Netflix Orders ‘Loving Adults’ As First Danish Film Original

Lego designer Matthew Ashton with the Everyone is Awesome LGBTQIA+ Pride set (Pics: Lego)

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They say to never judge a single by its cover, but when the billing is this strong, it’s difficult not to, right?

They say to never judge a single by its cover, but when the billing is this strong, it’s difficult not to, right?

Netflix has hired Jenny Stjernströmer Björk as its Director of Nordics Original Series. She is replacing Tesha Crawford, who is being upped to Director, Global Franchises.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has boarded “Attachment,” an English-language horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore, directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason. Now in production, “Attachment” revolves around Maja, a Danish actress with her fading career who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London.

After the success of erotic thriller film 365 DNI, Netflix have officially ordered two more sequels to the hit movie.The sexually-explicit film, which is based on Blanka Lipińska's book of the same name, premiered on the streaming platform in February 2020 and went down a treat with viewers. It followed the story of a Sicilian man named Massimo, who gives himself the challenge of making a Polish woman called Laura fall in love with him in 365 days.

EXCLUSIVE: Peterson Polaris Corp, the Canadian media company, has acquired remake rights to Danish tween television series Skyldig (Guilty) from DR International, Denmark’s national broadcaster.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has ordered “Blasted,” a Norwegian comedy sci-fi film inspired by the real-life UFO-phenomenon in Hessdalen, Norway. The film will be directed by Martin Sofiedal, written by Emanuel Nordrum and produced by Are Heidenstrøm (“The Wave”) at Miso Film.“Blasted” follows childhood friends Sebastian and Mikkel, who are reunited for Sebastian’s bachelor party.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to “Wildland,” Jeanette Nordahl’s debut feature starring Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) as a mafia ringleader.The gripping crime drama, which was part of the Berlinale 2020 selection, will next premiere at New York City’s Film Forum, followed by a wide theatrical release and roll out on all digital and home entertainment platforms.

Hot off the heels of Danish comedy Another Round winning this year’s Best International Feature Oscar, Netflix has greenlit its first Danish-language original movie, Loving Adults.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorNew York City-based global documentary film sales agent Cargo Film & Releasing has nabbed world rights, excluding Denmark and Sweden, to Mads Hedegaard’s feature length documentary debut “Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest,” which premiered at last week’s CPH:DOX and plays this week at Hot Docs.The feel-good film centers on Kim Cannon Arm, who is not your average grandpa.

Ed Meza @edmezavarMalian filmmaker Ousmane Samassekou’s “The Last Shelter” won the top prize in Danish doc fest CPH:DOX’s main international competition on Friday, picking up the Dox:Award.A total of 11 films garnered prizes in the festival’s six international competitions, including five special mentions.“The Last Shelter” centers on the House of Migrants, located in the Malian city of Gao, on the edge of the Sahel desert, where the director meets travelers and migrants who find a temporary

Ed Meza @edmezavar“Behind the Headlines,” Daniel Andreas Sager’s thrilling look at how German investigative journalists triggered a political earthquake in Austria that toppled the country’s government, is having its world premiere at Danish doc fest CPH:DOX, where it’s competing for the Fact Award, before unspooling at Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival and opening next month’s DOK.fest München.Sager is now at work on his next documentary project, a film that will accompany international peace

Netflix continues to bulk up its production operations in Europe, on Thursday announcing it will set up a hub in Sweden in the second half of this year. The opening of the Scandinavian hub, which will be based in Stockholm, was made Thursday by Lina Brouneus, Netflix's director of acquisitions and co-productions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Naman Ramachandran Netflix will open a Nordics office in Stockholm, Sweden, that will serve as the hub for the region, in the second half of 2021. The streamer will also have a small team of employees based at a satellite office in Copenhagen, Denmark.Announcing this in a blog on Thursday, Lina Brouneus, Netflix director of acquisitions and co-productions, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, wrote: “Netflix has always felt at home in the Nordics.

Netflix has revealed plans to open a new office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region.