Award-winning studio NEON has announced that it has acquired the North American rights to Sentimental Value, which will be directed by Academy Award^® nominee Joachim Trier and starring Renate Reinsve. This brings together NEON, Trier and Reinsve following The Worst Person in the World, which was nominated for an Academy Award and earned Reinsve the ‘Best Actress’ Award in Cannes. Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier penned the screenplay of the family drama which NEON will release theatrically in 2025.

 entimental Value will be produced by Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Film, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar for Eye Eye Pictures, Lizette Jonjic and Sisse Graum for Denmark/Sweden’s Zentropa, Juliette Schrameck for Agat Films, Nathanaël Karmitz and Elisha Karmitz for MK Production, and Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach for Germany’s Komplizen. Principal photography is set to commence in August in Norway and France.

The deal was negotiated by NEON’s President of Acquisitions & Production Jeff Deutchman with Maria Ekerhovd from Mer Film and Andrea Ottmar from Eye Eye on behalf of the filmmakers. MK2 is representing the international sales rights and introduced the film to buyers in Cannes.