TOP STORIES: Haugesund: 'Small Time Killers' Bows on AMC's Shudder and Haugesund (EXCLUSIVE); Haug…
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TOP STORIES

Haugesund: 'Small Time Killers' Bows on AMC's Shudder and Haugesund (EXCLUSIVE)

By Annika Pham

HAUGESUND, Norway -- The Danish film "Small Time Killers," directed by Ole Bornedal ("The Nightwatch", "The Possession"), has been sold by TrustNordisk to more than 45 territories including AMC's Network's Shudder for North America and


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Haugesund: Sisters' Tale 'Miami' Gets World Sales Deal With LevelK (EXCLUSIVE)

By Jorn Rossing Jensen

HAUGESUND, Norway -- Portraying "The Good Son" ("Hyvä poika") in her 2011 feature, which won top prizes at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Mons International Festival of Love Films, adding a Jussi, Finland's nation


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Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson Unveils Poster, Trailer for Venice and Toronto-Bound 'Under the Tree' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, the Icelandic director of "Either Way" and "Paris of the North," is unveiling the trailer and poster of his anticipated third feature "Under the Tree," which is set to play at the Venice and Toronto film fe


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Haugesund: 'Sound of Noise' Producer Steps Up Ambitions (EXCLUSIVE)

By Annika Pham

New Swedish production company Silver Films is launching with the English-lingo psycho thriller "CAR:Y" The feature project will be pitched at New Nordic Films' Nordic Genre Boost strand in Haugesund, which runs Aug. 22-25, and will ep


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REVIEWS

Film Review: 'Winter Brothers'

By Jessica Kiang

First there is the darkness of a limestone mine, lit only by helmet flashlights and the occasional shower of flinty sparks from a pickax connecting with rock. And then there's the comparative dazzle of the processing plant, bleached wh


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Film Review: 'Tom of Finland'

By Guy Lodge

Ever since the bulbous, gorgeous gay erotica of one-time underground icon Tom of Finland crossed over from the locked drawer to the coffee table, it has been plagued by the same old line of discourse.


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Film Review: Robert Pattinson in 'Good Time'

By Guy Lodge

Those already acquainted with the young oeuvre of Benny and Josh Safdie — the multitasking fraternal auteur duo with a joint eye to the social fringes of New York City — may see the title of their third narrative feature as


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Film Review: 'God's Own Country'

By Guy Lodge

In case it didn't court "Brokeback Mountain" comparisons directly enough with its tale of two young sheep farmers finding love in a hopeless place, "God's Own Country" seals the deal with one winkingly quoted shot.


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Haugesund: Nordic Countries Plan New Pan-Regional Fund to Support Nordic Film and TV

By Jorn Rossing Jensen

HAUGESUND, Norway -- Norwegian culture minister Linda Hofstad Helleland has announced that the Nordic countries are planning to set up a new pan-regional fund to support Scandinavia film and TV, which will be administered by the Nordis


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Joachim Trier on Toronto-Bound 'Thelma,' His 1980s Influences, the Threat to Filmmaking in Norway

By Jorn Rossing Jensen

HAUGESUND, Norway -- Norwegian director Joachim Trier's new feature, "Thelma," which opened the 45th Norwegian Intl. Film Festival in Haugesund on Sunday Aug. 20, will segue to the Toronto Festival as a Special Presentation, then to th


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Haugesund: NRK's Ivar Køhn on Norway's TV Drama Build, Nordic Noir as a Brand

By Jorn Rossing Jensen

HAUGESUND, Norway -- For the first time, TV drama features at the Norwegian Int. Film Festival in Haugesund with the world premiere of second seasons of two Norwegian series: "Occupied" ("Okkupert") and "Norsemen," aka "Vikings" ("Viki


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