HAUGESUND 2022 New Nordic Films
New Nordic Films announces its Works in Progress and Market Screenings
- The leading Norwegian industry event returns in Haugesund for four days, covering all of the major trends in regional cinema
Running in parallel with the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (20-26 August), New Nordic Films will present for another year the newest trends of the region from 23-26 August. The 28th edition of the market will welcome industry representatives both on site as well as online. The programme includes a selection of market screenings, work-in-progress presentations, projects in development, a number of Haugesund seminars and labs.
A total of 20 selected titles are being featured in the market screenings that will open with Triangle of Sadness [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile] by Ruben Östlund, and among them are three new local films, suspense thriller Storm [+see also:
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film profile] directed by debutant helmer Erika Calmeyer (read news), coming-of-age drama Norwegian Dream by Leiv Igor Devold and horror-thriller Leave by Alex Herron. From Sweden are coming the semi-autobiographical Burn All My Letters by Björn Runge (news), the episodic relationship comedy Locals by Måns Nyman, crime teenage drama Bullets by Peter Pontikis and drama The Store [+see also:
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film profile] by Ami-ro Sköld (Granny’s Dancing on the Table [+see also:
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interview: Thorvaldur Kristjánsson
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interview: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
interview: Thorvaldur Kristjánsson
film profile]), and the Finnish titles, The Grump: In Search of an Escort the latest work by Mika Kaurusmaki, coming-of-age drama Bubble, directed by Aleksi Salmenperä (A Man’s Job [+see also:
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A total of 17 projects in post-production have been selected to be presented on Thursday 25 August as works-in-progress. Some of the highlights included in the selection are A Happy Day [+see also:
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film profile], the fourth feature film by Norwegian director Hisham Zaman (Before Snowfall [+see also:
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film profile]), sports teenage drama Forever by Sweden writer-director Anders Hazelius (Thin Blue Line [+see also:
interview: Gizem Erdogan
series profile]), Four Little Adults the latest work by Finnish director Selma Vilhunen (Stupid Young Heart [+see also:
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film profile]) that is a “contemporary look at the various forms of love” (news), along with the new World War II drama Before It Ends, the first Danish feature by Anders Walter (I Kill Giants [+see also:
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Furthermore, seasoned Norwegian film director and WWII survivor, Knut Erik Jensen (Ice Kiss), brings a a fable-like tale told through a girl’s dreams, memories and traumas in Longing for Today, Ukrainian director Ivan Tymchenko’s Oxygen Station [+see also:
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interview: Ivan Tymchenko
film profile], follows a Soviet dissident and human rights activist who is exiled in Siberia, one of Finland’s most prominent directors Teemu Nikki, who also won at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films with The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic [+see also:
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interview: Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö
interview: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö an…
film profile], presents Death is a Problem for the Living, a film about addiction, friendship and forgiveness. Nils Gaup’s historical action drama The Riot [+see also:
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film profile] explore the origins of the labour movement and workers’ rights in the mining city of Sulitjelma in the early 20th century (news), Lebanese director Karim Kassem is completing his trilogy that started with Only the Winds [+see also:
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film profile] with his third feature Thiiird, and Swedish film collective Crazy Pictures’ new project, a sci-fi adventure flick entitled UFO Sweden, comes on the heels of their first endeavour, The Unthinkable [+see also:
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Here is the complete selection of the Works in Progress titles:
A Happy Day - Hisham Zaman (Norway/Denmark)
Producer: Hisham Zaman (Snowfall Cinema)
Co-producers: Marie Gade (Zentropa), Turid Øversveen (Rein Film Finmark), Mathis Ståle Mathisen (Take 1)
Blomster – Neil Widgart (Sweden)
Producer: Malin Hüber (Story AB)
Dancing Queen [+see also:
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film profile] – Aurora Gossé (Norway)
Producer: Thomas Robsahm (Amarcord)
Feed – Johannes Persson (Sweden/Denmark)
Producers: Paolo Vacirca, Alexander Eriksson (Scandinavian Content Group)
Co-producers: Nordisk Film, TV4/CMore, Ninetone
Forever – Anders Hazelius (Sweden)
Producers: Stefan H Lindén, Erik Lundqvist (SF Studios Production)
Co-producer: Film i Väst
Four Little Adults – Selma Vilhunen (Finland/Sweden/France)
Producers: Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi (Making Movies)
Co-producers: Hobab, Manny Films
Before It Ends – Anders Walter (Denmark/Finland/Iceland)
Producers: Miriam Nørgaard, Mette Høst Hansen, Tomas Radoor (Nordisk Film Production)
Listen Up! – Kaveh Tehrani (Norway/Sweden)
Producers: Ingvil Berger, Yngve Sæther (Motlys)
Co-producers: Viaplay, B-Reel Film
Longing for Today – Knut Erik Jensen (Norway)
Producer: Aleksander Olai Korsnes (Rein Film)
Co-producers: Evil Doghouse North, Filmfond Nord, Filmcamp, Nordkappfilm
My Brother Ted – Anna Widerberg, Fredrik Ydhag (Sweden)
Producer: Håkan Hammarén (Fundament Film Gbg)
Oxygen Station [+see also:
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interview: Ivan Tymchenko
film profile] – Ivan Tymchenko (Ukraine/Norway/Czech Republic)
Producers: Svitlana Solovyova (Svitlofor Film), Havard Wettland Gosse (Spætt Film), Alzbeta Janackova (Silk Films)
Death is a Problem for the Living – Teemu Nikki (Finland/Italy)
Producer: Jani Pösö (It’s Alive Films)
Co-producer: Andrea Romeo
The Riot [+see also:
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film profile] – Nils Gaup (Norway/Sweden)
Producers: Tom Vidar Karlsen, Trond Eliassen (Storyline)
Co-producers: Gøtafilm AB, Film i Väst, Handmade Films AS, Centaur Films, Filmfond Nord, Filmcamp, Film Invest
There is No Place Like Home – Puk Grasten (Denmark)
Producers: Regner Grasten, Tove Grasten (Regner Grasten Film)
Thiiird – Karim Kassem (Lebanon/Sweden)
Producers: Karim Kassem, Johan Matton
UFO Sweden – Crazy Pictures (Sweden)
Producers: Crazy Pictures
Co-producers: SF Studios, SVT, Film i Väst
Unmoored [+see also:
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interview: Caroline Ingvarsson
film profile] – Caroline Ingvarsson (UK/Poland)
Producers: Naomi Despres, Michèle Marshall (Desmar), Mariusz Włodarski (Lava Films)
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