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Nordic Film Talks

Nordic Film Talks is a podcast offering in-depth interviews with filmmakers and other
creatives from the Nordic countries, offering insight into their latest films or TV series.

The series is hosted by Nordic film expert Wendy Mitchell, a journalist and film festival
consultant, and presented by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

Host: Wendy Mitchell, filmwendy.com
Presenting partner: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/

Audio producer: Karoline Balstrøm
Logo designed by: Tine Seerup

Music artist: Bail Bonds
Title: Swimming Lessons

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S2 · E13
September 3 · 36 min
May el-Toukhy: Woman Unknown
Danish writer/director May el-Toukhy discusses Woman Unknown, her Venice Competition drama about a young woman in post-WWII Copenhagen hiding a dangerous secret. She talks about women’s stories erased from history, the female body as a battlefield,...
S2 · E26
August 26 · 38 min
Erik Poppe: Beloved
Veteran Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe explains why he had to wait 25 years to make Beloved, based on Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse’s only original screenplay. The film follows a young couple, Asle and Gerd, as they build a life together in...
S2 · E25
June 19 · 58 min
Animation Special with Linda Hambäck and Tonje Skar Reiersen
As the Annecy International Animation Film Festival kicks off, Nordic Film Talks sits down with internationally acclaimed filmmaker Linda Hambäck and producer Tonje Skar Reiersen to discuss the future of animation in the age of AI. Will artificial...
S1 · E24
May 18 · 44 min
Cannes special: Nicolas Winding Refn & Marie Ulven
From neon-lit dystopias to quiet emotional realism, this Cannes special explores reinvention, vulnerability and the thrill of creative risk. Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn returns with his first feature film in a decade, 'Her Private Hell' a...
S1 · E23
April 22 · 35 min
Martin Zandvliet: Harvest
Danish director Martin Zandvliet, known for 'Land of Mine', joins the Nordic Film Talks podcast to talk about his first TV series, 'Harvest'. The eight-episode drama follows a farming family thrown into conflict when the patriarch leaves the farm to...
S1 · E22
March 19 · 33 min
Ester Bergsmark: A Sweetness From Nowhere
Swedish filmmaker Ester Bergsmark spent seven years shaping 'A Sweetness from Nowhere', a hybrid film premiering at CPH:DOX that moves between essay, documentary, fiction — and what she sometimes calls a fable. In this episode, Bergsmark talks about...
S1 · E21
February 12 · 37 min
Hanna Bergholm: Nightborn
After her breakout horror hit Hatching, Finnish writer-director Hanna Bergholm returns with Nightborn, a dark, Grimm-style fable about motherhood, identity, and the fears we don’t talk about. Premiering in Berlinale Competition, the English-language...
S1 · E20
January 28 · 48 min
Eskil Vogt: Sentimental Value
Norwegian screenwriter Eskil Vogt is having a huge season. His latest film Sentimental Value, co-written with longtime collaborator Joachim Trier, has swept the European Film Awards and landed a record-breaking nine Oscar nominations and eight BAFTA...
S1 · E19
Nov 27, 2025 · 37 min
Jón Hammer: Inside Faroese Filmmaking
Faroese producer Jón Hammer joins Nordic Film Talks to discuss making history with The Last Paradise on Earth — the first Faroese film to win the Nordic Council Film Prize. He reflects on the film’s message, the rapid growth of Faroese filmmaking,...
S1 · E18
Nov 13, 2025 · 36 min
Isabella Eklöf - The Death of Bunny Munro and Dogma 25
Swedish filmmaker Isabella Eklöf – known for 'Holiday', 'Kalak' and 'Border '– joins us to talk about her bold new TV series 'The Death of Bunny Munro', starring Matt Smith. She reveals why England’s decaying seaside towns inspired her “crumbling...
S1 · E17
Sep 30, 2025 · 44 min
Hlynur Pálmason - The Love That Remains
Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason doesn’t start his films with a fixed idea — he lets them emerge. In a conversation with Nordic Film Talks at the San Sebastian Film Festival, he describes how narratives “come by surprise” as he writes, shoots and...
S1 · E16
Sep 4, 2025 · 32 min
Sofie Gråbøl and The Last Viking in Venice
Sofie Gråbøl talks about punching Mads Mikkelsen in their new film 'The Last Viking', acting with Donald Sutherland in her first film and experiencing how the grpundbreaking series 'The Killing' changed the international outlook on Denmark. Host:...
S1 · E16
Jun 23, 2025 · 55 min
2 filmmakers at Annecy
Host: Wendy Mitchell, filmwendy.com Presenting partner: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/ Audio producer: Karoline Balstrøm Logo designed by: Tine Seerup Music artist: Bail Bonds Title: Swimming Lessons
S1 · E15
May 28, 2025 · 32 min
Danish actor Claes Bang and Finnish producer llona Tolmunen
In this special bonus episode from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, we speak to Danish actor Claes Bang about his role in the majority French production 'The Great Arch', directed by Stephane Demoustier, which had its world premiere in Cannes Premieres....
S1 · E14
May 26, 2025 · 29 min
Tarik Saleh, Fares Fares and Sverrir Guðnason
In this special Cannes 2025 episode of Nordic Film Talks, we delve into two Cannes world premieres with the writer/director and lead actor of Eagles of the Republic and one of the lead actors of The Love That Remains. Swedish writer/director Tarik...
S1 · E13
Apr 23, 2025 · 46 min
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - Reykjavik Fusion
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson discusses his new production company ACT4 and their first series, Reykjavik Fusion, which premieres at Canneseries. He wanted the show to feel more vibrant than typical Nordic noir, following a chef rebuilding his life after...
S1 · E12
Mar 24, 2025 · 44 min
Benedikt Erlingsson - The Danish Woman
After his acclaimed 2018 film Woman at War, Benedikt Erlingsson thought he was done with stories about headstrong women bending the rules for a greater cause. But then The Danish Woman emerged. “I knew I couldn’t make another film with the same...
S1 · E11
Feb 18, 2025 · 45 min
Trine Dyrholm - Oscars and Beginnings
The acclaimed Danish actress discusses why she likes spend time exploring her complex characters, such as an infamous criminal in Oscar-nominated The Girl With The Needle and a wife and mother recovering from a stroke in Berlinale world premiere...
S1 · E10
Jan 24, 2025 · 44 min
Emilie Blichfeldt & Maria Ekerhovd - The Ugly Stepsister
Forget Disney princesses—Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister reimagines Cinderella with a feminist twist and moments of body horror. In this episode, Blichfeldt discusses her feature debut, exploring themes of beauty standards and bodily...
S1 · E9
Dec 19, 2024 · 41 min
Joshua Oppenheimer - The End
The director and producer reveal how Jacques Demy and an oil tycoon’s secret bunker inspired their ambitious first fiction feature, 'The End', a six-country co-production with a budget of about $17m. Producer Signe Byrge Sørensen and writer/director...

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