The World War Two drama War Sailor — which debuted at last year’s Toronto Film Festival — swept Norway’s Amanda Awards last night, taking four main awards.
The War Sailor haul included best actor for Pål Sverre Hagen. This is his third Amanda and second consecutive win. Ine Marie Wilmann won the best supporting actress award for portraying Cecilia in the pic.
The film, directed by Norwegian filmmaker Gunnar Vikene, centers on Alfred Garnes, a working-class sailor who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where German submarines may attack their valuable vessels at any moment.
The War Sailor haul included best actor for Pål Sverre Hagen. This is his third Amanda and second consecutive win. Ine Marie Wilmann won the best supporting actress award for portraying Cecilia in the pic.
The film, directed by Norwegian filmmaker Gunnar Vikene, centers on Alfred Garnes, a working-class sailor who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where German submarines may attack their valuable vessels at any moment.
- 8/20/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Joachim Trier now holds the personal record for the most Amanda wins.
The Worst Person In The World was the big winner of Norway’s Amanda Awards last night, winning five prizes at the ceremony held during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
Worst Person took home the best film title as well as best actress for Renate Reinsve, best supporting actor for Anders Danielsen Lie and the people’s choice award. Joachim Trier shared the best screenplay prize with his longtime co-writer Eskil Vogt, which means Trier now holds the personal record for the most Amanda wins.
The Innocents,...
The Worst Person In The World was the big winner of Norway’s Amanda Awards last night, winning five prizes at the ceremony held during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
Worst Person took home the best film title as well as best actress for Renate Reinsve, best supporting actor for Anders Danielsen Lie and the people’s choice award. Joachim Trier shared the best screenplay prize with his longtime co-writer Eskil Vogt, which means Trier now holds the personal record for the most Amanda wins.
The Innocents,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated smash “The Worst Person in the World,” about a young woman trying to figure out what – and who – she really wants in her life, won big at Norway’s Amanda Awards on Saturday night, scooping five statuettes, including one for best film.
Trier, who now holds the title for most Amanda Awards, also won for best screenplay with his long-time collaborator Eksil Vogt. The film’s breakout star Renate Reinsve, already awarded at Cannes, picked up her first Amanda for her portrayal of Julie, with Anders Danielsen Lie named best supporting actor.
Back in February, Reinsve – who will be next seen in “A Different Man” alongside Sebastian Stan – opened up about her work with Trier, which started in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st,” her very first feature film.
“I was an extra with one line. I had nothing to compare it to – it was my first movie set.
Trier, who now holds the title for most Amanda Awards, also won for best screenplay with his long-time collaborator Eksil Vogt. The film’s breakout star Renate Reinsve, already awarded at Cannes, picked up her first Amanda for her portrayal of Julie, with Anders Danielsen Lie named best supporting actor.
Back in February, Reinsve – who will be next seen in “A Different Man” alongside Sebastian Stan – opened up about her work with Trier, which started in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st,” her very first feature film.
“I was an extra with one line. I had nothing to compare it to – it was my first movie set.
- 8/21/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Vogt’s ‘The Innoncents’ is expected to shoot this year.
Eskil Vogt’s new film The Innocents (De Uskyldige) is one of the projects backed by the Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round yesterday.
Vogt writes and directs the story about four children (ages 6 to 12), away from their parents’ attention, whose innocent play turns into something else. The filmmaking team wrote, “Magic and creepy things start happening. The Innocents is a film for adults and a shocking journey in to the secret world of the children.”
Vogt made his directing debut with Sundance award-winner Blind and he has also...
Eskil Vogt’s new film The Innocents (De Uskyldige) is one of the projects backed by the Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round yesterday.
Vogt writes and directs the story about four children (ages 6 to 12), away from their parents’ attention, whose innocent play turns into something else. The filmmaking team wrote, “Magic and creepy things start happening. The Innocents is a film for adults and a shocking journey in to the secret world of the children.”
Vogt made his directing debut with Sundance award-winner Blind and he has also...
- 2/7/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Sveinung Golimo replaces Aage Aaberge.
Source: Maja Ljungberg Bjåland
Sveinung Golimo
Nordisk Film has appointed Sveinung Golimo as new head of film production in Norway. He will start his new role in the autumn.
He replaces Aage Aaberge, who has left to become a producer full-time.
Golimo was previously head of department, production and development at the Norwegian Film Institute. He also has extensive experience as a producer, primarily for production company Filmkameratene. His credits as a producer include Max Manus, Trollhunter and The Heavy Water War.
Golimo said: “The Norwegian film and TV business is a melting pot with both high-profile international talent and new up-coming talent. I now look forward to working together with the many experienced and competent people at Nordisk Film to develop new and exciting film and TV projects for local as well as international audiences
Henrik Zein, CEO at Nordisk Film Production, said: “With his extensive network, unique knowledge of the...
Source: Maja Ljungberg Bjåland
Sveinung Golimo
Nordisk Film has appointed Sveinung Golimo as new head of film production in Norway. He will start his new role in the autumn.
He replaces Aage Aaberge, who has left to become a producer full-time.
Golimo was previously head of department, production and development at the Norwegian Film Institute. He also has extensive experience as a producer, primarily for production company Filmkameratene. His credits as a producer include Max Manus, Trollhunter and The Heavy Water War.
Golimo said: “The Norwegian film and TV business is a melting pot with both high-profile international talent and new up-coming talent. I now look forward to working together with the many experienced and competent people at Nordisk Film to develop new and exciting film and TV projects for local as well as international audiences
Henrik Zein, CEO at Nordisk Film Production, said: “With his extensive network, unique knowledge of the...
- 1/17/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk, Nordisk Film launch Norwegian TV project.
TrustNordisk, Nordisk Film Production and Nordisk Film Distribution are teaming on Norwegian TV-series Twin, created by Kristofer Hivju from Game Of Thrones and Kristoffer Metcalfe.
TrustNordisk will handle all international sales on the project, which will also star Hivju, who plays Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO fantasy smash.
The Norwegian-set drama centres on a surfer bum who has to assume his successful brother Adam’s identity after Adam’s wife accidentally kills him. Further cast will be announced.
Gisle Norman Melhus is also a writer on the show.
“Twin is a dream project for TrustNordisk and a great example of the possibilities that lie ahead, when the right talent is combined with a great production team,” TrustNordisk CEO Rikke Ennis said.
“The project was highly anticipated at [Paris-based TV festival] Series Mania and we are convinced that it will be sold worldwide.”
Tomas Radoor from Nordisk Film Production added: “We are beyond excited...
TrustNordisk, Nordisk Film Production and Nordisk Film Distribution are teaming on Norwegian TV-series Twin, created by Kristofer Hivju from Game Of Thrones and Kristoffer Metcalfe.
TrustNordisk will handle all international sales on the project, which will also star Hivju, who plays Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO fantasy smash.
The Norwegian-set drama centres on a surfer bum who has to assume his successful brother Adam’s identity after Adam’s wife accidentally kills him. Further cast will be announced.
Gisle Norman Melhus is also a writer on the show.
“Twin is a dream project for TrustNordisk and a great example of the possibilities that lie ahead, when the right talent is combined with a great production team,” TrustNordisk CEO Rikke Ennis said.
“The project was highly anticipated at [Paris-based TV festival] Series Mania and we are convinced that it will be sold worldwide.”
Tomas Radoor from Nordisk Film Production added: “We are beyond excited...
- 5/23/2017
- ScreenDaily
Magnus, The Model, Pyromaniac [pictured] and Devil’s Bride have all sold to multiple territories.
Scandinavian sales powerhouse TrustNordisk has closed deals on four titles at the Efm.
Magnus, Benjamin Ree’s documentary about chess player Magnus Carlsen featuring high profile grandmasters including Garry Kasparov, has sold to Germany (Nfp), Hong Kong (Edko films Ltd), former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film) and Benelux (September Film Rights).
The film is produced by Sigurd M. Karoliussen for Moskus Film in co-production with Vgtv, Nordisk Film Production and Main Island Production.
The Model, directed by Mads Matthiesen, has sold to Latin America (California Fil ms), China (Hgc Entertainment), Russia Cis (Voxell Media), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Turkey (Ozen Film), Estonia (Estin Film), Lithuania (Incognito Film) and Former Yugoslavia (2i Film d.o.o.).
Starring Ed Skrein (Deadpool) and debutant Maria Palm, the drama tells the story of an emerging model who develops a dangerous obsession with a male fashion photographer.
TrustNordisk previously...
Scandinavian sales powerhouse TrustNordisk has closed deals on four titles at the Efm.
Magnus, Benjamin Ree’s documentary about chess player Magnus Carlsen featuring high profile grandmasters including Garry Kasparov, has sold to Germany (Nfp), Hong Kong (Edko films Ltd), former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film) and Benelux (September Film Rights).
The film is produced by Sigurd M. Karoliussen for Moskus Film in co-production with Vgtv, Nordisk Film Production and Main Island Production.
The Model, directed by Mads Matthiesen, has sold to Latin America (California Fil ms), China (Hgc Entertainment), Russia Cis (Voxell Media), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Turkey (Ozen Film), Estonia (Estin Film), Lithuania (Incognito Film) and Former Yugoslavia (2i Film d.o.o.).
Starring Ed Skrein (Deadpool) and debutant Maria Palm, the drama tells the story of an emerging model who develops a dangerous obsession with a male fashion photographer.
TrustNordisk previously...
- 2/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Dutch director will helm the $7.7m World War II epic.
Harald Zwart, director of The Mortal Instruments, will return to Norway to direct 12th Man (Den 12. Mann), a $7.7m World War II epic.
The film tells the true story of Norwegian hero Jan Baalsrud’s legendary escape from Nazi-Germany’s occupation forces; 12 resistance fighters crossed the North Sea to fight them, but he was the only one who found the way back.
Zwart’s last film in Norway was Long Flat Balls II eight years ago.
Aage Aaberge produces for Nordisk Film Production. The film has received $1.8m from the Norwegian Film Institute in its latest funding decisions.
The Nfi is also granting $724,000 each to Margret Bergheim’s Trio - The Hunt For St. Olavs Shrine, which is an action spinoff from an Nrk TV series produced by Nordic Stories; and Arne Lindtner Næss’s Casper And Emma Go Hiking, the fifth installment...
Harald Zwart, director of The Mortal Instruments, will return to Norway to direct 12th Man (Den 12. Mann), a $7.7m World War II epic.
The film tells the true story of Norwegian hero Jan Baalsrud’s legendary escape from Nazi-Germany’s occupation forces; 12 resistance fighters crossed the North Sea to fight them, but he was the only one who found the way back.
Zwart’s last film in Norway was Long Flat Balls II eight years ago.
Aage Aaberge produces for Nordisk Film Production. The film has received $1.8m from the Norwegian Film Institute in its latest funding decisions.
The Nfi is also granting $724,000 each to Margret Bergheim’s Trio - The Hunt For St. Olavs Shrine, which is an action spinoff from an Nrk TV series produced by Nordic Stories; and Arne Lindtner Næss’s Casper And Emma Go Hiking, the fifth installment...
- 2/11/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Danish major Nordisk Film has selected the team that will front its push into Norwegian productions led by Harald Zwart’s 12th Man
Harald Zwart’s Second World War epic 12th Man has been named as the first feature to be produced by Nordisk Film Norway.
“We are planning a 55-day shoot from March 2016 in the northern region of Troms, on a $8.4m budget,” said head of production Aage Aaberge.
“Post-production will be rather long, because of extensive work on VFX, so the premiere will be early autumn 2017.”
Nordisk Film Production CEO Henrik Zein, said Aaberge will lead “the best production team in Norway”, which will also comprise producers John Einar Hagen, Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen, Elisabeth Kvithyll, development producer Kristoffer Metcalfe, development and production coordinator Live Bonnevie and production controller Tove Mar.
“There is so much happening in Norwegian film and television drama, and we want to be part of this development,” Zein added.
““More...
Harald Zwart’s Second World War epic 12th Man has been named as the first feature to be produced by Nordisk Film Norway.
“We are planning a 55-day shoot from March 2016 in the northern region of Troms, on a $8.4m budget,” said head of production Aage Aaberge.
“Post-production will be rather long, because of extensive work on VFX, so the premiere will be early autumn 2017.”
Nordisk Film Production CEO Henrik Zein, said Aaberge will lead “the best production team in Norway”, which will also comprise producers John Einar Hagen, Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen, Elisabeth Kvithyll, development producer Kristoffer Metcalfe, development and production coordinator Live Bonnevie and production controller Tove Mar.
“There is so much happening in Norwegian film and television drama, and we want to be part of this development,” Zein added.
““More...
- 6/11/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Hollywood director returning to Norway for war drama following The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Karate Kid reboot.
Nordisk Film’s return to movies continues apace with the Danish major boarding Harald Zwart’s 12th Man.
The long-gestating film is set during the Second World War and centres on Norwegian resistance hero Jan Baalsrud.
It will mark a return to Norway for director Zwart, who scored a hit at the box office with the reboot of The Karate Kid in 2010. He most recently directed Ya adaptation The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which underperformed when released in 2013.
12th Man centres on the true story of Baalsrud and three other commandos who were trained by the British to mount an assault on the Nazis.
They arrived by fishing boat to destroy the German air control tower at Bardufoss in Troms on March 29, 1943. But their mission was betrayed and Baalsrud was the only man to evade capture.
Hiding...
Nordisk Film’s return to movies continues apace with the Danish major boarding Harald Zwart’s 12th Man.
The long-gestating film is set during the Second World War and centres on Norwegian resistance hero Jan Baalsrud.
It will mark a return to Norway for director Zwart, who scored a hit at the box office with the reboot of The Karate Kid in 2010. He most recently directed Ya adaptation The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which underperformed when released in 2013.
12th Man centres on the true story of Baalsrud and three other commandos who were trained by the British to mount an assault on the Nazis.
They arrived by fishing boat to destroy the German air control tower at Bardufoss in Troms on March 29, 1943. But their mission was betrayed and Baalsrud was the only man to evade capture.
Hiding...
- 3/20/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Danish major Nordisk Film, which has not produced a film in Norway since Kon-Tiki in 2012, will rearm its Norwegian production unit and start to make films again.
Aage Aaberge confirmed that he will return as head of Nordisk Film Production, which he ran between 2003-2008. His own production company, Neofilm, will be fused into the new set-up.
“I will move to Egmont House – Nordisk’s headquarters in Nydalen, northern Oslo – at the beginning of May, and first will hire some people,” Aaberge told ScreenDaily.
“And yes – Nordisk both wants to make more films, and bigger films.”
When the group sold TV production company Nordisk Film TV to France’s Banijay Group in 2009, it more or less terminated its involvement in Norwegian film production, mainly children and family pictures.
Nordisk’s only Norwegian feature since 2009 is Kon-Tiki, produced by Aaberge for Nordisk, and UK producer Jeremy Thomas for his Recorded Picture Company.
Directed by [link...
Aage Aaberge confirmed that he will return as head of Nordisk Film Production, which he ran between 2003-2008. His own production company, Neofilm, will be fused into the new set-up.
“I will move to Egmont House – Nordisk’s headquarters in Nydalen, northern Oslo – at the beginning of May, and first will hire some people,” Aaberge told ScreenDaily.
“And yes – Nordisk both wants to make more films, and bigger films.”
When the group sold TV production company Nordisk Film TV to France’s Banijay Group in 2009, it more or less terminated its involvement in Norwegian film production, mainly children and family pictures.
Nordisk’s only Norwegian feature since 2009 is Kon-Tiki, produced by Aaberge for Nordisk, and UK producer Jeremy Thomas for his Recorded Picture Company.
Directed by [link...
- 3/16/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Erik Poppe, Paul Mayersberg, Aage Aaberge team on painter biopic.
Erik Poppe is attached to direct a new biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch.
Poppe, whose latest drama A Thousand Times Goodnight took the Best Film Prize at this week’s Amanda Awards in Norway, will collaborate on the project with veteran UK writer Paul Mayersberg (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) and Norwegian producer Aage Aaberge (Kon-Tiki).
Aaberge, of Neofilm told ScreenDaily at Haugesund that the film is “a dream project” of his.
“For eight years I have wanted to make a film of Munch, Norway’s greatest artists,” he said. “After all, the latest effort, by UK director Peter Watkins, dates back to 1974.”
“But it was difficult to find the right way to approach the project, until I met writer-director Paul Mayersberg.”
Loosely based on Norwegian author Ketil Bjørnstad’s book, The Story of Edvard Munch, the film will...
Erik Poppe is attached to direct a new biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch.
Poppe, whose latest drama A Thousand Times Goodnight took the Best Film Prize at this week’s Amanda Awards in Norway, will collaborate on the project with veteran UK writer Paul Mayersberg (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) and Norwegian producer Aage Aaberge (Kon-Tiki).
Aaberge, of Neofilm told ScreenDaily at Haugesund that the film is “a dream project” of his.
“For eight years I have wanted to make a film of Munch, Norway’s greatest artists,” he said. “After all, the latest effort, by UK director Peter Watkins, dates back to 1974.”
“But it was difficult to find the right way to approach the project, until I met writer-director Paul Mayersberg.”
Loosely based on Norwegian author Ketil Bjørnstad’s book, The Story of Edvard Munch, the film will...
- 8/19/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Two years after it first debuted, Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki will finally be seen by UK cinemagoers.
Soda Pictures has acquired the UK-Eire rights to Kon-Tiki from the Weinstein Company.
The film will be released in the UK on December 19, with a special presentation at the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London.
Based on a true story, the historical drama centres on the 1947 expedition by Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl who travelled on a raft across the Pacific Ocean to prove that Polynesians had South American roots.
The film was shot in both English and Norwegian and went on to be a major box office success in Norway, critically acclaimed around the world and nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe and European Film Award.
It won four Norwegian Academy Awards including the People’s Choice Award for the two directors, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. It was produced by Jeremy Thomas and Aage Aaberge.
The UK deal...
Soda Pictures has acquired the UK-Eire rights to Kon-Tiki from the Weinstein Company.
The film will be released in the UK on December 19, with a special presentation at the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London.
Based on a true story, the historical drama centres on the 1947 expedition by Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl who travelled on a raft across the Pacific Ocean to prove that Polynesians had South American roots.
The film was shot in both English and Norwegian and went on to be a major box office success in Norway, critically acclaimed around the world and nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe and European Film Award.
It won four Norwegian Academy Awards including the People’s Choice Award for the two directors, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. It was produced by Jeremy Thomas and Aage Aaberge.
The UK deal...
- 7/24/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
One of the hottest Norwegian young talents Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen is set to topline Jeremy Thomas’ production Kon-Tiki, one of the Scandinavia’s most ambitious films.
Hagen (Troubled Water, Max Manus), who plays Thor Heyerdahl, will be joined by a slew of Scandinavian perspective actors forming his team, including Odd-Magnus Williamson (Reprise), Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Vegas), Jakob Oftebro (Max Manus) and Gustaf Skarsgard (The Way Back).
The real-life adventure tale Kon-Tiki is the story of Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl, intrigued by Polynesian folklore and led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki, suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Therefore, Heyerdahl together with his team went on 4,300 mile expedition on a fragile wooden raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove the islands...
Hagen (Troubled Water, Max Manus), who plays Thor Heyerdahl, will be joined by a slew of Scandinavian perspective actors forming his team, including Odd-Magnus Williamson (Reprise), Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Vegas), Jakob Oftebro (Max Manus) and Gustaf Skarsgard (The Way Back).
The real-life adventure tale Kon-Tiki is the story of Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl, intrigued by Polynesian folklore and led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki, suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Therefore, Heyerdahl together with his team went on 4,300 mile expedition on a fragile wooden raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove the islands...
- 4/13/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
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