Director Ruben Östlund acquired inspiration for some scenes in the screenplay from real footage on YouTube. For example, the avalanche which serves as a momentum early in the story was inspired by a video Östlund found on YouTube, and a performance by a 12-year-old accordionist of Vivaldi's "Summer" was taken directly from a YouTube clip and played repeatedly throughout the film.
Ironically for a winter film, the recurring main music theme of the movie is from Antonio Vivaldi's Summer Concerto.
Official submission of Sweden to the best foreign language film category of the 87th Academy Awards 2015. Made the shortlist of 9 films.
A year after its release, Fox Searchlight had already acquired the remake rights of the film.
Director Ruben Östlund was born April 13th, and the hotel room in which Tomas and Ebba are staying is room #413. Although this is irrelevant as, in Sweden, it would be written as #134 and never #413.