DIRECTOR: Magnus von Horn
STARRING: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 55 minutes
LANGUAGE: Danish
Karoline, a young factory worker, finds herself abandoned and pregnant while striving to climb out of poverty in post World War I Copenhagen. Amidst her struggles, she meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman running a hidden adoption agency within a candy store, helping poor mothers in finding foster homes for their unwanted children.
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The Girl with the Needle debuted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and is Magnus von Horn’s first Danish-language feature. His Swedish-produced feature debut, The Here After, premiered in Directors’ Fortnight in 2015, while his second feature film, the Polish-produced Sweat, was part of the official program of the Covid-canceled Cannes in 2020. The film will have its theatrical premiere in New York and Los Angeles on December 6 via Mubi. The Match Factory holds world sales rights.
Jacob Neiiendam, Head of International at The Danish Film Institute and chairperson of the Danish Oscar Submitting Committee, said of the unanimous selection, “The committee found The Girl with the Needle the strongest Danish candidate to secure an Oscar nomination this year.” The film was chosen from a shortlist of three films that also included Echo of You by Zara Zerny and Sons by Gustav Möller.
Malene Blenkov and Mariusz Włodarski produced the film for Nordisk Film Creative Alliance with support from The Danish Film Institute, The Swedish Film Institute, The Polish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Eurimages among others.
The Girl with the Needle is a drama and it was filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark.
To check out all previous submissions for Denmark, click HERE.
STARRING: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 55 minutes
LANGUAGE: Danish
Karoline, a young factory worker, finds herself abandoned and pregnant while striving to climb out of poverty in post World War I Copenhagen. Amidst her struggles, she meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman running a hidden adoption agency within a candy store, helping poor mothers in finding foster homes for their unwanted children.
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The Girl with the Needle debuted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and is Magnus von Horn’s first Danish-language feature. His Swedish-produced feature debut, The Here After, premiered in Directors’ Fortnight in 2015, while his second feature film, the Polish-produced Sweat, was part of the official program of the Covid-canceled Cannes in 2020. The film will have its theatrical premiere in New York and Los Angeles on December 6 via Mubi. The Match Factory holds world sales rights.
Jacob Neiiendam, Head of International at The Danish Film Institute and chairperson of the Danish Oscar Submitting Committee, said of the unanimous selection, “The committee found The Girl with the Needle the strongest Danish candidate to secure an Oscar nomination this year.” The film was chosen from a shortlist of three films that also included Echo of You by Zara Zerny and Sons by Gustav Möller.
Malene Blenkov and Mariusz Włodarski produced the film for Nordisk Film Creative Alliance with support from The Danish Film Institute, The Swedish Film Institute, The Polish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Eurimages among others.
The Girl with the Needle is a drama and it was filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark.
To check out all previous submissions for Denmark, click HERE.
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