Last summer Axel Petersén directed his first feature Avalon together with the production company FASAD. The film was shot in Båstad in north western Skåne in Southern Sweden.The film has now been selected for Berlin International Film Festival. The film is about the party organizer Janne who just reunited with his former business partner Klas, and is looking forward to the launch of their new high-end night club, Avalon (named after one of Roxy Music’s biggest hits). Janne is constantly accompanied by his recently divorced older sister Jackie, who serves as a kind of Greek chorus/family historian, recounting her brother’s peripatetic career as a nightclub owner, realtor and general man about town. (When she’s not speaking admiringly about Janne, she spends her time tanning and drinking.) The good times seem to have returned, but when an unfortunate catastrophe occurs, Janne’s chance to relive the eighties may be permanently put on hold. And he soon discovers that Klas isn’t the fun-loving impresario they remember — he has friends and funders who aren’t exactly the forgiving kind.  Avalon is a timely and sometimes shock­ing reminder that, sooner or later, the party has to end. 

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Both the Swedish and the Danish Commissioner will be present in Berlin between the 10th and 15th of February.
Please contact them to get more information about shooting in the exciting area of Oresund:

Mikael Svensson, Southern Sweden: +46707163202 or svensson@oresundfilm.com

Ulrik Bolt Jörgensen, Copenhagen: +4522306047 or
bolt@oresundfilm.com

Looking forward to see you all.

Mikael and Ulrik

 

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Board of Directors Election 2011

The AFCI 2011 Board election results are in!  Similar to 2010, the number of new faces kept pace with incumbents. New members joining AFCI’s 2011 Board are: Kevin Chang (Cheongpung, Korea), Mikael Svensson (Oresund, Southern Sweden), and George David (Jordan). Returning to the Board are: Mary Nelson (Virginia), Joan Miller (Vancouver Island, British Columbia), Sten Iversen (Montana), and Walea Constantinau (Honolulu, Hawaii).These new and re-elected Board members will take their seats in January. As prescribed in the AFCI Bylaws, the newly formed Board will elect officers at that meeting (President, two-Vice Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer). Continuing in the second year of their term are: Belle Doyle (Scotland), Mark Stricklin (Birmingham, Alabama), Kevin Shand (Colorado), Ingrid Rudefors (Stockholm), David Shepherd (Abu Dhabi), and Drew Mayer-Oakes (San Antonio, Texas).

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There are more than 300 AFCI-Member Film Commissions worldwide, covering almost every continent. Wherever you go with your next production, you can usually find a Film Commission to help you. 

   

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