THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE nominated for the 97th Academy Awards

The Danish drama, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, is nominated for the 97th Academy Awards. The film, produced by Nordisk Film Production, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated in the Best Non-English Language Film category for the Golden Globes and won two awards at the European Film Awards.

The last Danish film to be nominated in the International Feature Film category for the Academy Awards was Thomas Vinterberg's ANOTHER ROUND, which won the title in 2021.

INTERNATIONAL SUCCES

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, 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 GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE received two awards at Europe's answer to the Oscars - the prestigious European Film Awards: Excellence Awards for Best Film Score, composed by Danish musician Frederikke Hoffmeier, and Best Cinematography by Jagna Dobesz. Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek were also nominated for Best Screenplay and both Vic Carmen Sonne and Trine Dyrholm for Best Actress.

A STRONG DANISH CAST

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. His second feature film SWEAT from 2020 was part of the official programme at Cannes the same year.

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.