Check out these great upcoming releases in March that we think should be on your watchlist! Viaplay Love Me – Season 2 | 9th March First up on Viaplay is the return of the popular romcom series, Love Me, which … Continue reading New Nordic film and TV releases coming in March – on Viaplay, MUBI and Cinema
Whilst Swedish Director Ruben Östlund picked up three Academy Award nominations for Triangle of Sadness, there were also Nordic nominations for two live action short films, Night Ride and Ivalu. We spoke to the some of the team behind these … Continue reading We hear from the teams behind Academy-nominated Nordic short films Ivalu and Night Ride
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
As this year draws to a close we reflect on some great second seasons that have come out in 2022. We can’t pick which one was best so have your say and vote below! Continue reading Vote for your favourite second season that aired this year
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
I’m waiting to speak to Eirik and as our zoom calls starts, he’s making sure the camera is taking in an object behind him. It is a sculpture of what looks like a big cat. Eirik: Hold on, let me … Continue reading In conversation with artist Eirik Sæther on his debut film role in Norwegian dark comedy Sick of Myself
Nordic Watchlist got to speak to Danish-based non-profit excursion company GreenKayak about how they are tackling the problem of plastic waste in Copenhagen, and beyond. Tell us about the GreenKayak concept We started to collect trash floating around the waters … Continue reading Danish initiative GreenKayak offers the chance to clean waste from the world’s waterways while enjoying the view