Producer Marianne Slot and Icelandic director Denedikt Erlingsson will collaborate again on the upcoming feature Normal Men and TV show The Danish Woman, after their successful collaboration on the 2018 film Woman at War. “It’s a comedy, as you can imagine. Benedikt Erlingsson and a feminist producer – that’s a good combination,” Slot said, “Woman at War was so joyful to make. It is still being shown and used as a reference, even by politicians in many different countries.”

“She is a warrior and fights for her films like a brave knight dressed in white,” said Erlingsson of Slott’s willingness to get into the deep social matters of the films she produced. They continued, “Marianne has the talent of being brutally honest and at the same time perfectly sophisticated and diplomatic. If she had chosen a political career, she would be the secretary-general of the United Nations by now.”

Recently, she received the Raimondo Rezzonico Award, which is given to industry figures who play major parts in the international production of films. 

She spoke to Variety about how she navigates the ever-changing world of film production. “We keep talking about how we can survive, how we can protect creativity, but we also have to understand where the money comes from,” Slot said, “Then again, I don’t do it for money. I never think about making money, I think about making movies. And I believe we can continue to do that.”