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3 December 2024

SF Studios has acquired the Nordic distribution rights to Ruben Östlund's new film The Entertainment System is Down

SF Studios has acquired the Nordic distribution rights for The Entertainment System is Down, the highly anticipated new feature film by two-time Palme d’Or-winning director Ruben Östlund (The Square, Triangle of Sadness). With a star-studded ensemble, the film promises to deliver Östlund’s signature blend of sharp social commentary and compelling storytelling. Östlund serves as the film’s director and screenwriter with Erik Hemmendorff producing for Plattform Produktion. SF Studios is looking forward to once again collaborating with Plattform Produktion and Ruben Östlund after the success of f...

5 November 2024

No. 24 is Best Opening for a Norwegian Film This Year

SF Studios’ Norwegian distribution title No. 24, which tells the story of legendary resistance fighter Gunnar "Kjakan" Sønsteby, opened to nearly 90,000 admissions at the Norwegian cinemas following its theatrical release on October 30. This impressive number makes it the top-opening Norwegian film of the year.

30 October 2024

SF Studios boards film adaptation of Youtube-sensation IJustWantToBeCool's novel The Villain of Villains

SF Studios has boarded the feature film adaptation of The Villain of Villains, based on the best-selling book series by the Swedish YouTube group IJustWantToBeCool. The film is directed by Alain Darborg with a screenplay by Jessika Jankert. Strive Stories produces the film in collaboration with SF Studios and SVT. The film is expected to premiere in Swedish theaters in January 2026. SF Studios will distribute the film across the Nordic region. REinvent handles international sales.

20 September 2024

Danish box office hit Kingmaker gets a sequel with the Film Adaptation of Fandens Forår

The Danish box office hit Kingmaker (Danish title: Mørkeland), which has just surpassed 220,000 tickets sold, will now have a sequel in the film series that started 20 years ago with Kongekabale. Meta Film has officially announced that plans for another film adaptation of Niels Krause-Kjær's bestselling novels, Fandens forår, are already well underway, with Mikkel Serup as director and Nikolaj Arcel as screenwriter. Fandens forår is produced by Meta Film, with producers Sara Namer and Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl, and executive producer Meta Louise Foldager, while SF Studios will handle distributi...

29 August 2024

First look of Life on the Seacrow Island

Today, the the first pictures of Life on the Seacrow Island (Swedish title: Vi på Saltkråkan), produced by SF Studios, were released. The series will be released in Sweden on SVT and SVT Play in 2025.

22 August 2024

Lisa Langseth’s new film The Dance Club has started shooting

The internationally acclaimed director Lisa Langseth's new Swedish feature film The Dance Club has now begun filming. The lead roles are played by Nils Wetterholm and Alva Bratt with Pernilla August, Evelyn Mok, Matias Varela and Julia Franzén in the ensemble. The movie is set to premiere in Swedish cinemas in early fall 2025. Meta Film produces the film with SF Studios distributing the film in the Nordics. REinvent handles international sales.

9 August 2024

SF Studios and REinvent boards major motion picture adaptation of Kalevala

Kalevala: The Story of Kullervo, based on Finland’s national epic “Kalevala”, is set to start its principal shooting in Nurmes, North Karelia, Finland in September. Antti J. Jokinen will direct the historical drama with Elias Salonen and Eero Aho starring as leads. Johanna Enäsuo and Marko Röhr, at ReelMedia, produce the film. SF Studios distributes the film in the Nordics with an expected theatrical release in Finnish theatres in early 2026. REinvent handles international sales.

6 August 2024

SF Studios announces sequel to Pretty Young Thing

Pretty Young Love (Danish title: SMUKKERE), the sequel to the popular Danish youth film Pretty Young Thing (Danish title: SMUK), has started its principal shooting. The film is produced by SF Studios with Marcella Dichmann as producer and is expected to premiere in Danish theatres during summer 2025. SF Studios distributes the film in the Nordics. REinvent handles international sales.

3 December 2024

SF Studios has acquired the Nordic distribution rights to Ruben Östlund's new film The Entertainment System is Down

5 November 2024

No. 24 is Best Opening for a Norwegian Film This Year

30 October 2024

SF Studios boards film adaptation of Youtube-sensation IJustWantToBeCool's novel The Villain of Villains

20 September 2024

Danish box office hit Kingmaker gets a sequel with the Film Adaptation of Fandens Forår

29 August 2024

First look of Life on the Seacrow Island

22 August 2024

Lisa Langseth’s new film The Dance Club has started shooting

9 August 2024

SF Studios and REinvent boards major motion picture adaptation of Kalevala

6 August 2024

SF Studios announces sequel to Pretty Young Thing

23 July 2024

Quisling - The Final Days to have its international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival

Director Erik Poppe's Quisling - The Final Days will have its international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in early September. The film, produced by SF Studios' Norwegian production company Paradox, will have its theatrical premiere on September 13 in Norway. Watch the trailer here.

18 July 2024

SF Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery sign new partnership agreement

SF Studios and Warner Bros Discovery have signed a new content partnership agreement that gives WBD’s streaming service Max´s subscribers in the Nordics the opportunity to be the first to stream SF Studios’ local and international distribution titles, after the films have been shown at the cinema and offered as purchase and rental films.

28 June 2024

Kaly Halkawt becomes the first recipient of The Ingmar Bergman Script Award

At the closing ceremony of the 20th edition of Bergman Week at Fårö in Sweden, it was announced that Kaly Halkawt is the first recipient of the newly established Ingmar Bergman Script Award, a collaboration between SF Studios and the Bergman Center, for her feature film script Donia's World (Swedish title: Donias värld). The award aims to encourage emerging filmmakers and screenwriters to write sc...

3 June 2024

SF Studios and SVT to produce new adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s Life on Seacrow Island, Beta Film handles international sales

SF Studios and SVT (Sveriges Television) in collaboration with Beta Film Kids & Family are producing a new adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved series Life on Seacrow Island (Swedish title: Vi på Saltkråkan), directed by Fredrik Edfeldt. The six-episode series, written by Karin Arrhenius, takes place in modern times and will begin filming in Stockholm’s archipelago in June.

18 May 2024

The final film in Tarik Saleh's Cairo trilogy starts filming in May with Fares Fares and Lyna Khoudri

Eagles of the Republic, the third and final film in Tarik Saleh's Cairo trilogy after successful The Nile Hilton Incident (Grand Jury Prize award, Sundance 2017) and Cairo Conspiracy aka Boy from Heaven (Best Screenplay, Cannes 2022) starts principal photography in May. Written and directed by Tarik Saleh with award winning actor Fares Fares in the leading role. SF Studios distributes the film pan...

16 May 2024

SF Studios boards upcoming feature film about Ingmar Bergman

SF Studios is currently developing a new feature film about director Ingmar Bergman together with the production company Beret Film. Bergman will be played by the acclaimed Swedish actor Robert Gustafsson, and the screenplay is written by Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, Eric Broberg och Robert Gustafsson. SF Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics.

15 May 2024

SF Studios greenlights action thriller The Nation’s Gambit, REinvent starts pre-sales

SF Studios has greenlit the action thriller The Nation’s Gambit (Norwegian title: En nasjon i sjakk) which will now go into production. The film, directed by Jens Lien and based on Norwegian author Johan Høst’s successful crime novel of the same name, will be adapted into a feature film by the Norwegian production company Stig og Stein Studio with SF Studios and Film i Väst as co-producers. SF Stu...

7 May 2024

Production has started on The New Nurses season 6

Last week, on April 29, filming began for our TV2 production The New Nurses season 6 (Danish title: Sygeplejeskolen). Claudia Boderke and Lars Mering return as the main writers, while Senia Dremstrup produces for SF Studios. The series is set to premiere later this year on Danish TV2 Play and TV2 Charlie.

25 April 2024

SF Studios to distribute Danish drama Second Victims

SF Studios will distribute the Danish one-location drama Second Victims. The film, directed by Zinnini Elkington in her feature film debut, stars Özlem Saglanmak alongside Trine Dyrholm in the lead role, co-starring is Anders Matthesen, Mathilde Arcel, Iman Meskini and Olaf Johannessen.

18 April 2024

Paranoia nominated for Sustainable Production Award at the Global Production Awards

SF Studios' Danish production Paranoia has been nominated for Sustainable Production Award at the Global Production Awards.

18 March 2024

SF Studios’ productions announced for Netflix - Presentation of A Part of You

On Monday, Netflix presented four SF Studios productions at their "Next on Netflix" event, highlighting the streamer’s upcoming Nordic lineup. Little Siberia, Je M’Appelle Agneta and Maybe Baby 2 were announced, along with a presentation of A Part of You.

15 March 2024

SF Studios to distribute Little Ghost Laban

After years of anticipation, Little Ghost Laban (Swedish: Lilla spöket Laban), created by author Inger and illustrator Lasse Sandberg, returns to cinemas in a brand-new animated film premiering in Swedish cinemas in October this year. The film is produced by Art & Bob and distributed by SF Studios in the Nordics. REinvent handles international sales.

5 March 2024

Jesper Rönndahl and Martin Høgsted in the first Danish-Swedish action comedy ever

This week the filming of the first ever Danish-Swedish action comedy series starts. The acclaimed comedians Jesper Rönndahl and Martin Høgsted has created and written the series and also play the leading roles as two border police officers who land in the middle of a dangerous mission in the criminal world. Martin Høgsted is also the director. The series is expected to premiere on SVT in spring 20...

1 March 2024

SF Studios’ production The Abyss tops the list as the most watched non-English film on Netflix

SF Studios' disaster film The Abyss (Swedish title: Avgrunden), which premiered in Swedish cinemas in September last year, has become a worldwide sensation on Netflix. During the first two weeks since its release on February 16, the film has attracted a total of 29,200,000 views and been the most watched non-English film for two consecutive weeks.

29 February 2024

First look at Mikkel Serup's political thriller Kingmaker

Today Meta Film and SF Studios share the first stills from Mikkel Serup's political thriller Kingmaker (Danish title: Mørkeland), the long-awaited sequel to the popular and award-winning feature film Kongekabale from 2004. In Kingmaker, the audience will be reunited with Anders W. Berthelsen in the lead role of journalist Ulrik Torp and his editor Henrik Moll, played by Nicolas Bro. But there are ...

28 February 2024

SF Studios aquires the film adaptation rights to Sofie Lassen-Kahlke’s crime debut Adam's Heir

SF Studios has acquired the rights to the film adaptation of Sofie Lassen-Kahlke's successful crime debut Adam’s Heir (original title: Adams Arv), which was published by Politikens Forlag in November 2023. Adam’s Heir has already sold over 20,000 copies and will be presented to an international audience at the London Book Fair next month. Adam’s Heir will be produced by Marcella Dichmann, film man...

9 February 2024

Premiere for Arnie Alligator and his Jungle Friends

Today, SF Studios' animated feature film Arnie Alligator and his Jungle Friends (Arne Alligator och djungelkompisarna) premieres in Swedish and Finnish cinemas. On February 3 there was a gala premiere in Stockholm. The well-known Nordic children’s character Arnie Alligator was present together with the producers of the Arnie Alligator's music videos, creator Marcus “Macke” Granberg and Anton Molan...

8 February 2024

Gala premiere for SF Studios' supernatural thriller Paranoia

SF Studios' Danish supernatural thriller Paranoia (original title: Paranoia) premieres today on February 8 in Danish cinemas. The film is directed by Kari Vidø and had its gala premiere on January 30 in Copenhagen. The film is based on Birgitte Lorentzen's book Cykose with a script written by Birgitte Lorentzen and Henrik Kristensen. Paranoia stars Danish rising stars Zoe Bryan Hertz and August Is...

5 February 2024

Queen Margrethe II wins Robert Award for her work in Ehrengard – The Art of Seduction

On February 3, the annual Danish Robert Awards took place which honors the best in film and TV during the past year. SF Studios’ Netflix production Ehrengard – The Art of Seduction won for Queen Margrethe II’s costume design. Producer Marcella Dichmann was there to accept the award on behalf of The Queen.

5 February 2024

Norwegian film adaptation Stargate – A Christmas Story starts shooting with stellar cast

On Thursday February 8, the heartwarming Christmas film adaptation Stargate – A Christmas Story will start its principal shooting. The film is based on Ingvild Rishøi's critically acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling book of the same name. The film is directed by Ida Sagmo Tvedte's, who has also written the script together with Ingvild Rishøi. The cast includes Jan Gunnar Røise and Bartek Kami...

25 January 2024

Oxen is nominated for the Danish Tv-Prisen

SF Studios' Danish action thriller series Oxen has been nominated for Best Fiction – Long Form at the Danish TV awards TV-prisen. The series, which has been a major success domestically, was last week selected to participate in Berlinale Series. TV-Prisen will take place March 15. See all the nominees here.

23 January 2024

SF Studios theatrical distribution titles receive 9 Oscar nominations

Today, the Oscar nominations were announced, and SF Studios distribution titles received a total 9 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Glazer), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best International Film for our international acquisition title The Zone of Interest. Additionally, SF Studios’ Sony titles Napoleon received nominations for Best Costume Design, Best Pr...

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