Mikael Carlsson
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Cissi Elwin takes over leadership of Swedish Film Institute
Cissi Elwin, a 40-year old journalist who hasbeen the editor-in-chief at Sweden's largest weekly magazine, Ica-Kuriren, was appointed the new CEO ofthe Swedish Film Institute (SFI) on Friday. Elwin takes over the position in May after predecessor Ase Kleveland returns to her native Norway where she will be the CEO ...
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Alan Menken signs multi-picture deal with Disney
Composer Alan Menken, who has won eightAcademy Awards for his music for Walt Disney films such as The Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Pocahontas, has signed a non-exclusivemulti-picture deal with Walt Disney Pictures/Touchstone Pictures.
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Triangelfilm acquires six features from Wild Bunch at EFM
Swedish film distributor Triangelfilm acquiredsix titles during the Berlin Film Festival, all of them from French salescompany Wild Bunch. Triangelfilm secured distribution rights for Sweden,Norway, Denmark and Finland for Marilyn Manson's Phantasmagoria, Emir Kusturica's Maradona, Nanni Moretti's IlCaimano, Emanuele Crialese's TheGolden Door, Luc Jacquet's The Foxand the Child, and Sabine ...
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The Swedish box office falls to the lowest level in six years
The Swedish homeentertainment market significantly outperformed theatrical revenues in 2005,latest figures reveal.
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Dagur Kári wins the Nordic Prize at Gothenburg Film Festival
Denmark's Trust Film Sales had a good year inGothenburg, handling world sales of both DarkHorse and We Shall Overcome.
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Nina's Journey wins Sweden's best film award
The Swedish film awards served up a night of surprises in Gothenberg.Lena Einhorn's Nina's Journey,was the unexpected winner of Best Picture and Best Screenplay honours.Among the favourites, seven-times nominated Bjorn Runge's Mouth to Mouth received just one Guldbagge, while Swedish Oscar nominee Josef Fare's Zozo took two. Nina'sJourney, based on ...
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Seven Guldbagge nominations for Runge's film
The nominationsfor this year's Guldbagge awards, the annual SwedishFilm Awards were announced Monday. Björn Runge, whose previous film Daybreak won four Guldbagge awards and a Silver Bear in Berlin 2004,dominated the list with seven nominations for his new film Mouth to Mouth.It has been nominated for "Best Film", "Best Director" ...
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Guillou's bestselling Arn novels take to the screen
Two screen adaptations and a television seriesof Evil author Jan Guillou'sbest-selling historical Arnadventures are currently in development by Svensk Filmindustri. The project hasa $26.7m (22m Euro) budget, a considerable amount of money by Swedish industrystandards. Financing is currently in its final stages with Svensk awaitingconfirmation from several European film and ...
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Icelandic film opens 29th Gothenburg Film Festival
Icelandic director Sturla Gunnarsson's vikingdrama Beowulf & Grendel will openthe 2006 Gothenburg Film Festival (27 January - 6 February). The film, starringGerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley and Ingvar Sigurdsson, had itsworld premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and will get its US premiere at thePalm Springs Film Festival on ...
