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Inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival

Posted on 22/05/2014 by faccadmin in News

SFF 2014

The inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival is set to heat up the Australian Winter this July with the coolest films from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland hitting screens nationally.

Presented by Palace and screening exclusively at Palace Cinema locations, the Scandinavian Film Festival will delight audiences with the best drama, crime and comedy of the region.

With Scandinavian crime drama the hottest property of the last few years, it only made sense to delve even deeper into Nordic film. Australian audiences will have the chance to experience the breadth of style, humour, action and mystery that Scandinavian film has to offer. Here are a few titles from the 2014 edition to whet your appetite…

The Festival will open with the Swedish blockbuster The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Hundraaringen som klev ut genom fonstret och forsvann). A delightful, colourful comedy of unexpected surprises based on the hugely successful international bestselling novel by Jonas Jonasson which was published in more than 35 countries. This is the unlikely story of Allan Karlsson (played by popular Swedish actor/comedian Robert Gustafsson), a 100-year-old man with an eventful past who keeps stumbling into extraordinary circumstances.

Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013) is the final installment following JW, an economics student who falls into the seductive world of drug running. To celebrate, the entire trilogy will be screened starting with Sweden’s top-grossing film of 2010 Easy Money (Snabba cash) and Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (2012) all of which star Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop, The Killing). Based on Jens Lapidus’ international best-selling novel, Easy Money is a taut, intelligent feature, which went on to be presented by fan Martin Scorsese in the USA and UK.

From Finland, director Taru Mäkelä’s August Fools (Mieleton Elokuu) is a smart, uplifting comedy set in the context of the Cold War. Marvellously multilayered, the story is loosely based on real political events, paired with a delightful romance. Set in 1962, a middle-aged milliner, part-time clairvoyant, is forced to revisit the past when the man she loved 20 years ago and thought dead walks into her little hat shop in Helsinki.

The rugged, isolated beauty of Iceland is showcased in the powerful family drama Metalhead (Málmhaus) – a story of loss and grief led by a breathtaking and award-winning performance by Thorbjörg Helga Thorgilsdóttir. As a 12 year-old, Hera (Thorgilsdóttir) witnesses the tragic accident that kills her older brother, Baldur. But not long after the loss, it is as though the heavy-metal-loving Baldur has never left her side as Hera takes on her brother’s identity, claiming his wardrobe, record collection and electric guitar.

A complicated tangle of race, love and family is explored in I Am Yours (Jeg er din) from Norway. Amrita Acharia’s (Game of Thrones) multifaceted performance is captivating and sympathetic in the taut, intelligent relationship drama by director Iram Haq.

Denmark’s Mikkel Norgaard demonstrates Danish suspense at its best in The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret). Scripted by Nikolaj Arcel (the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and A Royal Affair) and based on the international bestselling crime-thriller of the same title, the film follows a police officer who gets reassigned to a dead-end new department for old, terminated cases. Although given explicit orders to only read and sort through the cases, not a single day passes before he is thrown headfirst into a mystery of a well-known female politician.

The full program launches in early June.

For more information visit www.scandinavianfilmfestival.com

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Nordic Festival Coming Soon

Posted on 02/04/2013 by faccadmin in News

Nordic Festival, Warburton Victoria
18-19 May 2013

Nordic Festival is a not-for-profit event organised by the Warburton and District Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Tourism in consultation with the Victorian Nordic community. The aim of the event is to celebrate the culture and heritage of the five Nordic Countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

The festival will be held for the 3rd time in the picturesque township of Warburton in the Upper Yarra Valley. The traders in town and other fellow Warburtonians have embraced the Nordic theme – Viking helmets can be purchased in town, Nordic delicacies like herrings and Swedish meatballs can be found on the menu and locals join in the activities with gusto!

Come and experience yourself how the beautiful mountain village of Warburton turns into a Nordic hamlet for the weekend. Visit the Viking Camp, enjoy Nordic performances, sample some Nordic delicacies and buy unique handicrafts, design products and other Nordic goods at the Market.

The unique TipiKata Sami Reindeer Herder Tents will provide a magnificent venue for our music performances on the weekend. Our Lapland themed Opening Night Dinner will be served by an open fire in these beautiful tents on Saturday night.

A lantern parade along the Yarra River will offer a magical outing for the whole family on Saturday night. More fun will follow on Sunday, when we encourage you to dress up in your favourite Nordic outfit and join us for a Street Parade along the Main Street.

Upper Yarra Arts Centre will play host for a mini Nordic Film Festival over the weekend and a good old Nordic Community Dance will finish off the festivities on Sunday afternoon.

Musical highlights include Australian-Swedish duo Nick & Liesl, Finnish-Australian song writer Jack Larm, Nordic folk music group the Red Herrings and the Scandinavian Choir from Melbourne.

For more information, please contact Leila Myllymäki-Hay on 0407 875 404 or by email at nordicfestivalaus@gmail.com.

More information is also available on the Nordic Festival website at www.nordicfestival.org.

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