Join us for a screening of Director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir's darling of the 2017 TIFF "The Swan" (Svanurinn) See full film description HERE
CHILDREN OF NATURE (Börn Náttúrunnar) The only Icelandic film ever nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's moving breakthrough feature is a poignant, elegiac, and lightly magicrealist portrait of what (and who) was lost in Iceland's drive towards modernization. The film opens as the aged Þorgeir (Gísli Halldórsson) bids a silent […]
SYNOPSIS: Set against the spectacular Icelandic landscape, THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN is a magic realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse, and the surprising power of belief. The documentary follows Ragnhildur “Ragga” Jónsdóttir, a grandmother and “seer” who has the ability to communicate directly with a parallel realm of elves, or huldufólk (hidden people) […]
Nordic Nights' third screening this session will be on November 24th and will once again be screened on-line through Zoom. Nordic Nights is the popular movie screening program run jointly by the ICCT, the Consulate of Finland and the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University. Typically there are six screenings held at Ryerson on […]
Nordic Nights' fifth screening this session will be on February 23rd, 2021 and will be screened on-line through Zoom. Nordic Nights is the popular movie screening program run jointly by the ICCT, the Consulate of Finland and the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University. Typically there are six screenings held at Ryerson on the […]
Nordic Nights' sixth and final screening this session will be on March 30th, 2021 and will once again be screened on-line through Zoom. Nordic Nights is the popular movie screening program run jointly by the ICCT, the Consulate of Finland and the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University. Typically there are six screenings held […]