The Norwegian feature film Listen Up! received two awards, while the top development prizes for co-productions went to Nordic animations: the Swedish series Puck and the Swedish-Danish film Millie and the Secret of the Crocodile.
Fresh out of the 2024 EAVE Producer’s Workshops, one Dane, one Norwegian and three Swedes share their takeaways from the experience and talk about their current film projects.
Finnish producer Aleksi Bardy is proud of the Nordic elements that Helsinki Filmi could bring to the adaptation of Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book that stars Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie.
The world’s largest gathering celebrating non-fiction will run in the Dutch capital from 14 to 24 November, showcasing a wealth of Nordic co-productions among the different sidebars.
The festival, opening with Sean Baker’s Anora, will showcase 135 films from 50 countries, a new strand dedicated to TV series, the new Nordic Wave-competition and a special “Men in Crisis” spotlight.
The award goes to writer/director Haugerud and the film’s producers Yngve Sæther and Hege Hauff Hvattum. This is the second time Haugerud wins the Film Prize with a Motlys production.
Finnish producer Aleksi Bardy is proud of the Nordic elements that Helsinki Filmi could bring to the adaptation of Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book that stars Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie.
The Danish director has wanted to make a TV series since 1998; he explains why Families Like Ours offered the gravitas he wanted to explore across seven episodes.
The Swedish writer-director wanted to avoid biopic cliches for The Swedish Torpedo and instead find a modern approach to a very feminist story from 1939.
The successful Danish producer talks about the international potential of Sons, what she learned as a Producer on the Move at Cannes 2024, and her new collaborations with Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster.
The Icelandic writer/director, whose film opened Un Certain Regard in Cannes, talks about the beauty in the tragic and how he created his poetic film When The Light Breaks.