Cinema’The Girl with the Needle’, a film nominated for an Oscar, gets a release date on MUBIProduction is on the shortlist for Best International Film at the 97th Oscar and was nominated for Best Film in a Foreign Language at the 87th Golden Globe By Editorial Staff

The most recent feature film by Magnus von Horn (Sweat), The Needle Girlarrives exclusively on MUBI on January 24, 2025. On the same date, the streaming platform also makes the director’s debut film available, The Here After.

The Needle Girlco-written by LineLangebek Knudsen and Magnus von Hornmade its world debut in the Competition of Cannes Film Festival 2024. It stars Vic Carmen Sonne (Neon Heart, Godland), Trine Dyrholm (The Community, Queen of Hearts,Mary and George), Besir Zeciri (Flesh and Blood) and Joachim Fjelstrup (Itsi Bitsi).

The film is a dark fairy tale about a woman’s search for tenderness and morality in a cruel world. Read the synopsis:

At once unsettling and exquisite, the latest film by the writer and director Magnus von Horn follows Karoline, a young factory worker, as she struggles to survive in post-World War I Copenhagen. Unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she is taken in by the charismatic Dagmar, who invites her to help her run a clandestine adoption agency for unwanted children. The two develop an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Based on a terrifying true story, The Needle Girlpresents a masterful Gothic vision with a profound contemporary resonance. Representative of Denmark in the category of Best International Film at the 97th Oscarthe film also features performances nominated for EFA Award of Vic Carmen Sonne and Trine Dyrholmstunning cinematography by Michał Dymek (of AND THE) and a mesmerizing soundtrack by Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary).

The Needle Girl is produced by Nordisk Film Creative Alliance, in co-production with Lava Films and Nordisk Film Production Sverige. It is co-produced with Film i Väst, EC1 Łódź Film Fund and the Lower Silesia Film Center, and co-financed by the Danish Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, DR, SVT, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Eurimages and Creative Europe Media. Producers are Malene Blenkov and Mariusz Włodarski.

About the director

Magnus von Horn is a graduate of the Polish National Film School in Lodz, where he is currently also a professor. With his short films, he was internationally recognized as a promising director at festivals such as Sundance and Locarno.

The filmmaker finds it inspiring to work in different languages: his first feature film, The Here Afterwas in Swedish and premiered at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2015; also won him the Swedish prize Guldbaggen for best director and best film. His second feature, Sweatwas in Polish and was part of the official selection of Cannes in 2020.