Film i Väst co-production Woman Unknown, directed by May el-Toukhy, has tonight been awarded the Golden Lion, the prestigious top prize at the Venice International Film Festival, while Mathilde Arcel has received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her leading role as Marie.
The film competed in the Official Competition at the 83rd edition of the Venice International Film Festival and is a Danis
Film i Väst co-productions Woman Unknown and The Girl with the Leica have been selected for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. Directed by May el-Toukhy, Woman Unknown, which was partly filmed in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, has been selected for the festival's prestigious Official Competition, where it will compete for the Golden Lion. The Girl with the Leica, directed by Alina Maraz
Four Film i Väst co-productions have been selected for the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Amanda Kernell's Brace Your Heart and Amalie Næsby Fick's What Lies Between Us will celebrate their world premieres at the festival, while Fjord by Cristian Mungiu and Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer return to the international festival circuit following their premieres at the Cannes Film F
Highly personal stories with an international perspective, innovative storytelling techniques and distinctive artistic voices. These are the qualities that unite the three new documentary projects that Film i Väst is joining as co-producer: Our Eternal Life by Erik Gandini, Letter to Alvin by Göran Hugo Olsson and Hilton Als, and The Days I Will Forget by Morgane Dziurla-Petit.
“We want to supp
Film i Väst’s co-production Fjord by Cristian Mungiu was awarded the Palme d’Or, the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, earlier tonight. The film is one of three co-productions from Film i Väst selected for the 2026 festival, where both Fjord by Cristian Mungiu and Gentle Monster by Marie Kreutzer competed in the main competition, while The End by Niki Lindroth von Bahr participated in
New films by internationally acclaimed directors and emerging Nordic talents were among the projects unveiled by Film i Väst during its annual press conference at the Cannes Film Festival.The slate includes a major new feature by Lone Scherfig, Levan Akin’s next film, Nabil Ayouch directing Noomi Rapace in a leading role, Gustaf Skarsgård’s feature directorial debut with a film about Ingmar Bergma
Two of Film i Väst’s co-productions have been selected for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where they will compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or: "Fjord" by Cristian Mungiu and "Gentle Monster" by Marie Kreutzer. This marks the tenth consecutive year that Film i Väst co-productions have been represented in the festival’s most prestigious section.
“Competing for the Palme
In March, the two reference groups for the upcoming Film i Väst Analysis report came together in Gothenburg, "oldies but goldies" and the "next generation".
The fourth and final report in the Public Film Funding at a Crossroads series is underway. Where the previous reports mapped the challenges and formulated the recommendations, this one goes further into the question of why and how. How does
The Norwegian film "Sentimental Value", co-produced by Film i Väst, has won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The film received a total of nine Academy Award nominations.
Sentimental Value is directed by Joachim Trier, who also wrote the screenplay together with Eskil Vogt. The film is produced by Mer Film a
Filming is currently underway in Trollhättan for the upcoming Norwegian action thriller "Nation's Gambit", directed by John Andreas Andersen.
When the Prime Minister is kidnapped and placed in a glass cage outside the Storting with a bomb strapped around his neck, Norway is turned upside down. The Prime Minister can be saved through a game of chess – but for every piece lost, a human life
At the peak of the Cold War, farm worker Karl-Göran Persson (Denis Lavant) starts fortifying his house. He gathers scrap metal and casts it into the walls to build a fortress meant to protect himself and his neighbours. His efforts are met with puzzlement by everyone but the children. As the construction progresses, so does a conflict with the people in the village.
"Redoubt" ("VÄRN") had
The BAFTA Film Awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and are widely regarded as the British equivalent of the Oscars. Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value was nominated in eight categories at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in London last night, where it won the award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Nominations
Best Film (Maria Ekerhovd & Andrea Bere
Last Sunday, around 250 people attended this year’s Film i Väst event at Berlinale, this time in the form of a curated “talent show”, where four industry professionals from across Europe presented concrete proposals for change inspired by the themes of the Film i Väst Analysis research project Public Film Funding at a Crossroads. The fourth and final report will be published later this year,
Levan Akin, director of Berlinale Panorama opener "Crossing" and Cannes selection "And Then We Danced", is set to direct his next feature film, "Summer in Heat", an evocative drama exploring desire, tradition, and forbidden emotions. The screenplay is written by award-winning author and playwright Jordan Tannahill and produced by RMV Film in co-production with Film i Väst, Adomeit Film, Eaux Vives
Today marks the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale. Film i Väst has four co-productions in this year’s programme: the opening film "No Good Men", as well as "A Prayer for the Dying", "The Testament of Ann Lee" and "Lust".
In addition, Film i Väst Analysis is once again hosting its traditional event – this year in the form of a talent show.
Co-
The Film i Väst Analysis research project Public Film Funding at a Crossroads is reaching its conclusion, and the research for the fourth and final study will be discussed during Berlinale. The report in the series will be released later this year.
This year, we are introducing a new format, a curated “talent show” in which industry professionals from across Europe will pitch concrete idea
