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Annika Pham


2542 articles available in total starting from 24/09/2002. Last article published on 21/05/2014.

SFI hires Bengt Toll

The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) has recruited veteran Swedish film professional Bengt Toll to head their Audience Department as of February 2009. He will replace Linda Zachrison, who will be...  

05/11/2008 | Industry | Sweden

Lübeck loves Yngve

Norwegian film The Man Who Loved Yngve by Stian Kristiansen won the NDR Best Feature Film worth €12.500 at the 50th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, which closed on Sunday. The festival jury said of...  

04/11/2008 | Festivals | Germany

Hollywood revisits Troubled Water

Norwegian film Troubled Water by Erik Poppe is to be remade in the US by Hollywood producer Basil Iwanyk (Firewall) and Icelandic/US producer Joni Sighvatsson (Basquiat). Iwanyk optioned rights on...  

03/11/2008 | Production | Norway

Stockholm promotes up-and-coming filmmakers

The Stockholm International Film Festival is launching numerous new directors for its 19th edition (November 20-30). “This year’s programme keeps up the momentum. Out of the 175 films at the...  

31/10/2008 | Festivals | Sweden

Interview: Ruben Östlund • Director

“Bored with Hollywood stories”

Ruben Östlund is hailed as the figurehead of new avant-garde Swedish cinema, from his Göteborg base, far from Stockholm’s film establishment  

30/10/2008

Involuntary

Ruben Östlund's second feature film has grabbed the attention of festivals and critics with its realistic and refreshing look at Swedish society filmed with unconventional techniques  

30/10/2008 | Films | Reviews

Õunpuu shoots St Tony

Veiko Õunpuu, the acclaimed director of Autumn Ball, is back behind the camera with The Temptation of St Tony, produced by Katrin Kissa in Estonia (Homeless Bob), Kristina Aberg in Sweden (Atmo)...  

30/10/2008 | Production | Estonia

Interview: Erik Hemmendorff • Producer

“What is most important is not the story”

With their company Plattform, Erik Hemmendorff and Ruben Östlund are bringing a breath of fresh air into Swedish filmmaking, shifting the focus from the content to the medium itself  

30/10/2008

Fridriksson returns with Mamma Gogo

The Icelandic filmmaker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, nominated for an Oscar for Children of Nature and who has not made a feature film since 2004, is preparing his new project, Mamma Gogo, to be...  

30/10/2008 | Production | Iceland

Niko the reindeer conquers festivals and audiences

The Finnish/Danish/Irish/German co-production Niko & the Way to the Stars is breaking box office records in Finland and last Saturday picked up the Jury and Audience awards at Cinekid in...  

29/10/2008 | Distribution | Finland

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