Festival Highlights
Based on real events, this moving portrayal of the indigenous peoples’ struggle for survival in 1970s Norway follows a young woman’s personal journey to reclaim her Sámi identity.
Winner of the 2023 Cannes Jury Prize, the beguiling new comedic romance from beloved Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki follows two lost souls who meet by chance in the Helsinki night and then try, in turbulent times, to find companionship.
When Oskar, a shy 12-year-old boy meets the mysterious and moody Eli, their bond forever changes their lives in this influential tale of love that gets the blood pumping.
Denmark
A complex psychological drama about the power of memories, based on the novel Sander by Terje Holtet Larsen, in which a young man agrees to be locked in an apartment and interrogated by his missing girlfriend's father.
From critically acclaimed director Fenar Ahmad comes the highly anticipated successor to the Danish box office smash hit Darkland starring Dar Salim as an anti-hero re-entering the Copenhagen underworld undercover.
A humorous portrait of the challenges of being parents to school-aged children, this all-star ensemble comedy from Denmark follows a couple who must navigate hierarchy, rivalry and hidden agendas at their daughter's new school.
A slick dramatic thriller with a supernatural twist, Superposition follows a couple on a tree change from Copenhagen to the Swedish forest, who hope to find themselves and reignite their relationship.
This warm-hearted modern comedy about belonging and community from Danish comedy queen Hella Joof follows a Copenhagen couple’s new life in a West Jutland town after one takes on a teaching position at the high school.
Finland
Winner of the 2023 Cannes Jury Prize, the beguiling new comedic romance from beloved Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki follows two lost souls who meet by chance in the Helsinki night and then try, in turbulent times, to find companionship.
A modern love story with touching and funny moments alike, a middle-aged couple on the verge of a breakup decide to open their relationship and enter the complex world of polyamory.
In this feel-good story about reconciliation and forgiveness, directed by Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki, an ageing widower travels to Germany to buy a 1972 Ford Escort but ends up settling accounts with his past.
Iceland
Norway
Based on real events, this moving portrayal of the indigenous peoples’ struggle for survival in 1970s Norway follows a young woman’s personal journey to reclaim her Sámi identity.
An observant coming-of-age drama set in a fish factory on the coast of Norway about the search for identity and the difficulty in loving others when you cannot accept yourself.
Sweden
A passionate drama inspired by true events from internationally acclaimed director Björn Runge and starring Bill Skarsgård and Asta Kamma August, Burn All My Letters sees a fiery love affair lead to unexpected consequences.
Revolving around desire, this elegant psychological thriller with unexpected twists and turns follows a divorcing couple who meet for a final weekend to empty and sell their summer house.
In this offbeat drama of dysfunctional domestic dynamics, a successful cartoonist and her siblings gather at their family farm in northern Sweden to discover how the land that has been in their family for generations is to be divided between them.
A pulse-pounding Nordic noir thriller, featuring a cast of up-and-coming talent, in which an aspiring meteorologist sets off to a deserted island in the Barents Sea in search of the truth about his father's passing.
Scandi Screams
When Oskar, a shy 12-year-old boy meets the mysterious and moody Eli, their bond forever changes their lives in this influential tale of love that gets the blood pumping.
Watch out, Santa Claus is coming to town in this inventive dark fantasy following young Pietari who thinks a secret mountain drilling project has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus.
An adventurous fusion of folklore and fantasy, this immersive drama revolves around a secretive government employed troll hunter who is responsible for maintaining the troll population and protecting the public.
A subversive Viking epic starring Mads Mikkelsen, Valhalla Rising is the story of One Eye, a pagan warrior who escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.