Drama Breaking Borders
The growing internationalization of Nordic Films and TV series
Meet Denmark’s minister of culture Bertel Haarder, director Per Fly (The Bench, The Inheritance, Monica Z, as well as DR’s new gamble, “Follow the Money”), Nordisk Film by Lone Korslund, the creators of Maipo (behind the Norwegian great project about Sonja Henie), the editor of the Norwegian film magazine RUSHPRINT Kjetil Lismoen, drama coach Ivar Køhn (NRK), DR Drama’s Karoline Leth (producer “The Legacy”), film consultants from the Nordic Filminstitutes, Zentropa’s CEO Peter Aalbæk Jensen, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond Petri Kemppinen, the Finnish director Dome Karukoski, film director Janus Metz, film researcher Kim Toft Hansen and many others!
TEMA is the growing internationalization of Nordic Films and TV series. Currently, there is a noticeably large interest in the Nordic production of film and TV, in and outside of Scandinavia. The Film Industry in Scandinavia is riding the peak of a “Scandinavian Trend”, a huge demand, from outside of Scandinavia, for productions, directors, screenwriters, and actors. This influences nearly every international project, for example, with finance and co-production partners, circulation, distribution, and sales of the stories content and themes. While this is both flattering and appealing, questions arise. Do we have control over this trend? Do we have an overview over the future of this trend? Can we manage to preserve our uniqueness in the global market? Finally, is this uniqueness an advantage or an obstacle?
With support from Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Nordisk Kulturfond, Det danske filminstitut and Norsk Filminstitutt, Fondet for Dansk-Norsk Samarbejde arranges a seminar with the five sub-themes:
THE FILM AND THE WORLD. In the last few years, Scandinavian TV has attained unprecedented international success. Feature Films have simultaneously excelled at every film-festival and won prizes in nearly every category. Some believe this is a fluke. Others see an indication of increasing quality. Still others point out, that Tv-media has dramatically changed, so that Tv-channels and streaming services are today compelled to wager unorthodoxly. However, the fact is, series like Forbrydelsen (DK), Millenium (SE) and Lilyhammer (NO) have been devoured by an international public. What are the facts? Where are potential areas of opportunity? How does the future look? Participate in the discussion between representatives from analysis experts, the industry, and TV Channels.
CULTURAL EXPORT. How do we export our culture – while simultaneously retaining our uniqueness? Discussions, including manufacturers from all over Scandinavia, are under the spotlight, with updates and anecdotes.
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR. How do we watch film today? How do we steer development, and how do we adjust film production to our viewers? Participate in discussions with both experts and TV Stations involved in this theme.
YOUNG VOICES. Five young Scandinavian Talents, from each his own country, present their views on, which direction Scandinavian Film & TV should take.
THE “PARTICULARLY SCANDINAVIAN” QUALITY of Scandinavian Film & TV productions. Gender and language! Can one speak of a particular method of approaching gender questions in Scandinavian Film Productions? Which family structure and gender specific examples and roll-models are found in Scandinavian Drama, on TV and in Film? Is there a clear difference between drama narratives, which are defined and detected via gender? Is there a fair distribution between the genders, when we discuss “A-functions” in a production? Which actions are necessary, in order to promote development, where talent and gender do not shadow each other?
PRODUCER: Per Nielsen, Filmfærgen
Thursday 22. October Schæffergården
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Arrival and registration |
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12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch at Restaurant Wohlert by Schæffergården |
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13:30 – 13:35 |
Welcoming to Drama Breaking Borders |
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Erik Skyum-Nielsen, Fondet for dansk-norsk samarbejde |
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13:35 – 13:55 |
Opening |
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Danish Minister of Culture, Bertel Haarder |
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13:55 – 14:00 |
Intro to the seminar and the program of the day |
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Moderator Per Nielsen |
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14:00 – 14:35 |
Nordic Noir! – A Nordic global brand? |
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Media researcher Kim Toft Hansen, Aalborg University |
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14:35 – 15:05 |
Creative Alliance tells about the idea behind, the development and the process for the project “Backstabbing for beginners” |
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Film director Per Fly and producer Malene Blenkov of Creative Alliance |
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15:05 – 15:25 |
Coffee break, cake and delights |
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15:25 – 16:25 |
The Nordic TV-stations' international strategies |
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NRK, Ivar Køhn DR, Karoline Leth |
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16:25 – 16:50 |
Brief intermission, nice, cold beer and water served with a snack |
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16:50 – 17:40 |
Nordic TV-fiction and the foreign TV-galaxy |
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Film producer, Keld Reinicke |
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17:40 – 18:00 |
Summary of the first day of the seminar |
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Producer Finn Gjerdrum from Paradox and Moderator Per Nielsen |
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18:00 – 19:00 |
Intermission, the bar is open |
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19:00 – |
Banquet at Restaurant Wohlert |
Friday 23. October Schæffergården
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07:00 – 09:00 |
Breakfast at Restaurant Wohlert for the ones who stayed the night |
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09:00 – 09:05 |
Intro to the program of the day |
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Moderator Per Nielsen |
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09:05 – 09:55 |
How is work being done towards an international strategy concerning feature films? |
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Petri Kemppinen, Nordisk Film & Tv Fond Christian Juhl Lemche, Dansk filminstitut Thomas Gammeltoft, Copenhagen Film Fund
Editor at Rushprint, Kjetil Lismoen moderates this item on the agenda |
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09:55 – 10:55 |
Is it possible to conquer the world? Specific cases! |
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09:55 – 10:25 |
Case 1: "Danish Girl" |
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Thomas Gammeltoft, CEO of Copenhagen Film Fund |
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10:25 – 10:55 |
Case 2: Tom of Finland |
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Film director, Dome Karukoski |
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10:55 – 12:00 |
Experienced Vikings share their secrets behind success and flaws! |
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Film producer of Zentropa, Peter Aalbæk Jensen Film director, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson CEO of Maipo Film, Synnøve Hørsdal
Editor at Rushprint, Kjetil Lismoen moderates this item on the agenda |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch at Restaurant Wohlert |
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13:00 – 14:30 |
What view on gender are we exposing in the movies and tv series we sell outside the Nordic countries? Are there too many women? Debate with Nordic players! |
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Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Film director Rikke Ennis, Trustnordisk Synnøve Hørsdal, CEO Maipo Film Gila Bergquist Ulfung, CEO/Producer Breidablick Film Petri Kemppinen, CEO of Nordisk Film & Tv fond
Discussion is managed by film writer Marit Kapla |
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14:30 – 15:00 |
Coffee break, cake and treats |
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15:00 – 15:25 |
Talents escaping the Nordic countries! Should we worry about the Nordic countries’ ability, opportunities and ambition to keep the talents at home? |
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Producer Lone Korslund, Nordisk Film |
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15:25 – 16:10 |
Young Voices Five young Nordic talents from each of their own countries present their views on which direction film/TV will/should go. |
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Scenographer Tinna Ottesen, Iceland Senior Executive Film Väst Yaba Holst, Sweden Film director Janus Metz, Denmark Film director Dome Karukoski, Finland Film director and screenwriter Jannicke Systad, Norway |
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16:10 – 16:30 |
Recap of the film seminar |
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Moderator Per Nielsen |
Medvirkende
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Erik Skyum-Nielsen (DK)
Lektor ved Københavns Universitet og styremedlem i Fondet for dansk-norsk samarbejde -
Bertel Haarder (DK)
Danmarks kulturminister -
Per Nielsen (DK)
Producent og moderator -
Kim Toft Hansen (DK)
Medieforsker -
Ivar Køhn (NO)
NRK -
Karoline Leth (DK)
DR -
Keld Reinicke (DK)
Filmproducer -
Per Fly (DK)
Filminstruktør -
Malene Blenkov (DK)
Producer -
Dome Karukoski (FI)
Filminstruktør -
Petri Kemppinen (FI)
Direktør Nordisk film & Tv fond -
Peter Aalbæk Jensen (DK)
Filmproducer -
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (IS)
Filminstruktør -
Synnøve Hørsdal (NO)
Administrerende direktør Maipo Film -
Kjetil Lismoen (NO)
Redaktør Rushprint -
Marit Kapla (SE)
Filmskribent -
Lone Korslund (DK)
Producer, Nordisk Film -
Janus Metz (DK)
Filminstruktør -
Thomas Gammeltoft (DK)
Direktør Copenhagen Film Fund -
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (NO)
Filminstruktør og manuskriptforfatter -
Christian Juhl Lemche (DK)
Festival Manager Dansk film institut -
Rikke Ennis (DK)
Direktør Trustnordisk -
Tinna Ottesen (IS)
Scenographer and production designer -
Finn Gjerdrum (NO)
Producer Paradox -
Yaba Holst (SE)
Senior Executive Film Väst -
Gila Bergquist Ulfung (SE)
CEO/Producer Breidablick Film