All articles by Jacob Neiiendam – Page 8
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Norwegian film fund backs eight new features
Eight new features from newcomers and experienced filmmakers like Petter Naess, Erik Skjoldbjaerg and Paal Sletaune have been awarded funding from the Norwegian Film Fund.Elsk Meg I Morgen (literally Love Me Tomorrow) is the third and final instalment in the successful trilogy about Elling, and it will be directed by ...
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SWEDEN
Little changed at the top of the Swedish chart except for local coming of age drama The Ketchup Effect moving down fifth. However, the best performer was 21 Grams which on its just nine screens had an impressive $7,331 average, more than twice any other film.Less impressive was the other ...
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NORWAY
While the top three spots remained in the hands of Spykids 3D: Game Over, Brother Bear and The Young Olsen Gang Rocks, a fourth family oriented film, Cheaper By The Dozen, managed to push Something's Gotta Give from fourth to sixth.Disappointingly, despite a solid screen average and highly favourable reviews, ...
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DENMARK
Little changed on the top of the Danish chart as veteran Erik Clausen managed to stay on top for the second week as his new film Villa Paranoia dropped just 10%.It has already attracted 68,134 admissions (DKR3.494.645) on its high 62 prints despite not having a particular high screen average, ...
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Denmark's Madsen readies Kira's Reason follow-up
Danish writer-director Ole Christian Madsen, who swept the national film awards in 2002 with Dogme film Kira's Reason, starts shooting his third highly anticipated feature Nordkraft on Mar 31.Set in Denmark's biggest Northern city Aalborg, the film is based on Jakob Ejersbo's debut novel from 2002, and follows a group ...
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Wu joins Genz's Chinaman in Denmark
Los Angeles-based Chinese actress Vivian Wu has agreed to play the female lead in Henrik Ruben Genz' Danish comedy drama Chinaman, which shoots in Copenhagen from April 16 for seven weeks.Wu, who was born in Shanghai in 1966, had her acting breakthrough in The Last Emperor (1987).She will appear opposite ...
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Henning Mankell readies Wallander film series
Internationally best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell's popular police commissioner Kurt Wallander is heading for the big and the small screen in no less than 13 feature length episodes.Three will be theatrically released, the first Wallander: Before The Frost in time for Christmas. The remaining episodes will be shown on TV.The ...
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NORWAY
Spykids 3D: Game Over zoomed into the top spot of the Norwegian chart with a strong 822 admission screen average on its 32 prints.it rocked the winning combination of the other family flicks Brother Bear and The Young Olsen Gang Rocks pushing them to second and third.But otherwise there was ...
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Steen's Aftermath to open Copenhagen's NatFilm
The 15th edition of Copenhagen's NatFilm Festival willkick off with the premiere of acclaimed actress Paprika Steen's featuredirecting debut, Aftermath, on Mar 25.The drama about a couple trying to recover from the death oftheir child has already picked up considerable buzz and expectations are high.Aftermath is writtenby Kim Fupz Aakeson ...
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Count To 100 triumphs at BUFF children's fest
In its first festival appearance Linda KrogsoeHolmberg's Danish feature debut Count To 100 this weekend was selected as the bestyouth-children's film at the 21st BUFF, Malmoe's international filmfestival for children and young people.The newcomer took the award in tough Nordic andinternational competition with Petter Naess' Just Bea and Teresa Fabik's ...
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FINLAND
Little changed at the top of the Finnish chart this week where the new release of Along Came Polly grabbed Something's Gotta Give's third place, leaving Brother Bear as number one, local hit Dog Nail Clipper on second and last week's new local film Beyond The Front Line fourth.For the ...
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DENMARK
With a big 62 print release behind it the release of local veteran Erik Clausen's Villa Paranoia managed to oust Something's Gotta Give from the top spot, as it opened with 24,075 admissions.It is the 10th feature film from the 62 year-old actor, writer and director. The Keaton-Nicholson pairing did, ...
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Von Trier's Dogville takes Danish critics' prize
Lars von Trier was back with a vengeance in Copenhagen on Sunday night, where the Danish film critics gave out their prestigious Bodil Awards.With Dogville singled out as the best film he became the first filmmaker to win the coveted award five times - despite missing out with his two ...
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FINLAND
While Brother Bear and the local hit Dog Nail Clipper stayed on top of the Finnish chart this weekend, the two new releases on third and fourth, Something's Gotta Give and the homemade WW2 drama Beyond The Front Line, both had much better screen averages but fewer prints.Veteran actor and ...
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International co-productions face funding paradox
At the heart of international co-productions lies an essential paradox for Europe. The various national incentive schemes and subsidies upon which they depend are designed to keep filmmaking crews and talents fully employed in their local countries. And yet, co-production treaties are meant to encourage cross-border collaborations.This contradiction may help ...
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Von Trier completes Manderlay casting
Lars von Trier has rounded out the cast for Manderlay, the second film in his USA trilogy after Dogville, with a contingent of US stars.Danny Glover and John C. Reilly join the new leading lady Bryce Dallas Howard as well as Lauren Bacall, Jeremy Davies and Chloe Sevigny, who return ...