Oscar Honors An Almost XXX Company
By Tod Hunter
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Zentropa, the Danish mainstream studio with a separate division that produces adult material, received an Oscar nomination today for Best Live-Action Short for its production
At Night.
This follows Zentropa’s Academy Award nomination last year for After the Wedding in the Best Foreign-Language Film. Zentropa has previously received nominations for its feature films Dancer in the Dark and Breaking the Waves.
The latest adult production from Zentropa, All About Anna, will be released in the U.S. by Wicked Pictures on Jan. 29. The slice-of-life romantic comedy -- with explicit erotic scenes -- was directed by Jessica Nilsson and stars Gry Bay, Mark Stevens and Eileen Daly. Zentropa co-owner Peter Aalbæk Jensen, co-executive producer on All About Anna, is also executive producer of At Night.
All About Anna has been shown at several international mainstream film festivals, and last year won three Scandinavian Adult Awards, including Best Scandinavian Couples Film, Best Scandinavian Actor (Thomas Raft) and Best Selling Scandinavian Star (Gry Bay).
Zentropa was founded in 1992 by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, who still share an equal ownership of 50 percent of the company.
With the establishment of its adult Puzzy Power line in 1997, Zentropa became the first modern mainstream studio to produce hardcore adult material.
For more information about All About Anna, visit the movie's website.