Tobias Lindholm - Danish Screenwriter and Film Director - Submarino, R, The Hunt, A Hijacking

Published: Jan. 28, 2014, 5 p.m.

Tobias is a frequent collaborator of film director Thomas Vinterberg, with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films Submarino and the\xa0Oscar nonimated film,\xa0The Hunt.\xa0

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Tobias\xa0has also made a mark for himself on TV as a regular episode writer on Danish political TV-series Borgen.

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Tobias\xa0also writes scripts for his own films: including hard-hitting prison film R and hostage drama\xa0A Hijacking. The latter premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

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The Hunt is about a teacher who is falsely accused of molesting one of his young students and the small community that fights against him.

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A Hijacking is about a crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.

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