With a rich programme of premieres, panels, and pitches, the gathering signals Greenlandic cinema’s growth ahead of the 2026 launch of the local film institute.
A richly fulfilling programme was the general appraisal regarding the 2025 Venice Film Festival, with a lean but well-received Nordic participation. Not to mention all the big-name acting talent, spectacularly omnipresent.
When making The Helsinki Effect, director Arthur Franck learned how funny world leaders can be behind closed doors and how slow diplomacy turns into the strongest weapon.
The proposed budget cut risks shrinking domestic production to just 8–10 features a year, wiping out 200-300 jobs and shutting dozens of small-town cinemas in Finland.
Four active decades, 60 credits, six box office-topping features, scripts for Oscar-winning films, an Oscar of his own, and a lifetime achievement award. Is this Danish cinema dynamo finally ready to conquer the world?
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.
Stórá says being stuck on Faroe Islands is an equivalent to teenage angst. In The Last Paradise on Earth however, he focuses more on what we have than what we long for.
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 head of the International Sámi Film Institute talks about boosting indigenous filmmaking through smart collaborations with Netflix, Disney, NRK, Telefilm Canada and more - and she reveals what’s next for Sámi filmmakers.