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 […]
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 […]
