TrustNordisk is proud to announce that A SERIOUS GAME has been officially selected for the Berlinale Special Gala section.
Director, Pernilla August states: “I am so happy that the film will have it´s world premiere in Berlin. It will be great to finally see A SERIOUS GAME fly on its own wings and meet with an international audience.”
Award winning director Pernilla August's (THE LEGACY 2014, BEYOND 2010) adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg´s classic romantic novel is based on a screenplay written by Academy Award and Bafta nominated director and screenwriter Lone Scherfig (ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS 2000, AN EDUCATION 2009, THE RIOT CLUB 2014). Söderberg's novel has been published in several major territories; Germany, UK, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain among others.
A SERIOUS GAME is an epic love story about the illusions of love and the consequences which sometimes follow. A story about passionate and overpowering love set in turn of the twentieth century Stockholm, starring Karin Franz Körlof (NOBODY OWNS ME, 2013), Sverrir Gudnason (MONICA Z, 2013) and Michael Nyqvist (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, 2009 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL, 2011).
A SERIOUS GAME is produced by Patrik Andersson, Frida Bargo and Fredrik Heinig for B-Reel Films in co-production with Film Väst, SVT, Nordisk Film, Motlys, Bonnier Books, Reel Ventures, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning and Nimbus Film, in collaboration with YLE and Film Capital Stockholm/Filmregionen Stockholm-Mälardalen, with support from The Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, The Norwegian Film Institute, Creative Europe, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Filmregionen Stockholm-Mälardalen.
Nordic distribution through Nordisk Film Distribution.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
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International press: Manlin Sterner / Manlin@manlin.se