For the ninth consecutive year, Film i Väst’s co-productions have been selected for the main competition, the Official Competition, at the Cannes Film Festival. Being nominated for the main competition in Cannes, and thus competing for the…
Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound have been selected for the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where they will compete for the prestigious…
During the Berlin Film Festival, Film i Väst arranged a seminar on the future of film. The seminar was based on the third study from Film i Väst Analysis' research project Public Film Funding at a Crossroads: The Answers: Future Film and…
The Gothenburg-filmed The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn has been nominated for an Oscar in the International Feature Film category. Additionally, Sebastian Stan has been nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Jeremy…
Film i Väst Analysis research project Public Film Funding at a Crossroads is reaching its end and the third study will be presented and discussed during the Berlinale. Join us on February 16, 3:00–4:30 pm at the Hilton Hotel, Mohrenstrasse…
Denmark submits Gothenburg-Filmed The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn, while Norway nominates Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for the Oscar's Shortlist The American Academy has selected its shortlist of 15 films in the…
First selected for the Sundance Film Festival, and now Panorama at the Berlinale. It’s all abolut Film i Väst’s co-productions The Ugly Stepsister by Emilie Blichfeldt and Screen writer and director Dylan Southern’sThe Thing with Feathers.…
At a press conference in Stockholm the nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2024 were presented. Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis and Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo each received eight nominations. In total Film i Väst’s…
The Golden Globe nominations has been announced: Magnus von Horn's Gothenburg-filmed The Girl with the Needle was nominated for Best International Film. Sebastian Stan received a nomination for Best Actor, and Jeremy Strong was nominated…
Film i Väst’s co-productions The Ugly Stepsister by Emilie Blichfeldt and The Things with Feathers by Dylan Southern have been selected for the Sundande Film Festival. Co-produced by the Göteborg based companies Zentropa Sweden…
Norwegian director and screentwriter Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Armand and The Girl With the Needle by Swedish/Polish director and screenwiter Magnus von Horn together with screenwriter Line Langebek are nominated for three European Film…
Denmark, Norway, Finland and Belgium have submitted Film i Väst’s co-productions in the International Feature Film category for the upcoming Academy Awards. The contenders are Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle, Halfdan Ullmann…
FOCAL Medici and Filling the Gap are two examples of European forums for decision-makers of film funding organisations at national or international level respectively producers. Both are during the autumn arranging meetings hosted by Film…
Five Film i Väst co-productions have been selected for the BFI Lonton Film Festival: Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet, Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight and Göran…
In August Norwegian director Joachim Trier began filming his hotly anticipated sixth feature film, Sentimental Value in Oslo and Strömstad in Sweden. Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen is together with a star-studded cast – Mads…
Why are they doing like this? Why will they do like this 2030? – A reflection about the future purpose for film and audiovisual policies. Will a multifaceted Europe converge or diverge? What do the different purposes and logics mean for…
World premieres for Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo, Frederik Louis Hviid’s The Quiet Ones and Malin Ingrid Johansson’s Deck 5B. North American premieres for Erik Poppe’s Quisling – the Final Days, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families like Ours…
World premiere for Thomas Vinterberg’s drama series Families Like Ours and Göran Hugo Olsson’s documentary Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989, both selected Out of Competition. In Orizzonti you find the international co-productions…
There is no other search entry that gives an equal amount of hits when searching the SVT archives as "Israel/Palestine". No other specific topic has been given a comparable amount of resources to be followed and reported on. Swedish…
During Saturday night's award ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, Director and screenwriter Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel received the Caméra d'Or – the Golden Camera – for his work on the feature film Armand at the Cannes Film Festival. The…
Kirsten Dunst, Ruben Östlund, Daniel Brühl, Trine Dyrholm, Magnus von Horn, Emilie Blichfeldt, Jens Lien and Teona Mitevska were some of the honoured guests when Film i Väst held it's traditional press conference during Festival de Cannes.…
Oscar nominee and Cannes winner Kirsten Dunst together with Daniel Brühl, double winner of Palme d’Or Ruben Östlund, Palme d’Or nominated Magnus von Horn and distinguished actress Trine Dyrholm, were among the guests when Film i Väst held…
Sarah Gyllenstierna’s suspense drama Hunters on a White Field has been selected by Tribeca Film Festival in the section International Narrative Competition. Produced by MostAlice in co-production with Film i Väst. Three men go on an…
Indian director and script writer Karan Kandhari's feature Sister Midnight has been selected by Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes. It is produced by Alastair Clark, Wellington Films, in co-production with Filmgate Films, Sean Wheelan, and…
Film i Väst’s co-production Julie Keeps Quiet by Belgian director Leonardo van Dijl will screen during the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. A drama revolving around a teenager's passion for tennis while her coach is put under investgation…
Two of Film i Väst’s co-productions have been selected for the Official Competition at the Festival de Cannes: Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice and Magnus von Horn’s drama The Girl With The Needle, filmed in Göteborg. Both directors have…
During the last eight years Film i Väst's co-productions have been nominated to the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. The co-productions have also had their success stories in other festival sections. Among the directors we can mention…
Gabriela Pichler and Johan Lundborg’s Painkiller is nominated in Canneseries, Short Form Competition. Jens Jonsson and Johan Lundin’s 8 Months has been selected for Series Mania, International Panorama. Both drama series are co-produced…
Now it’s out: the trailer for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, the world-famous fantasy tale by Astrid Lindgren, directed by Lisa James Larsson. In an expansive yet faithful reimaging of the classic tale, members are re-introduced to one of…
During Berlin Film Festival Film i Väst arranges a seminar with a keynote speach by Tomas Eskilsson, Film i Väst Analysis on ”Less is more… or not – how should Europ strengthen its competitiveness”. The panelists producer Jens Meurer,…