TrustNordisk has boarded international sales on Eirik Svensson’s Africa-set drama Safe House, starring Sick Of Myself and Ninjababy star Kristine Kujath Thorp.
Based on real events, the film depicts 15 hours at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic on Christmas Eve 2013, when a Muslim man being persecuted by a mob entered the hospital.
Filming wrapped in South Africa in March, with dialogue on the film predominantly in English with elements of Norwegian, French and Sango, the national language of the Central African Republic. TrustNordisk will present the title and a promo to buyers at this month’s Cannes market.
Based on real events, the film depicts 15 hours at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic on Christmas Eve 2013, when a Muslim man being persecuted by a mob entered the hospital.
Filming wrapped in South Africa in March, with dialogue on the film predominantly in English with elements of Norwegian, French and Sango, the national language of the Central African Republic. TrustNordisk will present the title and a promo to buyers at this month’s Cannes market.
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “Arctic Convoy,” a Norwegian naval thriller that is set in the middle of World War II. The film is from the producers of “The Wave” trilogy, so it’s a homecoming of sorts given that Magnolia released all three installments of that series.
“Arctic Convoy” is directed by Henrik M. Dahlsbakken and written by Christian Sibenherz, Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad. Magnolia is planning a 2024 release for the picture.
The film unfolds in 1942, as the leader of a convoy carrying vital military supplies to a Norwegian outpost decides to proceed through treacherous, enemy-infested waters despite the recall of their military escort. Fighting for their lives against German air and naval forces, the 35 civilian merchant ships brave brutal Arctic seas to bring much-needed support to soldiers on the front lines.
The film is produced by Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen and Thea Benedikte Karlsen for FanteFilm.
“Arctic Convoy” is directed by Henrik M. Dahlsbakken and written by Christian Sibenherz, Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad. Magnolia is planning a 2024 release for the picture.
The film unfolds in 1942, as the leader of a convoy carrying vital military supplies to a Norwegian outpost decides to proceed through treacherous, enemy-infested waters despite the recall of their military escort. Fighting for their lives against German air and naval forces, the 35 civilian merchant ships brave brutal Arctic seas to bring much-needed support to soldiers on the front lines.
The film is produced by Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen and Thea Benedikte Karlsen for FanteFilm.
- 12/18/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Capelight Pictures said Tuesday that it is partnering with Blue Fox Entertainment to present Fantefilm’s Norwegian family Christmas feature Teddy’s Christmas in U.S. theaters nationwide on December 1, 2023.
The film stars Zachary Levi (Shazam!) as the voice of the animated title character, Teddy, in the English-dubbed version of Andrea Eckerbom’s hit Norwegian CGI-live action hybrid. Marte Klerck-Nilssen, Jan Gunnar Røise (The Thing), Nader Khademi (Countrymen) and Mariann Hole (Made in Oslo) also are in the voice cast.
The holiday story, which centers on an 8-year-old girl who pursues an adventurous living teddy bear, mixes live-action and CGI animation. While visiting a Christmas market, Mariann suddenly sees an unbelievable sight: on the top shelf of a carnival game booth, the most adorable stuffed teddy bear has just moved his head and sneezed. Feeling an instant connection, Mariann can’t think of any better Christmas wish than to win him as a prize.
The film stars Zachary Levi (Shazam!) as the voice of the animated title character, Teddy, in the English-dubbed version of Andrea Eckerbom’s hit Norwegian CGI-live action hybrid. Marte Klerck-Nilssen, Jan Gunnar Røise (The Thing), Nader Khademi (Countrymen) and Mariann Hole (Made in Oslo) also are in the voice cast.
The holiday story, which centers on an 8-year-old girl who pursues an adventurous living teddy bear, mixes live-action and CGI animation. While visiting a Christmas market, Mariann suddenly sees an unbelievable sight: on the top shelf of a carnival game booth, the most adorable stuffed teddy bear has just moved his head and sneezed. Feeling an instant connection, Mariann can’t think of any better Christmas wish than to win him as a prize.
- 10/31/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The prolific Dahlsbakken has previously directed Munch, Possession and Returning Home.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for the action drama Convoy (working title), directed by Henrik M. Dahlsbakken. The project is budgeted at $6.6m (Euros 6m).
The World War 2 naval drama, inspired by real historical events, is produced by Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen & Thea Benedikte Karlsen for FanteFilm, which is behind disaster hits such as The North Sea, The Quake and The Wave. Backers include Norwegian Film Institute, Film i Väst and FilmInvest.
The cast is yet to be revealed.
The prolific Dahlsbakken has previously directed Munch, Possession and Returning Home.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for the action drama Convoy (working title), directed by Henrik M. Dahlsbakken. The project is budgeted at $6.6m (Euros 6m).
The World War 2 naval drama, inspired by real historical events, is produced by Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen & Thea Benedikte Karlsen for FanteFilm, which is behind disaster hits such as The North Sea, The Quake and The Wave. Backers include Norwegian Film Institute, Film i Väst and FilmInvest.
The cast is yet to be revealed.
The prolific Dahlsbakken has previously directed Munch, Possession and Returning Home.
- 5/2/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Norwegian disaster movies The Wave and The Quake marked out an interesting middle ground in the genre. They eschewed the tiny, insular, approach of something like Right At Your Door, but didn’t quite have the budget to compete with the vast scale of the likes of Roland Emmerich’s CGI choked productions, but they turned their limitations very much to their advantage. Where Emmerich and others in Hollywood tend to favour spectacle over emotion, these films leaned in to character, and deployed their limited but high quality effects to make us feel the peril and therefore identify with the well drawn characters.
The Burning Sea, to my slight disappointment, doesn’t follow Kristoffer Joner’s character into yet another disaster, as if he were John McClane but it was nature, rather than terrorists, repeatedly trying to kill him. Instead, the film focuses on Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), a robot...
The Burning Sea, to my slight disappointment, doesn’t follow Kristoffer Joner’s character into yet another disaster, as if he were John McClane but it was nature, rather than terrorists, repeatedly trying to kill him. Instead, the film focuses on Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), a robot...
- 5/18/2022
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Magnet Releasing will release The Burning Sea in theaters and on demand February 25, 2022 Directed by John Andreas Andersen Written by Lars Gudmestad and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Anders Baasmo, Bjørn Floberg, and Anneke von der Lippe In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil …
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- 4/8/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Joe Wright’s Cyrano twirls onto 797 screens, the highest-profile specialty release in weeks (as the market awaits Focus Features The Outfit with Mark Rylance and Sony Pictures Classics Mothering Sunday). But the well reviewed period musical romance from Uar starring Peter Dinklage is landing in a tough place. Industry estimates anticipate a low single digit opening given the inconsistent reception for movie musicals and the fact that its key older demos, especially women, have been the slowest to return to theaters.
Cyrano is based on Edmond Ronstand’s late 19th century drama Cyrano de Bergerac – itself loosely based on a French nobleman known for bold adventures and a large nose. It premiered at Telluride last year, had a weeklong LA theatrical run in Dec. and garnered an Oscar nomination for Costume Design (and BAFTA nom for Outstanding British Film of the Year). It’s 86% Certified Fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cyrano is based on Edmond Ronstand’s late 19th century drama Cyrano de Bergerac – itself loosely based on a French nobleman known for bold adventures and a large nose. It premiered at Telluride last year, had a weeklong LA theatrical run in Dec. and garnered an Oscar nomination for Costume Design (and BAFTA nom for Outstanding British Film of the Year). It’s 86% Certified Fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 2/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
In a film hinged on a killer ocean rift, the most outlandish portion of Norwegian disaster-movie-savant John Andreas Andersen’s “The Burning Sea” occurs when the people in authority — when presented with the scientific facts of the matter — make the right decision. In Norway, oil is truly liquid gold. Though the country, in reality, hopes to become a leader on climate change, the region stands as one of the world’s leaders in exporting that fossil fuel. For Andersen, the contradiction seems rife for big explosions and large devastation, for
The third film in a disaster trilogy that began with “The Wave” flowing seamlessly into “The Quake,” a fake documentary launches “The Burning Sea.” An older oil man, living in a cabin, wistfully recalls the country’s energy legacy: Footage from the 1980s of craned rigs, projectile plumes of oil, and birds covered in the noxious black liquid stitch a montage.
The third film in a disaster trilogy that began with “The Wave” flowing seamlessly into “The Quake,” a fake documentary launches “The Burning Sea.” An older oil man, living in a cabin, wistfully recalls the country’s energy legacy: Footage from the 1980s of craned rigs, projectile plumes of oil, and birds covered in the noxious black liquid stitch a montage.
- 2/25/2022
- by Robert Daniels
- Indiewire
Efp 2014 Shooting Star Jakob Oftebro leads the cast.
Scandinavian sales agent TrustNordisk has set several deals for Second World War drama Betrayed, heading into this week’s American Film Market.
The film has sold to France (Mediawan), Japan (Tohokushinsha Film) and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Group).
It will be available as a private screening to buyers only during AFM.
Betrayed tells the story of Norwegian Jews in the Second World War, whose initial protection is dismantled by German troops, leading to hundreds of them being transported to Auschwitz.
European Film Promotion 2014 Shooting Star...
Scandinavian sales agent TrustNordisk has set several deals for Second World War drama Betrayed, heading into this week’s American Film Market.
The film has sold to France (Mediawan), Japan (Tohokushinsha Film) and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Group).
It will be available as a private screening to buyers only during AFM.
Betrayed tells the story of Norwegian Jews in the Second World War, whose initial protection is dismantled by German troops, leading to hundreds of them being transported to Auschwitz.
European Film Promotion 2014 Shooting Star...
- 11/9/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Poppe previously directed Berlinale 2018 Competition title U-July 22.
Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s next film will be a drama examining Edvard Munch’s creation of one of the world’s most famous paintings, The Scream.
The Norwegian artist created the painting when he was 30 years old, in 1893, living in Berlin. “It’s one of the most iconic paintings in the history of art, and this film is the dramatic story of the months prior to him painting it,” Poppe told Screen.
Poppe noted that The Guardian published an article in January calling The Scream “the masterpiece of our times,” and Munch...
Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s next film will be a drama examining Edvard Munch’s creation of one of the world’s most famous paintings, The Scream.
The Norwegian artist created the painting when he was 30 years old, in 1893, living in Berlin. “It’s one of the most iconic paintings in the history of art, and this film is the dramatic story of the months prior to him painting it,” Poppe told Screen.
Poppe noted that The Guardian published an article in January calling The Scream “the masterpiece of our times,” and Munch...
- 2/11/2019
- ScreenDaily
Poppe previously directed Berlinale 2018 Competition title U-July 22.
Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s next film will be a drama examining Edward Munch’s creation of one of the world’s most famous paintings, The Scream.
The Norwegian artist created the painting when he was 30 years old, in 1893, living in Berlin. “It’s one of the most iconic paintings in the history of art, and this film is the dramatic story of the months prior to him painting it,” Poppe told Screen.
Poppe noted that The Guardian published an article in January calling The Scream “the masterpiece of our times,” and Munch...
Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s next film will be a drama examining Edward Munch’s creation of one of the world’s most famous paintings, The Scream.
The Norwegian artist created the painting when he was 30 years old, in 1893, living in Berlin. “It’s one of the most iconic paintings in the history of art, and this film is the dramatic story of the months prior to him painting it,” Poppe told Screen.
Poppe noted that The Guardian published an article in January calling The Scream “the masterpiece of our times,” and Munch...
- 2/11/2019
- ScreenDaily
Leave it to Norway to make great movies about natural disasters. In 2015 a film called The Wave was released which ended up being a great movie! Now there’s a film called The Quake that is coming out that focuses on a major earthquake and it looks like it could be equally as good.
We have a trailer for the film for you to watch today that tells the story of a massive earthquake that hits Oslo from fault-line that lies beneath the city of 1.7 million people. It looks like a terrifying ordeal! Here’s the brief synopsis:
In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo soon…
The movie was directed by Norwegian filmmaker John Andreas Andersen from...
We have a trailer for the film for you to watch today that tells the story of a massive earthquake that hits Oslo from fault-line that lies beneath the city of 1.7 million people. It looks like a terrifying ordeal! Here’s the brief synopsis:
In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo soon…
The movie was directed by Norwegian filmmaker John Andreas Andersen from...
- 10/31/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The King’S Choice Samuel Goldwyn Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: Erik Poppe Written by: Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Jan Trygve Røyneland Cast: Jesper Christense, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny, Katharine Schüttler Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/24/17 Opens: September 22, 2017 “The King’s Choice” turns out to be a perfectly respectable […]
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- 9/26/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Disaster film from the producers of 2015 hit ‘The Wave’.
TrustNordisk continues to shake up deals for its new disaster film The Quake. New sales include to Poland (Mówis Serwis Dystrybucja Spólka), former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Spain (Selectavision) and Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia (Cm Holdings).
As previously reported, sales already done include German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (Dd Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Middle East (Gulf) and South Korea (AtNine).
Director John Andreas Andersen will shoot the film this autumn. The $6.4m project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave (also a big seller for TrustNordisk, pictured), this time inspired by a real earthquake in Oslo in 1904. The Quake is slated for release in Norway on August 30, 2018.
The project reunites The Wave’s producers Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm and scriptwriters Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake. The [link=co...
TrustNordisk continues to shake up deals for its new disaster film The Quake. New sales include to Poland (Mówis Serwis Dystrybucja Spólka), former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Spain (Selectavision) and Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia (Cm Holdings).
As previously reported, sales already done include German-speaking territories (SquareOne), Latin America (California), China (Dd Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Middle East (Gulf) and South Korea (AtNine).
Director John Andreas Andersen will shoot the film this autumn. The $6.4m project marks a return to the disaster genre for Fantefilm, producers of hit The Wave (also a big seller for TrustNordisk, pictured), this time inspired by a real earthquake in Oslo in 1904. The Quake is slated for release in Norway on August 30, 2018.
The project reunites The Wave’s producers Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm and scriptwriters Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake. The [link=co...
- 5/18/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
True-life drama recounts early days of invasion of Norway.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice and plans a theatrical release in August.
The King’s Choice is based on the true the story about three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from German armed forces: surrender or die.
The Royal Family fled Oslo to protect their family. However after three days King Haakon refused to capitulate, even if it would cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
The historical drama stars Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny , Arthur Hakalahti, and Katharina Schüttler.
Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg wrote the screenplay. Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae of Paradox Film 1 As produced.
Nordisk Film Production, Newgrange Pictures, Film Väst and Copenhagen Film Fund og Zentropa International Sweden co-produced The King’s Choice...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice and plans a theatrical release in August.
The King’s Choice is based on the true the story about three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from German armed forces: surrender or die.
The Royal Family fled Oslo to protect their family. However after three days King Haakon refused to capitulate, even if it would cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
The historical drama stars Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny , Arthur Hakalahti, and Katharina Schüttler.
Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg wrote the screenplay. Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae of Paradox Film 1 As produced.
Nordisk Film Production, Newgrange Pictures, Film Väst and Copenhagen Film Fund og Zentropa International Sweden co-produced The King’s Choice...
- 5/11/2017
- ScreenDaily
Project illumates a dark chapter in Norwegian history.
The Norwegian Film Institute has allocated $1.4m (Nok 12m) in production funding for Marius Holst’s next film.
Betrayed is a €5.3 million (Nok 49 million) production by Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm for Oslo’s Fantefilm, whose credits include disaster hit The Wave.
Betrayed - set for release in autumn 2019 — is about a dark chapter of Norway’s World War 2 history “that few Norwegians knew or wanted to acknowledge.”
The historical drama will tell the story of hundreds of Norwegian Jews who were rounded up in the middle of the night of 26 November 1942 and taken to Oslo harbour where they were put on a German cargo ship bound for Auschwitz.
“Prior to Marte Michel’s award-winning book, The Ultimate Crime, the way the Jewish society was treated in Norway during WW2, was part of our history that few people knew about. Even fewer were interested in illuminating it. In this movie...
The Norwegian Film Institute has allocated $1.4m (Nok 12m) in production funding for Marius Holst’s next film.
Betrayed is a €5.3 million (Nok 49 million) production by Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm for Oslo’s Fantefilm, whose credits include disaster hit The Wave.
Betrayed - set for release in autumn 2019 — is about a dark chapter of Norway’s World War 2 history “that few Norwegians knew or wanted to acknowledge.”
The historical drama will tell the story of hundreds of Norwegian Jews who were rounded up in the middle of the night of 26 November 1942 and taken to Oslo harbour where they were put on a German cargo ship bound for Auschwitz.
“Prior to Marte Michel’s award-winning book, The Ultimate Crime, the way the Jewish society was treated in Norway during WW2, was part of our history that few people knew about. Even fewer were interested in illuminating it. In this movie...
- 4/28/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
‘Land of Mine’ (Courtesy: Toronto International Film Festival)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
If there’s one thing for certain about the foreign-language film category at the Oscars it’s that the Academy sure has a soft spot for films about World War II. Just this year alone there are three movies on the Academy’s shortlist that are set during that very tumultuous time — Denmark’s Land of Mine, Norway’s The King’s Choice, and Russia’s Paradise. How often has the Academy nominated or given the win to films based specifically during the World War II era?
According to Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter, the best foreign-language film Oscar race is shaping up to potentially only feature one of these World War II-set movies in the official nominations. So far Land of Mine is listed as a frontrunner along with Germany’s Toni Erdmann, Iran’s The Salesman,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
If there’s one thing for certain about the foreign-language film category at the Oscars it’s that the Academy sure has a soft spot for films about World War II. Just this year alone there are three movies on the Academy’s shortlist that are set during that very tumultuous time — Denmark’s Land of Mine, Norway’s The King’s Choice, and Russia’s Paradise. How often has the Academy nominated or given the win to films based specifically during the World War II era?
According to Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter, the best foreign-language film Oscar race is shaping up to potentially only feature one of these World War II-set movies in the official nominations. So far Land of Mine is listed as a frontrunner along with Germany’s Toni Erdmann, Iran’s The Salesman,...
- 1/13/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Projects backed by Nordic funding bodies range from the next disaster film by the writers of The Wave to a documentary reconstructing the Utoya massacre.
The Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round includes $1.82m (Nok 15m) to Kon-Tiki co-director Espen Sandberg’s new film Roald Amundsen, a biopic of the titular Arctic explorer.
The $9m (Nok 75m) production is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Sinkerud for Motion Blur Films.
The Nfi also awarded $1.7m (Nok 13.9m) to John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake (Skjelvet), written by The Wave writers Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake.
The film is inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiction (also behind The Wave) produce the $6.3m (Nok 52.1m) production.
Andersen makes his solo directorial debut after working as a cinematographer on films such as The Snowman and Headhunters.
Sweden
In Sweden, the Swedish Film Institute has backed 23 projects in its latest...
The Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round includes $1.82m (Nok 15m) to Kon-Tiki co-director Espen Sandberg’s new film Roald Amundsen, a biopic of the titular Arctic explorer.
The $9m (Nok 75m) production is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Sinkerud for Motion Blur Films.
The Nfi also awarded $1.7m (Nok 13.9m) to John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake (Skjelvet), written by The Wave writers Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake.
The film is inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiction (also behind The Wave) produce the $6.3m (Nok 52.1m) production.
Andersen makes his solo directorial debut after working as a cinematographer on films such as The Snowman and Headhunters.
Sweden
In Sweden, the Swedish Film Institute has backed 23 projects in its latest...
- 9/16/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Academy now has official submissions from Sweden, Norway and Finland (the former Swedish territory is sometimes considered Scandinavian, sometimes not).
Hannes Holm’s “A Man Called Ove” (September 30, Music Box Films) is Sweden’s 2016 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Based on the book by Fredrik Backman, it stars Swedish actor Rolf Lassgård as a grumpy old man who befriends a new neighbor (Persian actress Bahar Par). The film was the country’s third-biggest domestic hit at the box office.
Norway has also picked its Oscar selection for 2016: Erik Poppe’s historical drama “The King’s Choice” (“Kongens nei”). Norwegian writers Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg set the action during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, when King Haakon VII (Danish actor Jesper Christensen) faced down the German demand for capitulation, although it meant the Nazis would dispatch air raids in order to try and kill him—and many others.
Hannes Holm’s “A Man Called Ove” (September 30, Music Box Films) is Sweden’s 2016 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Based on the book by Fredrik Backman, it stars Swedish actor Rolf Lassgård as a grumpy old man who befriends a new neighbor (Persian actress Bahar Par). The film was the country’s third-biggest domestic hit at the box office.
Norway has also picked its Oscar selection for 2016: Erik Poppe’s historical drama “The King’s Choice” (“Kongens nei”). Norwegian writers Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg set the action during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, when King Haakon VII (Danish actor Jesper Christensen) faced down the German demand for capitulation, although it meant the Nazis would dispatch air raids in order to try and kill him—and many others.
- 9/9/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy now has official submissions from Sweden, Norway and Finland (the former Swedish territory is sometimes considered Scandinavian, sometimes not).
Hannes Holm’s “A Man Called Ove” (September 30, Music Box Films) is Sweden’s 2016 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Based on the book by Fredrik Backman, it stars Swedish actor Rolf Lassgård as a grumpy old man who befriends a new neighbor (Persian actress Bahar Par). The film was the country’s third-biggest domestic hit at the box office.
Norway has also picked its Oscar selection for 2016: Erik Poppe’s historical drama “The King’s Choice” (“Kongens nei”). Norwegian writers Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg set the action during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, when King Haakon VII (Danish actor Jesper Christensen) faced down the German demand for capitulation, although it meant the Nazis would dispatch air raids in order to try and kill him—and many others.
Hannes Holm’s “A Man Called Ove” (September 30, Music Box Films) is Sweden’s 2016 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Based on the book by Fredrik Backman, it stars Swedish actor Rolf Lassgård as a grumpy old man who befriends a new neighbor (Persian actress Bahar Par). The film was the country’s third-biggest domestic hit at the box office.
Norway has also picked its Oscar selection for 2016: Erik Poppe’s historical drama “The King’s Choice” (“Kongens nei”). Norwegian writers Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg set the action during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, when King Haakon VII (Danish actor Jesper Christensen) faced down the German demand for capitulation, although it meant the Nazis would dispatch air raids in order to try and kill him—and many others.
- 9/9/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Norway gets the old-fashioned disaster film genre up on its feet again with a well-made, scary story set in a Northern fjord, where a devastating tsunami is a genuine threat. Fine acting by fresh faces helps as well -- with no Bs or hype to get in the way, we find ourselves as anxious as the characters in the movie. The Wave Blu-ray Magnolia Home Entertainment 2015 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 105 min. / Bølgen / Street Date June 21, 2016 / 26.97 Starring Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Fridtjov Såheim, Laila Goody, Arthur Berning, Herman Bernhoft. Cinematography John Christian Rosenlund Film Editor Christian Siebenherz Original Music Magnus Beite Written by John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Produced by Are Heidenstrom, Martin Sundland Directed by Roar Uthaug
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Probably the most astounding natural disaster footage we've seen came from Northern Japan in 2011. Much of it is still up on the web. We're...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Probably the most astounding natural disaster footage we've seen came from Northern Japan in 2011. Much of it is still up on the web. We're...
- 6/7/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Scandinavian cinema is rarely heralded as the testing ground for filmmakers with sensibilities fit for Hollywood’s spectacle-ridden blockbuster production line, yet Norwegian director Roar Uthaug represents that vey anomaly that blends the best of his homeland’s subtle artistic approach with the visual grandeur of a multiplex-worthy disaster film. Departing from a screenplay by John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Uthaug takes an iconic natural setting, accurate scientific data, and compelling human interactions, to offer a refreshing angle on a genre that is in desperate of invigorating originality with "The Wave."
Carlos Aguilar: Tell me about the region where the story takes place. Were you aware of this particular fjord and the possibility of an event like the one depicted in the film happening?
Roar Uthaug: I’ve known about this place because the Geiranger fjord, where the movie takes place, is the most famous fjord of Norway. If you Google an image of Norway that’s the image that comes up, but I wasn’t aware of these rockslides that fall into the fjord and then create tsumanies. I actually wasn't aware of that until the producer brought me a news article from the newspaper about the disasters that happened in the 30s
CA: Which is what we see at the beginning of the film.
Roar Uthaug: Yes, that's archival footage from the 30s. Today there is a crack in the Geiranger fjord that keeps expanding each year and at some point a giant rockslide will fall into the fjord and it’ll create a 80 meter high tsunami that will hit the local community after 10 minutes -all of that is fact. They don’t know if it will happen in 10 years or in 400 years.
CA: it’s kind of like the big earthquake in La. We know it’s bound to happen but we don’t know when
Roar Uthaug: Exactly, and when this wave first happens people will only have 10 minutes to get out.
CA: In terms of the science how much research did you have to do in order to give the film the necessary realism. Who did you talk to get these facts straight and reproduce them in the fictional story?
Roar Uthaug: We talked to geologists and we talked to tsumani experts who know much more about these things. We also talked with the guys that are monitoring the mountain in real life. We visited them at their work place and they took us in a helicopter up to crack to see it. That’s also where we shot some of the scenes of the movie. When the characters are flying the helicopter up to the mountain, that’s the real crack that will actually fall out. We had the actors and the crew up there.
CA: When you are creating a film that’s heavy on visual effects you clearly want that realism on screen, but how does this element affect the rest of the filmmaking process?
Roar Uthaug: Since the movie is based on fact and things that will happen I think that also influenced how we wanted to tell the story. We wanted truthfulness and a realism to the whole story. That influenced the dialogue we wrote, how the actors should act, how the camera should capture these moments, and, of course, he visual effects that should have total believability. We worked a lot to achieve these things including the visual effects to get them right.
CA: You shot on location and then you brought this footage back to enhance it visually. How was it working with the actors in terms of eliciting realistic performances without actually being confronted with a catastrophe of this magnitude on set?
Roar Uthaug: You just have to remind them what’s happening in that particular scene and try to give them eye-lines. We have place holders so that they have something to act towards. I had to remind them of severity of the situation. It was about etting them pumped up. Reminding them that this could happen in real life.
CA: Disaster films are often about how people react to a certain catastrophe. In your film the characters don't want to leave and they have other struggles besides the monstrous wave coming their way. Why was the human element important to you in a film like "The Wave"?
Roar Uthaug: We worked a lot on the script. We wanted to know who these character are, what’s driving them, what are the little problems that they have to struggle with in daily life. We tried to make them as human as possible and as real as possible. We worked on this via the script and with the actors as well. We wanted to get the dialogue and the small interactions right to make it come alive.
CA: Did you ever think of how you would react to an event like this? Have you ever been in anything remotely close to what we see in the film?
Roar Uthaug: Luckily I’ve not been in a situation anywhere near this, so I have no idea how I would react. I don’t know, I’d probably run for my life [Laughs].
CA: In terms of inspiration what are some of Hollywood disaster films that shaped your vision for “The Wave”?
Roar Uthaug: I grew up watching movies like “Twister,” “Dante’s Peak,” “Armageddon,” “Independence Day” an all those disaster movies in the cinemas. I am, of course, inspired by them but while making this movie we looked more to modern actions thrillers like the “Bourne” films, which have a more grounded and realistic approach to the action scenes. I didn’t really watch that many disasters movies while prepping for “The Wave.” We also looked at family dramas to try to get that part of the film right.
CA; An interesting element in the film is that the family that’s at the center of the story is not only facing physical danger, but everything they know is at risk of being washed away by this wave. They have a deeper connection to this place.
Roar Uthaug: We talked about that while developing the film. We wanted to have that small town feel to it in which everybody is very tight -knit and everybody knows each other. I think that makes it emotionally more powerful because they have a relationship with each other and to the places, the houses, the town. That’s one of the things that appealed to me about the project, taking this small community and really getting to know them and to create a movie where you really feel for the characters.
CA: Fjords are very Norwegian locations, was it your intention to take the disaster film out of Hollywood and into an authentically Norwegian setting?
Roar Uthaug: Yes, we wanted to take a familiar genre and put it in a very Norwegian setting. We wanted to take our Norwegian or European sensibility for characters and mix it together with the effects to create something that you haven’t seen before.
CA: How difficult is it to make a film of this size in Norway? We have seen films like the Oscar-nominated "Kon-Tiki," which also was a big scale film, but for the most part Norwegian films that received international exposure are often art house fare.
Roar Uthaug: I’m not the producer that had to go out and get the money, but my impression is that if your idea or your concept is big enough then money isn’t that hard to get. “Kon-Tiki" was about a national hero who is known all over the world and “The Wave” has the genre element and the spectacular effects but also the family and takes place in a very well-known location. I think that made it a very appealing project to investors.
CA: Given that "The Wave" is a great calling card that can show Hollywood studios your ability for directing big budget films, do you hope to make films in Hollywood next?
Roar Uthaug: I would love to make films in Hollywood. I’ve taken some meetings here and we’ll see if something comes of them. If not, then I have a couple of projects in Norway that are developing. “The Wave” has gotten a very good reception around town so we’ll see.
CA: Were you surprised when "The Wave" was selected as the Norwegian Oscar entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category?
Roar Uthaug: Absolutely. First we were selected as one of three runners-up and I was very surprised that we got on that list because I think usually there is more of an art house feel to the movies that are picked for the Academy Awards. Then the three shortlisted projects went in front of a committee and made our case for why we should be selected. We then got a call an hour later after the committee had met and we were told we had been chosen. We were very happy and very proud to be chosen to represent our country in what,I believe, is the most important award for film in the world.
CA: Has the film been seen by the people living in the Geiranger fjord and do you hope it helps inform them and encourage them to take safety measures?
Roar Uthaug: Yes. We screened it in the local community where the wave will hit before our big Norwegian premiere and they really appreciated it. The weekend the film opened they had this big convention about safety and tsumanies. Hopefully the movie also contributes to raise awareness. We also hope that the people who monitor this possible events get more funding and more exposure in the media so that we can try to find ways to keep people as safe as possible. It’s nature so you can’t predict it fully, but with research hopefully the damage won’t be as bad.
"The Wave" opens today in L.A. at the The Nuart Theatre and in NYC at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema...
Carlos Aguilar: Tell me about the region where the story takes place. Were you aware of this particular fjord and the possibility of an event like the one depicted in the film happening?
Roar Uthaug: I’ve known about this place because the Geiranger fjord, where the movie takes place, is the most famous fjord of Norway. If you Google an image of Norway that’s the image that comes up, but I wasn’t aware of these rockslides that fall into the fjord and then create tsumanies. I actually wasn't aware of that until the producer brought me a news article from the newspaper about the disasters that happened in the 30s
CA: Which is what we see at the beginning of the film.
Roar Uthaug: Yes, that's archival footage from the 30s. Today there is a crack in the Geiranger fjord that keeps expanding each year and at some point a giant rockslide will fall into the fjord and it’ll create a 80 meter high tsunami that will hit the local community after 10 minutes -all of that is fact. They don’t know if it will happen in 10 years or in 400 years.
CA: it’s kind of like the big earthquake in La. We know it’s bound to happen but we don’t know when
Roar Uthaug: Exactly, and when this wave first happens people will only have 10 minutes to get out.
CA: In terms of the science how much research did you have to do in order to give the film the necessary realism. Who did you talk to get these facts straight and reproduce them in the fictional story?
Roar Uthaug: We talked to geologists and we talked to tsumani experts who know much more about these things. We also talked with the guys that are monitoring the mountain in real life. We visited them at their work place and they took us in a helicopter up to crack to see it. That’s also where we shot some of the scenes of the movie. When the characters are flying the helicopter up to the mountain, that’s the real crack that will actually fall out. We had the actors and the crew up there.
CA: When you are creating a film that’s heavy on visual effects you clearly want that realism on screen, but how does this element affect the rest of the filmmaking process?
Roar Uthaug: Since the movie is based on fact and things that will happen I think that also influenced how we wanted to tell the story. We wanted truthfulness and a realism to the whole story. That influenced the dialogue we wrote, how the actors should act, how the camera should capture these moments, and, of course, he visual effects that should have total believability. We worked a lot to achieve these things including the visual effects to get them right.
CA: You shot on location and then you brought this footage back to enhance it visually. How was it working with the actors in terms of eliciting realistic performances without actually being confronted with a catastrophe of this magnitude on set?
Roar Uthaug: You just have to remind them what’s happening in that particular scene and try to give them eye-lines. We have place holders so that they have something to act towards. I had to remind them of severity of the situation. It was about etting them pumped up. Reminding them that this could happen in real life.
CA: Disaster films are often about how people react to a certain catastrophe. In your film the characters don't want to leave and they have other struggles besides the monstrous wave coming their way. Why was the human element important to you in a film like "The Wave"?
Roar Uthaug: We worked a lot on the script. We wanted to know who these character are, what’s driving them, what are the little problems that they have to struggle with in daily life. We tried to make them as human as possible and as real as possible. We worked on this via the script and with the actors as well. We wanted to get the dialogue and the small interactions right to make it come alive.
CA: Did you ever think of how you would react to an event like this? Have you ever been in anything remotely close to what we see in the film?
Roar Uthaug: Luckily I’ve not been in a situation anywhere near this, so I have no idea how I would react. I don’t know, I’d probably run for my life [Laughs].
CA: In terms of inspiration what are some of Hollywood disaster films that shaped your vision for “The Wave”?
Roar Uthaug: I grew up watching movies like “Twister,” “Dante’s Peak,” “Armageddon,” “Independence Day” an all those disaster movies in the cinemas. I am, of course, inspired by them but while making this movie we looked more to modern actions thrillers like the “Bourne” films, which have a more grounded and realistic approach to the action scenes. I didn’t really watch that many disasters movies while prepping for “The Wave.” We also looked at family dramas to try to get that part of the film right.
CA; An interesting element in the film is that the family that’s at the center of the story is not only facing physical danger, but everything they know is at risk of being washed away by this wave. They have a deeper connection to this place.
Roar Uthaug: We talked about that while developing the film. We wanted to have that small town feel to it in which everybody is very tight -knit and everybody knows each other. I think that makes it emotionally more powerful because they have a relationship with each other and to the places, the houses, the town. That’s one of the things that appealed to me about the project, taking this small community and really getting to know them and to create a movie where you really feel for the characters.
CA: Fjords are very Norwegian locations, was it your intention to take the disaster film out of Hollywood and into an authentically Norwegian setting?
Roar Uthaug: Yes, we wanted to take a familiar genre and put it in a very Norwegian setting. We wanted to take our Norwegian or European sensibility for characters and mix it together with the effects to create something that you haven’t seen before.
CA: How difficult is it to make a film of this size in Norway? We have seen films like the Oscar-nominated "Kon-Tiki," which also was a big scale film, but for the most part Norwegian films that received international exposure are often art house fare.
Roar Uthaug: I’m not the producer that had to go out and get the money, but my impression is that if your idea or your concept is big enough then money isn’t that hard to get. “Kon-Tiki" was about a national hero who is known all over the world and “The Wave” has the genre element and the spectacular effects but also the family and takes place in a very well-known location. I think that made it a very appealing project to investors.
CA: Given that "The Wave" is a great calling card that can show Hollywood studios your ability for directing big budget films, do you hope to make films in Hollywood next?
Roar Uthaug: I would love to make films in Hollywood. I’ve taken some meetings here and we’ll see if something comes of them. If not, then I have a couple of projects in Norway that are developing. “The Wave” has gotten a very good reception around town so we’ll see.
CA: Were you surprised when "The Wave" was selected as the Norwegian Oscar entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category?
Roar Uthaug: Absolutely. First we were selected as one of three runners-up and I was very surprised that we got on that list because I think usually there is more of an art house feel to the movies that are picked for the Academy Awards. Then the three shortlisted projects went in front of a committee and made our case for why we should be selected. We then got a call an hour later after the committee had met and we were told we had been chosen. We were very happy and very proud to be chosen to represent our country in what,I believe, is the most important award for film in the world.
CA: Has the film been seen by the people living in the Geiranger fjord and do you hope it helps inform them and encourage them to take safety measures?
Roar Uthaug: Yes. We screened it in the local community where the wave will hit before our big Norwegian premiere and they really appreciated it. The weekend the film opened they had this big convention about safety and tsumanies. Hopefully the movie also contributes to raise awareness. We also hope that the people who monitor this possible events get more funding and more exposure in the media so that we can try to find ways to keep people as safe as possible. It’s nature so you can’t predict it fully, but with research hopefully the damage won’t be as bad.
"The Wave" opens today in L.A. at the The Nuart Theatre and in NYC at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema...
- 3/4/2016
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Fridtjov Såheim, Ane Dahl Torp, Thomas Bo Larsen, Fridtjov Såheim, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Arthur Berning, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Lado Hadzic, Herman Bernhoft, Silje Breivik | Written by John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg | Directed by Roar Uthaug
In recent years Norway has been cranking out some fantastic genre films – Troll Hunter, Dead Snow and its sequel, Rare Exports, Thale and the Cold Prey series. All of which have been takes on American genre fare (zombies, slasher movies) or based on folk tales (Rare Exports, Thale). Until now. Director Roar Uthaug, the man behind the three Cold Prey movies, turns his hand from the horrors of the slasher movie to the horrors of nature with The Wave, a disaster movie of real-life proportions…
In the small mountain community of Geiranger, geologist Kristian works at an early warning centre keeping an eye out for rockslides causing potential dangers. The last catastrophe was...
In recent years Norway has been cranking out some fantastic genre films – Troll Hunter, Dead Snow and its sequel, Rare Exports, Thale and the Cold Prey series. All of which have been takes on American genre fare (zombies, slasher movies) or based on folk tales (Rare Exports, Thale). Until now. Director Roar Uthaug, the man behind the three Cold Prey movies, turns his hand from the horrors of the slasher movie to the horrors of nature with The Wave, a disaster movie of real-life proportions…
In the small mountain community of Geiranger, geologist Kristian works at an early warning centre keeping an eye out for rockslides causing potential dangers. The last catastrophe was...
- 2/27/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The traditional Hollywood disaster flick goes to Norway, and is grim and gripping around all the time-honored ridiculous clichés crammed into it. I’m “biast” (pro): who doesn’t love a good disaster movie?
I’m “biast” (con): most disaster movies aren’t very good
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s like Jaws, except the shark is a tsunami and Chief Brody is geologist Kristian (Kristoffer Joner, soon to be seen in The Revenant), who is all “We’ve got to close the beaches!” (so to speak, and speaking in Norwegian) when he suspects that a mountainside in the fjord near the postcard-pretty little town he lives in is about to collapse and send an 80-foot wall of water into the cafes and the marinas and the sightseers. His skeptical colleagues worry about false alarms scaring away tourist money — see also: Jaws — and even his wife,...
I’m “biast” (con): most disaster movies aren’t very good
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s like Jaws, except the shark is a tsunami and Chief Brody is geologist Kristian (Kristoffer Joner, soon to be seen in The Revenant), who is all “We’ve got to close the beaches!” (so to speak, and speaking in Norwegian) when he suspects that a mountainside in the fjord near the postcard-pretty little town he lives in is about to collapse and send an 80-foot wall of water into the cafes and the marinas and the sightseers. His skeptical colleagues worry about false alarms scaring away tourist money — see also: Jaws — and even his wife,...
- 11/16/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Roar Uthaug's Norwegian Oscar entry, disaster thriller, "The Wave" premieres tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the 1934 real-life tsunami in Norway’s Tafjord that killed 40 people, the Nordic disaster movie opened last month’s Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (August 16) and opened in Norway August 28 to strong box office. It's already the best domestic performer of the year, beating "Minions" and "Fast & Furious 7." Written by John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw Eeg, the story focuses on a geologist who sends the alarm that a tsunami will hit in ten minutes. Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro and Fritjof Såheim star in Uthaug’s fourth feature, which was produced by Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm, for Fantefilm Fiksjon. Next up: Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas (September 24-October 1), and the BFI London International Film Festival...
- 9/16/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Norway’s submission to the upcoming Academy Awards’ Best Foreign-Language Film category will be Roar Uthaug’s disaster movie The Wave.
The Norwegian Oscar Committee have decided to enter The Wave (Bølgen) as the country’s official candidate for nomination for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards.
The film beat competition from Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s Returning Home (Å Vende Tilbake) and Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick (De Nærmeste).
Dubbed Norway’s ‘first disaster movie’, The Wave is based on the real-life 1934 tsunami that hit Norway’s Tafjord, leaving 40 people dead.
Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro and Fritjof Såheim star in the film, which is director Uthaug’s fourth feature.
The film was written by John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw Eeg and produced by Are Heidenstrom and Martin Sundland.
“[The Wave] is a genre film with a well-written script, superbly directed, with great acting performances, the committee...
The Norwegian Oscar Committee have decided to enter The Wave (Bølgen) as the country’s official candidate for nomination for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards.
The film beat competition from Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s Returning Home (Å Vende Tilbake) and Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick (De Nærmeste).
Dubbed Norway’s ‘first disaster movie’, The Wave is based on the real-life 1934 tsunami that hit Norway’s Tafjord, leaving 40 people dead.
Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro and Fritjof Såheim star in the film, which is director Uthaug’s fourth feature.
The film was written by John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw Eeg and produced by Are Heidenstrom and Martin Sundland.
“[The Wave] is a genre film with a well-written script, superbly directed, with great acting performances, the committee...
- 9/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
At the end of The Hurt Locker, the loose cannon sergeant William James, played by Jeremy Renner, returns home from the high-stakes tension of diffusing bombs in Iraq. He spends some time with his family but is unengaged in his responsibilities as a husband and father. There, he is a stranger in a strange land, yearning to return to a place more like home to him – the unit in the Middle East where he just spent a year risking his life.
The new photojournalist drama 1,000 Times Good Night is kind of a feature-length version of the last five minutes of The Hurt Locker, exploring the tug of a renowned war photographer to return to war, after an injury subsides her from her job and she has to spend time with her family. That shutterbug’s name is Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) and she has a purpose: to get right into the...
The new photojournalist drama 1,000 Times Good Night is kind of a feature-length version of the last five minutes of The Hurt Locker, exploring the tug of a renowned war photographer to return to war, after an injury subsides her from her job and she has to spend time with her family. That shutterbug’s name is Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) and she has a purpose: to get right into the...
- 10/23/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Norwegian director Roar Uthaug is preparing Scandinavia’s first disaster movie, The Wave (Bølgen).
The film, budgeted at $7.9m (NOK50m), will depict a tsunami that is predicted to hit Norway at some point in the future.
There was a previous instance in 1934 when 2 million cubic metres of rock fell into Norway’s Tafiord, triggering a 85-metre wave, which left 40 people dead.
Currently, a 700-metre crevice in the Åkneset Fjell, aka the Fjell of Death, expands by 10-15cm annually. This will eventually result in a rockslide, creating a tsunami in the fjord and destroying everything in its path before it reaches land in Geiranger.
“I have been fascinated by this event since I first heard about it six or seven years ago,” said Norwegian producer Martin Sundland, of Fantefilm Fiksjon, which is making feature currently in post-production.
“It is scary that there is such a place in Norway where disaster will unavoidably happen again.”
Filming on Norwegian...
The film, budgeted at $7.9m (NOK50m), will depict a tsunami that is predicted to hit Norway at some point in the future.
There was a previous instance in 1934 when 2 million cubic metres of rock fell into Norway’s Tafiord, triggering a 85-metre wave, which left 40 people dead.
Currently, a 700-metre crevice in the Åkneset Fjell, aka the Fjell of Death, expands by 10-15cm annually. This will eventually result in a rockslide, creating a tsunami in the fjord and destroying everything in its path before it reaches land in Geiranger.
“I have been fascinated by this event since I first heard about it six or seven years ago,” said Norwegian producer Martin Sundland, of Fantefilm Fiksjon, which is making feature currently in post-production.
“It is scary that there is such a place in Norway where disaster will unavoidably happen again.”
Filming on Norwegian...
- 10/8/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
A drama of conscience and passion, a finely observed portrait of a woman driven to make a difference in the world, even as it hurts those she loves. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women doing interesting things; love Binoche and Coster-Waldau
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Somewhere in the Middle East. A Westerner — a woman — has been given access to some kind of ritual to document it photographically. At first it appears to be a funeral, perhaps, but no, that’s not it. What is going on here? We only start to begin to understand at the same moments that photojournalist Rebecca (Juliette Binoche: Cosmopolis) does what is actually going on, and then…oh my. The opening sequence of A Thousand Times Good Night is a gripping bit of cinema, one that kickstarts the...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Somewhere in the Middle East. A Westerner — a woman — has been given access to some kind of ritual to document it photographically. At first it appears to be a funeral, perhaps, but no, that’s not it. What is going on here? We only start to begin to understand at the same moments that photojournalist Rebecca (Juliette Binoche: Cosmopolis) does what is actually going on, and then…oh my. The opening sequence of A Thousand Times Good Night is a gripping bit of cinema, one that kickstarts the...
- 5/2/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The Norwegian Film Institute has allocated €7.7 million for seven new Norwegian feature productions, including Pyromaniac by Erik Skjoldbjærg, which is being presented at Berlin’s Co-Production Market.
Headhunters star Askel Hennie is attached to star. Bjørn Olaf Johannesen is adapting from Gaute Heivoll’s novel, about an arsonist posing as a fireman in 1970s small-town Norway. Pravda Film produces.
Maipo Film is planning a sequel for Arild Frohlich’s Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (sold here by TrustNordisk), with a script being written now for Doctor Proctor, Bubble In The Bathtub.
A Thousand Times Good Night director Erik Poppe is planning The King’s Choice, set against Nazi Germany’s invasion of Norway in 1940. Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg are writing the script for producers Paradox.
Nfi also backs three feature debuts: Charlotte Blom’s comedy Staying Alive with Maipo Film; Kjersti G Steinsbø’s psychological drama The Doll in the Ceiling for producers Den siste...
Headhunters star Askel Hennie is attached to star. Bjørn Olaf Johannesen is adapting from Gaute Heivoll’s novel, about an arsonist posing as a fireman in 1970s small-town Norway. Pravda Film produces.
Maipo Film is planning a sequel for Arild Frohlich’s Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (sold here by TrustNordisk), with a script being written now for Doctor Proctor, Bubble In The Bathtub.
A Thousand Times Good Night director Erik Poppe is planning The King’s Choice, set against Nazi Germany’s invasion of Norway in 1940. Jan Trygve Røyneland and Harald Rosenløw Eeg are writing the script for producers Paradox.
Nfi also backs three feature debuts: Charlotte Blom’s comedy Staying Alive with Maipo Film; Kjersti G Steinsbø’s psychological drama The Doll in the Ceiling for producers Den siste...
- 2/9/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Larry Mullen, Jr. continues to flirt with his side project: acting. After starring with Donald Sutherland in Mark McGuckian’s remake of the crime drama “Man on the Train” last year, the U2 drummer has now taken a role in Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s “A Thousand Times Good Night” starring Juliette Binoche, according to Jorn Rossing Jensen of Screen Daily. Shooting in Dublin, “Good Night” is based on Poppe’s experiences as a war photographer in the 1980s and follows a woman divided between her passion for her dangerous work and her love for her family. Maria Doyle Kennedy and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau co-star in the project, which also is scheduled to shoot in Morocco, Kenya and Afghanistan. Poppe wrote the screenplay for the $7-million film with Harald Rosenløw Eeg. Finn Gjerdrum’s Paradox is producing. Read More: Watch: It's U2's Larry Mullen, Jr. in the "Man on the...
- 10/29/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
• Anna Kendrick isn’t done singing just yet. The Pitch Perfect star is attached to headline The Last 5 Years, an adaptation of the popular off-Broadway musical about the relationship between an aspiring actress and a promising author. Richard Lagravenese (P.S. I Love You) will direct from his script. [Deadline]
• Hugh Grant will star in an untitled romantic comedy about a washed-up screenwriter who takes a job teaching at a small liberal arts college, producers announced Monday. Frequent collaborator Marc Lawrence (Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics) will write and direct.
• Emmy Rossum is in talks to costar with Hilary Swank in You’re Not You,...
• Hugh Grant will star in an untitled romantic comedy about a washed-up screenwriter who takes a job teaching at a small liberal arts college, producers announced Monday. Frequent collaborator Marc Lawrence (Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics) will write and direct.
• Emmy Rossum is in talks to costar with Hilary Swank in You’re Not You,...
- 10/23/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Year: 2008
Directors: Erik Poppe
Writers: Harald Rosenløw Eeg
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 9 out of 10
This is my second favorite film of the year, right behind Yves Christian Fournier's Everything is Fine (which technically dropped last year but whatever). In fact, I had to chuck my rating system as I wanted to give this a 9 and it's surely worthy. A social realist drama, Troubled Water is beautifully shot and furthermore, the storyline is plausible. The characters are very personal, and since details are left unexplained, they are not overbearing. We see them from the standpoint of an onlooker, without judgement, from both sides of the story of a young man who murdered a four year old boy, and from the murdered boys mother after he is released from prison.
As I said, many details are left unexplained leaving us to wonder about part of the backstory and the characters thoughts.
Directors: Erik Poppe
Writers: Harald Rosenløw Eeg
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 9 out of 10
This is my second favorite film of the year, right behind Yves Christian Fournier's Everything is Fine (which technically dropped last year but whatever). In fact, I had to chuck my rating system as I wanted to give this a 9 and it's surely worthy. A social realist drama, Troubled Water is beautifully shot and furthermore, the storyline is plausible. The characters are very personal, and since details are left unexplained, they are not overbearing. We see them from the standpoint of an onlooker, without judgement, from both sides of the story of a young man who murdered a four year old boy, and from the murdered boys mother after he is released from prison.
As I said, many details are left unexplained leaving us to wonder about part of the backstory and the characters thoughts.
- 6/17/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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