Madrid Launches Co-prod Meeting
MADRID — The first edition of Spain’s film co-production meeting Ventana del Cine Madrileño, which runs Feb. 12-14, will focus on the joint search for business opportunities by Madrid-based producers…
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Goteborg’s Nordic Film Lab and Work-In-Progress Showcase Emerging Talent
GOTEBORG, Sweden– “Happy People,” the sophomore project of Samanou A. Sahlstrom, whose debut “In Your Arms” won Goteborg’s jury prize and Dragon nod for best film, was one of the highlights of…
Iceland's Zik Zak, France's Arizona Prep 'The Tree' (EXCLUSIVE)
Iceland's Zik Zak Fireworks and France's Arizona Productions are teaming to produce "The Tree," a partial change of direction for Iceland's Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson whose first two features – …
Goteborg Draws Spotlight on Booming Norwegian Film Biz
GOTEBORG, Sweden– Norway will be well repped at the upcoming Academy Awards with local helmer Morten Tyldum’s “The Imitation Game” competing for eight Oscar nods. Meanwhile, back in Scandinavia, the…
Goteborg Bows With Michael Noer’s ‘Key House Mirror’
The 38th edition of the Goteborg Film Festival is set to bow Jan. 23 with Michael Noer’s “Key House Mirror,” one of the eight Nordic movies competing for a Dragon Award. “Key House Mirror” stars…
TrustNordisk Sells ‘Here is Harnold’ to Multiple Territories
PARIS– TrustNordisk has sold Gunnar Vikene’s comedy “Here is Harnold,” to multiple territories. The Scandi giant presented a 3-minute promo at Cannes and sold the film to Germany (NFP), Japan…
Swedish Film Institute Backs ‘Flocking,’ ‘False Witness’
Swedish helmer Beata Gardeler, who earned a Guldbagge award nomination and the Novella Film nod at Goteborg Intl. film festival for her debut “In Your Veins,” is on board to direct her sophomore…
Jonas Holmberg Tapped Artistic Director of Goteborg Intl. Film Festival
PARIS– Jonas Holmberg has been tapped artistic director of Goteborg Film Festival, succeeding to Marit Kapla. A movie critic who founded the film mag FLM, Holmberg joined the festival in 2012 and…
Iram Haq, Elisabeth Kvithyll and Annika Rogell Present New Projects in Nordic Film Lab
Created in 2008 at Goteborg Film Festival, Nordic Film Lab is a forum for talented filmmakers at the starting point of their career. Producers, scribes and helmers from Denmark, Norway and Sweden get…
'A 'Fanny and Alexander' on speed': Swedish cult adaptation in progress
Mikael Marcimain's $15 million-budgeted period piece "Gentlemen," produced by B-Reel and repped by Wild Bunch, is one of Sweden's most ambitious projects to date. After local distributor Svensk…
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