WRITTEN BY: Annika Pham
More than 120 buyers/festival programmers attended the annual Nordic mini market.
More than 120 buyers/festival programmers attended the annual Nordic mini market.
Michael Noer, Björn Stein/Måns Mårlind’s ventures into new genres and the second films by Peter Grönlund and Selma Vilhunen were popular WIP pitches.
Viewed as a practical venue for them to get a head start on discussions prior to Berlin’s busy European Film market two French buyers said: “Once again Nordic films have shown a high production value and interesting and daring themes”.
Among the 17 works in progress, the romantic film Swoon by directing duo Björn Stein and Måns Mårlind was just picked up by Russia and South Korea.
One of the hottest films among the 23 titles screening at the market was Gustav Möller’s striking debut The Guilty, acquired by Magnolia Pictures after the film’s successful world premiere in Sundance. The one-setting one-character drama just added the Rotterdam Audience award and Youth Jury award to Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. Another popular film was Gabriela Pichler’s festival opener Amateurs, winner of the top Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film.
Here under is an overview of the WIP pitched in Göteborg: