Danish Drama ‘As In Heaven’ Nabs Best Nordic Film at Hybrid Göteborg Fest

Danish debut function helmer-writer Tea Lindeburg’s interval drama “As In Heaven,” that portrays a fateful summer season day and night time in 19^th century farming society, got here away the most important winner on the forty fourth Göteborg Movie Pageant, scoring on Saturday the most effective Nordic movie kudo, this 12 months value approx. $44,000.

In the meantime, Seidi Haarla of Finland’s Oscar-shortlisted drama, “Compartment No. 6” took the most effective appearing prize. The movie, helmed by Juho Kuosmanen, additionally nabbed the FIPRESCI critics nod.

Norway-born DP Sturla Brandth Grøvlen claimed the Sven Nykvist Cinematography Award for his work on the Norwegian movie “The Innocents,” directed by Eskil Vogt. The peerlessly executed thriller about rival playmates with paranormal talents additionally took the viewers award for finest Nordic movie.

Danish helmer Simon Lereng Wilmont captured the most effective Nordic documentary title and a handbag of approx. $27,000 for “A Home Made Of Splinters,” a masterful portrayal of the kids and day by day life at an orphanage in Jap Ukraine. It has been an excellent fortnight for Lering Wilmont, who, per week earlier, additionally landed the Sundance World Cinema documentary prize for finest director.

Marking one other sturdy exhibiting for Kosovar feminine helmers whose feminine characters combat the patriarchy, director Kaltrina Krasniqi scored the Ingmar Bergman worldwide debut award for her drama “Vera Goals Of The Sea.”

The distinctive prize consists of a keep at The Bergman Property on Fårö and a go to to Ingmar Bergman’s private archive in Stockholm. In the meantime, the competition viewers voted the most effective worldwide movie title to Oscar-shortlisted Belgian helmer-writer Laura Wandel’s “Playground,” a gripping, naturalistic drama about college bullying.

A brand new award for finest Swedish brief in this system that excels in its type or challenges the format went to “2gether” from Kim Ekberg.

Kudos granted earlier within the competition embody the Church of Sweden award to Felix Herngren for “Day by Day,” a street film dramedy about tolerance; the Nordisk Movie & TV Fond Prize for a collection to Icelandic showrunners Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Mikael Torfason for “Blackport”; and finest Swedish brief to “Bromance” by SaraKlara Hellström.