Viaplay August 2023 Schedule Announced

The Viaplay August 2023 titles have been announced and include must-see Scandinavian films and series, such as Face to Face Season 3. As the Nordic region’s leading streaming platform and producer of original content, Viaplay continues to bring premium titles to North America.

The Viaplay August 2023 lineup includes the US/CA premieres of Face to Face Season 3, atmospheric crime drama Fenris, feel-good feature film Camino, and gripping true drama series Limbo, starring Sofia Helin (The Bridge), as well as more riveting true crime cases in Norwegian Crime Cases and Crime Scene Sweden.

Viaplay is the leading producer of high-quality and psychologically penetrating series and films from the Nordic region — a genre known as Nordic Noir — whether that be atmospheric and suspenseful crime dramas, provocative and stylish young adult series, or dark comedies.

The Viaplay August 2023 slate is available to stream in the US via apps on iOS (Apple’s App Store) and Android (Google Play) mobile phones and tablets; Chromecast devices; Smart TVs, Android TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV streaming devices; as well as on web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari).

The service is also available through Comcast’s Xfinity and Xumo platforms and as part of The Roku Channel’s Premium Subscriptions line-up.

Read on to learn more about the Viaplay August 2023 programming.

AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS

FENRIS – Exclusive US & CA Premiere Thursday, August 17, 2023
The intense and atmospheric crime drama follows mysterious disappearances in a remote, wolf-inhabited forest. When a young boy from a small Norwegian town vanishes, rumors that wolves are responsible immediately swirl.

Visiting biologist Emma Salomonsen (Ida Elise Broch) discovers the boy’s bloody jacket in the home of her father Marius, a controversial wolf researcher – and when Marius too disappears, Emma is forced to rely on her own instincts and understanding of wolves to uncover the dark truth. (6 episodes, Norwegian w/English subtitles)

FACE TO FACE SEASON 3 – Exclusive US & CA Premiere Thursday, August 31, 2023
Reimagining the genre’s possibilities with unforgettable performances and cinematography, the intense, psychological drama stars Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher, House of Cards, the upcoming Stars Wars series Ahsoka) and Pilou Asbaek (Games of Thrones, Samaritan, Uncharted).

Holger Lang (Mikkelsen), head of the multi-billion company Lang Enterprises, is driving through the morning traffic in Copenhagen, when he receives a strange recording. Holger watches in horror how Christina, his protégé and potential heir to the company, is murdered.

With each innovative episode focused on a single interrogation, Holger consumed with rage makes a desperate bid to uncover the truth behind who killed Christina – and why? (Eight 30-minute episodes, 2023, Danish & Swedish w/English subtitles)

VIAPLAY AUGUST 2023 SCHEDULE

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

Crime Scene Sweden (Svenska fall) Season 10 – US & CA Premiere
Crime Scene Sweden returns with more riveting murder cases that have taken place in Sweden in recent history. The fascinating stories are told through pictures, recordings from court rooms, press conferences and news articles as well as interviews with eyewitnesses, relatives, lawyers, police officers and journalists. (8 episodes, 2023, Swedish w/English subtitles)

Ep 01: Head in the Canal (Huvudet i kanalen)

Ep 02: The Repentant Killer (Den ångerfulle mördaren)

Ep 03: Death on the Shooting Range (Döden på skjutbanan)

Ep 04: The Poison Woman (Giftkvinnan)

Ep 05: The Death of Recycling (Döden på återvinningen)

Ep 06: Högdalen

Ep 07: Arlandarånet

Ep 08: The Tax Collector (Tjallaren)

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

Norwegian Crime Cases (Norske Krimsaker) Season 4 – US & CA Premiere
A gripping documentary series based on Norwegian crime cases.

Each episode focuses on one case, on how it was solved, and the stories of the people involved. (5 episodes, 2022, Norwegian w/English subtitles)

AVAILABLE AUGUST 10

Limbo Season 1 – Swedish Drama Series Inspired by True Event – US & Canada Premiere
Limbo is a warm character driven drama series about friendship, motherhood, and relationships. Ebba, My, and Gloria have a seemingly perfect everyday life as mothers, partners, lovers, friends and careerists.

My fears that her last chance to become a mother has passed, Ebba struggles not to be overtaken by the younger generation at the real estate firm, and Gloria’s constant worry that she will die single.

However, problems aside, they have each other and their families. But when the phone rings in the middle of the night, everything changes.

The women’s teenage sons borrowed a car – without permission – and ended up in a car accident. The accident puts the women’s relationships – to both their families and each other – to the test. (6 episodes, 2023, Swedish w/English subtitles)

AVAILABLE AUGUST 17

Fenris – Nordic Noir – US & Canada Premiere
The intense and atmospheric crime drama follows mysterious disappearances in a remote, wolf-inhabited forest. When a young boy from a small Norwegian town vanishes, rumors that wolves are responsible immediately swirl.

Visiting biologist Emma Salomonsen (Ida Elise Broch, Lilyhammer, A Storm for Christmas) discovers the boy’s bloody jacket in the home of her father Marius, a controversial wolf researcher – and when Marius too disappears, Emma is forced to rely on her own instincts and understanding of wolves to uncover the dark truth. (6 episodes, Norwegian w/English subtitles)

AVAILABLE AUGUST 24

Camino – Feel good feature film – US & Canada Premiere
Regitze (Curcic) no longer speaks to her father, Jan (Lars Brygmann). But when they both discover that Regitze’s mother’s dying wish was for them to follow the Camino de Santiago, the two set out on the 260-kilometre journey together.

Throughout the film, funny situations arise as the reluctant pair embark on an epic adventure. The dialogue is funny, sharp, and witty offering a feel-good road movie with overarching themes of love, courage, and forgiveness. (Feature Film, 2023, Danish w/English subtitles)

AVAILABLE AUGUST 31

Face to Face Season 3 (Forhøret) – Intense Interrogation Drama – US & Canada Premiere
Reimagining the genre’s possibilities with unforgettable performances and cinematography, the intense, psychological drama starts with Holger Lang (Mikkelsen), head of the multi-billion company Lang Enterprises, receiving a strange recording.

Holger watches in horror how Christina, his protégé and potential heir to the company, is murdered. With each innovative episode focused on a single interrogation, Holger consumed with rage makes a desperate bid to uncover the truth behind who killed Christina – and why? (Eight 30-minute episodes, 2023, Danish & Swedish w/English subtitles)

ON YOUR RADAR – AVAILABLE TO BINGE

In addition to the new Viaplay August 2023 titles, check out the following programming on the streaming service.

The Architect – Sleek Norwegian drama
Set in a not-so-distant future, in a grey, cold, and alienating Oslo, the series follows Julie (Eili Harboe, Succession) an aspiring architect, who lands a job as an intern in a major architect firm, and a room in an underground parking garage turned housing space for people unable to afford normal accommodations. The series is filled with humorous and relevant points about the heated housing market in major cities. (Four, 18-minute episodes)

One of the Boys – LGBTQ+ coming-of-age drama
“One of the boys” is a coming-of-age miniseries that works with themes such as sexuality, masculinity, bullying, queerness and not least – feeling different. It’s a sensitive, funny, heart breaking and poetic glimpse of a small, hyper masculine provincial town in Denmark as one boy feels pressure to fit in with other boys, while struggling with his romantic feelings for a charming new boy. (Four, 15-minute episodes)

No Angel – Horror, dark comedy
This is black humor, neatly packaged in a glittery pink case. An entertaining roller-coaster where Angelica is rebelling against the traditional female prejudice, while maintaining her high school status as the queen bee. She is like any seventeen-year-old girl, she parties, smokes, and sleeps with boring guys to make time go by. Only one teeny tiny problem: Angelica is a serial killer. (4 short form episodes)

Black Sands (US Only) – Nordic crime drama
Featuring beautiful cinematography around Iceland’s famous black sands, the dark crime drama follows a troubled police officer forced back to her hometown. Confronting her abusive mother is unavoidable, but the discovery of a body changes everything. In what turns out to be her first case, she discovers a serial killer has been operating for years, disguising murders as accidents. (4 episodes)

Philosopher of the Seas – Documentary
At the ripe age of 83, Swedish sailor Sven Yrvind has become a renowned figure around the world for his solo voyages across the oceans. For the last five years, we have had the privilege to observe closely as Yrvind puts together his boat and readies himself for the difficulty of being alone on the open sea – a journey spanning almost 15,000 miles from Ireland to New Zealand, estimated to take 300 days.

Although many view Yrvind’s project as a reckless venture, he himself believes that he is one of the few sane people in the world. However, the real exploration behind this journey is of a much deeper nature; an exploration into how we choose to live our lives.

Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled – Documentary
Actor. Director. Script writer. Author. Activist. Honorary Oscar winner. Few women carry all these titles, and even fewer do it successfully to the level of Liv Ullmann for 62 years and counting.​ This intimate portrait explores the greatness, legacy and longevity in the life of a world-famous artist, but it also explores the struggles all women face in their fight for having a career, a voice and the respect they deserve – a fight that Liv Ullmann has been fighting long before modern feminism.

The documentary series features some of Liv’s closest collaborators from her seven decades in film, including Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Jeremy Irons, Sam Waterston, and Pernilla August. (3 episodes)