Carlos Reygadas’ Norwegian Co-Producer Stær Film Sails Into Distribution, Takes Tess Quatri, Elle Sofe Sara to Göteborg (EXCLUSIVE)

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Annika Pham Two years after launch, Norway’s boutique production outlet Staer Film headed by Elisa Fernanda Pirir, is ramping up its activities by venturing into distribution and bigger budget movies.

With a focus on visionary new and established auteurs, regional productions and international collaborations, the new Tromsö-based distribution outfit led by Eleanor Debreu will offer a home for Stær’s most artistically challenging co-productions, that will benefit from tailor-made innovative marketing strategies.

The first release this fall will be Swedish pic “A Sweetness from Nowhere” by Ester Martin Bergmark, multi-awarded for his debut “Everything Must Go.” First clips of the playful exploration of lust via documentary essay, poetic facts, and evocative fable will be unveiled Jan.

31 at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market works in progress, by Swedish producer Anna-Maria Kantarius of Garagefilm. Next up are two titles partially shot in Northern Norway, that could find a home at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. “Wake of Umbra” (“Estela de Sombra”) by prominent Mexican helmer Carlos Reygadas (Cannes jury prize-winner for “Silent Light,” best director for “Post Tenebras Lux”) is “a sensitive and typically aesthetically driven Reygadas movie” according to Pirir, who kept story details under wraps.