10/12/2013 - Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola at Sundance for the second time, this time with Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

“Sundance was the beginning of my Hollywood,” said Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola. When he screened his Dead Snow [+see also:
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And at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival (January 16-26, 2014) – America’s premier showcase for independent films in Park City, Utah – Wirkola will unspool his Dead Snow sequel in Park City at Midnight: a programme of “unruly films that will keep you edge-seated and wide awake, from horror flicks to comedies to works that defy any genre.”

Scripted by Wirkola, with Stig Frode Henriksen and Vegar Hoel who also star in Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, with Ørjan Gamst, the Tappeluft production is the story of Martin, the only survivor of the Nazi zombie massacre. He has lost an arm, and the new, which has been transplanted from a zombie, starts living a life of its own, battering police, doctors, women and children, who come in its way.

Danish director Berit Madsen travelled to Iran seven times to film her first full-length documentary, Sepideh, with a local crew. Already on show at Amsterdam’s IDFA, the film has been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition in Sundance.

Sepideh wants to become an astronaut, spending her nights exploring the secrets of the Universe, while her family tries to keep her on the ground – it has different expectations for her. But she holds on to her dream, and teams up with the world's first woman space tourist, Anousheh Ansari. The film was produced by Stefan Frost and Henrik Underbjerg for Radioator Film.