29/03/2022 - The upcoming feature, based on the bestseller by acclaimed Finnish author and vocalist Terhi Kokkonen, will be directed by actress Pihla Viitala
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Prolific Norwegian filmmaker
Project Z (2021),
An Affair (2018), is now working on a new project, an epic horror film entitled
The story, penned by the director himself, is set in 1918. World War I is coming to an end, and the Spanish flu is raging. A pastor returns home to his family in Norway to start a congregation, after several years as a missionary in Madagascar. With the help of a local mining company, he starts the work of building a church, but the place turns out to be an old South Sámi burial ground. When it is decided that the remains should be removed, an indefinable evil begins to haunt the settlers.
SF Studios Unveils Teaser Trailer for Big-Budget Thriller Omerta 6/12 (EXCLUSIVE)
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SF Studios has released the first teaser trailer for the anticipated action thriller “Omerta 6/12” which just wrapped shooting. The big-budget film is directed by Aku Louhimies and stars Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen (“Da 5 Bloods,” “BlacKkKlansman”) and Swedish actors Nanna Blondell (“Red Dot”) and Sverrir Gudnason (“Borg vs. McEnroe”).
“Omertà 6/12″ is expected to premiere in theaters in Nov. and is being represented in international markets by REinvent International Sales. SF Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics.
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Based on llkka Remes’s bestselling novel “6/12,” the film follows Max Tanner, a Finnish secret service agent operating for European Union’s special forces. Jari Olavi Rantala wrote the adaptation based on the screenplay by Antti J. Jokinen and Mika Karttunen.
SF Studios, Easy Money Screenwriter Team on The Stockholm Bloodbath (EXCLUSIVE)
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SF Studios is teaming up with “Easy Money” screenwriter Maria Karlsson on “The Stockholm Bloodbath,” an epic film
inspired by the true story of Kristina Gyllenstierna, a fearless woman who fought to protect Stockholm when the Danes invaded the city in 1520.
“The Stockholm Bloodbath” refers to a lesser-known, dark chapter in Scandinavian history when the three-day coronation ceremony for the Danish king Christian II became one of Sweden’s most violent power struggles. During this turmoil, the Danish king ordered the execution of many figures of the Swedish nobility.