The upcoming 24^th edition of the Nordic Film Market is inviting along a total of 36 new feature-film projects – 15 in post-production, 11 in development presented within the market’s Discovery co-financing platform, and another ten features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators in Talent to Watch – and will present them to 500 market delegates hailing from 32 countries. Furthermore, 17 completed feature films will be screened as part of the industry section.

The leading business and meeting place for the Scandinavian and international film industry is due to run from 2-5 February, during the 46^th Göteborg Film Festival (27 January-5 February). The Nordic Film Market will comprise a full, on-site event in Gothenburg alongside the Industry Platform, a digital window to the market programme.

Starting with the Works in Progress selection, Sweden is bringing along four projects: Mikael Håfström (The Perfect Patient [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mika Gustafson
scheda film], which follows three sisters aged between seven and 15, who live alone as their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time, and when social services demand a family meeting, the eldest sister, Laura, plans to find a stand-in for their mother; the suspense drama Hunters on a White Field by Sarah Gyllenstierna focuses on three men who go hunting in the woods, and even after all the animals vanish, they are determined to continue the hunt; and Glaspest by Elina Sahlin is about drug abuse among youths in a rural community.

Denmark will be rocking up with four projects. Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever is the highly anticipated sequel to the 1994 psycho-thriller Nightwatch by Ole Bornedal (Deliver Us from Evil [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ulaa Salim
scheda film] is the sophomore feature by Ulaa Salim (Sons of Denmark [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elliott Crosset Hove
intervista: Ulaa Salim
scheda film]), an existential sci-fi drama and love story, while producer Søren Green is presenting his debut feature, B.O.Y.

Three projects hail from Norway. Among them are A Happy Day [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Erik Poppe
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intervista: Dag Johan Haugerud
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intervista: Dag Johan Haugerud
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There are two projects from Iceland: the crime-drama Cold by Erlingur Thoroddsen (Rift [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Erlingur Thoroddsen
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intervista: Ninna Pálmadóttir
scheda film] by debutante Ninna Pálmadóttir, whose plot revolves around Jón, an elderly farmer who is forced to leave his farm behind (see the news). The selection is rounded off by two projects from Finland: Comeback by Petri Kotwica (Absolution [+leggi anche:
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In the Discovery section, 11 film projects that are currently in development and are mainly by first-time filmmakers will be presented. Among others, we find the sophomore works by Fanni Metelius (The Heart [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tea Lindeburg
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intervista: Isabella Carbonell
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Finally, ten Swedish feature films in development have been selected to be presented at the Nordic Film Market, as part of the aforementioned Talent to Watch initiative. You can read about them here.

Here is the selection of projects taking part in the 2023 Nordic Film Market:

Works in Progress

A Happy Day [+leggi anche:
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Producer: Hisham Zaman (Snowfall Cinema)

B.O.Y. - Søren Green (Denmark)
Producers: Pelle Folmer, Morten Holst (Asta Film)

Children of the Lowest Heaven - Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark)
Producer: Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films)

Cold - Erlingur Thoroddsen (Iceland)
Producers: Heather Millard, Sigurjón Sighvatsson (Compass Films, Eyjafjallajökull Entertainment)

Comeback - Petri Kotwica (Finland)
Producer: Aleksi Bardy (Helsinki Filmi)

Eternal [+leggi anche:
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Producer: Daniel Mühlendorph (Hyæne Film)

Glaspest - Elina Sahlin (Sweden)
Producer: Christian Kielberg (Makeriet)

Hunters on a White Field - Sarah Gyllenstierna (Sweden)
Producers: Maria Guerpillon, Charlotte Most (Most Alice Films)

Nightwatch - Demons Are Forever - Ole Bornedal (Denmark)
Producer: Thomas Heinesen (Nordisk Film)

Sex [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dag Johan Haugerud
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Producers: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum (Motlys)

Solitude [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Ninna Pálmadottir (Iceland)
Producer: Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir (Pegasus Pictures)

Stockholm Bloodbath - Mikael Håfström (Sweden)
Producer: Helena Danielsson (Viaplay Studios)

Stormskerry Maja - Tiina Lymi (Finland)
Producers: Jukka Helle, Hanna Virolainena, Markus Selin (Solar Films)

Paradise Is Burning [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mika Gustafson
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Producer: Nima Yousefi (HOBAB)

Quisling – The Final Days - Erik Poppe (Norway)
Producers: Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B Kvae (Paradox)

Discovery

2001 - Fanni Metelius (Sweden)
Producer: Joel Rostmark (Pine)

Act of God - Alicia Hansen (Sweden)
Producer: Stina Eriksson (Prolaps Produktion)

Abdu - Ibrahim Mursal (Norway)
Producer: Geir Bergersen (Feber Film)

Almeíra - Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad (Norway)
Producer: Louise Beyer (Barbosa Film)

Mothership (Finland)
Producers: Inka Hietala, Helen Vinogradov (Aurora Studios)

No, wait - Gabriel Bier Gislason (Denmark)
Producer: Thomas Heinesen (Nordisk Film)

Paradise - Emma Pål Brunzell (Sweden)
Producer: Agnes Parkrud (BR*F)

The Patron - Julia Thelin (Sweden)
Producers: Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå (Grand Slam Film)

The Seal Woman - Tea Lindeburg (Denmark)
Producer: Jesper Morthorst (Motor Productions)

Utopia - Isabella Carbonell (Sweden)
Producer: TBA

Death of a Saint - Patricia Bbaale Bandak (Denmark)
Producer: Victor Cunha (Monolit Film)