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Nordic Film Institute Honchos Talk Cannes Agenda and Best Memories (EXCLUSIVE)
Nordic film leaders reflect on Cannes highlights, challenges and priorities, including collaboration and showcasing local talent.
Sweden and Norway are vying for a Palme d’or with Tarik Saleh’s “The Eagles Have Landed” and Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Iceland brings Hlynur Pálmason’s “The Love that Remains” to Cannes Premiere and Finland Lauri-Matti Parppei’s debut “A Light That Never Goes Out” to the ACID sidebar. A nod to the Nordics’ key contribution to the past and future of film, “Being Bo Wideberg” by Jon Asp and Mattias Nohrborg bows at Cannes Classics, while Denmark’s Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert (“Maybe in March”) and Finland’s Helmi Donner (“The Lightning Rod”) made the cut at Cinef. On the positive side, we have an ambitious Minister of Culture [Jakob Engel-Schmidt], a growth in public film funding, and a new generation of filmmakers, writers and producers bursting onto the scene in the most talented way.
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