Our next Nordic Nights feature will be the Icelandic film Shadowtown (2020) by Jon Einarsson Gustafsson and Karolina Lewicka. Set in Iceland, Maya (played by Icelandic-Canadian actress Brittany Bristow) inherits an old house from a schizophrenic grandmother she didn’t know. Messages from a mysterious source lead to questions about her grandmother’s death and ultimately put […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature will be a Collection of Short Films from Finland. Selected shorts present a variety of styles and talent from filmmakers from Finland. Short film has a strong following in Finland and although regularly part of film festival fare, the most prominent short film program and awards takes place at the […]
Nordic Nights returns in its online format Tuesday, Sept. 27th at 7pm with two Icelandic films. Are you Icelandic? is a documentary by Magnea Björk Valdimarsdóttir which tells the story of four different women who emigrated to Iceland from Bosnia, Poland, Jamaica and Turkey. With a focus on Icelandic identity, each woman has a unique […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is a Finnish documentary from 2021: Maija Isola: Master of Colour and Shape (2021) (Värien ja muotojen maailmassa – Maija Isola). Her fabric designs are still popular all over the world. Finnish artist Maija Isola worked as designer for the Finnish design company Marimekko for 38 years. This documentary takes […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is an Icelandic film from 2019: The County (Héraðið) by Grímur Hákonarson. Screened in the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and 2020 Gimli Film Festival the film focuses on an Icelandic woman named Inga who runs a deeply indebted dairy farm in a remote valley in Iceland. After a tragic […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is an Icelandic film from 2022: A Letter from Helga by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir. The story takes place in the 1940's in the west fjords of Iceland, a strange paradise hidden at the edge of Europe. In this small but thriving community we meet Bjarni, a young, idealistic farmer. Bjarni […]