Dedicated to Nordic cinema and initiated by The Five Nordics (associating the Danish Film Institute, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Icelandic Film Centre, the Norwegian Film Institute and the Swedish Film Institute), the CNC and the Swedish Institute, Visions Nordiques – French Nordic Film Days will unfold in Paris from 5 to 9 March.

Standing out in the programme is the Visions Nordiques festival, with screenings at the Grand Action cinema of a dozen films including two Icelandic features: Touch [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dag Johan Haugerud
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intervista: Lilja Ingolfsdottir
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intervista: Asta Kamma August
intervista: Ernst De Geer
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intervista: Frida Kempff
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intervista: Sylvia Le Fanu
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intervista: Pirjo Honkasalo
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intervista: Aki Kaurismäki
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The industry forum will take place between 5 and 7 March. Its first goal will be to allow film institutes and French and Nordic professionals to discuss their production and distribution systems through panels and case studies. On 5 and 6 March, there will be discussions in the CNC offices about the topics of distribution in the post-health crisis period and the specificities of auteur films (with Jour2Fête, Camera Film, Condor Distribution and TriArt Film), those of international sales (with Goodfellas and Paradise City Sales and producers from Still Vivid, Komeetta and Snowglobe), the accompaniment of filmmakers, and environmental transition, as well as French and Nordic public policies.

Then, on 7 March, a co-production workshop will be held at the Swedish Institute, bringing together French and Nordic producers, sales agents and distributors. 11 companies will represent the five Nordic countries during individual meetings about projects, almost all of which are in development. Norwegian producer Ingvil Sæther Berger (Motlys) will arrive with three projects: Foot Of the Mountain by Dag Johan Haugerud (crowned in Berlin last Sunday), Almost There by Rikke Gregersen and How to Steal a Bike by Johan Fasting. Sara Nassim and Grímar Jonsson from Icelandic outfit Sarimar Films will be presenting 200 Kópavogur by Grímur Hákonarson and The Silver of Egill Skallagrímsson by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson. O.M Araldsen from Swedish company Anagram will be betting on Sunday Road by Tomas Alfredson and Always Wonderful in Paris by Annika Appelin (which will be either a film or a series). Sara Nassim and Hrönn Kristinsdóttir from Icelandic outfit S101 will be presenting the fiction projects Paradox by Valdimar Jóhannsson and There’s Something that Illuminates and It’s Not the Sun by Sol Berruezo, and the documentary Shadowline by Gústav Geir Bollasson.

Lotte Sandbu and Synnøve Hørsdal from Maipo Film (Norway) will be present with the projects currently looking for financing Low Expectations by Eivind Landsvik and Vampyr by Arild Fröhlich. Marie Gade from Zentropa will be presenting two titles by Wayne Roberts: You Can Call Me Adolf and You’re Still Here. Finnish producer Miia Haavisto (Tekele Productions) will be taking part with Miss Pandora by Jan Forsström and Life is Short by Kirsikka Saar, and David Herdies from Swedish outfit Momento Film will present The Rabbit Yard by Jens Östberg. Also worth noting that Mia Ylönen from Helsinki-filmi will be present with, among others, the series Bloodwine by Marja Pyykkö, and Eliza Jones from Swedish company Grand Slam Film will have one project in development (My Best Friend’s Baby by Sophie Vukovic) and two titles in post-production: 7 Steps by Andreas Öhman and The Art Patron by Julia Thelin. Finally, the line-up of Danish producer Katrin Pors from Snowglobe includes upcoming films by Hlylnur Pálmason, Jeanette Nordahl, Maria Bäck, Emilie Thalund, Lucrecia Martel, Annemarie Jacir, Carlos Reygadas and Cristian Mungiu.

The full catalogue for the co-production workshop can be downloaded here.