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SUKKWAN ISLAND

by Vladimir de Fontenay

synopsis

A haunted young man travels to a remote island to reconnect with his father and confront the traumatic experience they shared ten years prior that transformed their relationship.

international title: Sukkwan Island
original title: Sukkwan Island
country: France, Norway, Belgium, United Kingdom, Finland
sales agent: mk2 films
year: 2025
genre: fiction
directed by: Vladimir de Fontenay
film run: 114'
screenplay: Vladimir de Fontenay
cast: Swann Arlaud, Woody Norman, Alma Pöysti, Ruaridh Mollica, Tuppence Middleton
cinematography by: Amine Berrada
film editing: Nicolas Chaudeurge
art director: Eve Martin
costumes designer: Sybille Langh
music: Florent Chronie-De Maria, Jeremy Villecourt
producer: Carole Scotta, Eliott Khayat, Caroline Benjo
co-producer: Synnøve Hørsdal, Petter Onstad Løkke, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Tatjana Kozar, Mike Goodridge, Sydney Oberfeld
line producer: Rémi Veyrie
production: Haut et Court, Maipo Film & TV Produksjon AS, Versus Production, Good Chaos, Aurora Studios, Fjordic Film, Proximus, Voo, Be TV, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Proarti
backing: Filmfond Nord, Creative Europe - MEDIA, NFI - Norwegian Film Institute/Norsk Filminstitutt
distributor: Haut et Court, Curzon Artificial Eye

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Review: Sukkwan Island

Review: Sukkwan Island

Swann Arlaud and Woody Norman dazzle in Vladimir de Fontenay’s new movie, a high-calibre and incisive survival film which is as brutally physical as it is subtly psychological  

27/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Swann Arlaud toplining Emmanuel Marre's Notre salut

Swann Arlaud toplining Emmanuel Marre's Notre salut

The director is gearing up to commence filming on his second fiction feature, which is a period drama set during Vichy France  

04/04/2025 | Production | Funding | Belgium/France

mk2 Films selling a hopeful for the Golden Bear at Berlin

mk2 Films selling a hopeful for the Golden Bear at Berlin

With The Safe House by Lionel Baier as the topliner, but also new films by Joachim Trier, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Robin Campillo, the French sales agent has a supersized line-up  

04/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Sundance to host a well-stocked line-up of European productions

Sundance to host a well-stocked line-up of European productions

Films from numerous co-production territories will be present at the Park City gathering, with Peter Hujar’s Day by Ira Sachs perhaps the most high-profile title  

12/12/2024 | Sundance 2025

Shooting wraps for Dominik Moll’s Case 137

Shooting wraps for Dominik Moll’s Case 137

Léa Drucker toplines the new film by the director of The Night of the 12th, which is once again being produced by Haut et Court  

05/12/2024 | Production | Funding | France

mk2 Films boasts two contenders for Cannes’ Palme d’Or

mk2 Films boasts two contenders for Cannes’ Palme d’Or

The French sales agent’s opulent line-up notably consists of ten titles in the various Cannes showcases, with works by Christophe Honoré and Jia Zhangke in competition  

13/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Marché du Film

Vladimir de Fontenay shooting Sukkwan Island

Vladimir de Fontenay shooting Sukkwan Island

Swann Arlaud, Woody Norman, Alma Pöysti and Ruaridh Mollica star in the helmer’s second feature, which is being produced by Haut et Court  

09/04/2024 | Production | Funding | France/Norway/Belgium/UK/Finland

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