The film about aging, love and memory stars the legendary actors Ghita Nørby and Sven Wollter who will attend the festival alongside Noer. TrustNordisk handles world sales. A second film backed by the Fund is competing for Best Nordic Film: My Skinny Sister, the directorial debut of Swedish director Sanna Lenken, also selected for Berlin’s Generation KPlus sidebar. Other Nordic contenders are Denmark’s In Your Arms by Samaou Acheche Sahlstrøm, Norway’s Sundance selected Homesick by Anne Sewitsky, Women in Oversized Men’s Shirts by Yngvild Sve Flikke, Sweden’s Underdog by Ronnie Sandahl, Finland’s They Have Escaped by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää and Iceland’s Paris of the North by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson.
In the documentary competition section, four out of eight films running for Best Nordic Documentary film are backed by the Fund, Those are The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer, Democrats by Camilla Nielsson, Pixadores by Amir Escandari and Every Face has a Name by Magnus Gertten.
Top Nordic directors/actors expected in Göteborg include Bille August, Bent Hamer, Hans Petter Moland, Liv Ullmann, and Noomi Rapace. The Finnish film and biopic about Marimekko founder Armi Alive! directed by Jörn Donner will close the festival on February 2, 2014.
The industry events New Nordic Films and TV Drama Vision unfold January 29-February 1. For further information check www.giff.se