Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Board Sundance Animated Documentary ‘Flee’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran “Nomadland” won best picture, best director for Chloé Zhao and best actress for Frances McDormand at the 24th annual Toronto Film Critics’ Awards (TFCA), while Riz Ahmed won best actor for “Sound of Metal.”The awards were voted on by TFCA members at a virtual meeting on Sunday. They will be presented along with the Rogers best Canadian film award at a virtual gala in Toronto on March 9.

Annika Pham Danish helmer Janus Metz’s next feature project after Amazon Studios’ “All the Old Knives,” starring Laurence Fischburne and Chris Pine, will be the Danish drama “Bastard Love,” produced by Jesper Morthorst (“Silent Heart,” “Rita”) and Lise Orheim Stender (“Heartstone,” “Venus Effect”) for Motor.“Bastard Love” will be Metz’s sophomore Scandinavian feature film after the multi-awarded ”Borg vs.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios and sales banner REinvent have unveiled the trailer for “The Pact,” Bille August’s psychological drama based on real events in the life of Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel “Out of Africa.”The film depicts Blixen’s tumultuous relationship with Thorkild Bjørnvig, a promising young poet, after she returned from Africa.

Annika Pham Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired from New Europe Film Sales the Norwegian animated feature “Christmas at Cattle Hill,“ which is produced by the leading animation studio Qvisten Animation (“In the Forest of Huckybucky,” “Louis & Lucas the Big Cheese Race”).The pick-up is the latest Nordic buy from the high-profile U.S.

Annika Pham Poland’s Opus Film (“Cold War,” “Ida”) and Scandinavian distributor Scanbox are teaming with fast-rising Danish production house Motor on Mads Hedegaard’s directorial debut “Stranger,” co-penned with Jesper Fink (“Margrete-Queen of the North,” “Before the Frost”). Tagged by Motor as “‘Apocalypto’ meets ‘The Revenant,’” “Stranger” will be pitched virtually on Feb.

For the nominees selected for the 2021 Golden Globes today was a happy day. Nothing better captures that moment of adulation than Kaley Cuoco learning not only has she been nominated, but “The Flight Attendant,” which she produced and developed, been nominated as a series as well.

Ed Meza @edmezavarNew York-based non-profit distributor Cinema Tropical has acquired North American rights to Brazilian documentary “My Darling Supermarket,” the debut feature by Tali Yankelevich.Cinema Tropical plans to release the film in virtual cinemas starting on Feb.

In a seven-figure deal, Neon has acquired the North American rights to Sundance title Flee, an animated doc fromJonasPoher Rasmussen that counts Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as executive producers.

Also Read: 'Summer of Soul' Film Review: Questlove's Vibrant Concert Film Captures a Pivotal Harlem Moment“Flee” is produced by Final Cut for Real, in co-production with animation studio Sun Creature, Denmark, Vivement Lundi!, France, MostFilm, Sweden, and Mer Film, Norway. ARTE France and Vpro, Nederland.

One of the most exciting international discoveries of last year's Sundance festival was His House, which explored the cultural dislocation of the refugee experience through a genuinely nerve-rattling horror prism.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentPicture Tree International has acquired international rights to Danish director Lisa Jespersen’s feature debut, the comedy drama “Persona Non Grata” (Hvor Kragerne Vender), and will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Nordic Film Market, after its launch in Nordic Competition during the online edition of Goteborg Film Festival this week.

Amin Nawabi is an Afghan refugee living in Denmark. He has a successful career and a boyfriend.

Steven Yeun (“Minari”) and Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.In Lee Isaac Chung’s life-affirming “Minari,” Steven Yeun plays Jacob Yi, a Korean American dad who pursues his goal of financial success by moving his unenthusiastic family to a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

Clayton Davis Riz Ahmed, one of the top contenders in the best actor race, is being honored by the Miami Film Festival with its inaugural Impact Award.“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios is teaming up with “Easy Money” screenwriter Maria Karlsson on “The Stockholm Bloodbath,” an epic film inspired by the true story of Kristina Gyllenstierna, a fearless woman who fought to protect Stockholm when the Danes invaded the city in 1520.

Riz Ahmed-starring Sound of Metal has been released – you can read it below.Directed by Darius Marder, the film, which was released last year in cinemas and on Amazon Prime, follows Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who grapples with his immediate and intermittent hearing loss.Ahmed plays Ruben, who struggles with the prospect of becoming deaf while also confronting his past addiction to drugs, having been sober for four years.

Riz Ahmed and Game Of Thrones‘ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau are set to star in a new animated documentary called Flee.The Danish film is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and Ahmed and Coster-Waldau will serve as executive producers, as Variety reports.Later this year, an English-language version of the film will then debut later in 2021, featuring the two stars as the lead voice actors.Per Variety, a synopsis for Flee reads: “Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a

Riz Ahmed's Left Handed Films has signed a first-look TV production deal with Amazon Studios. The move comes as Ahmed is enjoying rave reviews for his starring role in the Amazon film Sound of Metal.

If the name Riz Ahmed comes to mind and you immediately think of “Venom” or “Rogue One,” that’s understandable. Those are probably the actor’s two biggest roles to date.

EXCLUSIVE: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) are leading the cast of Against The Ice, a survival movie being produced by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest) for Netflix.