The Nordic Nights film series spring season ends with an evening of short films from Finland featuring experimental works, video art, and animated and live-action shorts. 28.3.2023 7 pm Online Professor Pierre Tremblay from the School of Image Arts at the Toronto Metropolitan University has lent his expertise in the selection of the programme. Registration to […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is Icelandic film from 2021: Quake by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir. Saga, a single mother, gets hit by a fierce epileptic attack that results in total memory loss. Afraid of being considered unable to take care of her son, Saga attempts to hide her condition from others. As she struggles to gather […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is a Finnish film from 2022: The Grump: In Search of an Escort, a dramedy by Mika Kaurismäki (the other Kaurismäki brother). The Grump, an old man who sees his glass mostly half-empty, lives his forever grumbling life in the quiet of Finnish countryside until his beloved 1972 Ford Escort […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is an Icelandic film from 2011: Volcano, by Rúnar Rúnarsson Synopsis Hannes is estranged from his family, hardly has any friends and the relationship to his wife has faded. Through drastic events, Hannes realizes that he has to adjust his life in order to help someone he loves. Volcano is […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is a Finnish film from 2023: Homecoming, by Suvi West Synopsis Homecoming (Máhccan – Kotiinpaluu) 2023 had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival to enthusiastic audiences. The film follows the return of Sámi artefacts from the National Museum of Finland in Helsinki to the Sámi Museum Siida […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature (and first of the new 2024-2025 season!) is the Icelandic film Raise the Bar (2021) by Guðjón Ragnarsson. Synopsis A girls' basketball team aims to break down cultural barriers. Their training program is intense and controversial, and they are led by an overqualified and unusual coach who constantly raises the […]