13/08/2021 - The leading industry event will run both on site in Haugesund and online for four days, covering all of the major trends in regional cinema

Running in parallel with the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (21-27 August), New Nordic Films aims to bring the newest trends of the region in four days, 24-27 August, both on site and also in a special online edition. As always, the programme includes a selection of market screenings, work-in-progress presentations, projects in development, a number of Haugesund talks and a series of professional and social events onsite.

The opening film of the market screenings is the large-scale period drama Margrete – Queen of the North [+see also:
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interview: Charlotte Sieling
film profile] by Charlotte Sieling, where Trine Dyrholm is playing Margrete I, a visionary monarch ahead of her time (read the news). Among the 20 selected titles, there are also Wolka [+see also:
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film profile] by Kristín Jóhannesdóttir, Young and Afraid [+see also:
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film profile] by Petter Aaberg and Sverre Kvamme, and Wild Men [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Daneskov
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A total of 17 projects in post-production have been selected to be presented on Thursday 26 August as works-in-progress. Some of the highlights included in the selection are Diorama, the third feature film by Swedish director Tuva Novotny (Blind Spot [+see also:
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interview: Tuva Novotny
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film profile] by Norway’s Erik Poppe, an epic drama based on the classic 1949 novel of the same name (read the news), while Finnish filmmaker Aku Louhimies brings two films to the selection, the intimate love story The Wait [+see also:
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Furthermore, The Store [+see also:
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Here is the complete selection of the Works in Progress titles:

Baby Pyramid – Cecilie McNair (Denmark)
Producers: Matilda Appelin, René Ezra (Nordisk Film Production)

Bubble – Aleksi Salmenperä (Finland)
Producer: Minna Haapkylä (Rabbit Films)

The Cat Kingdom – John Hellberg, Bernhard Rasmusson (Sweden)
Producers: Jörgen Andersson, Kjell Åhlund, John Hellberg (Doppelganger)

Diorama – Tuva Novotny (Sweden/Denmark/Norway)
Producers: René Ezra, Eva Åkergren (Nordisk Film Production)

The Emigrants – Erik Poppe (Sweden/Norway/Denmark)
Producer: Fredrik Wikström Nicastro (SF Studios)

The Good Driver [+see also:
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Producers: Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg (Making Movies)

Locals – Måns Nyman (Sweden)
Producers: Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå (Grand Slam Film)

The Mushroom Trip – JP Siili (Finland)
Producer: Severi Koivusalo (Aurora Studios)

Omerta 1/2 – Aku Louhimies (Finland/Estonia)
Producers: Sirkka Rautiainen, Evelin Penttilä, Mikko Tenhunen, Antti J Jokinen, Sara Norberg (Cinematic Inc)

Sagres – Lovisa Sirén (Sweden/Finland/Belgium)
Producers: Siri Hjorton Wagner, Julia Gebauer ([sic] film)

So Damn Easy Going [+see also:
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Producers: Annika Hellström, Erika Malmgren (Cinenic Film)

Sous les pavés! La plage – Henrik Hellström (Sweden)
Producers: Henrik Hellström, Frida Hallberg (Overmars)

The Store [+see also:
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Producers: Lovisa Charlier, Ami-Ro Sköld (Tangram Film)

Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse) – Jakob Rørvik (Norway)
Producers: Petter Onstad Løkke, Synnøve Hørsdal, Therese Naustdal (Maipo Film)

To Practice – Laurens Pérol (Norway)
Producers: Laurens Pérol, Simone Gottschau (Filmhagen Pérol)

The Wait [+see also:
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Producers: Andrei Alén, Aku Louhimies, Kaarina Gould (Backmann & Hoderoff)

Chrysanthemum - Christian Bengtson (Denmark)
Producers: Daniel Mühlendorph (Hyæne Film)