Sundance Selects takes Zentropa trio

By SCREEN DAILY / By Michael Rosser

11-11-2014

North American rights acquired for three thrillers in the Department Q series.

 

US distributor Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights for three Zentropa-produced thrillers: The Keeper Of Lost Causes, The Absent One and A Conspiracy Of Faith.

 

The

deal was negotiated between Susan Wendt, head of sales at TrustNordisk

and Sean Berney, manager of acquisitions at Sundance Selects/IFC Films.

 

The three Zentropa-produced features are all based on the bestselling books by Jussi Adler-Olsen.

 

The Keeper Of Lost Causes and The Absent One have proved box office hits in the local Danish market. Last year, The Keeper Of Lost Causes became the most seen film in Danish cinemas with more than 725.000 admissions.

 

The second instalment The Absent One,

released on October 2, has currently reached the 700,000 admissions

mark in Danish cinemas, making it 2014´s most popular film in the local

market.

 

A Conspiracy Of Faith is currently in pre-production.

 

All

three titles are produced by Louise Vesth, Jonas Bagger and Peter Ålbæk

for the Zentropa Group in cooperation with TV 2 Danmark, ZDF German

Television Network, ZDF Enterprises, TV4 Sverige, TV 2 Norge in

co-production with Film i Väst. With support from the Danish Film

Institute, Eurimages, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Deutscher

Filmförderfonds and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Allerød

Kommune. Developed with support from the Media Programme of the

European Union.

 

Nordic distribution is through Nordisk Film.

 

TrustNordisk handles international sales.