All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 64
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NewsSquareOne hops to Australian thriller 'Rabbit'
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Shanahan’s feature debut, starring Mad Max: Fury Road’s Abbey Lee, follows a medical student who is haunted by visions of her identical twin’s violent abduction.
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NewsTrustNordisk's 'Last King' takes French crown
EXCLUSIVE: Metropolitan Filmexport takes historical drama from TrustNordisk.
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NewsDevort picks up Swedish young-adult film 'The Circle'
Levan Akin’s fantasy drama is based on Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Mats Strandbergand’s best-selling trilogy of novels.
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NewsLevelK bites into 'The Incredible Story Of The Giant Pear'
EXCLUSIVE: Animation veterans Phillip Lipsky and Jorgen Lerdam co-direct the adaptation of popular children’s book.
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NewsOscar Pistorius documentary in the blocks
EXCLUSIVE: Vaughan Sivell to follow Mr Calzaghe with new feature doc for Western Edge Pictures.
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NewsNajafi flies with Svensk’s 'Horizon Line'
Babak Najafi will direct the thriller for Nordic studio Svensk Filmindustri.
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FeaturesThomas Vinterberg on how his unusual childhood inspired 'The Commune'
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Thomas Vinterberg tells Wendy Mitchell about drawing on his childhood for his most personal film yet, The Commune, which reunites him with the stars of Festen and is screening in Competition at Berlin
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NewsGoteborg: Welcome To Norway! creates buzz as Nordic talents line up next films
Catch up with the key news and projects from the Goteborg Film Festival and Nordic Film Market.
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NewsGoteborg Works In Progress find suitors
Celluloid Dreams handles Valley of Shadows; Media Luna boards Little Wing; Indie Sales represents The Giant.
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News'Land Of Mine' wins in Goteborg
Danish landmine drama continues winning streak with $118,000 award; doc winner is Don Juan and audience prizes go to Welcome To Norway! and The Second Mother.
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NewsGoteborg Lab pitches showcase global ambitions
Buzzy pitches from rising Nordic talents include Iranian serial killer story and documentary about con man Waleed Ahmed [pictured], once described as the Mark Zuckerberg of Norway.
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News‘Measureable change’ on diversity within five years, Goteborg report
Goteborg Film Festival’s Nostradamus Project report predicts that audiences will rebel against content that doesn’t reflect diversity.
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NewsGoteborg briefs: As It Is winner, Colliander joins SFI
A roundup of Nordic news from the Goteborg Film Festival and Nordic Film Market.
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NewsPolly Williams: UK needs more character-driven drama
Speaking at Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference, the head of the new eOne and Creative England Drama Venture also said she’s open to working with European partners.
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NewsAnna Higgs named creative director of NOWNESS
EXCLUSIVE: Former Film4 commissioner joins video platform that is a partnership between LVMH and Dazed.
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NewsLevelK boards Australian thriller 'Rabbit'
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Shanahan’s psychological thriller will start shooting in May with a cast including Mad Max: Fury Road’s Abbey Lee.
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FeaturesMads Matthiesen, Denmark's next top 'Model'
Mads Matthiesen made a splash with his 2012 debut Teddy Bear. The Danish director talks to Wendy Mitchell about his English-language follow-up, The Model, which screens at Goteborg and Rotterdam.
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NewsGoteborg reveals next wave of Nordic hits
Nordic Film Market includes debut films by Force Majeure actress, the screenwriter of A Royal Affair and director of viral hit Las Palmas; CAA, UTA and ICM agents among attending industry.
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NewsSwedish box office up 10% in 2015
Total box office hit $210m in 2015, but the market share of local films dropped 5.2%.