Kapringen 2012
2012 Best Film Thessaloniki, Fipresci Award Special Mention Abu Dhabi 2012, Best Actor – New Horizons (S. Mulling) A film as realistic as the latest one on piracy on the high seas: ransom secretly shot in the Indian Ocean and previously, that is, a real professional vehicle starring in a hijacked cargo ship… The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto film festivals, is a psychological drama that tells the journey of the bulk carrier MV Rozen in the Indian Ocean. As the ship is on its way to port, it is seized by Somali pirates and the crew is taken hostage. After demanding millions of dollars in ransom from the shipping company’s president and Somalian pirates, a cunning struggle for life and death begins. This is the second directorial effort of Tobias Lindholm, the successful screenwriter of Thomas Vinterberg’s “Submarine” and “War of Pride” films.
