Deals include France, Switzerland and Benelux.
LevelK has now sold Poul Berg’s Danish family film Hacker to more than 60 territories.
They include France, Switzerland and French-speaking African territories (Swift Productions), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Fyrom, Kosovo and Montenegro (Radar), Benelux (Just4Kids), Poland (Vivarto) and Estonia (Estin Film).
The Latin American deal is in the final stages of negotiations.
Scanbox released the film on March 28 in Denmark; it has 20,451admissions to date. It will launch in Norway in early June.
The story is about a 13-year-old hacker who wants to find out the truth about his mother’s disappearance years earlier.
LevelK has now sold Poul Berg’s Danish family film Hacker to more than 60 territories.
They include France, Switzerland and French-speaking African territories (Swift Productions), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Fyrom, Kosovo and Montenegro (Radar), Benelux (Just4Kids), Poland (Vivarto) and Estonia (Estin Film).
The Latin American deal is in the final stages of negotiations.
Scanbox released the film on March 28 in Denmark; it has 20,451admissions to date. It will launch in Norway in early June.
The story is about a 13-year-old hacker who wants to find out the truth about his mother’s disappearance years earlier.
- 4/8/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
California-based High Octane Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Ukrainian sci-fi family film “The Bobot” from LevelK.
High Octane Pictures (Hop) is planning to release the film during the second quarter of 2019.
“The Bobot, ” which has been described as the first Ukrainian sci-fi action-adventure film for family audiences, takes place in a near future and follows a 12-year-old dreamer, Vlad, who gets caught in a conflict between two alien forces. Forced to overcome his fears, Vlad joins forces with Bobot, an electric transformer box, to prevent a global disaster.
Like most science fiction films, “The Bobot” raises various issues such as the impact of technological progress on the environment.
“‘The Bobot’ is nothing short of incredible. This is a film we’ve been tracking since we first heard of its development and could not be happier to be working with the wonderful team over at LevelK in addition to...
High Octane Pictures (Hop) is planning to release the film during the second quarter of 2019.
“The Bobot, ” which has been described as the first Ukrainian sci-fi action-adventure film for family audiences, takes place in a near future and follows a 12-year-old dreamer, Vlad, who gets caught in a conflict between two alien forces. Forced to overcome his fears, Vlad joins forces with Bobot, an electric transformer box, to prevent a global disaster.
Like most science fiction films, “The Bobot” raises various issues such as the impact of technological progress on the environment.
“‘The Bobot’ is nothing short of incredible. This is a film we’ve been tracking since we first heard of its development and could not be happier to be working with the wonderful team over at LevelK in addition to...
- 10/24/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Poul Berg’s feature debut was developed in cooperation with fellow Emmy nominee Kalle Bjerkø.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Poul Berg’s Danish family action film Hacker.
The film marks the feature debut for Emmy nominee Berg, whose TV credits include Ride Upon The Storm, Mille and Limbo.
The script has been developed in cooperation with writer Kalle Bjerkø, Emmy nominee 2012 for Boxhead.
Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann produce for Toolbox Film, with Cinenic Film as co-producer. Backers include The Danish Film Institute, Dr TV, The Swedish Film Institute, Svt, Scanbox Entertainment, LevelK and Creative Europe/Media.
LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Poul Berg’s Danish family action film Hacker.
The film marks the feature debut for Emmy nominee Berg, whose TV credits include Ride Upon The Storm, Mille and Limbo.
The script has been developed in cooperation with writer Kalle Bjerkø, Emmy nominee 2012 for Boxhead.
Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann produce for Toolbox Film, with Cinenic Film as co-producer. Backers include The Danish Film Institute, Dr TV, The Swedish Film Institute, Svt, Scanbox Entertainment, LevelK and Creative Europe/Media.
- 3/19/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Fond also backs two TV serires and Lisa Langseth’s new feature.
In its June round of funding, Nordisk Film & TV Fond supported seven new projects, including its largest ever production grant for a documentary, $118,000 (Nok 1m), to Mads Brügger’s [pictured] Cold Case Dag Hammerskjöld.
The Danish documentary is produced by Peter Engel of Wingman Media, in co-production with Norway’s Piraya Film, Sweden’s Laika Film and Belgium’s Associate Producers. Again with his unique style also on camera The Ambassador director Brugger reopens the case of legendary former Un Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld who died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961.
Dr handles world sales on the film, which will be delivered in 2017.
The Fond also supported these projects in its latest round:
A Modern Man (documentary) $56,000 $231,000 (Nok 500,000) Produced by Danish Documentary and directed by Eva Mulvad, this film is an existential journey with violinist and model Charlie Siem. Rides Upon the...
In its June round of funding, Nordisk Film & TV Fond supported seven new projects, including its largest ever production grant for a documentary, $118,000 (Nok 1m), to Mads Brügger’s [pictured] Cold Case Dag Hammerskjöld.
The Danish documentary is produced by Peter Engel of Wingman Media, in co-production with Norway’s Piraya Film, Sweden’s Laika Film and Belgium’s Associate Producers. Again with his unique style also on camera The Ambassador director Brugger reopens the case of legendary former Un Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld who died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961.
Dr handles world sales on the film, which will be delivered in 2017.
The Fond also supported these projects in its latest round:
A Modern Man (documentary) $56,000 $231,000 (Nok 500,000) Produced by Danish Documentary and directed by Eva Mulvad, this film is an existential journey with violinist and model Charlie Siem. Rides Upon the...
- 6/28/2016
- by [email protected] (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Controversial director makes rare appearance and speeches at Danish film awards.
Lars von Trier has once more broken his “vow of silence” to accept an armful of prizes at Denmark’s Robert awards.
The controversial Danish filmmaker’s Nymphomaniac: Director’s Cut scooped eight trophies including best feature and best director at the Danish Film Academy’s awards last night (Feb 1) – and von Trier was in attendance at the ceremony for the first time.
Accepting the Robert for best feature, von Trier said: “From Peter Aalbæk Jensen (his producing partner at Zentropa Entertainments), I know that some of the Robert awards are won by five votes, so I would like to thank those five persons in the auditorium. Thank you very much.”
The director of Antichrist and Dancer in the Dark has rarely spoken in public after being expelled from the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, where he brought Melancholia, after publicly joking that he was a Nazi...
Lars von Trier has once more broken his “vow of silence” to accept an armful of prizes at Denmark’s Robert awards.
The controversial Danish filmmaker’s Nymphomaniac: Director’s Cut scooped eight trophies including best feature and best director at the Danish Film Academy’s awards last night (Feb 1) – and von Trier was in attendance at the ceremony for the first time.
Accepting the Robert for best feature, von Trier said: “From Peter Aalbæk Jensen (his producing partner at Zentropa Entertainments), I know that some of the Robert awards are won by five votes, so I would like to thank those five persons in the auditorium. Thank you very much.”
The director of Antichrist and Dancer in the Dark has rarely spoken in public after being expelled from the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, where he brought Melancholia, after publicly joking that he was a Nazi...
- 2/2/2015
- by [email protected] (Jorn Rossing Jensen) [email protected] (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.