All articles by Jacob Neiiendam – Page 11
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DENMARK
The Return Of The King remained magestic at the top of the Danish box-office chart, but the new release of Scary Movie 3 performed impressively on its 36 prints and picked up a 1,035 admissions screen average for second.Both Finding Nemo and Mystic River managed to climb the chart 18.2% ...
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Refn to revisit Pusher
Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn will return to his roots with a follow-up to his 1996 debut and breakthrough film Pusher.Shooting from late January, Pusher II will see the local heartthrob Mads Mikkelsen (Open Hearts, The Green Butchers, King Arthur) reprise his role from the first film, but this time ...
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New Nordic films line up for Gothenburg
Eight new Nordic features have been selected for the Nordic Film Award at Sweden's major film festival in Gothenburg (Jan 23 - Feb 2).The films come from all over the region, and include a number of first time directors. The festival will open with the international premiere of Hilmar Oddsson's ...
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SWEDEN
As elsewhere The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King flattened all competition and set box-office records at the Swedish box-office, but the other new US release family comedy Freaky Friday fared well despite the mammoth competition.Though its 63 prints only allowed for a fourth position on the ...
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DENMARK
At the Danish box-office it wasn't just the predictable third instalment of The Lord Of The Rings, The Return Of The King, which enjoyed record-breaking success, with the re-releases of the two first films also finding places in the chart.However, their screen averages were not too impressive as was the ...
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Danish Film Institute greenlights family films
The Danish Film Institute has greenlit two animated and one live action film aimed at family audiences.The latter is the third instalment in the popular My Sister's Kids series, based on a string of films from the late 60s. My Sister's Kids In Egypt received $1.2m and as the title ...
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SWEDEN
Nothing changed at the Swedish box-office over this weekend, where Love Actually and Kill Bill maintained the best screen averages in the top ten. Good Bye, Lenin! moved up one place to 11th past another Triangelfilm release, Daybreak (Om Jeg Vander Mig Om). The new release of Ridley Scott's Matchstick ...
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NORWAY
The top of the Norwegian chart remained unchanged for another weekend, and only saw Once Upon A Time In Mexico and Underworld swap places at fifth and sixth positions. While Matrix Revolutions continues to gross enough for eighth position on the box-office chart due to its 25 prints, the film ...
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DENMARK
While Finding Nemo continued to be untouchable at the top of the Danish chart, Russell Crowe's Master And Commander was left to face the stern of the all-star Love Actually after three weeks on release, dropping 28%. The new release of Looney Tunes: Back In Action even beat Weir's maritime ...
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Danish animator looks to crack Greenland market
Danish animator, Jannik Hastrup, looks set to become the first director ever to have his film dubbed especially for audiences in Greenland.His multiple-award winning The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear (Drengen Der Ville Gore Det Umulige), will be released in the Greenlandic language as Nukappiaraq Nanoorusuttoq and will ...
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Nordic football duo lined up for Berlin sidebars
Another two Nordic features have been confirmed for the upcoming Berlin Film festival. Magnus Martens' Norwegian romantic football comedy United has been selected for the new 14 plus sidebar of youth films, while Aage Rais-Nordentoft's Danish coming of age drama Kick 'n' Rush has been singled out for the Panorama. ...
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Astala quits Finnish Film body for broadcaster YLE
After eight years as head of production at the Finnish Film Foundation, Erkki Astala, has been wooed by public broadcaster YLE to become its new head of co-productions. Astala replaces veteran Eila Werning, who retires after holding the position since 1990. The shuffle is part of a bigger restructuring at ...
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Sandrew Metronome finds Finnish Blind Spot
Major Nordic distributor Sandrew Metronome continues to strike output deals with local production outfits, and this week its Finnish arm Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland (SMDF) signed a three-year agreement with local production company Blind Spot Pictures. The deal sees Sandrew Metronome take Nordic distribution rights to all films currently being ...
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Gregersen Family epic gets Danish greenlight
Denmark's most prolific independent producer Regner Grasten has got the green light for his long cherished four-hour feature, The Gregersen Family, based on the bestselling books by Christian Kampmann (1939-88).The Danish Film Institute awarded the film a substantial $1.37m for its $4.2m budget. Additional funding comes from broadcaster TV2, Buena ...
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ICELAND
The romance and Christmas spirit of Love Actually took Icelanders by storm this weekend, and the new release steered clear of both Finding Nemo and Master And Commander and landed on the top spot with a 887 admission screen average, twice that of Pixar's animated hit.The rest of the top ...
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SWEDEN
The star-studded Christmas love stories in Love Actually this weekend sailed past Peter Weir's Master And Commander, but was unable to touch Finding Nemo at the top of the Swedish chart. Released on less prints, but boasting the best screen average this weekend, Quentin Tarantino's first installment of Kill Bill ...
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NORWAY
The of the top of the Norwegian chart remained unchanged this weekend, as two of the new releases Looney Tunes Back In Action and Underworld only managed to sneak into fourth and fifth position. By far the strongest screen average was mastered by Russell Crowe in Master And Commander, but ...
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FINLAND
Not much changed at the top of the Finnish chart this week, though the two maritime adventures Finding Nemo and Master And Commander dropped 30% and 41% respectively, the new release S.W.A.T. only managed to sneak into the third position. The real winner this week was instead Once Upon A ...
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DENMARK
Like elsewhere in the region the top three spots at the Danish box-office chart remained unchanged this weekend where Finding Nemo, Master And Commander and Love Actually sat firmly, and the latter only fell back 17%. However, the best screen average by far was achieved by the new release of ...