Film i Väst
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Trollhättan
Trollhättan is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 44,498 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, founded in 1992. Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
used its facilities in his movies, such as Dogville
Dogville
Dogville is a 2003 drama written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Chloë Sevigny, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, and James Caan...
and Manderlay
Manderlay
Manderlay is the 2005 sequel to the film Dogville. It is the second part of Lars von Trier's projected USA - Land of Opportunities trilogy. Bryce Dallas Howard replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan...
.
Walk of Fame
Trollhättan
Trollhättan is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 44,498 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
has a small Walk of Fame, featuring stars of the movie industry who worked in Film i Väst productions.
Selected productions
- Fucking ÅmålFucking ÅmålShow Me Love is a 1998 Swedish film directed by Lukas Moodysson. Its original Swedish title is Fucking Åmål. The film is centered around the lives of two seemingly disparate teenage girls who begin a tentative romantic relationship. The film first premiered outside Sweden at the 1998 Cannes Film...
(1998) (known as Show Me Love in English-speaking countries) - Under solen (1998)
- Noll toleransNoll ToleransZero Tolerance is a Swedish action film from 1999 directed by Anders Nilsson. It is the first film in a series about police officer Johan Falk and is followed by Livvakterna and Den tredje vågen.- Plot :...
(1999) - Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999)
- Dancer in the DarkDancer in the DarkDancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish musical drama film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Joel Grey...
(2000) - Den bästa sommaren (2000)
- Det nya landet (2000)
- Jalla! Jalla!Jalla! Jalla!Jalla! Jalla! is a 2000 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares starring Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim as the main roles. Jalla! Jalla! is the debut film by Josef Fares and one of his most well-known...
(2000) - Tillsammans (2000)
- Livvakterna (2001)
- Tsatsiki - vänner för alltid (2001)
- Alla älskar Alice (2002)
- Bäst i Sverige! (2002)
- Lilja 4-ever (2002)
- Den tredje vågen (2003)
- DogvilleDogvilleDogville is a 2003 drama written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Chloë Sevigny, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, and James Caan...
(2003) - Hannah med HHannah med HHannah med H is a 2003 Swedish film, about an 18 year old named Hannah , who has just moved away from home. She meets a man named Jens , claiming to be a teacher who admires her poetry. However, she starts to receive prank calls, and feels she is being watched. She then discovers that "Jens" is not...
(2003) - KoppsKoppsKopps is a 2003 Swedish film directed by Josef Fares. The name itself is a pun on pronouncing the English word "Cops" with a Swedish accent....
(2003) - Miffo (2003)
- Smala Sussie (2003)
- Tillfällig fru sökes (2003)
- Danslärarens återkomst (2004)
- MasjävlarMasjävlarDalecarlians is a Swedish film from 2004, starring Sofia Helin. The word "masjävlar" is a derogatory term for dalecarlians, who are usually known as masar.- Cast :* Sofia Helin as Mia* Kajsa Ernst as Eivor* Ann Petrén as Gunilla...
(2004) - Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö (20052005 in film- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
) - Tjenare kungenTjenare kungenTjenare Kungen is a Swedish film drama set in the 1980s, and released in 2005.-Cast:* Josefin Neldén - Abra* Cecilia Wallin - Millan* Joel Kinnaman - Dickan* Malin Larsson - Isa...
(2005) - ZozoZozoZozo is a 2005 Swedish-Lebanese film about a Lebanese boy during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden. It was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.The film was...
(2005) - Storm (20062006 in film- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
) - InvoluntaryInvoluntary (film)Involuntary is a 2008 Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund described as "a tragic comedy or comic tragedy." It features five parallel stories with human group behaviour as the common theme. The film is notable for its long takes with no cuts within the scenes. This is related to Östlund's...
(20082008 in filmThis is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
) (Swedish title: De ofrivilliga) - AntichristAntichrist (film)Antichrist is a 2009 arthouse-horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It follows horror film conventions and tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange...
(20092009 in filmThe year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...
) - Snabba CashSnabba Cash (film)Easy Money is a Swedish thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa that was released on 15 January 2010. It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Jens Lapidus. Joel Kinnaman stars in the lead role of Johan "JW" Westlund, a rather poor man living a double life in the upper class areas of...
(2009) - CornelisCornelis (film)Cornelis is a 2010 Swedish biographical drama film directed by Amir Chamdin, about the life of the musician Cornelis Vreeswijk.Vreeswijk is portrayed by Hans Erik Dyvik Husby, also known as Hank Von Helvete, lead singer in the now disbanded Norwegian rock band Turbonegro...
(20102010 in filmThe year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...
) - In a Better WorldIn a Better WorldIn a Better World is a 2010 Danish-Swedish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and a refugee camp in Africa.A Danish majority...
(2010) (Danish title: Hævnen)