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Arte/ZDF, Port au Prince Board ‘Ivan & Hadoum’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Arte/ZDF, the German arm of European public broadcaster Arte, and German production company Port au Prince have boarded “Ivan & Hadoum,” the feature debut of Ian de la Rosa, one of...

Spain’s NextGen Producers Takes Center Stage at Berlin’s Country in Focus  

Country in Focus: Spain at the Forefront, the European Film Market’s 2025 territory highlight, cuts two ways. TV will be spotlighted Feb. 17 in a Berlinale Series Market double-backed session, Spanish...

Filmax Snags ‘Another Man’ From Rising Star Director David Moragas

Barcelona studio Filmax has boarded “Another Man,” a comedy-laced romantic drama marking the second feature from Spanish writer-director David Moragas who turned heads on the festival circuit with ‘A Stormy...

Mads Hedegaard Had to Invent New Languages for Stone Age Epic ‘Stranger’: ‘This Is Where It All Started’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Danish director Mads Hedegaard had to invent new languages for the Stone Age epic “Stranger.” “I have a background in documentaries , so it had to feel real to the audience....

Oscar-Nominated Rúnar Rúnarsson Wins Göteborg’s Best Nordic Film Award for ‘When the Light Breaks,’ as ’Memoir of a Snail’ Nabs Best International Film

Prominent Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson who was Oscar-nominated in 2006 for his short film “The Last Farm,” was handed out the Göteborg Film Festival’s hefty SEK400,000 ($36,000) Dragon Award for Best Nordic...

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...

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