All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 32
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NewsTrustNordisk boards Norwegian disaster film ‘The North Sea’
Projects from the team behind box office hits The Quake and The Wave.
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NewsDenmark’s ‘Queen of Hearts’ wins prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize
Queen of Hearts has already racked up an impressive list of prizes.
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NewsBBC hosts surprise launch for Jonathan Glazer short ‘The Fall’
The seven-minute-long short was a surprise premiere tonight on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and at a number of UK cinemas.
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NewsNetflix, Amazon deals help UK TV exports hit new high of £1.4bn
TV sales were led drama hits including Bodyguard and Killing Eve.
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NewsErik Poppe takes over directing ‘The Emigrants’ from Daniel Espinosa (exclusive)
The Norwegian Film Institute has joined the project with funding.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards sales on 'A Taste of Hunger' starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The film follows a couple in pursuit of a Michelin star for their restaurant.
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NewsGoteborg to become first major film festival with a programme of 50% female directors
“We have talked about gender parity for a long time, but change is happening too slowly.”
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NewsPeter and Christina Birro plan film about Swedish publishing legend Amelia Adamo (exclusive)
Adamo is sometimes called the ‘Oprah of Sweden’.
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NewsNew Europe joins Danish drama ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’ (exclusive)
The film is Malou Reymann’s feature directorial debut.
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News‘Four Brothers’ wins CONNeXT work-in-progress award
Documentaries and dramas impressed industry professionals at the Ghent event.
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NewsStudio Hamburg boards sales for CONNeXT work in progress title ‘My Dad Is A Sausage’ (exclusive)
Belgian family comedy/drama is the feature debut of Anouk Fortunier. Screen can reveal the first image.
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News‘The Killing’ distributor DR now offers VOD rights to catalogue and new titles (exclusive)
The company’s back catalogue includes The Killing, Borgen and Follow The Money.
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NewsFilms still have harmful stereotypes for female leaders, new research confirms
“Girls need to see positive and authentic characters that can inspire them”.
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NewsSix talking points from the Zurich Summit
The heavyweight speakers included Rena Ronson, Carole Scotia and Rose Garnett.
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NewsImmigrant story ‘Oasis of Now’ wins best project at Finnish Film Affair
Maria Pirkkalainen now heads the Helsinki event, which attracted 400 industry attendees.
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NewsLevelK boards Finnish comedy ‘Games People Play’ (exclusive)
Cast includes The Innocents’ Laura Birn; project presented at Finnish Film Affair’s works in progress this week.
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NewsCONNeXT line-up includes anticipated new films by Flanders filmmakers
Conference speakers to include Rikke Ennis, Philip Knatchbull and Walter Iuzzolino.
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FeaturesHow Coky Giedroyc and Monumental brought Caitlin Moran’s ‘How To Build A Girl’ to the screen
The film is adapted from Moran’s semi-autobiographical 2014 novel of the same name and stars Beanie Feldstein.
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NewsStudioCanal acquires Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Another Round’ for UK; first image revealed (exclusive)
TrustNordisk has also sold the film to Germany, Switzerland, Greece and Poland.
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FeaturesHow did the English South Coast stand in for the Hamptons in Roger Michell’s ‘Blackbird’?
The family drama has had Kate Winslet strolling around set in pyjamas and slippers.