(A guest post.) Nordic film winter is a 5-day film festival that will present a number of both new and classic films from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. Many of these films have received awards at internationally recognized festivals.
The festivals in Prague and Brno (concurrent events) will begin on Wednesday February 15th and last until Sunday February 19th. Wednesday will host two dramas: Undercurrent (2010), an Icelandic film directed by Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson, starring members from the theater group Vesturport. It was filmed over the course of seven weeks on the open sea. The second film, Harry’s Daughters (2005), is a Swedish film by Richard Hobert. This story follows the fates of two sisters whose relationship is put through an ordeal.
Thursday’s films include two romantic comedies. First is a story of a young Norwegian man and his effort to appeal to the parents of his Pakistani bride elect in Import/Export (2007), directed by Khalid Hussain. Then is the Icelandic comedy, Our Own Oslo (2011), directed by Reynir Lyngdal. The film portrays the clumsy courting of Harald and Vilborg, two diametrically different people in their forties.
Friday’s showing begins with a Danish anti-romantic comedy, Truth about Men (2010), directed by Nikolaj Arcel. The story introduces us to a gifted film script writer who believes his true love is waiting for him somewhere. Next
is the audience appraised film directed by Marius Holst, King of Devil’s Island (2010). It takes us back to the year 1915 and is set on the Norwegian island, Bastøy. Here is a group of notorious boys where one, seventeen year old Erling, believes in doing the right thing as well as finding his successful escape.
Saturday afternoon will show The Substitute (2007), a Danish family thriller directed by Oleh Bornedal. Next, Norwegian director Maria Sødahl takes us back to the 1970’s on the paradise island of Trinidad in her film Limbo (2010). Here we follow the unconventional fate of a Norwegian family. Saturday’s last showing will be the Swedish Oscar nominated drama As It Is in Heaven (2004), by Kay Pollak.
The Prague and Brno festivals will conclude on Sunday with the Icelandic thriller Cold Trail (2006) by Björn Br. Björnsson, and Nothing’s All Bad (on the picture above, 2010), the directing debut of Danish director Mikkel Munch-Fals.
The event was organized by Severský filmový klub, o. s. (Nordic film club), a voluntary association of people who share a common interest in Nordic films. Our aim is to mediate Nordic cinematography to the Czech audience. We consider the cinematography unique, but underrepresented in comparison to other countries. Our main function is to execute several-day film festivals, striving to present both the individual countries as well as the different genres. The event is supported by Nordic Cultural Fund, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, and was organized in cooperation with Prague Cinema Atlas, Brno Cinema Art, and Ostrava Cinema Minikino.
The following movies will be shown with both English and Czech subtitles: King of Devil´s Island; Limbo, As It Is in Heaven, Cold Trail, Undercurrent, Our Own Oslo, Nothing´s All Bad, Truth About Men, Import/Export, The Substitute.
Schedule
Czech version only. Look for “SFZ”, which stands for this festival.
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I was today on Limbo at the Nordic Festival Film. Thank u so much!
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