Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt are leaving Norway’s Oslo Pictures to develop future projects at their company Don’t Look Now. They are currently in talks with potential new production partners on future films.
The pair, who have been screenwriting collaborators since the early 1990s, joined forces with Oslo Pictures in 2018, most recently on their Oscar-nominated hit The Worst Person In The World, directed by Trier.
Don’t Look Now Productions is owned by Trier and Vogt and the company has been a producing partner on all of their films since Oslo, August 31st in 2011. The pair are already discussing ideas for their follow-up script to Worst Person.
Trier and Vogt said in a statement to Screen, “We are grateful for our time in Oslo Pictures and the success we’ve all shared on The Worst Person In The World, but we are no longer associated with the company or any of their future projects. We are now deep into the writing and development of Joachim’s next projects at our own company and are looking forward to starting an exciting new chapter in our careers with new production partners.”
Their producers on Worst Person, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar and Thomas Robsahm, are also leaving Oslo Pictures; Robsahm recently joined Nordisk Film. Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, who was Worst Person’s executive producer, is also leaving the company.
Berentsen Ottmar and Dyveke Bjørkly Graver are the lead producers on Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick Of Myself, which has its world premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Oslo Pictures’ credits also include Hope and The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open.
Documentary filmmakers Bjarte Morner Tveit and Tonje Hessen Schei joined the company in March. They work alongside Tommy Gulliksen, who leads Oslo Pictures’ new documentary division and is a partner in the company.
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