All articles by Jacob Neiiendam – Page 4
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DENMARK 7 September
Though it actually improved on its performance from lastweek, Susanne Bier's Brothers was nomatch for Shrek 2, which on a massive119 prints swept the top of the Danish chart with 105,273 admissions (DKK6,4m).Despite winning both best script and film awards at theCopenhagen International Film Festival only a week ago, Lidija ...
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NORWAY 2 September
Therelease of three big American films was more than the Norwegian musical This Is The Song You Need (Alt For Egil)could withstand, dropping 44% to fourth behind The Village, Garfield and Fahrenheit9/11.The newlocal release of Torun Lian's The Color OfMilk, based on her own book about a 12 year-old girl ...
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DENMARK 1 September
Thoughlocal critics were praising Brothers,the new film from the multiple-award winning filmmaker Susanne Bier, as herbest so far, audiences seemed to have been slightly distracted by thisweekend's many other offerings. It did oust I,Robot from the top spot with its solid if unimpressive DKK23,223 from 60prints, but Fahrenheit 9/11 on ...
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NORWAY 1 September
Therelease of three big American films was more than the Norwegian musical This Is The Song You Need (Alt For Egil)could withstand, dropping 44% to fourth behind The Village, Garfield and Fahrenheit9/11.The newlocal release of Torun Lian's The Color OfMilk, based on her own book about a 12 year-old girl ...
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FINLAND 1 September
VeikkoAaltonen's first fiction film since 1999's KissMe In The Rain, Trench Road (Juoksuhaudantie), opened in fourth with asolid Euros 3,955 screen average on its 35 prints. The film is based on anaward-winning book by local author Kari Hotakainen, and follows an obsessedman, who goes to extremes in order to get ...
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Denmark selects Obstructions as Oscar choice
Lars von Trier and Joergen Leth's provocative andplayful experimental documentary The Five Obstructions has been selected as Denmark's official Oscarcandidate for best foreign language film category.The film had its world premiere in Venice last year and hassince won acclaim across the world, screening in Toronto, Amsterdam andSundance among others. Two ...
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Russian Granny wins top Copenhagen prize
Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami and Hungarian newcomerNimrod Antal might have taken most of the applause at the closing ceremony forthe second Copenhagen International Film Festival, but it was LidijaBobrova's Russian feature debut The Granny which scooped most of the awards.The film took the Golden Swan for best film, best screenplayand ...
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Local features generate buzz as Haugesund wraps
The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund endedits 32nd edition with two awards nights in a row on. On Thursday(August 26) it held the festival prizes, and on Friday (August 27) night dishedout the Norwegian film and TV awards, the Amandas.At the festival's closing ceremony, Erik Poppe's new localdrama Hawaii, ...
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SWEDEN 25 August
A slew of new films hit the Swedish box-office this week,where the high 79 print roll out of the animated Garfield took over the top spot from I, Robot. Despite a solid $4,967 screen average, more than doubleup compared to both I, Robot's $2,316and King Arthur's $1,692, the newrelease of ...
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DENMARK 25 August
The Danish box-office, which has been hungry for new strongreleases, saw I, Robot easily takeover the top spot from Garfield witha strong DKK43,196 screen average on its 67 prints. The film, which was thefirst ever also to be screened digitally by major Nordisk Film, met nochallenge from this week's other ...
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Danish veteran returns to Judge
Danish film veteranGert Fredholm, who returned to feature filmmaking after a 20 year hiatus with One Hand Clapping in 2001, is to shoothis new film Dommeren (literally TheJudge).Like Fredholm'scomeback movie it is written and produced by Mikael Olsen and will star PeterGantzler and Jens Okking. It follows a dynamic and ...
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DENMARK 17 August
Though admissions again were up (45,8%) from last year, itstill wasn't evident on the chart as no films did better than fair. The Chronicles Of Riddick only made itinto third with its 30 prints. Adding one more print, Fahrenheit 9/11 easily took the highest screen average again withDKK42,071. However, Nordisk ...
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SWEDEN 17 August
Nothing changed at the top of the Swedish chart, where I, Robot and King Arthur's high number of prints kept them in front of DaneSimon Staho's Swedish-language drama DayAnd Night, but the latter increased its screen average to $3,991 - the bestthis weekend. Best newcomer was teenage comedy Mean Girls ...
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NORWAY 13 August
WillSmith easily snatched the Norwegian box-office crown from King Arthur this weekend as I,Robot raced into the top with a solid NOK 38,389 screen average on 63prints.New localrelease Clorox, Ammonia And Coffeefrom Mona J. Hoel (Cabin Fever) hadmixed reviews calling it both unusual and highly watch able, it was also ...
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Nordisk goes digital
When Ole Olsen opened Biografteatret in Copenhagen in 1905,he laid the foundation for the oldest film company in the world, Nordisk Film,which now, 100 years later, is moving into the digital age.As the first in the country, the Nordic distribution andexhibition major will be equipping its three main sites with ...
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Denmark's Fly prepares for Manslaughter
Danish filmmaker Per Fly, who swept the national filmawards with his first two films The Benchand The Inheritance, is getting readyto shoot Manslaughter, the thirdinstallment in his trilogy about the social classes in Denmark.The DKK19.3m drama will star Danish veteran JesperChristensen (The Interpreter)opposite Swede Pernilla August (TheConstant Gardener) and newcomer ...
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SWEDEN 9 August
The past had to bow to the future at the Swedishbox-office this weekend as the new release of Will Smith's science-fictionouting I, Robot's 82 prints downed King Arthur's 95 prints by61%. While Smith secured a strong $3,943 screen average, the presence of mostof the top local acting talent in Dane ...
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New production company launches in Finland
Finland's biggest film and video distributor, FS Film Oy, has set up a newproduction outfit, Juonifilmi Oy, with 33-year old producer Jarkko Hentula (Pearls And Pigs).FS Film, which is fully owned by Nordic major AB Svensk Filmindustri, holdsthe majority stake in the company, while Hentula, who has been appointedmanaging director, ...
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FINLAND 3 August
Addingone print in its second week, the new hit from producer Markus Selin anddirector Aleksi Makela, private eye thriller Vares, actually grossed 35%more this weekend taking Euros 204,298 compared to last week's Euros 151,496,and improved its screen average from Euros 3,787 to Euros 4,983.In itsopening week last week is muscled ...
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Copenhagen unveils competition line-up
The second instalment of the Copenhagen International FilmFestival (Aug 19-29) has announced its competition programme - one that lookslike an improvement from last year and showcases more first time filmmakers.Two local films, newcomer Nikolaj Arcel's highly anticipatedpolitical thriller Kings Game, which has its world premiere in Locarno,and veteran Jytte Rex's ...