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summer 2017 line-up edition fourteen A HORRIBLE WOMAN by Christian Tafdrup WHILE WE LIVE by The Avaz Brothers THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE GIANT PEAR by Philip Einstein Lipski, Jørgen Lerdam & Amalie Næsby Fick RABBITby Luke Shanahan Line-up RABBIT 4 Psychological Thriller / 103 min / Australia / 2017 WHILE WE LIVE 6 Drama / 93 min / Denmark / 2017 A HORRIBLE WOMAN 8 Drama / 85 min / Denmark / 2017 THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE GIANT PEAR 10 3D Animation / Duration TBC / Denmark / 2017 WHILE WE LIVE Catalogue LevelK Digital 12 Feature films 14 Children/Family films 18 Documentaries 20 Contacts 22 Where to find us LevelK in Cannes: May 17-27. Scandinavian Stand, La Croisette 55, 1st floor. Attending: Tine Klint, Derek Lui, Niklas Teng, Andrea Frovin & Debra Liang. WHILE WE LIVE Check out all completed titles in the LevelK VIP Lounge at www.levelk.dk Drama / 93 min / Denmark / 2017 Completed Feature Completed Feature “I’ve always been fascinated by the ideas of destiny and fate. The concept behind Rabbit was to introduce a horrific ‘event’ and explore a genetic link between identical twins and their ability to communicate telepathically. I was interested in RABBIT exploring how two characters, sharing 99 percent of the same DNA, deal with such feelings of loss, pain and guilt. What if they could communicate such feelings to each other? lmost a year after her identical twin’s disappearance, 25-year-old On the surface this notion appeared to be quite fantastical, medical student Maude Ashton is still haunted by visions of her but as I continued my research I discovered this to be not only violent abduction. Convinced she is feasible, but for many a very real phenomenon.” still alive, Maude follows the clues to a derelict caravan park where she Director Luke Shanahan discovers her fate is intrinsically linked to that of her sister, while the entire experiment is controlled by a ‘secret society’ that likes to watch. RABBIT / Psychological Thriller / 103 min / Australia / 2017 Luke Shanahan is one of Australia’s most exciting young writer/directors. Possessing a truly original body of work, he is best known for his use of long Directed by Luke Shanahan. Produced by David Ngo for Longshot Films and Projector Films. shots and twisted take on sibling rivalries. At film school graduation, he was hand picked by Michele Bennett to join other dazzling film voices at Cherub Cast: Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Veerle Baetens, Jonny Pasvolsky. Pictures. There he worked alongside acclaimed directors Andrew Dominick, (Chopper, Jesse James), John Curran, (Stone, The Pained Veil), Nash Domestic Release: Vendetta Films, TBC Edgerton, (The Square) and Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth). page page Completed Feature Completed Feature “The inspiration for this film comes from over a decade ago when friends of ours were in a tragic moped accident that cost a teenager his life. We saw how the dark cloud transformed an entire community. Looking back, it was an equally transformative experience for us. The result is a movie that deals more with life and death rather than traffic accidents.” The Avaz Brothers WHILE WE LIVE nspired by true events, “While We Live” Mehdi Avaz is a 34-year-old follows four people in Northern Denmark Iranian born first-time director and and how their fates intertwine in a tragic prizewinning still photographer. He accident. When Kristian travels to his spent the last two years developing hometown Gribskov to visit his stepdad, the vision of While We Live who has fallen terminally ill, he learns together with his brother, 28-year- that everyone still blames him for a tragic old Milad Avaz, a former corporate accident that tore the family apart five years strategist and first time feature film earlier. Emotions and conflicts resurface writer and producer. The film is as Kristian faces his ex-girlfriend and their based on the Avaz Brothers’ own child in a final attempt to, by his stepfather’s experiences while growing up in a dying request, reunite the family. Danish suburb. WHILE WE LIVE / Drama / 93 min / Denmark / 2017 Directed by Mehdi Avaz. Produced by Milad Avaz, Sara Victoria Pedersen and Mehdi Avaz for Rocket Road Pictures. Cast: Sebastian Jessen, Julie Christiansen, Nikolaj Groth, Nicolas Bro, Henrik Prip, Charlotte Munck, Marie Boda and Julie Brochorst Andersen. page page 7 Upcoming Feature Upcoming Feature A HORRIBLE WOMAN “This film is about everyday-like terrorism. I do not dislike women in any way, on the contrary - I have spent 24 years of my life trying to figure out how to deal with them. I hope that the interactions pictured in A Horrible Woman will be recognizable and most of all humorous for both genders – and I believe that everybody can mirror their own experiences in a lot of the situations portrayed in the film.” Director Christian Tafdrup hen Rasmus meets Marie, he is certain that she is the love of his life. However, it doesn’t take long before it turns out she is a possessive and manipulative being, that cunningly dissects Rasmus to pieces. This is the story of the woman’s destructive insistence on dominance in a relationship from the man’s point of view. Christian Tafdrup (born 1978) is a renowned Danish actor, who has appeared in numerous films and television series. Christian Tafdrup has written and directed ‘Parents’ (org. Foraeldre, 2016) which was his first feature film and has recently won numerous awards and been critically A HORRIBLE WOMAN / Drama / 85 min / Denmark / 2017 acclaimed. ‘A Horrible Woman’ is his second feature film. Directed by Christian Tafdrup. Produced by Thomas Heinesen and Marta Mleczek for Nordisk Film Production. Cast: Anders Juul, Amanda Collin and Rasmus Hammerich. Domestic release: TBC page page Upcoming Feature Completed Feature THE INCREDIBLE STORY ODDSOCKEATERS Oddsockeaters are small invisible creatures called Hugo. The life of his grandpa Lamor, who in his new home with Big Boss, even when he often responsible for socks that go missing when we only raised him, is nearing its end and Hugo must gets into tight scrapes by doing so. have one left from a pair - the odd sock. They eat overcome his fears, leave their apartment and seek OF THE GIANT PEAR socks, but only one from each pair. out his uncle Big Boss and two crazy cousins. He Set against the backdrop of a gangster story draws his courage from what his grandpa taught involving two feuding gangs of oddsockeaters, We are introduced to the world of the him – love towards family, good manners and the Oddsockeaters is a warm-hearted comical story of a “The book is truly magical. Full of fun and madness. And it’s on these bones that we’ve oddsockeaters through a small but brave hero oddsockeaters’ ten commandments, and stick to it small oddsockeater in a big world. cooked up our own vision for the movie. Our sights are set for a story and look that is commercial, yet daring to be aesthetically different. We admit that grown ups are the “I decided to convert the Oddsockeaters into animated form weirdest creatures on earth; therefore we will see the world through the eyes of the kids. because they are so much fun. When Pavel Šrut and I brought Let the fun, imagination and anarchy rule!” them into this world years ago, I knew then and there that these magic creatures would strike a chord with anyone who The Giant Pear Directors: Phillip, Amalie & Jørgen lost a sock at least once. And so it was necessary to share their Life peacefully passes by in Solby until the two friends; the Elephant Sebastian and the Cat Mitcho find a message in a bottle by the harbor. appeal with both readers and film viewers.” The Bottle is from the missing Mayor of Solby with a message that he is on The Mysterious Island and has made a great discovery. They must Director Galina Miklínová embark on a great journey full of peculiar hazards, dangerous pirates, ghosts and a huge underwater dragon, to help save the Mayor and bring him home; in the process they uncover something that will bring great pleasure to the city of Solby – a Giant Pear. THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE GIANT PEAR / 3D Animation / Duration TBC / Denmark ODDSOCKEATERS / Animation / 83 min / Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia / 2016 Directed by: Philip Einstein Lipski, Jørgen Lerdam and Amalie Næsby Fick. Directed by Galina Miklínová. Produced by Thomas Heinesen & Trine Heidegaard for Nordisk Film Production. Produced by Ondřej Trojan. Production companies: Total HelpArt T.H.A. / PubRes / Filmosaurus Rex Domestic release: Nordisk Film, October 12th 2017 Domestic release: Falcon a.s., October 2016 page page LevelK Digital LevelK Digital Digital Distribution ELLIPSIS In the middle of a crowded city the paths of two strangers, a man and a woman, collide. This accidental chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of events that sees the two strangers embark on a night The world of film distribution is of adventure and connection that undergoing a radical transformation challenges their separate lives. – the number of digital channels Ellipsis is a film about the is exploding and has become an random nature of life and human essential component to every film’s interaction. Set in Sydney over release. But the VOD landscape the course of one night, it is is still astonishingly difficult to also a portrait of the city and its navigate and knowledge about rights inhabitants. The film celebrates the and choice of distribution channel(s) LevelK act as a digital partner for distinct nature and idiosyncrasies of is key to maximize the reach and distributors in their home country. the people that live and work there.