Bob Strauss April 12, 2021Updated: April 12, 2021, 6:45 pm
Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellen Skarsgard in “Hope.” Photo: Agnete Brun
Cancer dramas are not fun in the best of times. So why watch one – in Norwegian – after more than a year of coping with a worldwide plague?
Because “Hope” is a joyous thing. Which is not to say that the movie is a treacly celebration of life; it’s an ode to the satisfactions of facing life head-on with whatever time you have left. And writer-director Maria Sødahl semi-autobiographical drama earns every iota of its hard-won uplift.
“Hope,” available to stream through the Roxie’s virtual cinema Friday, April 16, is equal parts harrowing and affirming. Set during a 10-day period around Christmas that starts with an apparent death sentence, the film unwraps gorgeous feelings and difficult truths with marvelous dexterity for two masterfully staged hours.
The Görlitz Film Office panel
A session with film commissioners and producers was held during the European Film Market (EFM), during which they exchanged about how they each dealt with the pandemic and in what ways the film commissions helped with the productions.
The first of the panels was focused on the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the measures they took during the past year and the first months of 2021 and how the commission assisted with locations for the European versions of the TV reality franchise
Survivor, with the Israeli version being the next to shoot in the Philippines.
03/03/2021 - BERLINALE 2021: Representing three different locations, commissioners and producers talked about the way local offices helped their productions during the troubling times of the pandemic
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Portugal went into lockdown today (15 January) as Covid case numbers surge, but shooting of films, TV shows and commercials can continue.
“The extremely difficult pandemic situation we are facing obliges all of us to cooperate and respect the norms, which regulate the state of emergency now proclaimed in the country, but there are no specific limitations on filming activities,” Manuel Claro, Portugal Film Commissioner confirmed to KFTV.
However, he added that although shoots can continue, and there are several film, TV and commercials productions in place, the preferred course would be to postpone or suspend productions, if possible, as it is a “civic duty to help authorities to stop the progression of the pandemic”.