All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 6
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News‘The Inbetweeners’ producer plans film about women’s football legend Rose Reilly (exclusive)
Scotland-based producer Chris Young opened Edinburgh film festival with Johnny Barrington’s ‘Silent Roar.’
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NewsElla Glendining talks plans for fiction feature debut ‘Curiosities Of Fools’ (exclusive)
Glendining is touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?
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NewsMTV’s Jani Hartikainen moves to Yellow Film & TV as chief content officer (exclusive)
Company also hires development producer Eveliina Mauno and promotes Janne Lähteenmäki to junior producer.
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NewsHaugesund’s New Nordic Films to host UK focus including four co-production pitches
Hot Nordic works-in-progress at the Norwegian event include ’Handing The Undead’ starring Renate Reinsve.
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NewsLevelK takes on international sales for TIFF-bound ‘The Queen Of My Dreams’ (exclusive)
It is the feature directorial debut from Fawzia Mirza.
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NewsFinnish Film Affair to open with Teemu Nikki’s ‘Death Is A Problem For The Living’
The industry event of Helsinki International Film Festival runs from September 20-22.
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NewsNorwegian producer The Global Ensemble Drama expands with Fremantle, Netflix and Viaplay execs
Company behind Netflix’s ‘Midsummer Night’ adds offices in Sweden, Denmark and UK.
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NewsIceDocs gives top prize to ‘Against The Tide’, launches first industry programme
Iceland Documentary Film Festival ran July 19-23.
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NewsBaldvin Z’s Icelandic hit series ‘Black Sands’ readies second season with All3Media (exclusive)
The first season sold widely around the world.
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NewsSakaris Stórá’s ‘The Last Paradise on Earth’ starts shooting in the Faroe Islands (exclusive)
The film is the first to be shot entirely on the remote island of Suðuroy.
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NewsFinland’s Aurora Studios Group appoints Teea Hyytiä as CEO (exclusive)
Replaces Petri Kemppinen who has been in the job since summer 2021.
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NewsTrustNordisk adds more sales for ‘The Bastard’ starring Mads Mikkelsen
The film is estimated to be one of Zentropa’s biggest feature films in years with a budget of €8m.
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FeaturesCannes Confidential: Frontieres head Annick Mahnert - "I like to get back to my dog as fast as I can"
Based in Spain, Annick Mahnert is executive director of the Frontieres co-production market.
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FeaturesCannes Confidential: Nicolai Korsgaard - “I bring my own Danish oatmeal”
Nicolai Korsgaard is sales director of Danish international sales company TrustNordisk.
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NewsRamfis Productions readies feature version of ‘Ricky’ with WME (exclusive)
The company’s new feature Ricky, directed by Rashad Frett, is building on the short of the same name that premiered at Sundance 2023.
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NewsTruenorth launches Icelandic talent agency (exclusive)
One of the first clients is Rúnar Ingi Einarsson of company Norður, who is in Cannes as producer of Intrusion (Fár).
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NewsTrustNordisk unveils ‘Back To Reality’ (exclusive)
Project to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
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NewsNonStop goes on 20-film buying spree (exclusive)
The titles include Zarrar Kahn’s Directors’ Fortnight selection In Flames.
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FeaturesBehind the Nordic genre boom: “People have woken up to the international demand for this content”
Screen explores the global attraction of Scandi scarefests and what’s coming next.