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Viaplay June 2023 Schedule Announced

The Viaplay June 2023 titles have been announced and include suspenseful thrillers, provocative prestige dramas, inspiring documentaries and more. As the Nordic region’s leading streaming platform and producer of original content, Viaplay continues to bring premium titles to North America.

The Viaplay June 2023 lineup includes the North American premieres of the docuseries Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled, a Cannes Film Festival Cannes Classics 2023 selection, and intense interrogation drama Face to Face, starring highly celebrated Danish actress Trine Dyrholm.

Viaplay June 2023 Schedule Announced

Also coming are two must-see short form series from Viaplay’s program for young Scandinavian filmmakers: The Architect, a dark comedy about the housing crisis, and romantic drama One of the Boys.

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.

Viaplay June 2023

The Viaplay June 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.

Viaplay June 2023

VIAPLAY HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE

LIV ULLMANN – A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED – Exclusive US & CA Premiere Thursday, June 22, 2023
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, “A Road Less Travelled” explores greatness, legacy and longevity in the life of the world-famous artist, actor, author, and Honorary Oscar winner Liv Ullmann. This inspiring documentary 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)

Viaplay June 2023

THE ARCHITECT – Exclusive US & CA Premiere Thursday, June 1, 2023
(Viaplay Original Talent Awards Winner; Berlin International Film Festival – Special Mention Winner)

Set in a not-so-distant future, in a grey, cold and alienating Oslo, “The Architect” 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. (4 short form episodes)

Viaplay June 2023

ONE OF THE BOYS – Exclusive US & CA Premiere Thursday, June 8, 2023
(Viaplay Original Talent Awards Winner)

A coming-of-age miniseries, “One of the Boys” is 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.

The series explores themes such as sexuality, masculinity, bullying, queerness and not least – feeling different. (4 short form episodes)

VIAPLAY JUNE 2023 SCHEDULE

AVAILABLE JUNE 1

The Architect – Young Adult Short Form Drama (US & CA Premiere)
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)

AVAILABLE JUNE 8

One of the Boys – Young Adult Short Form Drama (US & CA Premiere)
“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)

AVAILABLE JUNE 12

The Last Client (Klienten) – Feature Film (US & CA Premiere)
When the psychologist Susanne greets the last client of the day, Mark, she is expecting a meeting like any other. But when Mark turns out to be a serial killer, Susanne realizes that her life will change forever.

AVAILABLE JUNE 14

To Solve a Murder – True Crime Documentary (US & CA Premiere)
For 30 years, the mysterious disappearance of Helena Andersson has haunted the Swedish police. With the case still unsolved, investigative journalist Fredrik Undevik’s discovery has unearthed the unbelievable. (3 episodes)

AVAILABLE JUNE 19

The Beach Hotel – Drama Series (US & CA Premiere)
Hotel owner Werner Gyllenmark celebrates his 60th birthday. Everyone is invited, including his rival Egil Grip. The event comes to an end after an accident. Explosive secrets soon come to light. (8 episodes)

AVAILABLE JUNE 22

Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled – Documentary (US & CA Premiere)
(Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival)

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)

AVAILABLE JUNE 29

Face To Face – Season 2 – Intense Interrogation Drama
After the death of his daughter, everyone, friend or foe, is subject to interrogation with no methods off limits. But at what cost? Unravel the dark secrets in this red-threaded crime anthology.

Starring highly celebrated Danish actress Trine Dyrholm, a seven-time winner of Best Actress at the Danish Film Awards (Robert), including a Best Actress nomination for Face to Face. (Eight 30-minute episodes)

ON YOUR RADAR – AVAILABLE TO BINGE

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

The Congregation (Knutby) – Viaplay Original Series
(Winner, Best Actress, Kristallen)

Depicts the events of the Christian cult of Knutby in the early 2000s, taking place in a rural small town in Sweden. Anna, a young and naive woman, moves to Knutby to become part of the free church congregation as a nanny, which to her seems like a warm and pious community.

But soon the idyll that never existed crackles, and manipulation, power games, social exclusion, group pressure, brainwashing, fanaticism and both more and less religiously sanctioned left-wing chatter end in murder and grief. (2021, 6 episodes)

Delete Me – Season 2 – Viaplay Original Series
(Winner, Best Cinematography TV Drama, Gullruten; Winner, Best Editing TV Drama, Gullruten)

Sanna (Sofia Tjelta Sydness) is no longer the coolest kid in school. After being humiliated by her boyfriend, and with her plans to move to New York on ice due to the coronavirus, she is working as a waitress in Oslo while dreaming of an influencer career on YouTube.

Desperate for fame, Sanna follows advice from her favorite influencer and makes the fateful decision to sell intimate pictures of herself online. (2022, 6 episodes)

Riding in Darkness (Nattryttarna)
A survival thriller, based on true events. Three women with different connections to one man need to find a way to get out of the monster’s grip. Will they be believed or can he manipulate the surroundings once again? (2022, 8 episodes)

Cell 8 – Viaplay Original Series
In Sweden, a man named John Schwarz is arrested for assault on a ferry to Finland. There is something wrong with John. Who is he? A man with no identity? A man who really should be dead?

In the United States, Edward Finnegan curses his fate. Although many years have passed, he will not be able to find peace until he can avenge the murder of his daughter. (2022, 6 episodes)

The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen – Viaplay Original Series
“The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen” is the story of one woman’s struggle to find her place in life while freeing herself from the expectations of family and society. The series takes place in the 1930s and follows Karen Blixen’s return to Denmark after many years in East Africa.

Penniless, sick, divorced, and with her dreams in ruins, “The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen” shows Blixen’s journey from her lowest point to becoming a renowned writer, including visualizations of her interior life and the magical universe of her stories. Starring Connie Nielsen (Gladiator, Wonder Woman).

a-ha: The Movie – English-Language Documentary Feature Film
(Nominee, Audience Award, Tribeca Film Festival; Nominee, Best Music Documentary Feature, Nashville Film Festival)

Exclusive to Viaplay. Follows the popular band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When “Take On Me” reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?