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332 articles available in total starting from 15/03/2018. Last article published on 17/11/2025.

Gyda Velvin Myklebust • Programme director, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

Interview: Gyda Velvin Myklebust • Programme director, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

“This year, I felt we returned to focusing on an actual festival and a film market”

The programme director of New Nordic Films assesses the 2021 edition and discusses the current state of Nordic cinema  

31/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021 | New Nordic Films

Charlotte Sieling • Director of Margrete – Queen of the North

Interview: Charlotte Sieling • Director of Margrete – Queen of the North

“Don’t mention the ending when you write about our film, ever. It should be treated as a crime mystery – ‘The Mystery of False Olof’”

The Danish director discusses her film about the monarch that ruled Scandinavia  

30/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021

Swan Song, The Man Who Sold His Skin and CODA win awards at Haugesund

Swan Song, The Man Who Sold His Skin and CODA win awards at Haugesund

The festival prizes were given out on Thursday night, reflecting a whole spectrum of critic, audience and ecumenical preferences, and more  

27/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021 | Awards

Flee, Any Day Now, Alma, Tigers and Gunda nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize

Flee, Any Day Now, Alma, Tigers and Gunda nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize

Refugee topics take centre stage among the five strong nominees for the 2021 Nordic Council Film Prize, unveiled in Haugesund today  

24/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021

The Painter and the Thief comes out on top at the 2021 Amandas

The Painter and the Thief comes out on top at the 2021 Amandas

The triple win for Benjamin Ree’s film, with additional gongs for Gunda and Generation Utøya, means a strong year for documentaries at the Norwegian national film awards  

23/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021 | Awards

Haugesund unveils its 2021 festival programme

Haugesund unveils its 2021 festival programme

A-list festival favourites, the Amanda Awards and, at long last, A-ha – it’s all part of plan A at Norway’s biggest film gathering, which boasts a real return to form  

13/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Babi Yar. Context

Interview: Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Babi Yar. Context

“These people were like dust underground and for 80 years, nothing was done about it”

CANNES 2021: The director turns his attention to a dark historical event that Europe has long tried to ignore and forget  

19/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Special Screenings

Review: Memoria

Review: Memoria

CANNES 2021: World-class champion of sensory cinema Apichatpong Weerasethakul is back in fine shape, aided by Tilda Swinton and some highly fructiferous Colombian plant life  

16/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Asghar Farhadi  • Director of A Hero

Interview: Asghar Farhadi • Director of A Hero

“When people say, ‘You’re on TV,’ it means you’re on the side of the government”

CANNES 2021: The Iranian director, quite the hero himself, is back in his home country after his Spanish sojourn Everybody Knows  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Mia Hansen-Løve  • Director of Bergman Island

Interview: Mia Hansen-Løve • Director of Bergman Island

“You’d think his almighty presence would feel very intimidating, but to me it was the opposite”

CANNES 2021: Not just an homage to the mega-auteur of cinema and his mythical home, the French director’s film is also a homecoming of sorts for her  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

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