nordisk Film Production, (47) 2414 9220

FIA! (fia og klovnene)
(Dinamo Story) Dir/scr: Elsa Kvamme.
Contact: Dinamo Story, (47) 6720 0000

FREE JIMMY (slipp jimmy fri)
(AnimagicNet) Dir/scr: Christopher Nielsen.
Contact: AnimagicNet, (47) 2299 7610

IMMEDIATE BOARDING
(See Sweden)

JUST BEA (bare bea)
(Maipo Film & TV-Produksjon) Dir: Petter Naess.
Contact: Maipo Film & TV-Produksjon, (47) 6752 5190

JUST WORKING (bare pa jobb)
(Dreamfactory) Dir: Kjell Hammeroe.
Contact: Dreamfactory, (47) 5532 6308

MOTHER'S ELLING (mor's elling)
(Maipo Film & TV-Produksjon) Dir: Eva Isaksen.
Contact: Film & TV-Produksjon, (47) 6752 5190

THE OLSEN GANG JUNIOR GOES ROCK 'N' ROLL
(Nordisk Film Production) Dir/scr: Arne Lindtner Naess.
Contact: Rune H Trondsen, Nordisk Film Production, (47) 2414 9220

TOO MUCH NORWAY (alt for norge)
(Motlys) Dir/scr: Carsten Jensen, Bjorn Godoy, Rune D Langlo.
Contact: Motlys, (47) 2303 5560

THE WOMAN OF MY LIFE (kvinnen i mitt liv)
(Filmkameratene) Dir: Alexander Eik.
Contact: John M Jacobsen, Filmkameratene, (47) 2335 5300

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS (working title)
(Illusion Film) Co-prod: Film I Vast. Budget: e1.2m. Backer: Media Programme of the European Union. Black comedy. The lives of a group of people who do not know each other are changed one day when they meet. Prods: Peter Hiltunen, Johan Falemark. Dir/scr: Mattias Andersson. Shooting in 2003 in Sweden.
Contact: Peter Hiltunen, Illusion Film, (46) 317 752 850

QUEEN OF SHEBA'S PEARLS
(Sweetwater) Co-prod: Svensk Filmindustri. Backers: TV4, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Drama. Prod/dir/scr: Colin Nutley. Shooting from August until November in the UK and Sweden.
Contact: Sweetwater,(46) 8662 1470

SEX, HOPE & LOVE (working title)
(Illusion Film, Movietime) Budget: e2m. Backer: Swedish Film Institute. Drama. That strange place between the life you are dreaming of and the way it turns out to be. Prods: Peter Hiltunen, Johan Falemark, Birgitta Akesson. Dir/scr: Lisa Ohlin. Shooting late 2003 to early 2004 in Sweden.
Contact: Peter Hiltunen, Illusion Film, (46) 317 752 850

LIKE IN HEAVEN (saa som i himmelen)
Backer: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). Drama. A famous conductor returns home. Prods: Anders Birkeland, Goran Lindstrom. Dir/scr: Kay Pollak. DoP: Harald Paalgaard. Set design: Mona Theresia Forsen. Main cast: Michael Nyqvist. Shooting from July 7 until Sept 26 in Luleaa, Stockholm and overseas.
Contact: Swedish Film Institute, (46) 8665 1100

POPULAR MUSIC FROM VITTULA
(Happy End Productions) Co-prods: Svensk Filmindustri, Filmpool Nord, Solar Films (Fin). Budget: e3m. Backers: Swedish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Film Pool Nord. Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri (Scandinavia). Drama. Two close friends grow up in the mid-1960s in a harsh and conservative environment, dreaming of becoming rock stars. Based on a novel by Mikael Niemi. Exec prods: Kerstin Bonnier, Johan Mardell, Per-Erik Svensson. Prods: Joachim Stridsberg, Markus Selin. Dir: Reza Bagher. Scr: Bagher, Eric Nordberg. Main cast: Bjorn Kjellman, Kati Outinen, Sten Ljunngren, Jarmo Makinen, Martti Suosalo. Shooting from Aug 18 until Oct 20 in Pajala, Swedish Laponia.
Contact: Joachim Stridsberg, Happy End Productions, (46) 706 919 616

BREAK EVEN
(Giraff Film) Prod/dir/scr: John O Olsson.
Contact: Giraff Film, (46) 920 220 190

CAMP SLAUGHTER
(Opera Film, Origin Entertainment) Dir/DoP: Martin Munthe.
Contact: Opera Film, (46) 8640 6180

EMMA AND DANIEL (motet)
(Omega Film) Dir: Ingela Magner.
Contact: Peter Kropenin, (46) 8663 8216

FOUR SHADES OF BROWN (working title)
(SVT Fiktion) Dir: Tomas Alfredson.
Contact: Brita Hemgren, SVT Fiktion, (46) 8784 6994

HIP HIP HORA
(Filmlance International) Dir/scr: Teresa Fabik.
Contact: Filmlance International, (46) 70 229 2981

I NOED OCH MYCKET LUST
(Filmandan i Smaaland) Dir/scr: Carl-Johan Seth.
Contact: Filmandan,(46) 3712 3235

IMMEDIATE BOARDING (tur og retur)
(Filmlance International) Dir: Ella Lemhagen.
Contact: Charlotta Denward, (46) 702 292 981

KAERRINGEN DAER NERE
(Orkano/Graensloes Film) Dir: Ragnar Di Marzo.
Contact: Graensloes Film, (46) 707 303 996

MAKE BELIEVE (kommer du med mig daa')
(Sandrew Metronome International) Dir/scr: Kjell Grede.
Contact: Sandrew Metronome, (46) 8762 1700

MAMMA, PAPPA, BARN
(Bob Film Sweden) Dir: Kjell Ake Andersson.
Contact: Jan Blomgren, (46) 855 693 090

MONGOLPIPAREN
(Mepo Film) Dir: Alexander Moberg.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8680 3500

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
(Boomerang Film) Prod/dir/scr: Lars Johansson.
Contact: Boomerang Film, (46) 706 780 569

THE ROBBERS (raanarna)
(Rode Orm Film) Dir/scr: Peter Lindmark.
Contact: Rode Orm Film, (46) 855 524 816

SARABAND
(Sveriges Television) Dir/scr: Ingmar Bergman.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8680 3500

SKENBART
(S/S Fladen) Dir/scr: Peter Dalle.
Contact: S/S Fladen Film, (46) 854 506 450

THE THIRD WAVE (den tredje vagen)
(Sonet Film) Dir: Anders Nilson.
Contact: Joakim Hansson, Sonet Film, (46) 736 991 609

THE THREAT (hotet)
(Cinema Art Productions, Breidablick Film) Dir: Kjell Sundvall.
Contact: Cinema Art Productions, (46) 855 524 860

THREE SUNS
(Sonet Film) Dir/scr: Richard Hobert.
Contact: Peter Possne, Sonet Film, (46) 855 524 800