Nordic Talents - Full Schedule - Participants And Producer's Pitch Projects

Nordic Talents is set for September 6 to 8 in Copenhagen. See the full list of participants and those participating in the Producer's Pitch taking place Friday September 7 between 20.30 and 22.00 and schedule for the full programme.

Scroll down page for details on participants, projects being pitched and timings for various events.

FULL PROGRAM

Thursday 6. Sep. The Danish Film Institute
19.00-21.00 Opening Reception
Registration and refreshments


Friday 7. Sep. The National Film School of Denmark
08.45-09.30 Registration, coffee, tea and croissants
09.30-10.00 Kiosk
10.00-10.30 As a Family
10.30-11.00 Che & I
11.00-11.45 June
11.45-12.00 Break
12.00-12.30 Misty Mountain
12.35-12.55 Always Decent
12.55-13.15 Flat Mates
13.15-14.15 Lunch
14.15-14.45 Mr. P
14.45-15.15 World's End
15.20-15.50 There was a War
15.50-16.20 Break
16.20-17.50 Pitch 1
Kommer stærk
Afrika ugen
Black's Turn
The Inheritance
The De Villes
De lever side om side
17.50-18.00 Break
18.00-18.30 Love
18.30-19.00 I as in We
19.00-19.30 Julie - Day and Night
19.30-20.30 Light Dinner
20.30-22.00 Producer Pitch
22.00-23.00 The bar is open
23.00 Bus to City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen)


Saturday 8. Sep. The National Film School of Denmark
09.00-09.30 Coffee, tea and croissants
09.30-10.00 Stuck
10.00-10.45 Crush
10.50-11.20 Endless Dead Ends
11.20-11.55 Quid Pro Quo
11.55-12.30 Paragraph 15
12.30-12.55 God's Teeth
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Pitch 2
Mamma og cykelturen
Who's Afraid of Virginia Dentata?
A Bedtime Story
Træfpunkt
Ribe
Drømmefabrikken
15.30-16.00 Break
16.00-16.25 Trinity
16.25-17.20 Alone, Together
17.20-17.40 Håkan Mild's Last Days on the Field
17.40-17.50 Break
17.50-18.20 The French Riviera
18.20-18.50 The Fabulous Amazing Knicker Kittens Burlesque Revue
18.50-19.20 One Day
19.20-19.50 Pitch Prize; And the winner is...
19.50-22.45 Gala Dinner
23.00 Bus to City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen)

PROGRAM/PITCHES NORDIC TALENTS

Pitch 1 Friday 7. September 16:20 - 17:50

KOMMER STÆRKT FEATURE FILM / YOUTH COMEDY
Director Parminder Singh (As a Family)
Producer Astrid Hytten (As a Family)
Scriptwriter Bo Mikkelsen
Kash (23) a Pakistani-Danish medical student is torn between admitting his relationship to Danish Christina or following the wish of his family and settle for an arranged marriage. After a wild tour trying to find his brother who has disappeared, Kash is finally ready to make his decision.


AFRIKA UGEN FEATURE FILM / CHILDREN
Director Morten B. Halvorsen (Che & I)
Producer Lea J. Christensen (Endless Dead Ends, Mr. P)Scriptwriter Anna Bro
Class 5a is learning about Africa. Sofie, who is new in class, soon discovers how suppression works and how allies can change side in a second. But she also discovers an urge to fight injustice. A film about outsiders and solidarity.


BLACK'S TURN FEATURE FILM / DRAMA
Director Óskar Thór Axelsson (Misty Mountain)
Producers Thór Sigurjónsson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Addi Knútsson
Scriptwriter Óskar Thór Axelsson
In the mid to late nineties, drug use multiplied in Reykjavik and illegal profits followed suit. It was the birth of the organized crime that prevails in Iceland today. Black´s Turn reveals what happened.


THE INHERITANCE
Director Katja Pällijeff (Always Decent)
Producer Markku Niska
Scriptwriter Katja Pällijeff
A film about division of property and the emotional values we give to objects and about family relations as such. We follow 2-4 occasions of the distribution of the inheritance, the heirs relationship to the inherited property and to each other's; Who gets what share and why involves potential conflict.


THE DE VILLES
Director Nicole Nielsen Horanyi (Mr. P)
The De Villes is the story about the American couple Kitten and Shawn De Ville who lives in a self-made 1950'ies time bubble in contemporary LA. 38-year-old Kitten makes her living as a burlesque stripper and pin-up model and Shawn is a true rockabilly - and they live their retro-life to the fullest.


DE LEVER SIDE OM SIDE
Director Christian Sønderby Jepsen (There was a War)
Producer Timothy Charles Ellis
Scriptwriter Christian Sønderby Jepsen
They live in a small village, they are neighbours, but they don't talk to each other. Carpenter Poul Jepsen and farmer Frost had a fight 15 years ago and they have very different opinions of what happened back then. In this bittersweet humorous film they finally meet and talk.


Pitch 2 Saturday 8. September 14:00 - 15:30

MAMMA OG CYKELTUREN
Director Olavi Linna (Stuck)
Producer Jesper Jack
Scriptwriter Olavi Linna
What does it take for a man who is 40 years of age - still living with his mother in the small hometown and having biked the equivalent of 6 times around equator on his exercise bike - to move away from home? And what does he find 72.000 kilometres inside his own living room?


WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA DENTATA? FEATURE FILM / YOUTH FANTASY COMEDY
Director David Adam (Crush)
Producer Astrid Hytten (As a Family)
Scriptwriters Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen (Crush), David Adam (Crush)
Virginia (16) is a lesbian vampire, who is being bullied in school, and just dreams about being normal. She falls in love with the vicar's daughter, Eva and when Virginias rebellious sister, Christilla finds out hell breaks loose.


A BEDTIME STORY FEATURE FILM / THRILLER
Scriptwriter Anders Frithiof August (Endless Dead Ends)
In a dark, gritty and frightening Copenhagen, Tom, a cynical and ruthless police officer, tries to solve several murders committed by a diabolical serial killer. To do so, Tom must win the trust of a scared little boy, turned orphan as a result of the murders.


TRÆFPUNKT FEATURE FILM / DRAMA
Director Nønne K. Rosenring (Quid Pro Quo)
Producer Christian Rank
Scriptwriter Nønne K. Rosenring
Træfpunkt is a tragic comical ensemble story about 3 people; Jens, a lifestyle coach searching for his own identity - Rikke, a school teacher with no authority and self-esteem and Helge, a schizophrenic writer with a writing block. They are all calling Træfpunkt, an anonymous phone line, for help.


RIBE FEATURE FILM / DRAMA
Director Mirza Ekinovic (Paragraph 15)
Producer Anders Toft Andersen (Paragraph 15)
Scriptwriter Jannik Tai Mosholt (Paragraph 15)
Ribe is a film about injustice. A 7-year-old girl, placed in a refugee centre in the oldest Danish town Ribe, is raped and severely hurt by a mentally deranged man. The centre is on the verge of a riot but strong powers are fighting back. The film is based on a true story.


DRØMMEFABRIKKEN
Director Nicole Nielsen Horanyi (Mr. P)
Producer Astrid Hytten (As a Family)
Drømmefabrikken is the story about a Cuban boxing school. Hundreds of talented boys are being trained here to become the next world champion. The boys live a tough physical and highly disciplinary life dreaming about being able to economically secure their families and bringing honour to Cuba - their country.


OTHER DETAILS 

ADDRESSES
National Film School of Denmark
Theodor Christensens Plads 1 Holmen, 1437 Cph K
The Danish Film Institute
Gothersgade 55, 1123 Cph K

Moderator
Jørgen Ramskov (CEO, Nimbus Film, Denmark)

Jury
Ditte Christiansen (Co-producer, DR Drama, Denmark)
Ulla Simonen (Consultant, Avek, Finland)
Ivar Køhn (Consultant, Norwegian Film Fund, Norway)
Petter Gustafsson (Consultant, Swedish Film Fund, Sweden)
Runar Gunnarson (Program Consultant, RUV, Iceland)

All directors' graduation films will be screened before relevant pitch.

Each pitch is 5 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions from
moderator and jury.

The Jury will select the best project. Saturday at 19:20, the Nordic Talents

Pitch Award will be announced (NOK. 250.000). If the jury wishes to do so a Special Mention Award (NOK. 50.000) will also be announced. The Prizes are given as a development support according to Nordisk Film & TV Fonds guidelines.