Fantasy, science fiction, animation and horror, both good and bad, but never dreadful, are all on the menu as the first and oldest Nordic fantastic film festival presents its 32nd edition.
Sune Thomsen, Cinema Director of Gentofte Kino, discusses the necessity of premium branding, technical curation, and how Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey demonstrated the box office power of event-status cinema.
In the National Budget for 2027, the Norwegian Government proposes to increase the Film Fund’s budget with 47 million NOK, as part of a total increase in funding for the sector by almost 75 million NOK.
The Icelandic festival’s Arctic Script Lab pairs close creative mentoring with Industry Days that connect local projects to Nordic and international partners.
Finnish cinematographer explains to Nordisk Film & TV Fond how his awarded project GaussianScout will make today’s big-budget technology accessible for smaller productions.
Top financing of 15 productions: from police series to films about shitballs in the sea, a reinvented Peer Gynt, and the Tooth Fairy, as well as a documentary of Pippi Longstocking, told by the people who have portrayed her around the world.
Top financing of 15 productions: from police series to films about shitballs in the sea, a reinvented Peer Gynt, and the Tooth Fairy, as well as a documentary of Pippi Longstocking, told by the people who have portrayed her around the world.
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Last grants before summer include productions based on both true events and myths, and fictional explorations of cultural icons H.C. Andersen and Ingmar Bergman.
This year’s two Nordic Talents prize projects turn intimate experiences into bold stories about identity, growing up, belonging and the search for direction.
Half of the films that received support for distribution to other Nordic countries in Q1 are aimed at children and youth, as well as two of the eleven top financed productions.
Danish writer/director May el-Toukhy’s new film Woman Unknown, premiering in Venice Competition, looks at the aftermath of World War 2 by exploring women’s stories usually erased from history books.
Veteran Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe explains why he had to wait 25 years to make Beloved, based on Nobel-winning author Jon Fosse’s only original screenplay.
As Annecy kicks off, the internationally awarded Hambäck and Reiersen discuss why human creativity, and bold and playful stories, will help the animation industry continue thriving in the age of AI.
Danish auteur Refn says he’s a modern-day Hans Christian Andersen, inspired by the globe, but shooting his new film Her Private Hell in Copenhagen; Norway’s Ulven moves from music to acting in Low Expectations.
The Danish Oscar nominee explores complex family and farming dynamics in his first TV show, Harvest, and convinced his starry cast to drive tractors for authenticity.
The Swedish filmmaker spent seven years exploring ideas in A Sweetness From Nowhere, now premiering at CPH:DOX. She calls it a nerve-racking process that envelops everything from disco jellyfish to footage she shot for an abandoned sci-fi film.
After her global hit Hatching, the Finnish writer/director comes to Berlinale Competition with her English-language debut, Nightborn, offering a twisted take on parenthood.
The Oscar nominated co-writer of Sentimental Value describes his collaborative writing process with Joachim Trier; and how he’s writing a new script to “mix Bergman and Hitchcock.”
This successful Faroese producer is now collaborating on Tea Lindeburg’s The Seal Woman as well as fostering local talents and servicing big Hollywood shoots.