After the Viking conquest at July’s Cannes Festival, where Norway (“The Worst Person in the World”), Finland (“Compartment No. 6”) and Iceland (“Lamb”) collected kudos, more than 60 possible gems f…
After the Viking conquest at July’s Cannes Festival, where Norway , Finland and Iceland collected kudos, more than 60 possible gems from the North are to be unveiled at the hybrid marketScandinavia’s major film showcase, New Nordic Films runs parallel to Haugesund’s Norwegian Intl. Film Festival, which takes place Aug. 21-27.“Compartment No. 6”, a Grand Jury Prize co-winner in Cannes, is set to kick-start the annual event and lead the pack of 24-plus finished titles.
Commercially-oriented titles to be pitched by their respective filmmakers and/or producers include Erik Poppe’s take on Vilhelm Moberg’s classic “The Emigrants,” Aku Louhimies’ actioner “Omerta ½,” both repped by REinvent International Sales, as well as Tuva Novotny’s “Diorama,” in which the actor-turned director questions togetherness and monogamy. Headlining the cast of the Nordisk Film production is Pia Tjelta, crowned best actress at San Sebastian 2018 for Novotny’s “Blind Spot.
Other projects to watch out for include “The Good Driver,” the fiction debut of award-winning Finnish-Bulgarian doc specialist Tonislav Hristov. The thematic sequel to the director’s Sundance-nominated doc “The Good Postman,” produced by Making Movies is still open for sales, as most works in progress.
Quizzed about trends, Myklebust says “projects are perhaps smaller in scope, and many tackle existential issues or relationships, possibly due to COVID-19.”
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