Dr Sales, the distribution division of Denmark’s public broadcaster Dr, has closed a raft of deals on “Cry Wolf,” a searing social drama created by Maja Jul Larsen (“Borgen”) and co-directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (“Becoming Astrid”).
The eight-episode limited series tells the intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults. The parents deny the accusations and take their own daughter to court, creating some ambiguity as to whether this abuse occurred as described. The show is set against the backdrop of Denmark’s rigid child protection process.
Since premiering on Oct. 11 on Dr’s primetime slot, “Cry Wolf” has drawn a consistent average of over a million viewers.
Dr Sales, which is taking part in the virtual Content London market, has sold the show to France (Salto), Telefonica (Spain), Sbs (Australia), Belgium (Betv), Telepool (Germany...
The eight-episode limited series tells the intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults. The parents deny the accusations and take their own daughter to court, creating some ambiguity as to whether this abuse occurred as described. The show is set against the backdrop of Denmark’s rigid child protection process.
Since premiering on Oct. 11 on Dr’s primetime slot, “Cry Wolf” has drawn a consistent average of over a million viewers.
Dr Sales, which is taking part in the virtual Content London market, has sold the show to France (Salto), Telefonica (Spain), Sbs (Australia), Belgium (Betv), Telepool (Germany...
- 11/30/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Contrasting human paradoxes and complexities against the cold rationality of Scandinavian civic institutions, the Danish series “Cry Wolf” presents a searing social drama built from an initially ambiguous premise.
Presented as part of Series Mania’s Buyer’s Showcase after having been selected for the festival’s international competition, the Dr Drama-produced series tracks the cascading aftershocks once a 14-year-old girl writes an essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults.
While the veracity of those claims – at least for the first few episodes – remains unclear, the accusations set off a sequence of events that builds with grim inevitability. Beleaguered social worker Lars (Bjarne Henriksen) soon gets involved, placing young adolescent Holly (Flora Ofelia Hofman Lindahl) and her younger brother into foster care, all while the girl’s parents (Christine Albeck Børge and Peter Plaugborg) strenuously deny the charges, eventually taking their own daughter to court.
“I was fascinated by social services,...
Presented as part of Series Mania’s Buyer’s Showcase after having been selected for the festival’s international competition, the Dr Drama-produced series tracks the cascading aftershocks once a 14-year-old girl writes an essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults.
While the veracity of those claims – at least for the first few episodes – remains unclear, the accusations set off a sequence of events that builds with grim inevitability. Beleaguered social worker Lars (Bjarne Henriksen) soon gets involved, placing young adolescent Holly (Flora Ofelia Hofman Lindahl) and her younger brother into foster care, all while the girl’s parents (Christine Albeck Børge and Peter Plaugborg) strenuously deny the charges, eventually taking their own daughter to court.
“I was fascinated by social services,...
- 3/26/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Starring Vivelill Søgaard Holm, Peter Plaugborg Written by Daniel Joseph Borgman Directed by Daniel Joseph Borgman Daniel Joseph Borgman enjoys putting his characters in suspended animation. His Danish film’s opening images are those of a man struggling against the water, fighting tooth and nail against an overwhelming element. The man, Jens (Peter Plaugborg) claims to […]
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- 9/19/2019
- by Anya Stanley
- DreadCentral.com
Published in 2015, Ane Riel’s novel Resin found itself the winner of four major Scandinavian literary awards on its way to international bestseller status. It’s no wonder then that it would be optioned as a film so soon afterwards by fellow Danes Daniel Borgman (director) and Bo Hr. Hansen (screenwriter). A dark thriller centered upon a close-knit family of hermits, the story unfolds as though of two worlds: theirs and ours. Jens (Peter Plaugborg) and Maria (Sofie Gråbøl) created this division intentionally as an irrational fear born from some unknown source of paranoia takes hold. Untrusting of the world that bore them, they decide to fake their daughter’s death as a means to sever their societal ties and protect young Liv (Vivelill Søgaard Holm) from its corruption.
The opening scene therefore epitomizes this duality as Jens screams Liv’s name from the water. He’s inconsolably distraught with...
The opening scene therefore epitomizes this duality as Jens screams Liv’s name from the water. He’s inconsolably distraught with...
- 9/9/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
New Zealand-born filmmaker Daniel Borgman, whose latest film “Resin” (exclusive trailer above) world premieres at Toronto in the Contemporary World Cinema section, is developing a pair of high-concept projects: the crime thriller “The Shadows” and the supernatural drama “The Light.”
“The Shadows” follows Amanda, a farmer whose reclusive life in the countryside gets turned upside down when local police discover 13 migrant corpses in the neighboring property. While she initially tries to stay away from the investigation, she bonds with Lisa, a burnt-out police inspector who struggles to solve the case while the community seems unwilling to talk.
“The Light,” meanwhile, tells the story of Lea, who is on her way to break the world record in free diving when she starts experiencing strange visions. She then finds out her mother fell in a coma after attempting to commit suicide. While the health of her mother keep deteriorating, she continues to...
“The Shadows” follows Amanda, a farmer whose reclusive life in the countryside gets turned upside down when local police discover 13 migrant corpses in the neighboring property. While she initially tries to stay away from the investigation, she bonds with Lisa, a burnt-out police inspector who struggles to solve the case while the community seems unwilling to talk.
“The Light,” meanwhile, tells the story of Lea, who is on her way to break the world record in free diving when she starts experiencing strange visions. She then finds out her mother fell in a coma after attempting to commit suicide. While the health of her mother keep deteriorating, she continues to...
- 9/7/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the films that will be featured in their New Auteurs and American Independents sections at the upcoming AFI Fest 2017 presented by Audi. Selections include a number of lauded features from around the festival circuit, including Cannes offerings like “I Am Not a Witch,” SXSW favorites like “Gemini” and “Mr. Roosevelt,” the Sundance breakout “Thoroughbreds,” and Joseph Kahn’s Toronto Midnight Madness favorite “Bodied,” among others.
Highlighting first- and second-time feature film directors, New Auteurs is designed as the festival’s platform for upcoming filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their new films. This year, the section includes 11 films, nine of which come from female directors. Similarly, AFI Fest’s American Independents section aims to represent the best of this year’s independent filmmaking. Pushing boundaries of form and content across narrative and documentary cinema, this section includes 11 films from both fresh...
Highlighting first- and second-time feature film directors, New Auteurs is designed as the festival’s platform for upcoming filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their new films. This year, the section includes 11 films, nine of which come from female directors. Similarly, AFI Fest’s American Independents section aims to represent the best of this year’s independent filmmaking. Pushing boundaries of form and content across narrative and documentary cinema, this section includes 11 films from both fresh...
- 10/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It opens in darkness — the beams from headlamp flashlights and sparks of metal on rock our only points of illumination. This is the oppressive environment holding the over-worked and under-paid miners while their boss sits in his factory office without a care as to who the men in his employ are besides a social security number. They let off steam with a bottle of homebrew alcohol to cut the monotony of their daily routines before returning to their respective trailers back in town that barely deserve the label shelter. It’s a futile existence that simply churns along with little in the way of excitement besides the possibility of a cave-in risking each of their lives. So when someone falls ill and the system is altered, everyone takes notice.
Writer/director Hlynur Palmason puts us in this dark and aggressive locale to ensure we know these men to be hard-workers with little time for nonsense.
Writer/director Hlynur Palmason puts us in this dark and aggressive locale to ensure we know these men to be hard-workers with little time for nonsense.
- 9/23/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Six series from Denmark, Britain, Israel, Australia and the Us populate the line-up.
The six titles that will be shown in the 2016 Berlinale Special Series, the television offshoot of the Berlin Film Festival’s (Feb 11-21) Specials programme, have been revealed.
Amongst the line-up is Susanne Bier’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s spy thriller The Night Manager [pictured], which stars Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki and Tom Hollander and will be broadcast by the BBC in the UK and AMC in the USA.
Sj Clarkson’s Love, Nina, which has a script from Nick Hornby, is also on the list. The comedic miniseries stars Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Watkins, Joshua McGuire and 2015 Screen Star of Tomorrow Faye Marsay. The BBC will broadcast the series in the UK.
Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will have the international premiere of its second series at the festival.
Berlinale Special Series 2016:
Better Call Saul – Season...
The six titles that will be shown in the 2016 Berlinale Special Series, the television offshoot of the Berlin Film Festival’s (Feb 11-21) Specials programme, have been revealed.
Amongst the line-up is Susanne Bier’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s spy thriller The Night Manager [pictured], which stars Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki and Tom Hollander and will be broadcast by the BBC in the UK and AMC in the USA.
Sj Clarkson’s Love, Nina, which has a script from Nick Hornby, is also on the list. The comedic miniseries stars Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Watkins, Joshua McGuire and 2015 Screen Star of Tomorrow Faye Marsay. The BBC will broadcast the series in the UK.
Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will have the international premiere of its second series at the festival.
Berlinale Special Series 2016:
Better Call Saul – Season...
- 1/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has closed numerous territories on the new fantasy-adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
The film has now been sold to Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Polyband Medien GmbH), France (Ab Groupe), China (Hgc Entertainment), Turkey/Cyprus (Ozen Film), Latin America (California Filmes) and Bulgaria (Pro Films Ood).
Previous announced deals include Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.), Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter tells a story of greed and betrayal set in a fantastical world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The film opened in Denmark on March 26, where it has so fare recorded 160,000 admissions.
The Scandinavian cast is led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad and Allan Hyde...
The film has now been sold to Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Polyband Medien GmbH), France (Ab Groupe), China (Hgc Entertainment), Turkey/Cyprus (Ozen Film), Latin America (California Filmes) and Bulgaria (Pro Films Ood).
Previous announced deals include Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.), Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter tells a story of greed and betrayal set in a fantastical world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The film opened in Denmark on March 26, where it has so fare recorded 160,000 admissions.
The Scandinavian cast is led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad and Allan Hyde...
- 4/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is set to join Shah Rukh Khan as co-host of Got Talent World Stage Live, an extension of Simon Cowell’s Got Talent franchise. The show, to be shot in Mumbai, will feature performances by local and international artists and be broadcast on Colors TV. Chopra has starred in some of the biggest Bollywood hits of all time including Krrish 3, Don 2 and Ra.One. The latter two also starred Srk. According to Bollywood Hungama, the pair might perform together during the Mumbai show on December 6.
Scandinavian genre films remain high on international distributors’ lists as evidenced by activity at the just-wrapped Afm. After selling its Department Q trilogy of thrillers to Sundance Selects in North America, TrustNordisk says it also has closed a number of deals on upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter. Currently in post, the film is based on the book by Lene Kaaberbol,...
Scandinavian genre films remain high on international distributors’ lists as evidenced by activity at the just-wrapped Afm. After selling its Department Q trilogy of thrillers to Sundance Selects in North America, TrustNordisk says it also has closed a number of deals on upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter. Currently in post, the film is based on the book by Lene Kaaberbol,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
TrustNordisk also scores sales to Russia and Eastern Europe.
In the wake of the Afm, TrustNordisk has closed a number of territories on the upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
The film, currently in post-production, has been sold to Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.) and Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter is set in a world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The cast is led by Peter Plaugborg, Jakob Oftebro, Søren Malling, Maria Bonnevie, Stina Ekblad and True Blood star Allan Hyde.
It is directed by Kenneth Kainzwith screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, writer of Oscar-winner In a Better World.
The film centres on Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability to look into the soul of other...
In the wake of the Afm, TrustNordisk has closed a number of territories on the upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
The film, currently in post-production, has been sold to Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.) and Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter is set in a world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The cast is led by Peter Plaugborg, Jakob Oftebro, Søren Malling, Maria Bonnevie, Stina Ekblad and True Blood star Allan Hyde.
It is directed by Kenneth Kainzwith screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, writer of Oscar-winner In a Better World.
The film centres on Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability to look into the soul of other...
- 11/13/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has snapped up international sales rights to The Shamer's Daughter, an adaptation of the first book in Lene Kaaberbol's best-selling Scandinavian fantasy franchise The Shamer Chronicles. It will present the project to buyers at next month's European Film Market in Berlin. Photos: 25 of the Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2014 Prolific Danish screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen (In A Better World) will adapt Kaaberbol's novel for the screen, with Kenneth Kainz (Pure Hearts) attached to direct. An ensemble of Scandinavian stars, including Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Soren Malling (Borgen), Maria Bonnevie
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- 1/20/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film in Berlin.
The Shamer’s Daughter, based on the first book in Lene Kaaberbøl’s bestselling series The Shamer Chronicles, is to be adapted as a feature film.
TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film at the European Film Market (Efm) at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16).
The screenplay will be written by Oscar-winner Anders Thomas Jensen, who wrote the script for Academy Award winner In a Better World.
The feature will be directed Danish filmmaker Kenneth Kainz (Pure Hearts).
The Scandinavian cast will be led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad (Love Is All You Need) and Allan Hyde (True Blood).
Shooting is set to begin on Feb 27.
The story centres on “the Shamer’s daughter”, Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability. She can...
The Shamer’s Daughter, based on the first book in Lene Kaaberbøl’s bestselling series The Shamer Chronicles, is to be adapted as a feature film.
TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film at the European Film Market (Efm) at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16).
The screenplay will be written by Oscar-winner Anders Thomas Jensen, who wrote the script for Academy Award winner In a Better World.
The feature will be directed Danish filmmaker Kenneth Kainz (Pure Hearts).
The Scandinavian cast will be led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad (Love Is All You Need) and Allan Hyde (True Blood).
Shooting is set to begin on Feb 27.
The story centres on “the Shamer’s daughter”, Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability. She can...
- 1/20/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A lone astronaut stuck in a space station, slowly dying and dreaming of his lost wife? It's hard not to think of Duncaan Jone;s Moon when watching the trailer for Nikolaj Feifer's impressive indie scifi short, Junk Love. Also, both films borrow heavily from Solaris Silent Running and since all science fiction tales seem to borrow heavily from past sources, so we won't hold it against this one.
Synopsis:
Produced by Mikkel Jersin N, the film stars actor and Robert-winner Peter Plaugborg as Edwin, the lone crew member aboard the SS Hamlet, a spacecraft slowly leaking his oxygen supply into space. If he cannot find a way to fix the leak his own life will be lost.
A distant memory about his lost wife is what keeps him alive when facing death.
You can watch the trailer for Junk Love after the break.
You might like: Solaris on...
Synopsis:
Produced by Mikkel Jersin N, the film stars actor and Robert-winner Peter Plaugborg as Edwin, the lone crew member aboard the SS Hamlet, a spacecraft slowly leaking his oxygen supply into space. If he cannot find a way to fix the leak his own life will be lost.
A distant memory about his lost wife is what keeps him alive when facing death.
You can watch the trailer for Junk Love after the break.
You might like: Solaris on...
- 6/6/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Nikolaj Feifer turned his film school project into a short film, a sci-fi affair called Junk Love, taking inspiration from classic 1970′s sci-fi movies most notably Solaris both visually and in the story too. As well as Solaris you can see hints of 2001 Space Odyssey as well as Moon by Duncan Jones. The film stars Peter Plaugborg who was recently nominated for a Robert by the Danish Film Academy for best supporting actor in Submarino.
Feifer describes his approach to the material this way, “I got the idea because I originally wanted to make a story about an ill dying man. Then I thought to myself that instead of doing the classical hospital story, what could be a much more interesting metaphor? Well, for instance a man in a metal coffin as far away from everything as possible – One man alone in space.”
Check out the teasers and trailer below...
Feifer describes his approach to the material this way, “I got the idea because I originally wanted to make a story about an ill dying man. Then I thought to myself that instead of doing the classical hospital story, what could be a much more interesting metaphor? Well, for instance a man in a metal coffin as far away from everything as possible – One man alone in space.”
Check out the teasers and trailer below...
- 6/2/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Craig here from Dark Eye Socket with my Lff wrap-up.
As of tonight the BFI London Film Festival is done for another year. It's been a stellar year all told, if the surplus of reports are to be believed. And I'd willingly add a further approving nod to the list. I didn't manage to see everything I wanted (juggling festival times and dates with travel arrangements is an art – one that's open to fateful intervention...and multiple tube delays), but what I saw was on the whole a bumper crop. Roll on next year, I say. Here are five previous reviews, selected from the films I saw: Uncle Boonmee, A Screaming Man, Winter Vacation, Rare Exports and What I Love the Most. And below are five final mini reviews of a few festival highlights.
Thomas Vinterberg introduced his new film, Submarino, in a cheeky fashion: “if all goes well, you...
As of tonight the BFI London Film Festival is done for another year. It's been a stellar year all told, if the surplus of reports are to be believed. And I'd willingly add a further approving nod to the list. I didn't manage to see everything I wanted (juggling festival times and dates with travel arrangements is an art – one that's open to fateful intervention...and multiple tube delays), but what I saw was on the whole a bumper crop. Roll on next year, I say. Here are five previous reviews, selected from the films I saw: Uncle Boonmee, A Screaming Man, Winter Vacation, Rare Exports and What I Love the Most. And below are five final mini reviews of a few festival highlights.
Thomas Vinterberg introduced his new film, Submarino, in a cheeky fashion: “if all goes well, you...
- 10/29/2010
- by Craig Bloomfield
- FilmExperience
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