WE ARE THE BEST! honoured as Best Film in Tokyo

25-10-2013

 

Lukas Moodysson´s WE ARE THE BEST! has just received the Tokyo Sakura

Grand Prix for Best Film at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival.

 

 

 

The award is followed by a prize of 50.000

USD for director Lukas Moodysson and producer Lars Jønsson.

 

 

 

With this award WE ARE THE BEST! continues

its international success which began at its World Premiere in Venice two

months ago. Following a hectic festival circuit at e.g. Toronto, London,

Warsaw, Zurich, Rio and Tokyo, WE ARE THE BEST! will also screen at AFI in Los

Angeles in November.

 

 

 

WE ARE THE BEST! has not only become a

festival darling. Buyers, critics and the audience have also embraced the film.

 

TrustNordisk has so far sold the film to

more than 50 territories including key territories such as US, UK, Australia,

France, Benelux and Italy.

 

 

 

Following critically acclaimed features

such as SHOW ME LOVE AKA FUCKING AMAL, TOGETHER and LILYA 4-EVER, WE ARE THE

BEST! is Lukas Moodysson´s 7th feature film and revolves around Bobo, Klara and

Hedvig, three young outsiders in 1980s Stockholm who despite their differences

find unity in music and form a punk band without having any instruments and

even though everybody says that punk is dead.

 

 

 

WE ARE THE BEST! is produced by Lars

Jönsson for Memfis Film, co-produced by Film I Väst, SVT and Zentropa in

co-operation with Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) and with support from

the Swedish Film Institute, The Danish Film Institute and Nordisk Film and TV

Fond.

 

 

 

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