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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

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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).

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“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.

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“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

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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. revenue of a film. We are specialised in rights optimization that are reflected through our innovative approach to cross-platform/cross-country distribution combining theatrical and traditional means - alongside “Ellipsis was devised as an experiment. Conceived in 3 days, shot in 7 days. digital distribution and marketing. Our goal is to bring our films to the The idea was propelled out of my experiences working as an actor over 30 years in market with an individual strategy so the film finds its own path to film, the objective was twofold - to observe the effect on actors performance when We are committed to help our its audience and hereby increase all artifice is stripped bare and to trial a fast paced, efficient shooting regime royalties. digital partners getting their films to allowing actors to instantly and organically engage in any real situation as the its audiences around the world. minimal crew captured the drama. Focusing on small moments of honest human connection, filmed largely in my lively, eclectic inner city Sydney neighbourhood and featuring real life characters interacting with the 2 main actors, Ellipsis is the result of this experiment.” - Director David Wenham

LevelK has been a worldwide- preferred aggregator since 2011 As an actor for more than 30 years with a long track record of David Wenham has appeared in success delivering titles to major both Australian and International online platforms like iTunes, films working with directors Google Play, and Amazon as Jane Campion, Peter Jackson, well as local platforms. Michael Mann, Paul Cox and Baz Luhrmann. He has received critical acclaim for his diverse performances in film, theatre and television and is one of Australia’s most respected actors, featuring most recently with Nicole Kidman in Lion. In 2013 David directed a chapter of the omnibus feature of Tim Winton’s The Turning.

ELLIPSIS / Drama / 86 min / Australia / 2017 Directed by David Wenham. Produced by David Wenham and Liz Kearney for Arenamedia. Cast: Emily Barclay and Benedict Samuel. Domestic release: Cinemaplus, Fall 2017

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THE INLAND ROAD CRUELTY Coming Of Age Drama / 79 min / New Zealand / 2017 Crime / 105 min / Iceland / 2016

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16-year-old runaway Tia hitches a Reykjavik is rocked when ride on an isolated country road. two sisters are found brutally When the car crashes with fatal murdered. 2 detectives Edda and

consequences, Tia finds she has A FILM BY SØREN BALLE Jóhannes are determined to solve nowhere to go. Seeking out the the puzzle, and as they begin to family of the crash victim, she uncover the disturbing details of moves onto the farm of fellow the case they come to realise that survivor Will and his pregnant they have the worst case in the wife Donna. When Donna’s history of the city on their hands.

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THE TURNING FANTAIL MY MISTRESS THE ROCKET CRACK, BACK AND SACK BODY FAT INDEX OF LOVE THE SLEEPWALKER NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING Drama / 180 min / 105 min / Drama / 83 min / New Zealand / 2013 Romance / 104 min. / Australia / Drama / 96 min / Australia, Laos, Comedy / Drama / 92 min / Comedy / 98 min / Finland / 2012 Psychological Drama / 92 min / Romantic Comedy / 99 min / Australia / 2013 2014 Thailand / 2013 Norway / 2013 Norway/USA / 2013 United Kingdom / 2013 Tania thinks she’s Maori. She works Body Fat Index of Love is a Multiple Australian directors the graveyard shift at Horizon to What starts as a beautiful A boy who is believed to bring bad For these pick-up artists in Oslo the romantic comedy that puts A couple are renovating a secluded A struggling publisher has to free create chapters of a novel by award- save money to take her brother Pi innocent affair between a teenage luck leads his family and a couple of key to success is to have a clean slate. relationships on scale. estate. Their lives are disrupted with his only successful author from winning author Tim Winton. The to Surfers. But one night a cheeky romantic and an S&M mistress ragged misfits through Laos to find Country-boy Christian shaves his Director: Mikko Kuparinen the arrival of Christine. When 1 of writer’s block or he’s finished. She’s overlapping stories explore the little bird ruins everything and soon becomes dangerous, an a new home. private parts and it feels like a step Cast: Miina Maasola, the 4 characters goes missing, the 3 so happy so can’t write. The worse turning points in people’s lives. Tania pays the ultimate price for unconventional and provocative love Directed & written by Kim in the right direction to picking up Mikko Nousiainen, Jarkko Niemi left behind are flung into upheaval he makes her feel, the more he falls Director: Multiples being a hero. story. Mordaunt. girls, but even a small shave can cut. filling in the blanks. in love with her. Key cast: Cate Blanchett, Rose Directed by Curtis Vowell Directed by Steven Lance Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Director: Johan Kaos Director: Mona Fastvold Director: John McKay Byrne, Miranda Otto, Richard Cast: Sophie Henderson, Cast: Emmanuelle Béart, Harrison Kaosainam Cast: Ole Christoffer Ertvaag & Cast: Gitte Witt, Stephanie Ellis, Cast: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber & Roxburgh & Hugo Weawing Jarod Rawiri, Stephen Lovatt Gilbertson and Rachael Blake Herbert Nordrum Christopher Abbott & Brady Cobart Iain de Caestecker

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LAW OF THE LAND SAMI BLOOD Action Drama / 90 min / Finland / 2017 Drama / 110 min / Sweden / 2016

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A retiring police officer learns Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer- that his illegitimate son has breading Sámi girl. Exposed been released from prison and to the racism of the 1930’s and is terrorizing the area. He has race biology examinations at discovered a family secret and her boarding school she starts seeks revenge by assaulting people dreaming of another life. But to dear to his father including his achieve this other life she has to step-brother. The villagers take become someone else and break all the law in their own hands. While ties with her family and culture. trying to prevent the brothers from killing each other, the Director: Amanda Kernell CAV E PARENTS DOWNRIVER THE TEACHER TEENAGE KICKS SPEAR police officer is forced to face the Producer: Lars G. Lindström Action Thriller / 82 min / Drama / 87 min / Denmark / 2016 Drama / 99 min / Australia / 2015 Drama / 102 min / Drama / 100 min / Australia / 2016 Drama / 84 min / Australia / 2015 mistakes he has made in the past. Production Company Nordisk Film Norway / 2016 Czech Republic / 2016 Middle-aged couple Kjeld & After being released from prison for Production Sverige AB Director: Jussi Hiltunen. Cast: Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Miklós’s plans to run away with his Djali, a young Aboriginal man, Three friends descent into an Vibeke move to their old student murdering a young boy when he was A new elementary school teacher’s best friend until his brother dies. sets off on a journey of initiation to Producer: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle unexplored cave system deep into flat in an attempt to revive their a child, James returns to his hometown Sparrok, Maj Doris Rimpi, Olle corrupted behaviour, makes the Aho for Making Movies. Sarri Only Mik knows what led to the understand what it means to be a the mountains where they’re met earlier excitiing lives. One morning to find the truth about the past. school Principal call the students’ accident and is forced to navigate man in a modern day world. Cast: Ville Virtanen, Antti by their worst nightmare. they wake up 30 years younger. Director: Grant Scicluna parents for an urgent meeting that Holma, Mikko Neuvonen, Malin his guilt and explosive sexuality to Director: Stephen Page Director: Henrik Martin Director: Christian Tafdrup Producer: Jannine Barnes for will suddenly put the future of all Buska, Outi Mäenpää, Pernilla find the man he can become. ProduceR: John Harvey for Dahlsbakken Cast: Bodil Jørgensen, Søren Happening Films Pty Ltd the families at stake. August, Jørgen Langhelle. Director: Craig Boreham Arenamedia Cast: Heidi Toini, Benjamin Malling, Elliott Crosset Hove, Miri Cast: Reef Ireland, Kerry Fox, Director: Jan Hřebejk Cast: Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Cast: Hunter Page-Lochard, Aaron Helstad, Mads Sjøgård Ann Beuchel. Robert Taylor, Helen Morse, Thom Cast: Zuzana Mauréry, Peter Anni Finsterer, Charlotte Best, Shari Pedersen PettersenIngar Helge Gimle Green & Charles Grounds. Bebjak, Zuzana Konečná Sebbans

THE LITTLE DEATH THE WORD THE IDEALIST SILENT HEART IN REAL LIFE ONE-T WO-THR EE-GO! 90 MINUTES YOU AND ME FOREVER Comedy / 97 min / Australia / 2014 Drama / 97 min / Poland / 2014 Political Thriller / 109 min / Drama / 98 min / Denmark / 2014 Drama / 102 min / Denmark Drama Romance / 114 min / Drama / 92 min / Norway / 2012 Drama / 82 min / Denmark / 2012 Denmark / 2015 Danish / 2016 The Little Death is both an edgy Three weeks ago, Lila’s world fell Three generations of a family “In Real Life” follows three story With 90 minutes remaining, what Can you tell the difference between sex comedy and a warm-hearted apart when her girlfriends happily The ambitious reporter Poul Brink gather over a weekend. The sisters threads with characters woven Jeppe and Cecilie are high-school goes through the mind of a man love and intrigue? depiction of the secret lives of five reported that they saw Lila’s launches an uncompromising Sanne and Heidi have accepted together by internet dating and by sweethearts, but their love is living whose heart is set on murder? Director: Kaspar Munk suburban couples living in Sydney. boyfriend, Janek, kissing another investigation about a concealed their terminally-ill mother’s desire their persistent search for some kind on borrowed time, as Cecilie has Directors: Morten Koehlert & Cast: Julie Brochorst Andersen, Directed: Josh Lawson girl during a party. 68’ nuclear accident. The full and to die before her disease worsens. of meaning in life between love and cancer. Together they decide to Eva Soerhaug Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Cast: Josh Lawson, Bojana Novakovic, Director: Anna Kazejak true story about the crash is well- Director: Bille August sheer survival. make the most out of Cecilie’s short Cast: Aksel Hennie, Kaia Varjord Emilie Kruse Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Cast: Eliza Rycembel, Mateusz protected and those in charge will Cast: Ghita Nørby, Morten Directed by Jonas Elmer life. Kate Box, Patrick Brammall, Alan Więcławek, Magdalena Popławska, take any measure to suppress Brink. Grunwald, Paprika Steen, Danica Cast: Sofie Gråbøl, Uffe Rørbæk Director: Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg Dukes, Lisa Mccune, Erin James, Tj Dawid Ogrodnik, Andrzej Chyra & Director: Christina Rosendahl Curcic, Pilou Asbæk, Jens Albinus Madsen, Karen Rosenberg Cast: Nikolaj Groth, Clara Rosager, Power, Kim Gyngell, Lachy Hulme Stine Stengade Cast: Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling Lukas Løkken

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KLUMP OSK AR’S AMERICA Animation Series / 26x12 min / Germany, UK / 2017 Family / 70 min / Norway / 2017

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Rasmus Klump and his friends 10 year old Oskar has a dream. travel the world on their good ship He wants to ride the prairies with Mary encountering interesting his mother. Right before summer creatures, fascinating locations vacation, Oskar’s mum tells him and challenging tasks. The series she is going to America, while he is based on the best-selling book has to stay behind on the farm with series of the same name. With his bad-tempered grandfather. more than 32 million copies sold, Fortunately for Oskar, he gets Klump is one of Denmark’s biggest acquainted with Levi and his publishing successes. MY CANADIAN ADVENTURE THE CONTEST RONAL THE BARBARIAN short-sighted horse. Together they GILBERT’S GRIM REVENGE VILLADS MY DAD IS BARYSHNIKOV Family Adventure / 83 min / Family / 96 min Denmark / 2013 3D Animation (stereoscopic) / set up a nutty plan to cross the Family / 90 min / Norway / 2016 Family / 76 min / Denmark / 2015 Family / 88 min / Russia / 2011 Producer: Carsten Bunte (Studio Denmark / 2015 95 min / Denmark / 2011 Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat with Soi) & Lars Sylvest (Mondrian) Two friends coming from different Levi’s horse as a passenger, in order Gilbert tries to keep his nasty egg 6-year-old Villads has a vivid Borya, the clumiest pupil at the Directed by: Johannes Weiland, The follow up to the hit My backgrounds leave home to pursue When evil Lord Volcazor kidnaps to find Oskar’s mum. allergy a secret, especially from the imagination, but in a world where Bolshoi School, is convinced he is Paul Cichon & Michael African Adventure. The kids and the dream of winning the biggest the rest of the Barbarian tribe, girl next door. But when his aunt the rules are set by grown-ups, the son of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bohnenstingl their uncle try to find lost treasure music contest in the country. Ronal must summon the courage to Directed by Torfinn Iversen, deliberately starts serving him egg, his childhood perspective often and sets out to persuade others. in the Canadian Rockies, where Director: Martin Miehe – Renard save them, and embark on a quest of Produced by Mona Steffensen for he learns that the best defense is a brings him into all sorts of trou- Directors: Dmitry Povolotsky, wild animals and suspicious gold Produced by Marcella Dichmann and the most unusual kind. Original Film AS good offense. ble. Mark Drugoi prospectors await. Henrik Møller-Sørensen for ASA Director: Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Cast: Odin Eikre, Jørgen Director: Hanne Larsen Director: Frederik Meldal Nørgaard Cast: Dmitry Vyskubenko, Anna Directed by Niels Nørløv Film. Philip Einstein Lipski, Thorbjorn Langhelle, Marie Blokhus, Bjørn Cast: Simon Hobbel Rosendahl, Cast: Frederik Meldal Nørgaard, Mikhakova Cast: Lærke Winther, Rasmus Cast: Sylvester Byder, Malika Sia Christoffersen Sundquist, Betlehem Michael Gisken Armand, Hannah Dybvand Luca Reichardt Ben Coker Botoft, Lone Hertz, Zlatko Buric. Graff, Line Kruse Cast: Ben Bledsoe, Dee Snider Patrick, Simen Roaldsen.

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“Cloudboy was created out of the desire to make qualitative and layered cinema for children, to narrate a story for children BROTHERS that rooted in the film culture trend that has been set by Astrid Documentary / 110 min / Norway / 2015 Lindgren in the seventies, in which play, imagination and nature play a pivotal role. It has grown out of a desire to bring children more in contact with nature, a connection they seem to be losing more and more. My hope is to encourage children to believe in In focus... themselves - to dare live their “wild” self.” The documentary Brothers is Director Meikeminne Clinckspoor filmed by director Aslaug Holm, the boys’ mother, over an eight year period. This is her attempt to capture their childhood and brotherhood, and their discovery of life, whilst looking back at her own family history. The documentary answer to ‘Boyhood’.

12-year-old city boy Niilas has been living with his Director: Aslaug Holm WHO WE WERE ROXETTE DIARIES MOLTEY’S LAW father in Belgium for as long as he can remember. Producer: Tore Buvarp Documentary / 81 min / Documentary / 90 min / Sweden / Documentary / 90 min / This summer, Niilas has to travel to Lapland – much Cast: Markus Holm Buvarp, Denmark / 2016 2016 Denmark / 2015 against his will – where his mother and her new Lukas Holm Buvarp family live amongst the indigenous Sami people as The 39-year old husband and Everything (and more) happened Kimberley Motley left her husband reindeer herders. Despite a warm welcome, Niilas father of two, Kristian, collapses to Roxette between 1986 and 1995. and three kids in the US in order retreats inwards, and the only one who can get from a blood clot that destroys one Hundreds of hours of film was to work as a defence lawyer in through to him is his half-sister Sunnà. But when third of his brain. The damage is recorded during the magic years to Kabul, Afghanistan. Today she is his negligence causes a reindeer to go missing, he irreversible, and life as they know it capture everything. the first and only foreign lawyer decides to join the search and against all odds, he comes to an abrupt end. Director: Jonas Åkerlund who litigates in Afghanistan’s experiences the most adventurous summer of his life. Director: Sine Skibsholt Producer: Eva Tempelman courts. Cast: Mette Line Cast: Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle Director: Nicole Horanyi & Kristian Boserup & The Roxette Band Producer: Helle Faber

FINNISH NARRATOR SAMULI EDELMANN ENGLISH NARRATOR JONATHAN HUTCHINGS SINGER JOHANNA KURKELA SCRIPT ANTTI TUURI AND MARKO RÖHR STORY AND TEXTS ANTTI TUURI DIRECTORS MARKO RÖHR AND KIM SAARNILUOTO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY TEEMU LIAKKA SECOND UNIT NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS HANNU SIITONEN MIKKO PÖLLÄNEN JAN HENRIKSSON ATTE HENRIKSSON JUHA “TYYNE” LAAKSONEN JUHA “NORPPA” TASKINEN Directors of PhotograPhy haNNU siitoNeN MiKKo PÖLLÄNeN teeMU LiaKKa fiLM eDitor KiM saarNiLUoto soUND DesigNer JUha haKaNeN MUsic PaNU aaLtio screeNPLay ViLLe sUhoNeN ProDUcer MarKo rÖhr Directors ViLLe sUhoNeN KiM saarNiLUoto UNDERWATER B-CAMERA OPERATOR PASI LENSU HYDROBIOLOGIST JUHA “ROOPE” FLINKMAN DIVE MASTER ARI ILOLA EDITOR KIM SAARNILUOTO SOUND DESIGNER JUHA HAKANEN COMPOSER PANU AALTIO LINE PRODUCER HANNA JÄRVINEN PRODUCER MARKO RÖHR FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION/ELINA KIVIHALME IN CO-OPERATION WITH YLE/ERKKI ASTALA AVEK/OUTI ROUSU RAIJA AND OSSI TUULIAINEN FOUNDATION ELISA GOSAIMAA VISITSAIMAA FINN SPRING CO-FUNDED BY THE CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DISTRIBUTION NORDISK FILM/KATARINA NYMAN ProDUctioN sUPPort fiNNish fiLM foUNDatioN / eLiNa KiVihaLMe

TaleOfALake70x100.indd 1 04/01/16 13:59 TALE OF A LAKE DRONE TALE OF A FOREST SEPIDEH Documentary / 75 min / Drama / 98 min / Denmark / 2014 Documentary / 88 min / Documentary / 88 & 52 min / Finland / 2016 Finland / 2014 Denmark / 2013 Michael Haas has played war video An adventure through the Land games since he was 5. At 19 he is Tale of a Forest is a film for the Sepideh wants to become an of a Thousands Lakes and the best employed by the US AirForce as a whole family about the unique astronaut. She spends her nights selling documentary in the history drone pilot. DRONE gives crucial Finnish forest and its colourful and exploring the secrets of the of Finnish Cinema. context and new perspectives that diverse life. universe, while her family will do Director: Marko Röhr reveal crucial secrets of the CIA Directors: Ville Suhonen & Kim anything to keep her on the ground. CLOUDBOY / 77 min / Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway / 2017 drone war and asks where we are Saarniluoto. Directed by: Berit Madsen Directed by Meikeminne Clinckspoor. Produced by Katleen Goossens for Bulletproof Cupid. headed. Cast: Sara Sommerfield, Geert Van Rampelgerg, Mikkel Gaup, Daan Roofthooft, Ayla Gáren Audhild Nutti & Joakim Trägårdh. Director: Tonje Hessen Schei Domestic release: Jekino, April 5th 2017.

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