All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 16
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NewsREinvent boards ‘The Guilty’ director’s first TV series (exclusive)
Gustav Möller has co-created the five-part pyschological drama with Oskar Soderlund.
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FeaturesTerence Davies on exploring the life of gay First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon in ‘Benediction’
Source: Laurence Cendrowicz/Bankside Sales/EMU Films Terence Davies directing Kate Phillips and Jack Lowden on ‘Benediction’ Screen talks to the veteran British director ahead of the film’s TIFF premiere on Sunday.
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NewsGoteborg Film Fund backs new international projects, including next Oleg Sentsov feature
Some 22 projects are receiving support from the Swedish fund.
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NewsREinvent boards Danish youth drama ‘Pretty Young Thing’
Tilde Harkamp (Hunting Season) directs from a script by Line Mørkeby. Marcella Dichmann produces for SF, which will also distribute in the Nordics.
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NewsFinnish Film Affair to showcase new films from Aku Louhimies, Suvi West
The 10th anniversary edition will take place as a hybrid event.
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NewsFormer Rocket Science exec becomes CEO of Iceland’s Zik Zak (exclusive)
Erlingsdóttir previously oversaw legal and business affairs for the London-based sales, production and finance company Rocket Science.
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NewsPicture Tree boards Oliver Hirschbiegel, Albert Oehlen collaboration ‘The Painter’ (exclusive)
Oehlen is one of the world’s top-selling artists globally.
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NewsJeppe Ronde’s ‘Acts Of Love’ wins Haugesund co-production prize
Producers aiming for autumn 2022 shoot at convent on west coast of Denmark.
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NewsMotor, Scanbox strike multi-year distribution deal
The companies are already working together on two forthcoming films.
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NewsBerlinale, Cannes titles nominated for $47,000 Nordic Council Film Prize
The lucrative prize is now in its 19th year.
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NewsLevelK boards Toronto title ‘Zalava’ (exclusive)
Arsalan Amiri, who previously served as screenwriter on Titi and Nahid, makes his feature directorial debut with the film.
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NewsIndie producers call for mental health body for film industry
Panel also discuss key approaches to aid mental health while working in the industry.
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NewsKarlovy Vary Eastern Promises winners include ‘Victim’, ‘Head Nurse’
The Eastern Promises industry strand has unveiled nine winners across its three works in progress programmes.
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NewsCinephil pacts with WestEnd Films, unveils new managing director
Cinephil founder and MD Philippa Kowarsky is leaving the company to join BBC Storyville.
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NewsJuja Dobrachkous to follow ‘Bebia’ with UK feature ‘Isle of Skye’ (exclusive)
UK drama set to shoot in London later in 2021.
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NewsErik Poppe’s ‘The Emigrants’ heads for Haugesund works in progress
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features.
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FeaturesCharlotte Colbert on the “normalisation” of mastectomy wounds in Locarno drama ‘She Will’
The film will have its world premiere in Locarno on August 5.
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FeaturesIndependent VoD players in focus: Elisa Viihde
Finnish cinema fans have hundreds of Finnish films at their fingertips thanks to Elisa Viihde, the entertainment division of leading Finnish telecom and digital services company Elisa.
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FeaturesIndependent VoD players in focus: ViaPlay
Viaplay — the SVoD service operated by NENT Group — launched in Sweden in 2007 and is expanding from its footprint in the Nordics and Baltics
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NewsLevelK boards Toronto, San Sebastian-bound ‘As in Heaven’ (exclusive)
Title is Danish filmmaker Tea Lindeburg’s debut feature.