NORDIC FILM FOCUS 2023
NORDIC FILM FOCUS
The film days Nordic Film Focus will be held in collaboration with Reykjavík Feminist Film Festival during 13th-15th January. Nordic Film Focus is an annual collaboration between The Nordic House and the Nordic embassies in Iceland.
The program in The Nordic House puts focus on Nordic female film directors and darkness and horror as a topic. Newly, Nordic films will be screened and a discussion will be facilitated with the directors and other representatives of the films.
The screenings and all events are free of cost. No tickets needed.
Program:
Friday 13th. January
16:00
Mellanrumsfruar
Country: Svíþjóð
Director: Lisa Fjellman, Anna Lönn Franko
Writer: Lisa Fjellman, Anna Lönn Franko
Actors: Pauline Bengtsson, Karin Bertling, Aksel Boss
Year: 2020
Length: 79 min
18:30
Networking Party + SISTER Award ceremony for best short films
Hosted by The Nordic House in Reykjavík and The Nordic embassies in Iceland. Short talks by hosts and guests of the Reykjavík Feminist Film Festival and Nordic Film Focus.
20:00
SISTER – Award screening
72:12 min
21:30
Kød og Blod
Country: Danmörk
Director: Jeanette Nordahl
Writer: Ingeborg Topsøe
Actors: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Joachim Fjelstrup
Year: 2020
Length: 90 min
Saturday 14th. January
13:00
Lucile H. Retrospective :
De Natura 6mín
Nectar 18 min
13:30
Nordic Short Films#1:
Two Bodies on a Beach
Country: Finland
Director: Anna Paavilainen
Writers: Anna Paavilainen, Laura Birn
Actors: Laura Birn, Rea Mauranen, Tommi Korpela, Lauri Tilkanen, Lauri Maijala
Year: 2019
Length: 20 min
Updated
Country: Grænland
Director: Nivi Pedersen
Writer: Jørgen Chemnitz, Ulannaq Ingemann, Nivi Pedersen
Actors: Connie Arenas, Ujarneq Fleischer, Vivi Nielsen
Year: 2020
Length: 17 min
Tuullik
Country: Grænland
Director: Berda Larsen
Writer: Laura Lennert Jensen, Berda Larsen
Actor: Rosa Flügge, Pilunnguaq Henningsen, Heidi Møller Isaksen
Year: 2021
Length: 12 min
Sálarkvøl
Country: Færeyjar
Director: Eir í Ólavsstovu
Year: 2021
Length: 29 min
15:00 – 16:00
Panel Discussion
“The Representation of Women and the LGBTQ+ community in Film and Television”
- Dóra Jóhannsdóttir – Ísland
- Arna Magnea Danks – Ísland
- Berda Larsen – Grænland
- Eir í Ólavsstovu – Færeyjar
- Helene Aalborg – Norway
Journey to Our Likeness – Documentary
Q&A with the director of the DOC – Loide Nantinda from Namibia
19:00
Hope
Country: Noregur
Director: Maria Sødahl
Writer: Maria Sødahl
Actors: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Stellan Skarsgård, Elli Rhiannon Osborne
Year: 2019
Length: 130 mín
Sunday 15th. January
12:30
“GUÐRÚN”
Icelandic Short Films:
Börn Kvótakerfisins
Díflissudúfa
Frenjan
Before Dawn
Móðir
Dóttir
84 min + Q&A 20min
14:30
Glerbrot
Country: Ísland
Director Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
Writers: Kristín Jóhannesdóttir, Matthías Johannessen
Actors Björn Baldvinsson, Björk, Pétur Einarsson
Year: 1988
Length: 50 min
15:30
WOFFF – short films:
Jazmin
Nicole Sullivan | Australia | Documentary | 4min
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
Sarah Clift | UK | Drama | 15min
The Honeys and Bears
Veena Rao | USA | Documentary | 3min
From Pasture into Hands
Thury Bara Birgisdottir | Iceland | Documentary | 21min
AndYet
Lucretia Knapp, Lynne Yamamoto | USA | Experimental | 3min
Housemaid #2
Roxanne Stam | Netherlands | Drama | 12min
What is Left – That also goes
Caroline Penn | UK | Animation | 3min
Stay with Her
Yang Chen | China| Drama 13min
Walks With Me
Kati Kallio | Finland | Experimental | 11min
(samtals: 120 min)
Nordic Shorts Selection #2:
Dance my Doll
It Blooms at Night
Catcave Hysteria
Marketplace
Midnight Driving
19:30
The Things We Hide In Silence
Country: Rumania
Director: Andra Chiriac
Writer: Andra Chiriac
Actor: Mihai Popa, Octavia Roman, Jean-René Toussaint
Length: 90 min
