Nordic Nights – “Reykjavík”

Ryerson - Image Arts Building Rm 307 122 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NORDIC NIGHTS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27 “REYKJAVÍK” A bittersweet romantic drama about a thirty-something Reykjavík couple heading in different directions. Writer/Director: Ásgrímur Sverrisson; Starring: Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Nanna Kristín Magnusdóttir, Gudmundur Thorvaldsson Watch the Trailer here. Free but donations gratefully received. Hosted by the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto and Ryerson University School of Image Arts. […]

Free

7th Annual Breakthroughs Film Festival

The Royal Cinema 608 College St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

7th annual Breakthroughs Film Festival The only festival in Canada devoted exclusively to short films directed by emerging women directors. Breakthroughs Film Festival showcases films from any and every genre made by talented artists breaking through into the Canadian and worldwide film scene. @breakthroughsff  #breakthroughsff   June 15 & 16, 2017 - The Royal Cinema – 608 […]

$12 – $20

Nordic Nights Movie Series: Children of Nature

Ryerson - Image Arts Building Rm 307 122 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Nordic Nights Movie Screening: The Seer & the Unseen

Ryerson - Image Arts Building Rm 307 122 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 “Beowulf & Grendel”

On line

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 […]