Hot Swedish helmer of Georgian descent Levan Akin is due to kickstart Berlin’s Panorama Feb. 15 with his feature drama “Crossing.” Nine years earlier, he walked the Berlinale red carpet with his youth sci-fi “The Circle,” showcased at Generation. Next to him were his Swedish producers of Rmv Film – Abba’s Benny Andersson and his son Ludvig Andersson.
The latter who met Akin over 20 years ago, has stayed by his side since his debut pic “Certain People” in 2011, serving also as executive producer on the 2019 Swedish Oscar entry “And Then We Danced,” and as co-producer this year of “Crossing”.
“Rmv Film spotted Levan from his very first film and has supported him all along,” confirms French Quarter’s Mathilde Dedye, producer of “Crossing” and “And Then We Danced,”, who believes “trust and continuity to be very important for the development of auteurism.”
“I met Ludvig through Levan and he is...
The latter who met Akin over 20 years ago, has stayed by his side since his debut pic “Certain People” in 2011, serving also as executive producer on the 2019 Swedish Oscar entry “And Then We Danced,” and as co-producer this year of “Crossing”.
“Rmv Film spotted Levan from his very first film and has supported him all along,” confirms French Quarter’s Mathilde Dedye, producer of “Crossing” and “And Then We Danced,”, who believes “trust and continuity to be very important for the development of auteurism.”
“I met Ludvig through Levan and he is...
- 2/14/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Paris-based sales outfit Totem Films has boarded the new, as-yet-untitled project from “And Then We Danced” director Levan Akin, which has just wrapped shooting in Istanbul. Totem will present the film to buyers at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin.
The story is “about finding your family, not your blood relatives, but those that accept and love you unconditionally, without prejudice, for who you are,” the production company, French Quarter Film, said.
Akin said of the project: “My whole life, Istanbul and its inhabitants have held a special place in my heart, and I’m very excited to soon be able to share this world and its unique spaces with an audience.”
Totem Films said: “Levan perfectly knows how to capture genuine atmospheres and characters. We launched Totem in Cannes 2019 with ‘And Then We Danced.’ What a joy to continue our collaboration with this tribe!”
Akin’s Georgia-set...
The story is “about finding your family, not your blood relatives, but those that accept and love you unconditionally, without prejudice, for who you are,” the production company, French Quarter Film, said.
Akin said of the project: “My whole life, Istanbul and its inhabitants have held a special place in my heart, and I’m very excited to soon be able to share this world and its unique spaces with an audience.”
Totem Films said: “Levan perfectly knows how to capture genuine atmospheres and characters. We launched Totem in Cannes 2019 with ‘And Then We Danced.’ What a joy to continue our collaboration with this tribe!”
Akin’s Georgia-set...
- 1/25/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
After they broke up four decades ago, Abba famously refused all kinds of money for reunion Abba-tars and performances. But a few years ago, British entrepreneur Simon Fuller pitched an idea that piqued the Swedish superstars’ interest. “We got sort of turned on by the thought that we could actually be onstage without us being there,” Abba singer-songwriter Benny Andersson says over Zoom.
The band, along with Fuller and their producers Ludvig Andersson (Benny Andersson’s son) and Svana Gisla (music-video producer for the likes of Radiohead and Beyoncé), initially...
The band, along with Fuller and their producers Ludvig Andersson (Benny Andersson’s son) and Svana Gisla (music-video producer for the likes of Radiohead and Beyoncé), initially...
- 5/15/2022
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Director Henrik Burman has already started shooting the feature documentary.
Hot Swedish rapper Yung Lean is heading to the big screen, in a feature documentary about how a geeky Swedish teenager (real name: Jonatan Leandoer) became a YouTube sensation with Frank Ocean and Justin Bieber chasing him to collaborate.
NonStop Entertainment has come on board for Scandinavian rights for the film, which follows Yung Lean’s rise and temptation by fame, drugs and money; his stint in a mental hospital; and how he will move forward.
The rapper and his Sad Boys collective have toured extensively in Europe and he has released three studio albums.
Hot Swedish rapper Yung Lean is heading to the big screen, in a feature documentary about how a geeky Swedish teenager (real name: Jonatan Leandoer) became a YouTube sensation with Frank Ocean and Justin Bieber chasing him to collaborate.
NonStop Entertainment has come on board for Scandinavian rights for the film, which follows Yung Lean’s rise and temptation by fame, drugs and money; his stint in a mental hospital; and how he will move forward.
The rapper and his Sad Boys collective have toured extensively in Europe and he has released three studio albums.
- 8/22/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Levan Akin’s fantasy drama is based on Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Mats Strandbergand’s best-selling trilogy of novels.
Bertrand Devort has boarded worldwide sales rights to Levan Akin’s The Circle (Cirkeln), a Swedish young-adult film produced by Benny Andersson of Abba fame.
Devort of Brussels-based La Galéjade struck the deal with Stockholm-based Rmv Film and Andersson to represent the completed film.
The film is based on the first book in a best-selling young-adult trilogy written by Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Mats Strandbergand already published in more than 30 countries. The film blends drama and fantasy and is “about magic, love, failing parents, evil forces, secrets, lies, solidarity and friendship.” The plot follows six girls at the same school who discover they are witches and try to defeat an evil power.
Producers are Andersson, Cecilia Norman Mardell and Ludvig Andersson for Rmv Film. Andersson also composed the film’s score.
Andersson said: “I was truly inspired by these novels...
Bertrand Devort has boarded worldwide sales rights to Levan Akin’s The Circle (Cirkeln), a Swedish young-adult film produced by Benny Andersson of Abba fame.
Devort of Brussels-based La Galéjade struck the deal with Stockholm-based Rmv Film and Andersson to represent the completed film.
The film is based on the first book in a best-selling young-adult trilogy written by Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Mats Strandbergand already published in more than 30 countries. The film blends drama and fantasy and is “about magic, love, failing parents, evil forces, secrets, lies, solidarity and friendship.” The plot follows six girls at the same school who discover they are witches and try to defeat an evil power.
Producers are Andersson, Cecilia Norman Mardell and Ludvig Andersson for Rmv Film. Andersson also composed the film’s score.
Andersson said: “I was truly inspired by these novels...
- 2/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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