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.
Over the last 20 years, Nordic animated features have been selling all over the world. What are the market challenges today and the strategies to overcome them?
The 36th edition brings 57 short and documentary films from across the Nordic region as well as an extensive industry programme, all playing out September 18-23.
The 25th Copenhagen TV Festival explored current challenges and future opportunities, while broadcasters presented new series and strategies for the coming years with a record Nordic attendance.
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.