Danish queer sex drama “Sauna,” a Sundance Festival hit, has closed its first significant international market deals, sales house TrustNordisk licensing North America to Breaking Glass, Germany to Salzgeber & Co Medien and Spain to Filmin.
Nordisk Film Distribution will bow “Sauna” in Denmark on April 24.
The sales underscore an early pattern in early 2025 international deal-making. much driven by genre, animation, star auteurs and also breakout auteurs playing off “A” fest acclaim. Given the relative rapidity of the deals, more will be in the offing.
“We are incredibly proud of the international journey ‘Sauna’ is taking,” said TrustNordisk Managing Director Susan Wendt. “It’s truly wonderful to see this bold, honest and deeply human story resonating with audiences beyond Denmark. With key sales to North America, Germany, and Spain, ‘Sauna’ proves that powerful and authentic voices from Danish cinema can travel far and touch hearts across borders.”
The sales deals also...
Nordisk Film Distribution will bow “Sauna” in Denmark on April 24.
The sales underscore an early pattern in early 2025 international deal-making. much driven by genre, animation, star auteurs and also breakout auteurs playing off “A” fest acclaim. Given the relative rapidity of the deals, more will be in the offing.
“We are incredibly proud of the international journey ‘Sauna’ is taking,” said TrustNordisk Managing Director Susan Wendt. “It’s truly wonderful to see this bold, honest and deeply human story resonating with audiences beyond Denmark. With key sales to North America, Germany, and Spain, ‘Sauna’ proves that powerful and authentic voices from Danish cinema can travel far and touch hearts across borders.”
The sales deals also...
- 4/9/2025
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
UK sales company Wildstar Sales has inked deals on its slate including for romantic comedy F.L.Y..
Rafael Albarran and Trent Kendrick’s film has sold to Breaking Glass Pictures for North America, with the company planning a theatrical release.
F.L.Y. played at US festivals including Outshine Miami and Outfest Film Festival, and plays India’s Kashish Pride Film Festival this month.
Wildstar has sold three films to France’s Optimale - Lucas Santa Ana’s drama Blue Lights, Matias de Leis Correa’s romance Since The Last Time We Met and Marco Berger’s new film The Astronaut Lovers, with...
Rafael Albarran and Trent Kendrick’s film has sold to Breaking Glass Pictures for North America, with the company planning a theatrical release.
F.L.Y. played at US festivals including Outshine Miami and Outfest Film Festival, and plays India’s Kashish Pride Film Festival this month.
Wildstar has sold three films to France’s Optimale - Lucas Santa Ana’s drama Blue Lights, Matias de Leis Correa’s romance Since The Last Time We Met and Marco Berger’s new film The Astronaut Lovers, with...
- 5/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Because nothing says romance like cuddling up with your significant other – or yourself! – and watching horror movies on Valentine’s Day, this week brings along with it a handful of brand new horror movie releases. And most of them are already available at home Today.
Here’s all the new horror released on February 13, 2024!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
The classic story of Alice in Wonderland can easily be tweaked into a horror tale, and that’s probably why it’s been done several times over the years. Up next is the indie horror movie Alice in Terrorland, which High Fliers Films just released on VOD and DVD today.
In Richard John Taylor’s Alice in Terrorland, “A recently bereaved teenage girl goes to live with her aunt in a secluded woodland house, unaware that sinister forces lurk within.”
Rula Lenska, Steve Wraith,...
Here’s all the new horror released on February 13, 2024!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
The classic story of Alice in Wonderland can easily be tweaked into a horror tale, and that’s probably why it’s been done several times over the years. Up next is the indie horror movie Alice in Terrorland, which High Fliers Films just released on VOD and DVD today.
In Richard John Taylor’s Alice in Terrorland, “A recently bereaved teenage girl goes to live with her aunt in a secluded woodland house, unaware that sinister forces lurk within.”
Rula Lenska, Steve Wraith,...
- 2/13/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Breaking Glass Pictures, a leading independent film distribution company based in Philadelphia, is thrilled to announce its collaboration with acclaimed writer-director Dan Lantz on the upcoming horror film, Alice And The Vampire Queen. CEO Rich Wolff expresses excitement about working on multiple projects with Lantz, stating, “Dan’s unique vision and storytelling prowess continue to captivate audiences, and it has been a pleasure collaborating on multiple films with him.”
Directed by Dan Lantz, and starring Shelby Hightower, Graham Wolfe, Brenna Carnuccio, Rachel Aspen, Danielle Muehlen, Xavier Michael, Chris James Boylan, and Aaron Dalla Villa, the film fixes on an ex-con, Alice Oldman, who struggles to overcome her past scars. A mysterious stranger offers her a deal: create one special dish for his boss, the Vampire Queen.
The film, the latest from director Lantz had a successful limited theatrical run in 2023.
The pic, produced by Dan Lantz, Richard Wolff, and Susan Helfrich,...
Directed by Dan Lantz, and starring Shelby Hightower, Graham Wolfe, Brenna Carnuccio, Rachel Aspen, Danielle Muehlen, Xavier Michael, Chris James Boylan, and Aaron Dalla Villa, the film fixes on an ex-con, Alice Oldman, who struggles to overcome her past scars. A mysterious stranger offers her a deal: create one special dish for his boss, the Vampire Queen.
The film, the latest from director Lantz had a successful limited theatrical run in 2023.
The pic, produced by Dan Lantz, Richard Wolff, and Susan Helfrich,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
“You can either make the meal… or be the meal.” Breaking Glass Pictures has provided Bloody Disgusting with the trailer for their new movie Alice and The Vampire Queen this morning.
The culinary-themed horror movie will sink its fangs into Digital on February 13.
Directed by Dan Lantz, and starring Shelby Hightower, Graham Wolfe, Brenna Carnuccio, Rachel Aspen, Danielle Muehlen, Xavier Michael, Chris James Boylan, and Aaron Dalla Villa, the film fixes on an ex-con who struggles to overcome her past scars.
A mysterious stranger offers her a deal: create one special dish for his boss, the Vampire Queen.
Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff expresses excitement about working on multiple projects with Lantz, stating, “Dan’s unique vision and storytelling prowess continue to captivate audiences, and it has been a pleasure collaborating on multiple films with him.”
The pic, produced by Dan Lantz, Richard Wolff, and Susan Helfrich, explores themes of resilience,...
The culinary-themed horror movie will sink its fangs into Digital on February 13.
Directed by Dan Lantz, and starring Shelby Hightower, Graham Wolfe, Brenna Carnuccio, Rachel Aspen, Danielle Muehlen, Xavier Michael, Chris James Boylan, and Aaron Dalla Villa, the film fixes on an ex-con who struggles to overcome her past scars.
A mysterious stranger offers her a deal: create one special dish for his boss, the Vampire Queen.
Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff expresses excitement about working on multiple projects with Lantz, stating, “Dan’s unique vision and storytelling prowess continue to captivate audiences, and it has been a pleasure collaborating on multiple films with him.”
The pic, produced by Dan Lantz, Richard Wolff, and Susan Helfrich, explores themes of resilience,...
- 1/10/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Swedish Film Institute has backed nineteen projects in its latest round of funding.
Swedish director Sanna Lenken, who won Berlin’s Crystal Bear in 2015 with My Skinny Sister, is now making a 30-minute short Night Child (Nattbarn), based on a graphic novel by Hanna Gustafsson.
The story is about 14-year-old girl Iggy “who lives a parallel online life to avoid the everyday tedium. A story about identity, sexuality, borderlands and friendship.”
The film is one of several new productions getting backing from the Swedish Film Institute. Others include Dome Karukoski’s anticipated new Tom Of Finland biopic [pictured] and Agnieszka Holland’s Polish drama Game Count.
Other projects backed, listed from highest investments, are:
Becoming Zlatan, wr/dirs Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten; prods Margarete Jangård, Lennart Ström. Documentary about charismatic footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. $246,000 (2m Sek)
Tom Of Finland, dir Dome Karukoski, wr Aleksi Bardy, prods Gunnar Carlsson, Emma Åkesdotter Ronge. Drama about the...
Swedish director Sanna Lenken, who won Berlin’s Crystal Bear in 2015 with My Skinny Sister, is now making a 30-minute short Night Child (Nattbarn), based on a graphic novel by Hanna Gustafsson.
The story is about 14-year-old girl Iggy “who lives a parallel online life to avoid the everyday tedium. A story about identity, sexuality, borderlands and friendship.”
The film is one of several new productions getting backing from the Swedish Film Institute. Others include Dome Karukoski’s anticipated new Tom Of Finland biopic [pictured] and Agnieszka Holland’s Polish drama Game Count.
Other projects backed, listed from highest investments, are:
Becoming Zlatan, wr/dirs Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten; prods Margarete Jangård, Lennart Ström. Documentary about charismatic footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. $246,000 (2m Sek)
Tom Of Finland, dir Dome Karukoski, wr Aleksi Bardy, prods Gunnar Carlsson, Emma Åkesdotter Ronge. Drama about the...
- 4/4/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
As White as in Snow
Swedish director Jan Troell's first feature film in five years was not a big commercial success in its home country, but if "As White as in Snow" is too long for modern audiences at 158 minutes, one wonders how his earlier acclaimed films like Oscar nominee "The Emigrants" would fare today.
In competition at Montreal and slated for the Nordic Visions sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival, "White" is a beautifully made period film about Sweden's first aviatrix, who starts around the turn of the 20th century, and concludes with a tragedy, as so often happened in the early decades of aviation. It's a natural for festivals, and like Troell's critically championed "Hamsun", the film could earn a bit of a cult following among airplane bluffs and connoisseurs of so-called "old-fashioned" filmmaking.
Structured around a train trip to a 1922 aviation show in which fearless Elsa Andersson (Amanda Ooms) intends to thrill the crowd with the still new spectacle of parachuting from a plane, "White" does take a little while to gather steam. Troell's attention to detail and poetic approach to the material make it a satisfying journey.
Haunted by the death of her mother when she was a young girl and not about to become a complacent farmer's wife, Elsa has to outmaneuver her father (Bjorn Granath) in order to learn the art of flying. In some ways this is easier than learning about the men who come and go in her life, including a fellow flier (Bjorn Kjellman), a dashing "flying hussar" (Rikard Wolff), her brother (Shanti Roney) and the German (Ben Becker) who hires her to perform stunts.
Ooms is terrific in a performance with the full range of good times and disappointments. The vintage airplanes are showcased with a minimum of special effects, while 70-year-old Troell's cinematography and editing are as good as it gets.
AS WHITE AS IN SNOW
Nordisk Film
Director: Jan Troell
Screenwriters: Jan Troell, Jacques Werup, Karl-Erik Olsson-Snogerod, Jimmy Karlsson
Producer: Lars Hermann
Directors of photography: Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov
Production designer: Peter Bavman
Editor: Jan Troell
Costume designers: Katja Watkins
Music: Magnus Dahlberg
Color/stereo
Cast:
Elsa Andersson: Amanda Ooms
Sven Andersson: Bjorn Granath
Robert Friedman: Rikard Wolff
Erik Magnusson: Bjorn Kjellman
Lars Andersson: Shanti Roney
Running time -- 158 minutes
No MPAA rating...
In competition at Montreal and slated for the Nordic Visions sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival, "White" is a beautifully made period film about Sweden's first aviatrix, who starts around the turn of the 20th century, and concludes with a tragedy, as so often happened in the early decades of aviation. It's a natural for festivals, and like Troell's critically championed "Hamsun", the film could earn a bit of a cult following among airplane bluffs and connoisseurs of so-called "old-fashioned" filmmaking.
Structured around a train trip to a 1922 aviation show in which fearless Elsa Andersson (Amanda Ooms) intends to thrill the crowd with the still new spectacle of parachuting from a plane, "White" does take a little while to gather steam. Troell's attention to detail and poetic approach to the material make it a satisfying journey.
Haunted by the death of her mother when she was a young girl and not about to become a complacent farmer's wife, Elsa has to outmaneuver her father (Bjorn Granath) in order to learn the art of flying. In some ways this is easier than learning about the men who come and go in her life, including a fellow flier (Bjorn Kjellman), a dashing "flying hussar" (Rikard Wolff), her brother (Shanti Roney) and the German (Ben Becker) who hires her to perform stunts.
Ooms is terrific in a performance with the full range of good times and disappointments. The vintage airplanes are showcased with a minimum of special effects, while 70-year-old Troell's cinematography and editing are as good as it gets.
AS WHITE AS IN SNOW
Nordisk Film
Director: Jan Troell
Screenwriters: Jan Troell, Jacques Werup, Karl-Erik Olsson-Snogerod, Jimmy Karlsson
Producer: Lars Hermann
Directors of photography: Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov
Production designer: Peter Bavman
Editor: Jan Troell
Costume designers: Katja Watkins
Music: Magnus Dahlberg
Color/stereo
Cast:
Elsa Andersson: Amanda Ooms
Sven Andersson: Bjorn Granath
Robert Friedman: Rikard Wolff
Erik Magnusson: Bjorn Kjellman
Lars Andersson: Shanti Roney
Running time -- 158 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 7/8/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As White as in Snow
Swedish director Jan Troell's first feature film in five years was not a big commercial success in its home country, but if "As White as in Snow" is too long for modern audiences at 158 minutes, one wonders how his earlier acclaimed films like Oscar nominee "The Emigrants" would fare today.
In competition at Montreal and slated for the Nordic Visions sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival, "White" is a beautifully made period film about Sweden's first aviatrix, who starts around the turn of the 20th century, and concludes with a tragedy, as so often happened in the early decades of aviation. It's a natural for festivals, and like Troell's critically championed "Hamsun", the film could earn a bit of a cult following among airplane bluffs and connoisseurs of so-called "old-fashioned" filmmaking.
Structured around a train trip to a 1922 aviation show in which fearless Elsa Andersson (Amanda Ooms) intends to thrill the crowd with the still new spectacle of parachuting from a plane, "White" does take a little while to gather steam. Troell's attention to detail and poetic approach to the material make it a satisfying journey.
Haunted by the death of her mother when she was a young girl and not about to become a complacent farmer's wife, Elsa has to outmaneuver her father (Bjorn Granath) in order to learn the art of flying. In some ways this is easier than learning about the men who come and go in her life, including a fellow flier (Bjorn Kjellman), a dashing "flying hussar" (Rikard Wolff), her brother (Shanti Roney) and the German (Ben Becker) who hires her to perform stunts.
Ooms is terrific in a performance with the full range of good times and disappointments. The vintage airplanes are showcased with a minimum of special effects, while 70-year-old Troell's cinematography and editing are as good as it gets.
AS WHITE AS IN SNOW
Nordisk Film
Director: Jan Troell
Screenwriters: Jan Troell, Jacques Werup, Karl-Erik Olsson-Snogerod, Jimmy Karlsson
Producer: Lars Hermann
Directors of photography: Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov
Production designer: Peter Bavman
Editor: Jan Troell
Costume designers: Katja Watkins
Music: Magnus Dahlberg
Color/stereo
Cast:
Elsa Andersson: Amanda Ooms
Sven Andersson: Bjorn Granath
Robert Friedman: Rikard Wolff
Erik Magnusson: Bjorn Kjellman
Lars Andersson: Shanti Roney
Running time -- 158 minutes
No MPAA rating...
In competition at Montreal and slated for the Nordic Visions sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival, "White" is a beautifully made period film about Sweden's first aviatrix, who starts around the turn of the 20th century, and concludes with a tragedy, as so often happened in the early decades of aviation. It's a natural for festivals, and like Troell's critically championed "Hamsun", the film could earn a bit of a cult following among airplane bluffs and connoisseurs of so-called "old-fashioned" filmmaking.
Structured around a train trip to a 1922 aviation show in which fearless Elsa Andersson (Amanda Ooms) intends to thrill the crowd with the still new spectacle of parachuting from a plane, "White" does take a little while to gather steam. Troell's attention to detail and poetic approach to the material make it a satisfying journey.
Haunted by the death of her mother when she was a young girl and not about to become a complacent farmer's wife, Elsa has to outmaneuver her father (Bjorn Granath) in order to learn the art of flying. In some ways this is easier than learning about the men who come and go in her life, including a fellow flier (Bjorn Kjellman), a dashing "flying hussar" (Rikard Wolff), her brother (Shanti Roney) and the German (Ben Becker) who hires her to perform stunts.
Ooms is terrific in a performance with the full range of good times and disappointments. The vintage airplanes are showcased with a minimum of special effects, while 70-year-old Troell's cinematography and editing are as good as it gets.
AS WHITE AS IN SNOW
Nordisk Film
Director: Jan Troell
Screenwriters: Jan Troell, Jacques Werup, Karl-Erik Olsson-Snogerod, Jimmy Karlsson
Producer: Lars Hermann
Directors of photography: Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov
Production designer: Peter Bavman
Editor: Jan Troell
Costume designers: Katja Watkins
Music: Magnus Dahlberg
Color/stereo
Cast:
Elsa Andersson: Amanda Ooms
Sven Andersson: Bjorn Granath
Robert Friedman: Rikard Wolff
Erik Magnusson: Bjorn Kjellman
Lars Andersson: Shanti Roney
Running time -- 158 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/5/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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