Nordic Film Days launches Future North initiative for directors from Europe

Nordic Film Days’ industry programme Lübeck Meetings is running a new initiative, Future North, at next month’s event  targeted at young directors underrepresented areas of Northern Europe.

Future North has invited seven young directors to discuss the status of their latest films with producers, industry experts and audiences.

The seven directors come from the Baltic countries, Greenland, Sápmi, the Faroe Islands and Schleswig-Holstein.

The directors taking part are: Armands Začs (Latvia), Gailė Garnelytė (Lithuania), Helen Takkin (Estonia), Inuk Jörgensen (Greenland), Johannes Vang (Sàmi), Pola Rader (Schleswig-Holstein), Tòki Jansson (Faroe Islands).

The industry experts taking part in Future North include Josef Kullengård, head of industry at the Gothenburg Film Festival; Anna Carlsten, producer of Nordic Film Days’ opening film Lucas Moodysson’s Together 99; Nicole Gerhards, producer of films such as Plus Que Jamais by Emily Atef; as well as film journalist and curator of the series section at the Nordic Film Days Wendy Mitchell.

Around 500 industry professionals are set to attend the Lübeck Meetings in Germany from November 1-5.