All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 13
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Is 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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‘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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REinvent series ‘The Dark Heart’ travels to Belgium, Netherlands (exclusive)
Further territories under negotiation.
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Shudder falls for TrustNordisk’s 'Attachment' (exclusive)
The film is the directorial of Gabriel Bier Gislason.
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What’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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France talks to TrustNordisk for ‘Speak No Evil’ (exclusive)
The film had a buzzy premiere in Sundance.
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REinvent’s ‘Margrete’ travels to UK, France, Italy, Russia (exclusive)
The SF Studios production stars Trine Dyrholm.
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Yellow 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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Vertigo 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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Denmark’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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Film 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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Scandinavian 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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San Sebastian favourite ‘As In Heaven’ sells to major territories including US, UK (exclusive)
Deals also for France, Germany, Spain.
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Why Finland’s creative sector is booming thanks to a new generation of filmmakers
Finland had three world premieres at Sundance this month.
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Why ’Free Solo’ filmmakers were in "a unique position" to tell the story of the Thai cave rescue
The documentary filmmaking duo discuss their follow up to Oscar winner ’Free Solo’.
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TrustNordisk boards Danish feature ‘Forever’ from Frelle Petersen (exclusive)
The film is currently in post-production, with a release in Denmark this July.
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Kirsten Dunst outlines her different approaches with her ‘The Power Of The Dog’ co-stars
Dunst acts opposite her husband Jesse Plemons, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Olivia Colman on the joys of playing an “absolutely honest” character in ‘The Lost Daughter’
Olivia Colman was drawn to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter for its honest depiction of a flawed mother.
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How Andrew Garfield learned to sing for ’Tick, Tick… Boom!’: “I had a whole village helping me"
Andrew Garfield had always backed away from singing roles until Lin-Manuel Miranda came calling for ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’.
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Hanna Bergholm on why her Sundance genre film ‘Hatching’ is really a mother-daughter drama
The Finnish writer-director is a talent to watch.