Two internationally-acclaimed documentaries from the Nordic region – “Flee” and “Gunda” – are among the five films nominated for a Nordic Council Film Prize.
This is the most prestigious film award in the Nordic region, celebrating films with unique artistic visions that actively engage with Nordic culture. It’s the eighteenth year the Nordic Council Film Prize is awarded, and the winner will be announced on Nov. 2 in Copenhagen, taking home a prize of Dkk 300,000 to be shared equally among the screenwriter, director, and producer. Here are the five film nominations:
“Flee,” (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark)
Co-written by Amin (a pseudonym), and produced by leading Danish company Final Cut for Reel (nominated for an Oscar for both “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence”), the film has already had a hugely successful festival circuit run. At Sundance, it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section, while...
This is the most prestigious film award in the Nordic region, celebrating films with unique artistic visions that actively engage with Nordic culture. It’s the eighteenth year the Nordic Council Film Prize is awarded, and the winner will be announced on Nov. 2 in Copenhagen, taking home a prize of Dkk 300,000 to be shared equally among the screenwriter, director, and producer. Here are the five film nominations:
“Flee,” (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark)
Co-written by Amin (a pseudonym), and produced by leading Danish company Final Cut for Reel (nominated for an Oscar for both “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence”), the film has already had a hugely successful festival circuit run. At Sundance, it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section, while...
- 8/24/2021
- by Alexander Durie
- Variety Film + TV
Any Day Now is the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director Hamy Ramezan and screened in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus.
New Europe Film Sales has added a trio of deals on Any Day Now, the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director and screenwriter Hamy Ramezan.
The film has sold for France (Urban Distribution), Poland (New Horizons Association) and Taiwan (AVjet).
Any Day Now screened in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus and will soon travel to the competition selection in the Generator +13 section of Giffoni (July 21-31).
The story follows a 13-year-old Iranian boy in Finland as his family waits to hear news about their asylum application.
New Europe Film Sales has added a trio of deals on Any Day Now, the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director and screenwriter Hamy Ramezan.
The film has sold for France (Urban Distribution), Poland (New Horizons Association) and Taiwan (AVjet).
Any Day Now screened in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus and will soon travel to the competition selection in the Generator +13 section of Giffoni (July 21-31).
The story follows a 13-year-old Iranian boy in Finland as his family waits to hear news about their asylum application.
- 5/17/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
New Europe Film Sales handles sales for Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature Any Day Now, which is selected for Berlinale’s Generation Kplus.
New Europe Film Sales handles sales for the Finnish feature.
The story follows 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour and his Iranian family, who are living in a refugee centre in Finland. Just as Ramin starts to enjoy the school holidays, the family receives the terrible news their asylum application has been denied. The Mehdipours file a final appeal, and they continue with their everyday lives.
The cast...
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature Any Day Now, which is selected for Berlinale’s Generation Kplus.
New Europe Film Sales handles sales for the Finnish feature.
The story follows 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour and his Iranian family, who are living in a refugee centre in Finland. Just as Ramin starts to enjoy the school holidays, the family receives the terrible news their asylum application has been denied. The Mehdipours file a final appeal, and they continue with their everyday lives.
The cast...
- 2/25/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales company has boarded Finnish-Iranian Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature “Any Day Now,” to be shown as a work in progress at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market, Which Runs Jan 30.-Feb 2.
Ramezan’s drama, produced by Aamu Film Company (“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki”), already enjoys a strong buzz from earlier industry pitch events such as Helsinki’s Finnish Film Affair where the film was handed the Best Project Award.
The realistic drama is inspired by the director’s own experience as a refugee who fled the Iran-Iraq conflict with his family and landed in Finland in 1990.
Co-written by Ramezan and Antti Rautava, the story follows 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour, of Iranian origin, who is enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. A few weeks before the new school year, his family gets the news that the Finnish Immigration Service has...
Ramezan’s drama, produced by Aamu Film Company (“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki”), already enjoys a strong buzz from earlier industry pitch events such as Helsinki’s Finnish Film Affair where the film was handed the Best Project Award.
The realistic drama is inspired by the director’s own experience as a refugee who fled the Iran-Iraq conflict with his family and landed in Finland in 1990.
Co-written by Ramezan and Antti Rautava, the story follows 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour, of Iranian origin, who is enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. A few weeks before the new school year, his family gets the news that the Finnish Immigration Service has...
- 1/17/2020
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
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