The 2021 edition of the New Nordic Films will run both on site in Haugesund and online from 24-27 August, and the leading industry event has announced its Work in Progress selection (read the news). At the 16^th edition of the Nordic Co-Production Market, a selection of 21 projects will be presented to accredited professionals on Wednesday 25 August.

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Among the selected projects are Four Little Adults, the new film by Finland’s Selma Vilhunen (Stupid Young Heart [+lire aussi :
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Known for his documentary projects, Swedish filmmaker Mads Hedegaard is bringing a story set in the Stone Age and revolving around a 16-year-old girl in his debut feature Stranger, and In Twilight of the Gods, French-born, Sweden-based Morgane Dziurla-Petit focuses on an 18-year-old girl who is attracted to an immigrant kid in a hostile village of Western Sweden.

Je’vida [+lire aussi :
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Four projects presented in the Nordic Co-Production Market are coming from different regions: Hysteria, the latest project by Russian writer-director Ivan I Tverdovsky (Jumpman [+lire aussi :
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Here is the complete selection of the 16^th Nordic Co-Production Market:

Acts of Love – Jeppe Rønde (Denmark)
Producers: Julie Walenciak, Maria Møller Christoffersen (Paloma Productions)

Amina – Ahmed Abdullahi (Sweden)
Producer: Veronika Öhnedal (Art & Bob Film & Drama)

Four Little Adults – Selma Vilhunen (Finland/Sweden/France)
Producers: Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi (Tuffi Films)
Co-producers: Nima Yousefi (Hobab), Birgit Kemner (Manny Films)

Hysteria – Ivan I Tverdovsky (Russia)
Producer: Katerina Mikhaylova (Vega Film)

I’m Here, I’m Fine – Emine Emel Balcı (Turkey/Croatia)
Producer: Dilek Aydın (Heimatlos Films)
Co-producer: Tena Gojic (Dinaridi Film)

Island of Love – Svetlana Strelnikova (Germany/Greece)
Producer: Frank Müller (Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion)

Je’vida [+lire aussi :
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Producer: Joonas Berghäll (Oktober)

Love Acts – Anton Petersen (Faroe Islands)
Producer: Jón Hammer (Kykmyndir)

Love Proof – Richard Hobert (Sweden)
Producer: Håkan Hammarén (Fundament Film)
Co-producer: Richard Hobert (Cimbria Film)

Missile – Miia Tervo (Finland)
Producers: Kaisla Viitala, Daniel Kuitunen (Komeetta)
Co-proucer: Evelin Penttilä (Stellar Film)

The Mountain – Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir (Iceland/Sweden)
Producer: Anna G Magnúsdóttir (Film Partner Iceland, LittleBig Productions)
Co-producer: Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir (Rebella Filmworks)

The Nix – Niclas Gillis (Sweden)
Producer: Helene Granqvist (Nordic Factory Film)

Report of Public Interest – Attila Gigor (Hungary)
Producer: Ferenc Pusztai (KMH Film)

Stormskerry Maja – Tiina Lymi (Finland)
Producer: Jukka Helle, Markus Selin (Solar Films)

Stranger – Mads Hedegaard (Sweden/Poland)
Producer: Andreas Hjortdal (Motor)
Co-producer: Lukasz Dzieciol (Opus Film)

Tora’s Christmas – TBA (Iceland/Norway)
Screenwriter: Solveig Sigmond Ræstad
Producer: Steinarr Logi Nesheim (Polarama)
Co-producer: Guðný Guðjónsdóttir

Twilight of the Gods – Morgane Dziurla-Petit (Sweden)
Producer: Fredrik Lange (Vilda Bomben)

Wizards of Death – Egil Pedersen (Norway)
Producer: Mathis Ståle Mathisen (Rein Film)
Co-producer: Pål Røed (Paasan)

You Can Dance – Katarina Launing (Sweden)
Producer: Peter Krupenin (HOBAB)
Co-producer: SVT