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Nordic Film Market at Goteborg: Hans Petter Moland, Runar Runarsson, Charlotte Sieling, Daniel Espinosa, Klaus Haro Make the Cut (EXCLUSIVE)
A record number of projects in development are among the 58 Nordic pics to be showcased at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market.
A proof of the region’s unchanging ability to score high on A festival’s lineups, a string of titles will bow at Göteborg’s 15-title market screening room, on the heels of their world or international premieres at Sundance – “Handling the Undead” – or Rotterdam: “Eternal”, “Madame Luna,” “The Arctic Convoy” “and “Stormskerry Maya.” Among promising names, Danish mountain-hiker-turned-helmer Illum Jacobi will present “Another Journey Without Women,” Toplining “The Square’s” Claes Bang as Norwegian explorer Knud Rasmussen, while pedigree helmers include Hans Petter Moland (“Cold Pursuit,” “A Somewhat Gentle Man”), set to unveil period piece “Growth of the Soil,” adapted from Knut Hamsun’s literary classic, and Milad Alami, this year’s Swedish Oscar contender with “Opponent,” due to pitch the psycho thriller “Djinn.” The coming-of-age drama produced by sustainability Swedish guru Ronnie Fritsche will also be profiled in NMF’s inaugural case study strand, alongside Kari Vidø’s supernatural thriller “Paranoia” – the first green-certificated Danish feature – and Piotr Winiewicz’s revolutionary AI scripted “About a Hero.”
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