MANNA FILM wants to offer you stories and film experiences that you didn’t think you needed - just like manna, an unexpected gift, suddenly falling down from heaven. We strive to challenge and move you with visual excitement - always making sure that you never know what falls down next.
MANNA FILM is an independent film production company founded in 2013 by producer Maria Møller Kjeldgaard. Manna Film develops, produces and co-produces projects that experiment with film language and storytelling, focusing on collaborations with talents with a strong personal voice and artistic vision for projects intended for an international audience.
Recently, Manna Film has produced the fiction feature, THE QUIET MIGRATION by Malene Choi (Berlin IFF and winner of the Fipresci Prize leading to a nomination for European Discovery – Prix Fipresci at the European Film Awards); the adaptation of acclaimed Kim Leine’s novel, KALAK, by Isabella Eklöf (San Sebastian IFF and winner of Special Jury Prize & Best Cinematography); Zara Zerny’s feature documentary ECHO OF YOU (IDFA, HotDocs & shortlisted for Denmark’s candidate for the Oscars).
Maria Møller Kjeldgaard graduated as a producer from the independent film school Super16 in 2016. She holds a Master’s degree in Film Studies from University of Copenhagen. She has produced nine short films, one web series, two feature documentaries and three feature films. Maria has also worked as a line producer on features such as HOLIDAY (Sundance FF 2018) and PSYCHOSIA (Venice FF 2019).
Maria has attended Rotterdam Lab, Eurodoc, IDFAcademy, MAIA Workshops, ACE Producers Training Days Nordic Focus, Young Nordic Producers Club at Cannes FF, Discovery, New Horizon Studio+, Sources, Torino ScriptLab, Series Lab Hamborg, Twelve for the Future, MIDPOINT Short, NISI MASA’s European Short Pitch.