The amazing success for A MAN CALLED OVE continues and we are very proud that this weekend, the film won the prize as Best European Comedy at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw, Poland.
Besides the win for A MAN CALLED OVE, Rolf Lassgård also had the honor of being nominated for Best European Actor for his performance in the film.
Music Box Films released the film in U.S. in September to fantastic reviews and boxoffice numbers have now passed 3.2 million dollars and still counting. Further, the film has been selected as Sweden´s official Academy Award® entry for Best Foreign Language Film 2017.
Another successful international release, amongst many others, is the German and Austrian by Concorde. Here, the film made more than 3.1 million euro at the boxoffice.
In December 2015 A MAN CALLED OVE celebrated a record-breaking opening in Sweden and with over 1.7 million admissions in total, it is the 5th bestselling local film in Sweden ever. In January 2016 the film took home 3 Guldbagge awards (the swedish Oscars), including the Best Actor Award for Rolf Lassgård.
A MAN CALLED OVE has been sold to U.S. and Canada (Music Box Films), Germany, Austria (Concorde), Australia, New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), France (Paradis Films), Benelux (September Film Rights), Switzerland (Praesens-Film AG), Spain (Savor), Portugal (Alambique), Greece (Videorama), Russia (Silver Box), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Czech Republic, Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Groupicon), Slovakia (Association of Czech Film Club), Estonia (Estin Film), Japan (Medallion Media), Singapore (Global Eagle Entertainment), Taiwan (Swallow Wings Films Co.), China (HGC), Lithuania (Scanorama) and Korea (Sidus FNH Corporation).
The film is based on the bestselling book by Fredrik Backman, which has been published in more than 30 countries worldwide and tells a heartfelt, poetic and humorous story about a grumpy old man who has given up on everyone including himself. But his life and negative approach to the world is put to the test when a new family moves in next door.
A MAN CALLED OVE is produced by Annica Bellander and Nicklas Wikström for Tre Vänner in co-operation with Film Väst, SVT, Nordisk Film, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning Fantefilm with support from The Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film institute and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
On behalf of TrustNordisk - a big congratulations to the entire team behind A MAN CALLED OVE!