Rome hosts the third edition of the Nordic Film Fest
- From Wednesday, April 9, five days dedicated to great Nordic cinema with films presented in their Italian or global premieres, with a new space dedicated to children. Premiere of Swedish film The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared
From Wednesday 9-13 April at Rome’s Casa del Cinema, the Nordic Film Fest will take place, curated by the four Nordic embassies in collaboration with Rome’s Scandinavian circle.
This year’s edition will follow three main themes: adventure, love and memory. For the first time, there will be an organised morning of films for children, as well as a series of “Visual Filmmaking/Video Art” and documentary screenings. “North Meets South”, a round table of Nordic and Italian producers, will take place again.
This year is the anniversary of the great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who died in Italy in 2002. The Nordic Film Fest 2014 will dedicate its inaugural screening to the spectacular Norwegian film Kon-Tiki [+see also:
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Norwegian director Mikkel Brænne Sandemose will introduce adventure film Ragnarok [+see also:
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On Friday, Swedish producer Fredrik Wikström Nicastro will introduce his action film also destined for an international audience, Easy Money-Life Deluxe by Jens Jonsson,the third episode based on the Stockholm Noir trilogy by Swedish writer and lawyer Jens Lapidus.
On Saturday, April 12, Finnish director Simo Halinen will introduce the screening of a film, winner at the “Jussi Awards” (the Finnish Oscars), Open Up To Me [+see also:
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Swedish actress Lia Boysen will present The Last Sentence [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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