News Headlines

Hanne Palmquist -- --
Hanne Palmquist Steps Down As CEO Of Nordisk Film & TV Fond

PRESS RELEASE: Oslo 14.05.2013 - Palmquist (pictured) will join SVT as Commissioning Editor for Drama November 1, 2013. more…

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Nordisk Film & TV Fond Seek New Chief Executive Officer

Position will start October 1, 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Deadline for application is August 1, 2013. more…

Helen Ahlsson --
Tre Vänner, Motlys United In Crime

Two of Scandinavia’s most established production outfits, Sweden’s mainstream-oriented Tre Vänner and the Norwegian quality arthouse specialist Motlys, have agreed to 50/50 produce a film adaptation of Norwegian crime author Karin Fossum’s best-seller The Indian Bride (Elskede Poona). more…

Manuel Chiche --
Only God Forgives - French Distributor's Insight Into Refn

Just five days before the world premiere of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgive in Cannes and the film’s French launch on over 300 screens, French distributor Manuel Chiche, (pictured) Managing Director of the genre and auteur-driven label Wild Side (co-owned by Wild Bunch) tells us about his close relationship with ‘Jang’ that started with Bronson. more…

Markus Selin -- --
Markus Selin Makes New Antti Jokinen Movie

Purge producer Markus Selin (pictured - Solar Films) and director Antti Jokinen are collaborating again on the thriller The Criminal about the Russian mafia. The Finnish mogul will be looking for co-producers in Cannes for the €4 million project. more…

Extras

Joachim Trier Hires Huppert, Eisenberg, Byrne
Cannes 2013: Scandinavian Commissions Share Sessions
Cannes 2013: Nordic Genre Specialists Unite
The Half Brother Voted Best Norwegian TV Drama

Trailer of the week

The Hidden Child

TrustNordisk is premiering at the Cannes market the thriller The Hidden Child based on Camilla Läckberg’s best-selling novel. The film produced by Tre Vänner will premiere in Sweden on June 28, 2013. Click on photo.

The Hidden Child -- -- Foto-Lena-Garnold