The trailer for this year’s Christmas calender, An honest Christmas with the Knyckertz, has been released. The series is based on the books about the Knyckertz family written by Anders Sparring and Sparring is also writing the script for the series, with Leif Lindblom directing.
An honest Christmas with the Knyckertz will premiere on SVT December 1st.
The Nordic Film Days have a long and storied tradition in Lübeck, and from 3-7 November, over 130 films from Scandinavia and the Baltic region were presented. Caroline Cowan’s praised feature film Eva & Adam received the Children’s Jury Award, with the following motivation: “One film really won us over. We thought it was very appropriate for our age group and the young actors were totally believable. It was a tender and funny film that also spoke to the subject of animal welfare.”
The official soundtrack to Simon Stålenhag’s narrative art novel The Labyrinth, composed by Simon himself, has now been released by Lakeshore Records.
Lakeshore Records is the four-time Grammy Nominated record label behind critically acclaimed soundtracks such as Drive, Stranger Things and Moonlight among many others.
Please listen to the soundtrack by clicking ‘Read More’ below.
Photo: Theodor Ander
The Swedish rising star screenwriter Sissela Nelander has a background in writing for theatre and web series. She has a Bachelor in Literary Studies and also attended the Literary Composition program at the renowned HDK-Valand-Academy of Art and Design.
In 2019 Nelander’s play Hymn till Persefone was performed at the Paradiso Festival at Turteatern, and her subsequent production GUNNARMATERIALET saw its premiere in 2020 at the Arrival project in Gothenburg.
Together with her comedy group Oskönheter she co-created and wrote the web series Kollektivet, working with the production company ENT. Nelander has also, together with a script group, developed a TV series for the production company Splay with support from SFI.
Nelander is currently writing the screenplay for the adaptation of a hit Swedish novel, more details to be released soon.
The second season of Exit, Øystein Karlsen’s runaway success series, has been nominated for the prestigious C21 International Drama Awards in the ‘Best Returning Series’ category, alongside gigantic series like The Crown and La Casa de Papel, productions with around 100 million dollars more in budget than Exit. The other nominees in this category are Line of Duty, Baptiste and The Good Fight.
The winners will be announced at the International Drama Awards Ceremony in London on December 2nd.
Anders Hansen’s just published Brain Blues goes straight to No. 1 on both the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover non-fiction and the equivalent for e-books, while also claiming the No. 3 spot in the audio category. Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 comes in at No. 2 on the e-book list this week.
Photo: Stefan Tell; Kiefer Lee; Kate Gabor
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 claims top placements on the official Swedish bestseller lists for the month of October across all formats, coming in at No. 1 on the hardcover and e-book list and No. 2 on the audio list. Anders Hansen’s Brain Blues, published only three days before the end of the month, grabs the No. 3 spot on the non-fiction list, while Simona Ahrnstedt’s The Queen of the Night takes the No. 5 spot on the e-book list.
Stefan Ahnhem’s The Final Nail stays firmly put at at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for e-books for the second consecutive week, and enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 4 this week. Anne Holt’s The Eleventh Manuscript joins Ahnhem on the e-book list, coming in at No. 2.
Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People returns to The New York Times Best Seller List for paperbacks this week, coming in at No. 10. This marks the novel’s 13th week on the list.
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s As You Sow, the seventh and penultimate installment in Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s Sebastian Bergman series, is No. 5 on the official German bestseller list this week. This marks the third consecutive week for the novel on Der Spiegel’s list for hardcover fiction.
Croatia, Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Brazil, Companhia das Letras
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Arab World, Al Arabi
Closed by Emma Granberg
Sri Lanka, Sunera Publishers
Closed by Emma Granberg
Spain, RBA
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Lithuania, Lectio Divinia
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Tango, a love of cinema, the charm of the everyday, the value of dreams, and the importance of shoes are all interwoven in this magical realism narrative by Danish writer Annette Bjergfeldt, a story that captivates you from the first page to the last.
– Clara
Nordic Noir at its best – tough, fast-paced and with an ice-cold plot in the middle of the summer heat.
– Dynamite
I loved The Isle of a Thousand Stars because it reached a deep, hidden part of my soul – a place where emotions need no name. /…/ As for a seventh-grader like me, The Isle of a Thousand Stars may simply be the saddest yet most beautiful dream I’ve ever experienced.
– VnExpress
Johana Gustawsson and the Norwegian Thomas Enger form a unique duo, delivering a successful thriller where the city of Oslo isn’t there for exoticism, but becomes, as the pages turn, a character in its own right—cold, silent, and terribly human.
– GAEL
[E]ven though it’s all very sad, reading this book is incredibly comforting.
– Bayern1 Radio
A serial killer plagues summertime Oslo, and Harry Hole is teamed up with his archenemy Tom Waaler to crack the case. The murders bring up questions of fidelity and betrayal, while Waaler enlists Harry in his clandestine band of police vigilantes, imposing their own brand of justice. Harry is forced to settle the score with Waaler once and for all, and at the same time solve the riddle of the devil’s star. In a breath-taking chase through Oslo, Harry manages to do both.