Film i Väst congratulates Thomas Vinterberg for winning the Oscar for Best International Feature Film
- Film i Väst congratulates Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg and Zentropa for winning the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Another Round tells a touching story by extraordinary talented actors. We are so proud and happy to be co-producers of this film, which in part was shot in our region of West Sweden, Västra Götaland, says Kristina Börjeson, Head of Production at Film i Väst.

In 2021 Film i Väst has, for the first time, three Oscar nominations in the same year; two for Best International Feature Film – Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round and Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin – and Thomas Vinterberg himself as Best Director
- Dear Thomas Vinterberg, all actors, producers Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing and Lizette Jonjic at Zentropa and the whole film team: you are fantastic! You have made a feature film that has captured the attention and interest of film lovers around the globe, says Kristina Börjeson.
Another Round and The Man Who Sold His Skin are both co-produced with Film i Väst. Another Round is the fourth co-production with Thomas Vinterberg. The Hunt was also nominated Best Foreign Language Film in 2013. Kaouther Ben Hania’s previous feature film The Beauty and the Beasts was Tunisia’s Oscar entry in 2019 and it was also co-produced with Film i Väst.
Since 2000 Film i Väst co-productions have been nominated for 15 Oscars, with one win: Susanne Bier’s In a Better World 2011. Nine of the nominations have been in the international film category, among them Ruben Östlund’s The Square, Hannes Holm’s A Man Called Ove and Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair.
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PRESS INVITATION: The unveiling of Europe’s No. 1 projector-based Virtual Production Wall27.1.2023 11:25:11 CET | Press release
Tuesday January 31 Europe’s largets projector-based Virtual Production Wall will be unveiled in Studio Fares, Trollhättan, Sweden. The Wall is 24 x 8 meters, which makes it easy to project different sceneries on different parts of the wall and still be able to film in the studio on other set constructions.
Grand slam for Ruben Östlund at the European Film Awards11.12.2022 00:03:59 CET | Press release
It was Ruben Östlund’s night at the European Film Awards gala in Reykjavik, Iceland. His Triangle of Sadness was rewarded with European Film, European Director and European Screenwriter. A grand slam! Furthermore Zlatko Buric won European Actor. Triangle of Sadness is co-produced by Film i Väst and was partially shot in Göteborg and Trollhättan, Studio Fares.
Film i Väst co-produces Lukas Moodysson's new feature Together 9920.5.2022 11:39:47 CEST | Press release
Film i Väst will co-produce the internationally acclaimed director Lukas Moodysson's and Memfis Film's new feature film Together 99. The first feature film Together became a huge success with audiences and critics in Sweden as well as the rest of the world. The new film takes place in 1999, 24 years after the first film. Principal photography for Together 99 will take place in the western part of Sweden in August-September.
Film i Väst international press conference in Cannes20.5.2022 11:22:05 CEST | Press release
New co-productions with Lukas Moodysson, Isabella Eklöf, Ernst De Geer and Sarah Gyllenstierna. The latest news from Golden Palm nominee Ruben Östlund. That was just some of the news from Film i Väst’s traditional international press conference at the Festival de Cannes 2022.
Film i Väst's press conference in Cannes10.7.2021 15:31:08 CEST | Press release
Film i Väst, Scandinavia's biggest film fund, on Saturday arranged a press conference together with the Swedish Film Institute during the Cannes Film Festival for Swedish and international media to present this year’s Cannes line-up. Film i Väst has four co-productions in selection.
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