Announced as the big comeback of veteran Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki, Cannes Jury Prize winner 2023 “Fallen Leaves” was one of the biggest Nordic successes worldwide between 2020-2023 with over one million admissions.
So what inspired release campaigns were used by arthouse banners in territories as diverse as Taiwan, Norway and the Czech Republic to widen Kaurismäki’s core audience and make him a cool name on social media?
The topic was explored Aug. 22 at the Europa Distribution panel, Around the World in 80 Minutes: The Distribution and Promotion of Nordic Films Internationally, hosted by New Nordic Films in Haugesund, Norway.
One of the highlights of the three-day Nordic market, the Europa Distribution panel was moderated by seasoned industryite Petri Kemppinen, founder of Good Hand Production, a consultant at Finland’s post-production house Totalpost and co-head of Baltic Event’s TV Beats Forum.
First, outlining his domestic release strategy for Kaurismäki’s Helsinki-set love story,...
So what inspired release campaigns were used by arthouse banners in territories as diverse as Taiwan, Norway and the Czech Republic to widen Kaurismäki’s core audience and make him a cool name on social media?
The topic was explored Aug. 22 at the Europa Distribution panel, Around the World in 80 Minutes: The Distribution and Promotion of Nordic Films Internationally, hosted by New Nordic Films in Haugesund, Norway.
One of the highlights of the three-day Nordic market, the Europa Distribution panel was moderated by seasoned industryite Petri Kemppinen, founder of Good Hand Production, a consultant at Finland’s post-production house Totalpost and co-head of Baltic Event’s TV Beats Forum.
First, outlining his domestic release strategy for Kaurismäki’s Helsinki-set love story,...
- 8/23/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The International Sami Film Institute (Isfi) has extended its partnership with Netflix through a new producers lab for emerging and mid-career producers.
The Sami Producers Lab will provide Sami producers with a platform for developing skills and learning from film industry professionals. The six-month lab will start in October 2024 with a residential module in Guovdageaidnu, Norway, followed by online sessions in November 2024 and January-February 2025.
The lab is open to producers developing feature, documentary and short-film projects. Anne Lajla Utsi, Isfi managing director, described it as an “opportunity for Sami filmmakers to acquire essential skills in film production while also focusing on their current film project.
The Sami Producers Lab will provide Sami producers with a platform for developing skills and learning from film industry professionals. The six-month lab will start in October 2024 with a residential module in Guovdageaidnu, Norway, followed by online sessions in November 2024 and January-February 2025.
The lab is open to producers developing feature, documentary and short-film projects. Anne Lajla Utsi, Isfi managing director, described it as an “opportunity for Sami filmmakers to acquire essential skills in film production while also focusing on their current film project.
- 6/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
The International Sami Film Institute (Isfi) has extended its partnership with Netflix through a new producers lab for emerging and mid-career producers.
The Sami Producers Lab will provide Sami producers with a platform for developing skills and learning from film industry professionals. The six-month lab will start in October 2024 with a residential module in Guovdageaidnu, Norway, followed by online sessions in November 2024 and January-February 2025.
The lab is open to producers developing feature, documentary and short-film projects. Anne Lajla Utsi, Isfi managing director, described it as an “opportunity for Sami filmmakers to acquire essential skills in film production while also focusing on their current film project.
The Sami Producers Lab will provide Sami producers with a platform for developing skills and learning from film industry professionals. The six-month lab will start in October 2024 with a residential module in Guovdageaidnu, Norway, followed by online sessions in November 2024 and January-February 2025.
The lab is open to producers developing feature, documentary and short-film projects. Anne Lajla Utsi, Isfi managing director, described it as an “opportunity for Sami filmmakers to acquire essential skills in film production while also focusing on their current film project.
- 6/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
“100 Days,” a buzzy Brazilian project Variety first unveiled in 2021, will begin shooting next month, led by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Carlos Saldanha.
Up-and-comer Filipe Bragança will topline the film’s cast, joined by Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who will also produce.
“100 Days” is billed as an adventure drama for family audiences. It will tell the extraordinary but true story of Brazilian Amyr Klink, who, in 1984, at the age of 29, became the first person to cross the South Atlantic in a rowing boat after many had died in the attempt.
Amyr Klink, Filipe Bragança,
Said Saldanha, “I’m so excited to be able to tell this incredible story about this Brazilian hero to the world. I’m so happy to have this amazing cast, both Brazilian and international. Filipe Bragança as Amyr and Philippine, as the mother of Amyr, will bring the perfect depth and heart to this incredible true story.”
Echoing a similar sentiment,...
Up-and-comer Filipe Bragança will topline the film’s cast, joined by Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who will also produce.
“100 Days” is billed as an adventure drama for family audiences. It will tell the extraordinary but true story of Brazilian Amyr Klink, who, in 1984, at the age of 29, became the first person to cross the South Atlantic in a rowing boat after many had died in the attempt.
Amyr Klink, Filipe Bragança,
Said Saldanha, “I’m so excited to be able to tell this incredible story about this Brazilian hero to the world. I’m so happy to have this amazing cast, both Brazilian and international. Filipe Bragança as Amyr and Philippine, as the mother of Amyr, will bring the perfect depth and heart to this incredible true story.”
Echoing a similar sentiment,...
- 6/24/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Replaces Petri Kemppinen who has been in the job since summer 2021.
Finnish financing, production and distribution outfit Aurora Studios Group has appointed Teea Hyytiä as its new CEO, and she will take up the position on November 26.
Hyytiä replaces Petri Kemppinen who has served as Aurora’s CEO since summer 2021. He will leave the company in October to pursue other opportunities in the industry.
Hyytiä has extensive experience in the film and television sector starting at Finland’s public broadcaster Yle and then MTV Oy. For the past 22 years, Hyytiä has managed production company Jarowski Finland Oy, part of the Banijay Group.
Finnish financing, production and distribution outfit Aurora Studios Group has appointed Teea Hyytiä as its new CEO, and she will take up the position on November 26.
Hyytiä replaces Petri Kemppinen who has served as Aurora’s CEO since summer 2021. He will leave the company in October to pursue other opportunities in the industry.
Hyytiä has extensive experience in the film and television sector starting at Finland’s public broadcaster Yle and then MTV Oy. For the past 22 years, Hyytiä has managed production company Jarowski Finland Oy, part of the Banijay Group.
- 6/12/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The first titles to be released under the deal will be Cannes 2022 selection Godland.
Scanbox Entertainment has added Aurora Studios as its exclusive Finnish theatrical distribution partner through its distribution subsidiary Cinemanse.
The deal covers all Scanbox titles, both acquisitions (usually made on a pan-Nordic basis) and its in-house productions, which are ramping up.
The collaboration will boost Scanbox’s connections to local productions in Finland while giving Aurora and Cinemanse an expansion of their theatrical slate.
The first titles to be released under the deal will be Cannes 2022 selection Godland by Hlynur Pálmason followed by The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Hettie Macdonald.
Scanbox Entertainment has added Aurora Studios as its exclusive Finnish theatrical distribution partner through its distribution subsidiary Cinemanse.
The deal covers all Scanbox titles, both acquisitions (usually made on a pan-Nordic basis) and its in-house productions, which are ramping up.
The collaboration will boost Scanbox’s connections to local productions in Finland while giving Aurora and Cinemanse an expansion of their theatrical slate.
The first titles to be released under the deal will be Cannes 2022 selection Godland by Hlynur Pálmason followed by The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Hettie Macdonald.
- 2/9/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
More than 70 speakers from 17 countries, including “Skam” showrunner Julie Andem, “It Takes Two” game creator/filmmaker Josef Fares, and top commissioners from Viaplay, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Dr, Svt, Nrk and Yle will take center stage at Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision.
The festival’s flagship drama confab will run Feb. 1-2 both on-site in Sweden’s second largest city, and online, with all streamed sessions open to accredited professionals.
A record 542 delegates – including 39 online visitors – have signed up for the sold-out event, set under the overarching theme “Navigating Disruption and Cultivating Talent.”
”It’s been a challenge to set the core of this year’s program, considering the drastic changes in the drama industry, fuelled by the macroeconomic uncertainties, streaming wars and changing strategies,” acknowledges TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström. “But our top industry guests will offer inspiring best-practices on how to navigate these changing times, cultivate talent and innovate in storytelling.
The festival’s flagship drama confab will run Feb. 1-2 both on-site in Sweden’s second largest city, and online, with all streamed sessions open to accredited professionals.
A record 542 delegates – including 39 online visitors – have signed up for the sold-out event, set under the overarching theme “Navigating Disruption and Cultivating Talent.”
”It’s been a challenge to set the core of this year’s program, considering the drastic changes in the drama industry, fuelled by the macroeconomic uncertainties, streaming wars and changing strategies,” acknowledges TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström. “But our top industry guests will offer inspiring best-practices on how to navigate these changing times, cultivate talent and innovate in storytelling.
- 1/23/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The fund is open to investing in English language projects.
Finland’s Aurora Studios is expanding its Finnish Impact Film Fund to also invest in international co-productions, at the same time the fund grows from €5.5m to €13.5m after a new round of financing.
Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Aurora Studios, explains: “We are primarily interested in Nordic and European producers and their projects, which offer opportunities for co-productions and the participation of Finnish talent. The fund is able to make investments in individual projects from €100,000 up to €1.2m.” The fund is open to investing in English language projects in the right circumstances,...
Finland’s Aurora Studios is expanding its Finnish Impact Film Fund to also invest in international co-productions, at the same time the fund grows from €5.5m to €13.5m after a new round of financing.
Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Aurora Studios, explains: “We are primarily interested in Nordic and European producers and their projects, which offer opportunities for co-productions and the participation of Finnish talent. The fund is able to make investments in individual projects from €100,000 up to €1.2m.” The fund is open to investing in English language projects in the right circumstances,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Helsinki-filmi also produced ’Tom Of Finland and ’Heart Of A Lion’.
Finland’s Aurora Studios has acquired independent production company Helsinki-filmi, which has credits including Tom Of Finland and Tove.
Helsinki-filmi will continue its operations independently while becoming a subsidiary of Aurora.
Aleksi Bardy, the majority owner of Helsinki-filmi, will become a partner at Aurora and join its executive board while continuing to serve as CEO of the production company. No redundancies will be made as a result of the acquisition.
Previous Helsinki-filmi shareholders Annika Sucksdorff and Dome Karukoski will no longer be part-owners of the company after the acquisition.
Finland’s Aurora Studios has acquired independent production company Helsinki-filmi, which has credits including Tom Of Finland and Tove.
Helsinki-filmi will continue its operations independently while becoming a subsidiary of Aurora.
Aleksi Bardy, the majority owner of Helsinki-filmi, will become a partner at Aurora and join its executive board while continuing to serve as CEO of the production company. No redundancies will be made as a result of the acquisition.
Previous Helsinki-filmi shareholders Annika Sucksdorff and Dome Karukoski will no longer be part-owners of the company after the acquisition.
- 7/5/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Kemppinen previously was CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Finland’s Aurora Studios, which works across funding, development, production and distribution of film and TV, has appointed Petri Kemppinen as its new CEO.
Kemppinen previously was CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond from 2013 until November 2019. Prior to that he worked at Finnish Film Foundation and Finnish public broadcaster Yle.
He replaces previous CEO Antti Toiviainen who has left the company. Kemppinen takes up the new post this summer and had already been consulting for the upstart Aurora, which launched a year ago.
Also, Hanna Lajunen will join Aurora Studios as head of distribution.
Finland’s Aurora Studios, which works across funding, development, production and distribution of film and TV, has appointed Petri Kemppinen as its new CEO.
Kemppinen previously was CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond from 2013 until November 2019. Prior to that he worked at Finnish Film Foundation and Finnish public broadcaster Yle.
He replaces previous CEO Antti Toiviainen who has left the company. Kemppinen takes up the new post this summer and had already been consulting for the upstart Aurora, which launched a year ago.
Also, Hanna Lajunen will join Aurora Studios as head of distribution.
- 4/30/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
A new TV series will chart the rise and fall of Finnish cell phone company Nokia.
Rabbit Films has begun production on “Mobile 1.0” (working title), a six-part scripted drama that explores the meteoric rise of Nokia to become the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile phones before a dramatic fall from grace.
The Finnish and English-language series, shot in Finland and the U.S., will launch in early 2022 on Scandinavian streamer C More, with a linear premiere to follow on MTV3. C More has also picked up the first-window VOD rights for the Nordic and Baltic regions. Rabbit Films is handling international distribution.
“Mobile 1.0” is the first account of the Finnish electronics company’s expansion from a small business into a global player in the mobile phone industry, beating huge established brands. The first season will focus on the years 1988-1990, when technology for mobile phones was in its infancy.
Rabbit Films has begun production on “Mobile 1.0” (working title), a six-part scripted drama that explores the meteoric rise of Nokia to become the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile phones before a dramatic fall from grace.
The Finnish and English-language series, shot in Finland and the U.S., will launch in early 2022 on Scandinavian streamer C More, with a linear premiere to follow on MTV3. C More has also picked up the first-window VOD rights for the Nordic and Baltic regions. Rabbit Films is handling international distribution.
“Mobile 1.0” is the first account of the Finnish electronics company’s expansion from a small business into a global player in the mobile phone industry, beating huge established brands. The first season will focus on the years 1988-1990, when technology for mobile phones was in its infancy.
- 4/20/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Finland’s Aurora Studios has launched a private equity fund aimed at film and TV content, kicking off with “Bubble,” a movie directed by Aleksi Salmenperä (“Giant”).
“Bubble” will star Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Anna-Maija Tuokko and Stella Leppikorpi. Haapkylä is also producing the movie at Rabbit Films.
The 5.5 million euros ($6.4 million) private equity scheme, called the Finnish Impact Film Fund, was created by Aurora Studios, which is owned by the publishing group Otava, along with Ari Tolppanen’s financing vehicle Capman, and the investment banker Ari Lahti, founder of Ice Capital.
“Aurora Studios was established to facilitate the work of producers and creators, and to further the completion of domestic, high-quality audiovisual content, so the Finnish Impact Film Fund is an integral part of this strategy,” said Tolppanen.
“With it we can act as even better partners and allies to producers and creators, as well as help talented teams...
“Bubble” will star Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Anna-Maija Tuokko and Stella Leppikorpi. Haapkylä is also producing the movie at Rabbit Films.
The 5.5 million euros ($6.4 million) private equity scheme, called the Finnish Impact Film Fund, was created by Aurora Studios, which is owned by the publishing group Otava, along with Ari Tolppanen’s financing vehicle Capman, and the investment banker Ari Lahti, founder of Ice Capital.
“Aurora Studios was established to facilitate the work of producers and creators, and to further the completion of domestic, high-quality audiovisual content, so the Finnish Impact Film Fund is an integral part of this strategy,” said Tolppanen.
“With it we can act as even better partners and allies to producers and creators, as well as help talented teams...
- 3/31/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Private equity fund will invest in Finnish films and TV series.
Finland’s Aurora Studios is launching a private equity fund worth $6.4m (€5.5m) to invest in Finnish films and TV series, kicking off with Aleksi Salmenperä’s drama comedy Bubble.
The Finnish Impact Film Fund is backed by private equity professional and CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen, investment banker and Icecapital founder Ari Lahti and Otava, which is Finland’s largest book publisher.
Salmenperä’s Bubble is in post-production after shooting in the Finnish town of Karkkila in February, and Aurora plans to distribute the film at the end of...
Finland’s Aurora Studios is launching a private equity fund worth $6.4m (€5.5m) to invest in Finnish films and TV series, kicking off with Aleksi Salmenperä’s drama comedy Bubble.
The Finnish Impact Film Fund is backed by private equity professional and CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen, investment banker and Icecapital founder Ari Lahti and Otava, which is Finland’s largest book publisher.
Salmenperä’s Bubble is in post-production after shooting in the Finnish town of Karkkila in February, and Aurora plans to distribute the film at the end of...
- 3/30/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Presented at Göteborg Film Festival, the report aims to examine the near future of the screen industries.
Five years from now, “virtual production methods, tools, and pipelines have been completely normalised across the industry,” according to media analyst Johanna Koljonen, author of the latest Nostradamus report, ’Transforming Storytelling Together’.
She writes in the report: “The threshold to hands-on experience with virtual production is very low today, and the tools are rapidly becoming even more accessible. At the highest end, installations that currently require a significant initial investment will also lower in price.”
The Göteborg Film Festival unveiled the eighth edition of its Nostradamus report,...
Five years from now, “virtual production methods, tools, and pipelines have been completely normalised across the industry,” according to media analyst Johanna Koljonen, author of the latest Nostradamus report, ’Transforming Storytelling Together’.
She writes in the report: “The threshold to hands-on experience with virtual production is very low today, and the tools are rapidly becoming even more accessible. At the highest end, installations that currently require a significant initial investment will also lower in price.”
The Göteborg Film Festival unveiled the eighth edition of its Nostradamus report,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Eight projects have been selected to attend the two talent labs that will be hosted in Zagreb and Tallinn. The sixth edition of the training programme European Genre Forum (Egf) is ready to unspool, and to boost the careers of future European players in the genre film industry. The Egf is organized in partnership with the Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival — both of which will host the eight projects in two talent labs — and with the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam. In details, the Producing Lab is due to be hosted during the upcoming 10th edition of the Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival, taking place 16-19 July. The mentors who will be coaching the participating teams of the eight selected projects include Petri Kemppinen, CEO of P1Kemppinen and former CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond, and Italian script consultant, screenwriter and trainer...
The Oslo-based film agency has made figures available revealing the current state of the region’s audiovisual industry. Last week, the Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fond published its 2019 annual report. The figures made available by the organisation give interesting insights into the current state of the region’s audiovisual sector and that of the agency itself. Last year saw the arrival of Liselott Forsman as the new CEO, after Petri Kemppinen’s tenure, as well as the renewal of the agreement with the fund’s partners for 2020-2024. In 2019, the biggest share of funding set aside by the body went to fiction features (53%), followed by drama series (27%) and documentaries (9%). In total, in 2019 the fund backed 27 films (as against 25 in 2018) and 15 TV series (16 in 2018). Overall, last year, the organisation allocated a budget of 104.93 million Norwegian crowns (approximately €9.3 million), which were...
For the first time ever, a record number of 13 talent scouts -including U.S. reps from Wiip, CAA, Gersh- will set foot at Göteborg’s sold-out Nordic TV Drama Vision (Jan.29-30), where around 50 series in progress and in development will play to 420 industry delegates.
“This is the first time ever we have such a large presence of talent agents in Göteborg, but mirrors the worldwide trend of people trying to uncover and snap up the next big talent and stories, of which the Nordics abound,” said head of industry Cia Edström.
Heading the works in progress is HBO’s Swedish original “Beartown,” to be discussed by HBO Nordic’s commissioning editor & VP Original Programming, Hanne Palmquist, director Peter Grönlund, and Filmlance International’s producers Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn. The adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s best-selling novel will bow on HBO later this year.
The dramedy “Dreaming of England,...
“This is the first time ever we have such a large presence of talent agents in Göteborg, but mirrors the worldwide trend of people trying to uncover and snap up the next big talent and stories, of which the Nordics abound,” said head of industry Cia Edström.
Heading the works in progress is HBO’s Swedish original “Beartown,” to be discussed by HBO Nordic’s commissioning editor & VP Original Programming, Hanne Palmquist, director Peter Grönlund, and Filmlance International’s producers Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn. The adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s best-selling novel will bow on HBO later this year.
The dramedy “Dreaming of England,...
- 1/20/2020
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The fourth episode of the second season of Eave Impact One-to-one sees Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO Petri Kemppinen and series expert Ossi Nishri engage in a fruitful discussion. In the fourth episode of the second season of Eave Impact One-to-one (see the news), the CEO of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond and former commissioning editor and head of the Youth department at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), Petri Kemppinen, and Israeli series expert, script editor and co-founder of Quiddity, a content company that specialises in high-quality TV series, Ossi Nishri, look to the future of Nordic television’s golden age and discuss the formatting of stories. As the boom period of Nordic noir seemingly fades away, Kemppinen presents what else viewers can expect from those countries, other than crime series. Meanwhile, Nishri suggests that, in Europe in general, commissioning editors are not brave enough to change things that.
- 12/20/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Finland’s Liselott Forsman, a former executive producer of international drama at Finnish public broadcaster Yle , has been appointed new CEO of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the dynamic Nordic region film and TV financier.
Forsman will take up her position on Oct. 7, succeeding Petri Kemppinen who is relocating to Finland after a near six-year mandate to spend more time with his family.
Established in 1990, and handling a Nok 97.75 million ($11.4 million) budget for 2019, the Nftvf is backed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the five Nordic film institutes and 12 Nordic television channels.
Nftvf’s primary brief is to boost high-quality film and TV productions in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden by putting up top-up financing for feature films, TV-fiction, series and creative documentaries.
To this task Forsman, also chair of the Ebu Fiction Expert Group, can bring a large passion for the importance of screenwriting – she co-founded Helsinki...
Forsman will take up her position on Oct. 7, succeeding Petri Kemppinen who is relocating to Finland after a near six-year mandate to spend more time with his family.
Established in 1990, and handling a Nok 97.75 million ($11.4 million) budget for 2019, the Nftvf is backed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the five Nordic film institutes and 12 Nordic television channels.
Nftvf’s primary brief is to boost high-quality film and TV productions in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden by putting up top-up financing for feature films, TV-fiction, series and creative documentaries.
To this task Forsman, also chair of the Ebu Fiction Expert Group, can bring a large passion for the importance of screenwriting – she co-founded Helsinki...
- 8/9/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
She was selected from a field of 36 “high-calibre” candidates.
Liselott Forsman will be the new CEO of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, succeeding Petri Kemppinen on October 7.
She was unanimously selected for the post by the fund’s board of directors.
Forsman is currently executive producer of international drama at Finnish broadcaster Yle. Before that role, she was Yle’s head of fiction.
She is the chair of the European Broadcasting Union (Ebu) Fiction Expert Group and programme director of the international drama event Helsinki Script.
Liselott has also produced documentaries, culture and youth programmes in Finnish and Swedish,...
Liselott Forsman will be the new CEO of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, succeeding Petri Kemppinen on October 7.
She was unanimously selected for the post by the fund’s board of directors.
Forsman is currently executive producer of international drama at Finnish broadcaster Yle. Before that role, she was Yle’s head of fiction.
She is the chair of the European Broadcasting Union (Ebu) Fiction Expert Group and programme director of the international drama event Helsinki Script.
Liselott has also produced documentaries, culture and youth programmes in Finnish and Swedish,...
- 8/9/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The Fond is one of Scandinavia’s leading backers, supporting films like Border, Queen of Hearts, Woman at War and The Square.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond is changing with the times by adding three new financing partners from the streaming world.
The total number of financing partners from Jan 1 2020 will be 22, after the new trio joins: Nordic Entertainment Group, C More Entertainment (digital TV and streaming service that is a division of Bonnier) and Vgtv (one of Norway’s leading web TV channels).
The Fond is one of Scandinavia’s leading backers, supporting films like Border, Queen Of Hearts, Woman At War...
Nordisk Film & TV Fond is changing with the times by adding three new financing partners from the streaming world.
The total number of financing partners from Jan 1 2020 will be 22, after the new trio joins: Nordic Entertainment Group, C More Entertainment (digital TV and streaming service that is a division of Bonnier) and Vgtv (one of Norway’s leading web TV channels).
The Fond is one of Scandinavia’s leading backers, supporting films like Border, Queen Of Hearts, Woman At War...
- 6/14/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Danish documaker Simon Lereng Wilmont’s Oscar-shortlisted “The Distant Barking of Dogs,” which observes the impact of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the life of a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy, encapsulates why, just as with fictional features, Danish docs are thriving.
This fly-on-the-wall portrait that unfolds from the boy’s perspective without a word of narration “deftly weaves a precise coming-of-age narrative into its morally urgent anti-war tableau,” wrote Variety critic Guy Lodge. Besides stemming from a special sensitivity for the children’s universe that Danish cinema is known for, the pluriprized doc is also emblematic of how local documakers are honing their craft, pushing boundaries, and taking their works to new heights.
“In Denmark they are really experimenting with various forms of documentary storytelling in terms of making the narratives dramaturgically like feature films,” says Petri Kemppinen, head of the Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fund.
The thriller-like...
This fly-on-the-wall portrait that unfolds from the boy’s perspective without a word of narration “deftly weaves a precise coming-of-age narrative into its morally urgent anti-war tableau,” wrote Variety critic Guy Lodge. Besides stemming from a special sensitivity for the children’s universe that Danish cinema is known for, the pluriprized doc is also emblematic of how local documakers are honing their craft, pushing boundaries, and taking their works to new heights.
“In Denmark they are really experimenting with various forms of documentary storytelling in terms of making the narratives dramaturgically like feature films,” says Petri Kemppinen, head of the Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fund.
The thriller-like...
- 2/6/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Danish film industry is on a roll this year with berths secured at major festivals besides the Berlinale where Lone Scherfig’s “The Kindness of Strangers” landed the opening slot, just as Susanne Bier’s Sandra Bullock starrer “Bird Box” is breaking records on Netflix and first-timer Gustav Möller’s “The Guilty” made the foreign-language Oscar shortlist.
It’s a particularly good time because different types of local productions are performing well both at home, where the domestic share of total admissions was a strong 29% in 2018, and in the international arena, which is seeing a new generation of Danish directors coming to the fore.
Last year there were 26 homegrown titles released in Denmark that sold 3.8 million tickets total, up from 2.5 million tickets in 2017, when the national market share was 20%.
Aside from new works by known names such as Christoffer Boe, whose high-profile crimer “The Purity of Vengeance” topped the 2018 chart,...
It’s a particularly good time because different types of local productions are performing well both at home, where the domestic share of total admissions was a strong 29% in 2018, and in the international arena, which is seeing a new generation of Danish directors coming to the fore.
Last year there were 26 homegrown titles released in Denmark that sold 3.8 million tickets total, up from 2.5 million tickets in 2017, when the national market share was 20%.
Aside from new works by known names such as Christoffer Boe, whose high-profile crimer “The Purity of Vengeance” topped the 2018 chart,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
“State of Happiness,” “The Flatey Enigma” and “The Inner Circle” are among the six Nordic drama series which will be presented at Goteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision and compete for the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize.
Written by Mette M. Bølstad (“Nobel”), “State of Happiness” follows four young characters who come from different backgrounds and are thrown into a whirlwind of opportunity during Norway’s oil boom of the 1970s.
“The Flatey Enigma,” written by Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, is a mystery thriller series based on Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson’s novels. “The Inner Circle,” penned by Håkan Lindhé, is a political thriller about an ambitious young man belonging to the Swedish political elite on a journey to fulfill his life long dream and become Prime Minister of Sweden.
The other nominated series are “Kieler Street,” written by Stig Frode Henriksen, Jesper Sundnes and Patrik Syversen; “All the Sins,” written by...
Written by Mette M. Bølstad (“Nobel”), “State of Happiness” follows four young characters who come from different backgrounds and are thrown into a whirlwind of opportunity during Norway’s oil boom of the 1970s.
“The Flatey Enigma,” written by Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, is a mystery thriller series based on Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson’s novels. “The Inner Circle,” penned by Håkan Lindhé, is a political thriller about an ambitious young man belonging to the Swedish political elite on a journey to fulfill his life long dream and become Prime Minister of Sweden.
The other nominated series are “Kieler Street,” written by Stig Frode Henriksen, Jesper Sundnes and Patrik Syversen; “All the Sins,” written by...
- 12/18/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Annual budget could rise to $25m by 2021.
International partners from across the Arctic – in Canada, Greenland, Sapmi (also known as Lapland) and Russia – are joining forces to create the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund, which was officially launched today at the Indigenous Film Conference in Kautokeino, northern Norway.
The fund will support development and production of indigenous film projects in the Arctic, encourage co-productoins and strengthen collaboration between film institutions, companies, producers and universities.
The fund will be established under the International Sami Film Institute in Norway, which is this week hosting its second Indigenous Film Conference. The Isfi was established...
International partners from across the Arctic – in Canada, Greenland, Sapmi (also known as Lapland) and Russia – are joining forces to create the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund, which was officially launched today at the Indigenous Film Conference in Kautokeino, northern Norway.
The fund will support development and production of indigenous film projects in the Arctic, encourage co-productoins and strengthen collaboration between film institutions, companies, producers and universities.
The fund will be established under the International Sami Film Institute in Norway, which is this week hosting its second Indigenous Film Conference. The Isfi was established...
- 3/8/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Five Scandi shows will be judged for the award.
Five Nordic drama series will compete for the second annual Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, which will be presented on Jan 31 at the TV Drama Vision conference in Goteborg.
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One drama series apiece from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden is nominated for the award, which comes with a prize of $25,000 (Sek 200,000) for the main writer(s) of the series. The first two episodes of each series are shown at the Goteborg Film Festival.
This year’s nominees are Borderliner from Norway, Deadwind from Finland, The Lawyer from Sweden, Ride Upon The Storm from Denmark, and Stella Blomkvist from Iceland.
This year’s jury includes Swedish acterss Sofia Helin (The Bridge); Walter Iuzzolino, the UK-based TV executive and curator of streaming service Walter Presents; and Finnish journalist Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros.
Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond, said: “Initiating this prize...
Five Nordic drama series will compete for the second annual Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, which will be presented on Jan 31 at the TV Drama Vision conference in Goteborg.
Source: About Premium Content
Deadwind
One drama series apiece from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden is nominated for the award, which comes with a prize of $25,000 (Sek 200,000) for the main writer(s) of the series. The first two episodes of each series are shown at the Goteborg Film Festival.
This year’s nominees are Borderliner from Norway, Deadwind from Finland, The Lawyer from Sweden, Ride Upon The Storm from Denmark, and Stella Blomkvist from Iceland.
This year’s jury includes Swedish acterss Sofia Helin (The Bridge); Walter Iuzzolino, the UK-based TV executive and curator of streaming service Walter Presents; and Finnish journalist Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros.
Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond, said: “Initiating this prize...
- 1/11/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Seven films selected for scheme, which awards projects a $24,000 development fund.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has confirmed the seven genre film projects selected for its popular Nordic Genre Boost scheme.
Scroll down for a full list of projects
Selections include the second feature from When Animals Dream (pictured) director Jonas Arnby of Denmark; the third feature from Finnish director Ulrika Bengts (The Disciple) and the directorial debut feature of Swedish producer Olivier Guerpillon, whose producing credits include Sound of Noise.
A total of 61 projects applied for the third and final round of Nordic Genre Boost development support.
Each project receives a $24,000 (NOK200,00) development grant, and access to two residential workshops: one held in collaboration with Night Visions International Festival in Helsinki (April 5-9), and a second during New Nordic Films’ Co-Production and Finance Market in Haugesund (Aug 22-25).
Guest tutors at the workshops include Jinga Films’ Julian Richards, Xyz Films’ Todd Brown, Lindsay Peters...
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has confirmed the seven genre film projects selected for its popular Nordic Genre Boost scheme.
Scroll down for a full list of projects
Selections include the second feature from When Animals Dream (pictured) director Jonas Arnby of Denmark; the third feature from Finnish director Ulrika Bengts (The Disciple) and the directorial debut feature of Swedish producer Olivier Guerpillon, whose producing credits include Sound of Noise.
A total of 61 projects applied for the third and final round of Nordic Genre Boost development support.
Each project receives a $24,000 (NOK200,00) development grant, and access to two residential workshops: one held in collaboration with Night Visions International Festival in Helsinki (April 5-9), and a second during New Nordic Films’ Co-Production and Finance Market in Haugesund (Aug 22-25).
Guest tutors at the workshops include Jinga Films’ Julian Richards, Xyz Films’ Todd Brown, Lindsay Peters...
- 2/17/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Industry events at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival focused on high-end TV production and funding sources.
At this year’s CineLink - the industry strand of Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) – much of the discussion revolved around funding challenges for film-makers in the former-Yugoslavia region.
A variety of industry panels, discussions and masterclasses spotlighted topics including the production of high-end television drama, the emerging field of virtual reality, tax incentives schemes and national funding bodies.
There was plenty of chatter amongst the indigenous industry attending the event about the fact that the establishment of a regional fund would significantly aid producers from the area.
One model to follow could be the Nordic model, which backs high-end television and film projects through the Nordisk Film & TV Fund – encompassing Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Sweden (plus associated territories Åland Islands, Faroe Islands and Greenland).
Projects that have recently received production or distribution funding through the fund include Rams, Sparrows...
At this year’s CineLink - the industry strand of Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) – much of the discussion revolved around funding challenges for film-makers in the former-Yugoslavia region.
A variety of industry panels, discussions and masterclasses spotlighted topics including the production of high-end television drama, the emerging field of virtual reality, tax incentives schemes and national funding bodies.
There was plenty of chatter amongst the indigenous industry attending the event about the fact that the establishment of a regional fund would significantly aid producers from the area.
One model to follow could be the Nordic model, which backs high-end television and film projects through the Nordisk Film & TV Fund – encompassing Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Sweden (plus associated territories Åland Islands, Faroe Islands and Greenland).
Projects that have recently received production or distribution funding through the fund include Rams, Sparrows...
- 8/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Screen spoke to festival industry chief Jovan Marjanovic about the necessity of introducing a TV forum at this year’s event.
This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) is introducing an inaugural Drama forum to its CineLink industry strand, with the goal of encouraging discussion and ultimately bolstering TV production in the region.
CineLink Drama 2016 will see producers, talent and broadcasters from the region and further afield taking part in sessions, lectures and case studies that focus on the current state of high-end TV programmes, and what can be done to integrate the area’s film and TV industries.
Six series in development will also be presented [scroll down to the see the list], with top talent attached including Danis Tanović (Death In Sarajevo) and Ognjen Sviličić (Nightlife). European broadcasters, distributors and SVoD and VoD operators will be in Sarajevo to see presentation pitches, and to take part in one-on-one meetings with producers.
“This has been on the table for a while,” says...
This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) is introducing an inaugural Drama forum to its CineLink industry strand, with the goal of encouraging discussion and ultimately bolstering TV production in the region.
CineLink Drama 2016 will see producers, talent and broadcasters from the region and further afield taking part in sessions, lectures and case studies that focus on the current state of high-end TV programmes, and what can be done to integrate the area’s film and TV industries.
Six series in development will also be presented [scroll down to the see the list], with top talent attached including Danis Tanović (Death In Sarajevo) and Ognjen Sviličić (Nightlife). European broadcasters, distributors and SVoD and VoD operators will be in Sarajevo to see presentation pitches, and to take part in one-on-one meetings with producers.
“This has been on the table for a while,” says...
- 8/16/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has unveiled the list of Nordic graduation students and their projects running for the $30,000 (NOK250,000) pitch prize and $6,000 (Nok 50,000) special mention prize at Nordic Talents (Aug 31-Sept 2).
Petri Kemppinen, Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO, said: “This year we have many projects targeting children and young audiences, and several comedies. The competition to get in was tougher as for the first time we asked applicants to submit a development plan for their project. I think this was helpful for both the students and the selection group. It is also interesting to note the 60/40 female representation in the submissions and selection.”
In addition to the pitching sessions, Nordic Talents will screen the graduation films of all selected film students.
This year’s Nordic Talents jury comprises Norwegian director/writer Sara Johnsen, Danish animation director/comics artist Anders Morgenthaler, Swedish producer Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, Finnish writer/producer Petja Peltomaa of Yellow Film & TV and Kristina...
Petri Kemppinen, Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO, said: “This year we have many projects targeting children and young audiences, and several comedies. The competition to get in was tougher as for the first time we asked applicants to submit a development plan for their project. I think this was helpful for both the students and the selection group. It is also interesting to note the 60/40 female representation in the submissions and selection.”
In addition to the pitching sessions, Nordic Talents will screen the graduation films of all selected film students.
This year’s Nordic Talents jury comprises Norwegian director/writer Sara Johnsen, Danish animation director/comics artist Anders Morgenthaler, Swedish producer Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, Finnish writer/producer Petja Peltomaa of Yellow Film & TV and Kristina...
- 6/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Estonian project Erik Stoneheart wins Screen Best Pitch Award.
Lithuania was the big winner at this year’s Baltic Event when the awards were handed out during a ceremony in Tallinn’s historical town centre on Tuesday evening.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award - with a non-reimbursable subsidy of €20,000 to be used exclusively to cover project development costs - was presented for the first time this year in Tallinn.
A jury consisting of Petri Kemppinen, CEO of the Nordic Film & TV Fund, Polish producer Ewa Puszczynska, and Dorien van de Pas, head of New Screen Nl and a consultant for talent development at the Netherlands Film Fund, chose the feature debut project Motherland by American Film Institute graduate Tomas Vengris, the son of Lithuanian immigrants living in the Us
The €950,000 coming of age story will be produced by Uljana Kim’s Vilnius-based Studio Uljana Kim and already has Locomotive Productions from neighbouring Latvia attached as a co-producer...
Lithuania was the big winner at this year’s Baltic Event when the awards were handed out during a ceremony in Tallinn’s historical town centre on Tuesday evening.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award - with a non-reimbursable subsidy of €20,000 to be used exclusively to cover project development costs - was presented for the first time this year in Tallinn.
A jury consisting of Petri Kemppinen, CEO of the Nordic Film & TV Fund, Polish producer Ewa Puszczynska, and Dorien van de Pas, head of New Screen Nl and a consultant for talent development at the Netherlands Film Fund, chose the feature debut project Motherland by American Film Institute graduate Tomas Vengris, the son of Lithuanian immigrants living in the Us
The €950,000 coming of age story will be produced by Uljana Kim’s Vilnius-based Studio Uljana Kim and already has Locomotive Productions from neighbouring Latvia attached as a co-producer...
- 11/18/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Goteborg: The Nordisk Film and TV Fund saw the level of money it allocated to TV surge in 2014 as local producers increasingly look to the small screen, according to CEO Petri Kemppinen.
“TV drama is so strong at the moment,” Kemppinen told ScreenDaily during the Gothenburg Film Festival (Jan 23-Feb 2).
“We are discussing strategies for the future and it is pretty clear that TV is absorbing talent that used to be making films.”
The pan-Nordic funding body, which has recently backed films including Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune and Michael Noer’s Gothenburg-opener Key House Mirror, is now allocating a larger slice of its €10m annual budget to TV productions as TV applications grow and public demand for series increases:
“Around 40% of the production spend went to TV,” explained Kemppinen, who became CEO of the Nordisk Film & TV Fund in Nov 2013. That growth looks set to continue.
“In previous years it was 30% but this number continues to grow...
“TV drama is so strong at the moment,” Kemppinen told ScreenDaily during the Gothenburg Film Festival (Jan 23-Feb 2).
“We are discussing strategies for the future and it is pretty clear that TV is absorbing talent that used to be making films.”
The pan-Nordic funding body, which has recently backed films including Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune and Michael Noer’s Gothenburg-opener Key House Mirror, is now allocating a larger slice of its €10m annual budget to TV productions as TV applications grow and public demand for series increases:
“Around 40% of the production spend went to TV,” explained Kemppinen, who became CEO of the Nordisk Film & TV Fund in Nov 2013. That growth looks set to continue.
“In previous years it was 30% but this number continues to grow...
- 1/29/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Iceland’s Oscar submission takes top prize in Lübeck; Edward Snowden gives video introduction to Citizenfour at Dok Leipzig; arson attack hits Lgbt screening in Kyiv.
Baldvin Baldvin Zophoníasson’s Life In A Fishbowl was the big winner at this year’s Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, taking home the Ndr Film Prize, worth $15,655 (€12,500)
Lead actor Thorsteinn Bachmann accepted the award in person from the five-person jury, which said it was “a touching and hopeful film about seemingly hopeless situations”.
The co-production between Iceland, Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic is Iceland’s submission for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar and is being handled internationally by Films Boutique.
Special mentions were also given to Hisham Zaman’s Letter To The King (Norway) and J-p Valkeapää’s They Have Escaped (Finland) by the jury comprising actors Victoria Trauttmansdorff and Niklas Osterloh, producer Christoph Thoke, Ndr commissioning editor Diana Schulte-Kellinghaus and Finnish film-maker Kirsi Marie Liimatainen.
Festival-goers voted for...
Baldvin Baldvin Zophoníasson’s Life In A Fishbowl was the big winner at this year’s Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, taking home the Ndr Film Prize, worth $15,655 (€12,500)
Lead actor Thorsteinn Bachmann accepted the award in person from the five-person jury, which said it was “a touching and hopeful film about seemingly hopeless situations”.
The co-production between Iceland, Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic is Iceland’s submission for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar and is being handled internationally by Films Boutique.
Special mentions were also given to Hisham Zaman’s Letter To The King (Norway) and J-p Valkeapää’s They Have Escaped (Finland) by the jury comprising actors Victoria Trauttmansdorff and Niklas Osterloh, producer Christoph Thoke, Ndr commissioning editor Diana Schulte-Kellinghaus and Finnish film-maker Kirsi Marie Liimatainen.
Festival-goers voted for...
- 11/3/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Norway’s submission to the Oscars to open 56th edition; Jihlava docfest winners revealed.
Bent Hamer’s latest feature film 1001 Grams will be the opening film tonight for Lübeck’s Nordic Film Days (Oct 29 – Nov 2), which has a programme of 172 films screening from the North and North-East of Europe.
Norway’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar was co-produced by Cologne-based Pandora Film Produktion and will be released theatrically in Germany by Pandora’s distribution arm, Pandora Film Verleih, on December 18.
Ahead of 1001 Grams’ German premiere in Lübeck, co-producer Claudia Steffen and her partners at Pandora issued a statement expressing their concern „that one of our most important allies, the Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, has faced significant cut-backs from its two main shareholders.“
Earlier this month, public broadcaster Wdr had revealed its intention to reduce its voluntary annual contribution to Germany’s leading regional film fund by $ 3.82m (€ 3m), and the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia...
Bent Hamer’s latest feature film 1001 Grams will be the opening film tonight for Lübeck’s Nordic Film Days (Oct 29 – Nov 2), which has a programme of 172 films screening from the North and North-East of Europe.
Norway’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar was co-produced by Cologne-based Pandora Film Produktion and will be released theatrically in Germany by Pandora’s distribution arm, Pandora Film Verleih, on December 18.
Ahead of 1001 Grams’ German premiere in Lübeck, co-producer Claudia Steffen and her partners at Pandora issued a statement expressing their concern „that one of our most important allies, the Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, has faced significant cut-backs from its two main shareholders.“
Earlier this month, public broadcaster Wdr had revealed its intention to reduce its voluntary annual contribution to Germany’s leading regional film fund by $ 3.82m (€ 3m), and the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia...
- 10/29/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
There are five films now nominated for the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize.
The $62,000 (Dkk 350,000 prizewinner) will be announced during the Session of the Nordic Council in Stockholm on Oct 29.
The nominees, put forward by the national juries, are:
Nymphomaniac (Denmark)
Director/writer Lars von Trier and producer Louise Vesth
Concrete Night (Finland)
Director/writer Pirjo Honkasalo, writer Pirkko Saisio and producers Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari
Of Horses And Men (Iceland)
Director/writer Benedikt Erlingsson and producer Friðrik Þór Fridriksson
Blind [pictured] (Norway)
Director/writer Eskil Vogt and producers Sigve Endresen and Hans Jørgen Osnes
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Director/writer Ruben Östlund, and producers Erik Hemmendorff and Marie Kjellson
“The five films nominated, comprising work by well-established and newer filmmakers alike, represent the crème de la crème of modern Nordic cinema,” said Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Their portrayals of human emotions and the forces of nature reflect a surprising diversity. Together with its...
The $62,000 (Dkk 350,000 prizewinner) will be announced during the Session of the Nordic Council in Stockholm on Oct 29.
The nominees, put forward by the national juries, are:
Nymphomaniac (Denmark)
Director/writer Lars von Trier and producer Louise Vesth
Concrete Night (Finland)
Director/writer Pirjo Honkasalo, writer Pirkko Saisio and producers Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari
Of Horses And Men (Iceland)
Director/writer Benedikt Erlingsson and producer Friðrik Þór Fridriksson
Blind [pictured] (Norway)
Director/writer Eskil Vogt and producers Sigve Endresen and Hans Jørgen Osnes
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Director/writer Ruben Östlund, and producers Erik Hemmendorff and Marie Kjellson
“The five films nominated, comprising work by well-established and newer filmmakers alike, represent the crème de la crème of modern Nordic cinema,” said Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Their portrayals of human emotions and the forces of nature reflect a surprising diversity. Together with its...
- 9/3/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Budget boost of $600,000 covers digital distribution and more.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has launched four new distribution support projects with an extra budget of around $600,000 (NOK3.5m) for a trial period of one year.
The focus is on supporting Nordic distributors, developing marketing experts and Nordic film roadshows for exhibitors, initiatives specifically designed to improve the circulation of Nordic films across the region and to respond to the fast changing nature of distribution in the digital world.
These new measures are the result of a review of the Fund’s overall Distribution Support and consultations with the industry.
They come on top of the existing two distribution schemes: the Single Distribution Support - with a budget of $600,000 (NOK3.5m) per year - and Nordic High Five slate support.
Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond said: “The Fund is doubling its support for distribution and clearly demonstrates its desire to adapt to the rapid changes in the...
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has launched four new distribution support projects with an extra budget of around $600,000 (NOK3.5m) for a trial period of one year.
The focus is on supporting Nordic distributors, developing marketing experts and Nordic film roadshows for exhibitors, initiatives specifically designed to improve the circulation of Nordic films across the region and to respond to the fast changing nature of distribution in the digital world.
These new measures are the result of a review of the Fund’s overall Distribution Support and consultations with the industry.
They come on top of the existing two distribution schemes: the Single Distribution Support - with a budget of $600,000 (NOK3.5m) per year - and Nordic High Five slate support.
Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond said: “The Fund is doubling its support for distribution and clearly demonstrates its desire to adapt to the rapid changes in the...
- 2/19/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Head of production at Finnish Film Foundation to join in November.
The board of directors of Nordisk Film & TV Fond have named Petri Kemppinen as the fund’s new CEO, effective Nov 1.
Kemppinen is currently head of production at the Finnish Film Foundation and has held board duties at Nordisk Film and TV Fond since 2008, first as vp of the board until 2010 and then as substitute board member.
He replaces Hanne Palmquist who will take up her new job as commissioning editor for drama at the Swedish broadcasting corporation Svt on Nov 1.
Claus Ladegaard, chairman of the board at Nordisk Film and TV Fond and head of production and development at the Danish Film Institute said: ‘Petri is a true ‘Nordic believer’. He comes with extensive experience from both TV and film and has for many years worked with the other Nordic countries as well as internationally.
“Nordic film and television have shown great and increasing potential...
The board of directors of Nordisk Film & TV Fond have named Petri Kemppinen as the fund’s new CEO, effective Nov 1.
Kemppinen is currently head of production at the Finnish Film Foundation and has held board duties at Nordisk Film and TV Fond since 2008, first as vp of the board until 2010 and then as substitute board member.
He replaces Hanne Palmquist who will take up her new job as commissioning editor for drama at the Swedish broadcasting corporation Svt on Nov 1.
Claus Ladegaard, chairman of the board at Nordisk Film and TV Fond and head of production and development at the Danish Film Institute said: ‘Petri is a true ‘Nordic believer’. He comes with extensive experience from both TV and film and has for many years worked with the other Nordic countries as well as internationally.
“Nordic film and television have shown great and increasing potential...
- 8/30/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Once again, Latin America is making a show, though this time Argentina trumps Chile with Zama by Lucrecia Martel ♀ (Argentina/Spain).
The 30th CineMart, co-production market of International Film Festival Rotterdam concluded in Rotterdam, with the announcement of the three awards for best CineMart Projects 2013.
Jätten (The Giant) by Johannes Nyholm (Denmark/Sweden) wins the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award; the Arte International Prize goes to The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/UK/Greece) and the WorldView New Genres Fund Development Award goes to Zama by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina/Spain).
The Jury for the CineMart Awards consisted of Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma), Petri Kemppinen (Finnish Film Foundation / Eurimages representative), Annamaria Lodato (Arte France), Himesh Kar (WorldView) and Amy Richardson (Worldview).
The winners and the Jury statements are:
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (30,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2013 Project with a European partner is given to Jätten (The Giant) by Johannes Nyholm, a co-production of BeoFilm Productions (Denmark) and Garagefilm International (Sweden).
‘A project of a talented filmmaker who is about to make a leap from widely appreciated short films to his first fiction that will a tender melodrama.’
Johannes Nyholm (1974, Sweden) is an artist and film director based in Gothenburg. The animated film series The Tale of Little Puppetboy (2006) was originally shown at, and made for, gallery screenings. But it has also been shown widely at festivals around the world. The music video Twice, for Little Dragon, was the origin for the short film Dreams from the Woods (2009), which premiered in Cannes. Even before being completed, his latest short, Las Palmas (2011), gained a global reputation through a trailer more successful than any Hollywood blockbuster. The Giant will be Nyholm’s first feature film.
Arte International Prize
The Arte International Prize (7,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2013 Project is given to The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos, a production of Element Pictures (Ireland/United Kingdom/Greece).
‘A very exciting and original project from one of the most talented emerging filmmakers of the last decade.’
Yorgos Lanthimos (1973, Greece) filmed a series of videos for dance theatre companies throughout the 1990's. Since 1995, he has directed a number of TV commercials, in addition to music videos, short films and stage plays. His first feature film, Kinetta (2005), screened to critical acclaim at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. His second feature, Dogtooth (2009), won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Alps (2011), his latest film, premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Osella Award for best screenplay.
WorldView New Genres Fund Development Award
The WorldView New Genres Fund Development Award (5,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2013 Project is given to Zama by Lucrecia Martel, a co-production of Lita Stantic Producciones (Argentina) and El Deseo (Spain).
‘A visually stunning and uniquely approached period project by one of South America’s most influential director.’
Lucrecia Martel (1966, Argentina) made several short films, a children's television programme and documentaries. Her first full-length film, La ciénaga(2001), won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2001 Berlinale; La niña santa (2004), her second feature, was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Martel’s latest feature is La mujer sin cabeza (2008), which premiered in Competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. All Martel’s features have been selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
CineMart was the first platform of its kind to offer filmmakers the opportunity to launch their ideas to the international film industry and to find the right connections to get their projects additionally financed. CineMart also heralds an important start of the 'film year'.
Every year, the CineMart invites a select number of directors/producers to present their film projects to co-producers, funds, sales agents, distributors, TV stations and other potential financiers.
For its 30th edition, CineMart selected thirty-four projects. The selection included four ‘Art:Film’ projects and four projects from this year’s Boost! program.
CineMart is supported by:
Media Programme of the European Union
Rotterdam Development Corporation (Dso)
Netherlands Film Fund
Media Mundus
Arte France Cinéma
Eurimages...
The 30th CineMart, co-production market of International Film Festival Rotterdam concluded in Rotterdam, with the announcement of the three awards for best CineMart Projects 2013.
Jätten (The Giant) by Johannes Nyholm (Denmark/Sweden) wins the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award; the Arte International Prize goes to The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/UK/Greece) and the WorldView New Genres Fund Development Award goes to Zama by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina/Spain).
The Jury for the CineMart Awards consisted of Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma), Petri Kemppinen (Finnish Film Foundation / Eurimages representative), Annamaria Lodato (Arte France), Himesh Kar (WorldView) and Amy Richardson (Worldview).
The winners and the Jury statements are:
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (30,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2013 Project with a European partner is given to Jätten (The Giant) by Johannes Nyholm, a co-production of BeoFilm Productions (Denmark) and Garagefilm International (Sweden).
‘A project of a talented filmmaker who is about to make a leap from widely appreciated short films to his first fiction that will a tender melodrama.’
Johannes Nyholm (1974, Sweden) is an artist and film director based in Gothenburg. The animated film series The Tale of Little Puppetboy (2006) was originally shown at, and made for, gallery screenings. But it has also been shown widely at festivals around the world. The music video Twice, for Little Dragon, was the origin for the short film Dreams from the Woods (2009), which premiered in Cannes. Even before being completed, his latest short, Las Palmas (2011), gained a global reputation through a trailer more successful than any Hollywood blockbuster. The Giant will be Nyholm’s first feature film.
Arte International Prize
The Arte International Prize (7,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2013 Project is given to The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos, a production of Element Pictures (Ireland/United Kingdom/Greece).
‘A very exciting and original project from one of the most talented emerging filmmakers of the last decade.’
Yorgos Lanthimos (1973, Greece) filmed a series of videos for dance theatre companies throughout the 1990's. Since 1995, he has directed a number of TV commercials, in addition to music videos, short films and stage plays. His first feature film, Kinetta (2005), screened to critical acclaim at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. His second feature, Dogtooth (2009), won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Alps (2011), his latest film, premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Osella Award for best screenplay.
WorldView New Genres Fund Development Award
The WorldView New Genres Fund Development Award (5,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2013 Project is given to Zama by Lucrecia Martel, a co-production of Lita Stantic Producciones (Argentina) and El Deseo (Spain).
‘A visually stunning and uniquely approached period project by one of South America’s most influential director.’
Lucrecia Martel (1966, Argentina) made several short films, a children's television programme and documentaries. Her first full-length film, La ciénaga(2001), won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2001 Berlinale; La niña santa (2004), her second feature, was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Martel’s latest feature is La mujer sin cabeza (2008), which premiered in Competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. All Martel’s features have been selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
CineMart was the first platform of its kind to offer filmmakers the opportunity to launch their ideas to the international film industry and to find the right connections to get their projects additionally financed. CineMart also heralds an important start of the 'film year'.
Every year, the CineMart invites a select number of directors/producers to present their film projects to co-producers, funds, sales agents, distributors, TV stations and other potential financiers.
For its 30th edition, CineMart selected thirty-four projects. The selection included four ‘Art:Film’ projects and four projects from this year’s Boost! program.
CineMart is supported by:
Media Programme of the European Union
Rotterdam Development Corporation (Dso)
Netherlands Film Fund
Media Mundus
Arte France Cinéma
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- 2/1/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Helsinki International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 20-30, has plenty to celebrate on its 25th anniversary. Hiff, whose 55,000 visitors generate 70 percent of its €500,000 budget, got €75,500 from the Finnish Film Foundation. The Fff invests €27 million a year in more than 20 shorts, 30 docs, and 20 Finn features, including Finland’s Oscar submission Purge, by Antti Jokinen, a highlight of Hiff’s 185 films. “It has been seen by 120,000 people,” Fff head of production Petri Kemppinen tells The Hollywood Reporter -- huge for a nation of 5 million. Isolated by
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- 9/27/2012
- by Tim Appelo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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