A ROYAL AFFAIR has been secured Italian distribution with distributor Academy Two on board.
Having been nearly sold out worldwide for quite some time, Nikolaj Arcel's historical drama was yet to conquer Italy. Now the Italians can now look forward to being amongst those, who can watch the Academy Award®-nominated A ROYAL AFFAIR in their home country's cinemas.
The deal was negotiated between Acquisitions Manager Beatrice Gulino from Academy Two and Sales Manager Nicolai Korsgaard, TrustNordisk.
Vania Traxler, CEO of Academy Two: "We are very proud to release A ROYAL AFFAIR, continuing in our tradition with releasing great Academy Award®- nominees and winners such as MEPHISTO, CRYING GAME, MY LEFT FOOT and THE COUNTERFEITERS”.
A ROYAL AFFAIR has been sold to over 80 countries. It world premiered in Competition at Berlin International Film Festival 2012, where it took home two Silver Bears for Best Actor (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) and Best Script (Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel) and has since continued its strong festival streak at e.g. Telluride, Toronto and AFI, where it won the Audience Award. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Arce´s historical drama has climbed to the top of the charts both nationally and internationally, breaking admission records in UK, Australia and France, and it has earned a Golden Globe®-nomination and an Academy Award®-nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film.
A ROYAL AFFAIR is produced by 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.