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First and second feature projects in advanced development from Ukraine, India, Philippines and Brazil won the four €40,000 production prizes of the 17th Meeting Event of TorinoFilmLab in the Italian city of Turin on November 23.

The three first features were Indian filmmaker Ashmita Guha Neogi’s Cold Ashes Can Cause Forest Fires, Filipino filmmaker Jarell Serencio’s The Boy And The Fight Of The Spiders and Brazil filmmaker André Hayato Saito’s Yellow Chrysanthemum.

The second feature was Kateryna Gornostai’s Ukrainian project Antonivka.

They were chosen from the Tfl’s 10 FeatureLab projects by a jury comprised of Didar Domehri of France’s Maneki Films,...

18 producers will take part in the fifth edition of the Series Special programme.

European network Ace Producers has selected 18 independent producers for Ace Series Special, its workshop on the series production landscape.

Each producer attends the workshop with a series project in early stages of development. The 18 participants hail from 12 different countries, and will participate in the workshop from October 30 to November 4 this year in Riga, Latvia.

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The selected producers include Swedish producer Madeleine Ekman of Nordisk Film, with The Making Of A Terrorist, written by Leif Edlund and Emelia Hansson. Ekman...

"I'm not going to let you die at all." An official Us trailer has debuted for an indie Swedish sci-fi film titled Origin, based around "biohacking". As described on their poster, "biohacking" is the exploitation of genetic material (for criminal purposes). The film is about three students at a university who discover a way to make cells age slower. It's a film about "love, ambition and finding yourself." Starring Emelia Hansson, Rikard Björk, Rafael Pettersson and Sandra Redlaff. This film is made by friends of Fs, Swedish filmmakers Andreas Climent & André Hedetoft, who made two shorts we've written about before: Logan and Double Trouble. Origin is their feature debut and their film will be available on iTunes as of next week. Take a look. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Andreas Climent & André Hedetoft's Origin, direct from Vimeo: Ambitious science student Julia and programmer Rebecca are trying to make cells age slower.

Where do you draw the line between ethics and scientific progress, and can one still break new ground without taking risks? Julia (Emelia Hansson) and Rebecca (Sandra Redlaff) hardly have time to ponder such questions. As young scientists with a friend’s life on the line they throw caution to the wind and hack Erik’s genetic code in hopes of curing an otherwise fatal illness. Before long Erik (Rikard Björk) recovers, but superhuman results are only the first of many side effects. A smart, Swedish sci-fi written and directed by Andreas Climent and André Hedetoft, Origin (Bieffekterna) tweaks a familiar set-up by centering its thematic preoccupations and conflict around recognizable relationships. With believable performances from a solid cast Origin ensures its most poignant query does not...

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Even without knowing what the movie's about, the first trailer for Origin (Bieffekterna) looks and sounds rather great. As an electronic beat burbles and babbles, a scientist begins by asking, "What does it mean to be human?" It turns out that experiments are being conducted to use elements of the influenza virus to slow down the aging process. That kernel of an idea propels the teaser, which is filled with arresting images that suggest there is much more of the story to tell. Here's some official verbiage: The film is directed by André Hedetoft and Andreas Climent, best known for their popular short films like Double Trouble and Logan and commercials for Alfa Romeo, Comviq and Cadbury. It stars Emelia Hansson (Wallander), Rikard Björk (Johan Falk), Rafael Pettersson...

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"What does it mean to be human?" Whoa. Get ready for an intense psychological deep dive into the human mind with this sci-fi thriller from Sweden. Filmmakers and friends of the site Andreas Climent & André Hedetoft (they also made that short Double Trouble) have debuted the very first teaser trailer for their first feature film titled Origin. The story involves a couple of young ambitious scientists trying to figure out how to slow down the aging process at the cellular level, testing it on one of their friends. Of course, things start to get a bit crazy. Starring Emelia Hansson, Rikard Björk, Rafael Pettersson and Sandra Redlaff. This actually looks really good. I admire the cinematography, and I'm intrigued by the story. Take a look! Here's the first teaser trailer for Andreas Climent & André Hedetoft's Origin, direct from YouTube: From YouTube: "Ambitious science student Julia and programmer Rebecca are...

The first trailer for the Swedish SciFi thriller Origin has just been released and it looks very promising.

The film is directed by André Hedetoft and Andreas Climent best known for their popular short films Double Trouble, a wonderful time travel comedy, and Logan, a dark Scandinavian spin on the origin of Wolverine. After such success with their short films it is great to see that they’ve finally put together a full-length feature.

Origin stars Emelia Hansson (Wallander), Rikard Björk (Johan Falk), Rafael Pettersson (Bron/Broen) and Sandra Redlaff (Den fjärde mannen). The film is currently wrapping up post-production and will start its festival tour in Jan 2016. Watch the trailer below.

Synopsis: Ambitious science student Julia and programmer Rebecca are trying to make cells age slower through their research in biohacking. They are about to break new ground when they find out that Julia’s boyfriend Erik has a terminal illness.