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Inspired by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogma 95 cinema movement, the group aims to produce films without artistic intervention, using existing materials, and without the use of the Internet.
Exactly one year after a group of up-and-coming Danish directors launched the Dogma 25 film movement in Cannes, the first Dogma 25 film, Mr. Nawashi From Isabella Eklöf filming began.
The love story revolves around Katarina (newcomer Tanja Holm-Andersen), “an aspiring and talented singer with an appetite for life but little self-discipline” who meets the mysterious Mr. Nouachi (Last resort Actress Esben Smed) comes online and begins entering the world of BDSM. But, according to an official summary, “what begins as flirtation and attraction soon turns into obsession and dependence.”
Currently in production, Mr. Nawashi It is set for a planned theatrical release in 2027.
Eklov’s first feature film, vacationpremiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, 2023 Drama All of you It was shown in San Sebastian, and won the Special Jury Prize. She also directed several episodes of the HBO series industry and the Sky Atlantic series The Death of Bunny Munroe, and was a co-writer on Ali Abbasi’s Oscar-nominated film. border (2018).
Eklov, along with directors Mai El Toukhi, Milad El Alami, Annika Berg, and Jesper, launched Dogma 25 at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Inspired by the independent cinema movement Dogma 95, led by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, filmmakers pledged to produce films under a strict “vow of chastity” comprising ten new doctrines to protect artistic integrity from the pressures of the modern film industry.
Among the requirements of Doctrine 25 are that all scripts be “original and handwritten,” that at least half of the film be devoid of dialogue, that filming be done on real locations using found or reused materials, and that the Internet cannot be used in the creative process.
All five Dogma 25 projects are being financed in collaboration between Zentropa, DR and Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film Distribution, which will release all finished films locally. Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to Dogma 25 projects in the Nordic countries.
Mr. Nawashi It also received funding from the Danish and Swedish Film Institute. TrustNordisk is handling international sales for the Dogma 25 list.
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