All articles by Pia Lundberg
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NonStop takes on sales for Rancid, Monster Thursday
Scandinavian-basedsales agent NonStop Sales has picked up international sales to Sonet Film'sEnglish- language thriller Rancid and Norwegian Sundance competitor MonsterThursday.Starring Matthew Settle and Faye Masterson andco-starring Pernilla August, Rancid takes place during one hectic nightin New York. The film is written and directed by Los Angeles-based Swede JackErsgard and produced ...
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Sweden's Sonet readies international shoots
Swedish distribution and productioncompany Sonet Film is readying a number of international film projects to addto its slate of local productions.The first project is English language title A PerfectFamily, a co-production with Sonet's newAmerican partner, independent production company Sound Pictures. Currently inpre-production, the absurd and romantic drama comedy centres on ...
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Dalecarlians named best film at Swedish Film Awards
Despite an Academy Award nomination today, eight local award nominations and 1.2 million admissionsin Sweden, last year's local box office champion As It Is In Heaven didn't wina single Swedish Film Award (Guldbagge) at a ceremony held last night inStockholm.Instead, Tomas Alfredson'sfour hour's drama Four Shades Of Brown and first- ...
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2004: Clouds on horizon for Swedish film
Two major wrangles defined the year for the Swedish filmindustry: the renewal of the Swedish film agreement, and the proposed sale ofSandrew Metronome's exhibition business to rival chain SF Bio.The renewal of the Swedish film agreement, which is designedto generate money for local production, has been delayed until 2005. The ...
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Sweden blocks Sandrew Metronome cinema sale
The planned sale of SandrewMetronome's cinema chain to rival SF Bio has been stopped by the state-runSwedish Competition Authority which has ruled that the deal would give SF Bio amonopoly on the Swedish market."Our opinion is that thedeal conflicts with the Swedish laws of competition and therefore we suggestthat it ...
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Moodysson misses out on Swedish Oscar nod
When Sweden's national film awards, the Guldbagges, arehanded out on Jan 24, three films will compete almost exclusively in everycategory.TomasAlfredson's black comedy drama Four Shades Of Brown and first-time filmmaker Maria Blom's comedy drama Dalecarlians will face off against lastyear's biggest local box office success, Kay Pollak's drama As It ...
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NonStop deals for Sayles' Silver
Two months after acquiring the international distribution rights for USindie director John Sayles' latest feature Silver City,Scandinavian-based sales agent NonStop Sales has landed multiple deals on thefilm worldwide.In the past few weeks NonStop Sales has signed all rights agreementswith California Films for Brazil, Pacific Marketing and Entertainment forThailand, Bir Film ...
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Innocence takes top Stockholm prize
Innocence by French director LucileHadzihalilovic won the award for best film at the 15th edition of the StockholmInternational Film Festival, which wrapped on Sunday night.Hadzihalilovic's firstfull-length feature tells the story of six-year-old Iris who arrives at theboarding school inside of a coffin. She has no idea of how or why ...
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Stockholm announces full festival line-up
The Stockholm International Film Festival has unveiled itsfull line-up for this year's event (Nov 18-28).The 15th anniversary of the festival sees a strong programmeconsisting of 170 films from more than 40 nations - divided into 14 sections.Half of the films in this year's competition for directorsmaking their first, second or ...
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Sonet recruits Wallhem as head of distribution
Swedish distribution and production company Sonet Film hasrecruited Staffan Wallhem of Sandrew Metronome as vice president and head ofsales and distribution.Currently managing director of Sandrew Metronome'sdistribution branch, Staffan Wallhem has resigned after 19 years with thecompany.The appointment of Wallhem will give Peter Possne, founderand managing director of Sonet film, more ...
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New bidder enters race for Swedish exhibitor
A new bidder, independentexhibitor Triangelfilm, has said it would like to buy the Sandrew Metronome'scinema chain to stop it being sold to rival SF Bio.Sweden's second biggest exhibitor Sandrew Metronomeannounced in August that it had sold its cinema chain to SF Bio. The deal meantthat SF Bio, owned by Swedish ...
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Swedish journalists question state funding choices
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) has attracted localcriticism for its selection of seven new features to receive state funding.Among the seven films that received $3.1M (SEK 23M) in totalfrom the SFI, not one will be directed by a woman. Furthermore, five of thefilms are adaptations of books written by internationally ...
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21 Grams producer strikes Swedish output deal
Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri (SF) has concluded athree-year co-operation agreement with New York based film outfit This is That.Accordingto the agreement, SF gets the rights to distribute all This is That'sproductions on cinema, video and television throughout the Nordic region.This is That was founded in 2002 by Good Machine founder ...
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NonStop takes on Sayles' Silver City
Scandinavian-based filmsales agent NonStop Sales has taken over international sales to John Sayles' SilverCity. "We are so pleased thatNonStop is handling Silver City," the film's producer Maggie Renzi ofAnarchists' Convention told ScreenDaily.com. "Somehow it makes sense tolet a European company handle the sales of a film like this," she added,referring ...
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Moodysson's Heart beats up Swedish critics
Swedishdirector Lukas Moodysson says that everyone should see his latest film AHole In The Heart - despite it containing explicit sex scenes, physical andpsychological violence.Moodysson was speaking after the first press screening ofthe film in Stockholm this week. The film world premieres in Toronto tomorrow(Sept 10).The dark,provocative drama tells the ...
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Moodysson's Hole In The Heart beats up Swedish critics
Swedishdirector Lukas Moodysson says that everyone should see his latest film AHole In The Heart - despite it containing explicit sex scenes, physical andpsychological violence.Moodysson was speaking after the first press screening ofthe film in Stockholm this week. The film world premieres in Toronto tomorrow(Sept 10).The dark,provocative drama tells the ...
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Stone's Alexander to open Stockholm
OliverStone will be this year's guest of honour at the Stockholm International FilmFestival (Nov 18-28). He will visit Stockholm to accept the Stockholm LifetimeAchievement Award in a prize ceremony on Nov 18, while his latest film, Alexander,will open the festival.The Stockholm festival said: "With a fearless explorationof individual lives affected ...
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Swedish cinema sale sees one exhibitor control 75% of the sector
Sweden's second biggest exhibitor, Sandrew Metronome, has sold its cinema chain to rival SF Bio. The deal means that SF Bio, owned by Swedish media major Bonnier Group, will control 75% of the Swedish exhibition sector.Sandrew Metronome currently manages 22 cinemas with 90 in 15 cities throughout Sweden. Last year, ...
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Six linked Swedish films to shoot simultaneously
Six new Swedish features based on author Hakan Nesser'sbest-selling detective stories will all begin shooting on the same day - August14Two of the films will be made for theatrical distribution in2005, while all of the films in theseries will be broadcast on television all over the Nordic region in 2006 ...
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Five new Swedish features get state funding
Five newSwedish feature films have been greenlit after securing support from theSwedish Film Institute.HenryMeyer's drama Four Weeks In June (Fyra Veckor I Juni), about a girl whois fed up with men and love, will be produced by Peter Kropenin of OmegaFilm. The film received $653,000 (SEK5m) in state funding and ...