Director Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness in competition for Palme d'Or in Cannes

14 April 2022

Copyright: Photo credit: Fredrik Wenzel

Today it was announced that Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness has been selected to be screened and compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Triangle of Sadness is the sequel to The Square, the film that Ruben Östlund and Platform Production won the Palme d'Or with five years ago. The Cannes Film Festival takes place between 17 and 28 May. The film will have its world premiere in Cannes and is expected to have its Swedish premiere on September 2, 2022. Triangle of Sadness is an epic satire set against the world of fashion and the uber-rich with Hollywood star Woody Harrelson and international actors Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean in the leading roles. SF Studios distributes Triangle of Sadness in all Nordic countries. 

Triangle of Sadness  was filmed during the pandemic, the shooting started in Trollhättan and ended in Greece on the luxury yacht Christina Onassis in the Ionian Sea between Greece and Italy and on the island of Evia. 

Internationally acclaimed director Ruben Östlund has put together an international cast with the British actor Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats, The King's Man, The Souvenir: Part II), South African Charlbi Dean (Spud, Black Lightning) and the triple Academy Award-nominee  Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards, Zombieland , Midway) at the top. The cast also includes Danish actors - Zlatko Buric and Vicki Berlin - as well as Swedish Henrik Dorsin (The Sunny Side), Dolly De Leon (Verdict) from the Philippines, German Iris Berben (Miss Sixty) and Sunnyi Melles (The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch) and Oliver Ford Davies (Star Wars Episodes I, II and III) from the UK.

SF Studios has the Nordic distribution rights and will distribute Triangle of Sadness in all Nordic countries. The film is produced by Platform Produktion and co-produced with Film i Väst, Essential Films, Coproduction Office, SVT, BBC Films, Arte France Cinéma and ZDF / Arte with support from the Swedish Film Institute, Eurimages, BFI, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Danish Film Institute, Hamburg Film Fund and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Imperative Entertainment are executive producers. The Danish co-producer is Per Damgaard Hansen for Coproduction Office APS. Global sales are handled by Philippe Bober's Coproduction Office.

For more information, please contact:
Camilla Baggesen, Publicity Manager Denmark, SF Studios, +45 20 74 06 50

About SF Studios
SF Studios, established in 1919, is one of the world’s oldest film companies. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the digital services SF Anytime and SF Kids. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.

About Plattform Produktion
Founded in 2002 by producer Erik Hemmendorff and director Ruben Östlund, Plattform Produktion has won over a hundred international prizes worldwide including the Palme d’Or for The Square (2017). Plattform Produktion has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe and BAFTA, and both shortlisted and nominated for an Academy Award. The company’s resume also includes the Jury Prize in Cannes Un Certain Regard, a record number of Swedish Guldbagge and EFA Awards including Best Film.