Ólafsdóttir and Magnúsdóttir discuss fictionalising Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s path to becoming the world’s first democratically elected head of state, and the lesser-known challenges they uncovered in their research.
Occupying a crucial slot in the awards calendar, the Californian event bridges discovery and campaign strategy, with Nordic cinema firmly in the spotlight this year across prizes and programme density.
In most Nordic countries, the national market share was well up. On the flip side, overall admissions remained largely stagnant. Several US films performed less impressively than expected, denting expected box office returns.
Writing suspense series comes natural to Topsøe, who wants her audience to stay hyper-alert. Secrets We Keep was inspired by personal experiences from the au pair system, which she today sees as political.
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.
The Swedish writer-director works with Nick Cave on her new TV project The Death of Bunny Munro, while also handwriting the script for the first of the new Dogma 25 films, Mr. Nawashi.
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.