Sundance

Director Anne Sewitsky (Happy, Happy) makes her return to Sundance Film Festival with the feature length film, Homesick.

Starring effervescent, international talent to watch Ine Wilmann and Swedish actor Simon J. Berger (Call Girl), Homesick follows the complicated bond between a brother and sister. The Norwegian film premieres as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance takes place January 22 – February 1, 2015.

Homesick follows the story of 27 year old ingénue Charlotte (Wilmann) whose longing for love and acceptance leads her to reach out to her half brother Henrik (Berger) who she’s never met. The siblings’ urge to create a family bond slowly deepens to become an encounter without boundaries, between two people who don’t know what normal family is. Wilmann’s debut performance in Homesick is remarkable and positions her as a rising star.
 

Image: Erik Aavatsmark / Maipo Film

“Premiering Homesick at Sundance Film Festival is a logical and happy choice,” said Sewitsky. “The festival attracts a high calibre of films and a thoughtful audience and I will never forget the support the festival offered me early in my career.”
 
Director Anne Sewitsky’s international breakthrough came with her feature film debut Happy, Happy in 2010. Sewitsky won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival along with a number of other international awards and the film was later appointed Norway’s Official Entry for the Academy Awards® in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Homesick is produced by Synnøve Hørsdal and Åshild Ramborg for Maipo Film AS. Nordic distribution through Nordisk Film. Domestic release is set for March 27th, 2015. TrustNordisk is handling international sales.

Interview slots with director Anne Sewitsky and actor Ine Willman:
Saturday, January 24 from 12:00 pm onward.
 
Sundance screening schedule:
Friday, January 23rd – 9:15 pm – Egyptian Theatre
Saturday, January 24th – 9:30 am – Holiday Village Cinema 3 – Press and Industry
Saturday, January 24th – 7:00 pm – Redstone Cinema 2
Sunday, January 25th – 6:00 pm – Broadway Centre Cinema 6
Thursday, January 29th – 9:00 pm – Temple Theatre
Friday, January 30th – 12.00 pm – Yarrow Hotel Theatre
 
MAIPO 
MAIPO FILM was formed in 2000, and has since established itself as one of Scandinavia's leading production companies, which also has vast co-production experience. The company’s first feature film was the Academy Award-nominated ELLING (2001). Since then Maipo Film has produced more than 25 feature films, including Sundance winner HAPPY, HAPPY (2010), Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner THE ART OF NEGATIVE THINKING(2006) and Liv Ullmann’s recent film MISS JULIE, starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell. 
 
TRUSTNORDISK
With over 35 years of expertise and know-how in international film sale, TrustNordisk market and sell feature films and TV-series worldwide.  Representing one of the largest film catalogues in Europe – a feature film catalogue of more than 600 films from highly acclaimed directors such as Lars von Trier, Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, Lone Scherfig, Lukas Moodysson, Daniél Espinosa, Jan Troell and David Mackenzie – our genres range from animation to crime, from drama to family and we collaborate with both large production companies as well as independent producers within all of Europe. Welcome to our world of films.