Running in parallel with the 50^th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (20-26 August), New Nordic Films will present for another year the newest trends of the region from 23-26 August. The 28^th edition of the market will welcome industry representatives both on site as well as online. The programme includes a selection of market screenings, work-in-progress presentations, projects in development, a number of Haugesund seminars and labs.

A total of 20 selected titles are being featured in the market screenings that will open with Triangle of Sadness [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ruben Östlund
intervista: Ruben Östlund
scheda film] by Ruben Östlund, and among them are three new local films, suspense thriller Storm [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thorvaldur Kristjánsson
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intervista: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
intervista: Thorvaldur Kristjánsson
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A total of 17 projects in post-production have been selected to be presented on Thursday 25 August as works-in-progress. Some of the highlights included in the selection are A Happy Day [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gizem Erdogan
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Furthermore, seasoned Norwegian film director and WWII survivor, Knut Erik Jensen (Ice Kiss), brings a a fable-like tale told through a girl’s dreams, memories and traumas in Longing for Today, Ukrainian director Ivan Tymchenko’s Oxygen Station [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ivan Tymchenko
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intervista: Teemu Nikki e Jani Pösö
intervista: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö e P…
scheda film], presents Death is a Problem for the Living, a film about addiction, friendship and forgiveness. Nils Gaup’s historical action drama The Riot [+leggi anche:
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Here is the complete selection of the Works in Progress titles:

A Happy Day - Hisham Zaman (Norway/Denmark)
Producer: Hisham Zaman (Snowfall Cinema)
Co-producers: Marie Gade (Zentropa), Turid Øversveen (Rein Film Finmark), Mathis Ståle Mathisen (Take 1)

Blomster – Neil Widgart (Sweden)
Producer: Malin Hüber (Story AB)

Dancing Queen [+leggi anche:
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Producer: Thomas Robsahm (Amarcord)

Feed – Johannes Persson (Sweden/Denmark)
Producers: Paolo Vacirca, Alexander Eriksson (Scandinavian Content Group)
Co-producers: Nordisk Film, TV4/CMore, Ninetone

Forever – Anders Hazelius (Sweden)
Producers: Stefan H Lindén, Erik Lundqvist (SF Studios Production)
Co-producer: Film i Väst

Four Little Adults – Selma Vilhunen (Finland/Sweden/France)
Producers: Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi (Making Movies)
Co-producers: Hobab, Manny Films

Before It Ends – Anders Walter (Denmark/Finland/Iceland)
Producers: Miriam Nørgaard, Mette Høst Hansen, Tomas Radoor (Nordisk Film Production)

Listen Up! – Kaveh Tehrani (Norway/Sweden)
Producers: Ingvil Berger, Yngve Sæther (Motlys)
Co-producers: Viaplay, B-Reel Film

Longing for Today – Knut Erik Jensen (Norway)
Producer: Aleksander Olai Korsnes (Rein Film)
Co-producers: Evil Doghouse North, Filmfond Nord, Filmcamp, Nordkappfilm

My Brother Ted – Anna Widerberg, Fredrik Ydhag (Sweden)
Producer: Håkan Hammarén (Fundament Film Gbg)

Oxygen Station [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ivan Tymchenko
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Producers: Svitlana Solovyova (Svitlofor Film), Havard Wettland Gosse (Spætt Film), Alzbeta Janackova (Silk Films)

Death is a Problem for the Living – Teemu Nikki (Finland/Italy)
Producer: Jani Pösö (It’s Alive Films)
Co-producer: Andrea Romeo

The Riot [+leggi anche:
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Producers: Tom Vidar Karlsen, Trond Eliassen (Storyline)
Co-producers: Gøtafilm AB, Film i Väst, Handmade Films AS, Centaur Films, Filmfond Nord, Filmcamp, Film Invest

There is No Place Like Home – Puk Grasten (Denmark)
Producers: Regner Grasten, Tove Grasten (Regner Grasten Film)

Thiiird – Karim Kassem (Lebanon/Sweden)
Producers: Karim Kassem, Johan Matton

UFO Sweden – Crazy Pictures (Sweden)
Producers: Crazy Pictures
Co-producers: SF Studios, SVT, Film i Väst

Unmoored [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Caroline Ingvarsson
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Producers: Naomi Despres, Michèle Marshall (Desmar), Mariusz Włodarski (Lava Films)