With the launch of Viaplay in October last year, it’s opened up a world of Nordic content that we didn’t have access to before – so the watchlist is long and ever-growing! There’s also been some finds on Netflix and … Continue reading Our Watchlist – January 2023
It’s five in the afternoon and it’s pitch black in Copenhagen when I start my call with Danish actress Maria Erwolter, and even though she looks snug in her hygge spot, she’s not a lover of winter: “Some people are … Continue reading Danish actress Maria Erwolter discusses starring in Netflix’s 1899 and Copenhagen Cowboy
Time for our picks of the month for the last month of 2022! Along with what we have listed here we did take a little time out from our Nordic region watching to catch up with The White Lotus, Severance, … Continue reading Nordic News and Picks of the Month: DECEMBER
What a year for Nordic film! We have been truly spoiled with some fantastic releases and what has been even more exciting is that the access to see these films is getting better and better. The Nordic Watchlist team got … Continue reading Best of 2022 – Nordic Films
We are huge fans of documentaries and always enjoy catching them at festivals such as CPH:DOX – it’s just a shame that hardly any of these documentaries are then accessible to see in the UK, after all of the festival … Continue reading Top 10 Nordic Documentaries of 2022
Sofia Karemyr is a Swedish actress from Stockholm who has had some great roles in the last few years and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of her in the next few! She is best known for her roles in … Continue reading Swedish actress Sofia Karemyr tells us about her recent roles in The Playlist and Partisan – and her favourite thing about Christmas
We are almost a month into having Viaplay UK and one of the first series we decided to dive into was Where Were You? We spoke to the show’s director Nils Holst-Jensen about the teenage drama from Denmark. Nordic Watchlist: … Continue reading ‘Where Were You?’ director Nils Holst-Jensen discusses his new Viaplay series
Driving Mum is a stunning new Icelandic comedy drama that has just had its premiere at Tallinn Nights Film Festival. The film follows the journey of a man, his dog, and his dead mother. One of her wishes was to … Continue reading Driving Mum – a new Icelandic film to look out for in 2023
So far this year we didn’t have any new Icelandic series in sight for us to watch, but now we have the excellent Sisterhood, Entrapped, and now we can be entertained once again with the arrival of Black Sands. Black … Continue reading Star of Icelandic series Black Sands, Aldís Amah Hamilton, on filming this thriller with a beautiful beach backdrop
It has been a long time coming but we are so excited that Viaplay, a streaming service owned by Viaplay Group based in Stockholm, has finally launched in the UK as of November 1st 2022! Up until last year, it … Continue reading Swedish streaming platform Viaplay launches in the UK offering a wealth of Nordic TV and film content