R

Next up this award season is Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm's 'R', which has just won two awards at the Gothenburg; the Dragon Prize for best Nordic film as well as the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federations of Film Critics. Topping it off was a nomination in Rotterdam for the VPRO Tiger Awards competition. This is what DFI has to say about it:

"This hard-hitting drama, an anthropological study of life in a Danish prison, portrays R who has been sentenced to prison for violence. He's insistent on staying out of harm's way and in doing so he is faced with the challenge of navigating through prison culture with its notions of honour, hidden agendas and contracts."

Michael is one of our favourites at ArtCast so we're really pleased for all his successes. Here's the trailer. Tuff.

Megaheavy

Oh Ive not been a very good blogger recently and I have no excuses but Im back now with some great news about some of the movies ArtCast has cast for. We'll start with Megaheavy, a film about Jolly, a 14 year old introvert teenage girl who is in love with her classmate Kenneth. But one day her world is turned upside down when the neighbor's son arrives to the island to bury his father. Megaheavy has won Best Short Fiction at the Roberts Film Awards, the annual prize show from the Danish Film Academy. Check the trailer below:

Mads Matthiesen

ArtCast has been casting for Mads since 2005 and his short film 'MUM'. Mads' films move in the space between reality and fiction, amateurs and actors; the arena where everyday dramas unfold. His characters tend to be vulnerable, struggling to navigate the particular circumstances of their relationships. Our casting has accordingly attempted to ensure that the characters strike the right emotional chords; that they remain both sympathetic and intriguing.
Here's a couple of other films he has made.

'Cathrine' - A 16 year old falls in love with a 33 year old man she met in a shopping center, much to her parents displeasure. 'Cathrine' Won a Robert for Best Short Film in 2009



'Dennis' - A lonely bodybuilder, who at an age of 40 still lives at home with his dominating mother. The film revolves around Dennis' struggle for freedom. 'Dennis' was selected for the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.


Mads and artCast are currently working on a secret project. As things develop we'll let you in on it. But you'll have to wait. For now.

http://www.madsmatthiesen.com