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Jorn Rossing Jensen


1730 articles available in total starting from 26/05/2011. Last article published on 05/02/2020.

Norway's Company Orheim scoops Göteborg’s wealthy Dragon

Prior to its local premiere on March 2, Norwegian director Arild Andresen’s second feature, Company Orheim, received the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Feature at the Göteborg International Film...  

06/02/2012 | Festivals | Sweden

Melancholia makes statement without von Trier in sweeping Denmark’s Roberts

The man who wasn’t there was the man in focus, when the Danish Film Academy last night (February 5) awarded its Robert prizes at Copenhagen’s Cirkusbygningen. Already bestowed by the European Film...  

06/02/2012 | Awards | Denmark

23-year-old newcomer to star in first Norwegian crack at Hamsun’s Victoria

With little acting experience, but a bachelor’s degree in special pedagogy, Norwegian 23-year-old newcomer Iben M Akerlie (pictured) will star in Victoria, the first film with Norwegian dialogue...  

06/02/2012 | Production | Norway

Millennium days are over but admissions were up, local market share 19.8% in 2011

Last year Swedish cinema admissions totalled 16.4 million, with Swedish productions controlling 19.8% of the market. While attendance was 3.7% up on 2010, domestic market share was slightly down...  

03/02/2012 | Admissions | Sweden

Bier to replace Aronofsky on Serena

Danish director Susanne Bier, whose In a Better World (2010) scooped the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Feature before wining her the Best Director trophy at the European...  

03/02/2012 | People | Denmark

After Trier’s Oslo, August 31st date, nothing is Louder than Bombs

After Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st last week (January 29) took two top prizes at the French Premier Plans Film Festival at Angers (Best Film, Best Actor Anders Danielsen Lie) – and the film...  

02/02/2012 | Production | Norway

Swedish Film Institute backs veteran directors Andersson and Hallström

Two Swedish veteran directors relieved the Swedish Film Institute of almost a month’s production funding, as Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence and Lasse Hallström...  

02/02/2012 | Production | Sweden

After cuts and retouches, Lilyhammer sweeps Norwegian TV audiences

The Norwegian TV mobster drama Lilyhammer (pictured), starring Italian-American actor Stevie Van Zandt of The Sopranos fame, took Norwegian audiences by storm when a re-edited version was aired by...  

01/02/2012 | Television | Norway

New Swedish film agreement between state and industry: Too little money

Although the new Swedish three-year agreement between the government and the film industry will pour an additional €3.4 million into the support system, the budget is far from sufficient, says...  

01/02/2012 | Industry | Sweden

Up and rolling, the Göteborg fest wants Dance Music Now

Depicting a neurotic singer who fails to deliver, capsizing an entire studio session, Swedish director Johan Jonason’s Dance Music Now (pictured) collected the €117,000 Startsladden Prize for Best...  

31/01/2012 | Festivals | Sweden

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