Annika Pham U.S. born British filmmaker Aaron Brookner (“Uncle Howard”) is plotting his first Nordic noir, slated for a market debut at Haugesund’s Nordic Co-Production Market, part of the leading Scandinavian confab New Nordic Films (Aug.
23-26).Based on the novel “A Gift to My Mother” by London-based Finnish author and journalist Jouko Heikura, the thriller is being written and produced by Brookner and Paula Alvarez Vaccaro, co-founders of pedigreed Pinball London, which acquired rights to the book and handled the English-translation for the pic’s initial development stage.The novel was brought to them by their Finnish co-producer Pauliina Stahlberg, credited for Netflix crime drama “Deadwind,” Seasons 2 & 3.
The story – slightly altered for screen purposes- – centres on a London-based human rights female lawyer, as she attempts to solve the mystery of a crime committed years ago against her terminally ill Finnish mother.
Her rogue investigation takes her to a suspicious neighbour, and puts her own life in jeopardy.Vaccaro and Broockner, who collected multiple kudos in Venice 2020 for their U.K./Portuguese drama “Listen,” co-written with helmer Ana Rocha, are thrilled to be preparing their first Scandi-co-production, dealing with a topic close to their heart: Immigration.“Pinball has always been about producing content with an international perspective.
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