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All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 4
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NewsNordisk, Qvisten plan ‘Maxi & Helium’ animated feature (exclusive)
Book series has sold 3.5m copies across the Nordics.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute unexpectedly parts ways with CEO Anette Novak
Exec only took up role in April 2022.
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NewsIceland submits Hlynur Palmason’s ‘Godland’ for international Oscar race (exclusive)
The film was a standout title from Cannes’ Un Certain Regard line-up in 2022.
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Features‘The Promised Land’ team talk collaborating with star Mads Mikkelsen and the historical epic's complex shoot
Director Nikolaj Arcel and producer Louise Vesth discuss the three-country film shoot for their 18th-century epic.
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NewsREinvent boards Hisham Zaman’s TIFF-bound ‘A Happy Day’ (exclusive)
Zaman’s previous films ’Before Snowfall’ and ’Letter To The King’, both won the Best Nordic Film prize in Goteborg.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Zentropa’s Louise Vesth on having a messy desk, her email tip, and why she works with young people
Vesth also recalls a controversial press conference with Lars von Trier.
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NewsUpcoming Amanda Kernell and Renate Reinsve projects excite industry at Haugesund
The industry programme at the Norwegian festival included a focus on UK projects.
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NewsLevelK boards Norwegian family action comedy ’Viktoria Must Go’ (exclusive)
The film is being presented this week in the works-in-progress selections at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films.
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NewsNordic Council Film Prize nominates first Greenlandic film for $45,000 award
Six nominees vying for the lucrative annual award.
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News‘The Inbetweeners’ producer plans film about women’s football legend Rose Reilly (exclusive)
Scotland-based producer Chris Young opened Edinburgh film festival with Johnny Barrington’s ‘Silent Roar.’
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NewsElla Glendining talks plans for fiction feature debut ‘Curiosities Of Fools’ (exclusive)
Glendining is touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?
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NewsMTV’s Jani Hartikainen moves to Yellow Film & TV as chief content officer (exclusive)
Company also hires development producer Eveliina Mauno and promotes Janne Lähteenmäki to junior producer.
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NewsHaugesund’s New Nordic Films to host UK focus including four co-production pitches
Hot Nordic works-in-progress at the Norwegian event include ’Handing The Undead’ starring Renate Reinsve.
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NewsLevelK takes on international sales for TIFF-bound ‘The Queen Of My Dreams’ (exclusive)
It is the feature directorial debut from Fawzia Mirza.
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NewsFinnish Film Affair to open with Teemu Nikki’s ‘Death Is A Problem For The Living’
The industry event of Helsinki International Film Festival runs from September 20-22.
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NewsNorwegian producer The Global Ensemble Drama expands with Fremantle, Netflix and Viaplay execs
Company behind Netflix’s ‘Midsummer Night’ adds offices in Sweden, Denmark and UK.
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NewsIceDocs gives top prize to ‘Against The Tide’, launches first industry programme
Iceland Documentary Film Festival ran July 19-23.
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NewsBaldvin Z’s Icelandic hit series ‘Black Sands’ readies second season with All3Media (exclusive)
The first season sold widely around the world.
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NewsSakaris Stórá’s ‘The Last Paradise on Earth’ starts shooting in the Faroe Islands (exclusive)
The film is the first to be shot entirely on the remote island of Suðuroy.
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NewsFinland’s Aurora Studios Group appoints Teea Hyytiä as CEO (exclusive)
Replaces Petri Kemppinen who has been in the job since summer 2021.