Danish international sales agent TrustNordisk is making its way to Berlin with an impressive line-up. In total, 16 of its films and projects are participating either in the 69^th Berlin International Film Festival (7-17 February) or in the European Film Market (EFM, 7-15 February).

Starting with the Official Competition, Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland is returning to Berlin five years after his successful black comedy In Order of Disappearance [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hans Petter Moland
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intervista: Hans Petter Moland
scheda film]. An adaptation of the Per Petterson novel of the same name, the film is set in November 1999, with Stellan Skårsgard playing the lead role as a lonely 67-year-old widower called Trond, who is looking forward to spending New Year’s Eve 2000 on his own. However, as winter arrives, Trond finds out that he now has a neighbour – a man he knew 50 years ago and who marked his life forever after a decision made by his father when he was a teenager.

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At the EFM, TrustNordisk will bring the winner of Göteborg’s Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (see the news), Queen of Hearts [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gustav Lindh
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intervista: Måns Mårlind e Björn Stein
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intervista: Anne Sewitsky
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The recently released tragic real-life story Congo [+leggi anche:
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Furthermore, TrustNordisk is promoting Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Niklaus Hilber
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scheda film], which follows the Thomas Quick case (see the news). Moreover, the “mythological action road movie” Mortal by André Øvredal (news), the horror Lake of Death [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nini Bull Robsahm
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Finally, as for pre-sales, the as-yet untitled new feature by Thomas Vinterberg is heading up the selection. Co-penned by the director and Tobias Lindholm, the story follows four high-school teachers who launch a drinking experiment. The rest of the pre-sales include Daniel by Niels Arden Oplev, the tragic story of freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured while working in Syria in 2013 (see the news), and the second instalment in the successful Norwegian fantasy-adventure series The Ash Lad – In Search of the Golden Castle by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose.