TrustNordisk closes several deals on Norwegian Action/Adventure RAGNAROK

13-11-2013

 

Buyers flock to

TrustNordisk for RAGNAROK. After screening the film at American Film Market,

TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on the popular Norwegian

action/adventure.

 

 

 

TrustNordisk

has now closed deals on the film for China (Melting Culture Ltd.), Indonesia

(Pratama Film), Spain (Artwood), Brazil (Mares Filmes LTDA) and Thailand (IPA).

 

 

 

Previously

announced deals include: USA (Magnolia Pictures), Turkey and Cyprus

(Euromedia), Japan (Interfilm), Taiwan (Supervision Trading) and Eastern Europe

(A Company).

 

 

 

RAGNAROK

received international acclaim at its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest in

Austin with international outlets comparing the style to Spielberg´s early

films and highlighting it as clever entertainment with a Norwegian twist. 

 

 

 

Local Norwegian

critics have also embraced the film and described it as  “A Norwegian Indiana Jones” (BT)

and “A victory for Norwegian

Film” (VG).

 

 

 

RAGNAROK, which

was released locally on October 4th, is still going strong at the local box

office and is currently the most popular film in the Norwegian cinemas of 2013.

 

 

 

RAGNAROK stars

Pål Sverre Hagen (KON-TIKI, 2012) as an archeologist obsessed with the Oseberg

Viking ship. Convinced that the ship contains the answer to the mystery of

Ragnarok, the end of days in Norse mythology he mounts an expedition to “No

Man´s Land” between Norway and Russia, which holds a secret more terrifying

than he could possibly imagine.

 

 

 

Directed by

Mikkel Sandemose (COLD PREY - THE BEGINNING, 2010) RAGNAROK is produced by

Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon in co-production with

Film i Väst, H. Aschehoug & Co, Filmkraft Invest, Ghost VFX and Tre Vänner

with support from The Norwegian Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Norwegian

Broadcasting Corporation, The Swedish Film Institute, the MEDIA programme of

the European Union and i2i Audiovisual.

 

 

 

 

 

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information, download of stills etc., please click here.