Swedish Helmer-Writer Ninja Thyberg Spotlights the Adult Film Biz in ‘Pleasure’

First Aid Kit appeared as musical guests on a Swedish game show this week, covering Bette Midler track ‘The Rose’ – watch the performance below.Klara and Johanna Söderberg have been appearing on På Spåret recently as the house band, and their appearance this week saw them taking on the 1979 track that appeared on the soundtrack for Midler’s film of the same name.Watch the performance below.A post shared by First Aid Kit (@firstaidkitband)The Bette Midler cover is the latest in a number of

A24 has picked up the U.S. rights to Swedish writer-director Ninja Thyberg's porn industry drama Pleasure after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

A24 announced it acquired U.S. Rights to the Ninja Thyberg-directed 2021 Sundance drama Pleasure. This was a film that had been announced as a Cannes title for 2020 before the fest was canceled because of Covid, and made its debut as part of virtual Sundance.

A24 has acquired the U.S.

Tigers, a Swedish sports drama based on the true story of teenage soccer talent Martin Bengtsson, has won the top prize, the Dragon Award, for Best Nordic Film at the 2021 Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia's top cinema event. Ronnie Sandahl —the screenwriter on Janus Metz's 2017 tennis biopic Borg vs McEnroe—won over the Göteborg jury with his adaptation of Bengtsson's autobiography, in which he details his experiences as a young player drafted by top Italian team Inter Milan.

Swedish sports drama Tigers, the story of teenage soccer star Martin Bengtsson, was named the Dragon Award winner for Best Nordic Film at the 2021 Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia’s top film event. The festival was held virtually this year because of the pandemic.

Alissa Simon Film CriticSwedish helmer-writer Ronnie Sandahl’s “Tigers” – a rare glimpse inside the world of professional soccer following a protagonist who struggles with the pressures of success – came away the biggest winner at Sweden’s 43rd Göteborg Film Festival, scoring the best Nordic film kudo, this year worth approximately $48,000.The film’s lead actor, Erik Enge, also nabbed the fest’s award for best actor for his subtle, nuanced performance as a 17-year-old professional player hired

straight to your inbox every day for freeWhile government officials may be expected to have pictures of political leaders or inspirational artwork in their place of work, Ardalan Shekarabi’s office in Stockholm is a little different. On the wall above the Sweden’s Minister for Social Security’s desk hangs a Manchester United shirt.

Annika Pham NENT Group’s Swedish label Brain Academy is plotting two major films from A-list writing-directing teams. The first, “The World Council of Magic,” is helmed by “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World”’s Kristian Petri, based on a screenplay by genre-bending author John Ajvide Lindqvist(”Border,” “Let the Right One In”).”The World Council of Magic” is my first script not based on one of my stories,” said Lindqvist, often dubbed the Stephen King of Sweden.

Alissa Simon Film CriticAfter a world premiere in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival, Swedish director Frida Kempff will present her suspenseful feature debut “Knocking” to domestic audiences as the closing night of the virtual Göteborg Festival. Variety caught up with her in the run-up to her Göteborg bow:How was the virtual presentation of the film at Sundance?It’s weird not to be able to be present with the audience but I’m surprised how wonderfully it worked out.

Sweden’s royals are getting a show just like Netflix’s “The Crown”. 

The global vaccine rollout is reason to finally believe there could be an end to this pandemic, but it’s evident the recovery process is going to be gradual and slow. Ahead of the curve, however, appears to be India.

Annika Pham Due to COVID-19 cinema lockdowns or restrictions, box office in the Nordic region plummeted in 2020 year-on-year by 64% in Sweden, 57.6% in Iceland, 57% in Norway, 54% in Finland, and 47% in Denmark.The dearth of new U.S .tentpoles, combined with strong domestic titles such as “Another Round,” allowed homegrown movies to punch all-time record market shares in Denmark (50.4%), Finland (41.1%) and Norway (35.6%).The biggest U.S.

Jon Burlingame Most composers spend a few weeks, sometimes even a few months, on a film score.

In the half-century since the “adult” film industry emerged as an above-boards legal activity, precious few legit feature films set in that world have emerged that a wider public has found edifying; the great Boogie Nights and not much else.

You’ve heard this tale of superstar dreams many times before. A young talent comes to Hollywood to make it in the entertainment business.

‘The Drifters’ Lands DistributionEXCLUSIVE: Starcross Entertainment’s latest feature The Drifters has been boarded for international sales by Media Luna and UK distribution by Central City Media. The film will have a virtual cinema release on April 3 and will be on demand from April 5.