‘Empire’ nominated for important film prize

Today Kristoffer Friis Bøegh has send me the following news:

“The feature film “Empire” is nominated for the 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize.

St. Croix, the Danish West Indies, 1848. Anna Heegaard and Petrine are close friends. Although both are women of colour, their living conditions are very different – Anna is free and owns the enslaved Petrine. Anna shares her life with Danish Governor General Peter von Scholten at her country house, where she manages the home, her fortune, and her beloved and trusted housekeeper Petrine. Things are seemingly fine until rumours of a rebellion begin to swirl. Which side are Anna and Petrine really on, and is it the same one?”

The entire article is available at: https://www.norden.org/en/nominee/empire-denmark

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