Norway’s Fantefilm team is on a roll. First came The Wave, then The Quake, and now we have The Burning Sea. Originally released in Norway in October 21, The Burning Sea is now making its way to the U.S. Here’s the blurb from distributors Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing: In 1969, the Norwegian government announces […]
News Roundup for July 3
Teaser Trailer for North Sea Released, Film Sold for U.K. Fantefilm has released a teaser trailer for their latest production, Nordsjøen (North Sea), which explores the consequences of 50 years of offshore drilling by Norway. The film was directed by John Andreas Andersen from a script by Lars Gudmestad and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg. The movie stars […]
Norway Sells Another Disaster Movie
Norway is rapidly becoming a hub for disaster movies, it seems. On Day 1 of Berlin’s all-virtual European Film Market (EFM), being held in conjunction with the 71st Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), sales agent TrustNordisk garnered early sales for the most recent film by the Fantefilm studio, The North Sea (Nordsjøen), producer of previous […]
The Tunnel Finds US Distributor
The Tunnel, Pal Oie’s Norwegian disaster movie, has finally found distributors for release in the U.S. and elsewhere. Samuel Goldwyn Films now has the US rights to the film. TrustNordisk had previously sold distribution rights to the U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but US distribution seemed uncertain, given the current pandemic. The Tunnel […]
Trailer: The Tunnel (Tunnelen) (2019)
“Norway has over 1100 tunnels, almost none with emergency exits.” Norway is having a moment regarding disaster movies. In 2015, Fantefilm released the Saturn-nominated The Wave, and in 2018, they dropped the Amanda Award-winning The Quake. Now audiences in the United Kingdom will get a chance to see the latest entry, The Tunnel (Tunnelen). Based […]