REinvent International Sales has boarded “Second Victims,” a psychological drama directed by Zinnini Elkington which shot on location at Denmark’s Herlev Hospital.
Set against the backdrop of an understaffed stroke unit, the film follows skilled neurologist Alexandra whose unwavering confidence is put to the ultimate test when a routine case spirals into tragedy. Blame and guilt ripple through the hospital, pushing Alexandra to confront her own fallibility and the profound repercussions of medical errors. Currently in post, the film is produced by Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard for Meta Film. Sf Studios will release it in the Nordics.
“Second Victims” is led by a duo of Scandinavian stars, Özlem Saglanmak, whose credits include “Borgen,” and Trine Dyrholm, who previously starred in Susanne Bier’s Oscar winning “In A Better World” and Sundance’s Audience Award winner “Queen of Hearts.” The cast is completed by Anders Matthesen, the creator of hit franchise “Checkered Ninja,...
Set against the backdrop of an understaffed stroke unit, the film follows skilled neurologist Alexandra whose unwavering confidence is put to the ultimate test when a routine case spirals into tragedy. Blame and guilt ripple through the hospital, pushing Alexandra to confront her own fallibility and the profound repercussions of medical errors. Currently in post, the film is produced by Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard for Meta Film. Sf Studios will release it in the Nordics.
“Second Victims” is led by a duo of Scandinavian stars, Özlem Saglanmak, whose credits include “Borgen,” and Trine Dyrholm, who previously starred in Susanne Bier’s Oscar winning “In A Better World” and Sundance’s Audience Award winner “Queen of Hearts.” The cast is completed by Anders Matthesen, the creator of hit franchise “Checkered Ninja,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Göteborg Film Festival’s series-focused, industry sidebar TV Drama Vision returned this week with two days of talks and panels centered on series production in Europe and the Nordic region.
The program featured over 60 on-stage speakers and was dominated by the presence of Netflix, which celebrated its 10th year in the Nordic region late last year.
“We had a great year,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, VP of Nordic Content at Netflix, said when asked about the streamer’s 2022 Nordic efforts on stage at the Grand Theater in Göteborg.
Björk went on to list what she described as some of the streamer’s most successful Nordic content, including the Swedish series Snabba Cash. The experienced exec also cited the Spotify origins series The Playlist, and Roar Uthaug’s folklore thriller Troll, which Björk said became the most popular non-English language film on Netflix in less than two weeks of its release.
The program featured over 60 on-stage speakers and was dominated by the presence of Netflix, which celebrated its 10th year in the Nordic region late last year.
“We had a great year,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, VP of Nordic Content at Netflix, said when asked about the streamer’s 2022 Nordic efforts on stage at the Grand Theater in Göteborg.
Björk went on to list what she described as some of the streamer’s most successful Nordic content, including the Swedish series Snabba Cash. The experienced exec also cited the Spotify origins series The Playlist, and Roar Uthaug’s folklore thriller Troll, which Björk said became the most popular non-English language film on Netflix in less than two weeks of its release.
- 2/3/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
In order to make it as a showrunner, you should be able to bear loneliness for longer periods of time, said “Skam’s” Julie Andem at Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision.
“To this day, I don’t really know what a showrunner is. Or does. But the most important thing is to have the strongest vision of the show and make sure everyone is working towards it. Make sure your collaborators have fun with it, that they get something out of it, personally,” she added.
“You have to believe in your story. It was so clear to me what ‘Skam’ was supposed to be and how it needed to be done. I knew when to say ‘no,’ right away, which makes this job easier.”
Andem opened up about her experiences, from humble beginnings in advertising – “When clients disagreed with my idea, I thought they were idiots. You can’t work like that,...
“To this day, I don’t really know what a showrunner is. Or does. But the most important thing is to have the strongest vision of the show and make sure everyone is working towards it. Make sure your collaborators have fun with it, that they get something out of it, personally,” she added.
“You have to believe in your story. It was so clear to me what ‘Skam’ was supposed to be and how it needed to be done. I knew when to say ‘no,’ right away, which makes this job easier.”
Andem opened up about her experiences, from humble beginnings in advertising – “When clients disagreed with my idea, I thought they were idiots. You can’t work like that,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
’Dancing Queen’ is produced by Thomas Robsahm.
LevelK has boarded Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian family drama Dancing Queen, produced by Thomas Robsahm, whose credits include Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World.
Director Aurora Gossé will start the shoot in June. The cast features Anders Baasmo Christensen (Kon Tiki), Andrea Bræin Hovig (Hope), Anne Marit Jacobsen (Beware of Children), Cengiz Al (Skam) and newcomer Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson in the lead role of Mina.
It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who falls in love with a famous dancer who moves to her town, and auditions for his crew...
LevelK has boarded Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian family drama Dancing Queen, produced by Thomas Robsahm, whose credits include Oscar-nominated The Worst Person In The World.
Director Aurora Gossé will start the shoot in June. The cast features Anders Baasmo Christensen (Kon Tiki), Andrea Bræin Hovig (Hope), Anne Marit Jacobsen (Beware of Children), Cengiz Al (Skam) and newcomer Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson in the lead role of Mina.
It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who falls in love with a famous dancer who moves to her town, and auditions for his crew...
- 5/19/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
HBO Max has commissioned a six-part Spanish-language teen road trip drama, How To Screw It All Up.
The series, from emerging Spanish talents Jaime Olías and Pablo Sanhermelando, follows a a group of friends who take a directionless road trip, but end up finding themselves. Boomerang — the Spanish producer behind Los Misters de Laura, which NBC remade as The Mysteries of Laura — is producing.
Alba, a new girl at school having trouble fitting in, hears the end of year trip is cancelled, ending her chances of running away from home. She then discovers her classmates plan to pretend the trip is still on, steal a van belonging to one of their brothers and take a three-week road trip with no plan.
The cast of How to Screw it All Up is led by Naira Lleó (Mamá o Papá), Malva Vela (El Reino), Gabriel Guevara (Skam), Óscar Ortuño (30 Coins), Nadia Al Saidi (La Caza.
The series, from emerging Spanish talents Jaime Olías and Pablo Sanhermelando, follows a a group of friends who take a directionless road trip, but end up finding themselves. Boomerang — the Spanish producer behind Los Misters de Laura, which NBC remade as The Mysteries of Laura — is producing.
Alba, a new girl at school having trouble fitting in, hears the end of year trip is cancelled, ending her chances of running away from home. She then discovers her classmates plan to pretend the trip is still on, steal a van belonging to one of their brothers and take a three-week road trip with no plan.
The cast of How to Screw it All Up is led by Naira Lleó (Mamá o Papá), Malva Vela (El Reino), Gabriel Guevara (Skam), Óscar Ortuño (30 Coins), Nadia Al Saidi (La Caza.
- 5/17/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Gentile’s Paris-based The Film, the banner behind Julie Delpy’s upcoming show “On the Verge,” is developing a string of projects with emerging filmmakers, notably Yaël Cojot-Goldberg’s “Farewell Caracas” and Mehdi Fikri’s drama “Et maintenant, le feu.”
The company is also producing Danielle Arbid’s “Des châteaux qui brûlent,” based on Arno Bertina’ book, and Delpy’s next French-language movie, “Les Barbares,” a culture clash film set in Brittany.
“Farewell Caracas,” co-written by Cojot-Goldberg and Thomas Vincent (the co-director of “Bodyguard”), is set in the 1970s in Venezuela and is a semi-autobiographical tale. The film revolves around French expats who move to Venezuela and will star Melanie Thierry (“In Therapy”), Arieh Worthalter (“Girl”) and Mathieu Amalric (“Sound of Metal”). It tells the story of the helmer’s parents whose love for one another got tested after her father, who was a well-established banker, spiralled out of control after discovering Klaus Barbie,...
The company is also producing Danielle Arbid’s “Des châteaux qui brûlent,” based on Arno Bertina’ book, and Delpy’s next French-language movie, “Les Barbares,” a culture clash film set in Brittany.
“Farewell Caracas,” co-written by Cojot-Goldberg and Thomas Vincent (the co-director of “Bodyguard”), is set in the 1970s in Venezuela and is a semi-autobiographical tale. The film revolves around French expats who move to Venezuela and will star Melanie Thierry (“In Therapy”), Arieh Worthalter (“Girl”) and Mathieu Amalric (“Sound of Metal”). It tells the story of the helmer’s parents whose love for one another got tested after her father, who was a well-established banker, spiralled out of control after discovering Klaus Barbie,...
- 7/11/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Starzplay has unveiled plot details, casting and a first-look image for “Express,” an original co-produced with Spanish production giant The Mediapro Studio and U.S. streaming platform Pantaya. “Express” is Starzplay’s first local language Spanish production, but one of several announced in August of last year. Each will be available on the Starzplay platform in Spain and Latin America as well as Spanish-language focused streamer Pantaya – a co-venture between Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group – in the U.S.
Heading the cast of “Express” is “Locked Up” and “Cable Girls” star Maggie Civantos, joined by Spanish Academy Goya Award nominee Kiti Mánver, Vicente Romero (“Cell 211”), Loreto Mauleón (“Patria”), Esteban Meloni (“Los Internacionales”), Alba Planas (the Spanish version of “Skam”), Ana Marzoa (“Locked Up”), Omar Banana (“Veneno”), Bernardo Flores (“Women in Charge”) and newcomer Carmen Daza and Manuela Rojas.
In “Express,” criminal psychologist Bárbara (Civantos) becomes the victim of an express kidnapping,...
Heading the cast of “Express” is “Locked Up” and “Cable Girls” star Maggie Civantos, joined by Spanish Academy Goya Award nominee Kiti Mánver, Vicente Romero (“Cell 211”), Loreto Mauleón (“Patria”), Esteban Meloni (“Los Internacionales”), Alba Planas (the Spanish version of “Skam”), Ana Marzoa (“Locked Up”), Omar Banana (“Veneno”), Bernardo Flores (“Women in Charge”) and newcomer Carmen Daza and Manuela Rojas.
In “Express,” criminal psychologist Bárbara (Civantos) becomes the victim of an express kidnapping,...
- 3/16/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In Netflix’s latest foreign fare, the coming-of-age drama Ragnarok, the Old World is very much alive. Set against the beautiful backdrop of rural Norway, the series circles around Norse mythology, which, as a title card tells us, “begins with natural disasters and culminates in the great battle between the gods and the giants.” Party.
In the first of six episodes (which released Friday, Jan. 31), we enter as a mom and her two teenage sons relocate to Edda, Norway. Magne (played by Skam‘s David Stakston) is the peculiar, quieter older son, while Laurits (Wisting‘s Jonas Strand Gravli) is the outgoing,...
In the first of six episodes (which released Friday, Jan. 31), we enter as a mom and her two teenage sons relocate to Edda, Norway. Magne (played by Skam‘s David Stakston) is the peculiar, quieter older son, while Laurits (Wisting‘s Jonas Strand Gravli) is the outgoing,...
- 2/1/2020
- TVLine.com
Conference speakers to include Rikke Ennis, Philip Knatchbull and Walter Iuzzolino.
The Broken Circle Breakdown and Tabula Rasa actress Veerle Baetens will pitch her directorial debut, The Melting, at the fourth edition of Flanders Image’s annual film and TV showcase CONNeXT (October 6-9).
The Melting is adapted from Lize Spit’s novel about a woman looking back on one pivotal summer with the two boys who were her best friends in the small Flemish town of Bovenmeer.
CONNeXT invites international experts to Ghent to preview or screen features and TV series made in Flanders and Brussels. In past years,...
The Broken Circle Breakdown and Tabula Rasa actress Veerle Baetens will pitch her directorial debut, The Melting, at the fourth edition of Flanders Image’s annual film and TV showcase CONNeXT (October 6-9).
The Melting is adapted from Lize Spit’s novel about a woman looking back on one pivotal summer with the two boys who were her best friends in the small Flemish town of Bovenmeer.
CONNeXT invites international experts to Ghent to preview or screen features and TV series made in Flanders and Brussels. In past years,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Variety has exclusive access to the English-language trailer for Norwegian feature “Disco” by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, set to world premiere in Toronto’s Discovery program, before heading off to San Sebastian’s New Directors’ competition.
Syversen’s sophomore feature after “Tree Feller” is sold by New Europe Film Sales.
Toplining the cast is “Skam” actress Josefine Frida who has just been picked by Toronto as a “rising star” alongside three emerging international acting talents.
In her feature debut, “Disco”, Frida plays Mirjam, a 19-year-old freestyle disco dancing champion and poster girl for an evangelical movement, who later on joins an even more radical church.
Co-stars include Nicolai Cleve Broch (“Beforeigners”), Andrea Bræn Hovig (“Hope”) and Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal. The film is produced by Mer Film’s Maria Ekerhovd, behind Iram Haq’s “What Will People Say”.
“I’m really looking forward to showing the film to the audiences in Toronto and San Sebastian,...
Syversen’s sophomore feature after “Tree Feller” is sold by New Europe Film Sales.
Toplining the cast is “Skam” actress Josefine Frida who has just been picked by Toronto as a “rising star” alongside three emerging international acting talents.
In her feature debut, “Disco”, Frida plays Mirjam, a 19-year-old freestyle disco dancing champion and poster girl for an evangelical movement, who later on joins an even more radical church.
Co-stars include Nicolai Cleve Broch (“Beforeigners”), Andrea Bræn Hovig (“Hope”) and Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal. The film is produced by Mer Film’s Maria Ekerhovd, behind Iram Haq’s “What Will People Say”.
“I’m really looking forward to showing the film to the audiences in Toronto and San Sebastian,...
- 8/16/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Strand includes Fyzal Boulifa’s Lynn + Lucy and Beyond The Horizon starring Laetitia Casta and Clémence Poésy.
The 2019 San Sebastian Film Festival (September 20-28) has revealed the 14 first and second films set to compete for its New Directors award.
Among the titles are UK director Fyzal Boulifa’s feature debut Lynn + Lucy about two best friends whose relationship is tested after a tragedy. The project, backed by BBC Films, was part of the Great 8 showcase at Cannes this year.
Titles from second- time directors include Jorunn Myklebust Syversen’s Disco, with Skam star Josefine Frida Pettersen, and Delphine Lehericey’s...
The 2019 San Sebastian Film Festival (September 20-28) has revealed the 14 first and second films set to compete for its New Directors award.
Among the titles are UK director Fyzal Boulifa’s feature debut Lynn + Lucy about two best friends whose relationship is tested after a tragedy. The project, backed by BBC Films, was part of the Great 8 showcase at Cannes this year.
Titles from second- time directors include Jorunn Myklebust Syversen’s Disco, with Skam star Josefine Frida Pettersen, and Delphine Lehericey’s...
- 7/30/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Kayti Burt May 16, 2019
We have a first look at the new video from Skam Austin's Shay, Tyler, and Marlon, further setting the scene for a Shay-centric Season 3.
It's been a hot second since we've checked in with the narratively-rich world of Skam Austin, the Facebook Watch TV show adaptation of the breakout Norwegian transmedia teen drama Skam.
The transmedia web series is currently in its second season following the exploits of a group of high school friends living in Austin, Texas. The first season followed introvert Meg. The second season has her friend, Grace, as the point-of-view character.
read more: Why We're So Excited About Skam Austin
If all goes according to the story structure laid out by the Norwegian original, Season 3 will follow one of Meg's ex-boyfriend Marlon's friends. In the original, it was the of Isak, a boy struggling to come to terms with his queerness as he...
We have a first look at the new video from Skam Austin's Shay, Tyler, and Marlon, further setting the scene for a Shay-centric Season 3.
It's been a hot second since we've checked in with the narratively-rich world of Skam Austin, the Facebook Watch TV show adaptation of the breakout Norwegian transmedia teen drama Skam.
The transmedia web series is currently in its second season following the exploits of a group of high school friends living in Austin, Texas. The first season followed introvert Meg. The second season has her friend, Grace, as the point-of-view character.
read more: Why We're So Excited About Skam Austin
If all goes according to the story structure laid out by the Norwegian original, Season 3 will follow one of Meg's ex-boyfriend Marlon's friends. In the original, it was the of Isak, a boy struggling to come to terms with his queerness as he...
- 5/16/2019
- Den of Geek
France’s broadcasters are struggling with SVoD rivals, but producers are taking advantage of a seemingly insatiable demand for content.
The French TV industry was out in force at this year’s Miptv which put France front and centre as its country of honour.
The showcase laid bare the opposing realities of France’s broadcasters, which are undergoing deep change in response to the rise of the global platforms, and the country’s producers, who are riding the wave of a seemingly insatiable demand for content.
Delphine Ernotte Cunci, president of state broadcaster France Télévisions, kicked off a showcase of French broadcasters on Monday,...
The French TV industry was out in force at this year’s Miptv which put France front and centre as its country of honour.
The showcase laid bare the opposing realities of France’s broadcasters, which are undergoing deep change in response to the rise of the global platforms, and the country’s producers, who are riding the wave of a seemingly insatiable demand for content.
Delphine Ernotte Cunci, president of state broadcaster France Télévisions, kicked off a showcase of French broadcasters on Monday,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Norway’s Jorunn Myklebust directs.
Josefine Frida Pettersen, who plays Noora in the hit Norwegian teen series Skam, makes her film debut in Disco, the new film directed by Norway’s Jorunn Myklebust Syversen.
Screen can reveal the film’s first image below.
Pettersen stars as 19-year-old Mirjam, the world champion in freestyle disco dancing who starts questioning her faith after suffering panic attacks during a competition. When she is no longer able to dance, she looks for answers with a fundamentalist Christian congregation.
Pettersen, now 22, was also a dancer in her teenage years. She said, “Playing the lead in...
Josefine Frida Pettersen, who plays Noora in the hit Norwegian teen series Skam, makes her film debut in Disco, the new film directed by Norway’s Jorunn Myklebust Syversen.
Screen can reveal the film’s first image below.
Pettersen stars as 19-year-old Mirjam, the world champion in freestyle disco dancing who starts questioning her faith after suffering panic attacks during a competition. When she is no longer able to dance, she looks for answers with a fundamentalist Christian congregation.
Pettersen, now 22, was also a dancer in her teenage years. She said, “Playing the lead in...
- 2/1/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Kayti Burt Feb 28, 2019
Skam Austin Season 2 will begin in March on Facebook Watch.
Skam Austin Season 2 is a go! Facebook Watch has renewed the American adaptation of the breakout Norwegian transmedia teen drama that is told in real-time, with videos released on the internet as they are happening in the world of the show.
The original series, created by Julie Andem, became an international sensation, particularly during Season 3, which features a queer protagonist struggling to come to terms with his sexual identity, among other things. Unlike the many other Skam adaptations currently airing around the world, Andem is the showrunner of Skam Austin.
Skam Austin Season 1 follows Meg, a teen girl living in Austin, Texas. Like the first season of Skam, Skam Austin follows its teen girl protagonist as she becomes friends with a motley group of girls, having previously relied only on her relationship with boyfriend Marlon for social support.
Skam Austin Season 2 will begin in March on Facebook Watch.
Skam Austin Season 2 is a go! Facebook Watch has renewed the American adaptation of the breakout Norwegian transmedia teen drama that is told in real-time, with videos released on the internet as they are happening in the world of the show.
The original series, created by Julie Andem, became an international sensation, particularly during Season 3, which features a queer protagonist struggling to come to terms with his sexual identity, among other things. Unlike the many other Skam adaptations currently airing around the world, Andem is the showrunner of Skam Austin.
Skam Austin Season 1 follows Meg, a teen girl living in Austin, Texas. Like the first season of Skam, Skam Austin follows its teen girl protagonist as she becomes friends with a motley group of girls, having previously relied only on her relationship with boyfriend Marlon for social support.
- 7/26/2018
- Den of Geek
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