Norwegian writer-director Nina Knag’s acclaimed feature debut Se meg (Don’t Call Me Mama) has received four nominations for the 2026 Amanda Awards, Norway’s most prestigious film awards.

The film has been nominated for Best Director for Nina Knag, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Pia Tjelta, Best Supporting Actor for Tarek Zayat, and Best Cinematography for Alvilde Horjen Naterstad, highlighting both the film’s artistic achievements and the strength of its performances.

The psychological drama, which premiered in the main competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2025, has earned widespread critical acclaim both in Norway and internationally.

The winners of the 2026 Amanda Awards will be announced during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund on August 22.

Season 2 of the acclaimed Franco-Iranian drama series Happiness, created and written by Yashar Alishenas and Pouria Takavar for Arte, has won the Audience Award at Seriencamp 2026, one of Europe’s leading festivals dedicated to television series.

Happiness season 2 had its world premiere at Series Mania, and will have its streaming premiere on Arte on June 29.

The Clan, the first installment in Pascal Engman’s Clan Trilogy, jumps to No. 1 on this week’s paperback list.

It’s better to have flared up and burned out than to never have been ignited at all. Of that, I am convinced. 

When Hanna’s grandmother dies, she cries for the first time in almost twenty years. The last time she did so was on the day her friend Elizabeth disappeared.

Elizabeth crashes into Hanna’s life like a dazzling comet when Hanna is sixteen. Both are children of divorce, raised between different cultures. Suddenly, life takes on new color, and the worldly, free-spirited Eliza quickly draws Hanna out of her shell. Together, they are unstoppable. Until everything spirals out of control, and it becomes impossible to tell love from obsession, or friendship from betrayal.

Elizabeth the Third is a contemporary novel infused with suspense, delving into family relationships, the search for belonging, and a toxic friendship that changes everything.

Pascal Engman’s The War rockets to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction. The War is the second installment in the Clan Trilogy. Engman also features on the paperback list, where he comes in at No. 3 for the second week in a row with The Clan, the series’ first installment.

Also on the hardcover list is Anders & Anette de la Motte’s just published Rivals in Rome, which secures the No. 2 spot. Rivals in Rome is the third book in the Murders Under the Sun series.

Kristina Ohlsson’s Nightshifter is No. 2 in paperback. Nightshifter is the fifth installment in the August Strindberg series.

Lisa Ridzén’s lauded debut When the Cranes Fly South has officially been announced as the No.1 most sold translated fiction title in the UK thus far in 2026, in a report just published by The Bookseller. The UK edition is published by Doubleday and translated by Alice Menzies.

Seven years ago, security guard Jax was shot in the head in a mock execution. Again, and again, and again. Until his mind broke, and the robbers got what they came for.

Today, Jax is still frozen in time, on the cusp of death. His family has left him and he suffers from panic attacks daily. When Jax learns that his “killer” is out of prison and has created a new life for himself as a family man, rage fills him. Time starts to move once more. Before Jax’s vengeance is over, Sweden’s largest-ever heist will have taken place, and the roles of victim and perpetrator will have been reversed.

The Man Who Quit Dying is Anders Roslund’s first standalone novel. It is a breathless story of revenge and love; of putting it all on the line to protect what’s precious to you, and of choosing your own ending.