The Exception (Undtagelsen) is penned by Christian Torpe and based on the 2004 bestselling novel by Danish author Christian Jungersen. The nerve-wracking thriller follows four women (played by Danica Curcic, Amanda Collin, Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Lene Maria Christensen) working in a Copenhagen-based NGO that specialises in genocide and crimes against humanity. When the women begin receiving death…
David Dencik was recently appointed Honorary Doctor at the The Faculty of Arts at the University of Gothenburg. Since 2018, Dencik has been associated with the Academy of Music and Drama at the faculty where, thanks to the Stena Foundation, he has been a regular artist-in-residence. “David Dencik is a tremendously skilled actor. His track record is…
Recently being honoured with the official festival label at Cannes 2020, Thomas Vinterberg’s drama Another Round (Druk) has been selected for the 45th Toronto International Film Festival in September where it will celebrate its on-site world premiere. Another Round follows a group of friends, all weary high school teachers, who decide to experiment with the idea of being…
Congratulations to Josefine Frida for being nominated Best Actress for her role in Jorunn Myklebust Syversen’s acclaimed drama Disco. The feature stars Josefine Frida as the young Christian dancer Mirjam, who after a collapse begins questioning both her career and her fait. The Amanda Awards are handed out annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway…
Congratulations to Ingrid Bolsø Berdal for winning the Gullruten award for Best Actor in the Norwegian thriller series Witch Hunt. The 2020 Gullruten Awards was held at the Clarion Hotel in Oslo on June 19, postponed from May due to the Coronavirus crisis. Witch Hunt follows Ida Waage (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal), the CFO in one of the…
Shooting has started for Bille August’s The Pact, a psychological drama about the intense friendship between world renowned author Karen Blixen, and he promising young poet Thorkild Bjønvig, starring Birthe Neumann and Simon Bennebjerg in the leading roles. The film also stars Asta Kamma August, Anders Heinrichsen and Nanna Voss. Based on Bjønvig’s own eponymous biographical novel, published 12…