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Göteborg Takeaways: Buzz Nordic Titles, New Collaborations and Challenges, Such as Trying Yoga-Like Business Flexibility

‘You know there’s got to be something better,” sang the iconic Marianne Faithful. Similarly Göteborg market’s co-heads Cia Edström and Josef Kullengård were determined to bring “good energy and hope” to their 2,000-plus...

‘An Education’s’ Lone Scherfig Unveils Plot of ‘60s-Set Swedish Spy Romance ‘Honeytrap’ From ‘Pressure Point’ Scribe Pelle Rådström

“Honeytrap” will be like a skewed, tilted version of the more romantic films I’ve done before,” said the multi-awarded Danish writer-director Lone Scherfig to a packed audience of industry delegates Jan....

LevelK Boards Göteborg Couch Surfing Drama ‘Live a Little’ From ‘Force Majeure’ Producer Marie Kjellson: ‘It’s About Setting Boundaries’ (EXCLUSIVE)

In its latest bet on bold Scandi features, Copenhagen-based sales and aggregation house LevelK has picked up world rights to the Swedish feature “Live a Little” (“Leva lite”) which received a...

Oscar Nominee Joshua Oppenheimer Worries His ‘Home Country Is Becoming a Dictatorship’ But It’s Not ‘The End’ Just Yet: ‘Above You, There’s Still a...

U.S. filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, now based in Denmark, worries his “home country is perhaps becoming a dictatorship.”   “It remains to be seen. The question we all face, each and every one...

‘The Emigrants’ Helmer Erik Poppe’s Series ‘Quisling,’ About One of History’s Most Notorious Traitors,’ Broken Down By Its Writers

Hailed by Variety as “a superb historical drama about the Far-Right’s threatto democracy, the movie “Quisling: The Final Days” helmed by Norway’s top filmmaker Erik Poppe, impressed audiences at the last Toronto Film Festival...

‘Black Crab’ Scribe Pelle Rådström Talks ‘Pressure Point,’ How ‘The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions’

What are the limits of art, of freedom of expression in the case of neo-Nazis expressing anti-democratic views? Can rehabilitation programs reduce crime?  Those are some of the pressing and relevant...

Content Americas 2025: The Confab’s No. 1 Question, a Movie Renaissance, What Buyers Want, Brazil and Deals to Date 

MIAMI — The best thing about the Miami Hilton Downtown is its vistas from above Biscayne Bay and opposite the city’s iconic serried strip of high-rises. Delegates at Content Americas, which...

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