Hlynur Pálmason’s 'The Love That Remains' offered a contrasting case study as distributors at Haugesund unpacked what makes Nordic cinema travel — and what doesn’t
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Distributors from Taiwan, Romania, Czechia, France and Hungary discussed strategies at a New Nordic Films panel in Haugesund. Credit: Davide Abbatescianni Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “Sentimental Value,” starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning, is providing independent distributors with a potent case study in how Nordic arthouse cinema can still break through internationally — when festival heat is matched with intensely local marketing.
At a Europa Distribution panel held today during New Nordic Films in Haugesund, distributors from Taiwan, Romania, Czechia, France and Hungary unpacked the campaigns behind Trier’s film and Hlynur Pálmason’s “The Love That Remains,” revealing both the opportunities and limits of selling prestige Nordic cinema abroad.
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