Best Project Award - NCPM

Winner of Best Project Award  2023

Amanda Kernell and Eva Åkergren's new film project The Curse – A Love Story, received The Best Project Award at The Norwegian Intl. Film Festival in Haugesund this year. The award goes to the best project in the Nordic Co-production Market. The winner is granted participation at the Producers Network in Cannes 2024. 

Here is the jury's statement of The Curse – A Love Story:

The pitch was deeply personal and truly compelling. It promises a unique story about love in a lonely world, focusing on healing rather than victimizing as it allows us into a young woman´s journey into breaking a curse. We were impressed by the vision, depth, and sincerity of the project and by the clear collaboration between writer-director Amanda Kernell and producer Eva Åkergren.  

Read more here.

The jury and audience at the Nordic Co-Production Market 2023. Photo: Grethe Nygaard.

24 projects were presented at this year's Nordic Co-Production Market. You can read about all of the projects here. The pitch was moderated by Wendy Mitchell. 

This year's jury consisted of Heidi Zwicker from Sundance Film Festival (USA), Inke van Loocke from Rotterdam International Film Festival (NL), Liselott Forsmann, CEO, Nordisk Film&TV Fond (SE) and Hisham Zaman, Director/Producer (NO).

The jurors: Heidi Zwicker from Sundance Film Festival (USA), Inke van Loocke from Rotterdam International Film Festival (NL), Liselott Forsmann, CEO, Nordisk Film&TV Fond (SE) and Hisham Zaman, Director/Producer (NO).