We are excited to announce that Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has presented this year’s line-up, and Lilja Ingolfsdottir's debut feature LOVEABLE, has been selected for the Crystal Globe competition. LOVEABLE will celebrate its world premiere at the festival (28 June – 6 July 2024).
Copenhagen, 28 May 2024 – LOVEABLE has been officially selected for the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for the Crystal Globe, competing in the main feature film competition of the festival. LOVEABLE is a heartfelt interpersonal drama where 40-year-old Maria, mother of four, is struggling to save her marriage.
LOVEABLE mark the long-awaited feature debut of Lilja Ingolfsdottir, behind acclaimed shorts WHAT WE FEAR (2022) and NEGLECT (2010). The feature is produced by renowned Thomas Robsahm known for Academy-award nominated THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD and stars a strong Nordic cast lead by Helga Guren (22. JULY, 2018) and Oddgeir Thune (BLINDSPOT, 2015-2020).
Managing Director at TrustNordisk, Susan Wendt, comments:
"We are so proud and happy that Lilja's debut feature LOVEABLE will have its world premiere at the prestigous Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024 in the main competition. We wish the best of luck to everyone involved in this breathtaking work of art"
Winner Best Nordic project
The film was presented during Finnish Film Affair where it took home the top prize for best upcoming Nordic project. In regard to the award, Ingolfsdottir stated to Variety "the film is based on first-hand experience, but is less a break-up drama than an exploration of how an individual or a couple arrives at a seeming point of no return."
Synopsis
Maria must come to terms with herself when her husband says that he wants a divorce.
An interpersonal film about a break-up, but also a woman´s opportunity for self-knowledge, growth and having to deal with unconscious and dysfunctional patterns in herself.
LOVEABLE is directed and written by Lilja Ingolfsdottir, produced by Thomas Robsahm for Nordisk Film Production A/S and Amarcord with support from the Norwegian Film Institute and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Local distribution by Nordisk Film Distribution. International sales handled by TrustNordisk.
Loveable will release locally on 11 October 2024.
Screening link will soon be available for interested buyers.
For more info, please visit the film page.