Paris- based Urban Sales has hopped aboard Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo, a swimming drama set against the backdrop of the Second World War that is world premiering in Toronto’s Centrepiece section next month.
Set in the summer of 1939, the film is inspired by the true story of Sally Bauer, a Swedish single mother who wants to pursue her dream of becoming the first Scandinavian woman to swim across the English Channel amid pressure from society and her family who threaten to take her son away from her.
Josefin Neldén, whose recent roles include Ali Abbasi’s Border...
Set in the summer of 1939, the film is inspired by the true story of Sally Bauer, a Swedish single mother who wants to pursue her dream of becoming the first Scandinavian woman to swim across the English Channel amid pressure from society and her family who threaten to take her son away from her.
Josefin Neldén, whose recent roles include Ali Abbasi’s Border...
- 8/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Momento Film, the leading Swedish banner founded by David Herdies (“Winter Buoy”) and Michael Krotkiewski (“Bellum — The Daemon Of War”), is boasting a slate of projects including the documentaries “Leaving Jesus” and “The Underdog,” as well as Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet.”
While at Cannes, the banner also started teasing one of its biggest project so far, “The Swedish Torpedo,” Frida Kempff (“Winter Buoy”)’s period film inspired by the life of Sally Bauer, the first Scandinavian to swim across the English Channel in 1939. “The Swedish Torpedo” will start shooting in August with a topnotch cast led by Josefin Neldén, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, as well as Lisa Carlehed (“The Emigrants”).
Co-produced by Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and England, the film opens in 1939, as Europe is on the brink of war. Sally, a 30-year-old single mom, dreams of being the first European woman to cross the English Channel. While society and...
While at Cannes, the banner also started teasing one of its biggest project so far, “The Swedish Torpedo,” Frida Kempff (“Winter Buoy”)’s period film inspired by the life of Sally Bauer, the first Scandinavian to swim across the English Channel in 1939. “The Swedish Torpedo” will start shooting in August with a topnotch cast led by Josefin Neldén, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, as well as Lisa Carlehed (“The Emigrants”).
Co-produced by Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and England, the film opens in 1939, as Europe is on the brink of war. Sally, a 30-year-old single mom, dreams of being the first European woman to cross the English Channel. While society and...
- 5/31/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Tfl has also unveiled the 10 writers picked for the inaugural edition of its SeriesLab – Talents scheme.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has unveiled the 20 new projects selected for its 2022 ScriptLab, and the 10 writers picked for the inaugural edition of its SeriesLab – Talents scheme.
The ScriptLab is a nine-month scriptwriting programme involving feature films at an early stage of development. This year’s iteration focused on comedies, with eight of the 20 projects written by women.
Composed of two week-long residential workshops, one in Turin and one in Finland, as well as three online modules, the ScriptLab also feeds in to TorinoFilmLab annual industry event the Tfl Meeting.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has unveiled the 20 new projects selected for its 2022 ScriptLab, and the 10 writers picked for the inaugural edition of its SeriesLab – Talents scheme.
The ScriptLab is a nine-month scriptwriting programme involving feature films at an early stage of development. This year’s iteration focused on comedies, with eight of the 20 projects written by women.
Composed of two week-long residential workshops, one in Turin and one in Finland, as well as three online modules, the ScriptLab also feeds in to TorinoFilmLab annual industry event the Tfl Meeting.
- 3/10/2022
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Swedish documentary specialist Momento Film, the company behind “Tiny Tim: King for a Day” and Cph:Forum work in progress “Stories from the Debris,” is ramping up its narrative feature film output.
A decade after he founded his outfit, helmer/producer David Herdies has propelled Momento Film among Sweden’s top creators of cutting-edge documentaries and shorts. Award-winning pics to his credit include “Ouaga Girls” (2017), “Hamada” (2018), “Transnistra” (2019), and most recently Johan von Sydow’s docu biopic “Tiny Tim: King for a Day,” currently touring the U.S., courtesy of Juno Films. Herdies also produced and co-helmed with George Götmark the buzzed about Visions du Réel competition entry “Bellum: The Daemon of War,” and is spotlighting Jennifer Rainsford’s works in progress documentary “Stories from the Debris” at this week’s Cph:forum, industry sidebar to Denmark’s Cph:dox fest.
While keeping a solid foundation in documentary films, Herdies — a former European Film...
A decade after he founded his outfit, helmer/producer David Herdies has propelled Momento Film among Sweden’s top creators of cutting-edge documentaries and shorts. Award-winning pics to his credit include “Ouaga Girls” (2017), “Hamada” (2018), “Transnistra” (2019), and most recently Johan von Sydow’s docu biopic “Tiny Tim: King for a Day,” currently touring the U.S., courtesy of Juno Films. Herdies also produced and co-helmed with George Götmark the buzzed about Visions du Réel competition entry “Bellum: The Daemon of War,” and is spotlighting Jennifer Rainsford’s works in progress documentary “Stories from the Debris” at this week’s Cph:forum, industry sidebar to Denmark’s Cph:dox fest.
While keeping a solid foundation in documentary films, Herdies — a former European Film...
- 4/28/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Erik Larsson previously of Partners in Stories to lead new division; ICM invested in Albatros last year.
Stockholm-based agency Albatros, which is part-owned by ICM, has launched a publishing division.
Albatros has hired Erik Larsson to lead the division, and he brings with him Maria Åhlin and Nora El Sharif, all three previously of literary agency Partners in Stories.
The new division kicks off already representing several top authors such as Jonas Jonasson (The Hundred-Year-Old Man), Denise Rudberg and Sofie Sarenbrant (the Emma Sköld series).
Albatros founders Elin Sandström Lundh and Martina Österling said: “The fact that some of Sweden...
Stockholm-based agency Albatros, which is part-owned by ICM, has launched a publishing division.
Albatros has hired Erik Larsson to lead the division, and he brings with him Maria Åhlin and Nora El Sharif, all three previously of literary agency Partners in Stories.
The new division kicks off already representing several top authors such as Jonas Jonasson (The Hundred-Year-Old Man), Denise Rudberg and Sofie Sarenbrant (the Emma Sköld series).
Albatros founders Elin Sandström Lundh and Martina Österling said: “The fact that some of Sweden...
- 4/21/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Line-up includes The Ornithologist director Joao Pedro Rodrigues and Xx’s Nanouk Leopold.
Joao Pedro Rodrigues, who won the best director award at Locarno for The Ornithologist, and Xx’s Nanouk Leopold, are among the guest mentors of the 11 filmmakers selected for the FeatureLab at the TorinoFilmLab this year.
The FeatureLab is dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers with projects at an advanced stage. The workshop will take place in Bordeaux in June in partnership with Alca (Agence Livre Cinéma et Audiovisuel en Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
Rodrigues and Leopold will be joined by: producers Nadia Turincev of Rouge International, and documentary specialist...
Joao Pedro Rodrigues, who won the best director award at Locarno for The Ornithologist, and Xx’s Nanouk Leopold, are among the guest mentors of the 11 filmmakers selected for the FeatureLab at the TorinoFilmLab this year.
The FeatureLab is dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers with projects at an advanced stage. The workshop will take place in Bordeaux in June in partnership with Alca (Agence Livre Cinéma et Audiovisuel en Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
Rodrigues and Leopold will be joined by: producers Nadia Turincev of Rouge International, and documentary specialist...
- 5/18/2019
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory and film director Thanos Anastopoulos.Scroll down for the nine projects
The TorinoFilmlab has revealed the nine projects that will take part in the 2016 edition of FrameWork, the initiative’s flagship lab for first and second feature film projects.
Amongst the first and second-time filmmakers is Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, whose first feature A Respectable Family debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2012, and Israeli director Tom Shoval, whose 2013 drama Youth was named best Israeli feature at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival.
This year’s mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory, script consultants Franz Rodenkirchen, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten and Anita Voorham, film director Thanos Anastopoulos, cinematographer Marko Brdar, post-production expert Niko Remus, producer Didar Domehri, acting coach and casting director Tatiana Vialle, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and film promotion consultant Joanna Solecka.
The first session will take place in Izola (Slovenia) from May 30 to...
The TorinoFilmlab has revealed the nine projects that will take part in the 2016 edition of FrameWork, the initiative’s flagship lab for first and second feature film projects.
Amongst the first and second-time filmmakers is Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, whose first feature A Respectable Family debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2012, and Israeli director Tom Shoval, whose 2013 drama Youth was named best Israeli feature at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival.
This year’s mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory, script consultants Franz Rodenkirchen, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten and Anita Voorham, film director Thanos Anastopoulos, cinematographer Marko Brdar, post-production expert Niko Remus, producer Didar Domehri, acting coach and casting director Tatiana Vialle, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and film promotion consultant Joanna Solecka.
The first session will take place in Izola (Slovenia) from May 30 to...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Los Hongos
Directed by Oscar Ruiz Navia
Written by Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
France | Germany | Argentina | Colombia, 2014
In Colombia’s urban jungle Santiago de Cali, whose barrios buzz with optimism for an upcoming election and a desire to express unity with the rest of the world, two friends from very different backgrounds are trying to get the message out the only way that they know how: through street art. Like a love letter to his hometown, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s second feature, Los Hongos, provides a snapshot of present-day Colombia, exploring issues of religion, love, art and class through the unclouded eyes of the young protagonists.
Ras (Jovan Alexis Marquinez) lives in a one-room apartment with his devout Christian single mother, losing his short-lived construction job for stealing paint. Calvin (Calvin Buenaventura Tascón), an art student, divides his time between his former singing sensation father and ailing grandmother. The...
Directed by Oscar Ruiz Navia
Written by Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
France | Germany | Argentina | Colombia, 2014
In Colombia’s urban jungle Santiago de Cali, whose barrios buzz with optimism for an upcoming election and a desire to express unity with the rest of the world, two friends from very different backgrounds are trying to get the message out the only way that they know how: through street art. Like a love letter to his hometown, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s second feature, Los Hongos, provides a snapshot of present-day Colombia, exploring issues of religion, love, art and class through the unclouded eyes of the young protagonists.
Ras (Jovan Alexis Marquinez) lives in a one-room apartment with his devout Christian single mother, losing his short-lived construction job for stealing paint. Calvin (Calvin Buenaventura Tascón), an art student, divides his time between his former singing sensation father and ailing grandmother. The...
- 10/28/2014
- by Misa Shikuma
- SoundOnSight
New work by Sturla Gunnarsson, Denys Arcand, Ruba Nadda and Xavier Dolan are among the selection set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next month.
“These are filmmakers at the top of their craft, bringing fresh perspectives to traditional genres like comedies and less traditionally Canadian genres, such as musicals,” said Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) senior programmer Steve Gravestock. “This year’s slate truly showcases the diversity of talent in our country, featuring films from coast to coast.”
“We are inspired by the number of exceptional debut features from Canadian directors, reflecting the depth of talent in this country,” said Tiff’s Canadian features programmer Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo.
“Extremely exciting is also the fact that female-driven narratives play a significant part in this year’s programming, highlighting the strong, rich tapestry of our storytelling.”
The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film is up for grabs, as is the...
“These are filmmakers at the top of their craft, bringing fresh perspectives to traditional genres like comedies and less traditionally Canadian genres, such as musicals,” said Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) senior programmer Steve Gravestock. “This year’s slate truly showcases the diversity of talent in our country, featuring films from coast to coast.”
“We are inspired by the number of exceptional debut features from Canadian directors, reflecting the depth of talent in this country,” said Tiff’s Canadian features programmer Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo.
“Extremely exciting is also the fact that female-driven narratives play a significant part in this year’s programming, highlighting the strong, rich tapestry of our storytelling.”
The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film is up for grabs, as is the...
- 8/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The European Film Academy has announced the five nominees for the European Discovery 2013 - Prix Fipresci.
The award recognises an up and coming director for their debut feature film.
The nominees are:
Eat Sleep Die (Ata Sova Do)
Sweden, 104 min
Written & Directed By: Gabriela Pichler
Produced By: China Åhlander
Call Girl
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
Directed By: Mikael Marcimain
Written By: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Produced By: Mimmi Spång
Miele
Italy/France, 90 min
Directed By: Valeria Golino
Written By: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
Produced By: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
The Plague (La Plaga)
Spain, 85 min
Written & Directed By: Neus Ballús
Produced By: Pau Subirós
This year’s nominations committee was comprised of Efa Board Members Helena Danielsson (Sweden) and László Kantor (Hungary), Efa Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark), as well...
The award recognises an up and coming director for their debut feature film.
The nominees are:
Eat Sleep Die (Ata Sova Do)
Sweden, 104 min
Written & Directed By: Gabriela Pichler
Produced By: China Åhlander
Call Girl
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
Directed By: Mikael Marcimain
Written By: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Produced By: Mimmi Spång
Miele
Italy/France, 90 min
Directed By: Valeria Golino
Written By: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
Produced By: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
The Plague (La Plaga)
Spain, 85 min
Written & Directed By: Neus Ballús
Produced By: Pau Subirós
This year’s nominations committee was comprised of Efa Board Members Helena Danielsson (Sweden) and László Kantor (Hungary), Efa Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark), as well...
- 10/14/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The European Film Academy has announced the five nominees for the European Discovery 2013 - Prix Fipresci.
The award recognises an up and coming director for their debut feature film.
The nominees are:
Eat Sleep Die (Ata Sova Do)
Sweden, 104 min
Written & Directed By: Gabriela Pichler
Produced By: China Åhlander
Call Girl
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
Directed By: Mikael Marcimain
Written By: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Produced By: Mimmi Spång
Miele
Italy/France, 90 min
Directed By: Valeria Golino
Written By: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
Produced By: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
The Plague (La Plaga)
Spain, 85 min
Written & Directed By: Neus Ballús
Produced By: Pau Subirós
This year’s nominations committee was comprised of Efa Board Members Helena Danielsson
(Sweden) and László Kantor (Hungary), Efa Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam
(Denmark), as well...
The award recognises an up and coming director for their debut feature film.
The nominees are:
Eat Sleep Die (Ata Sova Do)
Sweden, 104 min
Written & Directed By: Gabriela Pichler
Produced By: China Åhlander
Call Girl
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
Directed By: Mikael Marcimain
Written By: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Produced By: Mimmi Spång
Miele
Italy/France, 90 min
Directed By: Valeria Golino
Written By: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
Produced By: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
The Plague (La Plaga)
Spain, 85 min
Written & Directed By: Neus Ballús
Produced By: Pau Subirós
This year’s nominations committee was comprised of Efa Board Members Helena Danielsson
(Sweden) and László Kantor (Hungary), Efa Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam
(Denmark), as well...
- 10/14/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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