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TOP STORIES: Scandi Sales House LevelK Abides by 'Motley's Law' (EXCLUSIVE); Tony Grisoni Talks ...

Göteborg Film Festival eSHOW DAILY NUMBER TWO 01.30.15

TOP STORIES Scandi Sales House LevelK Abides by 'Motley's Law' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy GOTEBORG, Sweden-- Scandinavian sales house LevelK has acquired Danish documentary feature "Motley's Law," about Kimberley Motley, a former Miss Wisconsin-turned-litigator in Afghanistan. Doc is directed by Nicole Horanyi ("Au Pair") an... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tony Grisoni Talks About Sorrentino's 'The Young Pope' and BBC's 'The City & The City'n By Elsa Keslassy GOTEBORG, Sweden-- Tony Grisoni, the well-known writer of BAFTA-winning "Southcliffe," is now working on Paolo Sorrentino's "The Young Pope" and China Mieville's "The City & The City." Grisoni talked about what he was up to in Goteb... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Lilyhammer' Producer Rubicon To Shoot 'Maniac' By Jon Asp GOTEBORG -- Anne Kolbjornsen at Rubicon TV has in production the internationally acclaimed ”The Third Eye” and the Norwegian shows ”Kasim Bader” and ”Maniac,” the latter a new TV series to be shot in ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → France's SND Acquires Jose Skaf's Sci-fi Thriller- Drama 'Vulcania' By John Hopewell Making its first-ever Spanish pick-up, France’s SND-M6 Group has pounced on world sales rights to “Vulcania,” a sci-fi thriller-drama produced by two associate production companies of Peter Aalbaek Jensen and Lars von Trier... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Goteborg Draws Spotlight on Booming Norwegian Film Biz By Elsa Keslassy GOTEBORG, Sweden-- Norway will be well repped at the upcoming Academy Awards with local helmer Morten Tyldum's "The Imitation Game" competing for eight Oscar nods. Meanwhile, back in Scandinavia, the Norwegian film biz is also on the upswing... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Nonstop Entertainment Forays Into 'Supersimultaneous' Day-and-Dating With 'Black Coal' By Elsa Keslassy GOTEBORG, Sweden -- Considered a pioneer of day-and-dating in Scandinavia, Nonstop Entertainment is set to go one step further, releasing Yi’nan Diaos' noir thriller "Black Coal, Thin Ice" simultaneously in theaters, via VOD ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → REVIEWS Film Review: 'Paris of the North' By Alissa Simon “Paris of the North” is a small but appealing, character-driven dramedy about emotionally handicapped men. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Blind' By Scott Foundas “It’s not important what’s real as long as I can visualize it,” notes the narrator heroine early on in “Blind,” setting the stage for a lithe, quicksilver portrait of a woman whose loss of sight only sharp... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'In the Crosswind' By Alissa Simon Estonian helmer Martti Helde’s debut is an art film in every sense of the word; the extraordinary visual techniques he uses to convey a sense of being frozen in time won’t be to all tastes, but those open to a different sort of c... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Democrats' By Guy Lodge Long the subject of international uproar but comparatively little analysis, the quasi-Kafkaesque administration holding Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's corrupt dictatorship in place finally gets the first-hand scrutiny it merits in Cami... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'The Lesson' By Joe Leydon Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Lesson” is a spare, stripped-to-essentials drama about economic stress and mounting desperation that should resonate with a wide range of international audiences. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Review: 'The Tale of the Princess Kaguya' By Maggie Lee Isao Takahata's retelling of the oldest recorded Japanese narrative is a visionary tour de force. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Q&A: Bent Hamer Chats About Norway's Oscar Candidate '1001 Grams' By Elsa Keslassy One of Scandinavia's best-known directors, Bent Hamer sat with Variety to discuss his latest film, "1001 Grams," Norway's foreign-language Oscar candidate, and his English-language debut project, "The Middleman." "1001 Grams," a sub... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Wild Tales' Spun From Cry of Frustration By Anna Marie de la Fuente Damian Szifron, whose “Wild Tales” is repping Argentina in the Oscar foreign-language race, is no stranger to rousing success. His first project, the darkly comic 2002-03 TV series “Los Simuladores” (The Pretenders), ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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