Haugesund’s Next Nordic Generation Slate Packed with Strong Emotions: ‘There is No Shortage of Nordic Talent’
variety.comAnnika Pham The Next Nordic Generation competition strand of the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund is where some of the most gifted talents from the Nordics such as Gustav Møller (“The Guilty”) or Katrine Brocks (“The Great Silence”) pitched their graduation films in recent years, before making their international breakthroughs.
This year’s curated program of 10 graduation films from Nordic film schools will be showcased Aug. 21 in Haugesund, Norway. The 10 short films were selected by a jury consisting of producer Elisa Fernanda Pirir of Stær Film, filmmakers Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir (“Victoria Must Go”) and Fredrik S.
Hana (“Code Name: Nagasaki”), in association with program coordinator Christian Høkaas. “Fear, confusion, dark humor, power, anxiety and love.
Anger, love, power. This year’s slate offers a lot of strong emotions, in-keeping with the Scandinavian tradition of dark humour and relationship drama,” said Pirir who’s enjoyed the “playful and daring selection.” Norway is out in force with five fiction films, including three graduation works from the prestigious Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer. “The Norwegian Film School which gets more funding than other film schools in Norway, is able to attract some of the biggest actors, and production values are often quite high,” said Høkaas, referring to Sara Selmer Moland’s family drama “I Felt I Had To Be Here” starring “Quisling-The Final Days” lead Gard B.
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