COACH

Original Title: Afturelding
Directed by: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Gagga Jónsdottir and Elsa María Jakobsdóttir
Genres: Drama
Cast: Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Svandís Dóra Einarsdóttir, Saga Garðarsdóttir
Written by: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir and Katrín Björgvinsdóttir
Produced by: Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson, Ragnheiður Erlingsdóttir, Birgitta Björnsdóttir, Skúli Malmquist
Production Company: Zik Zak Filmworks
Co-Producer: Arnar Benjamín Kristjánsson
Release year: 2023
Country: Iceland
Language: Icelandic
Duration: 8 x 50 min Episodes
Broadcaster: RUV
Subtitled versions: English

Synopsis: Years after burning out and falling from grace, a middle aged, 90s handball legend seeks to redeem himself by returning to his childhood club to coach the women’s team where he clashes with a new generation of women in a post #MeToo society.

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KEEP IT TOGETHER

Original Title: Hålla samman
Directed by: Maria Blom, Martin Larsson
Genres: Dramedy
Cast: Michaela Thorsén, Lennart Jähkel, Ulrika Nilson
Original Concept: Erik Ahrnbom, Martin Larsson, Vanja Torp & Ida Kjellin
Written by: Head writer Erik Ahrnbom in collaboration with Martin Larsson. Episode writers Ida Kjellin, Vanja Torp
Produced by: Ann Lundberg, Emma Åkesdotter Ronge
Production Company: Anagram Sweden
Co-Production Companies: SVT, Film i Skåne, Helsinki-filmi
Release year: 2023
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Duration: 8 x 28.5 min Episodes
Subtitled versions: English
Broadcaster: SVT

Synopsis: Keep It Together is a returning drama series about 40-year-old nurse Lina Edin and her life in small town Sweden. Lina works at the E.R. and lives alone with her 14-year-old twins Molly and Melvin. Lina’s two years older sister Petra lives close by with her family. When their father Kenneth is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, life changes drastically for both sisters; starting with Kenneth moving in to Lina’s house.

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RŪRANGI Season 2 - RISING LIGHTS

Showrunners: Max Currie & Briar Grace-Smith
Genres: Drama
Series Writer: Cole Meyers
Lead Producer: Craig Gainsborough
Co-Producers: Tweede Waititi, Lucean Lunare, Melissa Nickerson
Production Company: Autonomouse
Country: New Zealand
Language: English, Māori
Duration: 5 x 22 min Episodes
Broadcaster: Sky New Zealand

Synopsis: The earthquake that shakes Rūrangi brings big changes as Caz starts a rainbow youth group, Anahera invokes the spirit of a defiant ancestress and the trans activists from Auckland arrive to help campaign for Gerald’s phosphate rollback bylaw.

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I’M COMING

Original title: Jag kommer
Directed by: Elin Grönblom
Genres: YA Comedy
Cast: Mathilda Kruse, Vivi Lindberg, Marc Svahnström, Teemu Koppla, Walter Kloo
Written by: Helmi Tolonen
Produced by: Leila Lyytikäinen, Inka Hietala
Production company: Citizen Jane
Release year: Q4-2020
Country: Finland
Language: Swedish
Duration: 8 x 19 min Episodes (Season 1)
Subtitled versions: English
Broadcaster: YLE

Synopsis: ESTHER (17) is invisible, to her classmates, to her teachers, and mostly to all the boys. Her biggest wish, is not only to be seen, but to experience a hot and mature sexual relationship to meet her needs for closeness, sexual desires and fantasies. The somewhat naive, many “balls” in the air, LINDA becomes her savour, when she takes on Esthers virginity issue. Everyone in high school has, or want to get laid, so this shouldn’t be a problem. But Esther’s clumsiness, insecurities and desperate need to fit in puts her in a lot of awkward situations. At the same time, an unexpected friendship grows between the girls, not without its own problems.

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WELFARE WARRIORS

Directed by: Tiina Lymi
Original title: Sisäilmaa
Genres: Drama, Comedy TV Series
Cast: Elina Knihtilä, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Jarkko Niemi, Sari Siikander, Milka Ahlroth, Juho Milonoff, Satu Silvo, Pertti Sveholm
Written by: Juha Lehtola, Tiina Lymi
Produced by: Hanna Virolainen
Production company: Solar Films Inc.
Release year: 2021
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish
Duration: 3 x 60 min
Subtitled versions: English
Broadcaster: YLE

WINNER BEST DRAMA SERIES GOLDEN VENLA AWARDS 2021

Synopsis: When her workplace, an employment agency, turns out to be haunted and under the threat of becoming contaminated by mold and performance targets seem too high, service manager Anneli Tiainen (Elina Knihtilä) resorts to peculiar remedies in the impossible situation. But one misstep makes matters even worse, demands get bigger, and Anneli is afraid not only of her secret being revealed but also of the strange phenomena that start occurring in the everyday life of the agency, one stranger than the other. The visions, ghosts and scary mould formations tormenting Anneli drive her to the border of madness. When the walls of the welfare society start crashing down—literally—around her, she has to make a choice: either give up or put herself on the line.

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BETWEEN US

Original Title: Mellom Oss
Created by: Ole Marius Araldsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Directed by: Eigil Langmark (Hæsjtægg), Charlotte Sachs Bostrup (Mercur, Kartellet)
Genres: Warm Dramedy
Cast: Nicolai Cleve Broch (Harajuku, Beforeigners), Agnes Kittelsen, Lærke Winther, Johannes Nymark
Written by: Ole Marius Araldsen, Marie Hafting, Anna Neye, Patrik Syversen, Jesper Sund, Tone Mygind Rostbøll
Produced by: Ole Marius Araldsen, Anne Kolbjørnsen
Production company: Anagram Norway
Release year: 2019
Country: Norway, Denmark
Language: Norwegian, Danish
Duration: 8 episodes x 40 mins
Subtitled versions: English
Format: TV Series
Broadcaster: TV2 Denmark, TV2 Norway

Synopsis:

Life consists mostly of everyday life and it is easy to forget to care for love. Between Us is a warm dramedy about two couples, their four perspectives, their trust and lack of trust in their relationships, and how even miniscule details end up having major consequences in their lives.

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RŪRANGI

Directed by: Max Currie (Everything We Loved, Queer Nation)
Genres: Drama
Cast: Elz Carrad, Kirk Torrance, Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby, Arlo Green, Ramon Te Wake, Aroha Rawson, Renee Lyons, Renée Sheridan
Created by: Cole Meyers, Oliver Page
Series Writer: Cole Meyers
Produced by: Craig Gainsborough
Production Company: Autonomouse
Production year: 2019
Release year: 2020
Country: New Zealand
Language: English, Māori (Subtitled in English)
Duration: TV series 5 episodes x 19 min / Feature Film 87 min
Formats: HD

Synopsis: After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rūrangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn’t heard from him since before Caz transitioned.

NOMINATED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD 2022 - Short-Form Series

For more information about the ways Rūrangi is breaking ground in New Zealand, please visit: Rūrangi - Our Kaupapa

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THE CHOSEN ONES

Directed by:  Liza Morberg, Christian Hallman, Stina Hammar
Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast: Felice Jankell, Frida Gustavsson, Amy Deasismont, Tind Soneby, Loa Ek, Segal Mohamed, Astrid Morberg, Isabella Touma Pettersson, Bill Hugg, Thomas Chaanhing, Amanda Ooms
Written by: Leif Alexis and Henrik Lilliér
Produced by: Erik Magnusson
Production Company: Anagram Sverige AB
Production year: 2020
Release year: 2020
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Duration: 6 x 18 mins
Broadcaster: SVT Play

Synopsis:

Twelve girls wake up in a secluded mansion, without knowing how or why they got there. As they realize they are locked in, the situation in the house threatens to escalate. But the mansion also harbours a dark secret. The girls are part of a medical experiment and if they don’t manage to escape they will die, one by one.

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SNIP, SNAP, SNUT & THE SQUARES

Directed by: Cecilia Actis & Mia Hulterstam
Genres: Children’s Animation
Cast: Sanna Persson Halapi
Written by: Cecilia Actis & Mia Hulterstam
Produced by: Emma Åkesdotter Ronge
Production Company: Anagram Sverige AB
Production year: 2019-2020
Release year: 2020
Country: Sweden
Language: No Language
Duration: 10 x 4 mins / Feature version 30 mins
Formats: HD

Synopsis:

In a colorful fantastic world live the mischievous friends Snip, Snap and Snut. They live a wonderful life among trees full of cinnamon buns and balloons. But there is also the boring Squares who want to ban everything that’s fun. An animated TV series for a very young audience.

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SISTERS 1968

Directed by: Kristina Humle (Innan vi dör ,Krama mig)
Original title: Systrar
Genres: Drama, TV-Series
Cast: Mikaela Knapp, Maja Rung, Anna Åström, Jens Hultén, Livia Millhagen, Hannes Fohlin, Kim Sulocki, Camilla Larsson, Sunjatha Conta, Lo Kauppi
Written by: Martina Bigert, Maria Thulin
Produced by: Emma Åkesdottir-Ronge
Production company: Anagram
Release year: 2019
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Duration: 3 x 60 min
Subtitled versions: English
Broadcaster: SVT

Synopsis:

It's 1968 and the newly minted, politically aware reporter Karin tries to land her dream job at one of the big Stockholm newspapers, but has to content herself with a little summer substitute position at a sleepy backwater daily. Armed with her typewriter, she and her rebellious artist friend Lottie each rent a room in the home of the newspaper’s owner Georg. It doesn’t take many days before the peculiar pair have managed to stir things up in the little community where people have barely heard of the protests in Paris, much less the bra burning going on across the Atlantic!

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THE ACTIVISTS

Directed by: Lauri Maijala (Veriruusut, Juoppohullun päiväkirja)
Original title: Aktivistit
Genres: Thriller, TV-Series
Cast: Pelle Heikkilä (Aallonmurtaja, Jättekiva, Jägarna), Elmer Bäck (Jättekiva, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, The Spiral), Pekka Strang (Sipoon Herttua: Duke of Sipoo, Tom of Finland), Jan Korander (Marian paratiisi, Lola uppochner), Oscar Pöysti, Stella Laine, Elias Westerberg (Roba, Sekasin), Linda Manelius (Bullets, Hölmö nuori sydän), Marc Gassot (Mustat lesket, Keisari Aarnio, Melkein totta)
Written by: Erik Söderblom, Lauri Maijala
Produced by: Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff, Erik Söderblom, Tia Ståhlberg
Production company: Helsinki filmi
Production year: 2018
Release year: 2019
Country: Finland
Language: Swedish, Finnish, Russian
Duration: 3 x 58 min
Subtitled versions: English
Broadcaster: YLE

Synopsis:

The Activists has three intertwining stories about the assassination of Bobrikov the Russian Governor General of Finland in the beginning of the 20th century. Finland dreams about independence from the Russian regime. It’s a time of violence, sexual tensions and belief in the future. The Activists is a political thriller, a radical portrayal of historical events. The style is modern, fast and humane.

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JUST ANIMALS

Original Title: Eläinoikeusjuttu
Directed by: Saila Kivelä, Vesa Kuosmanen
Genres: Documentary
Produced by: Elli Toivoniemi, Juha Löppönen, Venla Hellstedt
Production Company: Tuffi Films
Production year: 2022
Release year: 2022
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish
Duration: 80 min
Subtitled Versions: English
Formats: DCP, ProRes

Synopsis: More than ten years ago Saila confessed openly that she was part of the activist group that secretly filmed hundreds of animal farms. Saila’s sister Mai has chosen a different path, politics, and Saila fears her biggest activist idol might become a part of the machinery they have been fighting against together. Saila spent three years of her youth in a legal battle where the prosecutor sought her a jail sentence and the farmers wanted extreme compensation. The leading activist, Kristo, saw Saila as the next hope for the movement. However, Saila does not know how to prove and convince people of the suffering of animals anymore. She needs to save herself and find out what kind of an activist and a person she is.

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ROMANTIC COMEDY

Directed by: Elizabeth Sankey
Genres: Documentary
Cast: Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World), Charlie Lyne, Anne T. Donahue (Celebrity Style Story), Cameron Cook, Simran Hans, Brodie Lancaster, Eleanor McDowall, Laura Snapes
Written by: Elizabeth Sankey
Produced by: Chiara Ventura, Oskar Pimlott, Jeremy Warmsley
Production company: Montgomery Avenue
Production year: 2019
Release year: 2019
Country: UK
Language: English
Duration: 78 mins

Synopsis:

ROMANTIC COMEDY is a documentary that goes beneath the surface of our favourite films, seeking to better understand the way we view love, relationships, and romance. Romantic Comedies are hugely successful and deeply loved by many but often have avoided critical analysis. Helped by a diverse chorus of writers, actors and filmmakers, and with original songs by her band Summer Camp, director Elizabeth Sankey embarks on a journey of investigation and self-discovery.

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