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Baby Fever talks about a niche topic that I feel needs to be discussed more in films and series. I guess that’s the boon of platforms like Netflix, that one can experiment with the subject matter and not have the pressure of catering to public demand. Amalie Naesby Fick and Nikolaj Feifer, the creators of the show, made sure to not let the humor and the lightheartedness of the series overpower the gravity of things. I believe that it is the trickiest thing to keep the balance of things right when one is writing a screenplay where they want to keep the execution of the narrative lighthearted, though they are dealing with topics that demand a certain sincerity and seriousness. Today, we are seeing an increase in the hybrid genre films, probably because filmmakers have cracked the code of saying what they want to while keeping the audience entertained...

Created by Amalie Naesby Fick, Baby Fever is a 6-episode comedy-drama where a single blunder turns the life of a fertility doctor upside down. Nana Jessen was happy with her single life until she started experiencing persistent fears of not being able to have a baby ever in her life. She was uncertain about what she wanted to do and if she actually wanted to be a mother or not. In that chaotic mind space, she ended up doing something that had widespread consequences on not only her life but also on the lives of people around her, so let’s find out what happened with Nana in Baby Fever season 1 and if she was able to find a solution and resolve the conflicts.

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What mistake did Nana commit?

Nana was a successful doctor, and she had a loyal client base, primarily because, more than medical advice, she...

Netflix has announced that season two of the romantic comedy-drama Baby Fever, starring Josephine Park in the lead role, will launch globally on August 22, 2024.

The fertility doctor, Nana, is now a mother to a two-month-old baby. But Nana hates being on maternity leave. Surrounded by pizza boxes, baby lullabies, and sheer boredom, she makes the drastic decision to beg her old boss, Helle, to give her back her job.

Helle agrees, but only if Nana can start tomorrow. Now in desperate need of a babysitter, the only option is her eccentric mother, the desktop singer Lisa Lacour, who, as a babysitter arrangement from hell, moves into Nana’s tiny apartment.

At Dovi, Helle has hired a new star doctor, the flawless Hampus, who, with his Swedish perfectness, makes it difficult for Nana to reclaim her rockstar status at the clinic. Just when Nana thinks it can’t get any worse,...

Exclusive: Karlovy Vary competition pic The Hypnosis, starring Herbert Nordrum (The Worst Person In The World) and Asta August (The Kingdom), has inked a series of international deals for Totem Films.

Directed by Swedish filmmaker Ernst De Geer in his feature debut, the reported sales include Film Stop (Baltics), Arti Films (Benelux), Artcam (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Kinovista (France), One From the Heart (Greece), Sideral (Spain), Xenix (Switzerland), and Hooray Films (Taiwan). We understand the Paris-based Totem is currently in negotiations in multiple other territories.

The pic, a Swedish-Norwegian-French co-production, won three awards at Karlovy Vary: Best Actor, Fipresci Jury Award, and Europa Cinemas Label. The story follows André (Nordrum) and Vera (August), a young entrepreneurial couple who have been offered the opportunity to pitch their female health app at a prestigious competition. Before the presentation, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking. From this point, her attitude changes, and André starts to behave unexpectedly.

TrustNordisk has closed North American deals for its two animated features, “Just Super” and “Little Allan — The Human Antenna.”

Both feature have sold to Viva Pictures Distribution for North American distribution. “Just Super” has also sold to Pack Magic for Spain.

“Just Super” is directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen, who previously directed Berlinale-screener “Louis & Luca — Mission to the Moon” as well as Shanghai Festival player “In the Forest of Huckybucky.” The feature comes from Scandinavia’s biggest animation studio Qvisten Animation and was produced by Åshild Ramborg (“The Ash Land”) and Stian Tveiten (“Congo”). Carter Goodrich (“Coco”) did the initial character design for “Just Super.”

The feature revolves around an 11-year-old gaming enthusiast, Hedvig, who finds her life turned upside down when she is forced to replace her father as the town’s superhero much earlier than expected. The film was penned by Kamilla Krogsveen. TrustNordisk will host a market...

Danish writer-director duo Amalie Næsby Fick and Nikolaj Feifer have signed with CAA for representation.

The duo recently created and co-directed the Danish Netflix series “Baby Fever” (“Skruk”), a six-part romantic comedy-drama.

Næsby Fick directed the animated film “The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear,” which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for a Crystal Bear for best film at the festival’s Generation KPlus strand. It also won two Danish Academy Awards for Best Children/Youth Film and Best Adapted Screenplay and was also nominated for Best Film and Best Sound.

Næsby Fick later directed the live-action television series “Sex,” which premiered at the Berlin Series Festival, was nominated for a Teddy there and scored two nominations at the Danish Film Awards.

Næsby Fick directed another animation, “Little Allan – The Human Antenna,” which released earlier this year.

Nikolaj Feifer created the dark workplace comedy “Banken – New Normal,...

3D animated eatures sold to multiple territories including South Korea.

TrustNordisk has sold animated features Little Allan – The Human Antenna and Just Super to multiple territories on the eve of the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm).

South Korea’s Entermode has picked up Little Allan – The Human Antenna, which has also sold to Hungary (Ads Service), Benelux (In The Air) and the Middle East (Oceana Studios). It was previously acquired for France (Kmbo), Albania and former Yugoslavia (Investacommerce), Poland (Vivarto) and the Baltics (Estin Film).

It marks Danish filmmaker Amalie Naesby Fick’s second feature following her commercially successful debut...

Arna Media, the Russian distribution company run by Nadezda Motina, has secured the rights to “Brother and Sister,” “The Tank,” “Little Allan – The Human Antenna” and “The Colors of Fire” for its theatrical pipeline.

Arnaud Desplechin’s family-drama “Brother and Sister” stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud and Golshifteh Farahani. Cotillard and Poupaud play the titular siblings who, following the death of their parents, reunite after decades of silence. It is a companion film to Desplechin’s 2004 César award-winning movie “Kings and Queen.” The project is produced by Why Not Productions and is in post, set to be completed by May. Arna acquired the rights from sales agent Wild Bunch.

Clovis Cornillac’s “The Colors of Fire” is the female-powered thriller based on Pierre Lemaitre’s bestseller. The film, which stars Lea Drucker, Benoit Poelvoorde, Olivier Gourmet, Fanny Ardant and Cornillac, follows Madeleine (Drucker) through 1920s Paris on a journey to...