Overview
- The festival’s top Nordic prize includes SEK 400,000, with a jury led by Joshua Oppenheimer praising the film’s refusal to sentimentalize its moral inquiry.
- Set at a luxury resort, the drama follows a Danish family after an encounter involving an Afghan refugee, which Sødahl frames as a moral fable about how the privileged relate to those without privilege.
- Shot in the Canary Islands, the production mixes professionals with non-professional performers, including real-life migrants, alongside leads Esben Smed and Danica Curcic.
- Producers Thomas Robsahm and Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen backed the Danish-Norwegian co-production with support from Nordic film bodies, and TrustNordisk is handling international sales.
- Adam Lundgren won Best Acting for The Quiet Beekeeper, which also took the Audience Award, while Weightless earned the FIPRESCI and cinematography prizes and Iván Blanco’s Malandro Moon won Best Nordic Documentary, as Göteborg closed a 266-film edition.