All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 43
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NewsOslo Pix awards go to 'The Tale', 'Amateurs', 'Distant Barking of Dogs'
Jennifer Fox’s Sundance hit The Tale stars Laura Dern and Elizabeth Debicki.
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Features"The 'D-word' is no longer dirty": experts on state of play for docs
Two major documentary events, Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK and France’s Sunny Side of the Doc, take place this month.
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FeaturesOscar-winning producer Simon Chinn discusses doc market 'explosion' ahead of MPS talk
Chinn will open the Media Production Show talks on June 12.
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NewsCalle Marthin to lead Nordisk Film Production Sweden
In the newly created position, he will be tasked with bolstering Nordisk Film’s production of films and TV series with commercial potential.
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NewsOslo Pix returns for second year with three competitions
Event will open with Joern Utkilen’s Norwegian debut feature Lake Over Fire.
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NewsPeter Haber joins 'Britt-Marie Was Here' as shoot gets underway
Haber plays the husband of Pernilla August’s character Britt-Marie.
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NewsCannes documentary prize goes to 'Samouni Road'; full Doc Day report
Festival doc activity included the Marche’s Doc Corner and a buzzy Doc Day that welcomed European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
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NewsFormer Yellow Bird CEO producer joins Cinenord
Anni Faurbye Fernandez is also a co-founder of Good Company Films.
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NewsKevin Macdonald, Georgina Lowe among mentors for Skye residency
The week-long residency will include hands-on directing experience at the Skye Space Studio.
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NewsPan Nordic Pictures launches with Finnish remake of 'Opportunity Knocks'
The story is about a couple who struggle with house reservations.
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NewsNordisk Film signs five-film deal with B-Reel
B-Reel’s past credits include ‘Euphoria’, ‘Gentlemen’ and ‘Before We Die’.
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NewsTrine Dyrholm joins Danish debut 'Teenage Jesus' (exclusive)
The film will shoot for six weeks on location at Psychiatric Center Sankt Hans, in Roskilde near Copenhagen.
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NewsFilm industry must challenge power structures, invest more in female voices, say experts
”We have to talk about power and money.”
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NewsFirst Look: Niklaus Hilber's 'Paradise War' about Swiss explorer/activist Bruno Manser (exclusive)
Film follows Swiss explorer and environmentalist Bruno Manser.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards Isis kidnap story 'Daniel' (exclusive)
Danish photographer who was held captive by ISIS for 398 days.
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FeaturesLukas Dhont talks genderless casting for his Cannes transgender film 'Girl'
Dhont was inspired by a 15 year old who spoke openly about being born in the wrong body.
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NewsClaes Bang, Jesper Christensen join Danish #MeToo project
One hundred Danish actors have contributed to a Danish project presenting everyday people’s #MeToo stories.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute's Moving Sweden changes focus (exclusive)
It will back three to seven 60 minute-plus films per year.
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FeaturesDirector Ali Abbasi on how Cannes title 'Border' channels "the experience of being a minority"
Abbasi lived for 20 years in Iran, then studied in Sweden before moving to his current home in Denmark.
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NewsBillie Piper to make directing debut with "anti-rom-com" 'Rare Beasts' (exclusive)
Piper has written the script and will star in the film, which will shoot in London and Spain in September.