Nordic Landscape Discourse in Scandinavian Silent Cinema: "Morænen", Nature, and National Characters.

29. sep 2017. This article looks at different configurations of discourse about Nordic nature, national character, and the cinema. Examining these ideas will help us get a more precise idea of notions of cultural…

Norwegian Tableaux - "Synnöve Solbakken"

29. sep 2017. This article discusses the Swedish 1919 film Synnöve Solbakken (A Norway Lass), directed by John Brunius from a short story by the Norwegian author and Nobel prize winner Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The…

The Woman's Point of View: "Thora van Deken" (1920)

29. sep 2017. PEER REVIEWED. The Swedish film Thora van Deken from 1920, though little-known and rarely seen, is a strikingly well-made and well-acted psychological drama. Based on a short novel by Henrik…

Following the Swedish Model: The Transnational Nature of Finnish National Cinema in the early 1920s

29. sep 2017. PEER REVIEWED. This article demonstrates why Swedish cinema of the golden age (1916–1924) became an important model for Finnish filmmakers in the early 1920s. In relation to this, the article…

You Disappear is Denmark's Oscar entry 2018

20. sep 2017 | OSCAR 2018. Peter Schønau Fog and Zentropa's "You Disappear" is selected as Denmark's submission for the Academy Awards' Foreign-Language category.

Team Hurricane honoured in Venice

08. sep 2017 | AWARD. Annika Berg's feature debut "Team Hurricane" was awarded the Verona Film Club Award at the 32. Venice International Film Critics' Week on Friday.

Land of the Free to Telluride Film Festival

01. sep 2017 | FESTIVAL. Camilla Magid's documentary "Land of the Free" has been selected for the prestigious Telluride Film Festival. The film met its first international audience at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in June and…

A Heightened Sense of Presence

26. aug 2017 | BRIEF. The hybrid installation "Separate Silences" combines sensory input and live-action VR to create an experience of slowly waking up after a coma. Venice Virtual Reality Competition 2017.

The Vulnerability of Human Existence

26. aug 2017 | INTERVIEW. Peter Schønau Fog tackles fundamental questions about human existence in his second feature, "You Disappear." Ten years after his highly successful debut, "The Art of Crying," the director once again…

It's All About Our Shared Humanity

26. aug 2017 | INTERVIEW. Life in exile is the main thread in Mahdi Fleifel's films, from "A World Not Ours" to "A Drowning Man." Then as today, it's not politics but raw humanity that interests the Danish-Palestinian…