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All articles by Jorn Rossing Jensen – Page 13
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NewsArcel's A Royal Affair to roll with Mikkelsen, Wikander
Zentropa readies Danish director Nikolaj Arcel’s 18th century palace love story, which has been four years in preparation.
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NewsHallstrom plans first Swedish feature in 24 years
Svensk/Sonet will produce thriller The Hypnotist, based on bestselling crime novel.
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NewsLapland Odyssey, Rare Exports lead Jussi winners
Finnish director Dome Karukoski’s local blockbuster, Lapland Odyssey (Napapiirin sankarit) [pictured], scooped four prizes in the heavy categories – Best Feature, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, the Audience Prize – as the Filmiaura, the Finnish Film Professionals’ Association, Sunday announced their annual Jussi awards at a televised Helsinki gala.A comic ...
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NewsPrison drama R sweeps Danish Robert Awards
A low-budget film about life in a Danish prison, R, by writer-directors Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer, swept the Danish Robert Awards at Sunday’s gala ceremony in Copenhagen’s Cirkusbygningen.
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NewsGoteborg's Dragon Award goes to She Monkeys
Derek Cianfrance wins Bergman International Debut Award.
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NewsNorway's Jacobsen starts Theresienstadt epic
Norwegian Film Iinstitute has supported the project with $1.6 million (NOK 9.5 million) as part of a $14.2 million (NOK 83 million) package which has sparked off seven new productions totalling $39.5 million.
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NewsGoteborg opens with lucrative Dragon competition
Audience expected to exceed 200,000 at the largest Scandinavian showcase.
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NewsGoteborg to screen 442 films, announces increased prize money
Unspooling between Jan 28-Feb 7, Scandinavia’s largest festival introduces a $145,000 (SEK 1m) Dragon prize for Best Nordic Film
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NewsNorwegian production booms with 41 productions for 2011
”We will see some very interesting films, but also total flops and companies that suffer financially,” said the Norwegian Film Institute’s production chief
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NewsLocal films set records in Norway, Finland
For the third consecutive year, Norwegian features sold more than 2.5 million or more tickets domestically, to control a record 23% of the market (against 20.6% in 2009).
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NewsNew distributors launch in Sweden, Norway
Triangelfilm head Mattias Nohrborg returns with Tri Art; Norway’s Star Media moves into theatrical under Pal Krem.
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NewsNordisk buys back catalogue of Sandrew Metronome
Danish major, Nordisk Film, has added 130 Danish titles to its library, purchasing the back catalogue of Sandrew Metronome Denmark, the Danish arm of the Norwegian-owned distributor which is going out of business.
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NewsDanish producer Foldager sets up her own production company
She is still in post on Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and will also work on new projects with Michael Winterbottom and Oliver Hirschbiegel.
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Swedish Film Institute MD steps down
Cissi Elwin Frenkel is stepping down to become chief editor of a newspaper.
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NewsPatrik Eklund starts shooting debut feature Flimmer
Swedish director Patrik Eklund, whose shorts have been Oscar nominated and awarded in Cannes, has started his first feature, Flimmer, on locations at Luleå in northern Sweden.
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NewsSandrew Metronome's reorganisation includes closing of Danish theatrical business
Pan-Scandinavian distributor also cancels contract with Warner Bros for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
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After co-production deal signed, two German-Norwegian features underway
Two German-Norwegian features will shortly roll on Norwegian locations, following Norway’s ratification of the European treaty on co-productions, including German directors Georg Maas’ Two Lives (Zwei Leben/To liv) and Matthias Glasner’s Mercy (Gnade/Nåde).
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NewsBeyond wins top prize at Nordic Film Days, Lubeck
Swedish actress Pernilla August’s feature directorial debut, Beyond (Svinalängorna), won the NDR top prize at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck – the largest festival of Scandinavian films outside the Nordic countries - which ended yesterday (Nov 7).
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NewsDanish government to invest $400m in cinema
The money will be invested over the next four years following an agreement signed yesterday (October 25)
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NewsVinterberg's Submarino wins Nordic Council Film Prize
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino was today awarded the Nordic Council Film Prize – Scandinavia’s largest film award, which comes with a $65,000 cheque to be shared between the director, scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm and producer Morten Kaufmann of Nimbus Film.