All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 16
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NewsNewen Studios and Sigrid Dyekjaer launch Danish doc company Real Lava
Danish documentary production company’s slate include Sundance-selected ‘The Territory’ and Eva Weber’s ‘Merkel’.
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FeaturesJordanian director Bassel Ghandour on his forbidden-relationship drama ‘The Alleys’
Ghandour’s debut directorial feature is showing at the Red Sea film festival.
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NewsJuho Kuosmanen, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed reteam for short-form series ‘Zone B’ (exclusive)
It’s the second collaboration for the directors of ’Compartment No. 6’ and ’The Gravedigger’s Wife’.
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FeaturesFive Saudi acting and directing talents to watch
Screen profiles five rising Saudi talents, whose work is being showcased at the Red Sea Film Festival.
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NewsDenmark’s Creative Alliance becomes part of Nordisk
Writer/directors Lone Scherfig and Ole Christian Madsen and producer Malene Blenkov formed Creative Alliance in 2013.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Valdimar Johannsson, Noomi Rapace on creating a "divine moment" in ‘Lamb’
The director and star talk about getting back to nature, Nordic folktales and the mysterious newborn at the heart of this genre-bending thriller.
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FeaturesFinnish director Aku Louhimies on telling a story of female desire in ‘The Wait’
Actress/writer Inka Kallén stars in the adaptation of a classic novel, which will premiere at Tallinn Black Nights.
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FeaturesRising Icelandic filmmaker Tinna Hrafnsdóttir talks about her directorial debut ‘Quake’
Icelandic psychological mystery is premiering at Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival.
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FeaturesWhy Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese is urgently seeking development funds for ‘The Chattering of Teeth’
Project is Mosese’s second feature after award-winning This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute unveils 2021 Wild Card winners
Each filmmaker receives development funding of $46,000 (SEK 400,000).
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NewsDanish Oscar entry ‘Flee’ wins 2021 Nordic Council Film Prize
Nominated films must have “deep roots in Nordic culture”.
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NewsMagnolia strikes for US deal on ‘The North Sea’ (exclusive)
Disaster drama from Fantefilm follows collaboraiton with Magnolia on The Wave, The Quake.
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NewsLevelK swoons for Bille August’s period romance ’The Kiss’ (exclusive)
The film is described as a “free adaptation” inspired by Stefan Zweig’s novel Beware Of Pity and relocated to Denmark.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Danish producer Kim Magnusson on his love of TIFF, Zurich and ‘Bugsy Malone’
Magnusson is co-founder and head of creative at Scandinavian Film Funds and Scandinavian Film Distribution.
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NewsFidalgo picks up Norwegian rights to five films including Venice duo (exclusive)
Norwegian distributor has picked up ’Captain Volkonogov Escaped’ and ’The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic’.
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NewsNew Europe boards ‘Beautiful Beings’ from ‘Heartstone’ director (exclusive)
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s Heartstone premiered at Venice Days in 2016 and won more than 50 festival awards around the globe.
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NewsIcelandic industry pushes for 35% rebate at Reykjavik film festival
The newly elected Icelandic government has publicly expressed its support for the film and creative industries.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards teenage romance ‘So Damn Easy Going’ (exclusive)
The Swedish dramedy is director Christoffer Sandler’s feature debut.
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NewsREinvent closes first two deals for Gustav Möller series ‘The Dark Heart’ (exclusive)
Möller directed festival hit The Guilty.
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FeaturesThe buzz titles from European sellers at MIA 2021
European buyers will be out in force at MIA in Rome this year in what will be their last physical market of 2021.