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Göteborg Takeaways: Buzz Nordic Titles, New Collaborations and Challenges, Such as Trying Yoga-Like Business Flexibility
New co-production models,Netflix, Amazon Prime Highlights, and Hlynur Pálmason's 'The Love that Remains' proved among highlights.
Among standout titles were SVT’s bloody freaky vampire show “The Cruise” adapted from the novel by Swedish horror specialist Mats Strandberg, repped by Paramount Global Content Distribution, the futuristic social statement “Paradis City” starring “Snabba Cash”’s Alexander Abdallah and Julia Ragnarsson (“Blinded”), the TV4/ZDF sci-fi “We Come in Peace,” toplining Fares Fares (“Cairo Conspiracy”) and Evin Ahmad (“Snabba Cash), which is handled by Newen Connect, and the high-end Balkan 1990s war drama “A Life’s Worth,” ordered by Arte France and Viaplay. So far, Yle crime comedy “Queen of Fucking Everything” and ZDF hospital drama “Push” have been resounding successes in their respective territories Finland and Germany, and NRK’s true-crime “Holmia Love” just launched in Norway. Hansen, “Money Shot”’s Jemina Jokisalo, “Quisling”’s Anne Bache-Wiig & Siv Rajendram Eliassen and “The School of Housewives’” Arnór Pálmi Arnarson, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir – showcased the wealth of storytelling in the Nordics and versatility of talent such as the Oscar-winning Vinterberg, making his long-form fiction debut.
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