IFC Films has acquired the 3D car crash drama Every Thing Will Be Fine, written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen and directed by Wim Wenders. The film will have its North American premiere in Toronto and stars James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams and Marie-Josée Croze.
Scandinavia’s biggest sales company TrustNordisk has come on board to represent Erik Skjoldbjærgs’ anticipated chilly drama Pyromaniac in international markets.
Penned by critically-acclaimed screenwriter Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, who also wrote Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine, Pyromaniac is based on a true story depicted in Gaute Heivoll’s best-selling novel Before I Burn.
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Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin (b. 1978) of Huskvarna, Sweden, began his career as a behavioral scientist and linguist before turning his talents to writing. His major breakthrough came in the form of the children’s book The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep, a literary phenomenon hailed by parents all over the world as a lifesaver. Written to help young children fall asleep, the book uses a unique blend of soothing tones and pedagogic techniques. The self-published The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep made history when it became a No. 1 international bestseller.
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Fredrik Reinfeldt (b. 1965) has been active in Swedish and international politics for 25 years, and is regarded as the most popular party leader of the past three decades in Sweden. As the prime minister of Sweden during the years 2006-2014, and the chairman of the New Moderate Party (centre-right) 2003-2015, Fredrik Reinfeldt transformed Swedish politics. He helped unite the country’s centre-right parties and create the Alliance – a unique collaboration between Sweden’s most prominent centre-right parties. In September 2006, Reinfeldt was elected prime minister. Together with the Alliance parties Reinfeldt went on to win two successive elections, serving for eight consecutive years – the longest any non-socialist government has sat in modern times in Sweden.
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep rules supreme on The Bookseller’s Children’s bestseller list, and holds the position of No. 2 on its UK Top 50 bestseller chart.
We now have the pleasure of working with Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin and his worldwide phenomenon, The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep. Self-published, the book is currently No. 1 in the US, the UK, France, Spain, and several other countries. It is the first time ever that an independent author has topped Amazon’s best seller charts.
Jo Nesbø’s highly anticipated novel Midnight Sun has gone straight to No. 1 on the Norwegian besteller list. The sequel to the groundbreaking Blood on Snow, Midnight Sun tells the story of Ulf, a secretive stranger seeking refuge among the native Sami and Læstadiansin of a small village in the far north.
Acclaimed Finnish author Antti Tuomainen’s new stand-alone The Mine has now been published in Finland. Told in a beautiful language with shifting points of views and flashbacks, The Mine is a suspenseful crime novel filled with vivid characters and a breathtaking plot. But above all, it is the story of two men – a father and a son – and of the destiny of a family torn apart, only to ultimately reunite.
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Anders Weidemann (b.1971) is the creator and showrunner of the Emmy Award nominated TV series 30 degrees in February. His unique writing talent paired with an extensive knowledge about the TV landscape has resulted in award winning productions, such as The truth about Marika (Emmy Award for best interactive TV series 2006) and 30 degrees in February (winner of Kristallen for best screenplay, nominated for Emmy Award 2014), among other. On top of holding writing credits for numerous television productions and short films, Weidemann has also worked as Head of drama development at Jarowskij Sweden and as Story editor for SVT.
Finland, Into Kustannus
Three-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Bulgaria, EMAS
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Memento
Closed by Emma Granberg
China, Beijing Science and Technology
Five-book deal closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
Poland, Smak Slowa
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Lithuania, Pflaŭmbaŭm Publishing House
Closed by Emma Granberg
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is a masterful plotter and accomplished stylist, with a storytelling style that echoes the Icelandic sagas. Once again, she delivers a gripping and enigmatic crime novel.
– Politiken
I could recognize myself in some of the scenes, and they affected me deeply. /…/ The book is also easy to get into. I was quickly drawn into the story and was very curious to see what would happen next.
– Sundsvalls Tidning
There are a lot of things to unravel in this pitch-black homecoming novel and Bengtsdotter succeeds really well in doing so on just under 300 pages.
– Göteborgs-Posten
It’s a powerful opening. In just a few pages, Selåker paints a portrait of a deeply flawed man on the verge of breaking point, while also capturing loneliness so vividly that the silence inside the house seems to scream from the pages. /…/ I’m looking forward to returning to the Wilderness Road and its surroundings, which Selåker portrays with a sharp eye in this dark and compelling first installment.
– Göteborgs-Posten
[A] brilliant thriller. /…/ [Winter Grave] is unsettling, occasionally hilarious and constantly thrilling. /…/ I make no secret of the fact I’m a fan of Heine Bakkeid’s writing (…). Winter Grave is also dark noir on an elite level.
– Harstad Tidene
Late at night, a doctor burns to death inside the closed forensic psychiatric institution Helix. The interrogations with staff and inmates are complicated due to patient confidentiality and psychotic illnesses. After another death in the same ward, Saga Bauer accepts a top-secret assignment.