17/05/2010

Copenhagen-based sales company TrustNordisk – which is attracting a lot of attention in Cannes with the Danish documentary Armadillo [+see also:
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Previously known as Civilization, Bier’s new Danish-language film has sold to Germany (Universum), Switzerland (Frenetic) and Brazil (California Films). The drama co-written by the director and Anders Thomas Jensen is a family drama set against a refugee camp in Sudan’s Darfur region. The leads are played by Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm and Ulrich Thomsen. The Danish release is set for August 26.

The Swedish box office success Easy Money has just been sold to the UK (Icon Film Distribution) and Australia (Madman). Over 20 territories have acquired the Scandinavian thriller since Berlin, including The Weinstein Company for the US, Germany and Italy and a Warner Bros remake is in the works, starring Zac Ephron.

Two other TrustNordisk titles have been picked up by Brazil’s California Films: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and David Mackenzie’s Last Word.