All articles by Jorn Rossing Jensen – Page 9
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Jens Jonsson to direct third film in Easy Money trilogy
Swedish writer-director Jens Jonsson, whose 2008 feature The King of Ping Pong won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, will direct the third and final instalment in the EasyMoney (Snabba Cash) thriller trilogy.
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Volcano leads winners at Iceland’s Edda awards
Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut Volano scooped five prizes at the Edda awards
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Melancholia wins big at Denmark's Robert Awards
Melancholia collected 10 prizes, including best film, director and actress at the Danish Film Academy Awards, held Feb 5.
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Iben Akerlie to star in Knut Hamsun adaptation Victoria
The film will start shooting for director Torun Lian later this month.
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Scandinavian box office 2011: Norway shows largest gains in Europe; Finland slips as local films lose market share
While Norwegian cinemas last year delivered the largest growth of the theatrical market in Europe, with admissions 5.7% up on 2010, and Swedish attendance went up by 3.7%, both Denmark and Finland registered a decline in ticket sales by 3% and 6.6%, respectively, according to 2011 statistics published by national ...
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Swedish Film Institute backs new films from Andersson, Hallstrom, Odell
Andersson (pictured) continues his Living trilogy with A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence.
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Kaurismaki's Le Havre lands top Jussi awards
Le Havre took Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at last night’s gala ceremony in Helsinki
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Swedish film budget to earmark funding for non-theatrical films
New policies welcomed but experts say more funding is needed.
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Goteborg to welcome record numbers of industry attendees for Nordic Film Market
Festival to screen 429 films; industry highlights include works in progress screenings, such as Jan Troell’s Truth and Consequence [pictured[.
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Sandberg, Ronning to follow Kon-tiki with Beatles
Norwegian directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, who recently made Norway’s most expensive feature film, Kon-Tiki, are now ready to rock’n’roll.
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Sweden's next crime hits include Nobel's Last Will, Hamilton
Swedish Film Institute presents first 14 local releases of 2012.
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UK documentary filmmaker tries to stop release of Zentropa's Into The White
UK director-producer Alexander Joyce has threatened to get a court injunction stopping the January 27 world premiere Zentropa’s latest feature, Norwegian director Peter Næss’ Into the White.
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Goteborg to welcome Michael Winterbottom, Alexander Payne
Swedish festival to host Arabian programme; eight Nordic films compete for lucrative Dragon prize.
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After boom local share in 2011, Norway's 2012 launches include war epic Into The White
Other local productions include Company Orheim, 1980s coming-of-age story.
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Icelandic government confirms new funding for film
After cutting public funding of Icelandic cinema by 35% in the last two years, due to the financial crisis, the Icelandic Ministries of Culture and Finance have now signed a new agreement with the industry outlining a 62% increase of state support from now till 2015, when it will amount ...
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Norlin takes over Stockholm's production grant
Lisa Aschan had been originally awarded the $700,000 prize.
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Zentropa, TV2 to produce Jussi Adler-Olsen detective series
Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard will direct the first part of the franchise, The Woman In The Cage.
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Danish industry debates theatrical windows for local films
Danish Cinemas is currently re-negotiating the agreement with the Danish Distributors’ Association defining the hold-back period between theatrical and DVD-VOD windows.
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Two crew members missing after giant wave hits shoot of Norwegian feature
While shooting high sea Sunday afternoon at Egersund on the Norwegian west coast, for Norwegian director Paul Magnus Lundø’s feature debut, The Veil of Twilight (Skumringslandet), a three-member photo unit was hit by a giant wave and washed into the waters.