Ok, so I didn’t give this pitch yesterday at the Nordic Talents Producers Pitch, where the established producers gets to pitch their company to the graduates of the Nordic Film Schools, because I had signed up wrong. Oh well. This is what I would have said: Dear Graduates, My name is Nynne Selin Eidnes, and […]
Late Friday, I got at call from Director Tor Fruergaard, from The Odense International Film Festival. Growing Pains WON: BEST DANISH SHORT FILM (Academy Award qualifying) and SPECIAL MENTION (Animation competition) see for yourself here: http://www.filmfestival.dk/en/winners/ That is just fantastic. And I am actually really thrilled that it did not just win the animation […]
Finally it is official. Vokseværk is selected for the Short Cuts International at Toronto International Film Festival. This is the best possible start for the film. And hopefully tha beginning of a long life in the festival circuit. Tor Fruergaard, Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen, Kristian Eidnes and myself will be going to Toronto to meet the […]
Wow. To be 1 out of just 14 animation projects to receive development funding from Creative Europe. That makes us just so darn proud. This means that MINNA & THE DREAMBUILDERS can hold a completely awesome pixar inspired workshop where immensly talented people will pour all their great ideas into the film and we can just paddle around […]
I was invited to sit in the panel when the students at the Animation Workshop in Viborg pitched the films they are going to work on as their bachelor films. There were 26 pitches and only 6 will make the cut. I was completely amazed at the quality of the projects. Not that student films […]
This is a great day for First lady Film. I’ve just signed the transfer of rights to the popular danish children’s book PALLE ALENE I VERDEN (Palle alone in the world). The book is about a 5 year old boy who wakes up and finds himself completely alone in Copenhagen and does what all children […]
Last week in Cannes I gave a speech as the opening of the NORDIC FACTORY co-producers Happy Hour on the Director’s Fortnight beach. It was short and sweet and basically encouraged people to meet the wonderful people behind the facility houses that have been really generous in their investment in the Nordic Factory films. And of […]
What a great email to finish off a week in Cannes: GROWING PAINS is selected for the main competition at the Odense Film Festval. Yes, its the nr 1 Danish short film festival, that will send the winner directly to the Oscar short film short list. Can you feel the breeze of the red carpet, […]
If you thought that the Buster Film Festival was only for small kids, then think again. We are happy to announce that Danish Audiences will have the chance to see some erotic wolf action on this years edition. Lock up your daughter, or she may cry wolf!
We are so happy that The Danish Film Institute has chosen to take Growing Pains into their festival distribution. We hope that this can open some A-festival doors for our film – so that we can show the world how Danish animation kicks ass.
We are in the last days of compositing on Growing Pains, and have just submitted a Work In Progress to the Odense Film Festival, where we hope to hold our Danish Premiere – it also an Oscar Qualification festival, so lets hope we win. But, first we have to get selected, but if you can […]
All the films have been shot, and have begun the very fast paced editing process. We are showing the films to The Danish Film Institute and The Copenhagen Film Fund on wednesday and final cut is on friday, so they are working till their fingers bleed. Thankfully the directors are all very talented and have […]
Kim Hagen, Thomas Howalt and I have arrived at Cartoon and saw Esben Toft’s Beyond Beyond as the opening film. I was really looking forward to that as I missed it in Berlin. Its gonna be a great couple of days.
production meeting with all the directors and production managers of Nordic factory. The room is buzzing with creative energy and the Lady feels happy and content. Lets Make some Movies!
We are extremely happy to announce that we got selected to pitch at Cartoon Movie so now the fun begins. We are working hard to getting the teaser trailer ready for Cartoon. Please contact me if you are there and want to meet.
Just submitted a new film to hopefully be pitched at Cartoon Movie i March 2014. We are very excited!
Since all of the sets on the GROWING PAINS film are folded in paper, then so are the exterior shots of the forest. In this shot, Forest Designer Charlotte Worsaae and builder Benjamin Buch Andersen discuss how to dress the forrest when we shoot. Production Designer Liselotte Justesen overlooks the process.
Tor Fruergaards graduation film VENUS has just snagged the nr 1. spot on EKKO Shortlist. EKKO Shortlist is a new Short Film Forum created by Danish Film Magazine EKKO and is right now the most influential place to have your short film shown. EKKO short list has the attention of The Danish Film Institute and […]
Director of ME, MYSELF & MARTIN LAURSEN, Anthony Tullberg plays football today in the EKKO Football CUP. Anthony will play on the team of The Danish Filminstitute. We wish them the best of luck http://www.ekkofilm.dk/artikler/kampen-om-fodboldtronen/
I just delivered an application to DFI with a new animated fantasy film called CLOUD FISHER. About a girl learning to overcome her fear of heights while saving the day and her father from evil. Epic fantasy stuff. I am looking forward to working for the first time with director Troels Hugo Cederholm and writer […]