The Danish film Summer of ’92 produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Nina Bisgaard for Meta Film was granted NOK1.2 million. The comedy is based on the true story of the legendary Danish football manager Richard Møller Nielsen who united his unprepared, mismatched team to win against Germany in the 1992 European Championship finals. The film just started filming on Tuesday with Ulrich Thomsen in the lead and Cyron Melville, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Allan Hyde rounding up the cast. The DKK3.3 million film is co-produced by Peapie Films’ Kris Thykier in the UK (Kick Ass, The Debt), with co-financing from TV2 and support from the Danish Film Institute. Hanway Films handles world sales and SF Scandinavian distribution. The Danish premiere is set for the fall 2015.
Heavysaurs-The Movie produced by Nina Laurio for Solar Films was granted NOK1.2 million. The live action family adventure tells of two kids who find five funny fantasy creatures, the ‘Heavysaurs’. The creatures love to eat and play rock’n roll but are completely unused to the human world. The kids save the creatures from captivity, setting off to an exciting adventure. The original story uses the true ‘Heavysaurs’ characters, fantasy dinosaurs playing rock for kids, created by the famous Finnish band Hevisaurus jointly owned by the band and Sony Music Entertainment Finland. Filming just started and the Finnish premiere is set for late 2015. The film is co-financed by YLE, Sony Music Entertainment Finland, Nordisk Film (which handles the domestic release), with support from the Finnish Film Foundation.
Natural Disorder produced by Malene Flindt Pedersen and Sidsel Lønvig Siersted for Moving Documentary was granted NOK 475,000. The film examines and challenges modern society’s concept of normality through the story of 24 year-old Jacob Nossell who has a normal intelligence in a weakened body as he suffers from cerebral palsy. He is too disabled to be accepted by society and too normal to accept his own fate. He decides to stage a performance at the Royal Danish Theatre to find out if that will give him satisfaction in life. The film is in production and Jacob’s play at the Royal Danish Theatre is set to premiere on September 21st. Delivery date is scheduled for June 2015.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond also allocated distribution support to Studio Show Entertainment for the Swedish release of Kristian Levring’s The Salvation and to Storytelling Media/Auto Images/DHF for the release of Magnus Gertten’s documentary Tusen Bitar.