04/07/2003

The European Union’s MEDIA Plus programme has earmarked DKR3.4m (Euros457,000) to support the distribution of two new films by former exponents of the Dogma movement. The titles in question are It's all about love [+see also:
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film profile], an English-language coproduction by Thomas Vinterberg (director of the most famous Dogma film of them all, Feste). It’s all about love was picked up by Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Greece, Holland, Portugal and the United Kingdom and sold 50,700 tickets domestically.
The second beneficiary is another hugely successful English-language production, Wilbur wants to kill himself [+see also:
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film profile], directed by Lone Scherfig. It will receive DKR2.5m (Euros336,000) towards its distribution in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Holland. In spite of an initially lukewarm reception, good word-of-mouth meant that this film was seen by a domestic audience of 170,000. Trust Film Sales is handling the international sales of both titles.

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(Translated from Italian)