Apart from dynamic pitches and some highly appropriate festivities, the co-financing forum offers a keynote on immersive storytelling and industry sessions “on the edge of the frontier”.
After a streaming-fueled boom, Nordic production companies are cutting permanent staff, pivoting to freelance models amid tighter financing and global pressure.
Full schedules met cautious buying, as tighter budgets and geopolitical uncertainty pushed distributors toward targeted acquisitions and longer negotiations.
Sentimental Value and Mr. Nobody Against Putin bagged an award each at yesterday’s BAFTAs. Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson received an award for Original Score.
As YouTube and AI are surging while the traditional film and TV-industry is in turmoil, new approaches are crucial - but what if big platforms will spread unwanted ideological or cultural bias in the future?
After her global hit Hatching, the Finnish writer/director comes to Berlinale Competition with her English-language debut, Nightborn, offering a twisted take on parenthood.
The Oscar nominated co-writer of Sentimental Value describes his collaborative writing process with Joachim Trier; and how he’s writing a new script to “mix Bergman and Hitchcock.”
This successful Faroese producer is now collaborating on Tea Lindeburg’s The Seal Woman as well as fostering local talents and servicing big Hollywood shoots.
The Swedish writer-director works with Nick Cave on her new TV project The Death of Bunny Munro, while also handwriting the script for the first of the new Dogma 25 films, Mr. Nawashi.
The Icelandic filmmaker talks about the spontaneous way he works with his children starring in his two latest films, Joan of Arc and The Love That Remains, and how he enjoyed exploring magical realism for the first time.
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 Norwegian documentary In Cod We Trust has its world premiere at Thessaloniki International Film Festival today, as well as its Finnish premiere at Tampere Film Festival.