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FIVE FILMS NOMINATED FOR NORDIC COUNCIL FILM PRIZE 2010
24.08.2010
PRESS RELEASE: Oslo - Five outstanding and very different Nordic films one from each of the Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are candidates for the coveted NORDIC COUNCIL FILM PRIZE 2010. The nomiated directors are Thomas Vinterberg, Dagur Kári, Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen, Sara Johnsen and Tarik Saleh.
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Unseen Lars von Trier In Nordic Short Films Collectors DVD
27.08.2010
Dimension, an unfinished work of 27 minutes by Lars von Trier never shown before, is one of the film jewels included in the Nordic Short Films collectors DVD, attached to the latest publications of the Nordic magazines Ekko in Denmark, Episodii in Finland, Rushprint in Norway, and Flm in Sweden. The DVD and Special Nordic issues coincide with the announcement of the 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize nominees. The initiative was supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond and the Nordic Culture Fund.
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Susanne Bier Speaks About Her Better World
27.08.2010
Susanne Bier's In a Better World starring Ulrich Thomsen, Mikael Persbrandt, and Trine Dyrholm was launched yesterday by Nordisk Film on 81 Danish screens. The popular Danish director spoke to us about her latest drama produced by Zentropa with support from Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
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Upperdog Takes The Upper Hand At Amandas
27.08.2010
Sara Johnsen's Upperdog was the biggest winner of the 2010 Amanda Awards held last Friday evening in Haugesund, Norway, with five statuettes including Best Norwegian Film and Best Direction. The Friland Film production was supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
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Seven TV Festival Awards To DFI Public Service Fund
27.08.2010
Seven of the 28 awards given out last weekend during the annual TV Festivalen awards in Copenhagen, went to programmes supported by the Danish Film Institute's Public Service Fund. Those include the innovative drama documentary series De 7 drab, (photo) biggest winner of the evening with five awards, as well as the fiction series supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Lærkevej, voted Best Long TV Drama, and The Left Wing Gang (Blekingegade), Best Cinematography (Fiction).
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Nordisk Film & TV Fond - Power to the Pixel Join Forces in New Collaboration
20.08.2010
Press release: New Power to Cross Media Content For Kids. The Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) has a proud tradition of producing high quality film and TV programs for children. However content is no longer only consumed in cinemas and on TV screens. Mobile phones, game consoles and online platforms are new arenas for storytelling. Nordic production companies now have a unique chance to enter the scene.
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MMG Merger With Turner Creates New Nordic Giant
20.08.2010
A new Nordic Media giant is born with the acquisition by Time Warner subsidiary Turner Broadcasting Europe of Scandinavian Millennium Media Group (MMG). The new power player will be majority-based in Stockholm, under the aegis of MMG founding partners CG Anderson and Ignas Scheynius.
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Zentropa Hire Vinca Wiedemann To Polish Creative Output
20.08.2010
Danish producer Vinca Wiedemann* (photo) has joined Zentropa to work on the company's single film and television projects and its overall artistic profile.
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Fresh Wind Of Creativity Blow On Swedish Autumn Collection
20.08.2010
A mix of freshness and nostalgic scents dominates the new collection of 20 Swedish films having their theatrical premiere between August and December. Most directors - from Johan Kling (photo), Kristian Petri to Pernilla August - were on hand last Monday at the Swedish Film Institute to present their works to the local press.
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US Distributor WWMPC Picks Up Applause
20.08.2010
Adding to a rising list of US distributors eyeing on Nordic talents, World Wide Motion Pictures Corporations (WWMPC) has announced the acquisition for US distribution of the critically-acclaimed Danish film Applause, supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
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Haugesund Fest Creates Nordic Focus
13.08.2010
For the first time in 38 years, the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway (August 18-26) will launch a ‘Nordic Focus' that will allow members of the audience and media to discover a large selection of Nordic films, until now reserved to professionals attending the New Nordic Films market.
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Top Buyers Fly To Haugesund New Nordic Films
13.08.2010
Over 300 participants are expected at the 15th New Nordic Films market and Co-production Forum in Haugesund, Norway (August 18-21), including heavyweight buyers from US companies Fox Searchlight and The Weinstein Company.
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Nordisk Hire Grarup To Boost Major Nordic Projects
13.08.2010
Nordisk Film, owned by Scandinavian media giant Egmont Group, has recruited DR's former Media Director Lars Grarup (photo) as its new Development Director. His main task is to assist Nordisk Film's inside production department and nine partner production companies in sharpening their strategic development of strong Nordic films with an international potential.
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Folkets Bio Support Nordic Releases With Creative Campaigns
13.08.2010
Thanks to its chain of 15 arthouse cinemas, the ‘biggest of the smallest distributors' in Sweden uses its venues as special meeting places and plays with the programming of its films. The current release of the Swedish documentary The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González produced by Plattform and the upcoming ‘Yksi, Kaksi, Filmi' Finnish film days (August 19-21) at Stockholm's Sture cinema are examples of Folkets Bio's creative distribution strategies.
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Former Nordic Talents Winner Speaks About Her First Feature
13.08.2010
Finnish filmmaker Marja Pyykkö (photo) won a Special Mention at Nordic Talents 2008 for the pitch of her debut feature Run Sister Run. Solar Films immediately came on board to produce the film. The coming of age story about a 15 year-old girl opens this Friday on Finnish screens via Nordisk Film. A few days before the delivery of her first feature (and of her second baby) Pyykkö spoke to us.
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