Films
Featured Films
Featured Films
Australian Premiere
Hella Joof presents another winning examination on the female condition with this cheeky comedy about second chances in love later in life.
Australian Premiere
Fresh from its praised premiere in this year’s Cannes Film Festival is award-winning director Hlynur Palmason’s powerful exploration of a man overcome with grief who is losing control.
A bittersweet and moving drama that follows an aging art dealer as he is presented with one final opportunity to fix his broken life and reconnect with his estranged daughter and grandson.
Australian Premiere
This loving adaptation of Norwegian novelist Per Petterson’s international bestseller was praised at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival for its powerful evocation of the inner lives of men tormented by their past.
Nordic Noir: Department Q
Nordic Noir: Department Q
Australian Premiere
Heralded as the best instalment of the series, Carl Mørck and Assad return for the chilling final chapter in the Nordic-noir Department Q series to investigate three mysterious mummified bodies.
A difficult but unswerving Danish cop reopens the case of a female politician who allegedly committed suicide in this award-winning, great- looking and well-acted Scandinavian crime film based on the bestselling novel of the same name.
This hugely successful follow-on from The Keeper of Lost Causes brings back the original cast to investigate what really happened in the 1990s at one of the country’s poshest boarding schools.
With the best opening of a local film in 15 years in its native Denmark, A Conspiracy of Faith has been hailed the best Jussi Adler-Olsen adaptation to date.
Nordic Noir: Millennium Trilogy
Nordic Noir: Millennium Trilogy
This acclaimed first cinematic chapter sees disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and tattooed computer hacker Lisbeth Salander employed to investigate the disappearance of a member of the powerful Vanger clan.
Noomi Rapace reprises her award-winning role as Lisbeth Salander, who battles to avoid prosecution amidst accusations of triple murder while Mikael Blomkvist does everything in his power to prove her innocence.
In this gripping climax, Lisbeth Salander stands trial for three murders and plots revenge on the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that nearly destroyed her life.
Australian Premiere
A fascinating biopic about the author behind the immensely successful Millennium Trilogy, whose life pursuit of tracking extremist far-right groups as an investigative journalist was equally as compelling as his novels.
Denmark
Denmark
Australian Premiere
Hella Joof presents another winning examination on the female condition with this cheeky comedy about second chances in love later in life.
Australian Premiere
Nominated for best Nordic film at the 2019 Göteborg Film Festival, Ulaa Salim’s first feature is both a study and a warning of what might happen when different forms of extremism collide.
Australian Premiere
One of the most cherished holidays of the year can also be the most disastrous, proven as That Time of Year illuminates some identifiable Christmas Day catastrophes with hilarious results.
Australian Premiere
Heralded as the best instalment of the series, Carl Mørck and Assad return for the chilling final chapter in the Nordic-noir Department Q series to investigate three mysterious mummified bodies.
Finland
Finland
Australian Premiere
A wicked and tender rom-com in which commitment-phobic party girl Aurora and Iranian refugee Darian agree to help each other in unconventional but vital ways.
A bittersweet and moving drama that follows an aging art dealer as he is presented with one final opportunity to fix his broken life and reconnect with his estranged daughter and grandson.
Australian Premiere
This glossy character study of a famous violinist and her young student is an impressive directorial debut from award-winning Finnish playwright Paavo Westerberg.
Iceland
Iceland
Australian Premiere
Fresh from its praised premiere in this year’s Cannes Film Festival is award-winning director Hlynur Palmason’s powerful exploration of a man overcome with grief who is losing control.
Australian Premiere
Two young women fall into a spiral of drug abuse in Baldvin Z’s essential and unflinching portrayal of addiction celebrated for its stand-out performances and enthralling direction.
Norway
Norway
Australian Premiere
This loving adaptation of Norwegian novelist Per Petterson’s international bestseller was praised at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival for its powerful evocation of the inner lives of men tormented by their past.
Australian Premiere
Sundance award-winning director Anne Sewitsky reunites with a stunning Ine Marie Wilmann for this engaging portrayal of Norwegian Olympic figure skating champion and a Hollywood movie star Sonja Henie.
Sweden
Sweden
Australian Premiere
Aboard a luxury Noah’s Ark spaceship named Aniara, a colony of materialistic and consumption-obsessed humans flee the now-destroyed Earth in this starkly beautiful piece of cinema wrought with emotion.
Australian Premiere
A fascinating biopic about the author behind the immensely successful Millennium Trilogy, whose life pursuit of tracking extremist far-right groups as an investigative journalist was equally as compelling as his novels.
Australian Premiere
A feud between the ruling families of two rival amusement parks forms the basis of Directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein’s (The Bridge) epic and magical tale of love.
Australian Premiere
Venice Film Festival award-winning artist and filmmaker Anna Odell’s presents a stimulating exploration of hidden female/male identities featuring a stellar cast hailing from Sweden and Denmark.