Talent to Watch Pitching at Nordic Film Market
Nordic Film Market is the leading marketplace and meeting point for new and upcoming filmmakers in the Scandinavian film industry.
Ten projects from the Talent to Watch program have received the opportunity to pitch their feature films in development to the industry on-site at Nordic Film Market.
Thursday, February 2 17:00 – 18:30 at Biopalatset 9, Kungstorget 2
Göteborg Film Festival 2023
The event is open to all industry accredited at Göteborg Film Festival. Priority to Nordic Film Market and TV Drama Vision.
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The Love Pill
Produced by: The Uneven
Developed with: Film i Skåne
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy
Poor unsuspecting Zozo is busy being a Fashion Icon when something horrific comes his way - LOVE. He’s falling for his straight(?!?) best friend Malik who is marrying their other bestie Darya and somehow all of this starts unraveling on the goddamn wedding?!? Ye, it’s a lot. & it all starts with a boys trip and a drug called: THE LOVE PILL.
Co-writer
Elmira Arikan
elmira@arikan.se
Director/Writer
Naures
Sager
naures@theuneven.com
Producer Michael Detlef
michael@theuneven.com
4
Just Kidding
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film i Skåne
Playtime: 75 min
Genre: Kung Fu, Comedy
A sad, unintentional pregnant stand-up comedian travels to a Chinese temple in central Scania to spend the last time with her allegedly dying mother. With the help of the master and intense Kung Fu training she realizes she is angry enough to fly.
Director/Writer
Malene Begtrup
malene.begtrup@gmail.com
Writer
Liv Kaastrup Vesterskov
livkaastrupvesterskov@gmail.com
5
Nipster
Produced by: Carbs Film
Developed with: Film i Skåne
Playtime: 100 min
Genre: Drama
Chris sixteen are going to spend 4 weeks at a climate camp. Whilst there, what appears to be an idyllic summer camp will show to be a front for eco-fascists looking to recruit young people, like Chris. Through community and affirmation Chris’s self-esteem grows and she wants more.
Writer Sarah Olsson
sarah@carbsfilm.com
Director/Writer
Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum
sunnivaeri@gmail.com
Producer Adam Lunneborg
adam@carbsfilm.com
6
Paradise
Produced by: B-Reel Films
Developed with: Film i Skåne
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
A love story about two reality show participants who fall in love for the first time while filming the show. Their lack of life experience and the TV-show’s unspoken expectations create self-fulfilling prophecies that lead to heartbreaking betrayal.
Director/Writer
Emma Pål Brunzell
emmapalbrunzell@gmail.com
Producer Agnes Parkrud
agnes.parkrud@brf.co
7
Do You See Me
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film i Skåne
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama
Two lifelong friends, Erik and Mo, who are both teenagers, cope with grief and a weary friendship in a small town. Mo resents Erik for ignoring the discrimination and police harassment he faces. While Erik is in denial about his loss and Mo’s struggles. This causes dangerous tension between them.
Director/Writer
Filson Ali
filson@camerax.tv
8
More Than a Hug
Produced by: Gråklippan
Developed with: Film i Skåne
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Youth drama, Coming-of-age
Manne is about to start seventh grade, but Amanda will start in ninth grade. A twoyear gap makes a relationship doomed beforehand. Yet none of them can stop their feelings for one another.
Writer Alexe Landgren
alexe_landgren@hotmail.com
Director
Christian Zetterberg
christian@graklippan.se
Producer Liselotte Persson
liselotte@graklippan.se
9
Kurt & Vanja are Vacuum Packed
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film på Gotland
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Hybrid Comedy
When a couple goes on a romantic work trip to interview artists about their art, their journey quickly turns into a nightmare at their first interview, when they meet a famous artist who convinces them to be vacuum packed as part of his latest project. Maybe their next interview won’t be so bad?
Director/Writer
Andreas Nordblom
info@hjartanikki.com
10
Demands of a Teenage Heart
Produced by: Sisyfos Film
Developed with: Film i Väst
Playtime: 87 min
Genre: Drama, Coming-of-Age
Melanie and Jossan are 15 years old and inseparable, living in a small village in the Swedish countryside. But the impending shutdown of the local high school creates a fissure in their friendship’s symbiosis, forcing Melanie to choose between her own dreams of a position in the local hunting team and moving with Jossan to a new life in the big city far away from home.
Director/Writer
Lisa Meyer
lisa.meyer@live.se
Writer
Anna Nygren
anna.maria.nygren@gmail.com
Producer
Ashley Smith
ashley@sisyfosfilm.com
Producer
Mario Adamson
mario@sisyfosfilm.com
11
Slynglarna
Produced by: Proplaps Produktion
Developed with: Film i Väst
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: LGBTQ+, Drama, Action
Trying to move on from the blurry memories of a previous assault, hyperactive Damir seeks to live every second to the fullest. When he meets the thrilling Amal, he suddenly finds himself wanting to stand still with someone for the first time. But his new lover is worried that the past will taint their future, so they set off together to get revenge on Damir’s abuser.
Director/Writer
Alecio Araci
alecio.araci@gmail.com
Writer
Andreas Nygård
andreas_nyg@hotmail.com
Producer
Alicia Hansen
alicia@prolapsproduktion.se
Producer Stina Eriksson
stina@prolapsproduktion.se
12
Restart
Produced by: Fasad Production
Developed with: Film i Väst
Playtime: 100 min
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
In the near future almost all work is automated. ”K ” works as a coach for the restart program where all the citizens are guided to follow their dreams. K loves his job. But one day he ́s blocked from the program. There seems to be a bug in the ranking system, and he starts a seemingly endless hunt for a human contact at the IT-department to get his job back.
Director/Writer
Jonas Eskilsson
yxfilm@gmail.com
Director/Writer
Frans Huhta
frans.huhta@gmail.com
Producer
Hedvig Lundgren
hedvig@fasad.se
13
We are Born Femme
Produced by: Big Human Productions
Developed with: Film i Väst
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Experimental Fantasy Musical
The autonomous cultural house is being demolished to make way for the construction of the tallest skyscraper in the Nordic region. But the queer precariat takes the fight against the soul-killing ravages of gentrification, cheered on from the astral plane by the rebellious angelic choir.
Director/Writer
Lasse Långström
poststruktur@yahoo.se
Producer Anna Linder
mail@annalinder.se
14
Skin to Skin
Produced by: [sic] film
Developed with: Film Stockholm
Playtime: 95 min
Genre: Drama
When Essie goes on vacation to the Swedish countryside with her husband Jack, she meets Marion, the only other black person in the area. Marion opens Essie’s eyes up to her own needs, wants and desires, and Essie starts wondering if those things can truly exist in a future life with Jack.
Director/Writer
Nanna Blondell
nannablondell@gmail.com
Producer Siri Hjorton Wagner
siri@sicfilm.se
15
The Tribe
Produced by: Northen Fable
Developed with: Film Stockholm
Playtime: 100 min
Genre: Thriller
An eco-thriller exploring the human factors behind extremism. After the loss of her husband, Lisa struggles to care for her son, Vidar. She finds support in radical leader who exploits her volatile state. As Lisa prepares to hit back at the system repsonsible for her loss - Vidar gets in the way.
Director/Writer
George Ivanov Öfverholm
geoivanov@me.com
Producer Sofia Ferguson
sofia@northernfable.com
16
Act of God
Produced by: Prolaps Produktion
Developed with: Film Stockholm
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Simone, 35, lives her best life when she unintentionally gets pregnant. Pressured by her boyfriend - who knows everything about declining fertility - Simone decides to keep the baby. When a much younger guy mistakes Simone for his date she gets the opportunity to create a new self, free from her future. Eventually we will see how far she is willing to go in order to avoid becoming a mother.
Producer Stina Eriksson
stina@prolapsproduktion.se
17
My Best Friend’s Baby
Produced by: Grand Slam Film
Developed with: Film Stockholm
Playtime: 105 min
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Best friends Damir and Sara have found a home in each other and in Stockholm’s queer community. Sara wants a baby, and Damir offers a sperm donation - no strings attached. But when they travel to visit Damir’s family in Croatia, they both have to deal with the pregnancy and what it will mean for them. A film about the greatest love of all - friendship.
Producer Eliza Jones
eliza@grandslamfilm.se
Director/Writer Sophie Vuković
sophievukovic@gmail.com
Producer Markus Waltå
markus@grandslamfilm.se
18
The Blowfish
Produced by: Most Alice
Developed with: Film Stockholm
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Satire
Lo gets stuck on the very same metro train she just tried to jump in front of. Absurd situations on board force Lo to take space for the first time in her life. Literally. But how the hell do you take space in a society when there is never any space to take?
Director/Writer
Elin Övergaard
elin.overgaard@gmail.com
Writer
Manne Indahl
manneindahl@gmail.com
Producer
Charlotte Most
charlotte@mostalice.se
Producer
Maria Larsson
Guerpillon
maria@mostalice.se
19
Gertrud
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film i Dalarna
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama
A story from the 1660s Swedish witch trials brought to the 2050s. In a drastically polarized Sweden (due to the ecological crisis) led by a tougher industry and state, but with a growing resistance movement, we follow 12-year-old Gertrud Svensdotter in Älvdalen who gets accused of walking on water.
Director
Maja Daniels maja@majadaniels.com
Writer
Jonas Hammarbäck
j.s.k.hamm@gmail.com
20
Noll
Produced by: Strange Orbit Films
Developed with: Film i Dalarna
Playtime: 115 min
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
An ancient, highly contagious, mind-altering pathogen is accidentally released into the modern world with violent consequences. Grounded in hard science and chilling realism, NOLL is a genre-defining Scandinavian zombie thriller.
Director/Writer/Producer
Judson Webb
judson@strangeorbitfilms.com
Co-writer/Co-director
Adam Benn
adam@strangeorbitfilms.com
21
Monster
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film i Gävleborg
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama
A hitman accidentally kills a child during a gunfight. Burdened by guilt he leaves his life of crime and starts working as a caregiver for a disabled boy. The two become friends, but when the former killer dares to open up about his trauma, the boy’s response comes as a shock: Can you kill me too?
Director/Writer
Peter Lindblom
pebloprod@gmail.com
22
Sigrid Ward
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film i Gävleborg
Playtime: 120 min
Genre: Drama
This is the true story about a young woman in mid 19th century Jämtland who was very skilled at playing the violin and wanted to pursue music, but was forbidden to do so by the men who were closest to her, when it turned out she was better than them. However, she didn’t stop…
Director/Writer
Maya Lindh
mayalindh@gmail.com
23
You’re It
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Film i Gävleborg
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Thriller
When Sarah’s father passes he leaves behind a secret that invites her to explore a past long lost to her. In search for answers Sarah unknowingly invites someone back into her life.
Director/Writer
Annelie Morin
morinli08@hotmail.se
Director/Writer
Agneta Morin
keta0920@hotmail.com
24
Take One
Produced by: TBC
Developed with: Region Jämtland Härjedalen
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Arthouse, Comedy, Coming-of-Age
Young Dåmen has one true love - film. Living in the middle of the Jamtlandic wilderness, things look a little glum for a first directorial effort. So when a renowned ad-company takes its business to his neck of the woods, Dåmen decides to steal their equipment and finally make his dreams come true.
Writer Linnea Gelland
linnea.gelland@hotmail.com
Director/Writer
Troy Davis
troynilsdavis@gmail.com
Director/Writer
Emil Olofsson
emilolofsson@outlook.com
25
Albatross
Produced by: Soja
Developed with: Film i Västerbotten
Playtime: 100 min
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure
During the journey of the starship Albatross, old passengers are cloned into young versions of themselves, with no memory of their past lives. When old memories start to return, rebellion starts brewing, and a cultural conservationist must choose between preserving her past or exploring her future.
Writer/Producer Simon Österhof
simon@soja.se
Director
Sofie Edvardsson
sofie@soja.se
Producer Jakob Nyström
jakob@soja.se
26
Porcelain
Produced by: Iris Film
Developed with: Film i Västerbotten
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama
A baby boy is saved from his dying mother´s womb. Growing up, he is captivated by stories of near death experiences. But he doesn’t know how to live his life. He decides to return to his indigenous grandmother to gain more knowledge of his mother, and is surprised at what he finds.
Producer
Andreas Emanuelsson
andreas@irisfilm.se
Director/Writer
Ann Holmgren
ann.aurebekk@gmail.com
Producer Tony Österholm
tony@irisfilm.se
27
1, 2, 3, Action
Produced by: Lampray
Developed with: Film i Västerbotten
Playtime: 80 min
Genre: Drama
Eleven-year-old Sickan is a filmmaker and dreams of becoming a director. Together with her two besties she is participating in a film competition. Everything is going smoothly until the project causes friction between the three of them. Will the project be ready in time? Do they win the competition?
Writer Victor Lindgren
victor@bautafilm.se
Director/Writer
Anna Brodin
anna@lynxstudios.se
Producer Linus Andersson
linus@lampray.se
28
Nattlandet
Produced by: Lampray
Developed with: Film i Västerbotten
Playtime: 80 min
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Pregnant Ida has complications during a canoe trip with her family. They seek help at a lonely farm inhabited by a sect that worships Alma, accused of witchcraft and burned alive during the 17th century. The family ends up in the middle of the preparations for the ritual to return Alma to the farm.
Director/Writer
Jakob Arevärn
jakob.arevarn@gmail.com
Producer Linus Andersson
linus@lampray.se
29
Children
Produced by: Iris Film
Developed with: Filmpool Nord
Playtime: 90 min
Genre: Drama
An abnormality in a sperm sample puts an end to Simon’s (35) dream of becoming a father. At the same time, his father gives unexpected news: Simon is going to have a sibling. “Children” is a film about childhood and adulthood, about a father/son relationship and the longing to be someone´s parent.
Producer
Andreas Emanuelsson
andreas@irisfilm.se
Writer
Camilla Blomqvist
milla.blomqvist@gmail.com
tony@irisfilm.se
30
Producer Tony Österholm
