Searching for Sugar Man: Final thoughtsEven though the Nordic countries are yet to produce global box-office hits that would rival the US-UK made blockbusters, the achievements...
Searching for Sugar Man: Cross-Nordic distribution and lessons from the success of Nordic TV dramaPetri Kemppinen, the CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond describes that cross-Nordic distribution has seen a slight increase in the recent...
Searching for Sugar Man: Approaches to producingThe Olsberg SPI report Building sustainable film businesses identify a few key factors that contribute to the success of a film business....
Searching for Sugar Man: International CompetitionOriginal language dramas are in several markets automatically labelled as ‘art house’ films (Ilievski, 2018). Petri Kemppinen, the CEO of...
Searching for Sugar Man: Europudding and issues of authenticityThe internationalisation of European cinema has also attracted negative associations, with critics branding certain multi-national films...
Searching for Sugar Man: Changes to available financeThe increase of foreign language, internationally oriented productions applying state subsidies has led to the local film institutions to...
Searching for Sugar Man: Validating the use of English languageThe most common motive among the producers for the use of the English language in Nordic films has been the story; through either a...
Searching for Sugar Man: Current production landscapeSince 1960’s breakdown of the classical film culture in the Nordic region, the local production landscape has seen a significant...
Blog Series: Searching for Sugar Man – how, why and to what effect are Nordic producers turning to tIn this series of posts, I'll be looking at producing English language films in the Nordic region, both in terms of the economic benefits...