All articles by Jorn Rossing Jensen – Page 18
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NewsSwedish Film Institute appoints Lars Lindström as commissioner
Swedish producer-director-writer Lars G Lindström is joining the Swedish Film Institute as a commissioner.
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Features‘Anonymous’ file-sharing presents the next big challenge
Jorn Rossing Jensen looks at how copyright infringers are looking to get round piracy laws in Sweden
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NewsNorwegian cinemas sign digital roll-out deal with US studios
The Norwegian cinema association, Film & Kino, has signed a virtual print fee (VPF) agreement with five Hollywood studios, to help finance the world’s first non-commercial national digital expansion.
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NewsSweden unveils plans to scrap state film censor
Sweden is planning to scrap its film censorship body under plans revealed in a government research paper this week.
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NewsSwedish producers groups merge to boost lobbying power
The Swedish Film Producers Association (SFP), Swedish TV Producers Association and the Commercial Film Producers of Sweden (SRP) have merged in a bid to boost their lobbying power.
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NewsGaming firm Unibet saves $14.2m Mannerheim
The production of $14.2m (€10m) Mannerheim, the most expensive Finnish feature, is back on track after securing new funding from a gaming company.
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NewsDragon Tattoo continues to dominate European box office
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (aka Men Who Hate Women) – the first feature in Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy – continues its raid on the international charts.
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NewsNorway's Norsk Filmstudio and Chimney Pot merge
Major Norwegian production and facility houses Norsk Filmstudio (NF) and The Chimney Pot (TCP) will join forces in what they call “North Europe’s most modern and innovative full-service studio”.
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NewsSwedish director Lisa Ohlin joins Simon And The Oaks
Swedish director Lisa Ohlin will helm Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarne) after Björn Runge walked out on the project earlier this year.
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NewsSara Johnsen's Upperdog to open Norwegian Film Festival
The 37th Norwegian International Film Festival (NIFF) in Haugesund will open on August 23 with local title Upperdog.
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NewsPrincipal photography starts on Norwegian WW2 thriller Deceit
Norwegian director Håkon Gundersen has started principal photography for World War 2 thriller Deceit (Svik) in Budapest, Hungary.
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NewsMax Manus scriptwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller dies aged 28
Norwegian scriptwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, who wrote Max Manus – Norway’s biggest cinema success since 1975 – died Tuesday (May 12) after a long illness. He was 28 years old.
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NewsNordisk Film & TV to support regional releases
Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fund is launching scheme to support the distribution of Nordic films in the region.
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NewsFilmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy
Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m
Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.
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NewsSweden’s Gotland Island bids to become film production centre
The Swedish island of Gotland – the home of the late Ingmar Bergman – has renewed its efforts to become a centre for film production in the city of Fårösund.
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NewsNorway joins European co-production convention
Norway is set to join the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.
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NewsSwedish TV show to be remade for the big screen
Skärgårdsdoktorn (The Archipelago Doctor), one of Sweden’s most popular TV shows during the Nineties, is being revived as a film.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute supports Chopin
Norway’s Storm Studios will co-produce Chopin, a $6.6m (NOK 43m) fully-animated feature from UK’s BreakThru Films, which will be released for composer’s 200th anniversary in 2010.
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Sweden launches summer campaign for local releases
The Swedish Film Institute is backing local films with a $310,000 (SEK 2.5m) support campaign this summer.