Tag Archives: Borgen
Everything is Mine by Ruth Lillegraven #Norway
Everything Is Mine is set between contemporary urban Oslo and the fjords of rural western Norway. The main characters are Clara and Henrik. Clara works at the Ministry of Justice and Henrik is a doctor. Their relationship is under some strains but is functioning. They have two children, good jobs, a beautiful house. One day […]
Nordic Film Festival in Glasgow, London and more! #nordicfilm15
The Nordic Film Festival is going on tour in January and coming to our doorsteps in Glasgow (also Bristol and Nottingham). The festival starts in London from tomorrow, December 4th and runs to December 13th. The 4th edition of Nordic Film Festival brings together another diverse mix of features, docs and shorts from the Nordic […]
Nordic Noir Night Before Christmas
To everyone who reads our blog, members of the Facebook group and followers on Twitter, thank you for your input, friendly words and your opinions. We hope 2014 is full of interesting Nordic Noir events and you continue to enjoy sharing this with us. The Nordic Noir Team (Miriam, Christine, Sheila and Douglas) ‘Twas the […]
Borgen Series Three, Episodes 1 A Child of Denmark & 2 The Land is Built on Law
As Sidse mentioned at Nordicana earlier this year Borgen 3 has a different feel to it. After tonight’s two introductory episodes I would say it felt less political and more personal, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that changes over the course of the series. Initially it felt a bit empty but Katrine’s haphazard torn […]
DVD Review: The Protectors – Season Two
Originally posted on Euro But Not Trash:
With two BAFTA awards under its belt and a nomination for The Bridge, Arrow Films has resisted the temptation to rest on its laurels and instead is captialising on the success it has had introducing UK audiences to contemporary based slices of Danish and Swedish drama by preparing…
Wonderful Wonderful TV Tourism
A member of the group recently visited Copenhagen and a slice of TV tourism was experienced when an organised walking tour themed around The Killing was taken. A little brochure accompanied the tour. If you click on the photos you will be able to see larger versions.
Italian Noir
The post on Borgen Suppers relates the story of the origins of our collective interest in NOIR, especially its nordic-themed variety, rendered in the ‘dogme’ cinematic style. We’d have sicilian lunches to chew the cud around plot, character and landscape. So it was with some interest that I came across this piece in todays Guardian. […]
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