Featuring stars like Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, and Michael Shannon, Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The End' will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the prestigious Special Presentations program.
The Oscar-nominated director has created a Golden Age musical about one of the last families alive on Earth. When the sudden arrival of a young stranger threatens the family’s luxurious compound deep underground, the son of the family begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
'The End' is written by Joshua Oppenheimer and Rasmus Heisterberg and produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real with support from the Danish Film Institute. Signe Byrge Sørensen previously produced Joshua Oppenheimer's two Oscar-nominated documentaries 'The Act of Killing' and 'The Look of Silence.' 'The End' is also supported by the West Danish Film Fund, FilmFyn, the Nordic Film & TV Fund, and Eurimages, and produced in collaboration with the national Danish broadcasting company DR.
The Quiet Ones
Denmark's largest heist in history is the focal point of Frederik Louis Hviid's second feature film 'The Quiet Ones', which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery program.
In 2008, amidst the financial crisis hitting Denmark, a group of 25 men from Denmark and across Europe decide to carry out the largest heist ever on Danish soil. These ambitious and uncompromising men share a singular goal: to succeed against the odds—despite significant obstacles, internal conflicts, secret agendas, and personal sacrifices. The film is inspired by the 2008 heist at Dansk Værdihåndtering, where a group of robbers got away with approximately 70 million DKK, of which only a small portion has been recovered.
Gustav Dyekjær Giese stars in the lead role as one of the main masterminds behind the heist, with supporting performances from Amanda Collin and French star Reda Kateb.
Frederik Louis Hviid made his directorial debut with 'Shorta' in 2020, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The screenplay for 'The Quiet Ones' is written by Anders Frithiof August, and the film is produced by Kasper Dissing for Zentropa with support from the Danish Film Institute.
The film also receives funding from Canal+, Cine+ OCS, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Swedish Film Institute, DR, SVT, and the European Union.
The Girl with the Needle
Also featured in the Special Presentations program is Magnus von Horn's 'The Girl with the Needle,' which had its world premiere in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The director co-wrote the screenplay with Line Langebek, based on the true story of Dagmar Overbye, who, from 1913 to 1920, killed numerous infants born out of wedlock. The film is produced by Nordisk Film Creative Alliance with support from the Danish Film Institute.
Quisling’s Last Days
Erik Poppe’s Norwegian-Danish co-production 'Quisling’s Last Days' will also premiere in the same program. The film tells the story of Vidkun Quisling, Norway’s Prime Minister during World War II, who collaborated with the Nazis and was responsible for an unparalleled act of treason. The film is produced by Paradox in co-production with Danish SF Studio, with support from the Danish Film Institute.
