‘Jour Polaire’

MIDNIGHT SUN (JOUR POLAIRE)
(SE/FR, 2016, season 1, ep. 1 & 2, VO st FR, 2 x 52’)

Police captain Kahina Zadi is sent to Sweden where a French citizen has been murdered. Helped by a prosecutor, she soon discovers that this is far from being an isolated case. This Nordic thriller, shot on one day in a remote part of Lapland, sends Leïla Bekhti into a descent into hell that is full of suspense.

Creator(s): Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Screenwriter(s): Måns Mårlind
Director(s): Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
With: Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Peter Stormare
Production Company(s): Nice Drama, Atlantique Productions
Broadcatser: Canal+, SVT

Presented by BETV, CANVAS and LUMIERE

PRECEDED BY A WEB SERIES: HASHTAG
(SE, 2016, season 1, ep. 1 & 2, VO, st EN, 2 x 10-15’)

Sweden 2012. An anonymous Instagram account publishes photos and humiliating information about the private life of Gothenburg teenagers. Faced with increasing numbers of scandals and human dramas, the media goes wild and the police arrest two young girls. Hashtag freely draws on these events to take an interest in the phenomenon of “Social Bashing”

Creator(s): Jessika Jankert, Lovisa Löwhagen
Screenwriter(s): Jessika Jankert, Lovisa Löwhagen
Director(s): Anders Hazelius
With: Aviva Wrede, Emma Söderström, Winny Lopez, Loa Ek
Production Company(s): Zentropa Sweden AB
Broadcatser: SVT