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Festivals / Nordic countries


23 articles available in total starting from 14/04/2003. Last article published on 07/11/2016.

Life in a Fishbowl wins at Lübeck

Life in a Fishbowl wins at Lübeck

The film by Icelandic Baldvin Z won the NDR Film Prize. The audience awarded HelloHello  

04/11/2014 | Festivals | Germany/Nordic countries

Chicago shines anniversary Spotlight on Scandinavia

Chicago shines anniversary Spotlight on Scandinavia

“The festival’s 50th anniversary is the ideal occasion to highlight the vitality and excellence of contemporary Nordic film,” said the programming director  

01/10/2014 | Festivals | Nordic countries/USA

Swedish Gentlemen to check in for Toronto

Swedish Gentlemen to check in for Toronto

Mikael Marcimain’s follow-up to Call Girl will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival between 4-14 September  

22/08/2014 | Festivals | Nordic countries/Toronto

Bier, Ullmann and Östlund among Toronto’s Special Presentations

Bier, Ullmann and Östlund among Toronto’s Special Presentations

Three Nordic films – A Second Chance, Miss Julie and Turist (Force majeure) – selected for the Toronto sidebar between 4-14 September  

23/07/2014 | Festivals | Nordic countries/Canada

We Are the Best! was also the best at the Tokyo Film Festival

We Are the Best! was also the best at the Tokyo Film Festival

Swedish director Lukas Moodysson’s first Swedish feature in seven years received the Grand Prix in Tokyo – Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s Of Horses and Men won for Best Director  

28/10/2013 | Festivals | Nordic countries/Japan

Northwest and Detective Downs among this year’s Fantastic films

Northwest and Detective Downs among this year’s Fantastic films

Three Scandinavian features selected for the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, which unspools between September 19-26  

13/09/2013 | Festivals | Nordic Countries

Four Swedish films – and a Danish one – selected for Asia’s largest festival

Four Swedish films – and a Danish one – selected for Asia’s largest festival

Two thrillers - Swedish director Jens Jonsson’s Life Deluxe and Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard’s The Keeper of Lost Causes – are Midnight Passion at Busan in South Korea  

04/09/2013 | Festivals | Nordic Countries

Trespassing Bergman for Venice, and Sex, Drugs and Taxation for Toronto

Trespassing Bergman for Venice, and Sex, Drugs and Taxation for Toronto

Sweden sends We Are the Best! and the feature-length version of Bergman’s Video to Venice, while Denmark is represented by Sex, Drugs and Taxation and Norway by Pioneer in Toronto  

13/08/2013 | Festivals | Nordic countries

Nordic countries in focus at Mexico's Guadalajara Film Festival

Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg's Kon-Tiki missed the Oscar, but will open the 28th showcase, which celebrates Nordic cinema with a special programme of 64 films  

28/02/2013 | Festivals | Nordic Countries/Mexico

Films are 'Nordic Cool' at Washington's Kennedy Center

The festival, which runs from February 19 to March 17 will highlight the intersection of life and nature, art and culture in the Nordic countries  

20/02/2013 | Festivals | Nordic countries/USA

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