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Right now we are preparing the shooting of the short “Boom Boom” in Dividalen i, Norhern Norway. Per Josef Idivuoma is writer/director and Bautafilm in co-operation with Rein Film are producers. Boom boom is financed by Film i Västerbotten, Filmpool Nord, Int. Samiskt Filminstitut, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, The Sami parliament in Norway and Sweden, Arctic Image/Film Camp.

On the picture, from the left: Olle Wirenhed (FAD), Per Josef Idivuoma (Writer/director) and Ken Are Bongo (Cinematography).

Read more about the film here.

Today Hot Docs announced their line up for 2017. Among this years 2906 submissions, which is the highest number so far, three of our productions and co-productions are officially selected for North American Premiere! Horungen by Knutte Wester are also in competition for best Mid Lenght Documentary.

Hot Docs is North Americas biggest festival for documentaries. The festival takes place in Toronto/Canada between april 27 and may 7 2017.

In the program World Showcase

Horungen (A Bastard Child) 57 min by Knutte Wester
Production Bautafilm AB, Therese Högberg
Co-producer Pomor Film AS, Knut Skoglund

Tongue Cutters 85 min by Solveig Melkeraaen
Production Medieoperatörerna, Ingvil Giske
Co-producer Bautafilm AB, Fredrik Oskarsson

In the program Magnificent Obsessions

Hobbyhorse Revolution 88 min by Selma Vilhunen
Production Tuffi Films Oy, Elli Toivoniemi & Venla Hellstedt
Co-producer Bautafilm AB, Therese Högberg

Press Release Hot Docs World Showcase Program

Press Release Hot Docs Magnificent Obsessions Program

Read more on Hot Docs webb

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One of the film’s amazing extras, Jon Nejla Kappfjell, holding the statue of the Dragon Award after the screening of Sami Blood in Tråante

Our co-production Sami Blood reaches home after his odyssey on the world’s festivals. At the Gothenburg Film Festival, all four screenings were sold out, and the film won the main prize Dragon Award – Best Nordic Film, the world’s largest film award with a cash prize of one million crowns!

After Gothenburg Sami Blood premiered on Sami land in Trondheim at the great 100th anniversary of the first Sami joint country meeting February 6, 1917. It was a very special screening with very nice response from the almost exclusively Sami audience. We say again congratulations to Director Amanda Kernell and the main producer Lars G Lindström Nordisk Film!

Today Berlin Film Festival released the upline of films in the short film competition. Victor Lindgrens “The Comet” is the only Swedish film in competition at this years edition of Berlinale Shorts.The Comet is an interpretation of Melker Garay’s original story with the same title.

23 films from 19 countries will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bear as well as the Audi Short Film Award, worth € 20,000, and a nomination for the European Film Awards at the 2017 edition of Berlinale Shorts.

Read the press release from The Berlinale

Short news: Sami blood has official Swedish cinema premiere on 3rd March.

Tokyo Int. Film Festival praises Sami blood! Bautafilm wich to congratulate everyone involved in our co-production, espescially director Amanda Kernell and lead actress Lene Sparrok, of course!

The film is aworded the Special Jury Aeard and Lene Sparrok Best Actress Award. The jury’s statement was made by the chairman of the jury, director Jean-Jacques Beineix:

– She just appears, and with one glimse at her, the character exists and captures us. We will never forget her. She’s a natural, he said. Writes TT.

Today IDFA announced the line up of films in competition at the festival 2016. Our production A Bastard Child (Horungen) by Knutte Wester gets world premiere and are competing for the IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary, the IDFA Special Jury Award for Mid-Length Documentaryand the IDFA Audience Award.

IDFA are taking place in Amsterdam November 16-27 2016.

A Bastard Child is produced by Bautafilm in co-production with SVT and Knut Skoglund, Pomor Film AS. With support from The Swedish Film Institute, Nordnorskt Filmsenter, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee and Film i Västerbotten.

IDFA press release

Watch trailer

A Bastard Child (Horungen) Home page

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The prize “Best World Documentary” was awarded to our documentary Nuclear Neighbour at the Harlem International Film Festival. We are super excited! In October, the film will be shown in Toronto at Planet in Focus 17th annual Environmental Film Festival.

Bautafilm was present in Venedig for the world premiere of Sami Blood. An appreciated screening with lots of feelings. The film war awarded twice: director Amanda Kernell recieved the Feodora, for best first time director and also  Europa Cinema Label, for distribution in Europe.