Nine year old S/S Fladen has produced five feature films including Shit Happens (2000), Bombay Dreams (2004) and this year's hit Wonderful and Loved by All by Hannes Holm, currently number 10 at the Top Swedish chart with over 186,000 admissions in eight weeks. Nordisk in Denmark is already in charge of the film's domestic release and Nordisk Film International Sales of worldwide distribution.
Under the new deal between the two companies, Nordisk Film will be selling S/S Fladen's projects internationally and will handle Nordic distribution on its upcoming productions, including a new comedy by Måns Herngren set to start filming in spring 2008.
Commenting on the deal, S/S Fladen's Patrick Ryborn (pictured) said: "Nordisk Film is a partner for the future, which will provide us with inspiration, safety, and opportunity. One of the most positive aspects of the agreement is that we will be able to have more projects under development and make even bigger productions, in the Nordic countries as well as globally."
Michael Ritto, Managing Director for Nordisk Film also said: "Close relations in the local movie production environment in all the Nordic countries are of great importance to Nordisk Film, and we are very happy with the new agreement. S/S Fladen is one of Sweden's most successful production companies with strong creative talent, so we expect a lot from our future cooperation."
In Sweden, Nordisk Film already cooperates with Tre Vänner, Illusion Film, Hepp Film and Bob Film.