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Sofie Gråbøl, Sidse Babette Knudsen Talk ‘Good Mothers’ as Oscar Nominee Jasmina Žbanić Reflects on the Female Side of War at Film i Väst Cannes Event
Erik Poppe, Rojda Sekersöz, Jens Sjögren were among top directors pitching upcoming projects at Thursday’s Film i Väst press event at Cannes.
Helmed by rising talent Amalie Næsby Fick (“Sex”) from a script co-penned by Oscar-nominated Nicolaj Arcel (“The Promised Land” “A Royal Affair”) and Sara Isabella Jønsson (“Copenhagen Cowboy”), the character-driven drama stars Knudsen and Gråbøl – for the first time united on screen – and Asta Kamma August (“Families like Ours”). “Bad Moon Rising”, helmed by Norway’s acclaimed filmmaker Erik Poppe (“Quisling the Final Days,” “The Emigrants”), is based on Nobel Prize winning author Jon Fosse’s only original script written for the screen. Asked to comment on yet another top year in Cannes for Film i Väst, with five titles in official selection including three Palme d’or contenders – “The Eagles of the Republic,” “Sentimental Value” and “The History of Sound” – Börjeson said: “It’s really hard work!
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