Charades Boards Family Thriller ‘Bloodsuckers’ From Midsommar Producer

Paris‑based sales company Charades (“Urchin”) has boarded “Bloodsuckers,” a household thriller that marks the sophomore feature of Elin Grönblom (“Ella and Friends”).

Currently in post-production, the movie is being showcased today at Göteborg Film Festival’s Works in Progress and will likely be formally launched by Charades at the EFM the place a promo reel will likely be introduced to patrons.

“Bloodsuckers” is produced by Mylla Films, an formidable style movie and TV label launched by Patrik Andersson, whose credit embrace Ari Aster’s “Midsommar” and Jakob Abrahamsson, who beforehand labored at NonStop Entertainment.

The story follows Johanna (38), who heads off on a well-deserved trip along with her household. “A visit to the deep Scandinavian forest leaves her drawn to a mesmerizing dark bog, where relentless mosquitoes seem to awaken something within her. As their bites take hold, her self-preserving instincts emerge, transforming her into a mother driven to extremes to finally find some peace and quiet,” reads the synopsis.

Grönblom is a promising Scandinavian filmmaker who graduated with a MFA in Filmmaking from The New York Film Academy and made her debut feature, “Ella and Friends,” after having directed a number of acclaimed quick movies, including “My Dad’s an Alien!” and “Goldfish Love.”

Andersson and Abrahamsson, who’re producing through their four-year outdated car Mylla Films, said, “We are thrilled to be in the hands of Charades and to see the film launched onto the international market with the strongest possible partner for a feature like this, their love for bold, director-driven cinema makes it the perfect home for the film.”

“‘Bloodsuckers’ stands out through its singular blend of psychological thriller, dark humour and an unsettling portrait of family life, exquisitely crafted and executed by Elin Grönblom and Johanna Sonck it’s coming along both deeply Scandinavian and strikingly universal. It’s a film that will hit close to home – wherever home is – and we’re thrilled to be presenting it to the international market at EFM”

Charades’ co-founder Carole Baraton said, “We wanted to be a part of as soon as we heard its pitch, the film blends everything we love in Scandi cinema — (very) dark-humour, sharp social critique and close character study — and refreshingly takes on the sacro-saint institution of the family.” “We can not wait to bring Elin’s radical yet playful voice to audiences,” Baraton added.

Mylla movies’ development pipeline consists of Michael Marcimain’s “Devastation (“Förhärjelsen”), and Måns Mårlind’s “Before They Were Gods” with Nick Cave and Joakim Thåström.

The project is backed by Film i Väst, Sveriges Television, Good Hand Production and Nonstop Winning Formula, with the assist from the Swedish Film Institute (commissioner Hanna Sohlberg), Finnish Film Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Svenska Kulturfonden and Amos Andersons Fond; in affiliation with YLE, Cinemanse, Nonstop Entertainment, MAEQ Studios and Peter Harrysson Media Invest. “Bloodsuckers” was produced as a part of an initiative from the Swedish Film Institute and Sveriges Television called Moving Sweden.