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All articles by Jacob Neiiendam – Page 30
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Denmark's Italian selected for Berlin competition
Italian For Beginners, the first of a new string of Danish films made according to Dogme rules, has been selected for the main competition section at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival (February 7-18, 2001). The film is written and directed by Lone Scherfig and produced by Ib Tardini for Denmark's ...
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Memfis, Slot Machine board Vinterberg's Love
The final pieces of financing have fallen into place on Thomas Vinterberg's eagerly-awaited new project It's All About Love, his first since acclaimed Dogme title The Celebration, with Japan's Shochiku pre-buying Japanese rights and Marianne Slot's Slot Machine and Lars Jonsson's Memfis Film boarding as French and Swedish partners.The $10m ...
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Don's Plum set to screen at Berlin
RD Robb's Don's Plum, a controversial film about teenagers hanging out at an all-night diner, which was banned in the US by co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, has been selected for the upcoming Berlin Film Festival's Panorama section.The film, which was shot for $100,00 over six days in 1995 ...
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Miracle scores at Copenhagen children's fest
Danish box office hit Miracle, directed by newcomer Natasha Arthy, was the winner of the BUSTER Grand Prix at the first BUSTER - Copenhagen International Children's Film Festival (November 27 - December 2).The award was voted for by a jury comprising Danish director Svend Johansen, Dutch distributor Dick de Jonge ...
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Flickering Lights puts Grinch in the shade
Danish films are coming out in force this autumn, fighting for a share of the local audience. Barely a week goes by without a new local film premiering, giving US fare a run for its money as never before. Flickering Lights, the feature directing debut from talented screenwriter Anders Thomas ...
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Danish film in line for government boost
The Danish film industry is set to receive an additional cash boost from the local government which plans to establish a $5.7m (DKr50m) film fund with the participation of private investors. The fund is part of a wider initiative to support Denmark's cultural sector which has recently surpassed both the ...
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Dancer to open Estonia's Black Nights fest
Lars von Trier's Palme d'Or-winning Dancer In The Dark will open the 4th Black Nights Film Festival, which takes place in the Estonian cities of Tallinn and Tartu from December 3 to 10.As the name indicates, the festival offers entertainment through Estonia's long and dark December nights, and this year ...
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Prop & Berta to open Copenhagen children's fest
Per Fly's animated feature Prop & Berta has been named as the opening film at the first Copenhagen International Children's Film Festival, which runs November 27 - December 2. The Danish film, which is receiving its world premiere at the event, is also entered for the international competition along with ...
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Ali Zaoua scores at Stockholm and Mannheim
Morocco's Foreign-language Oscar entry, Ali Zaoua, was awarded the Bronze Horse for best film at the 11th Stockholm International Film Festival which wrapped Sunday. Directed by Nabil Ayouch, the film is about a street urchin and his orphan friends, and was acted by real-life street kids in Casablanca.The festival's other ...
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The Bench takes trio of awards at Nordic Filmdays
Danish director Per Fly's critically-acclaimed debut The Bench (Baenken) scooped three prizes at the 42nd Nordic Filmdays in Lubeck, Germany, which wrapped Sunday night.The film was awarded the Audience Prize, the NDR Promotion Prize and a special prize for lead actor Jesper Christensen from international Church organisation Interfilm for his ...
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A.Film restructures following Help! success
Danish animation studio A.Film has appointed Henrik Edeltoft as managing director. He replaces Anders Mastrup who will now focus on the company's international development following the worldwide sales and local box office success of its latest project Help! I'm a Fish.Edeltoft recently worked for Scandinavian major Egmont which owns 50% ...
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Trust picks up Selby's latest cult adaptation
Zentropa's international sales arm, Trust Film Sales, has picked up worldwide rights excluding Scandinavia to Fear The X, the English-language debut from Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn.The thriller shoots in the US and Rio from February 2001 on a $6.5m budget. The script is written by Winding Refn and cult ...
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USA Films to co-finance Zentropa horrors
USA Films is taking North American rights to a slew of horror pictures from Denmark's Zentropa, in return for stumping up 35% of the slate's combined budget. Produced by the Danish company's international arm, Zentropa Internationale, the films will be labelled Zentropa Zhillers, and range in budget from $3.5m to ...
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Denmark's Moviefan launches London sales outfit
Start-up Danish financing house Moviefan Scandinavia has launched a London-based sales company, Moviefan Ltd, with former Beyond Films executive Dee Emerson heading up sales.Moviefan Scandinavia co-owner, Michael Lunderskov, is managing director of the new outfit which will debut at the London Screenings and MIFED. It's initial slate includes four titles, ...
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MTG restructures; appoints Albrecht as CEO
Sweden's Modern Times Group (MTG) has added a new business unit, New Media, and appointed Hans-Holger Albrecht as president and CEO. At the same time, Anders Nilsson, formerly head of MTG's publishing unit, has been promoted to senior vice president. Albrecht was formerly COO of the company.The New Media unit, ...
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S.O.S. strikes twice at Norwegian Amandas
Thomas Robsahm's second Italian-language feature S.O.S. took home the Amanda Award for best Norwegian film at this year's Haugesund festival. Kjersti Holmen won best actress for both S.O.S and Sofie's World.Robsahm, who has been working for national broadcaster NRK since 1992, also wrote and produced the film for his own ...
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Seven Songs takes Nordic crown at Amandas
Finland's Seven Songs From The Tundra (Seitseman Laulua Tundralta) was the surprise winner of the best Nordic film prize at Norway's Amanda Awards, which take place during the Norwegian film festival in Haugesund. The black-and-white feature mixes dramatised local legends and documentary footage from the lives of the all-but-unknown Nenets ...
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Copenhagen to host new children's film festival
A new children's film festival will take place in Copenhagen for five days from November 28. The Copenhagen International Children's Film Festival will screen more than 50 features from around the world and hand out a prize to the best film, the Buster Grand Prix.The festival is headed by Ola ...
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Zentropa, Calyx form Danish-Scottish alliance
Denmark's Zentropa and Calyx Film Production are teaming up with Scottish production outfits Sigma Films and Antonine Films to produce a raft of features in Scotland. Scottish Screen is backing the untitled partnership. According to Calyx's Lisbeth Matz, the Danish outfits have been building relationships with the Scottish producers since ...
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TV1000 divestment boosts Kinnevik profit
Swedish conglomerate Kinnevik, which has interests ranging from forestry to telecoms, has reported a slim first-half profit of $7.8m (SEK72m), compared to a loss of $58.8m (SEK541m) the previous year, which was mainly due to its divestment of Sweden's TV1000 channels. Kinnevik sold its two TV1000 movie channels to local ...