After the huge success of the Swedish romantic TV drama series Young Royals, that centred around a fictional Prince and his budding gay romance with a fellow student, a new teen royal romance story is available on Netflix. This time based in … Continue reading Nordic Watchlist meets the stars of new Norwegian Netflix film Royalteen
Cop Secret is building some more international momentum as it plays alongside its Icelandic counterpart Lamb at this year’s BFI London International Film Festival. We spoke to actress Vivian Ólafsdóttir who tells us about her role in the film and … Continue reading Meet Cop Secret’s badass Vivian Ólafsdóttir
With the Danish movie Shorta (Arabic for police), finally getting a release in the UK on Sept 3, we interviewed the impressive young breakout star Tarek Zayat. We first saw the movie at Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year, (you … Continue reading NORDIC NEW WAVE: Meet rising star Tarek Zayat from Danish crime thriller ‘Shorta’
This month at the Nordic Watchlist we enjoyed a staycation, and the searing heatwave in the UK eventually turned to torrential rain – allowing us to bury ourselves in the sofa and enjoy some more Nordic treats! Here’s what we … Continue reading Nordic Flavours of the month: JULY
We have often shared our frustration in reading or hearing about fantastic new releases in the Nordic region but then having to patiently wait to see if they get a release in the UK. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t… … Continue reading New Nordic MUBI News!
This weekend sees the UK cinema release of ‘Tove’, a film about the early life and loves of artist Tove Jansson, creator of probably Finland’s most famous export – the Moomins. Here’s some more about the film and what we … Continue reading Let ‘Tove’ dance into your heart and imagination
The Festival A couple of weeks ago we were back in the digital festival universe, this time checking out a handful of Nordic offerings at Toronto’s Inside Out Festival. Inside Out Festival is Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival and the … Continue reading Swedish thriller Knocking on Inside Out festival’s door
Things get off to a rocky start when I called Danish TV and film star Jacob Lohmann. One moment he is sitting comfortably ready for our phone interview, the next we are struggling with the sound, the other pandemic that … Continue reading In conversation with Danish actor and Shorta star Jacob Lohmann
2020 saw the Nordic Watchlist switch from a little side project interviewing a selection of our favourite people in entertainment and culture, to fully focusing on all things Nordic due to our love and passion for the Nordic region – … Continue reading Nordic Watchlist’s Best of 2020 Awards – Part 1
November 4th – 8th saw the 62nd festival of Nordic Film Days Lübeck, northern Germany. The festival recognises feature film, short film, documentaries and more from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and other northern territories. The festival, normally held … Continue reading Winners and highlights at 62nd Nordic Film Festival in Germany