Eva Aagaard (b.1988) is a Copenhagen-born writer, translator and journalist. She attended journalist school in Aarhus and prestigious writer’s programs in Norway and Sweden. Having written for numerous Danish medias, she has also been a prominent voice in the national debates surrounding the treatment of sexual assault victims. In her novel I Don’t Want This she grippingly explores the emotional turmoil that follows in the wake of a sexual assault, our perceptions of victimhood and the pitfalls of motherhood.

Amina, written by Mona Masri and directed by Ahmed Abdullahi, will have its world premiere at the 2022 Marrakech Film Festival on November 17. This is the anticipated feature debut for both the writer and director.

The star-packed jury consists of Paolo Sorrentino, Susanne Bier, Oscar Isaac, Vanessa Kirby, Diane Kruger, Justin Kurzel, Nadine Labaki, Laïla Marrakchi and Tahar Rahim.

Amina, a young and talented mixed martial arts fighter, is striving to get back to her passion. With no support from her parents, she struggles to raise her seven-year-old daughter. Against all odds, she gets a shot at the MMA world championships. Now, she is forced to make the toughest choice of her life: whether to be a world-class fighter or the mother she is expected to be.

After the success of the best-selling The Interior Design Handbook, interior designer Frida Ramstedt is back with a new book that teaches you which furniture suits you and your home.

What is important to think about when buying furniture, or to furnishing your home? Which details do the furniture designers and furniture manufacturers themselves pay extra attention to? What distinguishes good quality from bad and which common complaints should you watch out for – if you want to avoid expensive wrong purchases?

This book contains furniture knowledge that everyone should know, regardless of your personal style. It provides concrete advice to help you understand which furniture is right for you and your home – whether you’re buying new, used or just want to make the most of what you already have.

The Furniture Handbook is a perfect complement to Frida Ramstedt’s international bestseller The Interior Design Handbook, which has been translated into 29 languages ​​and has sold over 200 000 copies worldwide.

Adlibris, the leading online book retailer in the Nordics, has published a list of its 15 most sold books in Sweden of the last 20 years. Featured on the list are Anders Hansen’s The Real Happy Pill, David Sundin’s The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read, Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove and Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s I May Be Wrong, each performing a remarkable feat on the Swedish book market.

Adlibris has also revealed statistics of the best-selling books per year, where Liza Marklund’s Red Wolf and Last Will became the most sold titles in 2003 and 2006 respectively, Lars Kepler’s The Hypnotist the most sold title in 2009, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman the best-selling title of 2013 and Anders Hansen’s The Real Happy Pill the most sold title in 2019.

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo are expanding the cast of the film adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s The Electric State, their next film for Netflix, with Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian) and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Billy Bob Thornton (The Gray Man) have also signed on in voice roles.

Set in an alternative America in the mid-1990s, The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown as a young girl traveling across the country in the wake of a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them, looking to find her missing brother. Chris Pratt costars as a smuggler she meets along the way; Stanley Tucci and Jason Alexander round out the cast.

Esposito will play an antagonist known as the Marshall, a robotic drone manned by Esposito’s character remotely and tasked with hunting down the robot aiding Brown’s character on her quest. (The drone is played on set by a performance-capture actor; Esposito will shoot his side later in production.) Quan will play a doctor that Brown’s character needs to find; he’s taking over the role from his Everything Everywhere All at Once costar Michelle Yeoh, who had to depart the film due to scheduling conflicts. Mackie and Thornton will each voice sentient robots in the film. Mackie’s character is a sidekick for Pratt’s, while Thornton voices a key figure in the civil war.

The film is currently in production in Atlanta, with an eye to debut in 2024.