The 65th edition of the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck will take place from 1- 5 November. Once again, the German city in the far north of the country will host the newest film productions from Scandinavia and the Baltic nations. This year's selection will amount to 180 titles, set to be seen in around 250 screenings and, for about half of the selection, also online, nationwide.

Among the German premieres is the opening film by Swedish director Lukas Moodysson. His comedy Together 99 [+lire aussi :
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Moodysson's movie is one of the 14 titles in the international feature-film competition. The other ones include the drama-thriller and Danish-Swedish-Norwegian co-production Copenhagen Does Not Exist [+lire aussi :
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interview : Martin Skovbjerg
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interview : Tia Kouvo
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fiche film] by Katja Gauriloff; the historical thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen The Promised Land [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ole Giæver
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interview : Mika Gustafson
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interview : Marija Kavtaradze
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interview : Ninna Pálmadóttir
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interview : Giedrius Tamoševičius
fiche film] by Giedrius Tamoševičius and Vytautas V Landsbergis; the Danish tragicomedy The Quiet Migration [+lire aussi :
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interview : Malene Choi
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The second competition section is dedicated to documentaries. It also comprises 14 films: the Danish-South African production !Aitsa by Dane Dodds, about the desert of Karoo; Before the Light, about the women in Latvia's Evangelical Lutheran Church, by Kristīne Briede; Being Ola by Norwegian director Ragnhild Nøst Bergem, about a village where people with disabilities live self-sufficiently; the Swedish-Danish co-production And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine [+lire aussi :
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interview : Axel Danielson et Maximili…
fiche film] by Maximilien van Aertryck and Axel Danielson; the biopic of a singular artist from the Faroe Islands, Heartist by Marianna Mørkøre and Beinta á Torkilsheyggi; the Finnish-Norwegian documentary Homecoming [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Suvi West and Anssi Kömi, hinging on Sámi culture; the Finnish-French documentary Cinema Laika by Veljko Vidak, about Mika Lätti and Aki Kaurismäki’s cinema project; the Norwegian-British co-production Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled [+lire aussi :
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interview : Liv Ullmann
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interview : Juha Suonpää
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interview : Anna Hints
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fiche film] by Liis Nimik; another family portrait in the guise of the Swedish-Norwegian-Danish co-production The Gullspång Miracle [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Maria Fredriksson; The Last Movie by Norway’s Olaug Spissøy Kyvik and Karianne Førland Vennerød; the Danish production The World Is Out of Focus by Iben Haahr Andersen, about female photographers; and finally, the documentary Twice Colonized [+lire aussi :
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interview : Lin Alluna
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Besides these two main sections, there will also be a short-film selection including a total of 23 titles as well as a programme for young audiences, showcasing 27 movies. Another section will show new series, while Immersion 360° will, as its name implies, focus on immersive works. This year's retrospective is dedicated to youth culture in the Nordic and Baltic countries from the 1920s to the turn of the millennium, bears the title “Forever Young” and will screen 17 films in total. Last but not least, the homage at the 65th edition of the Nordic Film Days will focus on Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson.