autumn / winter line-up 2013 edition three CRACK BACK AND SACK by Johan Kaos NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING SEX by John McKay Drugs THE CONTEST & by Martin Miehe-Renard SEPIDEH Taxation by Berit Madsen by Christoffer Boe cover Contents Completed Films 4 Sex, Drugs and Taxation 6 Crack Back and Sack 8 Not Another Happy Ending 10 In Real Life 12 Sepideh 14 The Contest 16 Spotlight on...Komedy Upcoming 18 My Mistress 20 Sleepwalker 22 The Turning 24 Free Range Labels 26 Future Classics 28 Documentaries 29 Series 30 Children and Family 33 Rip-Out Index 34 Rip-Out Contacts Where to find us... LevelK in Toronto: Scandinavian Stand (Hyatt, 1st floor). LevelK at Mipcom: Media Stand H4.35 Screenings In Toronto SEX DRUGS & TAXAtioN: Press & Industry Screening: Thursday 5th September 3:30pm Scotiabank 3 (Scotiabank Theatre) DCP (D-Cinema) Public Screening 1: Saturday 7th September 9:30pm The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema DCP (D-Cinema) Public Screening 2: Sunday 8th September 7:45pm The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema) DCP (D-Cinema) Public Screening 3: Friday 13th September 5:00pm Cinema 1 (TIFF Bell Lightbox) DCP (D-Cinema) View all completed titles in the LevelK VIP Lounge at www.levelk.dk page 2 page 3 Completed Films SEX, 2013 ScrEENINGS IN TORONTO: Press & Industry Screening: Thursday 5th September 3:30pm DRUGS Scotiabank 3 (Scotiabank Theatre) DCP (D-Cinema) Public Screening 1: Saturday 7th September 9:30pm The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema DCP (D-Cinema) Public Screening 2: Sunday 8th September 7:45pm & The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema) DCP (D-Cinema) Public Screening 3: Friday 13th September 5:00pm TAX ATION Cinema 1 (TIFF Bell Lightbox) DCP (D-Cinema) he international award-winning academic year, and in the meantime publicity stuntman delighted the Danish director behind Glistrup and Spies got busy in their tabloid newspapers and through Reconstruction, Christoffer Boe, respective careers, Glistrup as a Spies Travel made the dream of reveals a very entertaining and partner in a law firm, and Spies a Mediterranean party accessible eventful chapter in the history of as a tour operator in Spies Travel. to thousands of Danes, whilst Denmark. However their big ideas seem to Glistrup, a strategic genius shook The year is 1965, and friends Simon be blocked at every turn by the the business world with provocative Spies and Mogens Glistrup meet establishment’s conservatism. But loopholes hidden within the face to face over a game of ping- teaming up together, they become a legislation. But life at the top is not pong at a party in the exclusive force to be reckoned with. without anguish, and the challenges college Regensen. 15 years have From this moment the two friends poised can trap even the most passed since the two eccentrics outraged and wowed the Danes intelligent businessman. enjoyed each other’s company in the for decades to come. Spies, a T SIMON SPIES AND MOGENS GLISTRUP WERE R ADICALS. RADICAL IN THEIR PURSUIT AND EXERCISE OF FREEDOM - BE IT MONEY, DRUGS OR SEX. YOU DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM IN EVERYTHING THEY DID - YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO THINK THEY WERE FUNNY. NONETHELESS, THEY WERE FUNNY, CHARMING, ODD, LARGER- THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS IN EVERY RESPECT. REFUSING TO GO QUIETLY, THEY REJECTED THE NORM AND THE ‘OLD SCHOOL’ APPROACH. THEY QUESTIONED EVERYTHING AND CAME UP WITH THEIR OWN ANSWERS. SOME OF THEM WERE RIGHT - SOME OF THEM WERE WRONG – EITHER WAY, BOTH MEN MADE AN INDELIBLE MARK ON DANISH SOCIETY. FOR THAT ALONE THEY DESERVE A MOVIE. HERE IT IS. Director Christoffer Boe on ‘Sex, Drugs & Taxation’ SEX, DRUGS & TAXATION / Drama / 110 min / Denmark / 2013 Director: Christoffer Boe Produced by Tine Grew Pfeiffer & Caroline Schlüter Bingestam for Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen Domestic DK theatrical release: August 29th 2013 by Nordisk Film Distribution (121 screens) page Completed Films “ALL THE PRODUCERS I MET KEPT TELLING ME I HAD TO CHOOSE IF CRACK, BACK I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL COMEDY OR AN ARTISTIC DRAMA. THAT WAY THEY AND SACK WOULD KNOW HOW hristian leaves his hometown for Oslo to finish his studies, but moves TO FINANCE IT AND in with two guys who turn out to be big-time pick-up artists. Despite SELL IT AND GET IT endless objections, Karl and Leo decide to give Christian a complete THROUGH THEIR makeover, teaching him the tricks of the trade and changing him into MACHINERY. THAT’S the kind of guy girls want to sleep with. Both crack, back and sack A COMPROMISE I needs a shave, and everything he’s Based on the best selling novel ‘Pornopung’ been taught so far in life needs to be COULD NEVER MAKE flushed out and reset. It’s time for Norwegian release: the razor sharp truth about life. 108 screens WITH THIS FILM. PRODUCING IT ON MY OWN COMPANY C WASN’T EASY, AND IT CERTAINLY WASN’T A WELL-OILED MACHINE, BUT I’VE MANAGED TO MAKE A FILM THAT WON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. ‘FUCK YEAH!’ IS THE ANSWER. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN?” Director Johan Kaos on ‘Crack, Back and Sack’ CRACK, BACK & SACK / Drama / 92 min / Norway / 2013 Directed by Johan Kaos for Feil Film AS. Producers: Ravn Wikhaug & Johan Kaos Cast: Ole Christoffer Ertvaag, Herbert Nordrum, Anders Rydning, Gitte Witt Domestic release: 19 July 2013, Norsk Filmdistribusjon (108 screens) page Completed Films Completed Films NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING Sometimes Love Needs a Re-Write hen a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he’s finished. With her newfound success, she’s become too damn happy and he thinks she can’t write when she’s happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he’s in love with her. KAREN STANLEY W GILLAN WEBER NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING. AMY MANSON & IAIN DE CAESTECKER KATE DICKIE & FREYA MAVOR WITH GARY LEWIS AND HENRY IAN CUSICK Sometimes love needs a re-write BRITISH FILM COMPANY AND CREATIVE SCOTLAND PRESENT A SYNCHRONICITY FILMS PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH BBC SCOTLAND. NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING STARRING KAREN GILLAN, STANLEY WEBER, IAIN DE CAESTECKER AND AMY MANSON, KATE DICKIE AND FREYA MAVOR, LOUISE GOODALL AND JOHN BETT WITH GARY LEWIS AND HENRY IAN CUSICK. LINE PRODUCER WENDY GRIFFIN DIRECTOR OF / PHOTOGRAPHY GEORGE CAMERON GEDDES / EDITOR CALUM ROSS / ORIGINAL SCORE LORNE BALFE / PRODUCTION DESIGNER ANDY HARRIS / SOUND RECORDIST KENNY ALLAN / COSTUME DESIGNER LOUISE ALLEN / HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER JACQUI MALLETT. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STEVE MILNE & CHRISTIAN EISENBEISS, ROBBIE ALLEN, EWAN ANGUS / PRODUCED BY CLAIRE MUNDELL, CO-PRODUCED BY WENDY GRIFFIN, WRITTEN BY DAVID SOLOMONS, DIRECTED BY JOHN MCKAY © NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING LTD MMXII. www.notanotherhappyending.com @NAHappyEnding DESIGN: WEARED8.COM ILLUSTRATION: WWW.KAROLINSCHNOOR.CO.UK All Photos: Anne Binckebanck NotAnother_Poster_Final_V6.indd 1 18/12/2012 16:45 NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING / Romantic Comedy / 99 min / United Kingdom / 2013 Directed by John McKay. Produced by Claire Mundell & Wendy Griffin for Synchronicity Film Cast: Karen Gillan (Dr. Who), Stanley Weber (Borgias) & Iain de Caestecker page 8 page 9 Completed Films Completed Films IN REAL LIFE In every moment we make choices that define ...choices that create shapes and patterns and carve out our lives. our being;... Right until the pattern is being broken - by faith, decision or coincidence. “In Real Life” is about such moments, where lives are drastically changed. As a multi plot drama, created out of 3 years of acting improvisations, “In Real Life” follows three story threads with characters woven together by internet dating and by their persistent search for some kind of meaning in life between love and sheer survival. IN REAL LIFE / Drama /102 min / Denmark Directed by Jonas Elmer for Beofilm Production ApS. Produced by Morten Fisker, Nanna Nikali, Jonas Elmer & Morten Kjems Juhl Cast: Sofie Gråbøl, Uffe Rørbæk Madsen, Karen Rosenberg Domestic Release: Fall 2013, SF Film Distribution page page Completed Films SEPIDEH epideh wants to become an astronaut. She spends her nights exploring the secrets of the universe, while her family will do anything to keep her on the ground. The expectations to a young Iranian woman are very different from Sepideh’s ambitions, and her plans to go to university are in danger. But Sepideh holds on to her dream! She takes up the fight and teams up with Sthe world’s first female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari. SEPIDEH / Documentary / 88/52 min / Denmark / 2013 Directed by Berit Madsen. Produced by Stefan Frost & Henrik Underbjerg for Radiator Film Domestic theatrical release October 2013 by DoxBio page Completed Films Completed Films THE CONTEST A NEW DANISH FAMILY FILM BY MARTIN MIEHE-RENARD arl Højby Hansen has lived the Sawsan, a young Islamic girl in first 12 years of his life in a small Karl’s class, takes him under her conservative village in Denmark caring wings and tries to integrate with his mother, grandmother and him into big city life with all its grandfather. Thus it comes with slang and hipness. a great shock when his mother When one of Sawsan’s homemade tells Karl that they will be moving songs are being chosen for the to the capital city, Copenhagen. biggest song contest in the country, Nothing can prepare him for his held near Karl’s village, she faces new surrounds, an ethnically mixed opposition from her family who area, where 80% of the children don’t approve of her dream to sing. at his new school are bilingual. But Karl has other ideas, and with Immediately Karl quickly starts both of them heading in the same to plan his escape back to his direction he hatches a plan that will K grandmother and grandfather.