STUDIOCANAL & Svensk Filmindustri Pact for Distribution, Production

September 4, 2014 World Screen Top Stories
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PARIS/STOCKHOLM: STUDIOCANAL and Svensk Filmindustri (SF) have entered into an alliance that spans distribution and co-production opportunities.

SF landed an output distribution deal for all new STUDIOCANAL films on the Nordic market—Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland—and digital distribution of STUDIOCANAL catalogue titles. The agreement also covers co-productions based on English-language Nordic feature films and TV series from SF properties aimed at the international market. SF will handle the Nordic markets for these co-productions and STUDIOCANAL will distribute them internationally.

STUDIOCANAL's feature film roster for Nordic distribution by SF includes Paddington, Shaun the Sheep and Macbeth. There are two productions already under the co-production pact: Easy Money, an English-language remake of the Swedish 2010 box-office hit, and The White Island, to be directed by Jens Jonsson. SF and STUDIOCANAL are also developing two TV series together: The Lawyer, a thriller, and The Ambassador, a drama.

Jonas Fors, the CEO of Svensk Filmindustri, said: “We are thrilled to deepen our relationship with STUDIOCANAL. We have been looking for a strong international strategic production/distribution partner for some time and STUDIOCANAL, with its international repute—strong lineup of films, powerful distribution arm and a very ambitious and exciting production strategy—is a perfect match for us.

We have already a great partnership with the very professional team at STUDIOCANAL and with this alliance I strongly believe that both our companies will be able to further strengthen and develop our opportunities on the Nordic and the international markets.”

Romain Bessi, the COO of STUDIOCANAL, added: “Svensk is a major player in the Nordic region, and a longtime partner, so we are thrilled to be working more closely with them. This is also exciting to be signing an output deal between two major European companies, confirming the strong international profile of our movies.”

Olivier Courson, the chairman and CEO of STUDIOCANAL, commented: “I am really happy to be partnering with Svensk both in distribution and production as I believe this is the best way for us to strengthen our strategy of working with the best talents in the Nordics, and further enhance what we achieved through our partnerships, either in TV with Søren Sveistrup, Adam Price, Meta Louise Foldager in Denmark or in feature film with Tomas Alfredson, Susanne Bier and Tobias Lindholm on feature films.”