BERLINALE 2011 EFM / Scandinavia
LevelK opens Suicide Room for bidding
by Annika Pham
Jan Komasa’s Polish drama Suicide Room [+see also:
trailer
interview: Jakub Gierszal - Shooting S…
interview: Jan Komasa
film profile], premiering today in the Berlinale’s Panorama Special, has been picked up for world sales by Copenhagen-based LevelK.
The film centres on teenager Dominik, who has only 100 days to go before his final school exams, but 100 days where he has to conform to the school’s social rules and a series of humiliating events that push him into a dangerous virtual world.
“Jan Komasa is a convincing first-time director who can combine a strong, important film subject with stunning visuals,” said LevelK Managing Director Tine Klint. The film will be released domestically by ITI Cinema on March 4.
At the European Film Market, LevelK is screening Danish film Lost in Africa [+see also:
trailer
film profile], starring Connie Nielsen (Gladiator); and starting negotiations on two other Danish titles: the animated Ronal the Barbarian, by the makers of Journey to Saturn, and A Funny Man the new film by Martin Pieter Zandvliet (Applause [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Martin Pieter Zandvliet
film profile]).
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