– The Danish international sales and aggregation house will present a broad selection of dramas, comedies, thrillers and family titles at this year’s market
The Guest by Mads Mengel (© Henrik Ohsten)
Copenhagen-based international sales and aggregation house LevelK is poised to return to Cannes and its accompanying Marché du Film (12-20 May) with a genre-spanning line-up that reflects its continued focus on character-driven storytelling and internationally viable concepts, ranging from intimate family drama to high-concept crime comedy and animation for younger audiences.
Leading the slate is the latest acquisition, The Guest, a Danish drama marking the feature debut by director Mads Mengel. Starring Trine Dyrholm, Simon Bennebjerg and Josephine Park, the film unfolds over the weekend of a child’s naming ceremony, when an uninvited guest disrupts a carefully constructed family balance. What begins as an awkward reunion between a father and his estranged mother gradually evolves into a tense emotional reckoning, as long-buried wounds resurface and the fragile possibility of reconciliation emerges. The film is being produced by Victor Cunha for Monolit Film and will be released in Denmark by Scanbox.
Also on the slate is The Pension Heist, an action-comedy by Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir (Viktoria Must Go). The film follows three women in their sixties who, after being pushed to the margins of society, decide to take matters into their own hands by attempting an audacious robbery targeting the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. Produced by Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for 74 Entertainment, the film blends social commentary with genre-driven humour and will be released locally by SF Studios.
From Ireland and Australia comes Chasing Millions, a heist comedy directed by Stephen Burke (Maze) and inspired by the infamous Northern Bank robbery, in which an unlikely investigative duo – a veteran Belfast detective and a determined Australian police officer, played by Christopher Eccleston and Madeleine Madden – see their inquiry into a €26 million theft spiral into a series of unexpected twists and escalating chaos (see the news).
Representing Denmark, Offroad is a contemporary comedy directed by Rasmus Heide (All for One). The film centres on Maggie, whose seemingly stable life begins to unravel during a girls’ trip to Tenerife, leading her and her friends into an impulsive and chaotic journey across the island. What begins as an escape from routine gradually becomes a search for freedom, identity and emotional clarity. Starring Sofie Jo Kaufmanas, Julie Rudbæk, Katinka Lærke Petersen and Ulrich Thomsen, the film is being produced by SF Studios and will be released theatrically in October.
From Iceland, Disturbed is a psychological thriller directed by Bragi Thor Hinriksson (The Secret Spell, Birta). The story follows a young lawyer who, after surviving a traumatic assault, moves into a historic Reykjavík apartment where she begins to sense a disturbing presence. As reality fractures and the building’s violent past resurfaces, she is forced to confront whether the threat is external or rooted within her own mind.
Rounding off the slate is Betty Balloon, a Danish family animation directed by Puk Grasten. The movie, which was recently pitched at Cartoon Movie 2026 (see the report), follows Betty, a young balloon girl living in a seemingly ordinary family, whose world is turned upside down when a cactus family moves in next door. Produced by Regner Grasten Filmproduktion, the 3D animated feature combines humour and fantasy for younger audiences, and is set for release in October.
