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Jorn Rossing Jensen


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

Four Swedish films – and a Danish one – selected for Asia’s largest festival

Four Swedish films – and a Danish one – selected for Asia’s largest festival

Two thrillers - Swedish director Jens Jonsson’s Life Deluxe and Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard’s The Keeper of Lost Causes – are Midnight Passion at Busan in South Korea  

04/09/2013 | Festivals | Nordic Countries

Denmark’s Vinterberg eyes his second Nordic Council Film Prize

Denmark’s Vinterberg eyes his second Nordic Council Film Prize

His last feature – Submarino (2010) – won it, and his The Hunt, which was launched and awarded at last year’s Cannes International Film Festival, is among this year’s contenders  

04/09/2013 | Awards | Nordic countries

A Disciple with ambitions: Finland’s submission for the Oscars

A Disciple with ambitions: Finland’s submission for the Oscars

Finnish director Ulrika Bengts’ second feature will fly the white-blue colours in the race for the Academy Awards nominations  

03/09/2013 | Oscars 2014 | Finland

Freedom, the Cold War and Sweden in Olsson’s Concerning Violence

Freedom, the Cold War and Sweden in Olsson’s Concerning Violence

Using newly discovered archive footage – and French philosopher Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth - Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson will depict the struggle for liberation in the Third World  

03/09/2013 | Funding | Sweden

Kemppinen replaces Palmquist at Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Kemppinen replaces Palmquist at Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Head of production Petri Kemppinen, of the Finnish Film Foundation, appointed new CEO of the fund which supports Nordic cinema by €10 million annually  

02/09/2013 | Institutions | Nordic countries

From The Lord of the Rings to a Norwegian Viking trilogy

From The Lord of the Rings to a Norwegian Viking trilogy

American producer Barrie M Osborne and his scriptwriter and co-producer Susan Phillips scouting locations in Norway for a film project about Norwegian King Harald Hardråde  

02/09/2013 | Production | Norway | USA

Concrete Night for Honkasalo in Toronto’s Master Series

Concrete Night for Honkasalo in Toronto’s Master Series

Finnish directors Pirjo Honkasalo’s return to fiction and Dome Karukoski’s Heart of a Lion selected for the Toronto International Film Festival (September 5-15)  

30/08/2013 | Festivals | Finland

Toronto books Swedish Hotel and invites Norway’s The Immoral

Toronto books Swedish Hotel and invites Norway’s The Immoral

New features by Swedish director Lisa Langseth and Norwegian director Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen will both have their world premieres at the 38th Toronto Film Festival  

29/08/2013 | Festivals | Sweden/Norway

The Act of Killing for free to the people of Indonesia

The Act of Killing for free to the people of Indonesia

The Danish production of US director Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary about the killing of more than one million Indonesians after the 1965 military coup will be available after September 30  

29/08/2013 | Releases | Denmark/Indonesia

It’s Only Make Believe, I Am Yours  and Pioneer heading for an Oscar nom

It’s Only Make Believe, I Am Yours and Pioneer heading for an Oscar nom

The Norwegian Oscar committee has shortlisted features by Arild Østin Ommundsen, Iram Haq and Erik Skjoldbjærg to candidate for the 2014 Best Foreign-Language Feature award  

28/08/2013 | Oscars 2014 | Norway

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