New projects from Lone Scherfig and Hlynur Palmason are among the 55 projects selected for Goteborg Film Festival’s Nordic Film Market (January 29-31).
Scherfig will present Honeytrap in the Discovery - Films In Development strand. The film is produced by Rebecka Hamberger for Sweden’s Art & Bob, with few details currently available on the project. Scherfig’s last feature was 2023’s The Movie Teller, with 2019 Berlinale opener The Kindness Of Strangers prior to that.
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Icelandic director Palmason will present The Love That Remains in the Works in Progress strand. The film is produced by Anton Mani Svansson and Katrin Pors for Still Vivid and Snowglobe, with Svansson participating in the 2023 ACE Producers Network with the project.
The 2025 Nordic Film Market consists of 15 Works in Progress titles; 14 Discovery – Films in Development; five international projects in Nordic Gateway, connecting with Nordic partners for co-production and financing; 15 completed Nordic films in Nordic Market Screenings; and six Nordic Documentaries from the Goteborg Film Festival programme.
Further selections include Maria Sodahl’s Danish-Norwegian co-production Ø (working title), which shot at the end of last year, produced by Thomas Robsahm and Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen for Nordisk Film Production. The film sees the humanistic values of a Danish family put to the test when they are on a Greek holiday island during the 2015 refugee crisis. Sodahl’s last film Hope made the international feature Oscar shortlist for the 2021 awards for Norway.
Germany-based Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat will present her latest feature No Good Men, a romantic comedy set before the fall of Afghan capital Kabul to the Taliban, in the Works in Progress strand. The long-gestating feature participated in the Venice Gap-Financing Market last year, and is produced by Katja Adomeit of Danish-German company Adomeit Film.
Sadat’s previous two films Wolf And Sheep and The Orphanage played in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, with the former winning the section’s top prize.
The Market also includes nine projects from Nordic film schools, presented under the banner of Meet the New Nordic Voices.
The Market will present two awards: the €15,000 Film Finances Scandinavia award, to a project in the Discovery co-production platform demonstrating artistic excellence and international potential; and the €35,000 Tint Post-Production award, to an exceptional project from the Nordic Gateway lineup.
The Market will welcome almost 500 industry professionals from 38 countries, with further additions to the programme to come in the next fortnight.
Nordic Film Market 2025 projects
Works in Progress
A Light That Never Goes Out (Fin) dir. Lauri-Matti Parppei; prod. Ilona Tolmunen, Vincent Saunders for Made, Goodtime Pictures
Árru (Nor) dir. Elle Sofe Sara; p Fernanda Pirir, Court Rapp for Stær
The Love That Remains (Ice) dir. Hlynur Palmason; prod. Anton Mani Svansson, Katrin Pors for Still Vivid, Snowglobe
Biodlaren (Swe) dir. Marcus Carlsson; prod. Lovisa Charlier Ginday for Mariedamfilm
A Sweetness From Nowhere (Swe) dir. Ester Martin Bergsmark; prod. Anna-Maria Kantarius for Garagefilm
Hana Korea (Den) dir. Frederik Solberg; prod. Sara Stockmann, Heejung Oh for Sonntag; sales: Reinvent
Hjem (Den) dir. Marijana Jankovic; prod. Mads-August Grarup Hertz for Nordisk Film; sales: TrustNordisk
My First Love (Nor) dir. Mari Storstein; prod. Tori Gjendal, Thomas Robsahm for Nordisk Film Norge; sales: TrustNordisk
No Good Men (Ger-Den-Fr-Nor) dir. Shahrbanoo Sadat; prod. Katja Adomeit for Adomeit Film
No Rest For The Wicked (Den) dir. Kasper Kalle; prod. Lars Bredo Rahbek for SF Studios; sales: Charades
The Squirrel (Fin) dir. Markus Lehmusruusu; prod. Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari for Bufo; sales: Reinvent
Solomamma (Nor) dir. Janicke Askevold; prod. Rebekka Rognoy, Magne Lyngner, Magnus Albertsen, Gary Cranner for Bacon Pictures Oslo
The Dance Club (Swe) dir. Lisa Langseth; prod. Maria Walter Dahlin, Veronika Ohnedal for Meta Film; sales: Reinvent
Weightless (Den) dir. Emilie Thalund; prod. Anna Dammegaard Sollested, Clara Jantzen Kreinoe for Snowglobe
Ø (working title) (Den-Nor) dir. Maria Sodahl; prod. Thomas Robsahm, Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen for Nordisk Film Production
Discovery – Films in Development
A Certain Type (Nor) dir. Christoffer Lossius; prod. Louise Beyer, Jonas Bruun for Storm Films
Bloodsuckers (Swe) dir. Elin Gronblom; prod. Patrik Andersson, Jakob Abrahamsson for Mylla Filims
Colossus of Tenderness (Den) dir. Soren Peter Langkjaer Bojsen; prod. Mads-August Grarup Hertz for Nordisk Film
Elion (working title) (Den) dir. Nagieb Khaja; prod. Morten Kaufmann, Signe Leick Jensen for Toolbox Film
Flowers of Farewell (Fin) dir. Pavel Andonov; prod. Inka Hietala
Girl Beast (Den) dir. Selma Sunniva; prod. Maria Moller Kjeldgaard, Anne-Sofie Grondal for Manna Film
Honeytrap (Swe) dir. Lone Scherfig; prod. Rebecka Hamberger for Art & Bob
Idrix (Swe) dir. Theresa Traore Dahlberg; prod. Mirjam Gelhorn for Mantaray
Low Expectations (Nor) dir. Eivind Landsvik; prod. Lotte Sandbu, Synnove Horsdal for Maipo
Like There Is No Tomorrow (Swe) dir. Tess Quatri; prod. Elisa Fernanda Pirir
When Johan Johanas Disappeared to the Mountains (Fin) dir. Suvi West; prod. Julia Elomaki for Tekele
Siri, Police (Swe) dir. Maria von Hausswolff; prod. Sigrid Helleday for New Land
Whale (Ice) dir. Helga Rakel Rafnsdottir; prod. Heather Millard for Compass Films
You Crazy Thing (Fin) dir. Miia Tervo; prod. Marko Talli for Yellow Film
Nordic Gateway
Bleach (Kos) dir. Kaltrina Krasniqi; prod. Ares Shporta for Vera Films
Dance Me to the End of Love (Can) dir. Philippe Lesage; prod. Galile Marion-Gauvin for Productions L’unité Centrale
Grammatik (Ger) dir. Popo Fan; prod. Julia Collen, Karsten Krauise, Frank Scheuffele for Fünferfilm
Honor of Persia (Ger) dir. Zar Amir Ebrahimi; prod. Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Jacob Jarek for Brave New Work
Torpor (Bel) dir. Meltse Van Coilliie; prod. Hans Everaert for Menuetto
Nordic Market Screenings
Everything Must Go (Nor) dir. Arild Ostin Ommundsen; prod. Julia Joner for Chezville
Second Victims (Den) dir. Zinnini Elkington; prod. Johannes Rothaus Norregaard for Meta Film
Safe House (Nor) dir. Eirik Svensson; prod. Catrin Gundersen, Hugo Hagemann Fosker for Fantefilm Fiksjon
Stranger (Den) dir. Mads Hedegaard; prod. Andreas Hjortdal for Moto ApS; sales: Reinvent
The Home (Swe) dir. Mattias J Skoglund; prod. Siri Hjorton Wagner for sic film; sales: LevelK
Being Bo Widerberg (Swe) dir. Jon Asp; prod. Mattias Nohrborg for B-Reel Films
Sudden Outbursts of Emotions (Fin) dir. Paula Korva; prod. Marko Talli for Yellow Film & TV; sales: LevelK
Acts of Love (Den) dir. Jeppe Ronde; prod. Julie Friis Walenciak, Siri Dynese for Paloma Productions ApS; sales: TrustNordisk
Live a Little (Swe) dir. Fanny Ovesen; prod. Marie Kjellson for Kjellson & Wik
Orenda (Fin) dir. Pirjo Honkasalo; prod. Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff for Bufo; sales: The Yellow Affair
Raptures (Swe-Fin) dir. Jon Blahed; prod. Andreas Emanuelsson, Tony Osterholm for Iris Film; sales: Picture Tree
Sauna (Den) dir. Mathias Broe; prod. Mads-August Grarup Hertz, Nordisk Film; sales: TrustNordisk
The Last Paradise on Earth (Den) dir. Sakaris Stora; prod. Jon Hammer for Adomeit Film
Three Men and Vilma (Nor) dir. Charlotte Blom; prod. Synnove Horsdal, Cornelia Boysen for Maipo Films; sales: TrustNordisk
The Sequel to Summer Rain (Swe) dir. Viktor Johansson; prod. Linus Andersson for Lampray
Highlighted Nordic Documentaries
About a Hero (Den) dir. Piotr Winiewicz; prod. Rikke Tambo Andersen, Mads Damsbo for Tambo Film, Makropol, Kaspar Film; sales: Constellation
Bridgeplayers (Swe) dir. Bengt Bok, Alberto Herskovits; prod. Alberto Herskovits for Altofilm
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Den) dir. David Borenstein; prod. Helle Faber for Made in Copenhagen
Kyiv Soloists (Nor) dir. Tond Kvig Andreassen; prod. Karianne Berge for Indie Film
Storm Alerts (Ice) dir. Bergur Bernburg; prod. Fridrik Por Fridriksson, Magnus Arni Skulason, Margret Jonasdottir for Firnindi ehf
Ultras (Swe) dir. Ragnhild Ekner; prod. Tobias Janson for Story
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