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LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Lisa Aschan’s new film “Call Mom!”, a sequel to her well-received feature debut, “She Monkeys.”

Produced by Anna-Maria Kantarius (“Amateurs”) at Garagefilm Intl., “Call Mom!” follows Niki, a 35-year-old who lives like she’s 25 and is forced to come to grips with all of her relationships and past choices in life.

Aschan said “Call Mom!” could be thought of as a “standalone sequel” to “She Monkeys” (pictured), a coming-of-age film which won the best film award at Tribeca, received an Honorable Mention at Berlin and took home the Guldbagge award for best film.

“The choice of genre was obvious to me: A movie about familial relationships has to be a comedy. I’m drawn to humor because I think it’s very much connected to pain,” Aschan said. “I’m drawn to people who use humor as a survival mechanism.”

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A young woman struggles in the water to free her bloodied former lover from the seat of a submerged small plane, perched precariously on the ledge of an underwater cliff descending into the abyss of the Indian Ocean.

It’s a scene — shot in the tank at Pinewood, with visual effects to be added by Double Negative — from forthcoming action-thriller “Horizon Line,” the first fully English-language movie to be produced by Sweden’s Sf Studios.

The film, produced with Stx, is the start of Sf Studios’ ambitious plunge into bigger-budget English-language films targeted at the global market, a move spearheaded by producer Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, Sf Studios’ senior VP, international production.

The idea is to work on these projects with Scandinavian IP or filmmakers — in this case Mikael Marcimain, a Swedish director who piqued the interest of Hollywood after the critical applause that greeted his political thriller “Call Girl.”

“Horizon Line,...

“Get Out” star Allison Williams and German actor Alexander Dreymon are set to star in the upcoming survival-thriller “Horizon Line” for STXfilms and Nordic company Sf Studios.

Principal photography will commence in Mauritius on Feb. 11 before moving to Dublin and then Pinewood in London. STXinternational is handling international distribution and will launch sales at the upcoming European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival.

Sf Studios’ Fredrik Wikström Nicastro (“Borg/McEnroe”) is producing, with Mikael Marcimain set to direct. The original screenplay was written by the team of Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, who penned “10 Cloverfield Lane.”

Williams and Dreymon will portray former lovers who find themselves reunited ahead of their friend’s tropical island wedding. As the only passengers on a single-engine Cessna plane making its way over the azure waters of the Indian Ocean, a spark soon rekindles — but when their pilot suddenly suffers a heart attack,...

Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon (“The Last Kingdom”) are set to star in “Horizon Line,” the upcoming survival-thriller for STXfilms and Nordic major Sf Studios, which developed the project.

“Horizon Line” follows former lovers Sara and Jackson who find themselves reunited ahead of their friend’s tropical island wedding. As the only passengers on a single-engine Cessna plane making its way over the azure waters of the Indian Ocean, a spark soon rekindles between the two. However, when their pilot suddenly suffers a heart attack, the couple must fight for their lives to stay airborne and find their way back to land.

Sf Studios’ own Fredrik Wikström Nicastro will produce, with award-winning director Mikael Marcimain set to direct. The original screenplay was written by Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken, who penned “10 Cloverfield Lane.”

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“I am so excited to produce the first...

Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon are set to star in Mikael Marcimain’s survival thriller Horizon Line for STXfilms and Nordic major Sf Studios.

Written by 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, Horizon Line follows former lovers Sara and Jackson who find themselves reunited ahead of their friend’s tropical island wedding. As the only passengers on a single-engine Cessna plane making its way over the azure waters of the Indian Ocean, a spark soon rekindles. However, when their pilot suddenly suffers a heart attack, the couple must fight for their lives to stay airborne and find their way back to land.

Filming starts on February 11 in Mauritius before moving to Dublin and then Pinewood in London. STXinternational is handling international distribution. The company will launch sales on the new title at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.

“I am so excited to produce the first English-language...

When I heard that two rising stars of genre filmmaking, Jill Gevargizian (Call Girl, The Stylist) and Brian Lonano (Crow Hand!!!, Gwilliam) were teaming up to make a new short, I knew it was going to be special. And judging by this teaser released yesterday, it will be. Cool girls with superpowers? An evil adversary? Tampons!? Yes, these are all together in what should be a crazy awesome film. A new short film from the makers of Gwilliam and The Stylist, B.F.F. Girls pays homage to super hero shows like Sailor Moon and Power Rangers...only these dorky American girls transform into beautiful Japanese girls and battle a tampon monster! Bff Girls is already scheduled to screen at Boston Underground Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, and...

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Leading Swedish art house distributor TriArt will give a significant Valentine’s Day release to the Swedish love story.

Source: M-Appeal

‘The Heart’

Leading Swedish art house distributor TriArt is to give a significant Valentine’s Day release on 50 screens to The Heart, the debut feature as director by rising Swedish actress, Fanni Metelius (one of the stars of Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure.)

Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has now taken international rights to the love story, which Metelius scripted and in which she also plays the lead. The film was made through Garage Film, the outfit behind such titles as Call Girl and Blowfly Park. The producers are Rebecka Lafrenz and Mimmi Spång. The project was developed and brought to the company by Anna-Maria Kantarius.

“We are very proud to present a film that is both strong and subtle at the same time. The Heart is about true liberation, sex and love -...