All Nordic articles – Page 29
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NewsZentropa, TV2 gear up for series of Adler-Oslen adaptations
Production to start next week on The Woman in the Cage, AKA Mercy, to be directed by Mikkel Nørgaard [pictured] and starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Carl Mørck.
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NewsNikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair picked as Denmark's Oscar entry
Historical romance world premiered in Berlin, taking home two prizes for best script and best actor.
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NewsPurge enters Oscar race for Finland
Antti Jokinen’s first Finnish film is currently number one at the local box office chart.
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NewsNiels Arden Oplev to return to Denmark for next feature
Director is currently shooting his first US feature Dead Man Down.
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NewsEchoes From The Dead starts shoot
Daniel Alfredson’s mystery drama will shoot in Cuba and Sweden.
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FeaturesMagnetic North
Screen presents a special focus on the Nordic region: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
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NewsAppetite for local fare in Norway down in 2012
Norwegian films have lost 59.3% of their audience in the first half of 2012 in their home territory.
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NewsPeter Franzén to direct Above Dark Waters
Finnish actor Peter Franzén is to direct and star in the adaptation of his own novel, with backing from the Finnish Film Foundation.
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NewsCool Kids Don't Cry to get Norwegian remake
Norwegian production company Cinenord has bought the rights to the Dutch family film.
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NewsTomas Alfredson buys film rights to The Brothers Lionheart
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson has bought the film rights for Astrid Lindgren’s novel The Brothers Lionheart.
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NewsFilm I Vast welcomes projects including new Moodysson
As-yet-untitled feature from Lukas Moodysson [pictured] is one of five titles set to do post-production at Film I Vast’s base in Trollhättan.
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NewsNorway boosts new Jo Nesbo adaptation
Two high profile new Norwegian features are being fast-tracked - Morten Tyldum’s historical drama Tordenskjold, and Arild Fröhlich’s family feature Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder. They will receive $20 million and $17 million state funding, respectively.
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NewsHarriet Andersson, Taina Elg, Béla Tarr among guests for Finland's Midnight Sun Film Festival
27th edition runs June 13-17.
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NewsNice Drama to adapt Ohlsson's Swedish crime trilogy
The Stockholm based production company plans to turn Swedish writer Kristina Ohlsson’s trilogy into three 90 minute TV movies.
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NewsZentropa, TV2 to produce Jussi Adler-Olsen detective series
Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard will direct the first part of the franchise, The Woman In The Cage.
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NewsStockholm International Film Festival to support women directors
One female director will receive $0.8m, a distribution deal with NonStop Entertainment and will have their film premiered at next year’s festival.
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NewsSummit plans English-language remake of Norwegian thriller Headhunters
Swedish film and TV production outfit Yellow Bird has sold the English-language film rights for Norwegian director Morten Tyldum’s thriller Headhunters (Hodejegerne) to US company Summit Entertainment.
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NewsTrustNordisk close slew of deals on All You Need Is Love
Buyers include Prokino for Germany/Austria, Art Films for Brazil, Aero Films for Czech Republic and Cinemania Group for Former Yugoslavia.
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NewsFrenetic strikes Swiss deal for TrustNordisk's Black's Game
Swiss distributor Frenetic Films has acquired Óscar Thór Axelsson’s Icelandic thriller Black’s Game.