30/05/2008

The Stockholm-based Scandinavian distribution company NonStop Entertainment has picked up its second Palme d’or in a row, The Class [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Carole Scotta
interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile] by Laurent Cantet (interview), as well as six new titles at the last Cannes Film Festival.

Jakob Abrahamsson, NonStop head of Distribution in Sweden told Cineuropa why he was totally seduced by Cantet’s film: “We saw The Class in an early screening at the market and were most of all struck on how different it was from any other film in the competition. The actors, especially the kids, were so incredibly real that I had to double check the program to see if it really was a fiction film. In the end we bought it since it was such a touching, thought provoking and not the least entertaining film experience, something unlike anything else we've seen in a long time. That we also got the chance to follow up on Laurent Cantet (we also handled Heading South [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Laurent Cantet
interview: Robin Campillo
interview: Simon Arnal-Szlovak
film profile]) and that we also got our second Palme d'or in a row are of course welcome add-ons. "

NonStop also picked up for the five Nordic countries the Grand Prix winner Gomorrah [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] by Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, sold by Fandango Portobello, the French film Johnny Mad Dog (TF1 International) by first timer Jean-Stephane Sauvaires, winner of the Hope Award at Un Certain Regard, Olivier Assayas’ French family drama Summer Hours, sold by MK2, and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller, sold by the Salt Company.

Nonstop also bought for Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, Mark Tonderai’s thriller Hush sold by Pathe International, and Na Jong-Jin’s Korean thriller The Chaser was bought for the Nordic and Baltic countries.

“With the critically acclaimed Palme d’or winner The Class, the praised Gomorrah and these high profile titles, we have had our best year ever at the Cannes Film Festival”, said NonStop Entertainment AB’s CEO Ignas Scheynius.

NonStop Entertainment Sweden is currently playing Daniele Luchetti’s My Brother and Only Child [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Daniele Luchetti
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
film profile] (focus) and will release on June 5 Angel [+see also:
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film profile] by François Ozon (interview).