Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig and Eddie Marsan are among the names joining Anne-Marie Duff on season 2 of Channel 4 and BritBox International drama series Suspect.
Filming on the drama’s second run is underway, with Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point, The Lazarus Project), Celine Buckens (Showtrial, The Ex-Wife), Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy, For Life) and Gina McKee (Bodyguard, Our Friends in the North) joining Cooper (Preacher, Mamma Mia!), Greig (Friday Night Dinner, Belgravia) and Marsan.
Duff stars in the series as Dr Susannah Newman. In the eight-part series, she is on a desperate quest to track down a self-confessed serial killer before he kills again that night. When a mysterious new client Jon (Cooper) admits under hypnosis that he is a murderer and intends on killing another young female that evening, Susannah knows he must be stopped at all costs.
Filming on the drama’s second run is underway, with Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point, The Lazarus Project), Celine Buckens (Showtrial, The Ex-Wife), Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy, For Life) and Gina McKee (Bodyguard, Our Friends in the North) joining Cooper (Preacher, Mamma Mia!), Greig (Friday Night Dinner, Belgravia) and Marsan.
Duff stars in the series as Dr Susannah Newman. In the eight-part series, she is on a desperate quest to track down a self-confessed serial killer before he kills again that night. When a mysterious new client Jon (Cooper) admits under hypnosis that he is a murderer and intends on killing another young female that evening, Susannah knows he must be stopped at all costs.
- 11/15/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
“Mamma Mia!” star Dominic Cooper has joined the second season of U.K. police drama “Suspect.”
Fronted by Anne-Marie Duff (“Bad Sisters”), “Suspect” tells the story of bereaved psychotherapist Dr Susannah Newman (Duff) as she tries to track down a serial killer before he strikes again. The Channel 4 show is an adaptation of Danish series Forhøret (“Face to Face”) created by Christoffer Boe.
Cooper joins as a mysterious new client, Jon Fallow, who claims under hypnosis to be a murderer. When he reveals his plan to kill again, Susannah knows he must be stopped. Before the police arrive Jon escapes and Susannah sets out on a deadly mission to save his next victim’s life.
“I’m so pleased to be returning to ‘Suspect’ to be able to dig deeper into the character of Dr Susannah Newman,” said Duff. “Expect lots of twists, turns and revelations alongside more questions to be answered.
Fronted by Anne-Marie Duff (“Bad Sisters”), “Suspect” tells the story of bereaved psychotherapist Dr Susannah Newman (Duff) as she tries to track down a serial killer before he strikes again. The Channel 4 show is an adaptation of Danish series Forhøret (“Face to Face”) created by Christoffer Boe.
Cooper joins as a mysterious new client, Jon Fallow, who claims under hypnosis to be a murderer. When he reveals his plan to kill again, Susannah knows he must be stopped. Before the police arrive Jon escapes and Susannah sets out on a deadly mission to save his next victim’s life.
“I’m so pleased to be returning to ‘Suspect’ to be able to dig deeper into the character of Dr Susannah Newman,” said Duff. “Expect lots of twists, turns and revelations alongside more questions to be answered.
- 11/15/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
‘Love Island’ Heads To Israel
Israel has become the latest destination to embrace Love Island, with ITV Studios-backed Armoza Formats set to produce a local version for new Keshet streamer Free TV. Filming will take place in May for a summer air date, as Israel becomes the 26th territory to commission a version following the announcement of Malta and Albania last week. Avi Armoza’s ITV Studios-backed The Four creator Armoza Formats is producing the local version. The company, which was acquired by ITV Studios in 2019, pivoted earlier this year to become ITV Studios’ production arm in Israel and has already produced two local versions of Come Dine with Me for Kan 11 along with the likes of The 1 Club and The Chase. The show will air on Free TV, Keshet and Rge’s streamer that is set to launch early next year. “Since establishing Armoza Productions and producing hits...
Israel has become the latest destination to embrace Love Island, with ITV Studios-backed Armoza Formats set to produce a local version for new Keshet streamer Free TV. Filming will take place in May for a summer air date, as Israel becomes the 26th territory to commission a version following the announcement of Malta and Albania last week. Avi Armoza’s ITV Studios-backed The Four creator Armoza Formats is producing the local version. The company, which was acquired by ITV Studios in 2019, pivoted earlier this year to become ITV Studios’ production arm in Israel and has already produced two local versions of Come Dine with Me for Kan 11 along with the likes of The 1 Club and The Chase. The show will air on Free TV, Keshet and Rge’s streamer that is set to launch early next year. “Since establishing Armoza Productions and producing hits...
- 11/29/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
You’ll quickly ID one prime suspect in this drama about a veteran detective, Danny Frater (James Nesbitt), investigating the possible murder of his estranged daughter, Christina (Imogen King), and retracing her last days and hours in hopes of discovering the truth. Outlander’s Sam Heughan appears in the fifth of Suspect‘s eight taut 30-minute episodes, each on a potential perp. “Ryan’s got pent-up aggression — he’s quite unstable,” Heughan says of Danny’s corrupt ex-partner and Christina’s godfather. The men meet up in an Mma gym, where Heughan leaned on some old skills: “I did Muay Thai training in Thailand years ago. I enjoyed that breathlessness because Ryan is on the edge.” The British adaptation of Christoffer Boe’s Danish crime thriller Forhøret also stars Joely Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Miller, Sacha Dhawan, Niamh Algar, and Antonia Thomas. Watch a trailer for the series below: Suspect,...
- 9/4/2022
- TV Insider
An upcoming crime drama TV series based on a popular Danish TV show is set to premiere on Channel 4 this weekend. Titled Suspect, the show is written by Matt Baker and directed by Dries Vos, based on the Danish show Forhøret by Christoffer Boe. Here is a description of the plot of the series, according to IMDb: “Veteran detective Danny Frater is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.” The show promises an
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- 6/17/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
Viaplay has ordered a third and final season of “Face to Face,” the popular Danish psychological crime drama starring Lars Mikkelsen.
“Face to Face” is created and directed by Christoffer Boe and produced by Miso Film. The new season will premiere exclusively on Viaplay later this year.
“Face to Face” takes place following the murder of Christina Rasmussen for which suspects range from Copenhagen’s underworld to the highest echelons of business and the police. Mikkelsen plays Holger Lang, a tycoon who had named Christina his heir and receives a video revealing that she was killed by a contract assassin. Consumed by fury, Lang confronts his colleagues, friends and enemies in a desperate bid to uncover the truth once and for all.
Filming recently started in Copenhagen with all-star Nordic cast, including additional talents to be announced later on. Seasons one and two received eight nominations at the Danish Film Awards.
“Face to Face” is created and directed by Christoffer Boe and produced by Miso Film. The new season will premiere exclusively on Viaplay later this year.
“Face to Face” takes place following the murder of Christina Rasmussen for which suspects range from Copenhagen’s underworld to the highest echelons of business and the police. Mikkelsen plays Holger Lang, a tycoon who had named Christina his heir and receives a video revealing that she was killed by a contract assassin. Consumed by fury, Lang confronts his colleagues, friends and enemies in a desperate bid to uncover the truth once and for all.
Filming recently started in Copenhagen with all-star Nordic cast, including additional talents to be announced later on. Seasons one and two received eight nominations at the Danish Film Awards.
- 3/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
GameStop: Rise of the Players, Adrien Brody passion project Clean, Cannes winner Compartment No. 9, Danish upscale restaurant drama A Taste of Hunger, Michel Franco’s Sundown and Woody Allen’s latest Rifkin’s Festival hit theatres crowded by Oscar contenders in a specialty market consumed by awards season (and as a major storm looks set to pummel the Northeast).
There’s more new content than the market has seen in many weeks, although these can be hard frames for indie distributors to find available screens. But it’s easier now than it will be after Feb. 8 and a crush of actual Oscar nominees, said one distribution executive. “We’re going in,...
There’s more new content than the market has seen in many weeks, although these can be hard frames for indie distributors to find available screens. But it’s easier now than it will be after Feb. 8 and a crush of actual Oscar nominees, said one distribution executive. “We’re going in,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The former Jaime Lannister is a different kind of ruthless in “A Taste of Hunger,” a foodie film whose protagonist’s ambition is summarized by the opening epigraph: “If you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you I want everything.” Everything, in this case, is the restaurant world’s crowning achievement: a Michelin star, which since 1926 has designated the best of the best around the world. Only 2,817 eateries have been so honored, and director Christoffer Boe’s drama focuses on a restaurateur’s quest to become the 2,818th. The result certainly isn’t fast food, but neither is it fine dining.
While it would be wrong to say that “Game of Thrones” didn’t allow Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to display his increasingly impressive range as a performer, we certainly never saw the kingslayer obsessing over wild apples, French vinaigrettes or other mouthwatering delicacies. Not that this relationship is any...
While it would be wrong to say that “Game of Thrones” didn’t allow Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to display his increasingly impressive range as a performer, we certainly never saw the kingslayer obsessing over wild apples, French vinaigrettes or other mouthwatering delicacies. Not that this relationship is any...
- 1/27/2022
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
A Taste Of Hunger Magnolia Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net, linked from Rotten Tomatoes by Harvey Karten Director: Christoffer Boe Screenwriter: Christoffer Boe, Tobias Lindholm Cast: Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Flora Augusta, Charlie Gustafsson, August Vinkel, Nicolas Bro, Maj-Britt Mathiesen Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 1/12/22 Opens: January 28, 2022 Denmark, like England and […]
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- 1/23/2022
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"You talk too much about food, Dad." "Well, it's my job." Magnolia Pictures has revealed the full US trailer for a Danish film titled A Taste of Hunger, an emotional drama about running a restaurant. This already opened in Denmark last summer, and is finally getting an official US release this month. It's about a couple who sacrifice everything to achieve the highest possible accolade in the culinary world - a Michelin star. This "power couple", played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, in the Danish gourmet scene run the popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. But that popularity isn't enough. Or is it...? Also starring Flora Augusta, Charlie Gustafsson, August Vinkel, Nicolas Bro, Maj-Britt Mathiesen, and Kent Dahlgren. Ohhhhh this looks fantastic. It reminds me of the outstanding Danish film Another Round, bouncing between hope & depression, with an authentic story about the trails & tribulations of life. Here's the official US trailer...
- 1/5/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A star-studded cast is coming together for a British adaptation of Christoffer Boe’s hit Danish crime thriller Forhøret. Suspect (working title) will star James Nesbitt (Bloodlands), Joely Richardson (The Tudors), Richard E. Grant (Loki), Anne-Marie Duff (Sex Education), Ben Miller (Bridgerton), Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who), Niamh Algar (Deceit), Antonia Thomas (Small Axe), and Imogen King (Clique). The 8-episode series is set to air on the Channel 4 in the U.K., and will be distributed worldwide by Fremantle. It follows veteran detective Danny Frater (Nesbitt) as he investigates the unnatural death of his daughter. Determined to find the truth, Danny sets out on an agonizing mission, retracing his daughter’s last days and hours in a desperate hope of discovering what really happened to his only child. “I could relate to Danny, with his flaws, vulnerabilities and the devastating situation he faces, from the very first moment I picked up the script,...
- 9/29/2021
- TV Insider
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned “Suspect” (working title), an adaptation of Christoffer Boe’s hit Danish series “Forhøret.”
The 8 x 30’ drama stars James Nesbitt (“Bloodlands”), Joely Richardson (“The Tudors”), Anne-Marie Duff (“Sex Education”), Richard E. Grant (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”), Ben Miller (“Bridgerton”), Niamh Algar (“Deceit”), Antonia Thomas (“Small Axe”), Sacha Dhawan (“Doctor Who”), Sam Heughan (“Outlander”) and Imogen King (“Clique”).
The series will follow veteran detective Danny Frater as he investigates the unnatural death of his daughter and sets out on a mission for the truth, retracing her last days and hours, in an agonising crusade to discover what really happened to his only child.
“I could relate to Danny, with his flaws, vulnerabilities and the devastating situation he faces, from the very first moment I picked up the script,” Nesbitt said. “Each episode of ‘Suspect’ is an intensely theatrical double-hander, a psychological battle of...
The 8 x 30’ drama stars James Nesbitt (“Bloodlands”), Joely Richardson (“The Tudors”), Anne-Marie Duff (“Sex Education”), Richard E. Grant (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”), Ben Miller (“Bridgerton”), Niamh Algar (“Deceit”), Antonia Thomas (“Small Axe”), Sacha Dhawan (“Doctor Who”), Sam Heughan (“Outlander”) and Imogen King (“Clique”).
The series will follow veteran detective Danny Frater as he investigates the unnatural death of his daughter and sets out on a mission for the truth, retracing her last days and hours, in an agonising crusade to discover what really happened to his only child.
“I could relate to Danny, with his flaws, vulnerabilities and the devastating situation he faces, from the very first moment I picked up the script,” Nesbitt said. “Each episode of ‘Suspect’ is an intensely theatrical double-hander, a psychological battle of...
- 9/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has closed further sales on Christoffer Boe‘s “A Taste of Hunger” and has unveiled the international poster for the anticipated film.
“A Taste of Hunger,” which is headlined by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) and Kathrine Greis-Rosenthal (“A Fortunate Man”), has sold to France (Kinovista) and Poland (Hagi Film).
The film has Coster-Waldau and Greis-Rosenthal as a power couple on the Danish gourmet scene who run the popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream – a coveted Michelin star.
Boe co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director of “A War,” who co-wrote many films by Thomas Vinterberg, including his latest, the Mads Mikkelsen-starrer “Another Round.”
The movie has now been sold near worldwide by TrustNordisk, notably in the U.S. with Magnolia, Germany (Koch Films), Spain (Adso Films), Brazil (Synapse) and Greece (Rosebud), Capella Film.
TrustNordisk has also...
“A Taste of Hunger,” which is headlined by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) and Kathrine Greis-Rosenthal (“A Fortunate Man”), has sold to France (Kinovista) and Poland (Hagi Film).
The film has Coster-Waldau and Greis-Rosenthal as a power couple on the Danish gourmet scene who run the popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream – a coveted Michelin star.
Boe co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director of “A War,” who co-wrote many films by Thomas Vinterberg, including his latest, the Mads Mikkelsen-starrer “Another Round.”
The movie has now been sold near worldwide by TrustNordisk, notably in the U.S. with Magnolia, Germany (Koch Films), Spain (Adso Films), Brazil (Synapse) and Greece (Rosebud), Capella Film.
TrustNordisk has also...
- 2/25/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has sold U.S. rights to “A Taste of Hunger,” an anticipated romantic drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (“A Fortunate Man”), to Magnolia Pictures.
Directed by Christoffer Boe, “A Taste of Hunger” has also been acquired in a raft of territories, including Germany (Koch Films), Spain (Adso Films), Brazil (Synapse) and Greece (Rosebud). TrustNordisk is unveiling an exclusive trailer of the movie.
Boe co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director of “A War,” who co-wrote many films by Thomas Vinterberg, including his latest, the Mads Mikkelsen-starring “Another Round.”
“A Taste of Hunger” has Coster-Waldau and Greis-Rosenthal play a power couple within the Danish gourmet scene who run the popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream — getting the coveted Michelin star. Boe co-wrote the script with Lindholm.
The U.S. deal was negotiated by...
Directed by Christoffer Boe, “A Taste of Hunger” has also been acquired in a raft of territories, including Germany (Koch Films), Spain (Adso Films), Brazil (Synapse) and Greece (Rosebud). TrustNordisk is unveiling an exclusive trailer of the movie.
Boe co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director of “A War,” who co-wrote many films by Thomas Vinterberg, including his latest, the Mads Mikkelsen-starring “Another Round.”
“A Taste of Hunger” has Coster-Waldau and Greis-Rosenthal play a power couple within the Danish gourmet scene who run the popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream — getting the coveted Michelin star. Boe co-wrote the script with Lindholm.
The U.S. deal was negotiated by...
- 12/8/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The new project has already been sold to a number of territories, and a dedicated, virtual reality-based experience was recently on show at Venice VR. The new project by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Boe, a romantic drama entitled A Taste of Hunger, is currently in post-production. The feature, penned by Tobias Lindholm and the director himself, follows a power couple on the Danish gourmet scene, who run the highly popular Malus restaurant in Copenhagen. The pair, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, are willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream – namely, getting the coveted Michelin star. The subject of the film has inspired a dedicated 15-minute virtual-reality experience, which recently played at Venice VR. In detail, the experience showcases the two protagonists and revolves around a woman's struggle to survive the expectations of modern life, where family, personal freedom and professional ambition all compete. Meanwhile, Boe's feature is...
TrustNordisk has scored a raft of key territory sales on Maria Sodahl’s “Hope,” which won the European Cinemas Label Award at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. “Hope” world premiered at Toronto in the Discovery section in 2019.
The heartfelt drama stars Stellan Skarsgard and Andrea Braein Hovig (“All the Beauty”) as a couple with a large blended family whose life breaks down when the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, exposing neglected love. The film is inspired by Sodahl’s life and what she went through after discovering she had brain cancer many years ago.
“Hope” has just been pre-selected for the European Film Awards and picked up two nods at this year’s Amanda Awards in Norway, including the best actress award for Bræin Hovig, who delivered a strong performance as Anja, a forty-something accomplished professional who runs the household of her extended family and has to fight a deadly cancer.
The heartfelt drama stars Stellan Skarsgard and Andrea Braein Hovig (“All the Beauty”) as a couple with a large blended family whose life breaks down when the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, exposing neglected love. The film is inspired by Sodahl’s life and what she went through after discovering she had brain cancer many years ago.
“Hope” has just been pre-selected for the European Film Awards and picked up two nods at this year’s Amanda Awards in Norway, including the best actress award for Bræin Hovig, who delivered a strong performance as Anja, a forty-something accomplished professional who runs the household of her extended family and has to fight a deadly cancer.
- 9/3/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has closed a raft of deals on Christoffer Boe’s “A Taste Of Hunger,” the Danish romantic drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game Of Thrones”) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (“A Fortunate Man”).
The movie, now in post-production and set for a Feb. 25 release in Denmark, has inspired a virtual reality experience “A Taste of Hunger – VR” which is also directed by Boe and is being presented at the Venice Film Festival as part of the Venice VR Expanded program.
“A Taste of Hunger” has Coster-Waldau and Greis-Rosenthal play a power couple within the Danish gourmet scene who run the highly-popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream — getting the coveted Michelin star. Boe co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director of “A War,” who co-wrote many films by Thomas Vinterberg, including his latest “Another Round.”
Since boarding the project last year, TrustNordisk...
The movie, now in post-production and set for a Feb. 25 release in Denmark, has inspired a virtual reality experience “A Taste of Hunger – VR” which is also directed by Boe and is being presented at the Venice Film Festival as part of the Venice VR Expanded program.
“A Taste of Hunger” has Coster-Waldau and Greis-Rosenthal play a power couple within the Danish gourmet scene who run the highly-popular restaurant Malus in Copenhagen. The couple is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their dream — getting the coveted Michelin star. Boe co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director of “A War,” who co-wrote many films by Thomas Vinterberg, including his latest “Another Round.”
Since boarding the project last year, TrustNordisk...
- 9/2/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Venice VR Expanded will run online this year.
The virtual reality line-up for the Venice Film Festival (September 2-12) features 31 competition titles, including a project created by Jon Favreau.
Badged Venice VR Expanded, the strand will run entirely online. The out of competition line-up includes nine of the best international VR titles and four projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema - VR.
The Favreau project is Gnomes & Goblins, an original production from Wevr, MWMi and Golem Creations that features a virtual world created by the Lion King director in collaboration with VR director Jake Rowell.
The Venice VR digital platform,...
The virtual reality line-up for the Venice Film Festival (September 2-12) features 31 competition titles, including a project created by Jon Favreau.
Badged Venice VR Expanded, the strand will run entirely online. The out of competition line-up includes nine of the best international VR titles and four projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema - VR.
The Favreau project is Gnomes & Goblins, an original production from Wevr, MWMi and Golem Creations that features a virtual world created by the Lion King director in collaboration with VR director Jake Rowell.
The Venice VR digital platform,...
- 7/31/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The film follows a couple in pursuit of a Michelin star for their restaurant.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Christoffer Boe’s Danish romantic drama A Taste of Hunger, now in pre-production.
The story follows an ambitious culinary couple, Carsten and Maggi, who sacrifice everything in pursuit of a Michelin star for their trendy Copenhagen restaurant Puri.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man) lead the cast, which also includes Nicolas Bro, Charlie Gustafsson and Flora Augusta.
Boe reteams with Zentropa producer Louise Vesth who he recently worked with on the Department Q thriller The Purity of Vengeance,...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Christoffer Boe’s Danish romantic drama A Taste of Hunger, now in pre-production.
The story follows an ambitious culinary couple, Carsten and Maggi, who sacrifice everything in pursuit of a Michelin star for their trendy Copenhagen restaurant Puri.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man) lead the cast, which also includes Nicolas Bro, Charlie Gustafsson and Flora Augusta.
Boe reteams with Zentropa producer Louise Vesth who he recently worked with on the Department Q thriller The Purity of Vengeance,...
- 10/23/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The film follows a couple in pursuit of a Michelin star for their restaurant.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Christoffer Boe’s Danish romantic drama A Taste of Hunger, now in pre-production.
The story follows an ambitious culinary couple, Carsten and Maggi, who sacrifice everything in pursuit of a Michelin star for their trendy Copenhagen restaurant Puri.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man) lead the cast, which also includes Nicolas Bro, Charlie Gustafsson and Flora Augusta.
Boe reteams with Zentropa producer Louise Vesth who he recently worked with on the Department Q thriller The Purity of Vengeance,...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Christoffer Boe’s Danish romantic drama A Taste of Hunger, now in pre-production.
The story follows an ambitious culinary couple, Carsten and Maggi, who sacrifice everything in pursuit of a Michelin star for their trendy Copenhagen restaurant Puri.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man) lead the cast, which also includes Nicolas Bro, Charlie Gustafsson and Flora Augusta.
Boe reteams with Zentropa producer Louise Vesth who he recently worked with on the Department Q thriller The Purity of Vengeance,...
- 10/23/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Scandi sales outfit TrustNordisk has picked up Christoffer Boe’s Danish feature A Taste Of Hunger, the romantic drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man).
The film, which is in pre-production, will follow a couple who sacrifice everything to achieve the highest possible accolade in the culinary world – a Michelin star.
Director Boe, who also co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm (A War), has credits including 2003 feature Reconstruction, which won two prizes in Cannes.
Louise Vesth is producing the project for Danish outfit Zentropa. Her credits include Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Nymphomaniac.
A Taste Of Hunger is being made in co-production with Zentropa Sweden and Film i Väst, with support from the Danish Film Institute, Svenska Filminstitutet and Nordisk Film & TV Fond, in collaboration with TV 2 Danmark and Svt with development backing from the Creative Europe Media programme.
TrustNordisk will have...
The film, which is in pre-production, will follow a couple who sacrifice everything to achieve the highest possible accolade in the culinary world – a Michelin star.
Director Boe, who also co-wrote the script with Tobias Lindholm (A War), has credits including 2003 feature Reconstruction, which won two prizes in Cannes.
Louise Vesth is producing the project for Danish outfit Zentropa. Her credits include Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Nymphomaniac.
A Taste Of Hunger is being made in co-production with Zentropa Sweden and Film i Väst, with support from the Danish Film Institute, Svenska Filminstitutet and Nordisk Film & TV Fond, in collaboration with TV 2 Danmark and Svt with development backing from the Creative Europe Media programme.
TrustNordisk will have...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
With more international co-productions in cinemas than ever before and a new crop of high-profile titles this year, Germany’s renown as fertile ground for foreign filmmakers continues to soar.
The number of German-backed cross-border titles in local theaters rose 30% last year to 98 — the most ever — and the trend looks set to continue. This year a slew of German co-productions are vying for Cannes’ Palme d’Or, among them Terrence Malick’s historical drama “A Hidden Life”; Jessica Hausner’s sci-fi thriller “Little Joe”; Marco Bellocchio’s mafia pic “The Traitor”; Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Whistlers”; and Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven.”
Key to the country’s filmmaking allure is a generous system of federal and regional funding sources and a dynamic film industry geared toward international co-production.
Leading companies include Pallas Films, whose credits include “It Must Be Heaven” and Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Ayka”; Pandora Film, co-producer...
The number of German-backed cross-border titles in local theaters rose 30% last year to 98 — the most ever — and the trend looks set to continue. This year a slew of German co-productions are vying for Cannes’ Palme d’Or, among them Terrence Malick’s historical drama “A Hidden Life”; Jessica Hausner’s sci-fi thriller “Little Joe”; Marco Bellocchio’s mafia pic “The Traitor”; Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Whistlers”; and Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven.”
Key to the country’s filmmaking allure is a generous system of federal and regional funding sources and a dynamic film industry geared toward international co-production.
Leading companies include Pallas Films, whose credits include “It Must Be Heaven” and Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Ayka”; Pandora Film, co-producer...
- 5/14/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Already the highest-grossing Danish film ever — with each of its predecessors following closely behind — “The Purity of Vengeance” is the fourth adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s hugely popular “Department Q” novels about a Copenhagen cold-case police unit. It will also be the last in this particular series, as the screen rights have now transferred from Zentropa to Nordisk, with any future “Q” movies unlikely to retain the same cast or behind-scenes staples.
However lamented that baton-passing may be, there’s not much room for sentimental reflection in this high-gloss thriller, which is undeniably entertaining yet whose pleasures have the guilty edge of a particularly lurid airport read. The modern Scandinavian mysteries that have swept the globe (led by Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” books) often have a heart-of-darkness willingness to address social and historical wrongs. But here, hot-button issues of anti-immigrant prejudice, forced sterilization, sexual abuse and more feel reduced to...
However lamented that baton-passing may be, there’s not much room for sentimental reflection in this high-gloss thriller, which is undeniably entertaining yet whose pleasures have the guilty edge of a particularly lurid airport read. The modern Scandinavian mysteries that have swept the globe (led by Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” books) often have a heart-of-darkness willingness to address social and historical wrongs. But here, hot-button issues of anti-immigrant prejudice, forced sterilization, sexual abuse and more feel reduced to...
- 2/12/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
The Danish film industry is on a roll this year with berths secured at major festivals besides the Berlinale where Lone Scherfig’s “The Kindness of Strangers” landed the opening slot, just as Susanne Bier’s Sandra Bullock starrer “Bird Box” is breaking records on Netflix and first-timer Gustav Möller’s “The Guilty” made the foreign-language Oscar shortlist.
It’s a particularly good time because different types of local productions are performing well both at home, where the domestic share of total admissions was a strong 29% in 2018, and in the international arena, which is seeing a new generation of Danish directors coming to the fore.
Last year there were 26 homegrown titles released in Denmark that sold 3.8 million tickets total, up from 2.5 million tickets in 2017, when the national market share was 20%.
Aside from new works by known names such as Christoffer Boe, whose high-profile crimer “The Purity of Vengeance” topped the 2018 chart,...
It’s a particularly good time because different types of local productions are performing well both at home, where the domestic share of total admissions was a strong 29% in 2018, and in the international arena, which is seeing a new generation of Danish directors coming to the fore.
Last year there were 26 homegrown titles released in Denmark that sold 3.8 million tickets total, up from 2.5 million tickets in 2017, when the national market share was 20%.
Aside from new works by known names such as Christoffer Boe, whose high-profile crimer “The Purity of Vengeance” topped the 2018 chart,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Goteborg, Sweden — Christoffer Boe and a stellar Danish cast are on board Miso Film’s series “Face to Face,” produced for the Nent Group.
The show, currently in production, will be sold worldwide by Fremantle. This is Boe’s second TV series produced by Miso Film’s Peter Bose and Jonas Allen after “Warrior,” and his first TV drama for Nent Group’s Nordic streaming service Viaplay.
The Danish director, who struck gold in 2018 with the local pic “The Purity of Vengeance,” last year’s biggest B.O hit in Denmark, and the drama series “Warrior” – delves deeper into crime with “Face to Face” (“Førhøret” in Danish), co-penned by Jakob Weis (“That Time of Year”).
An exceptional all-star cast have joined the director: Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Lars Mikkelsen (“Ride Upon the Storm”), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (“Britannia”), Trine Dyrholm (“The Legacy”), David Dencik (“MacMafia”), Lars Ranthe (“Pros and Cons...
The show, currently in production, will be sold worldwide by Fremantle. This is Boe’s second TV series produced by Miso Film’s Peter Bose and Jonas Allen after “Warrior,” and his first TV drama for Nent Group’s Nordic streaming service Viaplay.
The Danish director, who struck gold in 2018 with the local pic “The Purity of Vengeance,” last year’s biggest B.O hit in Denmark, and the drama series “Warrior” – delves deeper into crime with “Face to Face” (“Førhøret” in Danish), co-penned by Jakob Weis (“That Time of Year”).
An exceptional all-star cast have joined the director: Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Lars Mikkelsen (“Ride Upon the Storm”), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (“Britannia”), Trine Dyrholm (“The Legacy”), David Dencik (“MacMafia”), Lars Ranthe (“Pros and Cons...
- 1/31/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Last year, Danish, Icelandic and Norwegian films triumphed with local audiences, fueling general attendance. In Sweden, local fare also upped their share of an overall sluggish market, while Finland had a quieter year after a record 2017. Everywhere “Mamma Mia-Here We Go Again” was number one except in Denmark where local films were back in favor.
Denmark
After two years of slide, Danish films were back in favour with local crowds, and boosted general admissions to 13 million (up 4.6%) and box office to Dkk 1.1 billion ($173 million). With 3.8 million admissions (up 34.2% from 2017), representing Dkk 290.9 million ($44.5 million) in revenue, local titles claimed a 29% market share, the success target just set in new Danish Film Agreement for 2019-2023.
“In a country like Denmark with a relatively small feature film production [21 films in 2018], the box office will inevitably vary from one year to the next,” commented Claus Ladegaard, CEO at the Danish Film Institute. The latter welcomed the...
Denmark
After two years of slide, Danish films were back in favour with local crowds, and boosted general admissions to 13 million (up 4.6%) and box office to Dkk 1.1 billion ($173 million). With 3.8 million admissions (up 34.2% from 2017), representing Dkk 290.9 million ($44.5 million) in revenue, local titles claimed a 29% market share, the success target just set in new Danish Film Agreement for 2019-2023.
“In a country like Denmark with a relatively small feature film production [21 films in 2018], the box office will inevitably vary from one year to the next,” commented Claus Ladegaard, CEO at the Danish Film Institute. The latter welcomed the...
- 1/28/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Denmark, Iceland and Norway registered rises in 2018, but Finland and Sweden saw dips.
Denmark
Denmark has had a strong year for local films, led by Christoffer Boe’s The Purity Of Vengeance (also known as Journal 64), the Nordisk Film release that has already broken records as the highest-ever grossing local film in Danish cinemas and will remain on release until at least January 2019.
The film is the fourth and final feature that Zentropa has produced based on the bestselling Department Q series of novels, about two mismatched detectives solving cold cases; it has earned $10.1m (dkk66.4m) as of December...
Denmark
Denmark has had a strong year for local films, led by Christoffer Boe’s The Purity Of Vengeance (also known as Journal 64), the Nordisk Film release that has already broken records as the highest-ever grossing local film in Danish cinemas and will remain on release until at least January 2019.
The film is the fourth and final feature that Zentropa has produced based on the bestselling Department Q series of novels, about two mismatched detectives solving cold cases; it has earned $10.1m (dkk66.4m) as of December...
- 12/18/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Denmark, Iceland and Norway registered rises in 2018, but Finland and Sweden saw dips.
Denmark
Denmark has had a strong year for local films, led by Christoffer Boe’s The Purity Of Vengeance (also known as Journal 64), the Nordisk Film release that has already broken records as the highest-ever grossing local film in Danish cinemas and will remain on release until at least January 2019.
The film is the fourth and final feature that Zentropa has produced based on the bestselling Department Q series of novels, about two mismatched detectives solving cold cases; it has earned $10.1m (dkk66.4m) as of December...
Denmark
Denmark has had a strong year for local films, led by Christoffer Boe’s The Purity Of Vengeance (also known as Journal 64), the Nordisk Film release that has already broken records as the highest-ever grossing local film in Danish cinemas and will remain on release until at least January 2019.
The film is the fourth and final feature that Zentropa has produced based on the bestselling Department Q series of novels, about two mismatched detectives solving cold cases; it has earned $10.1m (dkk66.4m) as of December...
- 12/18/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare tale All Is True has been selected to open the Palm Springs Film Festival, which Friday unveiled its full lineup of films for the 30th edition that runs January 3-14. The fest also said that Bruce Bereford’s Ladies in Black will be the closing-night film, with the director and cast members expected to be in attendance.
In all, the fest will screen 223 films from 78 countries, and as usual will screen a slew of Oscar Foreign Language Film entries, this year numbering 43 of the 87 official submissions. Also on the docket: a 30-film retrospective of past fest selections, dubbed the Palm Springs Canon; special focuses on cinema from France, India and Mexico, and Jewish and queer cinema; and the new Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award, named for actor and magician Ricky Jay who died last month.
In addition to the film lineup, the opening awards gala...
In all, the fest will screen 223 films from 78 countries, and as usual will screen a slew of Oscar Foreign Language Film entries, this year numbering 43 of the 87 official submissions. Also on the docket: a 30-film retrospective of past fest selections, dubbed the Palm Springs Canon; special focuses on cinema from France, India and Mexico, and Jewish and queer cinema; and the new Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award, named for actor and magician Ricky Jay who died last month.
In addition to the film lineup, the opening awards gala...
- 12/14/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its 2019 lineup, and it’s prodigious: 223 films from 78 countries, four of them world premieres. Though well known for celebrating future Oscar nominees (and winners) each year, the festival also boasts a deceptively robust world-cinema slate; among the upcoming offerings are Jia Zhangke’s “Ash Is Purest White,” Sergey Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage,” and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s “Asako I & II,” to name just a few.
A number of post-screening Q&As will also be held, including with “Black Klansman” author Ron Stallworth and “Support the Girls” star Regina Hall, in addition to a new section celebrating the best films to screen at Psiff throughout its first three decades.
World premieres:
Buck Run (USA), Director Nick Frangione
Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire (USA), Directors Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya (Schlesinger Documentary Competition)
The Last Color...
A number of post-screening Q&As will also be held, including with “Black Klansman” author Ron Stallworth and “Support the Girls” star Regina Hall, in addition to a new section celebrating the best films to screen at Psiff throughout its first three decades.
World premieres:
Buck Run (USA), Director Nick Frangione
Carlos Almaraz Playing With Fire (USA), Directors Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya (Schlesinger Documentary Competition)
The Last Color...
- 12/14/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The fourth and final Department Q film The Purity Of Vengeance has become the highest-grossing Danish film at the local box office.
The Zentropa-produced film, released in early October by Nordisk Film Distribution, has made $11.1M (72.5M Dkk), surpassing the second instalment in the Department Q series, The Absent One. The film now ranks eleventh on the all-time box office chart and sits narrowly behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It has sold 730,380 tickets to date.
The four parts of the hugely popular crime-thriller series now rank first, second, fourth and fifth on the Danish box office chart for national films. The latest instalment, based on the fourth book in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s book series about crime unit Department Q, charts how a series of mysterious disappearances in 1987 are all eerily connected to the same person. Script comes from Bo Erhard Hansen while the series’ ever-present actors are Nikolaj Arcel...
The Zentropa-produced film, released in early October by Nordisk Film Distribution, has made $11.1M (72.5M Dkk), surpassing the second instalment in the Department Q series, The Absent One. The film now ranks eleventh on the all-time box office chart and sits narrowly behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It has sold 730,380 tickets to date.
The four parts of the hugely popular crime-thriller series now rank first, second, fourth and fifth on the Danish box office chart for national films. The latest instalment, based on the fourth book in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s book series about crime unit Department Q, charts how a series of mysterious disappearances in 1987 are all eerily connected to the same person. Script comes from Bo Erhard Hansen while the series’ ever-present actors are Nikolaj Arcel...
- 11/22/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
With a hefty 215,052 admissions in its opening week, crime-drama The Purity Of Vengeance has achieved the best ever opening for a Danish film at its home box office. Zentropa and Christoffer Boe’s fourth installment in the Department Q-thriller franchise stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares as chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad.
The Irish government will extend Section 481, the country’s main tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024. It will also be introducing a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to the scheme, which had been due to run out in 2020. Lance Daly’s Black ’47, John Crowley’s Brooklyn and Syfy and Netflix’s George Rr Martin adaptation Nightflyers are among projects to tap into the incentive. The government has also confirmed a budget increase of €2M for national funding body Screen Ireland. This is a 14% overall increase, bringing Screen Ireland’s budget for the...
The Irish government will extend Section 481, the country’s main tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024. It will also be introducing a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to the scheme, which had been due to run out in 2020. Lance Daly’s Black ’47, John Crowley’s Brooklyn and Syfy and Netflix’s George Rr Martin adaptation Nightflyers are among projects to tap into the incentive. The government has also confirmed a budget increase of €2M for national funding body Screen Ireland. This is a 14% overall increase, bringing Screen Ireland’s budget for the...
- 10/10/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Christoffer Boe’s thriller “The Purity of Vengeance,” the fourth and final opus of the hit “Department Q” franchise, has scored the best opening for a local film at the Danish box office.
Produced by Zentropa, “The Purity of Vengeance” has sold more than 215,052 admissions since opening on Oct.4, underscoring the ever-lasting appeal of the Nordic Noir genre.
Louise Vesth, who produced the film at Zentropa, said that “considering the total Danish population counts about 6 million people, an opening with more than 215,000 admissions sold is incredible.”
“The Purity of Vengeance” was written by Bo Erhard Hansen (“The Art of Crying”), Nikolaj Arcel (“The Dark Tower”) and Mikkel Nørgaard (“The Absent One”), based on the fourth book of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Department Q” collection.
The movie brings back Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in their respective roles of chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. “The Purity of Vengeance...
Produced by Zentropa, “The Purity of Vengeance” has sold more than 215,052 admissions since opening on Oct.4, underscoring the ever-lasting appeal of the Nordic Noir genre.
Louise Vesth, who produced the film at Zentropa, said that “considering the total Danish population counts about 6 million people, an opening with more than 215,000 admissions sold is incredible.”
“The Purity of Vengeance” was written by Bo Erhard Hansen (“The Art of Crying”), Nikolaj Arcel (“The Dark Tower”) and Mikkel Nørgaard (“The Absent One”), based on the fourth book of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Department Q” collection.
The movie brings back Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in their respective roles of chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. “The Purity of Vengeance...
- 10/10/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built will open event.
Cph Pix’s 10th edition will open with Lars von Trier in the house to present The House That Jack Built and will close with Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma: it will mark the Netflix project’s only planned theatrical screening in Denmark.
The 10th edition of the festival runs Sept 27 to Oct 10, presenting 191 features including 19 new Danish films. The Buster schools and family programme will show 44 of those features, such as I Kill Giants and The Breadwinner.
Festival hits set to screen include Cold War, Shoplifters, Capernaum, Touch Me Not,...
Cph Pix’s 10th edition will open with Lars von Trier in the house to present The House That Jack Built and will close with Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma: it will mark the Netflix project’s only planned theatrical screening in Denmark.
The 10th edition of the festival runs Sept 27 to Oct 10, presenting 191 features including 19 new Danish films. The Buster schools and family programme will show 44 of those features, such as I Kill Giants and The Breadwinner.
Festival hits set to screen include Cold War, Shoplifters, Capernaum, Touch Me Not,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Time for a taste of some Danish mystery. Zentropa Entertainment has debuted the full official trailer for a Danish thriller titled The Purity of Vengeance, originally titled Journal 64. This film is about a series of mysterious disappearances in 1987 that are all eerily connected to the same person. The investigative thriller follows Carl Mørck and Assad from Department Q, who try to figure out how a bunch of dead bodies are connected and who's behind everything. The Purity of Vengeance stars Fares Fares, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Anders Hove, Søren Pilmark, and Elliott Crosset Hove. This looks very cool, a bit like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo films or even Fincher's Se7en, but with some unique twists. I am curious to see more footage from this and check it out whenever it hits theaters outside of Denmark. Dig in. Here's the first trailer (+ poster) for Christoffer Boe's The Purity of Vengeance,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
With the adaptations of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q novels breaking box office records in Denmark - where previous entries The Keeper Of Lost Causes, The Absent One, and A Conspiracy Of Faith were all huge hits - it comes as no surprise to see stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares take on the parts of cold case cops once again for the upcoming Journal 64. Christoffer Boe takes over the director's chair this time with the story revolving around a series of disappearances in 1987. Boe brings some of his favorite supporting actors along for the ride - yep, that's Nicolas Bro tucked away in the trailer because it just wouldn't be a Boe movie without him -...
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- 9/5/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Wendt has been overseeing all of TrustNordisk’s film and TV sales operations since 2017.
TrustNordisk has promoted Susan Wendt to Managing Director as of May 1, as CEO Rikke Ennis departs to launch her new company REinvent Studios.
Wendt had already been overseeing all of TrustNordisk’s film and TV sales operations since 2017, when she was promoted to director of international sales and marketing, when Ennis started concentrating more on content development and packaging of film and TV drama.
Going forward, Wendt told Screen that TrustNordisk won’t be financing and packaging new projects “but will enter into projects in early stages as a sales company.
TrustNordisk has promoted Susan Wendt to Managing Director as of May 1, as CEO Rikke Ennis departs to launch her new company REinvent Studios.
Wendt had already been overseeing all of TrustNordisk’s film and TV sales operations since 2017, when she was promoted to director of international sales and marketing, when Ennis started concentrating more on content development and packaging of film and TV drama.
Going forward, Wendt told Screen that TrustNordisk won’t be financing and packaging new projects “but will enter into projects in early stages as a sales company.
- 5/2/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Lille, France — Produced by Denmark’s Miso Film and commercial channel TV2, sold by FremantleMedia Intl., “Warrior” marks the first TV work in years from one if the leading lights of the post Dogme 95 Danish cinema, Christoffer Boe, who burst onto the scene with his 2003 feature debut “Reconstruction.”
It shows. Following Cc (Dar Salim). a Danish army war veteran who returns to Copenhagen and, at the request of police officer, Louise, infiltrates a bikers’ gang to attempt to nail its boss, Copenhagen’s biggest crime lord, its beautifully toned title credit sequence unfolds to the sound of a drum beat. They picture modern industrial scenes. but are lit by unfocused burnished gold lights reminiscent of fire in a forge or on a battlefield at night as bombs fall. “Warrior” asks what can come of the ideals of a soldier – service to a community, loyalty, bravery – in fallen modern world. Such...
It shows. Following Cc (Dar Salim). a Danish army war veteran who returns to Copenhagen and, at the request of police officer, Louise, infiltrates a bikers’ gang to attempt to nail its boss, Copenhagen’s biggest crime lord, its beautifully toned title credit sequence unfolds to the sound of a drum beat. They picture modern industrial scenes. but are lit by unfocused burnished gold lights reminiscent of fire in a forge or on a battlefield at night as bombs fall. “Warrior” asks what can come of the ideals of a soldier – service to a community, loyalty, bravery – in fallen modern world. Such...
- 5/2/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Includes world premieres of Succession and The Split.
The world premiere of the 60-minute pilot episode of HBO’s Succession, written by Jesse Armstrong, the UK creator of Peep Show and Fresh Meat, and directed by Adam McKay, whose credits include The Big Short and Anchorman, will open the ninth edition of Series Mania in Lille on April 27.
Brian Cox, Hiam Abbass and Matthew Macfadyen head the ensemble cast of Succession, which follows the travails of a dysfunctional media dynasty.
Additionally, the Official Competition is comprised of 10 world premieres of original global TV series. They include BBC and Sundance TV series The Split,...
The world premiere of the 60-minute pilot episode of HBO’s Succession, written by Jesse Armstrong, the UK creator of Peep Show and Fresh Meat, and directed by Adam McKay, whose credits include The Big Short and Anchorman, will open the ninth edition of Series Mania in Lille on April 27.
Brian Cox, Hiam Abbass and Matthew Macfadyen head the ensemble cast of Succession, which follows the travails of a dysfunctional media dynasty.
Additionally, the Official Competition is comprised of 10 world premieres of original global TV series. They include BBC and Sundance TV series The Split,...
- 3/28/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Other projects backed by June round of Nordisk Film & TV Fond include Liberty created by Asger Leth.
Danish director Christoffer Boe is lining up a hot cast for his new Danish crime TV series Warrior.
Dar Salim (A War, Game of Thrones, pictured) will play a former soldier and Danica Curcic plays the policewoman he loves, with the ensemble also including Lars Ranthe, Nicolas Bro, Søren Malling, Jacob Oftebro and Natalie Madueño.
Peter Bose and Jonas Allen of Miso Film produce the 6x48’ series, which Boe co-wrote with Simon Paternak. The project just received $356,000 (Nok 3m) in funding in the latest round from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
It is produced for Denmark’s TV2 with further funding from the Danish Film Institute. Shooting now, it will be delivered in autumn 2018 with FremantleMedia International handles sales.
It is described as “a modern-day character-driven crime drama about strong human bonds, loyalty and treachery among army veterans, gang members...
Danish director Christoffer Boe is lining up a hot cast for his new Danish crime TV series Warrior.
Dar Salim (A War, Game of Thrones, pictured) will play a former soldier and Danica Curcic plays the policewoman he loves, with the ensemble also including Lars Ranthe, Nicolas Bro, Søren Malling, Jacob Oftebro and Natalie Madueño.
Peter Bose and Jonas Allen of Miso Film produce the 6x48’ series, which Boe co-wrote with Simon Paternak. The project just received $356,000 (Nok 3m) in funding in the latest round from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
It is produced for Denmark’s TV2 with further funding from the Danish Film Institute. Shooting now, it will be delivered in autumn 2018 with FremantleMedia International handles sales.
It is described as “a modern-day character-driven crime drama about strong human bonds, loyalty and treachery among army veterans, gang members...
- 6/28/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Film i Vast launches title at Cannes slate presentation.
Christoffer Boe, who won the Cannes’ Camera d’Or in 2003 with Reconstruction, will direct Zentropa’s fourth and final instalment in the Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q thriller series.
The Purity Of Vengeance starts shooting in December and will again star Nikolai Lie Kass and Fares Fares as the mismatched detectives.
Nikolai Arcel, Bo Hr. Hansen and Mikkel Norgaard wrote the script. Nordisk will release theatrically in autumn 2018 and TrustNordisk handles sales.
The previous three films in the series – starting with The Keeper Of Lost Causes [pictured] – have been record-setting hits in Denmark. Producer Louise Vesth of Zentropa said, “there have been 2.2m million tickets sold for these films in Denmark, I hope the fourth one will be an ever greater success.”
The story centres on the discovery of a series of corpses connected to an old women’s institution that carried out medical experiments.
Boe, speaking...
Christoffer Boe, who won the Cannes’ Camera d’Or in 2003 with Reconstruction, will direct Zentropa’s fourth and final instalment in the Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q thriller series.
The Purity Of Vengeance starts shooting in December and will again star Nikolai Lie Kass and Fares Fares as the mismatched detectives.
Nikolai Arcel, Bo Hr. Hansen and Mikkel Norgaard wrote the script. Nordisk will release theatrically in autumn 2018 and TrustNordisk handles sales.
The previous three films in the series – starting with The Keeper Of Lost Causes [pictured] – have been record-setting hits in Denmark. Producer Louise Vesth of Zentropa said, “there have been 2.2m million tickets sold for these films in Denmark, I hope the fourth one will be an ever greater success.”
The story centres on the discovery of a series of corpses connected to an old women’s institution that carried out medical experiments.
Boe, speaking...
- 5/21/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Award-winning Danish director Christoffer Boe (Reconstruction) has come on board to helm The Purity of Vengeance, the fourth and final film in the hit Department Q Scandi crime franchise.
Nicolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares will return to co-star in the film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen. The pair will reprise their roles as Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad, as they did in the first three Department Q films: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), The Absent One (2014) and A Conspiracy of Faith (2015), all of which were box office...
Nicolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares will return to co-star in the film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen. The pair will reprise their roles as Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad, as they did in the first three Department Q films: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), The Absent One (2014) and A Conspiracy of Faith (2015), all of which were box office...
- 5/21/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seven high-end European and Us drama series will participate in the 2017 edition of the Efm’s TV co-pro event.
Seven projects will participate in the co-production strand of the Berlin market’s TV programme Drama Series Days.
Scroll down for lineup
The seven projects on show are all high-end TV drama series that are seeking co-production and financing partners.
These include Cognition, a crime thriller concept from director Alex Garcia Lopez (Misfits, Utopia), which is being produced by UK outfit Catalyst Global Media and Us company A Better Tomorrow Films.
Also being presented will be French historical thriller series Metro, about the first efforts to construct the Paris metro system, which comes from the producers of sci-fi thriller series Trepalium.
Further projects include a Belgian crime series, a Bulgarian mystery horror set on a high-rise estate, and a German-Austrian serial killer drama.
One further series will be presented in co-operation with Paris-based series festival and co-production forum Series...
Seven projects will participate in the co-production strand of the Berlin market’s TV programme Drama Series Days.
Scroll down for lineup
The seven projects on show are all high-end TV drama series that are seeking co-production and financing partners.
These include Cognition, a crime thriller concept from director Alex Garcia Lopez (Misfits, Utopia), which is being produced by UK outfit Catalyst Global Media and Us company A Better Tomorrow Films.
Also being presented will be French historical thriller series Metro, about the first efforts to construct the Paris metro system, which comes from the producers of sci-fi thriller series Trepalium.
Further projects include a Belgian crime series, a Bulgarian mystery horror set on a high-rise estate, and a German-Austrian serial killer drama.
One further series will be presented in co-operation with Paris-based series festival and co-production forum Series...
- 1/18/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
*full disclosure: an online screener of this film was provided by Radius TWC. Director: Jonas Alexander Arnby. Writers: Rasmus Birch, Christoffer Boe, Jonas Alexander Arnby. Cast: Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonya Richter. When Animals Dream is the first feature-length film from Danish director, Jonas Alexander Arnby. This artsy body horror/drama premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, receiving well-deserved critical acclaim. In the film, sixteen-year-old Marie struggles to form an identity in a small coastal town. To make matters worse, she discovers that she's not like other females, or other humans. Although female coming of age stories are fairly common in horror movies (2000's Ginger Snaps being one of the better ones), there is something unique about this picture. Something subtle. Without copious amounts of violence and gore, this picture slowly tightens its grip, pulling the viewer in. This is not a start to finish action-packed edge of your seat film,...
- 9/2/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Kenna Rae)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-nominated The Hunt (Jagten) won seven awards at the Danish Academy Awards - where Gravity picked up Best Us Feature.Scroll down for full list of winners
The Hunt, which has made the shortlist for the Best Foreign-Language Film at this year’s Oscars, was nominated in 14 categories at the Roberts - the annual awards of the Danish Film Academy.
Last night’s ceremony marked the 30th time the Danish national film prize was awarded at a gala in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre.
Having already collected 18 international prizes, including three at Cannes and a European Film Award, The Hunt won for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay (Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm), and Mads Mikkelsen was named Best Actor for his portrayal of a 40-year-old man in a small provincial town, wrongly suspected of child abuse.
Taking to the stage with his team, Vinterbeg said: ”We have basked in success, and it has...
The Hunt, which has made the shortlist for the Best Foreign-Language Film at this year’s Oscars, was nominated in 14 categories at the Roberts - the annual awards of the Danish Film Academy.
Last night’s ceremony marked the 30th time the Danish national film prize was awarded at a gala in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre.
Having already collected 18 international prizes, including three at Cannes and a European Film Award, The Hunt won for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay (Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm), and Mads Mikkelsen was named Best Actor for his portrayal of a 40-year-old man in a small provincial town, wrongly suspected of child abuse.
Taking to the stage with his team, Vinterbeg said: ”We have basked in success, and it has...
- 1/27/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Arab spring compilation wins Jihlava’s main award; Best Czech film for HBO-backed doc
Belgium-based Peter Snowdon’s The Uprising, a compilation of amateur footage from the Arab spring, was awarded the Opus Bonum - Best International Documentary Film Award at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival in the Czech Republic last night (Oct 28).
The winner was picked by a single juror, Us director-curator Craig Baldwin who described The Uprising as “a film which, in turn, saddened me, frightened me, outraged me, inspired me, and ultimately made me truly proud to be a part of the democratic project and the struggle for human dignity.”
The Uprising, which was produced by Brussels-based Rien à voir production with the UK’s Third Films of Duane Hopkins and Samm Haillay as co-producers, had its world premiere in Jihlava.
In the Czech Joy sidebar competition, the Best Czech Documentary Film Award went to Petr Hátle’s The Great Night which was co-produced...
Belgium-based Peter Snowdon’s The Uprising, a compilation of amateur footage from the Arab spring, was awarded the Opus Bonum - Best International Documentary Film Award at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival in the Czech Republic last night (Oct 28).
The winner was picked by a single juror, Us director-curator Craig Baldwin who described The Uprising as “a film which, in turn, saddened me, frightened me, outraged me, inspired me, and ultimately made me truly proud to be a part of the democratic project and the struggle for human dignity.”
The Uprising, which was produced by Brussels-based Rien à voir production with the UK’s Third Films of Duane Hopkins and Samm Haillay as co-producers, had its world premiere in Jihlava.
In the Czech Joy sidebar competition, the Best Czech Documentary Film Award went to Petr Hátle’s The Great Night which was co-produced...
- 10/29/2013
- ScreenDaily
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave to open festival; director Peter Greenaway to receive Visionary Award.Scroll down for full line-up
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Lukas Moodysson, Laurent Cantet and James Gray to receive honorary awards; focus on Greece and environmental docs
The Reykjavik International Film Festival is to open on Sept 25 with This Is Sanlitun by the Icelandic-Irish director Robert Douglas and will end Oct 6 with the Nordic premiere of Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Riff will honour three filmmakers with an award for creative excellence. They are the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, Us director James Gray and France’s Laurent Cantet.
Riff’s main award, the Golden Puffin, will be awarded to a film in the category New Visions, which screens debut and sophomore films of up and coming filmmakers.
The 12 films are:
Bethlehem, Yuval Adler Coldwater,Vincent Grashaw Free Fall, Stephan LacantLa Jaula De Oro, Diego Quemada-DiazLes Apaches, Thierry de Peretti The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra Miss Violence, Alexandros Avranas One Shot, Robert OrhelSalvation Army, Abdellah Taïa Spaghetti Story, Ciro De Caro The Geographer...
The Reykjavik International Film Festival is to open on Sept 25 with This Is Sanlitun by the Icelandic-Irish director Robert Douglas and will end Oct 6 with the Nordic premiere of Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Riff will honour three filmmakers with an award for creative excellence. They are the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, Us director James Gray and France’s Laurent Cantet.
Riff’s main award, the Golden Puffin, will be awarded to a film in the category New Visions, which screens debut and sophomore films of up and coming filmmakers.
The 12 films are:
Bethlehem, Yuval Adler Coldwater,Vincent Grashaw Free Fall, Stephan LacantLa Jaula De Oro, Diego Quemada-DiazLes Apaches, Thierry de Peretti The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra Miss Violence, Alexandros Avranas One Shot, Robert OrhelSalvation Army, Abdellah Taïa Spaghetti Story, Ciro De Caro The Geographer...
- 9/20/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Written by Christoffer Boe and Simon Pasternak
Directed by Christoffer Boe
Denmark, 2013
Sex, Drugs & Taxation begins with a title card warning us that though much of this story is true, many aspects are also untrue. The film is director Christoffer Boe’s exploration of the way memory can be molded and reconstructed. In it, the memory in question is that of society as a whole (or in this case, Denmark as a stand-in for society at large), shaped and reshaped to paint a particular portrait of two public figures.
The figures in question are Simon Spies (Pilou Asbæk) and Mogens Glistrup (Nicolas Bro), two real-life figures from 1960s Denmark. Spies was a millionaire playboy, not unlike Howard Hughes, who became known to everyone in Denmark when he created the country’s first cheap airline with the help of his mousy tax lawyer, Glistrup. The film chronicles their weird,...
Written by Christoffer Boe and Simon Pasternak
Directed by Christoffer Boe
Denmark, 2013
Sex, Drugs & Taxation begins with a title card warning us that though much of this story is true, many aspects are also untrue. The film is director Christoffer Boe’s exploration of the way memory can be molded and reconstructed. In it, the memory in question is that of society as a whole (or in this case, Denmark as a stand-in for society at large), shaped and reshaped to paint a particular portrait of two public figures.
The figures in question are Simon Spies (Pilou Asbæk) and Mogens Glistrup (Nicolas Bro), two real-life figures from 1960s Denmark. Spies was a millionaire playboy, not unlike Howard Hughes, who became known to everyone in Denmark when he created the country’s first cheap airline with the help of his mousy tax lawyer, Glistrup. The film chronicles their weird,...
- 9/19/2013
- by Laura Holtebrinck
- SoundOnSight
Just as you are unlikely to ever come across a more unlikely friendship than that which blossomed between browbeaten tax lawyer Mogens Glistrup and hedonist playboy Simon Spies through the 1960s in Denmark, you are equally unlikely to settle on a more unlikely filmmaker than Christoffer Boe to tell their story. Best known for serious fare that treads the line between arthouse and genre film while toying with ideas of love, memory and obsession, Boe here tackles a real life story of sex, drugs and discount airlines and the results are utterly compelling.Nicolas Bro (Adam's Apples) plays Mogens Glistrup, an intelligent but intensely socially awkward tax lawyer desperate to escape from the shadow of his overbearing father in law when he encounters his old school...
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- 9/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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