All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 12
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NewsDocumentary about composer Johann Johannsson unveiled at Iceland’s Stockfish festival
Directors Orri Jonsson and David Horgdal Stefansson and producer Anton Mani Svansson are in the research phase for the film, currently titled A Deal With Chaos.
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FeaturesWhy Iceland is punching above its weight on the international drama scene
Screen looks at the growing global prospects for Icelandic TV series.
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NewsNorway’s Oslo Pictures hires two award-winning documentary filmmakers
Oslo has five non-fiction features in production and development.
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NewsFinland’s ‘Girl Picture’ travels the globe for LevelK (exclusive)
Award winner will open BFI Flare on March 16.
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NewsEuropean public funders should “cut bureaucracy and make quicker decisions”, says major report (exclusive)
The recommendations are part of a groundbreaking new report from Sweden’s Film i Väst.
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Features‘The Worst Person In The World’ duo Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt on their writing partnership: "We talk more about life"
They met three decades ago and have been friends and collaborators ever since, including co-writing multiple Oscar and Bafta nominee The Worst Person In The World.
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NewsNonStop buying spree includes ‘Peter Von Kant’, ‘Dark Glasses’ (exclusive)
NonStop also picks up three Sundance titles.
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FeaturesIs the screen sector offering enough opportunities for the disabled community?
Disabled people are increasingly represented on screen, and the industry is making strides to continue that positive change behind the camera.
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News‘Border’, ‘Tove’, ‘Girl Picture’ stars lead cast of Selma Vilhunen’s ’Four Little Adults’
The story is about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to explore polyamory without secrets.
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NewsREinvent series ‘The Dark Heart’ travels to Belgium, Netherlands (exclusive)
Further territories under negotiation.
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NewsShudder falls for TrustNordisk’s 'Attachment' (exclusive)
The film is the directorial of Gabriel Bier Gislason.
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FeaturesWhat’s behind the wave of success for Nordic films at festivals?
The experts say there are a multitude of reasons why the Nordics — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden — are booming creatively.
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NewsFrance talks to TrustNordisk for ‘Speak No Evil’ (exclusive)
The film had a buzzy premiere in Sundance.
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NewsREinvent’s ‘Margrete’ travels to UK, France, Italy, Russia (exclusive)
The SF Studios production stars Trine Dyrholm.
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NewsYellow Affair boards Finnish animal rights doc ‘Just Animals’ (exclusive)
The documentary was produced by Berlinale award-winning Finnish firm Tuffi Films
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NewsVertigo acquires UK-Ireland rights to Icelandic box office hit ‘Cop Secret’ (exclusive)
Cop Secret is a Reykjavik-set tongue-in-cheek homage to ‘80s and ‘90s buddy cop action films.
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NewsDenmark’s ‘As In Heaven,’ ‘A House Made Of Splinters’ take lucrative top awards in Goteborg
With a top prize of $44,000 it is one of the world’s most lucrative film awards.
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NewsFilm In Mind, D-Word kick off research for BFI-backed mental health toolkit (exclusive)
DocuMentality project is backed by BFI Doc Society Fund in the UK and American Documentary/POV in the US.
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NewsScandinavian Film Distribution appoints four new country managers (exclusive)
Company adds three new titles to busy distribution slate including Hypnosen by Ernst de Geer.
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NewsSan Sebastian favourite ‘As In Heaven’ sells to major territories including US, UK (exclusive)
Deals also for France, Germany, Spain.