Magnus von Horn’s highly acclaimed THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE is a nominee in the Best International Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. The Danish film, produced by Nordisk Film Production, was also nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category and received two awards at the European Film Awards.
Danish film is once again in the running for an Academy Award with Magnus von Horn's THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE. Following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the spring of 2024, the film has been universally lauded, and on January 2023, 2005, it was officially announced as being among the five nominees in the Best International Feature Film category.
INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE has received much international acclaim following Cannes 2024, where it was selected for the main competition and received a phenomenal reception from critics. The international success continued when the film was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
The film was honoured for its production design (Jagna Dobesz) and original score (Danish musician Frederikke Hoffmeier) at the prestigious European Film Awards in Lucerne, where it was also in the running for Best Screenplay (Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek) and Best Actress (Trine Dyrholm and Vic Carmen Sonne). It won 11 awards at the Gdynia Film Festival, an award at the Camerimage Festival and was one of the National Board of Review's Top Five International Films of the year.
PLOT
Set in post World War 1 Copenhagen, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE, follows Karoline, a young factory worker, played by Vic Carmen Sonne, who finds herself abandoned and pregnant as she struggles to climb out of poverty. In the midst of her struggles, she meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman, portrayed by Trine Dyrholm, one of Denmark’s leading actresses, who runs a secret adoption agency in a sweet shop, helping poor mothers find homes for their unwanted children. A strong bond forms between the two women, but Karoline's world is shattered when she stumbles upon the horrifying revelation of the nightmarish fate she has unwittingly accepted.
A STRONG TEAM BEHIND THE FILM
Vic Carmen Sonne (most recently in the TV series THE KINGDOM EXODUS (2022) and the film GODLAND from 2022) plays Karoline, while Trine Dyrholm (most recently in the film BIRTHDAY GIRL (2023) and the TV series MARY & GEORGE from 2024) plays Dagmar. Other notable roles include Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup, Tessa Hoder, Benedikte Hansen and Søren Sætter-Lassen.
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE is directed by Polish-Swedish talent Magnus von Horn, whose feature debut THE HERE AFTER premiered at Directors Fortnight in Cannes in 2015 and won the prestigious Guldbagge award in Sweden for Best Film and Best Director.
The screenplay is written by Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek and produced by Malene Blenkov and Mariusz Włodarski for Nordisk Film Production with support from the Danish Film Institute, DR, the Swedish Film Institute, the Polish Film Institute, the Nordic Film & TV Fund and Eurimages. The Match Factory has international sales rights and is distributed in Denmark by Nordisk Film Distribution.
WE BRING STORIES TO LIFE
“The film is a testament to the kind of voices and stories that Nordisk Film Production wants to tell when we say 'we bring stories to life'. And it is precisely the relevant and authentic stories that can resonate with quality-minded audiences around the world that we will continue to explore,” says Katrine Vogelsang, CEO of Nordisk Film Production.