The Films That Got Made

Within the first 15 editions of Production Value, 89 projects have been scheduled and budgeted by our participating teams of assistant directors and line producers. To this date, 12 films got made. They are all presented below.

Options, financing and scripts of the final films were in most cases quite different from the ones investigated at the workshop. Nonetheless, all producers have testified that the impact of PRODUCTION VALUE was crucial in apprehending the specific difficulties of their project.

MEMORY OF WATER – 2022 – Released on September 2, 2022
Directed by Sara Saarela
Produced by Bufo - Finland / Norway / Estonia / Germany

Brought to PV19 in Sweden
Junior Assistant Director : Christelle Michel – Switzerland
Junior Line Producer : Cora Aarnoutse – Netherlands
Senior Assistant Director : Scott Kirby – Germany
Senior Line Producer : Michael Schwarz – Germany

Producer Mark Lwoff, Director Saara Saarela and Line Producer Tiina-Mari Pitkänen joined the workshop.
PV15 Junior AD Jiris Juutilainen and PV11 Junior LP Essi Suomela and PV19 Junior LP Ragna Nordhus Midtgard worked on the film.

SERVIAM - 2022 - Premiered at 2022 Locarno Film Festival

Brought to PV07 in Sweden
Junior Assistant Director: Annette Goswinkel – Germany
Junior Line Producer: Pia Nokelainen – Finland
Senior Assistant Director: Marcel Just – Switzerland
Senior Line Producer: Jose Luis Escolar – Spain

HALVDAN VIKING – 2018 – released on October 26, 2018
Directed by Gustav Aekerblom
Produced by Anagram - Sweden

Brought to PV17 in Spain
Junior Assistant Director: Benoit Monney – Switzerland
Junior Line Producer: Domenika Faberova – Netherlands
Senior Assistant Director: Scott Kirby – Germany
Senior Line Producer: Matthias Schwerbrock – Germany

Producer Jessica Ark and Line Producer Karolina Heimburg (ex-PV09 Junior LP) joined the workshop.
PV17 Junior LP Mia Welin and PV12 Junior AD Pierre Ellul worked on the film.

THE LION WOMAN – 2016 – released on August 26, 2016
Directed by Vibeke Idsoe
Produced by Filmkameratene, Norway
Coproduced by Germany – Sweden

Brought to PV14 in Austria
Junior Assistant Director: Rasa Rimkuté – Lithuania
Junior Line Producer: Michiel Bartels – Netherlands
Senior Assistant Director: Scott Kirby – Germany
Senior Line Producer: Michael Schwarz – Germany

Producer Marcus Brodersen joined the workshop. In Spring 2015, Senior Assistant Director Stuart Renfrew, PV16 Junior Assistant Director Jonas Viken Oby and PV08 Junior Line Producer Lina Pedersen worked on principal photography.

THE LAST KING – 2016 – released on February 12, 2016
Directed by Nils Gaup
Produced by Paradox Film 3, Norway
World sales: Magnolia Films – USA

Brought to PV13 in Switzerland
Junior Assistant Director: Nacho F. de Tejada – Spain
Junior Line Producer: Gottlieb Pallendorf – Austria
Senior Assistant Director: Stuart Renfrew – UK
Senior Line Producer: Marco Valerio Pugini – Italy

Producer Henrik J. Henriksen joined the workshop.

THE GIRL KING – 2015 – World premiere at Montréal Festival 2015
Directed by Mika Kaurismäki
Produced by Marianna Films – Finland
Coproduced by Sweden – Germany – Canada
World sales: Yellow Affair – Sweden

Brought to PV13 in Switzerland
Junior Assistant Director: Lucie Dolezavola – Czech Republic
Junior Line Producer: Einar Loftesnes – Norway
Senior Assistant Director: Daniela Forn Mayor – Spain
Senior Line Producer: Oliver Lüer – Germany

Director Mika Kaurismäki and Co-producer Charlotte Most joined the workshop.

KENAU – 2013 – released on March 6, 2014
Directed by Maarteen Treurniet
Produced by Fu Works, Netherlands
Coproduced by Belgium and Hungary

Brought to PV12 in Malta
Junior Assistant Director: Urska Kos – Slovenia
Junior Line Producer: Therese Naustdal – Norway
Senior Assistant Director: David Martínez Alvarez – Spain
Senior Line Producer: Mathias Schwerbrock – Germany
VFX Consultant: Frank Schlegel – Germany

Director Maarteen Trieurnet and Line Producer Jose van Doorn joined the workshop.

THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED – 2013 – International premiere at Berlinale 2014
Directed by Felix Herngren
Produced by Nice Flx Pictures – Sweden
World sales: Studio Canal – France

Brought to PV12 in Malta
Junior Assistant Director: Agne Braziene – Lithuania
Junior Line Producer: Pia Rickman – Finland
Senior Assistant Director: Stuart Renfrew – England
Senior Line Producer: Mathias Schwerbrock – Germany
VFX Consultant: Frank Schlegel – Germany

Director Felix Herngren and Line Producer Malte Forssell joined the workshop.

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS – 2013 – World Premiere at Locarno FIlm Festival 2013
Directed by Thomas Imbach
Produced by Okofilm – Switzerland
Coproduced by France
World sales: Picture Tree International – Germany

Brought to PV11 in Sweden
Junior Assistant Director: Karolin Koltun – Poland
Junior Line Producer: Sebastian Schelenz – Belgium
Senior Assistant Director: Alberto Mangiante – Italy
Senior Line Producer: Kaare Storemyr – Norway
VFX Consultant: Frank Schlegel – Germany

Producer Andrea Staka joined the workshop.

BEFORE SNOWFALL – 2013 – Best Nordic Film Göteborg 2013
Directed by Hisham Zaman
Produced by Paradox, Norway
Coproduced by Germany and Iraq

Brought to PV10 in Austria
Junior Assistant Director: Kaspar Lerch – Germany
Junior Line Producer: Asa Karlsson – Sweden
Senior Assistant Director: Daniela Forn Mayor – Spain
Senior Line Producer: Marco Valerio Pugini – Italy

Director Hisham Zaman and producer Peter Boe joined the workshop.

YUMA – 2012
Directed by Piotr Mularuk
Produced by Yeti Films, Poland
Coproduced by Czech Republic

Brought to PV08 in Germany
Junior Assistant Director: Ari Hemelaar – Netherlands
Junior Line Producer: Terez Hollo – Norway
Senior Assistant Director: Stuart Renfrew – UK
Senior Line Producer: Laura Fattori – Italy

Producer Magdalena Napieracz joined the workshop.

SENNENTUNTSCHI: CURSE OF THE ALPS – 2010
Directed by Michael Steiner
Produced by Kontraproduktion, Switzerland
Coproduced by Austria
World sales: One-Eyed Films – UK

Brought to PV08 in Germany
Junior Assistant Director: Hayley Manning – UK
Junior Line Producer: Lukas Viznar – Czech Republic
Senior Assistant Director: David Martínez Alvarez – Spain
Senior Line Producer: Michael Schwarz – Germany

Producer Peter-Christian Fueter joined the workshop.