“The Ugly Stepsister” in cinemas now!
Nr.3 Best Horror Films Of 2025
The production design is stunning and immersive, creating an almost ethereal backdrop to a grim, gory body horror tale, and the characters are wonderfully nuanced and authentic. It’s elegant, stylish, and gnarly.
Even as this dark retelling slips further into chaos, you can’t help but marvel at the tag team of production designer Sabine Hviid and costume designer Manon Rasmussen. If “The Ugly Stepsister” is going to walk you through a descending staircase to hellish consequences, you’ll have the feeling everything is pristine first.
“The set-up is by the storybook, as is the feasts-castles-and-gowns aesthetic beautifully staged by Blichfeldt, production designer Sabine Hviid, and costume designer Manon Rasmussen.”
“A strikingly shot feature directing debut for Emilie Blichfeldt, who also wrote the script, which is an interesting take on a well worn story. She is aided in this endeavour by her terrific lead actress, in her first cinematic role, plus gorgeous cinematography from Marcel Zyskind, and fabulous production design by Sabine Hviid.”
Thomas Vinterberg - “Families like ours”
Biennale Di Venezia - 2025
“The breathtaking cinematography, at times capturing crowded docks and protests but also intimate familial disputes, puts the viewer right alongside the characters. Production design transforms mundane locations into settings capturing the peculiarly Danish ambiance. Subtle details, from road signs to landscapes, immerse us deeply in this sinking nation’s final chapters”.
https://gazettely.com/2024/10/entertainment/families-like-ours-review/
Alexandre Trauner Film Festival 2025 - Jury & Master Class
In October 2025 I had the great Honor to attend The Alexandre Trauner Film Festival. Both as part of the jury but also doing a Master class & Workshop, with a group of inspired young Hungarian art students!
Fellow Jury members: Imola Lang, Atilla Szasz, & Eggert Ketilsson.