28/06/2007

The Danish Film Institute has just awarded a total DKK 16.5m (€2.2m) to three feature films: Kasper Barfoed’s The Candidate and the new instalments from the Father of Four [+see also:
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Barfoed’s first feature film My Sister’s Kids in Egypt was a big domestic hit in 2004, and the director scored again in 2006 with his second film The Lost Treasure From the Knights Templar, ( 214.000 admissions). The Candidate set to start shooting next autumn, will be his first adult-oriented film starring Nikolaj Kaas, Ulf Pilgaard, and Tuva Novotny.

The film scripted by Stefan Jaworski is the story of a successful defence attorney, Jonas Nymann, who one day is accused of murder. In his hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer, his investigation links him back to his father's death a year and a half earlier. Produced by Jonas Allen for Miso Production, the project received a €806,419 support from the DFI.

Claus Bjerre who cumulated over 700,000 admissions in Denmark for his first and second remakes of the Danish 1950s classic comedy Father of Four, was awarded a €672,000 grant towards the making of Father of Four-Homefield Advantage. The project set to shoot all through the summer, is produced again by ASA Film in co-production with Scanbox who will also handle domestic release.

Also busy shooting this summer is Giacomo Campeotto who has signed on for his second directorial role on the Knights Templar series. In The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: the Mystery of the Snake Crown, the four young heroes and the Templar Grand Master will travel to Malta to return the Snake Crown to the Order of Maltese Knights. M&M Production is producing, with financial support from the Malta Film Commission, TV2 Denmark and regional film fund Film Fyn. The DFI allocation was €739,000.