After bowing at Venice and playing at Toronto to rave reviews, Lukas
Moodysson´s ”We Are The Best!” has lured a flurry of buyers.
Repped by Scandi powerhouse TrustNordisk, “Best” has sold to Australia (NewVision Films), Italy (Bim
Distribuzione) and Taiwan (Maison Motion) with a number of territories
currently in negotiation.
TrustNordisk, topped by Rikke Ennis, has previously closed the U.K.
(Metrodome), Benelux (Wildbunch), Switzerland (Frenetic Films), Former
Yugoslavia (Continental Film) and Lithuania (Scanorama).
An endearing coming-of-age dramedy, “Best” revolves around three young
outsiders in 1980s Stockholm who despite their differences form a punk band
without having any instruments, defying the popular claim that punk is dead.
“Moodyson knows well how to dig into the soul and feelings of his teenage
female protagonists,” said Frank Cox, managing director at Australia´s
NewVision Films. “Older audiences will find an affinity and relive the
80′s culture and their own past youthful selves in this feel-good and
immensely entertaining movie.”
Variety´s Guy Lodge described the film as “an eccentric, authentic and
utterly delightful evocation” of “early teenage life.”
Pic was produced by Lars Jonsson for Memfis Film, co-produced by Film
I Vast, SVT and Zentropa in association with Danish Broadcasting Corporation
(DR) and with the backing of the Swedish Film Institute, The Danish Film
Institute and Nordisk Film and TV Fond.
Pic will roll out in Scandinavia on Oct. 11.
Swedish scribe-helmer Moodysson broke through with “Show Me Love,” a
1998 romantic drama which won Berlin´s Teddy nod and a British Film Institute
prize, among other kudos.