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IFFR 2014

Something Must Break runs for a Tiger – The Reunion in My Own Private Europe

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- Danish director Nils Malmros honoured by a retrospective with most of his films at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, which runs between January 22-February 2

Something Must Break runs for a Tiger – The Reunion in My Own Private Europe
Something Must Break by Ester Martin Bergsmark

Swedish director Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break [+see also:
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, is the only Scandinavian contender among the 15 first or second features selected for the Hivos Tiger Award at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, which runs between January 22-February 2. But the Nordic countries are strongly represented in the other sections of the Dutch showcase.

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Scripted by Eli Levén and Bergsmark, with Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg and Shima Niavarani in the leads, the Elin Magnusson production for Garagefilm is set in Stockholm during the summer, when the androgynous Sebastian meets Andreas, who is not gay, and they begin a passionate affair. Andreas finds it difficult to be in a relationship with another guy, and while they are talking about escaping everyday life together, he begins to have strong feelings for a young woman.

Danish director Christian E Christiansen, who has since his Life Hits [+see also:
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(2006) signed six films including his US box office topper The Roommate (2011), will world-premiere his new Danish action drama On The Edge in the Spectrum sidebar. Starring Cyron Melville, Danina Curcic with Norway’s Jakob Oftebro, it follows two childhood mates whose friendship is put to the test. Louise Vesth-Senia Dremstrup produced for Zentropa Entertainments.

Danish director Nils Malmros, whose latest film Sorrow and Joy [+see also:
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is now exceeding 260,000 admissions domestically, will be honoured by a retrospective series, Signals: Nils Malmros, depicting the auteur’s very personal universe from A Strange Love (1968) and Boys (1977) through 10 films such as early award-winners as Tree of Knowledge (1981) and Beauty and the Beast (1983).

Herself nominated for four Guldbaggar at tonight’s (January 20) Stockholm gala for Sweden’s national film prize – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress – Swedish director Anna Odell’s The Reunion [+see also:
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will unspool in the My Own Private Europe section. The portrayal of a class reunion after 20 years, when bullying, power structures and old hierarchies have not changed, this Mathilde Dedye’s production for French Quarter Film won the international critics’ FIPRESCI prize for Best Feature Debut in Venice.

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