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Hurrah to Norway’s independence

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The 100th anniversary of Norway’s independence and the end of its forced union with Sweden will be celebrated at the Sture cinema and at the Film archive in Stockholm between April 1-7, with a selection of classics and new Norwegian films.

Co-organized by the Norwegian Embassy, the Nowegian Film Institute, Norge 2005, Swedish distributor Triangelfilm, the Sture Cinema (part of Europa Cinema network) and the Swedish Film Institute, the Norwegian mini-festival at the Sture includes the screening of nine feature films such as Erik Poppe’s Hawaii, Oslo [+see also:
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, Mona J.Hoel’s Chlorox, Ammonia And Coffee (Salto, Salmiakk og kaffe), and Aksel Hennie’s Uno seven short films as well as two panel discussions. The first on 2 April entitled 'So similar yet so different', will give Norwegian directors Mona J.Hoel, Erik Poppe, Sigve Endresen, their Swedish counterparts Kristian Petri, Kjell-Åke Andersson and Swedish producer Anita Oxburg an opportunity to discuss the cultural differences between the two neighboring nations and why Swedish people are reluctant to see Norwegian films (Uno and Hawaii,Oslo havo no distribution deal in Sweden yet).
On 5 April, Vigdis Lian, Head of the Norwegian Film Institute will be discussing the use of digital technology to download films from their archives on domestic computer screens and to show films on Norwegian’s big screens.

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The showcase of Norwegian classics at Stockholm’s film archive will include seven feature films from Edith Calmar’s 1949 film noir Love will Be Your Death (Døden er et kjaertegn) to Bent Hamer’s 1995 award-winning film Eggs.

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