UPCOMING | DON FILMS

NORDIC HORROR MASTERS

IN DEVELOPMENT

SIX DIRECTORS on top of their game. Six original horror stories they’ve been dying to tell.

NORDIC HORROR MASTERS brings together the most acclaimed Scandinavian genre filmmakers, whose films have travelled the world, shattered box-office records and entertained millions of fans around the globe: Roar Uthaug (Tomb Raider, The Wave), Tommy Wirkola (The Trip, Dead Snow, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Taneli Mustonen (The Twin, Lake Bodom) and Lars Klevberg (Child’s Play), to mention a few.

Get ready to dim the lights, grab your popcorn… and enter the twisted world of NORDIC HORROR MASTERS.

ELLA AND FRIENDS

IN DEVELOPMENT

Based on the beloved children’s books by Timo Parvela, ELLA AND FRIENDS - NATURE CALLS brings the whole hilarious gang of Ella’s schoolmates back to the silver screen in a long-awaited full reboot of the franchise. In one of the most popular stories out of the more than 30 books so far published, Ella’s school class ventures out the safety of their school to the deep of the forest — it’s time for an educational trip to the nature! Needless to say, our poor teacher’s plans go awry as Ella and her friends take matters in their own hands. But amidst all the goofiness, they all manage to learn an abundance of new skills; camping, making a fire, building a tent and even befriending a baffled little family of otters.

THE VACATION

IN DEVELOPMENT

An independent sequel to our 2020 smash hit The Renovation by director Taneli Mustonen.

CYCHOSIS

IN POST PRODUCTION

After a party with a little too many drinks, Lulu ends up in the hospital, where in a near-death experience she sees a girl with a shaved head crying for help. When Lulu awakes, the girl is gone. But from here everything changes in Lulu’s life! Nothing is like before! It’s like someone or something is stalking her. At the same time, she meets the infamous, but fascinating Mads, who turns out to be able to see things that no one else can. Had Lulu known what would happen and what this would lead to, she would have stayed far away from Mads…

Director Kari Vidø

Co-Production with SF Studios

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BARN

IN POST PRODUCTION

There’s Something in the Barn

An American family fulfills their dream of moving back after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway.

Horror Feature

co-production with 74 Entertainment

Director: Magnus Martens

WHITE HARVEST

IN DEVELOPMENT

After their father dies under suspicious circumstances, two farmer brothers find out the hard truth: their home farm is deep in a debt trap, and there's no way out except scooping up 7-figure numbers of cash in a matter of weeks. As the brothers prepare to bury their father and bid farewell to their home, the funeral plans take an unexpected turn as dad’s coffin turns out to contain a full load of designer drugs instead of his body. Now, the brothers face an ultimate choice — should they report to the police or crasp the opportunity and save the future of their home by turning into drug lords?

6 x 42 min | Crime drama | In Finnish (+ English, Russian and Flamish)

DOCTOR'S OATH

IN DEVELOPMENT

In the brink of the lethal AIDS pandemic in the early 1980s, Finland made a bold choice to face the threat with love, care and acceptance. Inspired by true events, this is the story of a dedicated female doctor who set out to exploit the new lethal virus as an opportunity to break the glass ceiling — but ended up changing the course of a whole nation.

'Doctor's Oath' is a four-part fictional television series based on true events, about the arrival of AIDS in Finland in 1983-85 and the desperate struggle to stop its spread, both from the perspective of the authorities and those at risk of the disease. This battle was fought in hospitals, in the corridors of power and in people's minds.

'Doctor's Oath' is a realis:c and psychologically accurate portrayal of a series of events in which a group of courageous thinkers were able to defend a scientific worldview and humane love of neighbor in a highly pressurized situation, the repercussions of which can be seen in our own time.

THE MONEY RUN

IN DEVELOPMENT

A buddy movie about two 18-year-old guys who have both grown up working in Tepito, Mexico City, with no family and no future except in one of the 16 gangs fighting over reign of the barrio. After teaming up on a trial gig for the local capo and messing it up big time, our new-found amigos stumble upon the biggest national lottery draw ever and jokingly buy a joint ticket. As they head back to the capo's headquarters to confess their mess-up, little do they know that the tiny slip of paper in their pocket is worth $150M... and soon, as they find out that they have indeed won the jackpot, the rumor quickly spreads throughout the rest of the barrio. And in Tepito, where a life is worth a fraction of the prize money – now everybody wants the ticket for themselves, whatever it takes! Only one ticket wins, and whoever turns up at the national lottery headquarters with it, will claim the prize. The gangs, the police, and even people they used to call friends are now after them. They can trust no one – but to survive, they need to learn to trust each other. Will they make it alive through the weekend and to the lottery office on Monday morning?