Oskar Thor Axelsson - A New Icelandic Director to Watch
“I was also inspired by the energy of films like Trainspotting, Goodfellas,Run Lola Run, films that use a lot of crazy techniques and have a fast pace and great music.”
Number one at the Icelandic box office this week, Oskar Thor Axelsson is the new Icelandic director to watch. His debut feature Black’s Game, a Reykjavik-set Goodfellas executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn missed out on the Tiger award in Rotterdam early February but got the highest rating of all...
TrustNordisk signs raft of deals for The Hunt, Black's Game
TrustNordisk has shown buyers a promo for Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, which is now in post-production.
The Mads Mikkelsen-starrer has sold to the UK (Arrow Films) and Benelux (Wild Bunch).
Tom Stewart, Head of Acquisitions for Arrow Films says: “We’re totally thrilled to be bringing this power-house collaboration to the UK/ Ireland audience and to be continuing our ongoing strong relationship with TrustNordisk.”
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TrustNordisk closing deals on Icelandic thriller BLACK’S GAME
Germany (Koch Media), Benelux (Wild Bunch) and Estonia (Estin Film) have acquired the rights to the fast-paced Icelandic thriller BLACK’S GAME, which has been shown at the European Film Market (EFM), Berlin International Film Festival.
Koch Media’s Head of Acquisitions and Sales Silke Wilfinger: “We are glad that we could acquire BLACK’S GAME which is a very strong crime movie in the tradition of Nicolas Winding Refn's work.”
On board already are UK (Entertainment One)...
Geezers need excitement
“Make it as violent as you can,” was the advice executive producer Nicolas Winding Refn (the creator of PUSHER and director of DRIVE) gave Icelandic director Óskar Thór Axelsson when Axelsson was finishing the screenplay for the film. It was advice Axelsson took to heart.
Based on the novel BLACK CURSE by Stefán Máni, the film is set in the late 1990s – a transitional moment in the Icelandic underworld. In the “old” days, drug smuggling and gangsterism had been small-scale. Cops...
Icelandic Tiger BLACK'S GAME roars in Rotterdam
The debut feature of Icelandic director Óskar Thór Axelsson, the Reykjavik underworld saga BLACK'S GAME is one of 15 films that are part of the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which is currently under way.
Executive produced by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, who won the Best Director accolade at Cannes last year for his DRIVE, the film does bring to mind Refn’s early work, in particular the PUSHER trilogy.
Set around the...
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