Sweden chooses football drama “Tigers” as an international Oscar contribution – Deadline
Sweden sends Ronnie Sandahls Tigers to this year’s international Oscar race.
The film is a coming-of-age drama about the world of professional sports, which tells the true story of the 16-year-old football prodigy Martin Bengtsson (played by Erik Enge).
It is written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl, based on Martin Bengtsson’s autobiographical novel In the shadow of the San Siro. The project was produced by Piodor Gustafsson in co-production with Lucia Nicolai, Marcello Paolillo and Birgitte Skov.
Tigers was voted best film in the Flash Forward episode at the Busan International Film Festival last year. It also won awards for Best Emerging International Actor (Erik Enge) and Best Emerging Italian Actor (Antonio Bannò) at Alice nella città , the independent and parallel section dedicated to films for children and young people at the Rome International Film Festival.
“I could not be more happy, proud or grateful. This is a great honor. Making a film is a team sport and we are many who have shared the dream of this film, many who have worked hard. We hope that the nomination itself will help “The film to reach even more people, both at home and abroad. But as an incurable competition person, I have to admit that of course I also hope that this is just the beginning. We want to win the whole damn thing,” said Sandahl.