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‘This Is Not Sweden’: A Game-Changer
An early beneficiary of a $1.6 million Catalan government grant, ‘This Is Not Sweden’ scores fulsome co-ro deal, ratings, and a Prix Europe.
Produced by Barcelona’s Arcadia Motion Pictures, “Robot Dreams” has just scored an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature, while proving one of Neon’s first U.S. pick-ups announced at Cannes. A Göteborg Festival presentation by Aina Clotet, the series’ co-creator and star, fired Swedish public broadcaster SVT and producer Anagram Sweden. The $1.6 million grant allowed the producers to shoot extensively with children and directors Clotet and Mar Coll maintain creative control on a distinctive family dramedy with an indie air which builds with sense of menace to an unpredictable ending.
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