DENNIS BROE surveys the offerings made at Series Mania Festival
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Online watch: Jordskott
There's a profoundly ecological message buried deep within the horror tropes of Jordskott on Amazon Prime, says DENNIS BROE
HAUNTED: Moa Gammel as Eva Thornblad in Jordskott
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GEORGE FOGARTY wallows in a celebration of music as a community practice
RITA DI SANTO listens out for the undertow of political film-making at this year’s festival
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ANGUS REID applauds the potential of an ambitious show about Gaza, and encourages it to keep its nerve
SWEDISH series Jordskott is on the surface a horror/mystery thriller, with abducted children and several murders perpetrated by a ruthless killer in and around an ancient forest under siege.
In season one, Stockholm-based cop Eva Thornblad (Moa Gammel) returns to her hometown at the edge of one of the forests that cover over half of the country, in search of her lost daughter. She disappeared in the forest years before and suddenly reappears.
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