Sweden’s Amanda Kernell on Sundance World Premiere ‘Charter’

By David Robb

In this week’s International TV Newswire, Netflix goes back to the FLX well in Sweden, “The Bureau” is selected to close Canneseries, BBC4 picks up two new series for its Saturday night lineup, Endemol Shine announces a “Love is Forever” spinoff in Spain, and Conecta Fiction earns the honor of selecting this year’s International Emmy Short-Form semi-finalists.

"The last album took eight years. I hope it won't take that long next time."

Squid and The Murder Capital and The Murder Capital are also on the bill

The foreign-language film remake has never been the most esteemed sort of Hollywood production, but the timing of “Downhill,” a remake of Ruben Östlund’s 2014 Swedish film “Force Majeure,” hasn’t done it any favors.

Rising Swedish pop singer Winona Oak has unveiled the video for her new single "Lonely Hearts Club," premiering exclusively on Billboard Thursday (Feb. 13).In the visual, Oak stumbles through the morning after a wild house party surrounded by a number of pink-wigged dopplegängers dressed in pink t-shirts and jeans, identical to the ones she's wearing.

Also this year the visit to Gay Pride Parades and CSD Events all over the world was at the top of our Gay Travel Bucket List. We are proud that we went hand in hand with our rainbow flag to a total of six Gay Pride parades in 2019. From Canada, the USA and Sweden to Amsterdam, we support the LGBTQ + community in their struggle for equality and acceptance and continue the LGBTQ+ history of the numerous lesbian, gay, trans and queer activists.

Passion Distribution have announced a slate of international pre-sales for Pioneer Productions’ forthcoming documentary, “#Trump: How Social Media Changed the Presidency.”

Recipients of the 29th Polar Music Prize were announced today and include 11-time Oscar nominated songwriter Diane Warren and Russian-born opera singer Anna Netrebko. The 2020 gala ceremony is scheduled for June 9 at Stockholm’s Grand Hôtel. Each Laureate receives prize money of one million Swedish Kroner (just over $100,000).

Candlemass staked its place as architects of the doom genre with its iconic 1986 debut, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus.

What do you get when you mix the warm island vibes of Jamaica with some chill Swedish pop instincts? "Calling on Me," the steamy joint single from Sean Paul and Tove Lo that dropped on Friday morning (Feb. 7) with just the right mix of attitude and uplifting message about the power of true love.

Swedish model and actor Mini Andén and model Taber Schroeder sold a stylishly renovated, 1930s Cape Cod-style residence in a leafy and sought-after pocket of L.A.’s ever-more expensive Studio City late last year for $2.65 million and a plugged-in real estate insider swears the new owners are married actors Beth Behrs and Michael Gladis.

By Jill Goldsmith

Stories of children in peril are always distressing, but when the cause of their distress is that they've been kidnapped by their own mother, there’s an additional layer of warped psychology and disturbing motives involved. Such is the case inCharter,the second feature from Swedish writer-director Amanda Kernell, whose 2016 debut,Sami Blood,accrued numerous international awards.

Filmlance International, the Swedish production company owned by Endemol Shine Group, is set to produce “Tsunami,” a psychological drama mini-series directed by Henrik Georgsson (“Bron/Broen”).