NORDIC LISTINGS - MAY 25

DENMARK

IN PRE-PRODUCTION

AMAZON JACK 3(JUNGLEDYRET HUGO - FRAEK SOM ALTID)
(PH3) Backer: Danish Film Institute. the third instalment in the popularanimated feature series about Amazon Jack. Prod: Per Holst. Dirs: AndersSoerensen, Joergen Lerdam. Scr: Flemming Quist Moeller.
Contact: Per Holst, PH3, (45) 35 55 93 66

THE AMBULANCE(AMBULANCEN)
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: DKK11.5m. Int'l sales: Nordisk FilmInternational Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama about two brothers whorob a bank to get money to help their mother and on the run from the police endup in an ambulance with a patient with a critical condition in. Exec prod: KimMagnusson. Prod: Tomas Radoor. Dir: Laurits Munch-Petersen. Scr: Lars AndreasPedersen, Laurits Munch-Petersen. DoP: Jan Pallesen. Ed: Cathrine Ambus. Proddes: Sabine Hviid.
Contact: Tomas Radoor, Nordisk Film, (45) 26 82 19 90

AT3 (UNTITLED THOMASANDERS JENSEN PROJECT)
(M&M Productions) Budget: DKR15m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, FilmFyn.Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. drama about a hardened criminalsent into trainee service with a minister, a position which drastically altershis view on life. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir/scr: Anders Thomas Jensen. Maincast: Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Nicolas Bro, Ole Thestrup.Shooting in Svendborg for 8 weeks from July 19.
Contact: Tivi Magnusson, M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

DIRECTORS CUT #5
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: DKK9.5m. Backer: TV2/Denmark. Int'l sales:Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Comedy about atroubled middle aged couple seeking help from a professional marriagecounsellor, only to discover that he is doing everything he can, to separatethem. Exec prod: Kim Magnusson. Prods: Aake Sandgren, Thomas Heinesen, TomasRadoor. Dir: Mikkel Serup. Scr: Maya Ilsoe.
Contact: Tomas Radoor, Nordisk Film, (45) 26 82 19 90

EUROTRASH
(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Zentropa Productions. Budget: Euro1.1m. Dist:Sandrew Metronome (Den). Youth drama about two friends' attempt to get out oftheir miserable life in the concrete ghetto by robbing the local supermarket.Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Thomas Stegler. Dir/scr: StefanoGonzalez. Main cast: Oliver Bjerrehus, Robert Hansen, Sofie Lassen Kalhke, JensJoern Spottag, Bjarne Henriksen.
Contact: Thomas Stegler, Wise Guy Productions, (45) 36 86 87 16

THE RIGHT SPIRIT (DENRETTE AND)
(M&M Productions) Budget: DKR15m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Comedydrama about a man who makes a living from other people's belief in ghosts. Hebelieves it is just their way of dealing with problems - until he encounters aghost himself. Exec prod: Tivi Magnusson. Prod: Mie Andreasen. Dir: MartinStrange-Hansen. Scr: Flemming Klem, Martin Strange-Hansen. Main cast: tba.Shooting this autumn in Denmark.
Contact: Mie Andreasen, M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

SOLKONGEN
(Thura Film) Budget: DKR17.5m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, DR, Film Fyn.Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Black romantic comedy about an unusual loveaffair between a young man and a older woman and the solarium they runtogether. Prods: Michael Obel, Carsten Holst. Dir: Tomas Villum Jensen. Scr:Anders Thomas Jensen. Main cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Birthe Neumann, Thomas BoLarsen, Niels Olsen, Peter Gantzler. Shoots in Svendborg for 7 weeks from May24.
Contact: Michael Obel, Thura Film, (45) 33 44 11 11

TOM JONES
(M&M Productions) Budget: DKR5m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Youth film.Exec prod: Tivi Magnusson. Prod: Mie Andreasen. Dir/scr: Tzara Tristana. Maincast: tba. Shooting late 2004 in Denmark.
Contact: Mie Andreasen, M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

IN PRODUCTION

CHINAMAN (KINAMAND)
(Fine & Mellow Productions) Co-prod: Maipo Film (Nor). Budget: DKK16.5m.Backer: Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Fund,Nordic Film & TV Fund, DR, NRK. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama comedyabout a divorcee who agrees to a bogus marriage with the sister of his localChinese restaurant. Prod: Thomas Gammeltoft. Dir: Henrik Ruben Genz. Scr: KimFupz Aakeson. Main cast: Bjarne Henriksen, Vivian Wu, Charlotte Fich, PawHenriksen, Johan Rabeus. Shoots in Copenhagen from Apr 16 for seven weeks.
Contact: Thomas Gammeltoft, Fine & Mellow Productions, (45) 3618 8500

THE GENTLE PAIN
Co-prod: Ulf Berggren Productions (Swe). Budget: Euro 1m. Backer: Danish FilmInstitute, Swedish Film Institute, DR. Int'l sales/dist: Posthus Teatret Aps(Den). A film director steals the archives of a famous writer. Co-prod: UlfBerggren. Prod: Tom Winther. Dir/scr: Carsten Brandt. DoP: Jean-Yves Dion. Maincast: Ewa Froling, Carsten Brandt, Kaspar Leisner. Shooting in Denmark, Franceand Italy from May until September 2004.
Contact: Tom Winther, Posthus Teatret, (45) 21 75 07 45

GROWN UP PEOPLE (VOKSNEMENNESKER)
(Nimbus Film) Co-prods: Zik Zak Filmworks (Ice), Zentropa Entertainments, DR.Budget: DKK13.6m. Backer: Icelandic Film Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund,Danish Film Institute, DR. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film(Scan). Comedy drama about a graffiti-painter who earns his living by makingdeclarations of love on demand on the walls of the city. The same day he meetsand falls in love with the beautiful girl, Fran, he gets busted. Exec prods: BoEhrhardt, Birgitte Hald. Prods: Birgitte Skov, Morten Kaufman. Dir: Dagur Kari.Dagur Kari, Rune Schjoett. DoP: Manuel Claro. Ed: Daniel Dencik. Prod des:Nikolaj Danielsen. Art dir: Gunnar Palsson. Music: Slowblow. Main cast: JakobCedergreen, Nicolas Bro, Nikolaj Kopernikus, Bodil Joergensen. Shooting inCopenhagen from May 12 until July 1.
Contact: Birgitte Skov, Nimbus Film, (45) 36 34 09 10

LOST GENERATION
(Grasten Film) Budget: DKR25.5m. Backers: Danish FilmInstitute,TV2/Denmark. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Buena Vista(Den). Family drama in two parts, The Family and Lost Generations, based on four bestselling novels by Christian Kampmann. Prod: Regner Grasten. Dir: Charlotte Sachs Bostrup.Scr: IbKastrup. DoP: Dirk Bruel. Set design: Trine Tsering Padmo Olsen. Costumedesign: Sara Mau. Main cast: Thomas Levin, Sofie Lassen Kahlke, Kristian Ibler,Robert Hansen, Pia Vieth, Laura Drasbaek. Shoots from Mar 29 - Jun 28, 2004.
Contact: Regner Grasten, Grasten Film, (45) 39 63 44 24

NORDKRAFT
(Nimbus Film) Co-prod: ZentropaEntertainments. Budget: DKK19.9m. Backers: Nordic Film- & TV Fund, DenVestdanske Filmpulje, Danish Film Institutte, DR, TV2. Int'l sales: Trust FilmSales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Den). Drama about a group of young misfits in searchfor a reason to live. Exec prod: Bo Ehrhardt. Prod: Meta Louise Foldager. Dir:Ole Christian Madsen. Scr: Ole Christian Madsen, Bo Hr. Hansen. DoP: JoergenJohansson. Ed: Soeren B. Ebbe. Prod des: Jette Lehmann. Make-up: KamillaBjerglind. Cost des: Helle Nielsen. Sound: Christian Lund. Main cast: ThureLindhardt, Signe Egholm Olsen, Claus Riis Oestergaard, Pernille VallentinBrandt, Thomas Corneliussen. Shoots on location in Aalborg and Copenhagen fromMar 31.
Contact: Annakarin Stroem, Trust Film Sales, (45) 36868788

YOUNG ANDERSEN (UNGEANDERSEN)
(Nordisk Film Production) Co-prods: DR, SVT (Swe). Budget: Euro 5.33m. Backer:Danish Film Institutte, HCA 2005 Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund,FilmFyn. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan).Drama about the crucial encounter between a eighteen-year-old Hans ChristianAndersen and Meisling, the cynical school principal, which fundamentallytransforms HCA's life. Exec prods: Erik Crone, Kim Magnusson. Co-prod: DitteChristiansen, Ingolf Gabold. Prod: Tina Dalhoff. Dir: Rumle Hammerich. Scr: UlfStark. DoP: Nicolaj Bruel. Ed: Camilla Skousen, Morten Hoejbjerg. Prod des:Peter de Neergaard. Cost des: Manon Rasmussen. Hair/make-up: Anne CathrineSauerberg, Charlotte Laustsen. Music: Jacob Groth. Main cast: Simon DahlThaulow, Henning Jensen, Lars Brygmann, Puk Scharbau, Benny Poulsen. Shootingin Denmark from Mar 17 until June 10, 2004.
Contact: Susan Wendt, Nordisk Film International Sales, (45) 33 26 67 00

IN POST-PRODUCTION

ALL ABOUT ANNA
(Innocent Pictures, Zentropa) Co-prod: Wise Guy Productions. Budget: DKK1m.Int'l sales: Innocent Pictures. Dist: Erotic Media (Ger), Wicked Pictures (USA,Canada). Erotic romantic comedy, girl meets boy - girl loses boy - girl getsboy - maybe. Exec prods: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Claus Sorensen, Nicolas Barbano.Prod: Marcella Lindstad. Co-prods: Thomas Stegler. Dir: Jessica Nilsson. Scr:Anja & Lotte. Main cast: Gry Bay.
Contact: Nicolas Barbano, Innocent Pictures, (45) 36 78 00 55

BIG PLANS
(Angel Productions) Budget: DKK13.2m. Backer: Danish Film Institute,TV2/Denmark. Dist: Angel Distribution (Den). Comedy about the petty crookWilly, who after he gets paroled decides to revive his old band to prove to hiseight-year-old son that he isn't a failure. Exec prods: Poul Erik Lindeborg,Mogens Glad. Prod: Peter Bech. Dir: Jesper W. Nielsen. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson.DoP: Erik Zappon. Prod design: Thomas Ravn. Costume Designer: Ingrid Soe. Ed:Morten Giese. Music: Halfdan E, Jacob Binzer. Main cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, LeneMaria Christensen, Henrik Noel Olesen, Jimmy Joergensen, Al Agami. Shot inCopenhagen from Nov 3 until Dec 19.
Contact: Peter Bech, Angel Film, (45) 35 85 03 30

BROTHERS (WORKING TITLE)
(Zentropa Entertainments14) Co-prod: Sigma Films (UK). Budget: DKR19m. Backer:Danish Film Institute, DR TV, Nordic Film- & TV Fund. Int'l sales: TrustFilm Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama about two brothers. Co-prod:Gillian Berrie. Prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Sisse Graum Olsen. Dir: SusanneBier. Scr: Anders Thomas Jensen. DoP: Morten Soeborg. Ed: Pernille BechChristensen. Prod des: Viggo Bentzon. Cost des: Signe Sejlund. Hair/make-up:Anne-Cathrine Sauerberg, Charlotte Laustsen. Main cast: Connie Nielsen, UlrichThomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Solbjoerg Hoejfeldt. Shot in Denmarkfrom Nov 10, 2003 until Jan 17, 2004.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, Annakarin Stroem, (45) 36 86 87 88

THE COLLECTOR (INKASSON)
(ASA Film Production) Co-prod: Scanbox Entertainment, Easy Film. Budget: DKK13m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark. Dist: Angel/Scanbox (Denmark).A love action drama about a boxing coach who has a part time job collectingdebts. Prod: Henrik Moeller-Soerensen. Co-prod: Niels Bokkenheuser. Dir: LasseSpang Olsen. Scr: Nikolaj Peyk. DoP: Henrik Kristensen. Main cast: Kim Bodnia,Iben Hjejle, Allan Olsen, Rene Diff, Casper Christensen. Shot in 7 weeks fromFeb 13 - Apr 2 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Thomas Bailey, Angel Films, (45) 35 25 36 00

DAY AND NIGHT (DAG OCHNAT)
(Zentropa Entertainments3) Co-prod: Sonet Film, Film I Vast, Hepp Film. Budget:Euro1m. Backer: Swedish Film Institute, Film I Vast. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe),Nordisk Film (Den). Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Drama about a man sayinggoodbye to his life. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Co-prods: Peter Possne,Tomas Eskilsson, Helena Danielsson. Prod: Jonas Frederiksen, Anne KatrineAndersen. Dir: Simon Staho. Scr: Simon Staho, Peter Asmussen. DoP: Kim Hoegh.Ed: Aasa Mossberg. Prod des: Kia Nordqvist. Sound des: Peter Albrechtsen. Maincast: Mikael Persbrandt, Lena Endre, Pernilla August, Maria Bonnevie, MichaelNyqvist, Fares Fares, Tuva Novotny. Shot on location around Trollhattan Sweden.
Contact: Annakarin Stroem, Trust Film Sales, (45) (45) 36 86 87 88

DEAR WENDY
(Lucky Punch) Co-prods: Pain Unlimited GmBH (Ger), Liberator2 Sarl/Slot machineSarl (Fr), Dear Wendy ltd. (UK). Budget: Euro6,9m. Backers: Danish FilmInstitute, TV2/Denmark, Filmstiftung, Nordic Film- & TV Fund, SVT (Swe),Canal+, Arte France Cinema (Fr), Arte ZDF (Ger). Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales.Drama set in a small mining village in the US and tells about a group of youngoutsiders, who form a pacifistic group with a dangerous infatuation with guns.Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Birgitte Hald, Peter Garde, Vibeke Windeloev.Co-prod: Bettina Brokemper, Marianne Slot, Gillian Berrie. Prod: Sisse GraumOlsen. Dir: Thomas Vinterberg. Scr: Lars von Trier. DoP: Anthony Dod Mantle.Ed: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen. Prod design: Jette Lehmann, Karl Juliusson. Make-up:Pascale Bouquiere. Costume design: Annie Perier. Sound design: Ray Beckett.Main cast: Jamie Bell, Chris Owen, Mark Webber, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon,Alison Pill, Bill Pullman. Shot in Denmark and Germany from Sept 2003.
Contact: Annakarin Stroem, Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

THE FAKIR (FAKIREN FRABILBAO)
(M&M Productions) Co-prods: Road Movies Factory (Ger), Felicia Film (Swe).Budget: DKR23m. Backer: 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 family 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, AkselLeth. Shot from Sep - Nov 2003 in Denmark.
Contact: Mie Andreasen, M&MProductions, (45) 70 20 30 80

GHOSTHOUSE (BAG DET STILLE YDRE)
(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Scanbox, Zentropa. Budget: Euro 1m. Dist:Angel/Scanbox. Paranormal thriller. Exec prods: MadsPeter Ole Olsen, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Joergen Kristiansen. Prod: Thomas Stegler. Dir: Martin Schmidt. Scr:Dennis Jurgensen. DoP: Jan Weincke. Ed: Nanna Frank Moller. Prod des: AndersJoensson. Cost des: Lisa Andersen. Hair/make-up: Mia Bidstrup. Music: JoackimHolbek. Main cast: Dejan Cukic, Jacob Cedergren, Anne Birgitte Lind, Andreavagn Jensen, Lykke Sand Mikkelsen. Shot in Copenhagen from Mar 15 until May 5.
Contact: Thomas Stegler, Wise Guy Productions, (45) 36 86 87 16

HOLDING YOUR BREATH(WORKING TITLE)
(Nordisk Film Production) Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist:Nordisk Film. A psychological thriller, which follows a sympathetic familyfather and swimming instructor, who's life collapses when he suddenly isaccused of a serious crime. Prod: Thomas Heinesen. Dir: Jacob Thuesen. Scr: KimFupz Aakeson. Main cast: Sofie Grabol. Troels Lyby, Kirstine RosenkrandsMikkelsen. Shot from Dec 8 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Thomas Heinesen, Nordisk Film Production, (45) 36 18 82 00

THE JEWISH TOY MERCHANT
(Blenkov & Schoennemann) Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales:Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film. Family drama. Prod:Malene Blenkov, Michel Schoennemann. Dir: Jacob Groenlykke. Scr: JacobGroenlykke, Mogens Rukov. Main Cast: Jens Okking, Birthe Neumann, SonjaRichter, Kim Bodnia. Shot from Nov 3 - Dec 19 in Paris, Germany, Israel andDenmark.
Contact: Blenkov & Schoennemann, (45) 36 18 84 00

KINGS' GAME (KONGEKABALE)
(Nimbus Film) Co-prod: Zentropa Entertainments5. Budget: DKK16.8m. Backer:Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark, Nordic Film- & TV Fund, Filmgear. Int'lsales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Political thriller about ayoung journalist who witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty'sranks - a struggle for power that coincides with the party's charismaticleader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. Exec prod: Bo Ehrhardt.Prod: Meta Louise Foldager. Dir: Nikolaj Arcel. Scr: Nikolaj Arcel, RasmusHeisterberg based on a novel by Niels Krause Kjaer. DoP: Rasmus Videbaek. Ed:Mikkel E.G. Nielsen. Prod design: Niels Sejer. Make-up: Kamille Bjerglind.Costume Design: Helle Nielsen. Main cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Soeren Pilmark,Nicholas Bro, Lars Mikkelsen, Nastja Arcel. Shot in Copenhagen from Sep 11until Nov 13, 2003.
Contact: Annakarin Stroem, Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

MANDERLAY
(Zentropa Entertainments13) Co-prods: Ognon Pictures/Humbert Balsan (Fr),Memfis Int, AB/Lars Jonsson (Swe), Pain Unlimited/Bettina Brokemper (Ger),ManderlayGillian Berrie (UK), Isabella Films Int/Els Vandevorst (Hol). Budget:Euro 11.7m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, Film I Vast (Swe), DR TV-Drama,Eurimages, Filmstiftung NRW (Ger), Arte France Cinema (Fr), Swedish FilmInstitute, Nordic Film- & TV Fund, SVT Fiktion (Swe), Arte-WDR (Ger), FilmFund of The Netherlands, Cobo Fund (Hol), Finnish Film Foundation, YLE/TV1(Fin), NPS Television (Hol). Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film(Den). The story continues from the point where Grace left Dogville. We followher and her father as they come to Manderlay, a plantation in Alabama wherethey witness the horrors and injustice of slavery, which compels Grace tointervene. Exec prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Lene Boerglum. Prod: VibekeWindeloev. Dir/scr: Lars von Trier. DoP: Anthony Dod Mantle. Ed: Molly MaleneStensgaard. Prod des: Peter Grant. Cost des: Manon Rasmussen. Sound des: PerStreit, Kristian Eidnes Andersen. Light des: Aasa Frankenberg. Hair/make-up:Evelyn Boyt. Main cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankole, Danny Glover,Willem Dafoe. Shooting in Trolhattan, Sweden from Mar - May 2004.
Contact: Fusun Eriksen, Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 76

MY SISTER'S KIDS IN EGYPT(MIN SOSETERS BOERN I EGYPTEN)
(Moonlight Filmproduction) Backers: Danish Film Institute. Dist: SandrewMetronome (Scan). Third installment in the revived family film series. Prods:Lars Kolvig, Michael Obel. Dir: Kasper Barfoed. Scr: Anne-Marie Olesen, LarsMering, Soeren Frellesen. Main cast: Lotte Merete Andersen, Neel Roenholt,Mikkel Sundoe, Stefan Pagels Andersen, Benedikte Maria Mouritsen. Shot in Cairofrom Feb 23 until Apr 2.
Contact: Lars Kolvig, Moonlight Filmproduction, (45) 35 44 11 11

OH HAPPY DAY
(Fine & Mellow Productions) Co-prod: Ugly Duckling Film Ltd. (UK), NordiskFilm. Budget: DKR21m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, DRTV, Matrix Film Finance(UK). Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan).Melodrama about a bored housewife who joins an uninspired local church choir,but one day, as an act of God, face a famous African-American choir leader andBaptist preacher. Prod: Thomas Gammeltoft, Lene Bausager. Dir: Hella Joof. Scr:Lotte Andersen, Jannik Johansen. Main cast: Lotte Andersen, Ditte Graaboel,Malik Yoba. Shot in Denmark and Sweden from Oct 2003.
Contact: Thomas Gammeltoft, Fine & Mellow Productions, (45) 3618 8500

PUSHER 2
(Pusher 2) Budget: DKK13.5m. Backers:Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark,Nordisk Film Film Production. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales.Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan), Rupert Preston (UK). Fresh out of another prisonterm Tonny discovers that he has a child and a debt to his father, the mostvicious gangster in Copenhagen. Exec prod: Kim Magnusson. Co-prod: RupertPreston. Prod: Henrik Danstrup. Dir/scr: Nicolas Winding Refn. DoP: MortenSoeborg. Ed: Anne Oesterud. Prod des: Rasmus Tjellesen. Cost des: JaneWittaker. Hair/make-up: Louise Bruun. Music: Peter Peter Schneidermann. Maincast: Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester. Shot in Copenhagen from Feb 9 until Mar19, 2004.
Contact: Henrik Danstrup, Billy's People, (45) 3537 4232

REJS JER
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: Euro 2m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, DRTV. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film. Multi-plotdrama comedy giving a portrait of contemporary Denmark. Prod: Monica Steenberg.Dir: Lotte Svendsen. Scr: Lotte Svendsen, Elith Nulle Nykjaer. Main cast: HelleDolleris, Waage Sandoe, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Dan Zahle, Claus Ryskjaer. Shot fromNov 3 - Dec 15 2003 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Monica Steenberg, Nordisk Film, (45) 36 18 86 58

RETURN TO SENDER
(Moviefan Scandinavia) Co-prods: High Wire Entertainment (Can), Long RangeFilms (UK). Thriller about a defence lawyer on a losing streak who looses onetoo many clients to death row, he starts to correspond with convicts on deathrow and falls in love with one of them. Exec prods: Michael H. Laursen, PeterH. Laursen. Prod: Michael Lunderskov. Dir: Bille August. Scr: Neal Purvis,Robert Wade. Main cast: Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn.
Contact: Michael Lunderskov, Moviefan Scandinavia, (45) 22 24 22 10.

WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS (HVEMVAR DET DER VANDT I DAG)
(Zeitgeiset) Co-prod: Zentropa. Budget: $1m. Backer: TV2/Denmark, Scanbox.Dist: Scanbox (Scan). Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Youth film about football.Exec prod: Mads Olsen, Jorgen Kristiansen. Prod: Soren Juul Petersen. Dir:Martin Hagbjer. Scr: Morten Dragsted. DoP: Lars Beyer. Main cast: Lars Bom,Bjarne Henriksen, Camilla Bendix, Claus Bue, Susanne Storm. Shot from Oct 8 -Nov 28 2003 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Soren Juul Petersen, Zeitgeist, (45) 36 86 87 47

FINLAND

IN PRE-PRODUCTION
BEST OF THE MOTHERS (AIDEISTA PARHAIN)
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: Euro2.3m. Backer: Finnish FilmFoundation, Media II, YLE1, SVT (Swe), Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales:Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia Tristar Nordisk Film (Scan).Drama about an old Finnish man who returns to Sweden to bury the woman who tookcare of him during the war. He confronts his memories from the past, learns tounderstand his life's turning points, to forgive and to love for the first timein his life. Prod: Ilkka Matila. Dir: Klaus Haro. Scr: Veikko Aaltonen, JimmyKarlsson, Kirsi Wikman, based on the novel by Heikki Hietamies. Shooting inTurku Finland and Skane Sweden from spring 2004.
Contact: Ilkka Matila, Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 9 540 7820

IN THE FAMILY OFDINOSAURS (DINOSAURUSPERHE)
(Talent House) Budget: Euro 1.2m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Int'l sales:Nordisk International Sales. Dist: Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film (Scan).Triangle drama between a married couple in their late thirties and the wife'syounger sister. Prod: Jarkko Hentula. Dir: Simo Halinen. Scr: Simo Halinen,Tarja Kylma. Main cast: Outi Maenpaa. Shooting from Oct - Nov 2004 in Finland.
Contact: Jarkko Hentula, Talent House, (358) 9 5407 8233

JADE WARRIOR [JADESOTURI)
(Blind Spot Pictures) Co-prod: Fu Works (Hol). Budget: Euro1.7m. Backer:Finnish Film Foundation, Sandrew Metronome. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan),A-Film (Benelux). Kung-Fu-fantasy-comedy about a Finn who meets kung fu whileinvestigating his own death 5,000 years earlier in China. Exec prod: San FuMaltha. Prod: Tero Kaukomaa, Petri Jokiranta. Dir: AJ Annila. Scr: Iiro Kuttner.Shooting in Tampere and Lappland from Mar 2004.
Contact: Tero Kaukomaa, Blind Spot Pictures, (358) 400 709430

ROLLI'S HEART
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: Euro4-6m. Backer: Finnish FilmFoundation. Animated children's film based on the popular characters. Prods:Ilkka Matila, Marko Rohr. Dir: Pekka Lehtosaari. Scr: Allu Tuppurainen, PekkaLehtosaari.
Contact: Ilkka Matila, Matila Rohr Productions Oy, (358) 9 540 7820

IN PRODUCTION

WOMEN IN WAR (WORKINGTITLE)
(Fantasiafilmi) Budget: Euro 2.8m. Backer: The Finnish Women's Aid Foundation.A drama about young women longing for freedom, about their dreams and growth toa deeper responsibility in a time when Finland had to fight against the SovietUnion in the Second World War. Prod: Asko Apajalahti. Dir: Ilkka Vanne. Scr:Inkeri Kilpinen, Elina Halttunen. DoP: Jani Kumpulainen. Cost des: AuliTurtiainen. Hair/make-up: Kati Koskela. Ed: Tuomo Leino. Prod des: PenttiValkeasuo. Cost des: Auli Turtiainen. Hair/make-up: Kati Koskela. Main cast:Laura Birn, Hanna Lekander, Karoliina Vanne. Shot in three stages, in March,May and Oct - Nov 2004 in Finland.
Contact: Nina Koljonen, Fantasiafilmi, (358) 9 540 7850

IN POST-PRODUCTION

FROZEN LAND [PAHA MAA)
(Solar Films) Budget: Euro 1.4m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, TV2 Finland,Nordic Film & TV Fund, Media Programme of EU. Int'l sales: Birch TreeEntertainment. Dist: Buena Vista International Finland. Fast moving andrealistic portrayal of a friendship full of dramatic and tragic events, actionand humor. Exec prod: Jukka Helle. Co-prods: Jussi Salonoja, Jussi Lepisto.Prod: Markus Selin. Dir: Aku Louhimies. Scr: Paavo Westerberg, Jari Rantala,Aku Louhimies. DoP: Rauno Ronkainen. Ed: Samu Heikkila. Prod des: Sattva-HannaToiviainen. Cost des: Tiina Kaukanen. Hair/make-up: Hannele Herttua. Main cast:Jasper Paakkonen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola, Matleena Kuusniemi, PetteriSummanen. Shooting in Helsinki from Feb 17 until Apr 8.
Contact: Markus Selin, Solar Films, (358) 9 417 44 700

HARBOUR BOYS (WORKINGTITLE)
(Mandart Entertainment) Backers: Finnish Film Foundation. Dist: FS Film (Fin).A story about youth, music and friendship set in the 50s. Prod/dir: PekkaMandart. Scr: Sami Keski-Vahala, Pekka Mandart. DoP: Kari Sohlberg. Set des:Pirjo Rossi. Ed: Jari Innanen. Main cast: Mikko Leppilampi, Mikko Nousiainen,Petteri Summanen, Niko Saarela, Tuomas Uusitalo.
Contact: Pekka Mandart, Mandart Entertainment, (358) 9 694 3142

THE MIDSUMMER CHILD
(Kinoproduction) Co-prod: Filmlance International (Swe). Backers: Finnish FilmFoundation. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: ColumbiaTristar Nordisk Film (Scan). Serious comedy about loving and forgiving.Co-prod: Borje Hansson. Prod/dir: Claes Olsson. Scr: Anna-Leena Harkonen. DoP:Pertti Mutanen. Music: Yari. Main cast: Tiina Lymi, Nicke Lignell, MilkaAhlroth, Santeri Kinnunen.
Contact: Claes Olsson, Kinoproductions, (358) 9 685 0460

MY FRIEND HENRY
(Do Films) Co-prod:MMM Filmproduktion (Ger). Budget:Euro1.7m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE 1, Nordic Film & TV Fund,Eurimages, Hamburg Filmforderung. Dist: FS Film (Fin). Drama about a12-year-old girl with a mysterious boy as her friend - is he real or imagined'Prods: Anna Heiskanen, Ulrike Zimmermann. Dir/scr:Auli Mantila. DoP: Heikki Farm. Set des: Kaisa Makinen. Costumes: SariSuominen. Ed: Bettina Bohler. Sound: Risto Iissalo. Music: Tommi Viksten. Maincast: Aleksi Rantanen, Ninni Ahlroth, Hellen Willberg, Pertti Sveholm, YlvaEkblad. Shot from Sep 2 - Oct 30 2003 in Southern Finland.
Contact: Do Films, Anna Heiskanen, (358) 41 463 8560

PELICANMAN
(Lumifilm) Co-prod: Migma Film (Swe). Budget: Euro2.2m. Backer: Eurimages,Finnish Film Foundation, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Swedish FilmInstitute, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Foundation for Swedish Culture inFinland, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service Television RuV. Int'l sales:Nonstop Sales. Dist: Buena Vista (Finland, Sweden). Live-action children'sfeature about the humorous adventures of a pelican and a 10-year-old boy in aworld where the line between reality and make-believe is not always clear.Prod: Hanna Hemila. Co-prod: Anita Oxburgh. Dir: Liisa Helminen. Scr: LiisaHelminen, William Aldridge, based on a book by Leena Krohn. Main cast: KariKetonen, Roni Haarakangas, Inka Nuorgam, Liisa Kuoppamaki, Jonna Jarnefelt.Shot from June 9 until Aug 22 2003 in Helsinki and surroundings.
Contact: Lumifilm, Hanna Hemila, (358) 400 512205

POPULAR MUSIC FROMVITTULA (see listings Sweden)

PORVOO
(Helsinki Filmi) Co-prod: Kinotaurus Oy.Budget: Euro1m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, TV2. Dist: Nordisk Film.Drama comedy about a small factory in a smaller town where dramatic accidentsturn out to be a way to a better life. Prods: Marko Rauhala, Aleksi Bardy. Dir:Janne Kuusi. Scr: Aleksi Bardy, Janne Kuusi in co-operation with StellaPolaris. Main cast: Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Outi Maenpaa, Tiina Pirhonen, SariHavas, Sari Siikander (The Stella Polaris Theatre Group). Shooting in Porvoofrom Sept - Nov 2003.
Contact: Helsinki Filmi, (358) 400 467497

PRIVATE EYE VARES(YKSITYISETSIVA VARES)
(Solar Films) Budget: Euro 1.5m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3 Finland,Media. Int'l sales: Birch Tree Entertainment. Dist: Buena Vista International(Scan). Action thriller about a private detective in midlife crisis on thetrail of a criminal who has cheated millions from his former colleagues. Execprod: Jukka Helle. Co-prods: Jussi Salonoja, Jussi Lepisto. Prod: Markus Selin.Dir: Aleksi Makela. Scr: Pekka Lehtosaari, based on Reijo Maki's novel Varesand the Yellow Widow. DoP: Pini Hellstedt. Ed: Kimmo Taavila. Prod des:Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen. Cost des: Nina Lindholm. Hair/make-up: RiikkaVirtanen. Music: Kalle Chydenius. Main cast: Juha Veijonen, Laura Malmivaara,Samuli Edelmann, Markku Peltola, Minna Turunen. Shot from Sep 6 until Oct 172003 in Southern Finland.
Contact: Markus Selin, Solar Films, (358) 9 417 44700

THE TRENCH ROAD [JUOKSUHAUDANTE -WORKING TITLE)
(Kinotar) Budget: Euro1.1m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE 1. Dist:FS-Film (Fin). Drama about a man who tries to get his family back at any costafter his wife has left him. As he tries everything to reach his goal he alsogoes deeper into his own world. Based on a best-selling novel by KariHotakainen. Prod: Lasse Saarinen. Dir/scr: Veikko Aaltonen. Main cast: EeroAho, Tiina Lymi, Kari Vaananen, Aake Kalliala.
Contact: Lasse Saarinen, (358) 9 135 1864

ICELAND

IN PRODUCTION

BEOWULF & GRENDEL(BJOLFSKVIOA)
(Icelandic Film Corporation) Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. medieval horroradventure based on the Beowulf legend. Exec prods: Paul Stephens, SarahRadclyffe. Prod: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Dir: Sturla Gunnarsson. Scr: AndrewRai Berzins. Shoots in Iceland in 2004.
Contact: Anna Maria Karlsdottir, Icelandic Film Corporation, (354)551 22

ELEVEN MEN OUT(STRAKARNIR OKKAR)
(The Icelandic Film Company) Co-prod: Film and Music Entertainment (UK),Borealis Production (Nor), Solar Films (Fin). Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. Anall gay football team in an amateur football league get the change of alifetime when they have the opportunity to play against the big guns. Prods:Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson. Dir: Robert I. Douglas. Scr: Robert I Douglas,Jon Atli Jonasson.
Contact: Julius Kemp, The Icelandic Film Company, (354)894 0099

A GATHERING OF FOES(OVINAFAGNAOUR)
(Icelandic Film Corporation) Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. Period drama basedon one of the most famous Icelandic sagas. Prods: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson,Bradley Adams. Dir: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Scr: Einar Karason. To be shot inIceland.
Contact: Anna Maria Karlsdottir, Icelandic Film Corporation, (354)551 22 60

60NO NETWORK (UTANPJONUSTUSVASOIS)
(Taka Film) Co-prod: Filmhuset (Nor). Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. children'sfilm. Exec prod (s): Egil Odegard. Prod/dir/scr: Ari Kristinsson. To be shot inNorway in 2004.
Contact: Ari Kristinsson, Taka Film Production, (354)555 30 64

A LITTLE TRIP TO HEAVEN
(BlueEyes Production) Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. Thriller. Co-prods:Sigurjon Sighvatsson, James McKay, Kim Magnusson. Prod/dir: Baltasar Kormakur.Scr: Baltasar Kormakur, Edward Weinman. Shoots late 2004.
Contact: Baltasar Kormakur, BlueEyes Production, (354)511 7060

ORDINARY LIFE (BLODBOND)
(Pegasus Pictures) Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. Social drama. Prod: SnorriThorisson, Hronn Kristinsdottir. Dir/scr: Arni Oli Asgeirsson. To be shot inIceland.
Contact: Snorri Thorisson, Pegasus Pictures, (354)511 4590

IN PRODUCTION

GUY X
(Film and Music Entertainment Ltd. [UK]) Co-prods: Icelandic Film Corporation,Whizzfilms (Can). Black comedy. Prods: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor. Dir: SaulMetzstein. Scr: John Paul Chapple, Steve Attridge, based on the novel No OneThinks Of Greenland by John Griesemer. Shooting in Iceland and Greenland.
Contact: Anna Maria Karlsdottir, Icelandic Film Corporation, (354) 551 22 60

IN POST- PRODUCTION

ALL THE COLORS OF THE SEAARE COLD (ALLIR ILIR LITIR HAFSINS ERU KALDIR)
(AX Films, Icelandic Film Corporation) Backers: RUV Iceland, SVT (Swe), TG4Ireland, The Icelandic Cultural Broadcasting Fund, MEDIA, Nordic Film- & TVFund, Icelandic Film Centre. Dist: Media Luna Entertainment GmbH. Int'l sales:Media Luna (Ger). A modern day crime story set in Reykjavik about a busy lawyerwho is suddenly appointed to defend a criminal with multiple formerconvictions, who's suspected of a brutal murder. The man's sister accuses thepolice of prejudice and bungling the investigation. The lawyer is attracted tothis energetic young woman, but at the same time has doubts about her. Prods:Olafur Rognvaldsson, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Dir/scr: Anna Th.Rognvaldsdottir. Main cast: Hilmir Snær Gudnason, Nanna Kristin Magnusdottir,Johanna V Arnardottir, Magnus Ragnarsson, Helga E Jonsdottir. Shot in Reykjavikfrom Dec 2003 until Jan 2004.
Contact: AX ehf, (354) 561 2181

DIS
(Blue Eyes Productions) Backers: Icelandic Film Centre. Bridget Jones-likecomedy drama based on local bestselling novel about a 23-year-old woman tryingto sort out her life. Prod: Baltasar Kormakur. Dir: Sija Hauksdottir. Scr: SiljaHauksdottir, Birna Anna Bjornsdottir and Oddny Sturludottir based on their ownnovel. DoP: Jakob Ingimundarson. Music: Johann Johannsson. Main cast: AlfrunHelga Ornolfsdottir, Ilmur Kristjansdottir, Gunnar Hansson, Arni Tryggvason,Thorunn Erna Clausen. Shot in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Contact: Baltasar Kormakur, Blue Eyes Productions, (354) 511 7060

IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES (ITAKT VIO TIMANN)
(Isfilm Ehf) Backer: Icelandic Film Centre. Musical comedy about a patheticaging pop group, who suddenly see hope that their dream may finally come true.Unfortunately, however, dreams can turn into nightmares. Prod: Jakob FrimannMagnusson, Agust Guomundsson, Dorour Arnason. Dir: Agust Guomundsson. Scr:Agust Guomundsson, Eggert Þorleifsson, Studmenn. DoP: Agust Jakobsson. Ed: IngiIngason. Music: Studmen. Main cast: Eggert Thorleifsson, Egill Olafsson,Ragnhildur Gisladottir, Studmen.
Contact: Agust Guomundsson, Isfilm Ehf, (354)552 9260

NORWAY

IN PRE-PRODUCTION
FACTOTUM
(BulBul Film)Co-prod: Stark Sales. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Int'l sales:Stark Sales. Drama based on Charles Bukowski's novel. Prods: Bent Hamer, JimStark. Dir: Bent Hamer. Scr: Jim Stark, Bent Hamer. Main cast: Matt Dillon,Marisa Tomei. Shoots from June for 5 weeks in Minneapolis.
Contact: Jim Stark, Stark Sales, (1) 212 964 7521

IMPORT AND EXPORT (IMPORTOG EKSPORT)
(Filmhuset Produksjoner) Co-prods: Illusion Film (Swe), Icelandic FilmCorporation (Ice), Zentropa (Den). Budget: NOK16.9m. Backer: Norwegian FilmFund. Dist: Scandinavian Entertainment Group (SEG). A romantic comedy whereNorwegian Jan falls in love with Jasmin, who has been promised to her Pakistanicousin. Jan is willing to convert to Islam and ready to try and change thefamily's view of mixed marriages. Exec prods: Peter Hiltunen, Mikael Olsen,Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Prod: Egil Oedegaard. Dir/scr: Khalid Hussain.
Contact: Egil Oedegaard, Filmhuset, (47) 22 56 21 00

LOVE ME TOMORROW (ELSKMEG I MORGEN)
(Maipo Film) Budget: NOK14.9m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: UIP (Nor).Drama comedy, the third and final film about the loveable Elling. Exec prod:Dag Alveberg. Dir: Petter Naess. Scr: Aase Vikene. Ed: Inge-Lise Langfeldt.Main cast: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Per Christensen, Marit PiaJacobsen. Shoots from Oct 11 until Nov 26 in Oslo.
Contact: Dag Alveberg, Maipo Film, (47) 67 52 51 95

NEIGHBOURS (NABOER)(WORKING TITLE)
(Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ') Co-prods: Memfis Film (Swe), Zentropa (Den). Budget:NOK15.1m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film InternationalSales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Psychological thriller. Co-prods: LarsJonsson, Anna Anthony, Ib Tardini. Prod: Turid Oeversveen. Dir/scr: PaalSletaune. DoP: John Andreas Andersen. Prod des: Jack van Domburg. Shooting inOslo from Jun 8 until July 19 2004.
Contact: Turid Oeversveen, Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ', (47) 23 35 65 20

ODINS OYE -EN FILM MED ERIK BYE
(Paradox Produksjon) Budget: NOK4.2m.Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: ORO Film (Nor). Feature documentary. Prod:Finn Gjerdrum. Dir: Arne B. Rostad. Scr: Christoffer Groendahl. DoP: HallvardBraein. Shoots from late summer 2004.
Contact: Finn Gjerdrum, Paradox Produksjon, (47) 22 80 95 20

SAMMEN FOR ALLTID
(Nordisk Film Production Norway) Budget: NOK14m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Int'lsales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia Tri-Star/Nordisk Film(Scan). Family adventure about a 12-year old who has to live with his family ona small farm for the summer where he meets a dog called Elvis, an Indian girl abull called Samson. Exec prod: Aage Aaberge. Prod: Ellen Jacobsen. Dir: ArneLidntner Naess. Scr: Ingrid Wiese, Arne Lidntner Naess, Geir Meum Olsen. DoP:Kjell Vassdal. Prod des: Kenneth Kolberg. Shooting in Oslo from Aug - Sept 2004
Contact: Ellen Jacobsen, Nordisk Film, (47) 24 14 92 93

SEX, HOPE AND LOVE (see Sweden listings)

37 ' (WORKING TITLE)
(Filmkameratene) Budget: NOK15.2m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: SFNorge. Drama comedy. Prod: John M Jacobsen. Dir/scr: Vibeke Idsoe. Shoots inspring 2004.
Contact: John M. Jacobsen, Filmkameratene, (47) 23 35 53 00

IN PRODUCTION
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (EN FOLKRFIENDE)
(Nordisk Film Production Norway) Co-prod: Nordisk Film. Budget: NOK18m. Backer:Norwegian Film Fund. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist:Columbia TriStar/Nordisk Film (Scan). Updated adaptation of Henrik Ibsen'sdramatic play. Exec prod: Aage Aaberge. Prod: Kaare Storemyr. Co-prod: KimMagnusson. Dir: Erik Skjoldbjaerg. Scr: Nikolaj Frobenius. DoP: HaraldPaalgard. Ed: Jon Endre Moerk. Prod des: Eli Boe. Cost des: Runa Foenne.Hair/make-up: Aase Lund. Main cast: Joergen Langhelle, Trine Wiggen, SvenNordin. Shooting in and around Oslo from May 10 until July 2.
Contact: Aage Aaberge, Nordisk Film, (47) 24149236

KURT TURNS EVIL (KURT BLIRGRUSOM)
(Qvisten Animation) Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Children's animation based onErland Loe's books Kurt Blir Grusom and Kurt Quo Vadis. Prod: Ove Heiborg,Tanya Badendyck. Dir: Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Tor Sivertsen. Scr: Per Schreiner.
Contact: Ove Heiborg, Qvisten Animation, (47) 22 20 97 40

LIVING A LIE
(Exposed Film Productions) Budget: EURO174,000. Backer: Norwegian TV2, YLE,Norwegian Film Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Dist: Exposed Film Productions(Nor). Feature documentary. Exec prod: Bjoern Eivind Aarskog. Prod: Ola KHunnes. Dir/scr: Monica Csango. DoP: Bjoern Eivind Aarskog. Ed: TrondWinterkjaer. Main cast: The Csango Family. Shooting from Mar-June 2004.
Contact: Bjorn Eivind Aarskog, Exposed Film Productions, (47) 22 20 77 00

IN POST-PRODUCTION

CHLOROX, AMMONIA ANDCOFFEE (ZALO, SALMIAKK OG KAFFE)
(Freedom From Fear) Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: SF Norge (Nor). blackdrama-comedy about a group of over normal people spun out of control by theactions of one woman who has had enough. Prod: Malte Forrsell. Dir/scr: Mona J.Hoel. Main cast: Benedikte Lindbeck, Fares Fares, Dennis Storhoi, KjerstiHolmen, Svein Scharffenberg, Eva Bergh. Shot from Sep 28 until Oct 3 in Norway.
Contact: Mona J Hoel, Freedom From Fear, (47) 22 44 26 88

FREE JIMMY (SLIPP JIMMYFRI)
(AnimagicNet) Dist: Scandinavian Entertainment Group (Nor). Feature animationabout Jimmy the elephant, who escapes the circus which has housed him all hislife and has turned him into a drug addict, only to face the dangers in the realworld. Prod: Hakon Gundersen. Dir/scr: Christopher Nielsen. Prod des: MikaelHolmberg, Ivar Rodningen, Marianne Selsjord. Main cast: Anders T. Andersen,Egil Birkeland, Terje Rangnes, Jan Saelid.
Contact: Hakon Gundersen, AnimagicNet, (47) 2299 7610

HAWAII, OSLO
(Paradox Produksjon) Co-prods: Filmhaus (Swe), Angel Production (Den). Budget: NKR15m.Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, Swedish Film Institute, NRK, Scanbox. Dist: Scanbox (Scan). A story about love, fate and angels. Exec prod:Thorleif Hauge. Prods: Finn Gjerdrum, Asle Vatn, Peter Holtaussen. Dir: ErikPoppe. Scr: HaraldRosenloew Eeg. Main cast: Trond EspenSeim, Jan Gunnar Roeise, Petronella Barker. Shot from July 7 - Aug 22 2003 inOslo.
Contact: Finn Gjerdrum, Paradox Film, (47) 22 80 95 20

LOOP
(Sub Productions) Budget: NOK4.4m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Int'l sales:Svensk Filmindustri (SF). Dist: Svensk Filmindustrri (Scan). Feature lengthdocumentary investigating modern people's relationship with time, seen throughthe eyes of some of our time's rather extreme consumers. Prod: Sjur Paulsen.Dir: Sjur Paulsen, Sune Maroni. Scr: Sjur Paulsen, Thomas Moldestad. DoP: NickOsborne, Johan Fredrik Bodtker, Jens Ramborg, Tom Edvinsen, Jan Gaute Espevoll,Eivind Drivflaadt. Main cast: Arne Naess Sr., Terje Nordgaard Larsen, RonnyDahl, Kristen Reagan, Per Evensen. Shot in Norway Mar - Sep 2003.
Contact: Sjur Paulsen, Sub Productions, (47) 41 24 76 76

MONSTERTHURSDAY
(Muz Film) Budget: Euro1.5m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: SandrewMetronome (Nor). Love story set among surfers in Stavanger, where two oldfriends love the same woman. Prod: Ingrid Festoey Ottesen. Dir: Arild OestinOmmundsen. Scr: Gro Elin Hjelle, Arild Oestin Ommundsen. Main cast: Vegar Hoel,Silje Salomonsen, Christian Skolmen, Kristoffer Joner. Shot from Oct 7 - Nov 212003 in Stavanger and the beaches of Jaeren.
Contact: Ingrid Festoey Ottesen, Muz Film, (47) 91 83 08 90

MY JEALOUS BARBER [MINMISUNNELIGE FRISOER)
(Maipo Film) Budget: NKR10.5m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, OPIAM. Dist:Colombia TriStar/Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama-comedy about the collision of verydifferent people, who change each others lives, based on a novel by Lars SaabyeChristensen. Exec prod: Dag Alveberg. Prod: Kaare Storemyr. Dir: AnnetteSjursen. Scr: Lars Saabye Christensen, Annette Sjursen. DoP: Philip Oegaard.Ed: Sophie Hesselberg, Wibecke Roenseth. Set design: Billy Johansson. Music:Stein B. Svendsen. Main cast: Gard Eidsvold, Bjoern Sundquist, Hildegun Riise,Espen Skjoenberg, Joergen Langhelle. Shot from Sep29 - Oct 31 2003 in Oslo.
Contact: Dag Alveberg, Maipo Film, (46) 67 52 51 94

OLE BULL
(Visions) Budget: NOK8m. Backers:Norwegian Film Fund. Dist/sales: ORO Film. Feature documentary about the famousand controversial violinist Ole Bull. Exec prod: Ole Bernt Froshaug. Prod:Cecilie Kollstrom. Dir: Aslak Aarhus. Scr: Pelone Wahl. Ed: Robert & JohnE. Moerk. Music: Henning Kraggerud. Shot in Norway from Dec 8 2003 until Apr 3,2004.
Contact: Ole Bernt Froshaug, Visions, (47) 22 46 40 40

SELMA & ANDY (IKKE NAKEN)
(Painswick Film) Co-prod: Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Budget: NKR17.4m. Backer: Norsk Filmfond.Dist: SF Norge (Nor). Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. romantic comedy about12 year-old Selma's first love. Exec prod: Anna Croneman. Prod: Catho Bach Christensen. Co-prod: Anna Croneman. Dir/scr: Torun Lian. DoP:John Christian Rosenlund. Ed: Stian Johnsen. Hair/make-up: Aase Lund. Music:Oyvind Staveland. Main cast: Julia Krhon, Bernhard Naglestad, Reidar Sorensen,Andrine Saeter, Ane Dahl Torp. Shot from June2 - July 26 2003 in Lista.
Contact: CathoBach Christensen, Painswick Film, (47) 22 43 45 24

THIS IS THE SONG YOU NEED(ALT FOR EGIL)
(Motlys)Budget: NOK14m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund, Nordic Film & TVFund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome. a romantic musical melodrama about a pizzadelivery boy with two major goals; to help his mentally handicapped friendbecome a chauffeur and wake the girl he fell in love with after he collidedwith her on skies - putting her into a coma. Prod: Sigve Endresen. Dir: ToreRygh. Scr: Tore Rygh, Tore Renberg. Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Trond Hoevik, NinaEllen Oedegaard, Morten Abel. Shot in Stavanger in 2003.
Contact: Sigve Endresen, Motlys, (47) 23 03 55 60

TOO MUCH NORWAY (ALT FORNORGE)
(Motlys) Backers: AV Fonden. Featuredocumentary and TV-series. In 2005 Norway celebrates its 100th anniversary asan independent nation. The film tries to capture what ties the people togetherand their common history. Prod: Sigve Endresen. Dir: Sigve Endresen. Scr:Carsten Jensen, Bjorn Godoy, Rune D. Langlo.
Contact: Sigve Endresen, Motlys, (47) 23 03 55 60

TRAIN IN A BOTTLE(ANDREASKORSET)
(Dinamo Story) Budget: $2m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, Film I Vast (Swe).Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia TriStar NordiskFilm (Nor). A humorous and erotic thriller about a man paralyzed after anaccident who has to fight for his relationship as well as put up with hispsychotic father. Prods: Petter J Borgli, Tomas Backstroem. Dir: MartinAsphaug. Scr: Eirik Ildahl. Main cast: Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Stine Varvin,Svante Martin. Shot in 2003 in Sweden and Norway.
Contact: Nordisk Film International Sales, (45) 33 26 68 80

UNO
(Tordenfilm) Budget: NKR9.7m. Backer:Norwegian Film Fund, Sandrew Metronome, Nordic Film & TV Fund, NorskFilmstudio. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Coming of age drama about breakingold friendships to find love and faith in one self. Prod: Joergen StormRosenberg. Dir/scr: Aksel Hennie. DoP: John Andreas Andersen. Ed: VidarFlataukan. Prod des: Astrid Maria Saetren. Cost des: Camilla Lindblom.Hair/make-up: Irene Skar. Music: Ulver/Tom McRae. Main cast: Aksel Hennie,Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjoern Floberg, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Espen Juul Kristiansen.Shot from Oct 15 - Nov 26 2003 in Oslo.
Contact: Joergen Storm Rosenberg, Tordenfilm, (47) 9015 3651

VICTORIA'S SECRET (GUTTENI SNOEEN)
(Friland) Budget: NOK14.8m. Backer:Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome. Drama about a Swedish doctorworking in a small Norwegian village, who gets caught up in a murderinvestigation. Prods: Christian Fredrik Martin, Asle Vatn. Dir: Sara Johnsen.Scr: Stale Stein Berg, Sara Johnsen. DoP: Odd Reinhardt Nicolaisen. Main cast:Annika Hallin, Kridtorffer Joner, Fritjof Saaheim, Goeran Ragnerstam, LinnSkaaber.
Contact: Christian Fredrik Martin, Friland, (47) 2335 8204

SWEDEN

IN PRE-PRODUCTION

BECK III
(Nordisk Film Production, Filmlance International) Budget: SEK 15m. Int'lsales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film/Columbia TriStar(Swe). Police thriller. Exec prod: Borje Hansson, HP Lundh, Kim Magnusson.Prod: Lars Blomgren. Scr: Rolf Borjlind, Cilla Borjlind.
Contact: Lars Blomgren, Nordisk Film Production, (46) 8 666 36 40

KIM NOVAK NEVER SWAM INTHE LAKE OF GENESARET (KIM NOVAK BADADAE ALDRIG I GENESERATES SJO)
(Svensk Filmindustri) Prod: Waldemar Bergendahl. Dir: Martin Asphaug. Scr:Martin Asphaug and Hakan Nesser based on the latter's novel. Main cast: JonasKarlsson.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8 680 36 44

METRO
(Atmo) Co-prods: Zentropa (Den), Paradox Film (Nor). Budget: SEK25m. featurelength replacement cut-out animation, political satire. Co-prod: Mikael Olsen.Prod: Kristina Aberg. Dir: Tarik Saleh. Scr: Fredrik Edin, Amber Morris.
Contact: Kristina Aberg, Atmo, (46) 8 462 26 91

THE ONE YOU LOVE (DEN MANALSKAR)
(Nordisk Film Production Sverige) Budget: Euro 1.5m. Int'l sales: Nordisk FilmInternational Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film/Columbia TriStar (Swe). A collective'no' to a relationship that shouldn't be allowed to continue - and apersonal 'yes' that lets it happen. Exec prods: HP Lundh, KimMagnusson. Prod: Lars G Lindstrom. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson. Dir: Ake Sandgren.Shooting in Sweden spring 2005.
Contact: Lars Blomgren, Nordisk Film Production, (46) 8 666 36 40

PERCY, BUFFALO BILL ANDME (PERCY, BUFFALO BILL OCH JAG)
(Felicia Film, Nordisk Film Production) Budget: Euro 2.1m. Int'l sales: NordiskFilm International Sales. Dist: Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film (Swe). A summerof love and sorrow for two 13 year old boys in the country. Exec prods: HPLundh, Kim Magnusson. Prod: Anne Ingvar. Dir: Anders Gustafsson. Scr: UlfStark, based on his book with the same title. Shooting in Sweden from Aug-Sep2004.
Contact: Anne Ingvar, Felicia Film, Nordisk Film Production, (46) 8 666 36 40

SIX THOUSAND SECONDSSIMULTANEOUSLY (WORKING TITLE)
(Nordisk Film Production Sverige) Budget: SEK 16.7m. Int'l sales: Nordisk FilmInternational Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film/Columbia TriStar (Scan). Romanticcomedy about Johanna who lives a chaotic life with her young daughter trying tocombine an underpaid boring job with a passionate love life. Exec prod: KimMagnusson. Prod: HP Lundh. Dir: Martin Lima de Faria. Scr: Anette Skaahlberg.Main cast: Tova Magnusson-Norling, Alexander Skarsgaard, Rafael Edholm.Shooting summer-autumn 2004.
Contact: HP Lundh, Nordisk Film Production, (46) 666 36 40

IN PRODUCTION

DU LEVANDE'
(Roy Andersson Produktion) Backers: Swedish Film Institute. A wild film aboutwhat it is like to be a human being. Prod/dir/scr: Roy Andersson. Shoots inStockholm until mid-2005.
Contact: Studio 24, Roy Andersson Filmprod, (46) 8 662 57 00

SEX, HOPE & LOVE(SEX, HOPP OCH KARLEK)
(Illusion Film) Co-prods: Movietime Stockholm, Film I Vast, Angel Production(Den), Filmhuset Produksjoner (Nor). Budget: Euro 2.2m. Backers: SVT, Canal+,Future Film (Fin), Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, NorwegianFilm Fund, MEDIA, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). Love storyabout that strange place between the life you are dreaming of and the way itturned out to be. Co-prod: Birgitta Aakesson, Tomas Eskilsson, Gunnar Carlsson,Peter Bech, Egil Odegard. Prod: Peter Hiltunen, Johan Falemark. Dir/scr: LisaOhlin. DoP: Dan Laustsen. Ed: Louise Brattberg. Prod des: Linda Janson. Costdes: Anna Agren. Hair/make-up: Jessica Svensson. Sound designer: Thomas Huhn.Main cast: Krister Henriksson, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Lennart Jahkel. Shooting inTrollhattan/Vanersborg Sweden from Apr 19 until June 11, 2004
Contact: Peter Hiltunen, Illusion Film (46) 31 77 52 885

UNTITLED MARIA BLOMPROJECT (MASJAVLAR)
(Memfis Film) Co-prod: Film I Vast, SVT, Zentropa Entertainments (Den).Backers: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). Drama-comedy aboutthree sisters. When the youngest returns to her hometown for the father's 70thbirthday, their lives are changed forever. Prod: Lars Jonsson. Dir/scr: MariaBlom. Main cast: Sofia Helin, Ann Petren, Kajsa Ernst, Barbro Engberg, JoakimLindblad. Shooting in Trollhattan and Siljansbygden from March 22 until May.
Contact: Lars Jonsson, Memfis Film, (46) 8 33 55 76

WINNERS AND LOSERS(VINNARE OCH FORLORARE)
(Filmlance International) Co-prod: Sonet Film. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). A warmand touching relationship story with humor. Prod: . Dir: Kjell Sundvall. Scr:Sara Heldt. Main cast: Frida Hallgren, Daniel Gustavsson. Shoots from Apr-Junein Stockholm in Sweden.
Contact: Martin Stromberg, Sonet Film, (46) 8 555 248 54

THE WORLDS BEST DADDY(VARLDENS BASTA PAPPA)
(OmegaFilm AB) Co-prods: Nordisk Film Produktion, Film I Vast. Backers: SwedishFilm Institute. Dist: Columbia Tristar Nordisk Film (Swe). A feelgood-movieabout a man, who recently became a father, who promises his girlfriend to stayat home while promising his colleagues to stay at work. Prod: Lennart DunerDir/scr: Maria Essen. Main cast: Eric Ericsson, Lisa Werlinder, MikaelPersbrandt, Alexander Skarsgard, Sanna Brading. Shooting in Trollhattan andUddevalla from March 22 until May.
Contact: Lennart Duner, OmegaFilm, (46) 520 48 25 90

IN POST-PRODUCTION

THE BABYLON DISEASE(BABYLONSJUKAN)
(Nordisk Film Production Sweden) Co-prod: SVT Drama, Nordisk Film (Den).Budget: SKR10,2m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute. Dist:Columbia TriStar Films/Nordisk Film (Scan). Int'l sales: Nordisk FilmInternational Sales. A look at the world as seen through the eyes of a thirteenyear-old girl in Stockholm. Exec prods: H.P Lundh, Kim Magnusson. Prods: Lars G Lindstroem,Aake Sandgren. Dir: Daniel Espinosa.Scr: Clara Froberg. DoP: Camilla Hjelm Knudsen. Ed: Morten Hojbjerg. Prod des:Catharina Nyqvist-Ernrooth. Cost des: Marcus Olson. Hair/make-up: JonnaNilsson. Music: Jon Ekstrand (composer), Timbuktu, JU JU Records. Main cast:Nina Waha, Paulina Hawliczek, Kalled Mustonen, Gustav Deinoff, Mikael Wranell,Gustaf Skarsgaard. Shot in Stockholm from Sept 1 until Oct 17.
Contact: Lars G Lindstrom, Nordisk Film Production, (46) 8 666 36 43

BOMBAY DREAMS
(S/S Fladen). Co-prod: Nordisk Film, SVT Drama, Mic Studio. Budget: SKR16m.Backers: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Columbia TriStar Films/Nordisk Film.Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Youth comedy. Exec prod: H. P.Lundh, Gunnar Karlsson, Poa Stromberg, Hanne Palmquist. Prod: Patrick Ryborn. Dir: Lena Koppel. Scr: Lena Koppel, MaartenSkogman. DoP: Kjell S Koppel. Ed: Thomas Lagerman. Prod des: Jan Olof Ågren.Cost des: Anna Hagert. Hair/make-up: Martina Ivars. Music: Adam Norden. Maincast: Gayathri Mudigonda, Nadine Kirschon, Sissela Kyle, Peter Dalle. Shot fromSept 2003 until Feb 2004.
Contact: Patrick Ryborn, S/S Fladen Film, (46) 8 54 50 64 51

BREAK EVEN
(Giraff Film) Co-prod: SVT Drama. Backer: Filmpool Nord, Swedish FilmInstitute, Canal+. A film about people meeting at a crossroad in life.Prod/dir/scr/DoP: John O Olsson. Shot in Murmansk from May4 - June19 and thenfor 2 weeks in Studio Kronan, Sweden.
Contact: Giraff Film, (46) 920 22 01 90

DAY AND NIGHT [DAG OCHNACHT) (see DENMARK listings)

FALLING BEAUTY (FALLAVACKERT)
(Gilda Film) Co-prod: FilmHaus Lagno,Paradox Spillefilm AS (Nor), Cine Star. Budget: $1.4m. Backers: Norwegian FilmFund, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Scanbox Entertainment. A 16 year-old girlsuspects that her parents are planning to rob a bank, and her mother having anaffair with the man the girl has fallen for. Prods: Anne-Marie SohrmanFermelin, Peter Holthausen. Dir/scr: Lena Hanno Clyne. DoP: Peter Palm. Ed:Bernhard Winkler. Prod des: Lena Billingskog. Music: Soundtracks Of Our Lives.Main cast: Leyla Belle Drake, Simon Mezher, Malena Engstorm, Jacob Nordenson,Charlie Gustafsson. Shot from July 28 - Sept 5 around Mariefred and Stockholm.
Contact: Peter Holthausen, FilmHaus Lagno, (46) 8 644 91 05

GOD, SENT AND HER (GODLUKT OCH HENNE)
(Migma Film) Co-prod: Film i Vast, Zentropa (Den). Backers: Swedish FilmInstitute. A feature-lenght documentary about the thing we usually call faith.Prod: Anita Oxburgh. Dir/scr: Karin Westerlund. Main cast: Gunilla Rohr, LeifAndree, Ghita Norby, Vanessa Redgrave. Shot in December 2003.
Contact: Anita Oxburg, Migma Film, (46) 520 144 40

THE GUITAR MONGOLOID
(Hinden/Lanna-Ateljeerna) Co-prod (s):Plattform. Budget: SEK3M. Backers: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Triangelfilm(Swe). In the abnormal you sometimes find the most typically human. Twelve-yearold Erik guides us through his fragmentary life. Prod: Hinden/Lanna-Ateljeerna.Dir/scr: Ruben Ostlund. Ed: Harry Lewinsson. Sound: Erik Hemmingdorf. Prod des:Valeria Balogh. Music: Bjorn Oslo. Main cast: Erik Rutstrom, Ola Sandstig,Britt-Marie Andersson, Julia Presenter. Shot in 2002-2003.
Contact: Anna Sohlman, Hinden/Lanna-Ateljeerna, (46) 8 663 12 10

KRISTINA HUMLE 2004
(Memfis Film) Co-prod: Film I Vast, SVT Drama, Zentropa Entertainments (Den).Backers: Nordic Film & TV Fund, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Sonet Film(Swe). Drama about seeking love and finding yourself as a 19-year old girl.Prod: Lars Jonsson, Rebecka Lafrenz. Dir/scr: Kristina Humle. Main cast: HennaOhranen, Dag Malmberg. Shooting in Trollhattan with surroundings from March 18until May 9.
Contact: Lars Jonsson, Memfis Film, (46) 8 33 55 76

THE LAST TRIP (SISTATRIPPEN)
(Rode Orm Film) Budget: EURO 900,000.Drama thriller. Exec prod: Thomas Allercrantz. Prod: Adel Kjellstrom. Dir/scr:Henrik Wallgren. DoP/Ed: Daniel Dohber. Main cast: Anders Lonnbro, MariaHedborg, Love Ersare, Karin Nordwall, Stefan Godicke. Shot in Gothenburg fromSep - Nov 2003.
Contact: Thomas Allercrantz, Rode Orm Film, (46) 8 555 248 50.

LIKE IN HEAVEN (SAA SOM IHIMMELEN)
(GF Studios) Co-prod: ASA Film (Den). Backers: Swedish Film Institute, DanishFilm Institute. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). Contemporary drama about a famousconductor who returns to his home in Norrland after a nervous breakdown, herehe gets involved with the town choir. Co-prod: Henrik Moller-Sorensen. Prods:Anders Birkeland, Goran Lindstrom. Dir/scr: Kay Pollak. DoP: Harald Paalgaard.Set design: Mona Theresia Forsen. Main cast: Michael Nyqvist. Shooting inLuleaa from July 7 - Aug 28 and in Stockholm and abroad from Sep1 - 26.
Contact: Anders Birkeland, GF Studios, (46) 8 730 5630

MANDERLAY (see listings DENMARK)

MAX AND THE TALKINGTORTOISE (HAKAN BRAKAN & JOSEF)
(Svensk Filmindustri). Co-prods: SVT Drama, Film i Vast. Budget: SEK15.5mBackers: Nordic Film & TV Fund, Swedish Film Institute. Int'l sales: SvenskFilmindustri. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri. Family film based on Anders Jacobssonand Soren Olsson's popular Sune-books, mix computer animation and live-action.Exec prods: Kerstin Bonnier, Johan Mardell. Prod: Waldemar Bergendahl. Dir:Erik Leijonborg. Scr: Lars Lundstrom. DoP: Rolf Lindstrom. Ed: Anders Nylander.Main cast: Per Svensson, Johan Rheborg, Tin-Tin Andersson. Shot from 18 Auguntil 3 Oct 2003.
Contact: Ann Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8 680 36 44

MISS SWEDEN (FROKEN SVERIGE)
(Sandrew Metronome) Backers: Film i Vast, SVT, Nordic Film- & TV-Fund,Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Moa is 19 and trying toeverything right in life, but she fails in most things and falls in love withthe wrong boys. Prods: Lena Rehnberg, Bertil Sandgren. Dir: TovaMagnusson-Norling. Scr: Sara Kadefors. DoP: Anders Bohman. Ed: Ewa J Lind. Maincast: Alexandra Dahlstrom, Sissela Kyle, Magnus Roosmann, Sverrir Gudnason,Sebastian Ylvenius. Shoots for 7 weeks from Sept 1 in Vanersborg, Sweden.
Contact: Pia Norstrom, Sandrew Metronome, (46) 8 762 17 58

MOODYSSON#4 (ETT HAL I MITT HJARTA)
(Memfis Film) Co-prods: Film I Vast, Zentropa Productions (Den). Backer:Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV-Fund, SVTDrama. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Sonet Film. Drama about a fatherand a son and a girl and a friend. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: LarsJoensson. Dir/scr: Lukas Moodysson. Main cast: Thorsten Flinck, Bjorn Almroth,Sanna Brading, Goran Marjanovic. Shoots at the Trollhattan studio.
Contact: Annakarin Stroem, Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

POPULAR MUSIC FROMVITTULA
(Happy End Productions) Co-prod: Svensk Filmindustri, Solar Films (Fin).Budget: Euro 3m. Backer: Swedish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, FilmPool Nord, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Dist:Svensk Filmindustri (Scan). Drama comedy about two close friends growing up inthe mid 1960s in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speakingpart of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border - their bigdream is to become rock stars. Exec prods: Kerstin Bonnier, Johan Mardell,Per-Erik Svensson. Prod: Joachim Stridsberg, Markus Selin. Dir: Reza Bagher.Scr: Reza Bagher, Eric Nordberg, based on Mikael Niemi's novel Popularmusikfran Vittula. Main cast: Bjorn Kjellman, Kati Outinen, Sten Ljunngren, JarmoMakinen, Martti Suosalo. Shot from Aug 18 until Oct 20 2003 in Pajala, Swedish Laponia, with additionalshooting early 2004.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8 680 36 44

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA'SPEARLS
(Sweetwater) Co-prods: AKA Pictures (UK), Svensk Filmindustri. Backer: TV4,Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Int'l sales: SvenskFilmindustri. Drama about a 16-year-old boy and his family set in southernEngland in 1952. Exec prod: Colin Nutley. Prod: Maritha Norstedt, JudithHackett. Dir/scr: Colin Nutley. DoP: Jens Fischer. Ed: Perry Schaffer. Proddesign: Pernilla Olsson. Hair/make-up: Maria Strid. Music: Per Andreasson. MainCast: Eileen Atkins, Helena Bergstrom, Lorcan Cranitch, Lindsay Duncan, TimDutton, Rolf Lassgaard. Shoots in Devon and Dorset in England from Aug 5 - Sep27 amd Nov 17 - 29.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8 680 3500

RANCID
(Sonet Film) Budget: SEK40m. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). English-language action thriller about awriter who gets tangled up in a complicated murder case. Prod: Peter Possne.Dir: Jack Ersgaard. Scr: Jack Ersgaard, Jesper Ersgaard, Patrick Ersgaard.Cast: Matthew Settle, Fay Masterson, Patrick Ersgaard. Shoots in Sweden, LA andNew York in Nov and Dec 2003.
Contact:Peter Possne/Sonet Film, (46) 8 555 248 00

SEX POINTS
(2000 Bilder) Co-prod: Sonet Film. Backers: Swedish Film Institute, FilmpoolNord.Dist: Sonet Film. Drama about three young women on the verge on stepping intothe world of the adults. Exec prod: Peter Possne. Prod: Thomas Samuelsson. Dir: Anette Winblad. Scr: Emma Knowles, Sara Nasiell. DoP: MischaGavrjusjov. Set design: Madelene Lundberg. Costume design: Lena Lidman. Makeup:Malin Hedin. Cast: Sanna Carlstedt, Erica Carlsson, Johanna Granstrom, SverrirGudnason, Niklas Engdahl. Shot from Sep 29 until Nov 14 2003 in Luleaa.
Contact: Peter Possne, Sonet Film, (46) 8 555 248 00

SURFACE (FLYT)
(Min Film) Co-prod: Film I Vast, SVT. Lisa is a career woman, who has no timeto find a husband. She starts dating on the internet. Prod/dir/scr: Maria vonHeland. DoP: Peter Ostlund. Ed: Jessica Congdon. Music: Eric Holland. Maincast: Amanda Ooms, Mikael Persbrandt, Ulrika Malmgren, Leif Andree, Lia Boysen.Shot in summer 2003.
Contact: Jesper Weissglas, (46) 8 652 30 45

WHO WAS GEORGE'
(Hinden/Lanna-Ateljeerna) Co-prod: SVT/Drama. Budget: SEK9m. Backer: SwedishFilm Institute. Dist: Triangelfilm (Swe). When was he seen last' What did helook like' Who did he talk to before disappearing' Can there be a crimecommitted' This is the last saved document about him. Co-prod: Johan Mardell.Prod: Hinden/Lanna-Ateljeerna. Director: Marie-Louise, Gosta Ekman. Scr:Marie-Louise Ekman. DoP: Tomas Boman. Music: Benny Andersson. Main cast: GostaEkman, Sven Lindberg, Annelie Martini, Johan Wahlstrom. Shot in 2002-2003.
Contact: Anna Sohlman, Hinden/Lanna-Ateljeerna, (46) 8 663 12 10