Nordic Film Talks
Nordic Film Talks
Nordic Film Talks

Nordic Film Talks

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Nordic Film Talks is a podcast offering in-depth interviews with filmmakers and other
creatives from the Nordic countries, offering insight into their latest films or TV series.

The series is hosted by Nordic film expert Wendy Mitchell, a journalist and film festival
consultant, and presented by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.


Host: Wendy Mitchell, filmwendy.com
Presenting partner: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/

Audio producer: Karoline Balstrøm
Logo designed by: Tine Seerup

Music artist: Bail Bonds 
Title: Swimming Lessons
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Jón Hammer: Inside Faroese Filmmaking
27 November 2025

Jón Hammer: Inside Faroese Filmmaking

Faroese producer Jón Hammer joins Nordic Film Talks to discuss making history with The Last Paradise on Earth — the first Faroese film to win the Nordic Council Film Prize.He reflects on the film’s message, the rapid growth of Faroese filmmaking, and his own path from Zentropa to building Outlier Projects.Hammer also shares insights from international shoots like No Time To Die and How To Train...
Isabella Eklöf - The Death of Bunny Munro and Dogma 25
13 November 2025

Isabella Eklöf - The Death of Bunny Munro and Dogma 25

Swedish filmmaker Isabella Eklöf – known for 'Holiday', 'Kalak' and 'Border '– joins us to talk about her bold new TV series 'The Death of Bunny Munro', starring Matt Smith.She reveals why England’s decaying seaside towns inspired her “crumbling empire” story, how adapting Nick Cave’s manic novel became her proudest work yet, and what it’s like to be a first-time showrunner.Eklöf also teases her...
Hlynur Pálmason - The Love That Remains
30 September 2025

Hlynur Pálmason - The Love That Remains

Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason doesn’t start his films with a fixed idea — he lets them emerge. In a conversation with Nordic Film Talks at the San Sebastian Film Festival, he describes how narratives “come by surprise” as he writes, shoots and edits, often across several years. His two latest films, Joan of Arc and The Love That Remains, both star his three children and capture the mix of...
Sofie Gråbøl and The Last Viking in Venice
04 September 2025

Sofie Gråbøl and The Last Viking in Venice

Sofie Gråbøl talks about punching Mads Mikkelsen in their new film 'The Last Viking', acting with Donald Sutherland in her first film and experiencing how the grpundbreaking series 'The Killing' changed the international outlook on Denmark.Host: Wendy Mitchell, filmwendy.comPresenting partner: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/Audio producer: Karoline BalstrømLogo...
2 filmmakers at Annecy
23 June 2025

2 filmmakers at Annecy

Host: Wendy Mitchell, filmwendy.comPresenting partner: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/Audio producer: Karoline BalstrømLogo designed by: Tine SeerupMusic artist: Bail Bonds Title: Swimming Lessons
Danish actor Claes Bang and Finnish producer llona Tolmunen
28 May 2025

Danish actor Claes Bang and Finnish producer llona Tolmunen

In this special bonus episode from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, we speak to Danish actor Claes Bang about his role in the majority French production 'The Great Arch', directed by Stephane Demoustier, which had its world premiere in Cannes Premieres.Bang plays the Danish architect Otto von Spreckelsen who tries to protect his artistic integrity after winning a competition to build an important...
Tarik Saleh, Fares Fares and Sverrir Guðnason
26 May 2025

Tarik Saleh, Fares Fares and Sverrir Guðnason

In this special Cannes 2025 episode of Nordic Film Talks, we delve into two Cannes world premieres with the writer/director and lead actor of Eagles of the Republic and one of the lead actors of The Love That Remains.Swedish writer/director Tarik Saleh says his new film Eagles of the Republic is not a political satire. “I love satire, but this is absolutely not satire. It is a very serious film,...
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - Reykjavik Fusion
23 April 2025

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - Reykjavik Fusion

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson discusses his new production company ACT4 and their first series, Reykjavik Fusion, which premieres at Canneseries. He wanted the show to feel more vibrant than typical Nordic noir, following a chef rebuilding his life after prison.Ólafsson balances Icelandic work with international projects like Severance and Somebody Somewhere, while keeping his base in Reykjavik. ACT4 is...
Benedikt Erlingsson - The Danish Woman
24 March 2025

Benedikt Erlingsson - The Danish Woman

After his acclaimed 2018 film Woman at War, Benedikt Erlingsson thought he was done with stories about headstrong women bending the rules for a greater cause. But then The Danish Woman emerged.“I knew I couldn’t make another film with the same concept, so a TV series was the perfect way to explore it further. If Woman at War had a ‘white witch,’ The Danish Woman is the ‘black witch,’” he says in...
Trine Dyrholm - Oscars and Beginnings
18 February 2025

Trine Dyrholm - Oscars and Beginnings

The acclaimed Danish actress discusses why she likes spend time exploring her complex characters, such as an infamous criminal in Oscar-nominated The Girl With The Needle and a wife and mother recovering from a stroke in Berlinale world premiere Beginnings.Nordic Film Talks is a podcast offering in-depth interviews with filmmakers and othercreatives from the Nordic countries, offering insight...