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Swedish Film Institute director general awarded Legion d'Honneur
Ase Kleveland, Director General of the Swedish Film Institute, has been awarded France's Legion d'Honneur in acknowledgement of her efforts to promote cooperation in cinema related issues throughout Europe. The award was presented by the Grand Chancellor of the Legion d'Honneur, Jean-Philippe Douin.Since Ase Kleveland became director general of the ...
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Sweden's NonStop Entertainment takes on Comandante
Swedish distribution company NonStop Entertainment has acquired all rights for Scandinavia and the Baltic countries to Oliver Stone's Comandante. For his first documentary, Stone has chosen a controversial subject: an intimate conversation between the director and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.From three days of shooting in Cuba, Stone has edited down ...
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Sweden's Sundvall begins The Threat
One of Sweden's most successful directors, Kjell Sundvall, starts shooting his new film The Threat (Hotet) on March 19. Principal photography is to take place in and around Alvsbyn in the north of Sweden until April 15, when filming will continue in Stockholm.Following last year's biggest Swedish box office hit, ...
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Sweden's Nonstop takes Infernal Affairs
Sweden's Nonstop Entertainment has acquired Hong Kong hit Infernal Affairs by young director Alan Mak. The rights cover Scandinavia, Iceland and the Baltic countries, and the release date is set for late 2003. Infernal Affairs, an action thriller about an undercover cop in the triads starring Tony Leung and Andy ...
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Swedish talent to shine in Three Suns
Richard Hobert, director of last year's Everyone Loves Alice, has assembled some of Sweden's top actors to star in his new film, Three Suns (Tre Solar). Actors such as Lena Endre (Faithless, Everyone Loves Alice), Maria Bonnevie (I Am Dina), Mikael Persbrandt (Everyone Loves Alice) and 11-year-old Natalie Minnevik ...
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The Third Wave heralds Sonet's international ambitions
Swedish production and distribution company Sonet Film has started shooting its first English-language feature film, The Third Wave, directed by Anders Nilsson, who made local box-office hit Executive Protection in 2001.Following Sonet Film's local success both Executive Protection and last year's Everyone Loves Alice, the company has announced that ...
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Sweden's NonStop acquires host of titles for Scandinavian release
Swedish acquisitions and distribution company NonStop Entertainment has acquired Scandinavian rights to Berlin Golden Bear winner In This World by Michael Winterbottom. Other new acquisitions include audience favourite Whale Rider by acclaimed director Niki Caro, the new Spanish thriller Killing Words, Australian box office hit Crackerjack and Edward Furlong's in ...
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Sweden's BUFF festival celebrates 20th anniversary
Sweden's BUFF, one of Europe's major children's film festivals, is to celebrate its 20th anniversary on March 11-16. The festival, which takes place in Malmo in the south of Sweden, plays an important role as a platform for children's films in the Nordic region. In 2002 the festival had 12,000 ...
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Swedish Oscars acclaim Lilja 4-Ever
Lukas Moodysson's Lilja 4-Ever was the clear winner at Sweden's 38th Guldbagge awards ceremony held last night in Stockholm - winning in five of its six nominated categories.The dark, Russian-language drama about human trafficking triumphed with five awards, including best film, best director and best script. The film's cinematographer Ulf ...
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NonStop takes international sales on The Slaughter Rule
Film sales agent NonStop Sales has acquired the rights to handle international sales for highly acclaimed The Slaughter Rule, which also marks the first non-Nordic film NonStop Sales will distribute. With international market launch at the European Film Market 2003 in Berlin, The Slaughter Rule, directed by twin brothers Alex ...
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Swedish Film Institute greenlights new projects
The Swedish Film Institute has awarded funding to three new feature films and a number of documentaries.After 17 years abscence, critics' favourite Kay Pollack is set to make a highly-anticipated comeback. The director, best-known for his coming-of-age drama Children's Island (Barnens O), which was nominated for the Golden Bear at ...
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Goteborg international film festival unveils full line-up
The 26th edition of the Goteborg International Film Festival, to be held January 14-24, has unveiled its full line-up. In total 388 films, of which 181 are features or documentaries, will be screened during the event. As reported earlier, Swedish hit director Josef Fares's new action comedy Kops will open ...
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Lilja 4-Ever leads Swedish Oscar race
Academy Award-hopeful Lukas Moodysson dominated the nominations for Sweden's equivalent of the Oscars, the Guldbaggen.Moodysson's dark drama Lilja 4-Ever earned six nods, including best film and best director, when the Swedish Film Institute unveiled its nominations on Wednesday. The film's two young Russian actors, Oksana Akinsjina and Artiom Bogutjarskij, were ...
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Three Swedish features get state funding greenlight
Three feature films have been greenlighted after receiving funding from the Swedish Film Institute (SFI).One of Sweden's most popular TV comedy production outfits, Killingganget, will celebrate its ten-year anniversary by making its first feature film. The as yet untitled film, was awarded $668,000 (SEK 6m) from film commissioner Lena Hansson ...
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Goteborg film festival unveils first glimpse of 2003 event
With less than two months to go to the 26th edition of the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 24-Feb 3), new festival director Jannike Ahlund has revealed parts of the program at a press conference in Stockholm.The festival will open with the world premiere of Josef Fares's Kops, the much awaited ...
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Sweden seeks to develop links with German market
On Friday Nov 22 the Swedish minister of culture will open a Swedish Film Week in Berlin. According to Ase Kleveland, managing director of the Swedish Film Institute, the event marks the start of a three-year campaign in the German market by the Swedish Film Institute. "Outside the Nordic region, ...
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Lilja 4-Ever accepted as Sweden's foreign-language Oscar submission
Lukas Moodysson's Lilja 4-Ever has been selected as Sweden's entry for the best foreign-language Oscar, despite the film being almost entirely in Russian. As reported on screendaily.com, Lilja 4-Ever faced the threat of being ineligible as a Swedish submission due to its dialogue being almost entirely in Russian. The Academy ...
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13th Stockholm International film festival unveils line-up
The Stockholm International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up of its 13th edition, to be held November 14-24. During the course of 11 days - and nights - the festival will present more than 150 films, as well as seminars and festivities. This year's program includes 68 first-time filmmakers ...
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Sweden's Bonnier sees record earnings from entertainment arm
Swedish media giant Bonnier has reported record earnings from film, video and DVD distribution in Scandinavia over the last eight months. While earnings for the media group in total fell by $49.25m (SEK457m) due to a steep decline in the advertising market, Bonnier Entertainment posted an increase of $18.2m (SEK169m) ...
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Stockholm Int'l film festival to launch sales office
For the first time the Stockholm International Film Festival (November 14-24) will include a sales office for buyers and sellers. The aim of the Stockholm Sales Office is to provide a network to broaden Nordic cinema distribution of films screening at the Stockholm International Film Festival.Over 120 films have gained ...
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