A wide range of Scandinavian films, including the politically-charged Danish drama “Shorta,” the supernatural Icelandic drama “Lamb” with Noomi Rapace, and the Finnish-Iranian refugee tale “Any Day Now,’ were some of the highlights at this year’s Nordic Film Market.They were presented, along with 13 other films in post-production, as part of the Work-in-Progress section.
Half of the lineup was made up of first features, notably “Lamb” from Iceland’s Valdimar Johannsson and “Any Day Now” by Finnish-Iranian helmer Hamy Ramezan.This 21st edition of the Nordic Film Market, which also boasts the popular Drama TV Vision conference, saw record participation with 450 attendees from 25 countries.
These included more than 37 sales agents from the Nordics, France, Poland, Germany, Israel and the U.K., among others, as well as 67 festival programmers and 47 buyers.
Cia Edström, the head of the Nordic Film Market, said more and more participants came for both the film
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