NPM Work-in-Progress 2020
Friday 18 Sept, 13.00-17.00 , Online – Selected Market Guests Only
Giving nearly finished films the final push
Work-in-Progress presents 6 nearly finished documentary projects, almost ready to make it onto the world stage. The projects are presented to international and Nordic decision makers in a tailor made event, created to make sure that each project benefited the most from the presentation.
The presentations and consecutive one-to-one meetings take place at Nordisk Panorama Market on Friday 18 September 2020 – Online.
The Work-in-Progress presentations follow up on former Nordisk Panorama Forum pitches and pitches at fora around the world. All projects presented are looking for a last push to be finalised, a sales agent/distributor or festival premiere.
For more information, contact Market Manager Maria Stoianova.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Dark Blossom
Director Frigge Fri Producer Mathilde Hvid Lippmann Main Production Company Made in Copenhagen Country Denmark
A colorful tale about three young gothic friends who stage themselves with wild make up, extreme outfits, colorful wigs and towering mohawks in search of bringing their inner chaos under control and finding a place both in themselves and in the world where they feel at home.
Nelly & Nadine
Director Magnus Gertten Producer Ove Rishøj Jensen Main Production Company Auto Images AB Country Sweden
The unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. For many years Nelly and Nadine’s lifelong relationship was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family. Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie Bianchi, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story.
Love Bound
Director Vibe Mogensen Producer Vibeke Vogel Main Production Company Bullitt Film Country Denmark
Behind closed doors, inside the confidentiality of the therapy room, a group of parents to mentally ill children, come to realise they are all riding the same storm. Love Bound, is an intense and intimate film with at its core, the dilemma of how much you must let go of yourself in order to save your kin.
Gabi
Director Engeli Broberg Producer Anna J Ljungmark Main Production Company House of Real Country Sweden
Gabi just wants to be Gabi, a simple wish one would think, but as it turns out, it is not. Showing the perspective of a child that refuses to be put in a box, we follow Gabi from age eight to thirteen, struggling to find a place in a society dictated by adult rules and gender categorization.
The Red Ring
Director Joonas Berghäll Producer Satu Majava Production Company Oktober Oy Country Finland
The director, Joonas Berghäll, who suffers from chronic Lyme disease and other tick- borne infections, seeks a cure to his illness and answers to why efforts aren’t made to stop the global Lyme disease epidemic before it’s too late.
A-ha the Movie
Director Thomas Robsahm, Aslaug Holm Producer Thomas Robsahm, Yngve Sæther Production Company Motlys AS Country Norway
The film follows the band over a period of four years telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming international rock stars.With unique access to the band and never before seen archive footage, the film tells a story of great music, troubled friendship, big ambitions and the dark side of success. And maybe forgiveness.
