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...