A movie adaptation of Lisa Ridzén’s No.1 internationally bestselling debut When the Cranes Fly South, to be produced by B-reel Films, has been announced by Deadline. The award-winning and much acclaimed screenwriter Oskar Söderlund (Snabba Cash, Cry Wolf, The Breakthrough) is attached as writer.

Ulf Synnerholm, Managing Partner and Head of Drama at B-Reel Films, said the following about the novel to Deadline: “I cried and laughed my way through the book. It is about death somehow, but it’s also about warmth, and there is love, and there is the need for family, and there’s a fascination with what life could have been; all these universal questions that occupy most of us at various stages.”

Read the full article in Deadline by clicking ‘Read more’ below.

The acclaimed four-part Norwegian drama series A Better Man (Ølhunden Berit) premiered on NRK on November 9.

Created by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, A Better Man stars Anders Baasmo in a standout performance as the lead. The show has already garnered international attention. At the 2025 Canneseries, it won Best Series, Best Actor (Anders Baasmo), and most recently, it took home both the Serielizados’ Best Series Award and the Audience Award.

Sofi Oksanen has been shortlisted for the Minna Canth Award 2026.

In the spirit of Finnish writer, journalist, and social activist Minna Canth, the award seeks to highlight activities or actions that strengthen democracy and promote the future in a fair and sustainable manner towards equality, learning, and freedom of expression. The winner shall have made “exceptionally meritorious contributions”, either at the national level or above.

Minna Canth was active during the late 1800s in Finland and was especially involved in rights for women and girls and equal rights to education. Her life’s work is honored in Finland every year on Minna Canth Day, March 19. A jury will announce the winner of the award on Minna Canth Day 2026.

The Danish drama series Reservatet (Secrets We Keep) was the big winner at this year’s Series Awards in Denmark, taking home an impressive six prizes. Among its wins were Best Series, Best Screenplay, Best Direction and Best Lead Actor.

Reservatet is created by Ingeborg Topsøe and directed by Per Fly.

On 6 November, Swedish broadcaster TV4 launched its bold new science-fiction drama Vi kommer i fred.

In the lead roles are Evin Ahmad and Fares Fares. The supporting cast includes Agnes Kittelsen, Agnes Rase, Khalil Ghazal, Suzanne Reuter, Christian Hillborg, Martin Nick and Nina Mårshagen.


The series is written by Lars Lundström and directed by Jens Jonsson, together with Mani Maserrat.

Viewers in Sweden will be able to stream the first episode on TV4 Play Plus from 6 November, followed by linear broadcast.