NORDIC Production Listings - October 20 2003

BOELLE BOB OG SMUKKE SALLY
(Grasten Film) Family musical based on popular characters from the 1980s. Prod: Regner Grasten. Dir: Martin Schmidt. Scr: Gunnar Geertsen. Shoots in 2004.
Contact: Regner Grasten, Grasten Film, (45) 39 63 44 24

EUROTRH
(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Zentropa Productions. Budget: Euro1.1m. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Den). Youth drama about two friends' attempt to get out of their miserable life in the concrete ghetto by robbing the local supermarket. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Thomas Stegler. Dir/scr: Stefano Gonzalez. Main cast: Oliver Bjerrehus, Robert Hansen, Sofie Lassen Kalhke, Jens Joern Spottag, Bjarne Henriksen. Shoots in 2004.
Contact: Thomas Stegler, Wise Guy Productions, (45) 36 86 87 16

FACTOR 13
(M&M Productions) Budget: DKR25m. Romantic comedy. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir: Mikkel Noergaard. Scr: Christian Moerk, Casper Christensen. Main cast: Iben Hjele, Enrico Lo Verso. Shooting winter/spring 2004 in London, Mallorca and Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

FAMILIEN GREGERSEN
(Grasten Film) Backers: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. 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: Ib Kastrup. Shoots winter 2003/2004.
Contact: Regner Grasten, Grasten Film, (45) 39 63 44 24

GHOSTHOUSE
(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Scanbox. Dist: Angel/Scanbox. Psychological thriller. Exec prod: Joergen Kristiansen, Mads Peter Ole Olsen. Prod: Thomas Stegler. Dir: Martin Schmidt. Scr: Dennis Jurgensen. Shooting from Mar 2004 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Marcella Lindtad, Wise Guy Productions (45) 36 86 87 16

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
(Nordisk Film Production) Co-prod: DR. Budget: DKR30m. Feature film and two part TV-series. A historical drama-comedy about self-centered 17 year-old Hans Christian, who is sent to a boarding school where he meets Principal Meisling who changes his life forever. Exec prod: Erik Crone. Prod: Tina Dalhoff. Dir: Rumle Hammerich. Scr: Ulf Stark, Rumle Hammerich.
Contact: Tina Dalhoff, Nordisk Film Production, (45) 36 18 82 00

HOLDING YOUR BREATH
(Nordisk Film Production) Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film. Psychological thriller. A father and swimming instructor's life collapses when he suddenly is accused of a serious crime. Prod: Thomas Heinesen. Dir: Jacob Thuesen. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson.
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. Prods: Malene Blenkov, Michel Schoennemann. Dir: Jacob Groenlykke. Scr: Jacob Groenlykke, Mogens Rukov. Main Cast: Jens Okking, Birthe Neumann, Sonja Richter, Kim Bodnia. Shooting from Nov 3 - Dec 19 in Paris, Germany, Israel and Denmark.
Contact: Blenkov & Schoennemann, (45) 36 18 84 00

THE QUEEN'S EVIDENCE
(M&M Productions) Budget: DKR16m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Action thriller. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir: Peter Flinth. Scr: Stefan Jaworski. Main cast: Soeren Pilmark. Shooting from spring 2004 in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

RETURN TO SENDER
(Moviefan Scandinavia) Co-prod: High Wire Entertainment (Can), Long Range Films (UK). Budget: $8m. Thriller about a defense lawyer on a losing streak who looses one too many clients to death row, starts to correspond with convicts on death row and falls in love with one of them. Exec prods: Michael H Laursen, Peter H Laursen. Prod: Michael Lunderskov. Dir: Aisling Walsh. Scr: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade. Shooting late 2003 in Vancouver, Canada.
Contact: Michael Lunderskov, Moviefan Scandinavia, (45) 22 24 22 10

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

TWO BROTHERS
(Zentropa Productions) Budget: DKR19m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Drama about two brothers. Prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Sisse Graum Olsen. Dir: Susanne Bier. Scr: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen. Shooting in Copenhagen in autumn 2003.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

UNGE HJERTER
(Zentropa, Angel 2) Budget: DKR8m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, DRTV. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Angel Distribution (Den). Drama love story. Exec prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Poul Erik Lindeborg, Mogens Glad. Prod: Jonas Frederiksen. Co-prods: Peter Bech. Scr: Soren Frellesen, Jonas Frederiksen. Shooting in Copenhagen from Winter 2003.
Contact: Jonas Frederiksen, (45) 36 86 87 88.

UNTITLED ANDERS THOM JENSEN PROJECT
(M&M Productions) Budget: DKR15m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Drama. Prod: Tivi Magnusson. Dir/scr: Anders Thomas Jensen. Shooting from Feb 2004 in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 7020 3080

BIG PLANS
(Angel Productions) Budget: DKK13.2m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark. Dist: Angel Distribution (Den). Comedy about the petty crook Willy, who after he gets paroled decides to revive his old band to prove to his eight-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. Main cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, Lene Maria Christensen, Henrik Noel Olesen, Jimmy Joergensen, Al Agami. Shooting in Copenhagen from Nov 3 until Dec 19.
Contact: Peter Bech, Angel Film, (45) 35 85 03 30

DEAR WENDY
(Lucky Punch) Budget: $5.3m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Drama set in a small mining village in the US about a group of young outsiders who form a pacifistic group with a dangerous infatuation with guns. Exec prods: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Birgitte Hald. Prod: Sisse Graum Olsen. Dir: Thomas Vinterberg. Scr: Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg. DoP: Anthony Dod Mantle. Main cast: Jamie Bell, Chris Owen, Mark Webber, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Alison Pill, Bill Pullman. Shooting in Denmark and Germany from Sept 2003.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

THE FAKIR [Fakiren fra Bilbao]
(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. Prod: Mie Andreasen, Tivi Magnusson. Dir: Peter Flinth. Scr: Mette Heeno. Main cast: Moritz Bleitreu, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Julie Zangenberg, Aksel Leth. Shooting from Sept 2003 in Denmark.
Contact: M&M Productions, (45) 70 20 30 80

THE GOOD COP
(Endaxi Film) Budget: DKR10.2m. Backer: Sandrew Metronome. Dist: Sandrew Metronome. Action comedy about a middle-aged police officer working the streets of Copenhagen his own way, surrounded by a gang of small time crocks. Exec prod: Henrik Moeller-Soerensen. Prod: Nina Lyng. Co-prods: Lasse Spang-Olsen, Kim Bodnia. Dir: Lasse Spang-Olsen. Scr: Lasse Spang-Olsen, Kim Bodnia. Cast: Kim Bodnia, Rene Dif, Jens Okking, Nicolas Bro, Iben Hjejle, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Shooting from Oct 20 - Nov 28 2003 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Nina Lyng, Endaxi Film, (45) 3916 9928

KINGS' GAME
(Nimbus Film) Co-prod: Zentropa Productions. Budget: DKK16.5m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Thriller. Exec prod: Bo Ehrhardt. Prod: Meta Louise Foldager. Dir: Nikolaj Arcel. Scr: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg based on a novel by Niels Krause Kjaer. Main cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Soeren Pilmark, Nicholas Bro, Lars Mikkelsen, Nastja Arcel. Shooting in Copenhagen from Sep11 until Nov13.
Contact: Meta Louise Foldager, Nimbus Film, (45) 3634 0910

OH HAPPY DAYS (WORKING TITLE)
(Fine & Mellow Productions) Co-prod: Ugly Duckling Film (UK), Nordisk Film. 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, faces a famous African-American choir leader and Baptist preacher. Prods: Thomas Gammeltoft, Lene Bausager. Dir: Hella Joof. Scr: Lotte Andersen, Jannik Johansen. Main cast: Lotte Andersen, Ditte Graaboel, Malik Yoba. Shooting in Denmark and Sweden from Oct 2003.
Contact: Thomas Gammeltoft, Fine & Mellow Productions, (45) 3618 8500

REJS JER FORDOEMTE
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: DKK15m. Backer: Danish Film Institute. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Constantin Film. Multiplot drama comedy giving a portrait of contemporary Denmark. Prod: Monica Steenberg. Dir: Lotte Svendsen. Scr: Lotte Svendsen, Elith Nulle Nykjaer. Main cast: Helle Dolleris, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Anne Sophie Espersen, Louise Mieritz, Claus Ryskjaer. Shooting from Oct 13 until Nov 28 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Monica Steenberg, Nordisk Film, (45) 36 18 86 58

STRINGS
(Bald Film) Co-prods: Zentropa, Mainstream, Bob Film (Swe), Radar Film, DR, Nordisk Film (Nor), Sandrew Metronome. Budget: DKR29m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Fund, Swedish Film Institute, Nordic Film- & TV Fund, DR, Sandrew Metronome. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Fantasy puppet movie. Prod: Niels Bald. Dir: Anders R Klarlund. Scr: Naja Marie Aidt, Anders R Klarlund. Prod des: Svend Wickman. Shooting in Copenhagen from Aug 4 until Nov 3 2003.
Contact: Niels Bald, Bald Film, (45) 3618 8200

TERKEL I KNIBE
(Nordisk Film Production) Co-prod: A. Film. Budget: Euro 1.3m. Backer: Danish Film Institute, TV2/Denmark. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film Distribution. A politically incorrect 3D animation-suspense-comedy about sixth-grade Terkel and his friends. Prods: Thomas Heinesen, Trine Heidegaard. Dir: Stefan Fjeldmark, Thorbjoern Christoffersen, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen. Scr: Mette Heeno, based on a story by Anders Matthesen. Main cast: Anders Matthesen (all voices) Shooting from Sept 1 2003 until Sept 1 2004.
Contact: Thomas Heinesen, Nordisk Film, (45) 36 18 83 18

WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS
(Zeitgeiset) Co-prod: Zentropa. Budget: $1m. Backers: TV2/Denmark, Scanbox. Dist: Scanbox (Scan). Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Youth film about football. Exec prods: 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. Shoots from Oct 8 to Nov 28 2003 in Copenhagen.
Contact: Soren Juul Petersen, Zeitgeist, (45) 36 86 87 47

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, Can) Erotic romantic comedy, Girl meets boy - girl loses boy - girl gets boy - maybe. Exec proda: 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

IN YOUR HANDS (FORBRYDELSER)
(Zentropa Productions2) Budget: DKR10.5m. Backer: DR TV, Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Den) Drama. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Ib Tardini. Dir: Annette K Olesen. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson. Main cast: Trine Dyrholm, Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Nikolaj Kopernikus, Jens Albinus, Sonja Richter.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

JOHNNY & THE HIGHROLLERS
(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Zentropa. Budget: $1.5m. Four Elvis-impersonators tour Las Vegas, hoping to hit the big-time. They sing and play like crap, but one person digs their sound: the Devil. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prods: Thomas Stegler, Mette Sandvig, Jacob Holm. Dir: Shaky Gonzalez. Scr: Shaky Gonzalez, Larz C Detlefsen. Main cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, Melanie Denise, Dennis Dean, Shaun Rana, Sammi Dahr. Shot in Las Vegas, USA.
Contact: Thomas Stegler, Wise Guy Productions, (45) 3686 8716

LIVING MIRACLES
(Zentropa Real) Budget: Euro 470,000. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Feature documentary which shows footage of miracles and the people who experience them. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Carsten Holst. Dir: Lene Staehr, Alec Due. Scr: Lene Staehr, Niels Christian Hvidt. Main cast: John and Jackie Snide, Audrey Santo, Myrna Nazzour, Julia Kim, Christina Gallagher. Shot from 2001 to 2003 in USA, Syria, Bosnia, Italy and Denmark.
Contact: Carsten Holst, Zentropa Real, (45) 36 86 87 88

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN (LA DE SMAA BOERN)
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: DKR14m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, DRTV. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Den) Drama about a married couple who lose their child, but find different ways to deal with it. Exec prod: Rumle Hammerich. Prod: Thomas Heinesen. Dir: Paprika Steen. Scr: Kim Fupz Aakeson. Main cast: Mikael Birkkjaer, Soeren Pilmark, Sofie Graaboel, Lena Endre, Karen-Lise Mynster, Laura Christensen. Shoots in Copenhagen from Aug 11 - Sept 26.
Contact: Thomas Heinesen, Nordisk Film Production, (45) 36 18 83 18

TAEL TIL 100
(Nimbus Film) Co-prod: Zentropa. Budget: DKR12m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, DR, Nordic Film & TV Fund, SVT. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Den). Drama based an original idea by Hans Petter Blad. Exec prod: Bo Ehrhardt. Prod: Sidsel Kron Breck. Dir/scr: Linda Krogsoe Holmberg. Main cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Troels Lyby, Julie Carlsen, Frederik Paarup, Sara Olsen. Shot in Copenhagen.
Contact: Sidsel Kron Breck, Nimbus Film, (45) 36 34 09 10

VILLA PARANOIA
(Clausen Film) Backer: Danish Film Institute. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Den). Drama about a troubled father and son relationship. Prod/dir/scr: Erik Clausen. Main cast: Erik Clausen, Frits Helmuth, Sonja Richter, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Soren Westerberg Bendtsen. Shot in Copenhagen.
Contact: Erik Clausen, Clausen Film, (45) 33 21 19 68

BEST OF THE MOTHERS (AIDEISTA PARHAIN)
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: Euro2.3m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, 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 took care of him during the war. He confronts his memories from the past, learns to understand his life's turning points, to forgive and to love for the first time in his life. Prod: Ilkka Matila. Dir: Klaus Haro. Scr: Veikko Aaltonen, Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Wikman, based on the novel by Heikki Hietamies. Shooting in Turku Finland and Skane Sweden from spring 2004.
Contact: Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 95407820

HAVUKKA-AHON AJATTELIJA
(Fantasiafilmi) Budget: Euro1m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. An epic and humorous film about being Finnish. Prod: Asko Apajalahti. Dir/scr: Kari Vaananen. Shooting in Finland in 2004.
Contact: Fantasiafilmi, (358) 9540 7850

JADE WARRIOR (JADESOTURI)
(Blind Spot Pictures) Co-prod: Fu Works (Hol). Budget: Euro1.7m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, Sandrew Metronome. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan), A-Film (Ben) Kung-fu-fantasy-comedy about a Finn who meets Kung Fu while investigating his own death 5,000 years earlier in China. Exec prod: San Fu Maltha. Prods: Tero Kaukomaa, Petri Jokiranta. Dir: AJ Annila. Scr: Iiro Kuttner. Shooting in Tampere and Lappland in Mar2004.
Contact: Tero Kaukomaa, Blind Spot Pictures, (358) 400 709430

JUOKSUHAUDANTIE
(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 cost after his wife has left him. As he tries everything to reach his goal he also goes deeper into his own world. Based on a best-selling novel by Kari Hotakainen. Prod: Lasse Saarinen. Dir/scr: Veikko Aaltonen. Shooting late 2003 in Helsinki.
Contact: Lasse Saarinen, (358) 9 135 1864

THE KID & THE KILLER
(Perfecto Films) Co-prod: Box Film & TV (Ger), All-Film (EST) Budget: Euro3.5m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Film Foundation. English-language action-drama about a teenage boy who accidentally saves the lives of three secret agents in Tallinn and is caught in an intricate web of adventure, violence, love and betrayal. Prod: Johannes Lassila, Philipp Homberg. Dir: Hannu Salonen. Scr: Katrin Laur, Mart Kivastik. Shooting from Aug-Oct 2004 in Tallinn and Stockholm.
Contact: Johannes Lassila, Perfecto Films, (358) 400 889 155

NORTHERN SKY (POHJOINEN TAIV)
(Perfecto Films) Budget: Euro 2m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Youth-drama-comedy. Prod: Johannes Lassila. Dir: Joona Tena. Scr: Kauko Royhka, Joona Tena. Shooting from autumn 2004 in Helsinki, Northern Finland and Northern Norway.
Contact: Johannes Lassila, Perfecto Films, (358) 400 889 155

ROLLI'S HEART
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: Euro4-6m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Animated children's film based on the popular characters. Prods: Ilkka Matila, Marko Rohr. Dir: Pekka Lehtosaari. Scr: Allu Tuppurainen, Pekka Lehtosaari.
Contact: Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 95407820

MY FRIEND HENRY
(Do Films) Co-prod: MMM Filmproduktion (Ger). Budget: Euro1.7m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE 1, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Eurimages, Hamburg Filmforderung. Dist: FS Film (Fin). Drama about a 12-year-old girl with a mysterious boy as her friend - is he real or imagined' Prod: Anna Heiskanen, Ulrike Zimmermann. Dir/scr: Auli Mantila. Main cast: Aleksi Rantanen, Ninni Ahlroth, Hellen Willberg, Pertti Sveholm, Ylva Ekblad. Shooting from Sept 2 - Oct 30 2003 in Southern Finland.
Contact: Anna Heiskanen, Do Films, (358) 41 463 8560

PORVOO
(Helsinki Filmi) Co-prod: Kinotaurus. Budget: Euro1m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, TV2. Dist: Nordisk Film. Drama comedy about a small factory in a smaller town where dramatic accidents turn 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 Stella Polaris. Main cast: Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Outi Maenpaa, Tiina Pirhonen, Sari Havas, Sari Siikander (The Stella Polaris Theatre Group). Shooting in Porvoo from Sept - Nov 2003.
Contact: Aleksi Bardy, Helsinki Filmi, (358) 400 467497

VARES
(Solar Films) Budget: Euro2.5m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3 Finland. Int'l sales: Birch Tree Entertainment. Dist: Buena Vista International (Scand) Action thriller about a private detective in midlife crisis on the trail of a criminal who has cheated millions from his former colleagues. Exec prod: Jukka Helle. Prod: Markus Selin. Dir: Aleksi Makela. Scr: Pekka Lehtosaari, based on Reijo Maki's novel Vares and the Yellow Widow. Main cast: Juha Veijonen, Minna Turunen, Samuli Edelmann, Kari Hietalahti. Shooting from Sept 6 in Southern Finland.
Contact: Markus Selin, Solar Films, (358) 9 417 44700

UNTITLED AAKE LINDMAN PROJECT
(Lindman Aake Film-Production) Budget: Euro3.5m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Drama based on war diaries about the experiences of the soldiers fighting in the front line 1942-1944. Prod: Alf Hemming. Dir: Aake Lindman. Scr: Stefan Forss, Benedict Zilliacus. Main cast: Tobias Zilliacus, Ilkka Heiskanen, Carl-Gustaf Wentzel. Shooting from Mar - Aug 2003 in Finland.
Contact: Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9 6220 300

ADDICTION (RESTLESS 3)
(Solar Films) Budget: Euro2.1m Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, Channel Four Finland. Dist: Buena Vista International (Scan). Int'l sales: Birch Tree Entertainment. Drama about an ambitious married career woman whose one night stands draw her into a cycle of dependency she cannot get out of. Exec prod: Jukka Helle. Prod: Markus Selin. Dir: Minna Virtanen. Scr: Lara Moon, Minna Virtanen. Main cast: Mi Gronlund, Jasper Paakkonen, Nicke Lignell, Amira Khalifa, Hanna Karjalainen. Shooting from July 11 until Aug 15 in Helsinki.
Contact: Markus Selin, (358) 9 417 44700

THE BROTHERS (BROIDIT)
(Kinotar) Co-prod: F-Seitse (Est). Budget: Euro650,000. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Film Fund, YLE 1. Dist: FS-Film (Fin). Drama about the terminally ill Joni and his brother Sami and their struggle to come to terms with life. Prods:Lasse Saarinen, Kaie-Ene Raak. Dir/scr: Esa Illi. Main cast: Max Bremer, Aaro Vuotila, Milka Ahlroth, Marianne Kütt. Shot in the summer and autumn of 2002 in Helsinki and Parnü (Estonia).
Contact: Lasse Saarinen, Kinotar, (358) 9 135 1864

DOG NAIL CLIPPER
(Fennada Filmi) Budget: Euro1.3m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Drama. The world may bite but life goes on. Prod: Kari Sara. Dir/scr: Markku Polonen based on the novel by Veikko Huovinen. Main cast: Peter Franzen, Ahti Kuoppala, Taisto Reimaluoto, Leo Lastumaki. Shot in Feb-Mar and July 2003 in the countryside of Finland.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9 6220 300

THE GOOD SHIP (ONNELLISTEN LAIVA)
(Perfecto Films) Budget: Euro360,000. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE/TV1. Mystery-drama about the crew of party-going sailing ship who encounter a beautiful naked woman in the sea. Prods: Johannes Lassila. Dir: Joona Tena. Scr: Kauko Royhka, Joona Tena, Leo Viirret. Main cast: Matleena Kuusniemi, Tommi Korpela, Oskari Katajisto, Vuokko Hovatta, Aarno Sulkanen. Shot in the Gulf of Finland and Islands near Helsinki in Sept 2002.
Contact: Perfecto Films, Johannes Lassila (358) 400 889 155

HONEY BABY
(Stamina Films [Ger]) Co-prod: Marianna Films. Budget: Euro 2.5m. Backers: Finnish Film Foundation. Int'l sales: Senso Films. From Germany to Murmansk, Honey Baby is a magical mystery tour which follows the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Exec prod: Ulrich Meyszies. Prod/dir/scr: Mika Kaurismaki. Main cast: Vincent Gallo, Irina Bjorklund. Shot in Germany, Russia and Finland.
Contact: Senso Films, (358) 9 681 90

LOVE OF AN ALIEN (VIERAALLA MAALLA)
(MRP Matila Rohr Productions) Budget: Euro 1.3m. Backers: Media II, TV3, Finnish Film Foundation. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia Tristar Nordisk Film (Scan). A comedy about a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin color for the sake of love. Prod: Marko Rohr. Dir: Ilkka Vanne. Scr: Mika Ripatti, Seppo Vesiluoma. Main cast: Ville Haapasalo, Irina Bjorklund, Piero Steiner (Spain), Kari Vaananen, Vesa Vierikko. Shot in Helsinki and Seinajoki from May - June 2003.
Contact: Matila Rohr Productions, (358) 95407820

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

PRODUCING ADULTS (LAPSIA JA AIKUISIA)
(Blind Spot Pictures) Co-prods: Sonet film (Swe), Film-i-Vast (Swe) Budget: Euro 1.25m Backer: Finnish Film Foundation, YLE TV-1, Media development, Canal+, Film I Vast. Dist: FS-Film (Fin), Sonet Film (Swe) A romantic comedy about Venla, a family therapist at a childlessness treatment clinic, who tries to get pregnant secretly from her husband, but ends up falling in love with Satu, her new friend and co-conspirator. Prods: Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa. Dir: Aleksi Salmenpera. Scr: Pekko Pesonen. Main cast: Minna Haapkyla, Minttu Mustakallio, Kari-Pekka Toivonen. Shot in Helsinki until Aug 22 2003.
Contact: Tero Kaukomaa, Blind Spot Pictures, (358) 400 709430

YOUNG GODS
(Helsinki-Filmi) Budget: Euro1m. Backer: Finnish Film Foundation. Drama about a secret club obsessed with capturing their own and other's sex life on video. Exec prod: Aleksi Bardy. Prod: Olli Haikka, Riina Hyytia. Dir: J-P Siili. Scr: Jukka Vieno. Main cast: Reino Nordin, Jussi Nikkila, Jenni Banerjee, Laura Malmivaara, Ville Virtanen. Shot in spring 2003 in Helsinki.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation, (358) 9 6220 300

ELEVEN MEN
(Kisi) Co-prods: Film and Music Entertainment (UK), Borealis Production (Nor), Solar Films (Fin) Backer: Icelandic Film Fund. An all gay football team in an amateur football league get the change of a lifetime when they have the opportunity to play against the big guns. Prod: Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson. Dir: Robert I. Douglas. Scr: Robert I Douglas, Jon Atli Jonasson.
Contact: Julius Kemp, (354) 894 0099

THE SILENT MAGICIAN (SKARI SKRIPO)
(Icelandic Film Corporation) Budget: Euro 2m. Backer: Icelandic Film Fund. Dist: IFC (Ice) A non-dialouge comedy about the mishaps of a low-life pickpocket who knows a few magic tricks. Exec prod: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Prod: Anna Maria Karlsdottir. Dir/scr: Oskar Jonasson. Main cast: Oskar Jonasson.
Contact: Icelandic Film Corporation, (354) 551 2260

COLD LIGHT (KALDALJOS)
(Icelandic Film Corporation) Co-prods: Filmhuset (Nor), Lyktblig (Ger), Fame (UK) Budget: EURO2.2m. Backer: Icelandic Film Fund. Int'l sales: Media Luna (Ger) Dist: SEG (Nor) Green Light (Ice). Since his childhood Grimur has been tormented by visions of the future. He lost his family in a tragedy which he thinks he could have prevented. Exec prod: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Co-prods: Egil Odegard, Mike Downey, Helga Bar. Prod: Anna Maria Karlsdottir. Dir/scr: Hilmar Oddsson. Main cast: Ingvar E Sigurosson, Aslakur Ingvarsson, Kristbjorg Kjeld, Porey Sigporsdottir, Valdimar Orn Flygenring. Shooting in Iceland from Nov 26 2002 until Feb 1 2003 in Seydisfjordur and Reykjavik.
Contact: Media Luna Entertainment, (49) 2 21 1 39 22 22

NICELAND
(Zik Zak Filmworks) Co-prod: Film and Music Entertainment (UK), Tradewind Pictures (Ger), Nimbus Films (Den). Budget: EURO2.5m. Backers: Icelandic Film Fund, Eurimages, Nordic Film- & Tv Fund, Danish Film Institute, TV2 Denmark, Sveriges Television, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hamburg FF. Int'l sales: Bavaria Sales. Fairy tale-drama about a awkward duo on a journey that leads in an unexpected direction. Prods: Skuli Fr Malmquist, Thor S Sigurjonsson. Co-prods: Helmut Weber, Meta Foldager, Mike Downey, Sam Tylor, Bo Erhardt. Dir: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Scr: Huldar Breidfjord. DoP: Morten Soeborg. Prod design: Arni Pall Johannsson. Main cast: Gary Lewis, Martin Compston, Gudrun Bjarnadottir, Peter Capaldi, Kerry Fox, Timmy Lang. Shooting from July 21 until Sept 5 in Iceland and Germany.
Contact: Michael Weber, Bavaria Film International, (49) 8964 992389

FACTOTUM
(BulBul Film) Co-prod: Stark Sales. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund. Int'l sales: Stark Sales. Drama based on Charles Bukowski's novel. Prod: Bent Hamer, Jim Stark. Dir: Bent Hamer. Scr: Jim Stark, Bent Hamer. Shoots in spring 2004.
Contact: Stark Sales, (1) 212 964 7521

IMPORT AND EXPORT [IMPORT OG EKSPORT)
(Filmhuset Produksjoner) Co-prods: Illusion Film (Swe), Icelandic Film Corporation (Ice), Zentropa (Den). Budget: NOK16.9m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Scandinavian Entertainment Group.A romantic comedy where Norwegian Jan falls in love with Jasmin, who has been promised to her Pakistani cousin. Jan is willing to convert to Islam and ready to try and change the family'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

TRAIN IN A BOTTLE (KJAERLIGHET PAA PINNE)
(Dinamo Story) Budget: $2m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Egmont Columbia TriStar (Nor). Humorous and erotic thriller about a man paralysed after an accident, who has to fight for his relationship as well as put up with his psychotic father. Prod: Petter J. Borgli, Tomas Backstroem. Dir: Martin Asphaug. Scr: Eirik Ildahl.
Contact: Dinamo Story, (47) 67 20 00 00

DEN MISUNNELIGE FRISOER
(Maipo Film & TV-Produksjon) Budget: NKR15.6m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Colombia TriStar Nordisk Film (Nor). Drama-comedy about the collision of very different people, who change each others lives, based on a novel by Lars Saabye Christensen. Prod: Dag Alveberg. Dir: Annette Sjursen. Scr: Lars Saabye Christensen, Annette Sjursen. DoP: Philip Oegaard. Set design: Billy Johansson. Main cast: Gard Eidsvold, Bjoern Sundquist, Hildegun Riise, Espen Skjoenberg, Joergen Langhelle. Shooting from Sept 29 until Oct 31 in Oslo.
Contact: Ivar Koehn, Maipo Film & TV-Produksjon, (46) 67 52 51 94

MONSTERTHURSDAY
(Muz Film) Budget: Euro 1.5m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome Norge. Love story set among surfers in Stavanger, where two old friends love the same woman. Prod: Ingrid Festoey Ottesen. Dir: Arild Oestin Ommundsen. Scr: Gro Elin Hjelle, Arild Oestin Ommundsen. Main cast: Vegar Hoel, Silje Salomonsen, Christian Skolmen, Kristoffer Joner. Shoots from Oct7 - Nov21, 2003 in Stavanger and the beaches of Jaeren.
Contact: Ingrid Festoey Ottesen, Muz Film, (47) 91 83 08 90

UNO
(Tordenfilm) Budget: NKR9.35m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, Sandrew Metronome, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Norsk Filmstudio. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Coming of age drama about breaking old friendships to find love and faith in one self. Prod: Joergen Storm Rosenberg. Dir/scr: Aksel Hennie. DoP: Jon Andreas Andersen. Main cast: Aksel Hennie, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjoern Floberg, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Espen Juul Kristiansen. Shooting from Oct 15 until Nov 26 in Oslo.
Contact: Joergen Storm Rosenberg, Tordenfilm, (47) 9015 3651

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
(DinaSun) Co-prods: Dinamo Story, Sunflower Productions. Budget: $5m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Int'l sales: Content Films, Sony picture Classics. Dist: TF1 (Fra), Sony Picture Classics (US, UK), SF (Scan). Drama about a young man who leaves his life in rural Vietnam in 2000 to search for his lost father in the USA. Prods: Petter Borgli, Tomas Backstrom, Ed Pressman, Terrence Malick. Dir: Hans Petter Moland. Scr: Sabina Murray, Larry Gross. Main cast: Damien Ngyuen, Bai Ling, Tim Roth, Temuera Morrison, Nick Nolte. Shot in Vietnam (Hanoi, Nha Trang) USA (Texas, New York).
Contact: Petter Borgli, Dinamo Story, (47) 67 20 00 00

A CRY IN THE WOODS
(Paradox Produksjon) Co-prod: Angel Production (Den). Budget: NKR22.1m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, TV2/Norway, TV2/Denmark. Dist: Scanbox (Scan). Psychological thriller based on a novel by Karin Fossum. Exec prods: Poul Erik Lindeborg, Mogens Glad. Prod: Finn Gjerdrum, Torleif Hauge, Ulrik Bolt Joergensen. Dir: Erich Hortnagl. Scr: Stefan Ahnhem, Thomas Seeberg Torjussen. Main cast: Lars Bom, Laila Guudi. Shoots from June 30 until Aug 22.
Contact: Paradox Film, (47) 22 80 95 20.

CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH (KAPTEIN SABELTANN)
(Seven Seas Production) Co-prod: TV2 (Nor), Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Budget: NOK41.5m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, Media+, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri AB. Dist: SF Norge (Nor), SF (Swe). Animation based on creation by Terje Formoe about Captain Sabertooth, the most feared pirate on the Seven Seas, who undertakes the impossible mission of seeking Gory Gabriel's lost treasure. With him are young pirate Tiny and little girl Veronica. Exec prods: Aage Aaberge, Petter Wallace. Prods: Jon Wigfield, Ulf Synnerholm. Dir: Stig Bergqvist. Scr: David Regal, Arthur Johansen. Main cast: Helge Jordal, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Dennis Storhoi, Terje Formoe, Ole Alfsen. Shot from Dec 2001 until Aug 2003.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (468) 680 3500

CHLOROX, AMMONIA AND COFFEE
(Freedom From Fear) Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: SF Norge (Nor). Black drama-comedy about a group of normal people spun out of control by the actions of one woman who has had enough. Prod: Malte Forrsell. Dir/scr: Mona J. Hoel. Main cast: Benedikte Lindbeck, Fares Fares, Dennis Storhoi, Kjersti Holmen, Svein Scharffenberg, Eva Bergh. Shot from Sept 28 until Oct 3 in Norway.
Contact: Malte Forssell, Freedom From Fear, (46) 708145528

FIA ! (FIA OG KLOVNENE)
(Dinamo Story) Budget: $2m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: SF Norge (Nor). Family film about 8 year-old Fia who grows up in an "upside-down" world where all that matters is that Mummy isn't sad, and her only friend is a clown only she can see. Prods: Petter Borgli, Tomas Backstrom. Dir/scr: Elsa Kvamme. Main cast: Sergio Bini, Klara Doving, Hanne Lindbæk, Anne Ryg, Stig Henrik Hoff.
Contact: Dinamo Story, (47) 67 20 00 00

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

HAWAII
(Paradox Produksjon) Co-prods: Filmhaus (Swe), Angel Production (Den). Budget: NKR15m. Backers: 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: Erik Poppe. Scr: Harald Rosenloew Eeg. Main cast: Trond Espen Seim. Shoots from July 7 until Aug 22.
Contact: Paradox Film, (47) 22 80 95 20

JUST BEA (BARE BEA)
(Maipo Film & TV-Produksjon) Co-prod: FilmLance (Swe). Budget: NKR12.8m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, Swedish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia TriStar - Nordisk Film (Scan). Comedy-drama about the 16 year-old Bea and her troubles with first love and sex. Prod: Synnoeve Hoersdal. Dir: Petter Naess. Scr: Johan Bogaeus. Main cast: Kaia Foss, Kamilla Groenli Hartvig, Maria Brinch, Ida Thurman-Moe.
Contact: Synnoeve Hoersdal, Maipo Film, (47) 67 52 51 90

JUST WORKING (BARE PA JOBB)
(Dreamfactory) Budget: NOK8m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund. Dist: Arthouse (Nor). Black comedy about a documentary filmmaker without any kind of talent. Prod: Glenn Gardner. Dir: Kjell Hammeroe. Scr: Knut Halle, Kjell Hammeroe. Main cast: Geir Amundsen, Ingunn Oeyen, Sjur Midtun. Shot Aug - Sept 2002 in Bergen.
Contact: Glenn Gardner, Dreamfactory, (47) 55 36 97 70

NOT NAKED
(Painswick Film) Co-prod: Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Budget: NKR17.4m. Backer: Norsk Filmfond. Dist: SF Norge (Nor). Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Romantic comedy about 12-year-old Selma's first love. Exec prod: Anna Croneman. Prod: Catho Bach Christensen. Dir/scr: Torun Lian. Main cast: Julia Krhon, Bernhard Naglestad, Reidar Sorensen, Andrine Saeter, Ane Dahl Torp. Shot from June - July 2003 in Norway.
Contact: Catho Bach Christensen, Painswick, Film (47) 22 43 45 24

THE OLSEN GANG JUNIOR GOES ROCKN' ROLL
(Nordisk Film Production) Budget: NOK18m. Backer: Norwegian Film Fund, TV2/NorWAY. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Dist: Columbia TriStar - Nordisk Film (Scan). Family comedy sees the young rascals form a rock band to compete for a performance on the opening show of national television in 1960. Exec prod: Rune H Trondsen. Prod: Else-Marie Stolt-Nielsen. Dir/scr: Arne Lindtner Naess. Shot in Oslo.
Contact: Rune H Trondsen, Nordisk Film Production, (47) 24 14 92 20

THIS IS THE SONG YOU NEED (ALT FOR EGIL)
(Motlys) Budget: NOK14m. Backers: Norwegian Film Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Dist: Sandrew Metronome. Romantic musical melodrama about a pizza delivery boy with two major goals; to help his mentally handicapped friend become a chauffeur and wake the girl he fell in love with after he collided with her on skies - putting her into a coma. Prod: Sigve Endresen. Dir: Tore Rygh. Scr: Tore Rygh, Tore Renberg. Cast: Kristoffer Joner. Shot on location in Stavanger.
Contact: Motlys, (47) 23 03 55 60

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

RED AMAZON
(Illusion Film) Co-prod: Film I Vast. Budget: EURO2m. Backers: The Swedish Film Institute. Family musical about the magic world Red Amazon ruled and controlled by powerful female Amazons, where two 10 year old children are searching for their dead friend. Prod: Johan Falemark, Peter Hiltunen. Scr: Jonna Bolin-Cullberg. Shooting in 2004 in Sweden.
Contact: Johan Falemark, Illusion Film, (46) 31 7752850

REZA PARSA X
(Illusion Film) Co-prod: Film I Vast. Budget: EURO2.5m. Backers: The Swedish Film Institute, MEDIA. Thriller. Prods: Johan Falemark, Peter Hiltunen. Dir: Reza Parsa. Scr: Johan Bergman Lindfors, Reza Parsa. Shooting in 2004 in Sweden.
Contact: Johan Falemark, Illusion Film, (46) 31 7752850

SEX, HOPE & LOVE
(Illusion Film, Movietime) Budget: Euro2m. Co-prod: Film I Vast. Backers: Swedish Film Institute, MEDIA. Love story about that strange place between the life you are dreaming of and the way it turned out to be. Prod: Peter Hiltunen, Johan Falemark, Birgitta Åkesson. Dir/scr: Lisa Ohlin. Shooting from early 2004 in Sweden.
Contact: Peter Hiltunen, Illusion Film (46) 31 77 52 850

TORSO
(Illusion Film) Co-prods: Svensk Filmindustri, Film I Vast. Budget: EURO2m. Backers: The Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Svensk Filmidustri. thriller based on the crime novels by Helene Tursten. Prod: Hillevi Raaberg, Johan Falemark, Peter Hiltunen. Scr: Charlotte Lesche. Shooting in 2004 in Sweden and Denmark.
Contact: Johan Falemark, Illusion Film; (46) 31 7752850

UNDERDOG
(Svensk Filmindustri) Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri. Drama-comedy. Exec prod: Kerstin Bonnier. Prod: Waldemar Bergendahl. Scr: Lars Lundstrom.
Contact: Kerstin Bonnier, Svensk Filmindustri (46) 8 680 36 95

BOMBAY DREAMS
(S/S Fladen) Co-prod: Nordisk Film, SVT Drama. Budget: SKR16m. Backers: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Columbia TriStar Films-Nordisk Film. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Youth comedy. Exec prod: HP Lundh. Prod: Patrick Ryborn. Dir/scr: Lena Koppel, Maarten Skogman. Main cast: Peter Dalle, Sissela Kyhle. Shooting until late Nov in Stockholm and for another two weeks in India in Feb 2004.
Contact: Nordisk Film International Sales, (45) 33 26 69 95

QUEEN OF SHEBA'S PEARLS
(Sweetwater) Co-prods: AKA Pictures, Svensk Filmindustri. Backer: TV4, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri (Swe). Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Drama about a 16-year-old boy and his family set in Southern England in 1952. Prods: Colin Nutley, Maritha Norstedt, Judith Hackett. Dir/scr: Colin Nutley. DoP: Jens Fischer. Set design: Pernilla Olsson. Main Cast: Eileen Atkins, Helena Bergstrom, Lorcan Cranitch, Lindsay Duncan, Tim Dutton, Rolf Lassgaard. Shoots in Devon and Dorset in England from Aug 5 - Sept 27, with additional shoot for one week in November in Sweden and the UK.
Contact: Sweetwater, (46) 8 662 1470

STRANDVKEREN
(Greta Film) Co-prod: Nordisk Film. Budget: SKR16.8m. Backer: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Columbia TriStar Films-Nordisk Film. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. Psychological thriller. Exec prod: Kim Magnusson. Co-prods: HP Lundh. Prod: Hans Lonnerheden. Dir/scr: Mikael Haafstroem. Main cast: Rebecka Hemse, Jesper Salen, Kjell Bergqvist, Anders Ekborg, Rebecca Ferguson, Jenny Ulving. Shoots in Stockholm from Oct 9 for 37 days.
Contact: Nordisk Film International Sales, (45) 33 26 69 95

ALLE BARA FORSVINNER
(Sweetwater) Drama about the day when you stop being a student and enter the real world as an adult. Prod: Anna Wallmark. Dir/scr: Kicki Kjellin (in charge), Molly Hartleb (Goteborg), Pil Maria Gunnarsson (Malmoe), Kajsa Eldin (Stockholm), Kalle & John Lindgren (Stockholm), Othman Karim (Landskrona), Ted Kjellson (Ovre Torneaa) Shot around Sweden from May 26.
Contact: Sweetwater, (46) 8 662 1470

BABYLONSJUKAN
(Nordisk Film) Co-prod: SVT Drama. Budget: SKR10m. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Columbia TriStar Films-Nordisk Film. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film International Sales. A look at the world as seen through the eyes of a thirteen year-old girl in Stockholm. Exec prod: H P Lundh, Ake Sandgren. Prod: Lars G Lindstroem. Dir: Daniel Espinosa. Scr: Clara Froberg. Main Cast: Nina Waha, Paulina Hawliczek, Micke Vranell, Kalled Mustunen, Gustaf Skarsgaard. Shot for 7 weeks in Sept/Oct in Stockholm.
Contact: Nordisk Film International Sales, (45) 33 26 69 95

BREAK EVEN
(Giraff Film) Co-prod: SVT Drama. Backer: Filmpool Nord, Swedish Film Institute, 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 then for 2 weeks in Studio Kronan, Sweden.
Contact: Giraff Film(46) 920 22 01 90

CAMP SLAUGHTER
(Opera Film/Origin Entertainment) Dist: Sandrew Metronome. Horror film about six youths on a summer camp stumble on a retarded family with a secret hidden in the forest. Prod: Anneli Engstrom. Dir/DoP: Martin Munthe. Scr: Alina Piaszczyk. Main cast: Annika Marklund, Richard Lidberg, Fred Andersson, Christina Luoma, Robert Arlinder, Sofie Norman.
Contact: Opera Film, (46) 8 640 61 80

FALLA VACKERT
(Gilda Film) Co-prods: FilmHaus Lagno, Paradox Spillefilm (Nor). Backers: Norwegian Film Fund, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Scanbox. A 16 year-old girl suspects that her parents are planning to rob a bank, and her mother ishaving an affair with the man that she has fallen for. Prods: Anne-Marie Sohrman Fermelin, Peter Holthausen. Dir/scr: Lena Hanno Clyne. DoP: Peter Palm. Main cast: Leyla Belle Drake, Simon Mezher, Malena Engstorm, Jacob Nordenson, Charlie Gustafsson. Shot from July 28 - Sept 5 around Mariefred and Stockholm.
Contact: Gilda Film, (46) 8 556 034 24

FOUR SHADES OF BROWN (WORKING TITLE)
(SVT Fiktion) Backers: Swedish Film Institute, Svensk Filmindustri, Nordisk Film & TV Fund, Nordisk Film. Comedy based on popular TV series. Prod: Johan Mardell. Dir: Tomas Alfredson. Scr: Killingganget. DoP: Leif Benjour. Main cast: Robert Gustafsson, Jonas Inde, Andres Lokko, Martin Luuk, Johan Rheborg, Henrik Schyffert.
Contact: Brita Hemgren, SVT Fiktion Brita Hemgren, (46) 8 784 69 94

HAAKAN BRAAKAN
(Svensk Filmindustri) Co-prods: SVT Drama, Film i Vast. Backers: Nordic Film & TV Fund, Swedish Film Institute. Int'l sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri. Family film based on Anders Jacobsson and Soren Olsson's popular Sune-books. Exec prods: Kerstin Bonnier, Johan Mardell. Prod: Waldemar Bergendahl. Dir: Erik Leijonborg. Scr: Lars Lundstrom. Main cast: Per Svensson, Sissela Kyhle, Johan Rheborg, Tin-Tin Andersson. Shotfrom 18 Aug until 3 Oct 2003.
Contact: Ann Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8 680 36 44

HIP HIP HORA
(Filmlance International) Co-prod: Thura Film (Den). Backers: Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute. Dist: Sandrew Metronome. Youth film about 13 year-old Sofie, who gets in trouble when she gets too drunk at a party. Exec prod: Michael Obel. Prods: Lars Blomgren, Genya Kihlberg. Dir/scr: Teresa Fabik. Main cast: Amanda Renberg, Ellen Fjaestad, Linn Persson, Bjorn Kjellman. Shot from May 19 until July 4 2003 in Stockholm.
Contact: Filmlance International, (46) 70 229 2981

IMMEDIATE BOARDING (TUR OG RETUR)
(Filmlance International) Co-prod: Nordisk Film (Nor) Budget: SEK19,5m. Backers: SVT, Canal +, Swedish Film Institute, Eurimages, Nordic Film & TV-Fund. Int'l sales: Nordisk Film. International sales. Dist: Nordisk Film (Scan). Family comedy about two 11 year-olds who meet in an airport and get the opportunity of a lifetime. Exec prod: Borje Hansson. Prods: Charlotta Denward, Tomas Michaelsson. Dir: Ella Lemhagen. Scr: Sara Heldt, Ella Lemhagen, based on Eva Dahr's Transit. Shot from April 28 until June 27 2003 in Stockholm, Malmo and northern parts of Sweden.
Contact: Charlotta Denward, (46) 70 229 2981

I NOED OCH MYCKET LUST
(Filmandan i Smaaland) Life in the small communities of South Western Smaaland between 1945 and 1990. Prods: Ingrid Dalunde, Per Carleson. Dir/scr: Carl-Johan Seth. DoP: Peter Ostlund. Set design: Lasse Westfelt. Main cast: Evert Lindkvist, Pekka Paloviita, Katarina Kovacs, Lollo Segersson, Johanna Skobe. Shot from autumn 2002 until spring 2003 in Gislaved, Gnosjo and Varnamo, Sweden.
Contact: Filmandan (46) 371 23 235

KAERRINGEN DAER NERE
(Orkano/Graensloes Film) A lonely old woman hides a young female fugitive, but the past catches up with them. Prod: Lukas Wojarski. Dir: Ragnar Di Marzo. Scr: Manusgruppen. DoP: Martin Nisser. Set design: Franco Palialunga. Main cast: Gunvor Pontén, Aida Gordon, Gosta Hurtig-Moller, Axelle Axell, Lisa Werlinder. Shot from April 22 until June 12 2003 in Saltsjo-Boo.
Contact: Graensloes Film, (46) 70 730 3996

LIKE IN HEAVEN (SAA SOM I HIMMELEN)
(GF Studios AB) Co-prod: A Film (Den) Backers: Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). contemporary drama about a famous conductor who returns to his home in Norrland after a nervous breakdown, here he gets involved with the town choir. Prod: Anders Birkeland, Goran Lindstrom, Henrik Moller-Sorensen. Dir/scr: Kay Pollak. DoP: Harald Paalgaard. Set design: Mona Theresia Forsén. Main cast: Michael Nyqvist. Shooting in Luleaa from July7-Aug28 and in Stockholm and abroad from Sep1-26.
Contact: GF Studios(46) 8 730 5630

MISS SWEDEN
(Sandrew Metronome) Backers: Film i Vast, SVT, Nordic Film- & TV-Fund, Swedush Film Institute. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Scan). Moa is 19 and trying to everything right in life, but she fails in most things and falls in love with the wrong boys. Prod: Lena Rehnberg, Bertil Sandgren. Dir: Tova Magnusson-Norling. Scr: Sara Kadefors. Main cast: Alexandra Dahlstrom, Sissela Kyle, Magnus Roosmann, Sverrir Gudnason, Sebastian Ylvenius. Shoots for 7 weeks from Sept 1 in Vanersborg, Sweden.
Contact: Sandrew Metronome, (46) 8 762 1700

MONGOLPIPAREN
(Mepo Film) Backer: Swedish Film Institute, Filmfond Gotland. Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri. Love comedy involving a rare bird. Prod: Hans Iveberg. Dir: Alexander Moberg. Scr: Hans Iveberg. Main cast: Linus Wahlgren, Anna-Lena Strindlund, Vanna Rosenberg, Maans Nathanaelsson, Sofia Bach. Shot from April 22 - June 13 in Stockholm and Gotland.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri (46) 8 680 35 00

MOODYSSON NO.4
(Memfis Film) Co-prods: Film I Vast, Zentropa Productions (Den). Backers: Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV-Fund, SVT Drama. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales. Dist: Sonet Film. Drama about a father and a son and a girl and a friend. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Lars Joensson. Dir/scr: Lukas Moodysson. Main cast: Thorsten Flinck, Bjorn Almroth, Sanna Brading, Goran Marjanovic. Shoots at the Trollhattan studio.
Contact: Trust Film Sales, (45) 36 86 87 88

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
(Boomerang Film) Backer: Swedish Film Institute, Film I Vastmanland & Sala, Heby Kommun. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Swe). Drama about a 40 year-old man who returns to his childhood home and faces the little lies he has told about his life. Prod/dir/scr: Lars Johansson. DoP: Hans-Ake Lerin. Main cast: Steve Kratz, Martina Haag, Hans Wigren, Kristina Osterberg, Leif Lindh. Shot in Sala Vastmanland.
Contact: Boomerang Film, (46) 70 678 0569

POPULAR MUSIC FROM VITTULA
(Happy End Productions) Co-prods: Svensk Filmindustri, Solar Films (Fin). Budget: Euro3m. Backer: Swedish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Film Pool Nord, Nordic Film & TV Fund. Int'l sales: Svensk Filmindustri. Dist: Svensk Filmindustri (Scan). Drama comedy about two close friends growing up in the mid 1960s in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border - their big dream 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 Popularmusik fran Vittula. Main cast: Bjorn Kjellman, Kati Outinen, Sten Ljunngren, Jarmo Makinen, Martti Suosalo. Shooting from Aug 18 until Oct 20 in Pajala, Swedish Laponia.
Contact: Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Svensk Filmindustri, (46) 8 680 35 00

THE ROBBERS
(Isis Cataegis Pictures) Co-prod: Rode Orm Film. Backers: Canal+, Lefwander Film, Universal Pictures Nordic, Swedish Film Institute. Dist: UIP. Crime thriller about two police detectives on the trail of some dangerous robbers. Prod: Thomas Allercrantz, Steve Aalam. Dir/scr: Peter Lindmark. DoP: Eric Maddison. Main cast: Sofia Helin, Mikael Persbrandt, Stefan Sauk, Stina Ekblad, Jarmo Makinen. Shot from Feb-Mar 2003.
Contact: Rode Orm Film, (46) 8555 24816

SKENBART
(S/S Fladen) Dist: Buena Vista International (Swe). Comedy-drama about a group of people stuck on a non-stop train from Stockholm to Berlin in 1945. Prod: Patrick Ryborn. Dir/scr: Peter Dalle. Main cast: Goesta Ekman, Robert Gustafsson, Gustaf Hammarsten, Lena Nyman, Magnus Roosman. Shot in a studio in Stockholm from May - June 2003.
Contact: S/S Fladen Film, (46) 854 506450

THE THREAT (HOTET)
(Cinema Art Productions, Breidablick Film) Backers: Swedish Film Institute, SVT, Filmpool Nord, KinoFinlandia (Fin). Dist: UIP Nordic, Sonet Film. action thriller about a computer programmer at the Vidsel Airbase who has two choices - to become a traitor or stay loyal to his country and sacrificing his family. Prod: Christer Abrahamsen. Dir: Kjell Sundvall. Scr: Stefan Sauk, Karin Alvtegen, Ken Lindberg, Kjell Sundvall, Martin Cronstrom. Main cast: Shanti Roney, Maria Bonnevie, Stefan Sauk. Shot in Alvsbyn and Stockholm.
Contact: Cinema Art Productions, (46) 8 555 248 60

THREE SUNS
(Sonet Film) Co-prods: Film I Vast, Cimbria Film. Budget: SEK17.5m. Backer: Swedish Film Institute. Dist: Sonet Film (Swe). Epic drama about a woman who leaves her children and her farm to ride to the coast and meet her Crusader husband, but is confronted with the plague on the way. Prod: Peter Possne. Dir/scr: Richard Hobert. Main cast: Lena Endre, Mikael Persbrandt, Kjell Bergqvist, Maria Bonnevie, Natalie Minnevik. Shot from Apr 1 until May 28 2003 in Oeland, Oesterlen and Bohuslaan in Sweden.
Contact: Peter Possne, Sonet Film, (46) 8 555 248 00