Frederik Louis Hviid & Tobias Lindholm Join Forces on Brutal Danish Thriller Torpedo

A new Danish thriller takes aim at the hidden systems that turn children into weapons.

Frederik Louis Hviid & Tobias Lindholm Team for Unflinching Danish Thriller Torpedo

SF Studios has officially announced a formidable new collaboration in Nordic cinema, with Danish filmmakers Frederik Louis Hviid (Shorta, The Quiet Ones) and Tobias Lindholm (Another Round, The Good Nurse) joining forces on the upcoming thriller Torpedo.

Described as a raw, uncompromising examination of modern criminal grooming and systemic violence, Torpedo centers on Kian, a 16-year-old boy who realizes he’s sold drugs to the wrong people. What initially seems like a fixable mistake spirals into a nightmare over the course of 24 hours, as Kian is coerced into committing a brutal murder to protect not only himself, but his family. Refusal is not an option.

The film explores the disturbing rise of so-called “torpedoes” — minors manipulated by adult criminal networks to carry out acts of extreme violence. According to SF Studios, the project examines how the need for belonging, recognition, and survival can turn children into weapons within organized crime.

For Hviid, the project represents both a creative and moral imperative.

“Torpedoes are a relatively new phenomenon which spreads fast – also here in Denmark,” Hviid said. “It has been important to understand what happens when violence is perpetrated by young people who have not chosen to do so and who cannot yet comprehend the consequences of their actions.”

Hviid made his international breakthrough with Shorta, selected for Venice Critics’ Week, and has since built a reputation for grounded, socially urgent storytelling through Prisoner and The Quiet Ones. His collaboration with Lindholm brings together two filmmakers known for interrogating systems of power, guilt, and moral collapse.

Lindholm, one of Denmark’s most acclaimed screenwriters and directors, echoed that urgency.

“Frederik’s idea for Torpedo moved me greatly,” Lindholm said. “It is evidence of the dark side of the Danish dream — and a rare opportunity to focus on the kids who disappear into the promises and lies of the criminal world.”

Lindholm’s previous work includes Oscar-winning Another Round, A Hijacking, HBO’s The Investigation, and Netflix’s The Good Nurse, solidifying his reputation for emotionally restrained yet devastating storytelling rooted in real-world crises.

Produced by SF Studios with Marcella Dichmann producing, Torpedo is slated for a 2027 theatrical release in Denmark, with SF Studios handling distribution. Dichmann described the film as a painful but necessary story, emphasizing its closeness to everyday reality and its intent to linger with audiences long after the credits roll.

With Torpedo, Hviid and Lindholm appear poised to deliver one of the most confronting Nordic thrillers in years — a film less concerned with spectacle than with exposing the machinery that turns children into casualties of adult violence.

Source: Deadline