The director of Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958–1989, Göran Hugo Olsson, who sees documentary as a method rather than a genre, says that working with the documentary gave him an insight in a painful way.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Göteborg Film Festival invite Nordic broadcasters/streamers to submit series to the Nordic Series Script Award and the Creative Courage Award.
Framed by the hum of creative exchange, this year’s edition balanced emerging talent with industry insight, bringing together filmmakers, students, and professionals across the wider Northern European industry.
The Côte d'Azur-based industry gathering will also see the participation of two Nordic execs, TV4’s Niklas Vestberg and TV 2’s Vegard B. Normann, at the BBC Studios Premium Unscripted Formats showcase.
Support for nature and animal-related productions and kids' stories, with titles such as The Whale Mystery, Death of a Horse, The Earth is a Sinful Song, Millie and the Secret of the Crocodile, and the premiere-ready Fleak and A Mouse Hunt for Christmas.
While summing up the last decade, the 2025 anniversary edition also looked into our industry’s future: “We will rather want something that we can feel part of, than something meant to be liked by everyone”.
The Icelandic filmmaker talks about the spontaneous way he works with his children starring in his two latest films, Joan of Arc and The Love That Remains, and how he enjoyed exploring magical realism for the first time.
Sofie Gråbøl talks about punching Mads Mikkelsen in their new film The Last Viking, acting with Donald Sutherland in her first film and experiencing how the grpundbreaking series The Killing changed the international outlook on Denmark.
In this animation special we dive into the current Nordic animation scene in disucssions with the talents behind Fleak and Captain Sabertooth that both opened at Annecy International in June.
In this special Cannes 2025 episode of Nordic Film Talks, we delve into two Cannes world premieres with the writer/director and lead actor of Eagles of the Republic and one of the lead actors of The Love That Remains.
The Icelandic star on combining domestic and international work: his new company ACT4’s first series, Reykjavik Fusion, and his roles in US hit series Severance and Somebody Somewhere.
The Icelandic writer/director talks about moving into TV with The Danish Woman, why he likes headstrong women, and how he tries to pull the carpet from underneath the audience.
The Danish actress discusses her complex characters, like the infamous criminal in Oscar-nominated The Girl With The Needle and a woman recovering from a stroke in Berlinale premiere Beginnings.
As The Ugly Stepsister premieres in Sundance, the ambitious Norwegian debut film’s writer/director and veteran producer discuss financing and adding feminist body horror to the classic Cinderella fairytale.
The director and produce, known for their documentaries, reveal how Jacques Demy and an oil tycoon’s secret bunker inspired their ambitious first fiction feature, The End, a six-country co-production with a budget of about $17m.
The Norwegian film Dawning premieres today in cinemas across the country and will be screened at the Sitges Film Festival in mid-October, one of the world’s leading genre film festivals.