Kirsten Olesen, Stina Ekblad and Kirsten Lehfeldt are set to reprise their roles in a sequel to Danish feature drama “The Food Club.”

LevelK are returning to distribute the film internationally.

“The Food Club 2,” which started shooting on July 1, will be directed by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup (“The Cartel,” “Mom Squad”), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Iben Gylling (“Unit One”).

Olesen, Ekblad and Lehfeldt star as trio Marie, Berling, and Vanja, who go on a journey of friendship and self-discovery.

“In ‘The Food Club 2,’ we reunite with the three lifelong friends who have relocated to the picturesque South Funen, Denmark, after their heartwarming adventures in Italy,” reads the synopsis. “Living under one roof, they cherish their weekly food club tradition while navigating the challenges and joys of life in their 70s. Amidst Denmark’s stunning landscapes and culinary delights, the trio faces new challenges and personal revelations that redefine their golden years. ‘The Food Club 2’ is a celebration of friendship, love, and the beauty of embracing life at any age.” Read the full Variety exclusive here.

Production begins today on Dancing Queen In Hollywood, the sequel to Berlinale 2023 selection Dancing Queen, with LevelK securing pre-sales for multiple territories.

The family film has sold to Poland (Vivarto), Benelux (In The Air), former Yugoslavia (FIVIA) and Baltics (Estin Film).

Aurora Gosse returns to direct the sequel, which is written by Silje Holtet. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles, Copenhagen, and Hamar in Norway.

Dancing Queen In Hollywood resumes the journey of Mina and Markus, as they set out for Los Angeles after winning a dance competition. Mina must deal with the pressure of auditioning for a film, while her parents suffer a relationship crisis. Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson and Sturla Harbitz return to lead the cast.

The €1.5m ($1.6m)-budget film is produced by The Worst Person In The Worldproducer Thomas Robsahm for Amarcord. Backers include the Norwegian Film Institute, Filminvest, Nordisk Film, Talent Norge, Wilhelmsen Stiftelse and LevelK.

LevelK is handling international sales, with Nordisk Film Distribution conducting a Nordic release in October 2025.

Dancing Queen debuted in the Generation Kplus section of last year’s Berlinale, going on to play BFI London Film Festival, Thessaloniki and Seattle among others. Read the Screen exclusive here.

Josh Whitehouse, Natalia Tena, Simona Brown and Sienna Guillory have all joined the cast of Sean McConville’s thriller The Last Moon, with LevelK boarding world sales.

Production is scheduled for October 2024 in the UK, produced by Stephanie Joalland, Mat Braddy and McConville for their Frenzy Films.

The Last Moon takes place across one evening at a remote family home, as Max tries to trick his estranged brother Fred into shooting him to stop him transforming into a werewolf.

It has been selected for high-profile development labs including the European Genre Forum, London Production Finance Market, Frontieres, NAFF It at Bifan and Brussels Genre Film Market.

Executive producers are Nicola Pearcey for Picnik Entertainment, LevelK’s Tine Klint, Annick Mahnert, Niki Leskinen, Aleksi Bardy, JT O’Neal, Rasmus Wolff and Klaus Nyengaard.

McConville described the film as “a Hitchcockian-style thriller about the human condition, the werewolf creature is a metaphor for the protagonist’s inner human struggle.”

“Men failing to talk about their mental health issues, and consequently suffering in silence, has become endemic in our society and my goal is to make a thought-provoking genre film that will tap into the cultural conversation about the stigma of mental health,” continued the director. Read the Screen exclusive here.

Ahead of its U.S. premiere at SXSW, “The Queen of My Dreams” has been sold to a flurry of international markets, including in the U.K. and Ireland to Peccadillo Pictures.

Represented globally by LevelK, the colorful drama-comedy world premiered at Toronto and had its international premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. “The Queen of My Dreams” will play at SXSW in the Festival Favorites section.

Along with Ireland and the U.K., “The Queen of My Dreams” has secured theatrical distribution deals in Eastern Europe (HBO), Indonesia (PT. Falcon) and Pakistan (Cine Entertainment). Further sales are currently being negotiated. Cineplex Pictures will give the movie a wide release across Canada starting on March 22.

The film revolves around Azra, a Pakistani woman living in Toronto who is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined, from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming-of-age in rural Canada.

Peccadillo Pictures’ Tom Abell said, “We are in love with this beautiful film that so vividly captures two moments in time and are delighted to bring ‘The Queen of My Dreams’ to the U.K. and Ireland”.

Mirza, meanwhile, described the film as a “mother-daughter story, a celebration of the joy, power and resilience of Muslim and South Asian women.”

“It was a dream come true to shoot this film in Pakistan and Canada, and it is the realization of an even bigger dream to now have the chance to share it with audiences around the globe,” said Mirza, a Canadian-born film and TV writer, director and producer, who has been named a White House Champion of Change in Asian American Storytelling.

The Canadian film was produced by Jason Levangie (“Kids vs. Aliens”) and Marc Tetreault (“Suck It Up”) for Shut Up & Color Pictures, and Andria Wilson Mirza for Baby Daal Productions. Financial support comes from Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund, Province of Nova Scotia, Screen Nova Scotia, Province of Ontario and Government of Canada. Read the Variety exclusive here.