The nominees for the prestigious Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize 2023 are revealed. Among the five nominated series is Blackwater, written by Karin Arrhenius together with Maren Louise Käehne, and directed by Mikael Marcimain. 

On a Midsummer’s night in 1973, two tourists are found murdered in a tent, far up in the mountains of Northern Sweden, near the small town of Blackwater. An incident that intersects the lives of three random people, intertwining their destinies for better and for worse. And which, after years of repression, is brought back to life, interfering with the lives they now lead. The series is based on Kerstin Ekman’s classic novel Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten).

Blackwater will premiere on SVT Play on January 13. The winner will be announced on February 1, 2023.

The nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2022 are out, and Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven is presented with seven nominations, including ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Screenplay’.

The Guldbagge Awards Gala takes place at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 23, 2023.

Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s highly inspirational life story and legacy keeps travelling the world; his awarded and No. 1 bestselling book I May Be Wrong is now sold to 30 territories!

In I May Be Wrong, the late Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, a former Buddhist forest monk, shared his hard-won insights into how one can live a more free and present life, improving one’s mental well-being in the process. Finding hope and beauty in the face of unfavorable odds, and drawing from his experiences of monastery life, where death was ever-present, he also reflected on what stood out as most important when things were coming to an end. Besides brimming with eye-opening perspectives, this life-affirming book further outlines helpful hands-on exercises we can use in our daily lives to find our inner peace.

Screenwriter and director Andrej Landin fell in love with filmmaking as a child and never looked back. His evocative and acclaimed short films have moved audiences around the world and his passion for creating unique and original concepts has always come naturally.

To pursue a career in filmmaking, Landin moved to the US to attend the prestigious Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, where he graduated at the top of his class. His thesis film, Into the Silent Sea (2013), went on to screen at numerous Academy accredited film festivals, where it garnered more than 30 awards, including a student BAFTA for ‘Best Film’. This paved the way for several more acclaimed shorts produced in both Europe and the US.

Landin also has a background in advertising. As a commercial director he gained industry recognition for several commercials, and received a nomination at Cannes Young Directors. But having always dreamed of writing and directing for film and television, Landin decided to further polish his skills as a screenwriter at the renowned Stockholm University of the Arts. He now has several original projects in-development, including a TV series with Kärnfilm.