Film i Väst - Your Scandinavian Partner in Co-Productions

Film i Väst is establishing a new annual award, The Golden Shrimp, to recognize and celebrate individuals who have made significant contributions to film in the region Västra Götaland. The award was presented for the first time during Film i Väst’s annual Production Company Day on 26 November. In its inaugural year, 2025, the award goes to producer Lars Jönsson, one of Swedish cinema’s most influential creatives and a central force in the West Swedish film wave—from the very first days of Film i Väst up until today.

When the Venice Film Festival opens on August 27, four co-productions from Film i Väst will be presented. Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, starring Amanda Seyfried, has been selected for the Official Selection and will compete for the prestigious Golden Lion. Anders Thomas Jensen’s The Last Viking (Den Sidste Viking), starring Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, will also have its world premiere in Venice, screening Out of Competition in the Official Selection. Opening the Orizzonti competition section is Mother by Teona Mitevska, with Noomi Rapace portraying Mother Teresa in the lead role. In addition, the animated short film Rukeli, directed by Alessandro Rak, will be screened in Orizzonti – Short Films Out of Competition.

High profile Danish actors Sidse Babett Knudsen and Sofie Gråbøl to star in a new feature film. A drama series based on an original story by bestselling author Jens Lapidus for SVT. Rojda Sekersöz to direct an adaptation of an acclaimed book. Stellan Skarsgård in an animated children's film. These were some of the announcements made at Film i Väst’s annual press conference at the Cannes Film Festival. Eight new co-productions were presented alongside the five co-productions selected for this year’s Cannes programme. Six of the new co-productions will be filmed in Västra Götaland, home of Film i Väst.

There is no other search entry that gives an equal amount of hits when searching the SVT archives as "Israel/Palestine". No other specific topic has been given a comparable amount of resources to be followed and reported on. Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson have gotten unique access to a treasure and the 4th of October his new feature documentary Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 will premiere in Swedish cinemas.

Oscar nominee and Cannes winner Kirsten Dunst together with Daniel Brühl, double winner of Palme d’Or Ruben Östlund, Palme d’Or nominated Magnus von Horn and distinguished actress Trine Dyrholm, were among the guests when Film i Väst held it’s traditional press conference in Cannes in front of an upload of journalists. Nine new co-productions were introduced together with the five co-productions competing in Cannes.

During the film festival in Venice Film i Väst Analysis introduces av unique, pan-European study, All that is solid melts into air – Public Film Funding at a Crossroads II. It is presented at a seminar as a part of Venice Production Bridge by Tomas Eskilsson, head of Film i Väst Analysis. Public Film and Audiovisual Policies and Funding at a Crossroads is a research project in three parts that explores and discuss the future purpose and relevance of film and audiovisual funding. Last year’s much talked about and debated report Public Film Funding at a Crossroads is now followed up with All that is solid melts into air – Public Film Funding at a Crossroads II.

Nine new projects were presented at the traditional Film i Väst press conference in Cannes. Among the directors introducing their projects were Anders Thomas Jensen, Magnus von Horn, Emma Bucht and Ragnhild Ekner.

The Turkish director and scriptwriter Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses has been selected for competition at Festival de Cannes. The film is co-produced by Film i Väst and Nadir Öperli and Beata Gårdeler at Second Land. Parts of the post production have been made in Västra Götaland. Furthermore Felipe Gálves’ The Settlershas been selected for Un Certain Regard.

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.

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 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.

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, 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.

- 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.

Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round has won no less than four awards at this year’s EFA: Best European Film, Best European Director (Thomas Vinterberg), Best European Actor (Mads Mikkelsen), Best European Screenwriter (Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm). Another Round is produces by Zentropa Entertainments3 in co-production with Zentropa Sweden, Lizette Joncic, and Film i Väst. The film was shot in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden.

Film i Väst, Scandinavia’s leading regional film fund, is one of the busiest production hubs in Europe during the pandemic, with 18 films and TV-series shooting in west Sweden 2020.

Today June 25 at 10 am the Nostradamus project is presenting the three parted session "Making Choices: How to Build for a Better New Normal". In conjuction to tomorrow's session Tomas Eskilsson, Head of Strategy at Film i Väst who will be interviewed tomorrow just released the article "The Pandemic and the Cinema" on how Covid-19 is affecting the landscape of film right now and in the long term.

Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure and Magnus von Horn’s Sweat have been selected for Cannes Film Festival “Cannes 2020 Label”. All films shot or did parts of post production in Region Västra Götaland in Sweden and were co-produced by Film i Väst.

Gothenburg, April 29, 2020 – Film i Väst, Scandinavia’s leading film fund, has appointed seasoned production executive Kristina Börjeson as new Head of Production.

Today the international cast of Ruben Östlund’s new film Triangle of Sadness has been announced. The international ensemble is led by rising stars Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean together with three-time Oscar nominated Woody Harrelson. The film is an epic satire set against the world of fashion and the uber-rich. Production will start on February 19 in Gotheburg and Trollhättan in Sweden followed by shootings on a yacht on the Adriatic Sea and in Greece. The film is expected to premiere in 2021 and SF Studios will handle Nordic distribution. The film is produced by Erik Hemmendorff, Plattform Produktion and Philippe Bober, Coproduction Office, in co-production with Film i Väst among others.