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\n\tAs the prime New Nordic Films confab kicks off today in Haugesund, Norway, LevelK has unveiled exclusively to\u00a0Variety<\/em>\u00a0a raft of prominent sales on the Swedish coming-of-age\u00a0film\u00a0\u201cLive a Little,\u201d showcased at the market screenings.<\/p>\n \n\tBesides indie distributor Breaking Glass Pictures which has secured U.S. rights, the Swedish feature, directed by rising talent Fanny Ovesen, has sold to Latin America (Encripta), Indonesia (PT. Falcon), Mexico (Bestiario Films), Slovakia (Film Europe S.R.O.) and Estonia (Estin Film). TriArt handled the release in Sweden in February, and newly created St\u00e6r Film Distribution in Norway will follow suit later this year.<\/p>\n \n\tStarring Embla Ingelman-Sundberg (Netflix\u2019s \u201cCarousel\u201d) Aviva Wrede (\u201cHashtag\u201d) and French rising star Oscar Lesage (\u201cThe Substance\u201d), the pic turns on two best friends, Laura and Alex, who embark on an inter-railing trip through Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tAfter a drunken encounter with a stranger, Laura is left questioning what really happened. While challenging her own beliefs about herself, she gradually goes through a journey of guilt and self-discovery that eventually helps take back control of her own body.<\/p>\n \n\tThe film world premiered in competition at the G\u00f6teborg Film Festival earlier this year where it scooped the Angelos Award. Most recently, it screened at the Biarritz Film Festival in France where it picked up an extra two accolades from a jury headed by Camera d\u2019Or winner Halfdan Ullmann T\u00f8ndel\u00a0(\u201cArmand\u201d).<\/p>\n \n\t\u201c\u2019Live a Little\u201d\u2019is a deeply personal story about finding your voice in the face of uncertainty. Seeing it resonate with audiences and distributors around the world is both humbling and energizing. We\u2019re thrilled that Laura and Alex\u2019s journey will connect with viewers in so many different cultures and languages,\u201d said producer Marie Kjellson of Kjellson & Wik, formerly at Ruben \u00d6stlund\u2019s Plattform Production where she produced the Swedish helmer\u2019s 2014 Cannes Un Certain Regard winner \u201cForce Majeure.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBesides \u201cLive a Little,\u201d LevelK is screening at the market the Danish feelgood feature \u201cThe Food Club-Home Again,\u201d directed by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup and a sequel to the 2020 hit which sold to multiple territories including a Samuel Goldwyn Films pickup for the U.S.<\/p>\n \n\tKirsten Olesen (\u201cThe Bridge\u201d), Stina Ekblad (\u201cWallander\u201d) and Kirsten Lehfeldt (\u201cMen & Chicken\u201d) return to their roles as three long-time women friends, now relocated to the picturesque South Funen, Denmark, after their wonderful cooking class experience in Italy in the original film.<\/p>\n \n\tAnother LevelK pickup, the Finnish drama comedy \u201cKidnapping of a President\u201d directed by Samuli Valkama, will bow at New Nordic Films\u2019 Works in Progress. Based on real events and set in 1930, the comedy drama turns on a group of Finnish far-right officers who during a drunken hunting trip, order the kidnapping of the former president of Finland, only to forget all about it by the morning.<\/p>\n \n\tFinland\u2019s Tack Films is producing with Bionaut in the Czech Republic, Labyrint Film in the Netherlands and M\u00fcnchhausen Films in Estonia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the prime New Nordic Films confab kicks off today in Haugesund, Norway, LevelK has unveiled exclusively to\u00a0Variety\u00a0a raft of prominent sales on the Swedish coming-of-age\u00a0film\u00a0\u201cLive a Little,\u201d showcased at the market screenings. 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