Scandinavian quality crime, current international hits, action and adventure for the whole family, alltime classics - this year at MIPCOM TrustNordisk is proud to present a wide slate of entertainment. Please find in the below the titles we are bringing, the contacts during the festival and feel free to download our line-up here as well.
We look forward to meeting you at MIPCOM 2011 - welcome to our world of films.
With millions of viewers around the world hooked on the Scandinavian and UK versions of The Killing and Wallander, the flurry of new cable and digital channels widening the access to niche audiences and several broadcasters reporting a growth in sales revenues, sales agents of Nordic scripted and non-scripted material are rolling up their sleeves on the eve of MIP Junior (October 1-2) and MIPCOM (October 3-6), the annual autumn television fair in Cannes.
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Published in more than 50 countries, crime-novel writer Camilla Läckberg has been placed no. 1 on seven best-seller lists worldwide, selling more than 8 million books, with THE GERMAN CHILD as the first on screen
Based on original idea by bestselling crime-author Elsebeth Egholm and writer of several award-winning TV-series Stefan Jaworski, the last fi lm in the series is now ready
The award-winning series VEUM is based on one of the best selling Nordic crime-novels written by award-winning Gunnar Staalesen, who has written 15 bestsellers translated into 15 languages, among others directed by Morten Tyldum
Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, HAPPY, HAPPY (2010) has beed selected as Norway’s entry for The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 2012
Officially selected for Filmfest Hamburg 2011, Frederikke Aspöck was back in Cannes 2011 with her feature film debut OUT OF BOUNDS (2010) after winning the Premier Prix de la Cinéfondation 2004 with the short film HAPPY NOW (2004)
Premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2011, PERFECT SENSE (2010) is a beautiful love story starring Ewan McGregor and Eva Green, directed by David Mackenzie (HALLAM FOE, 2007)
Nominated for an Academy Award in 2006, a Palme d’Or in Cannes 2008 and The European Film Award in 2008 for his shorts, director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s first feature film VOLCANO (2011) had its World Premiere in Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2011
Based on the original series from the late 1960-70s, MY SISTER’S KIDS AT WAR (2010) is part of the contemporary series of remakes, internationally awarded and watched by more than a fifth of the Danish population in cinemas alone
THE OLSEN GANG GETS POLISHED (2010), which was among the top three Danish films at the domestic box office 2010, is based on one of Denmark’s biggest film brands, now on the big screen for the first time as animation - in 3D
Winning awards in Berlin, Chicago and Amsterdam, Hans Fabian Wullenweber’s feature film debut CATCH THAT GIRL (2001) was a an international festival success as well as domestic box office hit
Norwegian award winning director Lars Berg’s feature, EAST END ANGELS (2009), won the Prize of the Children’s Jury at the Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
FINDING FRIENDS (2004), awarded with the prize of Best Feature Film at the European Youth Film Festival of Flanders, is the third feature film of Arne Lindtner Næss’ who is behind the huge successes THE JUNIOR OLSEN GANG (2003-2010)
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, scriptwriter of the first feature in the MILLENIUM TRIOLOGY (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, 2009) and director of the current sales-hit A ROYAL AFFAIR, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (2006) won multiple awards world-wide and was a huge 2007 box office success
A fantasy-adventure packed with humour and thrills for the whole family, directed by feature film debutant director Mogens Hagedorn, who also edited the domestic box-office hit MY SISTERS KIDS (2001, 2002), viewed by almost one fifth of the population in national cinemas
Having photographed and directed 150 commercials and written, directed and photographed 13 short fiction films, Peder Norlund’s feature debut, WOLF SUMMER (2003) has had a rich festival life winning prizes at Cinekid and the Schlingel International Film Festival amongst others
Winning The Liv Ullmann Peace Prize at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival in 2004 along with a very rich festival life, ZAFIR (2003) is Malene Vilstrup’s debut feature
Academy Award nominee and first Danish director to hit no. 1 on the US box office chart (THE ROOMMATE, 2011) director Christian E. Christiansen won the Vienna International Children’s Film Festival for Best Film and the Germany European Children´s Film Prize with the action packed ZOOMERS (2009)
Entering the Swedish top-10 of most watched films ever, Lukas Moodysson wrote and directed this multiple prize-winning drama (Berlin, Ghent, Karlovy Vary and Rotterdam Film Festival) SHOW ME LOVE from 1998
Second Danish movie to achieve The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1989) and also a winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes (1988), PELLE THE CONQUEROR (1987) is directed by Bille August (THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS,1993) and seen by more than half a million in Danish cinemas alone
Starring Michael Nyqvist (THE MILLENIUM TRIOLOGY, 2005-2007), TOGETHER (2000) is another drama from director Lukas Moodysson, winning amongst others the award for Best Feature at Philadelphia Film Festival 2001
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