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Norwegian Film Festival Celebrates Local Pics in Global Mix
With a program of 75 films from 25 countries, the 44th Norwegian Intl. Film Festival in Haugesund, which opened Aug. 20, is now filling the cinemas in the West Norwegian town (the Edda multiplex, the...
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Haugesund: Scary Movies Get Showcase From Nordic Genre Boost
Launched last year by the Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fund, which promotes and supports films from the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on an annual $12.2...
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Danish Distributor LevelK Launches Sales of Norwegian Festival Thriller Cave’
Danish international distributor LevelK will start world sales of Norwegian director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s action adventure thriller “Cave” at New Nordic Films, the market of the 44th Norwegian...
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‘The Snowman,’‘Downsizing’ Tap Into Norwegian Film Incentives
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson’s U.K.-U.S. production of “The Snowman,” starring Michael Fassbender, and “Downsizing” from U.S. helmer Alexander Payne directly spent $24 million in Norway during...
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Norwegian Fest Honors Pernilla August as Doc ‘Magnus’ Takes Top Prize
The Norwegian Intl. Film Festival handed out its prizes Aug. 25, with Norwegian director Benjamin Ree’s documentary “Magnus” nabbing the Ray of Sunshine prize from the the Norwegian Exhibitors’ Assn. A...
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Pernilla August Explores Forbidden Love in Drama ‘Serious Game’
Why film a love story from 1912? That’s one of the questions asked by Swedish actress-writer-director Pernilla August when talking about her latest feature, “A Serious Game,” adapted from Hjalmar...
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Animated ‘Stork’ Bows at New Nordic Film Market
A teenage sparrow raised by a stork family and who thinks he is one of them, is the lead character in German directors Toby Genkel and Reza Memari’s “Richard the Stork,” a CGI-animated feature that...
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‘Louder Than Bombs,’‘The Wave’ Take Top Norwegian Film Prizes
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s “Louder than Bombs,” which in 2015 was Norway’s first Cannes Competition entry in 36 years, won four Norwegian national film prizes, dubbed the Amandas, Aug. 26 on...
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As Europe’s summer film festivals restart after taking a year of COVID-prompted pause — the notable exception being Venice — the Cannes Film Festival shift into July has caused an August overload. But...
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