Nordic buyers who were on a shopping spree in Cannes have brought back some of the main competition films (such as Palme d'or winner Uncle Boonmee..., Of Gods and Men and Mike Leigh's Another Year) as well as star-driven projects. Hereunder is a selection of films that will make it onto Nordic screens in 2010-2011.
Among the Nordic majors, Scanbox acquired eight titles for Scandinavia: the Spanish thriller Agnosia (from the producers of The Orphanage), the UK sci-fi film Monsters, Bel Ami starring Robert Pattinson, Luc Besson's Arthur 3, James Gray's Lost City of Z starring Brad Pitt, The Nazi Officer's Wife starring Mads Mikkelsen and Noomi Rapace, Woody Allen's upcoming Midnight in Paris and the action thriller Medallion starring Clive Owen.
Svensk Filmindustri acquired 12 films for Scandinavia, of which only one completed title: Mike Leigh's critically acclaimed Another Year. Titles pre-bought were One Day, the new English language film by Lone Sherfig, Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, Lasse Halström's Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, the romantic comedy Something Borrowed starring Kate Hudson, Paul Anderson's 3D action film Three Musketeers, BBC Films' new version of Jane Eyre, Nicolas Winding Refn's English language Driver starring Ryan Gosling, the thriller Astral, martial arts film Blood Out and the 3D animation film Animal United.
Non Stop Entertainment acquired for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland the competition titles Of Gods and Men and Ken Loach's Route Irish, plus Room in Rome, the first English language film by Spanish director Julio Medem. Takeshi Kitano's competition film Outrage was acquired for the Nordic region along with James C Strouse's drama The Winning Season, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, Lagerfeld Confidential and Yves Saint Laurent: L'amour fou.
Smile Entertainment acquired for Scandinavia Tamara Drewe, Stephen Frears new film that screened out of competition in Cannes, the documentary film Waste land by Lucy Walker, winner of the 2010 Berlinale Panorama Audience Award, and Australian drama The Waiting City by Claire McCarthy.
Norwegian distributor Arthaus brought back home the Palme d'or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, the Grand Prix winner Of Gods and Men, (sub-licenced by NonStop), The Tree starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Xavier Dolan's hit at Un Certain Regard Heartbeats, and the Danish documentary Armadillo.
Denmark's Camera Film will also release to thier local audiences Of Gods and Men (via NonStop), and The Tree , plus Loach's Route Irish, while Øst for Paradis picked up the Romanian film Tuesday After Christmas shown at Cannes' Un Certain Regard.
Iceland's Sena picked up Anton Corbijn's The American, Robert Redford's The Conspirator, Kevin Macdonald's Eagle of the Ninth, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Les Mayfield's The Dog Squad: 3D, Jake Scott's Welcome to the Riley's and the Sundance documentary hit Gasland. Also Iceland's Greenlight Films acquired Mike Leigh's Another Year, the Critics' Week's The Myth of the American Sleepover, the documentary Freakonomics, Taika Waititi's Sundance hit Boy, the horror film The Human Centopede as well as the two Wild Bunch titles The Field of Enchantment and Terra.
Finally Finland's Biorex acquired Susanne Bier's upcoming In a Better World.