On the surface, nothing will be changed with the Nordic sales office display at the Scandinavian Terrace 55, la Croisette. But just like in Berlin, Trust and Nordisk will put their desks together, and sell under their new name TrustNordisk.
Reflecting the company's strategy to open up its catalogue to non-Nordic quality European titles, TrustNordisk will screen at the market the Hungarian award-winning film The Investigator by Atilla Gigor. The other title making its market debut is the Danish drama Dancers by Pernille Fischer Christensen (A Soap). TrustNordisk will also focus on pre-sales of four high profile titles: Lars von Trier's $12 Antichrist, set to start filming this summer in Germany; Lukas Moodysson's $12m Mammoth, now in post-production, the Norwegian $10m WWII resistance film Max Manus directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, as well as the new project by Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem). The political drama with a $9m budget, is produced by Schmid's 23/5 Filmproduktion, in co-production with Zentropa's production arms in Germany, Denmark and Holland, and Amsterdam-based IdTV Film. It's the story of a woman prosecutor who tries to bring a former war criminal before the International Court in The Hague, despite heavy opposition from within her own ranks and Serbian nationalists. The film is set to start shooting this summer.
Svensk Filmindustri's international sales division headed by Ann-Kristin Westerberg, has three films screening at the market: Daniel Alfredson's domestic hit Wolf starring Peter Stormare, Suddenly, the acclaimed directorial debut of Swedish filmmaker Johan Brisinger, and the Finnish historical love drama The Border by Lauri Törhönen.
Ingmar Bergman's Oscar winning Fanny & Alexander will be offered in its newly digitalised version.
Other films to be discussed by SF include Arn-The Knight Templar, Colin Nutley's Angel, the Danish film The Gift by Niels Gråbøl (number four at the Danish Top Ten last weekend), and the Swedish film Patrick Age 1.5 by Ella Lemhagen.
Nonstop Sales will have the heaviest screening schedule in Cannes with eight titles introduced at the market including four market premieres: the English language animated film Gnomes & Trolls, and the Norwegian films The Man Who Loved Yngve, The Kautokeino Rebellion and Manhunt. Other films screening include The King of Ping Pong, No Network, Switch and Blood Brothers. (See story in last week's newsletter).