Vinterberg, Kári among Nordic Council Film Prize nominees
by Annika Pham
The Nordisk Film & TV Fond announced yesterday that Berlin competition title Submarino [+see also:
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The DKK 350,000 award is shared each year between the director, scriptwriter and producer of the winning film. Vinterberg has a chance to succeed his Danish counterpart and co-founder of Dogma 95, Lars von Trier, who won last year with Antichrist [+see also:
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film profile]. Submarino was produced by Nimbus Film.
The other candidates are the multi-awarded Finnish documentary Steam of Life, co-written and co-directed by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen, and produced by Joonas Berghäll (Oktober Oy). The film features Finnish men in saunas opening their hearts and speaking about their lives.
The Icelandic candidate is Dagur Kári’s English-language film The Good Heart [+see also:
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Norway’s choice is Upperdog [+see also:
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The Swedish nominee is the visually striking animated film Metropia by Erik Saleh, produced by Christina Åberg (Atmo).
Hanne Palmquist, head Nordisk Film & TV Fond, which administers the prize on behalf of the Nordic Council, said of the nominations: “New films are produced every year that, despite our small language area, make their mark extremely well both within and beyond the Nordic countries. This year’s film nominations have been screened at major international festivals such as Berlin, Venice and Toronto, and have subsequently sold widely abroad.”
The 2010 Nordic Council Film Prize winner will be announced on October 20 and will be presented with the award at the Nordic Council’s autumn session in Reykjavik on November 3.
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