Oscar-nominated Danish director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) will be making her return to television with “The Shift,” an emotional series set in a contemporary maternity ward headlin…
”) will be making her return to television with “The Shift,” an emotional series set in a contemporary maternity ward headlined by Danish star Sofie Gråbøl .
Described by Scherfig as “Nordic Light,” “The Shift” follows several characters within a maternity ward at a Danish hospital, lead by Ella , the department head, who is surrounded by new life each day while secretly wishing for her own children; and pediatrician Jerry, whose marriage is falling apart and is hiding it from his religious community.
One of Scandinavia’s most critically acclaimed filmmakers, Scherfig has been leading a successful international career. Her latest film “The Kindness of Strangers,” a New-York set film with Zoe Kazan and Tahar Rahim opened the Berlin Film Festival in 2019; and she previously worked with Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess and Carey Mulligan, the star of her three-time Oscar-nominated film “An Education,” which also won the Audience Award at Sundance.
Anais de Neergaard, Beta’s VP of international sales and acquisitions in Scandinavia, said the company was looking forward to working with talented Scandinavian cast and creators Lone Scherfig, OC Madsen and Søren Balle attached. “With Lone’s new ‘Nordic Light’ approach, ‘The Shift’ will bring the atmosphere and suspense from the Nordic dramas we all fell in love with and add an uplifting, inspirational flair,” she added..
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