All articles by Jorn Rossing Jensen – Page 11
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FeaturesNorthern exposure
Some of the world’s most electric foreign-language titles are being made by Norwegian film-makers right now. Screen profiles a selection of new films and spotlights a trio of rising directors.
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FeaturesWelcome to the future
Norway is the first country in the world to have digitised all of its film theatres. Jorn Rossing Jensen looks at the impact it is having on cinema-going in the territory
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NewsTroll Hunter producer on board for TV project about Operation Gunnerside
Partners are Norway’s Filmkameratene and Denmark’s Sebasto Film, in collaboration with the UK’s Headline Pictures.
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NewsBeyond in contention for Nordic Council Film Prize
Swedish actress award-winning actress Pernilla August’s feature directorial debut, Beyond (Svinalängorna), which has already scooped top prizes in Venice, Lübeck and Sao Paolo, is among five nominees for the Nordic Council Film Prize, announced on Tuesday (23) by the Norwegian International Film Festival.
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NewsNorway's SF Norge to shut in-house production arm
SF Norge, Norway’s leading distributor, has decided to close its in-house production arm — just as Norway’s NRK-TV starts airing its most recent television series, Captain Sabertooth & Pinky, later this week.
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NewsKing Of Devil's Island wins Amanda prize for Best Feature
Norwegian director Marius Holst’s King of Devil’s Island (Kongen af Bastøy), which took 275,170 admissions domestically for Euforia Film, won the Amanda – Norway’s national film prize - for Best Feature.
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NewsNordic Co-Production Forum presents 21 projects including new films from Boe, Mika Kaurismaki
The fifth Nordic Co-Production and Film Financing Forum, which started today (Aug 18) at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, will present 21 film projects at different stages of development with budgets totalling $119 million.
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NewsNorwegian production booming, could reach 34 features this year
Oslo, August 31st and Headhunters both headed to Toronto.
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NewsZwart partners with Max Manus team to form Motion Blur Films
Harald Zwart founds the new production company with Norwegian directors Sondberg, Ronning and Horn.
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NewsSimple Simon, She Monkeys talents working on Bitch Hug
Swedish actress Linda Molin, of She Monkeys (Apflickorna) fame, will star in the new drama comedy by Swedish director Andreas Öhmann, whose feature debut Simple Simon (I rymden finns inga känslor) was a huge box office hit locally.
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NewsHardwicke to direct Noomi Rapace in Anita Lindblom story
Ola Rapace also stars as boxer Bosse Hogberg.
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NewsSandrew Metronome Finland sells to Future Film
With the sale of Sandrew Metronome Finland to Finnish distributor Future Film, Norway’s largest media concern Schibsted has put a full stop to its involvement in film distribution, and to one of Scandinavia’s leading players, which was once in production and exhibition, too.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute backs new films from Olso director Trier
Norwegian director Joachim Trier, whose Oslo, August 31st was launched in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and Oslo-based production outfit, Motlys, have received slate funding for their next two, maybe three projects together, from the Norwegian Film Institute.
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NewsBille August returns to Denmark to direct The Passion Of Marie
Two-time Palm d’Or winner to direct in Denmark for first time in more than 30 years.
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NewsStrong Danish cast confirmed for Bier's Love
Trust Nordisk handling sales on Susanne Bier’s $8m latest scheduled for an Aug 2012 release
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NewsZentropa makes a loss for third year in a row
In spite of an Oscar-winning feature, Susanne Bier’s In a Better World (Hævnen), and a local blockbuster, Mikkel Nørgaard’s Clown (Klovn The Movie), Danish production outfit, Zentropa Entertainments, posted a $3.4 million (DKK 17.1 million) deficit in 2010.
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NewsTrustNordisk takes on Jackpot, to follow up on Headhunters’ success
Magnus Martens directs based on Jo Nesbo’s story.
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NewsTrustNordisk's Cannes deals led by 9 buys for A Royal Affair
Clinching more than 50 deals with almost 40 distributors worldwide, Danish international sales company, TrustNordisk, saw this year’s Cannes International Film festival as ”the best market for years”.
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NewsRenny Harlin drops out of $20m Mannerheim
Producer Markus Selin expected to announce another director soon.