Kraken by Pål Øie, Nordisk Film Production/Handmade Films in Norwegian Woods
SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS 2025:
Árru – Elle Sofe Sara (Norway/Sweden/Finland)
Producer: Elisa Fernanda Pirir (Stær)
Co-producers: Mimmi Spång (Garagefilm International), Jani Pösö (It’s Alive Films)
Clementine Orange – Lisa Forslund (Sweden)
Producers: Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall, Marta Dauliute (MDEMC Produktion)
Co-producers: Andra Lasmanis (SVT), Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin (Film Stockholm)
Dante – Linda Hambäck (Sweden/Denmark/Norway)
Producer: Linda Hambäck (LEE Film)
Co-producers: Claus Toksvig Kjaer, Elena Ø Alexa (Nørlum), Lise Fearnley, Tonje Skar Reiersen (Mikrofilm), Kristina Börjeson (Film i Väst)
Don Quixote of Barcelona – Jarmo Lampela (Finland/Spain)
Producer: Jarmo Lampela (Vegetarian Films)
Co-producers: Tamara Garcia (Buenos Bandidos Producciones), Peter Keydel (Mago Production)
Disturbed – Bragi Thor Hinriksson (Iceland/Denmark)
Producer: Valdimar Kúld (H.M.S. Productions)
Co-producer: Stephanie Wiese (Rocket Road Pictures)
Face of Fear – Martin T.B. Thomas (Norway)
Producers: Anders Graham (Graham Film), Martin TB Thomas (Para Film & Teater)
Father’s Day – Aleksi Salmenperä (Finland)
Producer: Miia Haavisto (Tekele Productions)
Fighter – Irasj Asanti (Norway/Sweden)
Producer: Ole Marius Araldsen (Anagram Norway)
Co-producer: Mia Welin (Anagram Sweden)
Kidnapping of a President – Samuli Valkama (Finland/Czech Republic/Netherlands/Estonia)
Producers: John Lundsten, Melli Maikkula (TACK Films)
Co-producers: Jakub Kostal, Vratislav Slajer (Bionaut), Rogier Kramer, Laura Bouwmeester (Labyrint Film), Madis Tüür (Münchhausen Films)
Kraken – Pål Øie (Norway)
Producers: John Einar Hagen (Nordisk Film Production), Einar Loftesnes (Handmade Films in Norwegian Woods)
Lucky – Nitesh Anjaan (Denmark)
Producer: Charlotte Hjordt (Zentropa Entertainments)
Nipster – Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum (Sweden)
Producer: Adam Lunneborg (Carbs Film)
Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala – Antti J Jokinen (Finland)
Producers: Johanna Enäsuo, Marko Röhr, Antti J Jokinen (ReelMedia Oy, Finland Storm Inc)
Tears of Concrete – Elvar Gunnarsson (Iceland)
Producer: Hjalti Sveinsson (Tár úr sementi)
Co-producer: Hero Productions Iceland
The Greenest Grass – Kim Sundbeck (Sweden)
Producer: Ann Lundberg (Anagram Sweden)
Three of a Kind – Charlotte Brodthagen (Denmark)
Producers: Sophie D’Souza, Anne Falkesgaard Hansen (Zentropa Entertainments)
This year Works in Progress session is moderated by Marta Bałaga. Marta Bałaga is a film journalist and moderator, writing regularly for Variety, Cineuropa, and Episodi. She has collaborated with various film festivals, including Helsinki Intl.Film Festival – Love & Anarchy and Finnish Film Affair, and New Horizons Intl. Film Festival and Polish Days. She hasled MIOB’s LAB of Cultural, Creative and Festival Journalism and Söderlångvik Masterclass aimed at film industry professionals based in the Nordics. She’s a member of FIPRESCI and the European Film Academy, and has served on many juries, including Venice International Film Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival.
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