Editorial

This editorial commemorates Peter Watkins (1935–2025), whose groundbreaking documentary-style dramas, including Edvard Munch (1974) and Fritänkaren ( The Freethinker ) (1994), enriched Scandinavian cinema. It introduces John R. Cook’s examination of Watkins’ creative process and Robinson Murphy’s analysis of environmental themes in Joachim Trier’s Thelma . The issue concludes with an In Focus section on ‘Runaway Scandinavia’, addressing the Nordic film industry’s increasing reliance on transnational production locations, particularly in East-Central Europe.