Caroline Blanco

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Caroline Blanco (born 1980) is a Danish film producer best known for her collaboration with May el-Toukhy.

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Career

Blanco graduated from the National Film School of Denmark's film producer course in 2008. [1] She has produced May el-Toukhy's debut film Long Story Short (2015) as well as her second film Queen of Hearts (2019) which won the Nordic Council Film Prize audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic category at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. [2] [3] [4]

Personal life

Blanco is married to film director and screenwriter Tobias Lindholm with whom she has three sons. They live in Copenhagen. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleCreditRecognition
2014Dannys DommedagProducer
2015 Long Story Short Producer
2016AntiProducer
2019 Queen of Hearts Producer Nordic Council Film Prize

Television series

YearTitleCreditRecognition
2020 Efterforskningen Producer

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References

  1. "Caroline Blanco" (in Danish). Dansk Film Database. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. "Caroline Blanco" (in Danish). Danish Film Institute . Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. "'The Souvenir' wins Sundance 2019 World Cinema Dramatic prize". Screen Daily . Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. Mitchell, Wendy (20 August 2019). "Sundance and Cannes hits nominated for lucrative Nordic Council Film Prize" . Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. "BLÅ BOG: Tobias Lindholm er blevet hot i Hollywood" (in Danish). BT. Retrieved 26 November 2020.