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title: 'Evil nominated for European Competition of Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle'
url: 'https://press-international.sfstudios.se/post/evil-nominated-for-european-competition-of-festival-de-la-fictio'
author: 'SF Studios International I Press room'
published: '2023-08-24T08:15:00+00:00'
updated: '2023-08-24T08:18:56+00:00'
description: 'SF Studios produced TV4 original series Evil (Swedish title: Ondskan) has been selected to compete in the European Competition of the Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle, France. The award ceremony will take place on September 16. Read more here'
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# Evil nominated for European Competition of Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle

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**SF Studios produced TV4 original series *Evil* (Swedish title: *Ondskan*) has been selected to compete in the European Competition of the Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle, France. The award ceremony will take place on September 16. Read more [here](https://www.festival-fictiontv.com/evil/)**

The Swedish series is based on Jan Guillou's classic bestseller *Evil* with a script written by Fredrik T Olsson. Erik Leijonborg is directing the 6 episodes series with Daniel Di Grado as co-director. The series is produced by SF StudiosThe stellar cast includes lead actor Isac Calmroth, Thea Sofie Loch Naess, Gustaf Skarsgård, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Jens Hultén, Saga Sarkola, Simon Norrthon, Alexander Gustavsson and Christian Fanda.

*Evil* is produced by SF Studios with producer Tobias Åström in co-production with TV 4 with executive producer Petra Ahlin. REinvent handles international sales.

*Evil* will be released on TV4 Play on November 7 followed by a release on TV4 on November 16.

**For more information, please contact:**   
Tobias Åström, Producer, SF Studios, tobias.astrom@sfstudios.se, +46 70 747 67 57   
Malin Strihagen, Vice President Brand & Communications, SF Studios, malin.strihagen@sfstudios.se, +46 70 780 39 35   
Helene Aurø, Sales & Marketing Director, Reinvent International Sales, helene.auro@reinvent.dk, +45 23 42 00 07