Sagafilm will talk up the project to potential partners at Göteborg’s vitual Nordic Film Market, to be attended by more than 600 global accredited participants between Feb.
Sam Film will handle the Icelandic premiere and Splendid Film the German distribution.
“Operation Napoleon” will be filmed entirely in Iceland, with its production start slated for later this year. Schweitzer continued: “Splendid has been expanding its production activities into the Netherlands with a feature film franchise and a series, and is now pursuing further production ventures in the Nordic countries with its first Icelandic feature film.” Dirk Schweitzer, Splendid Film managing director and CEO of the Splendid Group. “After having developed the project with creative partner Ralph Christians and writer Marteinn Thorisson, we are now happy to have found Sagafilm as our Icelandic production partner who are equally excited about the project as we are,” said Dr. The co-operation furthermore strengthens Sagafilm’s ties to the German industry, following Beta Film acquiring 25% share in our company last year,” Thordarson pointed out. “We are very proud to be part of this project and look forward to seeing it through with Splendid Film. “To team up on a film of this magnitude, based on a novel by an Icelandic author, is bound to result in a successful film,” said Sagafilm Nordic CEO Kjartan Thor Thordarson.
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