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Ewan McGregor-led ‘Mother, Couch’ wins Best Nordic Film at Göteborg, Finland’s Oona Airola nabs acting award for ‘The Missile.’

31/01/2024 - The writers of the Norwegian series, Johan Fasting, Silje Storstein and Kristin Grue, picked up the €20,000 award in the TV Drama Vision industry strand

Relating Gro Harlem Brundtland’s unlikely rise to become Norway’s first woman prime minister, ‘Power Play’ already won Canneseries.

‘Painkiller,’ the TV directorial debut of Göteborg winner Gabriela Pilcher, and Tinna Hrafnsdóttir’s ‘Descendants’ also in the running. 

13/10/2023 - The political comedy, snappy and funny, playful and satirical, reconstructs with great freedom and humour historical moments of the last century in Norway using modern narrative elements

13/10/2023 - The political comedy, snappy and funny, playful and satirical, reconstructs with great freedom and humour historical moments of the last century in Norway using modern narrative elements

‘Power Play’ won best series at TV fest Canneseries, which also prized South Korea’s ‘Bargain’ and Israel’s ‘Carthago’ and ‘Corduroy.’

Norwegian comedy series Power Play has won Best Series in the Canneseries International Competition.

The 1970s-set series 'Power Play,' about Norway's first female prime minister, plays like 'Borgen' with laughs.

Norwegian political satire “Power Play” proved unbeatable at Canneseries, just like its headstrong protagonist, picking up awards for best series and music.…