Karoline Lyngbye’s first feature, entitled Superposition, will be one of the 13 new genre projects taking part in this year’s Frontières Platform (10-11 July), co-presented by the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Cannes Marché du Film. Before working on her debut film, Lyngbye directed a number of shorts and served as assistant director on several productions.

The story of Superposition, penned by the director herself and Mikkel Bak Sørensen (the TV series Snabba Cash [+leggi anche:
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Beo Starling producer Amalie Lyngbo Quist (Breeder [+leggi anche:
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Superposition is being produced by Danish studio Beo Starling, with support from the Danish Film Institute and DR. The project, currently in development but nearing pre-production, will be filmed in Danish and shot in Sweden. Its release is scheduled for summer 2022.