Davide Abbatescianni
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Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ Drives Arthouse Success From Taiwan to Romania as Distributors Reveal Nordic Playbook (opens the original)
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Hlynur Pálmason’s 'The Love That Remains' offered a contrasting case study as distributors at Haugesund unpacked what makes Nordic cinema travel — and what doesn’t Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “Sentimental Value,” starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning, is providing independent distributors with a potent case study in how Nordic arthouse cinema can still break through internationally — when festival heat is matched with intensely local marketing. At a Europa Dist
‘The Bothersome Man’ Director Jens Lien Tackles Automation Anxiety in ‘Joe’s Assignment’ (EXCLUSIVE) (opens the original)
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Starring 'Lilyhammer's' Trond Fausa Aurvåg, the Norway-Greece co-production is slated to complete post-production in October Jens Lien, the Norwegian filmmaker behind cult dystopian comedy “The Bothersome Man” and HBO Nordic sci-fi satire “Beforeigners,” is returning to speculative territory with “Joe’s Assignment,” a near-future comedy starring Lilyhammer’s Trond Fausa Aurvåg and turning on work, automation and what happens when society no longer needs people to do very much at all. The Norway-
‘Ibelin,’ From ‘The Imitation Game’ Director Morten Tyldum, Becomes a Star Case Study at Haugesund (opens the original)
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Turning on Norwegian gamer Mats Steen, the drama focused much of discussions at a Haugesund New Nordic Films roundtable on why French and Nordic producers increasingly find common ground — and where the financing still gets messy Starring Stephen Graham, Toni Collette, Bill Nighy and Charlie Plummer, “Ibelin,” from “The Imitation Game” director Morten Tyldum, loomed large over a French-Nordic producers’ roundtable held today at New Nordic Films in Haugesund. The project became a striking case st
Motherhood Horror Film ‘Vagina Dentata,’ ‘From The Eclipse’ Director Nataša Urban, Boarded by Romanian Partner Manifest Film (EXCLUSIVE) (opens the original)
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Closed ahead of a Haugesund Pitch, ‘Vagina Dentata’ has also signed up Dana Bunescu, editor of ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’ “Vagina Dentata,” the new film from Norwegian filmmaker Nataša Urban, whose “The Eclipse” won top honors at CPH:DOX in 2022, has been boarded by Manifest Film. The Romanian outfit will co-produce “Vagina Dentata,” a genre-bending exploration of motherhood and postnatal depression that will be pitched at this week’s Nordic Co-Production Market in Haugesund. Produced by Ing
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