WRITTEN BY: Annika Pham
Experienced directors dominate this year’s 18 Works in Progress at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market (February 1-5).
Experienced directors dominate this year’s 18 Works in Progress at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market (February 1-5).
The Square by Ruben Östlund and Borg by Janus Metz are two of the most high-profile projects in post-production that will be pitched at Göteborg’s annual Nordic market and networking place. Both films have been pre-sold to a handful of territories by their respective sales agents The Co-production Office and SF Studios International.
Another six out of 18 works in progress have sales agent attached. “We try to select the best projects, including many still looking for world representation, to make it worthwhile for the 25 sales companies in attendance,” said Head of Industry Cia Edström.
Trust Nordisk is representing three projects:
LevelK has two projects:
Beta Cinema is representing The Unknown Soldier by Aku Louhimies (Naked Harbour), an epic WW2 drama based on the international best-selling novel by Väinö Linna.
Other titles still available for world distribution are:
Seventeen recent Nordic films will screen at Nordic Film Market, including Tom of Finland by Dome Karukoski and Handle with Care by Arild Andresen, both competing for Göteborg’s Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film.
Edström stresses three Swedish films by new promising directors still looking for sales agents:
More than 300 international delegates are expected at the Göteborg Film Festival’s industry sidebar, including a record number of buyers (82), also attracted by Nordic Film Market’s TV Drama Vision.
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