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Timely Swedish Debut ‘Nipster’ Follows Wayward Teen Who Falls Under Spell of Far-Right Eco-Fascist Group
Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum’s debut follows a young teen whose search for self-worth brings her into the orbit of a far-right eco-fascist group.
A teenage girl’s search for belonging brings her under the spell of a far-right eco-fascist group in Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum ’s timely debut feature “Nipster,” which the Norwegian filmmaker will be presenting during a showcase of upcoming Nordic projects at Helsinki’s Finnish Film Affair. That film, which follows a teenage girl and her band of misfits who form a neo-Nazi group, introduced the director to the world of Europe’s youth-driven far-right movement, while leaving her with a sense that “there is a bigger story here.” Working with Maria Darwish, an academic who specializes in eco-fascism, and Lasse Josephsen, a former far-right activist who is now a journalist and researcher focusing on the Dark Web, Tangvik Kveum began to get a deeper understanding of a far right that has moved from the fringes of alt-right message boards to mainstream social media platforms like TikTok.
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