Amira Casar & Pip Torrens Board Masha Egieva’s Erotic Drama Short ‘Rokeby Venus’
EXCLUSIVE: Amira Casar (Call Me By Your Name) and Pip Torrens (The Crown) have boarded erotic drama short Rokeby Venus. Directed by Masha Egieva (Saint Vassily), the film revolves around a crisis of desire for a middle-aged bourgeois couple and is shooting in Paris this week. According to Egieva, the film is “toying with the canons of Greek tragedy and French erotic drama” and questions if women need to be seen to feel desired. “In the film, Marion — feeling unseen by her obsessive, glaucoma-stricken art historian husband — takes violent measures to reignite the spark in their relationship,” said Egieva. The film precedes Egieva’s debut feature, a psychological thriller-horror she is developing with London-based producer and postproduction-house DISAUTHORITY, which is also producing the short. Rokeby Venus is co-written by Raphaël Duhamel and is produced by Duhamel and Egieva’s outfit Reformation Films, alongside French house La Mancha Films, Berlinale Crystal Bear-winning and BAFTA-nominated Byron McNally, and independent producer Oscar Saint Bris. The film is sponsored by Kodak and is part of this year’s Linz Talent Academy Lab.
Silje Nikoline Joins Nordisk Film Distribution
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Nordisk Film Distribution has hired Silje Nikoline Glimsdal as Head of Nordic Acquisitions. She will join the company in August from ST Studios, where she served as Senior Acquisition Manager. She previously worked at TrustNordisk as a Sales and Project Manager. Based in Copenhagen, the company has said she will be primarily responsible for film acquisition in Norway. “We are thrilled that Silje Nikoline Glimsdal has agreed to join the acquisition team at Nordisk Film Distribution,” said Rasmus Krogh, Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions at Nordisk Film Distribution. “We are the market leader in local Nordic films in the Nordic region, and we have high ambitions for developing this business area. Local Nordic films form the core of Nordisk Film Distribution’s business, and Silje’s strong skills and extensive network will be crucial in helping us to achieve our goals.”
Prime Video Lands Swedish Ice Hockey Doc
Prime Video’s latest sports doc is following the Swedish national ice hockey team as it prepares for the world championship on home ice. Take Us Home: Tre Kronor [working title] followed the team behind the scenes for eight months – from first assembly to the championships as Sweden bids for victory. The documentary showcases national heroes including head coach Sam Hallam, assistant general manager Patric Hörnqvist, equipment manager Anders Kellerstam, and NHL superstars Mika Zibanejad, Leo Carlsson, Jesper Bratt, Lucas Raymond, Filip Forsberg — revealing their personal struggles, triumphs, and the extraordinary pressure of competing for hockey glory in the hockey-mad nation of Sweden. The doc joins other Prime sport offerings like Doubters to believers – Liverpool FC: Klopp’s Era, All Or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs.