Nikolaj Arcel's A ROYAL AFFAIR is shortlisted for the Academy Award ® for Best Foreign Language Film as one of the nine semi-finalists, who have been chosen to compete for the final five nominations, which are announced on January the 10th. The 85th ceremony is to be held February 24th.
Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, A ROYAL AFFAIR has just earned a Golden Globe ® nomination by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The film won two Silver Bears (Best Actor, Best Script) at its world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival, it recently won Audience Award in the World Cinema category at the AFI Fest and it has broken admission records in UK, Australia, France and domestically, where it currently lies #1 on the DVD chart-list.
Producing trio of A ROYAL AFFAIR consists of Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, and Meta Louise Foldager for Zentropa Entertainments. Executive producers are Lars von Trier, Peter Aalbæk Jensen and Peter Garde. Screenplay is written by Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Videbæk is director of photography, composers are Gabriel Yared and Cyrille Aufort, editors are Mikkel E.G. Nielsen and Kasper Leick, Niels Sejer is behind production design and Manon Rasmussen behind costumes. The film is produced by Zentropa Entertainments28 in cooperation with Trollhättan Film AB and Film i Väst in Sweden, Sirena Film in The Czech Republic and Zentropa Entertainments Berlin. The film is also supported by West Danish Film Fund, Swedish Television, Czech Film Commission under Ministerstvo Kultury, MDM Leipzig Film Fund, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Eurimages and The Media Programme of the European Union. A ROYAL AFFAIR is budgeted at €6m and has been supported by The Danish Film Institute and Eurimages. Nordisk Film is domestic distributor, while TrustNordisk handles international sales.