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Festival Highlights
Festival Highlights
Special Presentation
Touch
Snerting
Based on the best-selling eponymous novel, this romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents follows one man's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago.
Centrepiece
Stormskerry Maja
Myrskyluodon Maija
In this epic historical drama based on the book series by Anni Blomqvist, we follow Maja and her husband through the breathtaking Finnish seasons on the windswept and remote Åland archipelago.
Special Event
When the Light Breaks
Ljósbrot
Direct from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, this poignant drama set between two sunsets follows a young art student whose morality is tested over a long summer’s day in Iceland.
Australian Premiere
Opening Night
The Riot
Sulis 1907
Inspired by real events, depicting the escalation of tensions leading to the Sulis uprising of 1907 that changed Norway forever, this grand historical drama follows the miners fight for justice and their dreams for a better future.
Australian Premiere
Closing Night
Songs of Earth
Fedrelandet
The mountainous landscapes of Norway provide the monumental backdrop for the cinematic nature experience of the year, executive produced by Wim Wenders and Liv Ullmann.
Films From Denmark
Films From Denmark
Before It Ends
Når befrielsen kommer
Set in the final months of WWII, this touching, intelligent drama starring Pilou Asbæk and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal explores the unimaginable dilemmas that people must face in the wake of war.
Australian Premiere
Better Times
Bedre tider
Filled with laughs and heartfelt emotion, this warm, feel-good drama follows three brothers and their father on a quest to save their family bakery against great odds.
Australian Premiere
Birthday Girl
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When the first evening of a dream cruise heading for the Caribbean turns into a nightmare, a mother searches for justice in this tense drama of twists and turns starring Trine Dyrholm.
Australian Premiere
Boundless
Den grænseløse
A Danish box office hit, this new thriller and adaptation of the bestselling Department Q novel follows Detective Mørck and his team who become embroiled in a cold case on the remote Danish Island of Bornholm.
Australian Premiere
Eternal
For evigt
In this science fiction epic and grand tale of love, a young climate change scientist falls in love with an aspiring singer, but their paths are destined to split when a mysterious fissure appears on the ocean floor and humanity comes under threat.
Australian Premiere
Kingmaker
Mørkeland
A topical and gripping political thriller about the state of democracy, this sequel to 2004 Danish hit film King’s Game follows the adventures of investigative journalist Ulrik Torp.
Australian Premiere
Mr. Freeman
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When a lonely teenager starts an online relationship with Ghanaian Mr. Freeman, she persuades her reluctant parents to let him visit them in Denmark in this down-to-earth, coming-of-age drama.
Australian Premiere
Paranoia
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Featuring Danish rising stars, this dark and intense thriller based on the popular Danish novel by Birgitte Lorentzen follows two teens on a wild search for answers about the supernatural universe.
Australian Premiere
Sons
Vogter
A must-see for fans of Scandi noir and Sidse Babett Knudsen, this eagerly anticipated new film from writer/director Gustav Möller is a gripping moral thriller that features a remarkable Babett Knudsen in the leading role.
Australian Premiere
The Promise
Majas Løfte
A breathtaking suspense thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, The Promise follows a woman trying desperately to save the life of her young nephew from her car.
Australian Premiere
Films From Finland
Films From Finland
Death Is a Problem for the Living
Peluri - kuolema on elävien ongelma
Skillfully combining black comedy and drama, this captivating tale follows the unlikely friendship of the cheapest drivers in the hearse business who decide they need a fresh start.
Australian Premiere
Light Light Light
Valoa valoa valoa
A new girl arrives in a western Finland village in 1986 and shakes up the life of 15-year-old Mariia, who reflects on memories of that summer twenty years later in this beautiful coming-of-age drama set to a pulsating 80s soundtrack.
Australian Premiere
Centrepiece
Stormskerry Maja
Myrskyluodon Maija
In this epic historical drama based on the book series by Anni Blomqvist, we follow Maja and her husband through the breathtaking Finnish seasons on the windswept and remote Åland archipelago.
Films From Iceland
Films From Iceland
Cold
Kuldi
A moody, twisted thriller to leave you buzzing, this adaptation of Icelandic crime-author Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s bestselling novel follows a state investigator uncovering the mystery of decades old deaths at a juvenile centre.
Australian Premiere
Nordic Nights
Natatorium
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Staying with her estranged grandparents while in town for an audition, an eighteen-year-old becomes caught up in the dark past of her family, learning secrets that will threaten her life in this eeries, slow burn thriller.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
Touch
Snerting
Based on the best-selling eponymous novel, this romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents follows one man's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago.
Special Event
When the Light Breaks
Ljósbrot
Direct from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, this poignant drama set between two sunsets follows a young art student whose morality is tested over a long summer’s day in Iceland.
Australian Premiere
Films From Norway
Films From Norway
Closing Night
Songs of Earth
Fedrelandet
The mountainous landscapes of Norway provide the monumental backdrop for the cinematic nature experience of the year, executive produced by Wim Wenders and Liv Ullmann.
The Arctic Convoy
Konvoi
Anders Baasmo and Tobias Santelmann lead a stellar ensemble in naval epic The Artic Convoy, based on the incredible story of the real-life mission on the Norwegian naval front during World War II.
Australian Premiere
Opening Night
The Riot
Sulis 1907
Inspired by real events, depicting the escalation of tensions leading to the Sulis uprising of 1907 that changed Norway forever, this grand historical drama follows the miners fight for justice and their dreams for a better future.
Australian Premiere
Films From Sweden
Films From Sweden
Hammarskjöld - Fight for Peace
Hammarskjöld
Set during the Cold War in 1961, this gripping political thriller follows the true story of diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Hunters on a White Field
Jakt på ett vitt fält
In this psychological suspense drama about group dynamics and the animal within us all, three men go on an extended weekend hunting trip in the Swedish forest.
Australian Premiere
Paradise is Burning
Paradiset brinner
Three sisters aged seven to sixteen are left to their own devices by their absent mother in a working-class area of Sweden in this striking coming-of-age tale and intimate portrait of sisterhood.
Australian Premiere
Opening Night
The Riot
Sulis 1907
Inspired by real events, depicting the escalation of tensions leading to the Sulis uprising of 1907 that changed Norway forever, this grand historical drama follows the miners fight for justice and their dreams for a better future.
Australian Premiere
Liv Ullmann & Ingmar Bergman
Recognising iconic Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann’s collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, this retrospective features a selection of their most significant and award-winning works.
Liv Ullmann & Ingmar Bergman
Recognising iconic Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann’s collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, this retrospective features a selection of their most significant and award-winning works.
Retrospective
Autumn Sonata
Höstsonaten
After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her daughter Eva in her home and the tension between them builds slowly, until a nightly conversation reveals all.
Retrospective
Cries and Whispers
Viskningar och rop
In turn-of-the-century Sweden, a dying woman Agnes is visited in her isolated rural mansion by her sisters Karin and Maria and long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Retrospective
Persona
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A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk in this avant-garde psychological drama.
Retrospective
Scenes From a Marriage
Scener ur ett äktenskap
Following two characters, Marianne and Johan, the film, in typical Bergman style, examines ontological questions of love, loneliness, being and what it means to be 'fulfilled'.
A specially curated selection for fans of thrillers, terrifying dramas and black comedy, that are at once fascinating and frightening. Dark and moody chills await!
A specially curated selection for fans of thrillers, terrifying dramas and black comedy, that are at once fascinating and frightening. Dark and moody chills await!
Cold
Kuldi
A moody, twisted thriller to leave you buzzing, this adaptation of Icelandic crime-author Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s bestselling novel follows a state investigator uncovering the mystery of decades old deaths at a juvenile centre.
Australian Premiere
Death Is a Problem for the Living
Peluri - kuolema on elävien ongelma
Skillfully combining black comedy and drama, this captivating tale follows the unlikely friendship of the cheapest drivers in the hearse business who decide they need a fresh start.
Australian Premiere
Nordic Nights
Natatorium
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Staying with her estranged grandparents while in town for an audition, an eighteen-year-old becomes caught up in the dark past of her family, learning secrets that will threaten her life in this eeries, slow burn thriller.
Australian Premiere