Levan Akin’s ‘And Then We Danced’ Triumphs At Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards

Candlemass staked its place as architects of the doom genre with its iconic 1986 debut, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus.

What do you get when you mix the warm island vibes of Jamaica with some chill Swedish pop instincts? "Calling on Me," the steamy joint single from Sean Paul and Tove Lo that dropped on Friday morning (Feb. 7) with just the right mix of attitude and uplifting message about the power of true love.

Swedish model and actor Mini Andén and model Taber Schroeder sold a stylishly renovated, 1930s Cape Cod-style residence in a leafy and sought-after pocket of L.A.’s ever-more expensive Studio City late last year for $2.65 million and a plugged-in real estate insider swears the new owners are married actors Beth Behrs and Michael Gladis.

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By Jill Goldsmith

We are not worthy.

In today’s film news roundup, Woody Harrelson will star in a satire, Kaitlyn Dever will be honored, and the docs “Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band” and “Before the Plate” find distribution.

Stories of children in peril are always distressing, but when the cause of their distress is that they've been kidnapped by their own mother, there’s an additional layer of warped psychology and disturbing motives involved. Such is the case inCharter,the second feature from Swedish writer-director Amanda Kernell, whose 2016 debut,Sami Blood,accrued numerous international awards.

Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund, winner of the 2017 Cannes Palme d'Or for The Square, has cast Woody Harrelson and newcomers Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson in his satire Triangle of Sadness.The feature film set against the world of fashion and the super rich also includes Henrik Dorsin, Zlatko Buric, Iris Berben and Sunnyi Melles.Triangle of Sadness is Ostlund’s first English language film, and his sixth feature after The Guitar Mongoloid, Involuntary, Force Majeure and The Square, another

Filmlance International, the Swedish production company owned by Endemol Shine Group, is set to produce “Tsunami,” a psychological drama mini-series directed by Henrik Georgsson (“Bron/Broen”).

GÖTEBORG, Sweden —  Norway’s Stian Kristiansen (“Homeground”, “The Man Who Loved Yngve”) has signed on to direct “Doppler” for long-time production partners at Motlys (“Louder than Bombs”, Homeground”).

By Tom Grater

Grab your best black summer garb and prepare your body for an onslaught of electronic beats. Detroit's acclaimed techno-mecca, Movement Festival, has announced its official 2020 lineup.

After William Castle’s “Percepto!” or John Waters’ “Odorama,” it seems like the time has come for Swedish provocateur Anna Odell’s “The Gynaecological Cinema Chair” – an interactive experience created specially for this year’s Göteborg Film Festival. A concept that’s more than just an attention-grabbing gimmick, however, as the director behind 2013’s “The Reunion” was quick to point out to Variety following the screening of “The Examination”.

By Peter White

In physics the God Particle is an elementary particle whose existence physicists use to describes why all particles have mass. In a Wednesday masterclass at the Göteborg Film Festival, Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson’s God Particle is the push into acquiring global rights, the phenomenon whose existence is the driving factor behind many if nt most all current international TV industry trends.

GÖTEBORG, Sweden — Established Nordic prodco Sagafilm (“Stella Blómkvist”, “Case”) is producing Icelandic crime series “Sisterhood,” in association with Sky Studios, for commissioners NENT Group’s Nordic streamer Viaplay and Iceland’s OTT service Síminn.