Nordic Lights Film Festival Minneapolis
NORDIC LIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL – TWIN CITIES BACK FOR ITS THIRD YEAR
Seven days of film screenings will shine a light on modern Nordic culture
MINNEAPOLIS (January, 18 2012) ― We are
pleased to present the third annual Nordic
Lights Film Festival – Twin Cities, in collaboration with The Film Society
of Minneapolis St. Paul. Showing on Screen #3 at St. Anthony Main Theater in
Minneapolis February 3 – 9, 2012, the festival will once again include a
variety of feature-length and short films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway, Sweden, and for the first time Greenland!
“We're
excited to be bringing our festival to The Film Society,” says Kari Lie,
director of the festival. “This partnership will help us accommodate the
continued growth we've seen year to year.”
Among the films to be screened at this
year’s festival are (*indicates preview DVD available):
- Danish-Swedish drama, In a Better World, which won the 2011
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Foreign Language
Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
- Iceland’s Future of Hope*, a character driven documentary following individuals after the breakdown of
Icelandic economy in 2008. A panel discussion will follow the screening.
-
Also
from Iceland, Summerland, an art-house comedy about an ordinary family running
the unusual business of elf tourism and spiritual sessions.
- Norway’s King of Devil’s Island*, based on true events in 1915 on Bastøy Island, about a
correctional facility for juveniles, at which a group of headstrong inmates
revolt against the inhuman conditions imposed by the facility’s leadership.
- Finland’s ever popular Moomins in their most recent
adventure: Moomin and the Comet Chase*.
- From Finland, Princess*, a light-hearted narrative
based on a true story, concerning the most famous patient of Kellokoski
Psychiatric Hospital, Anna Lappalainen.
- From
Sweden, The Regretters*, a feature documentary about two men in their 60s who
meet for the first time and discuss their respective sex changes, and
subsequent reversals.
- Greenland’s Inuk,
a story of the shifts in indigenous society and culture due to global
warming.
- Nordic
Shorts,
always our most popular screening, a cinematic adventure through the
Nordic comedy and drama.
Visit
www.mspfilmsociety.org or www.nordiclightsfilmfestival.org
to follow all the updates on the festival as they develop, including the full
schedule of films and information about tickets.
The Nordic
Lights Film Festival – Twin Cities is a program of the Twin Cities
Associates of the American Scandinavian Foundation and is part of a series of
Nordic Film Festivals taking place throughout the U.S. Visit www.nordiclightsfilmfestival.org
for more information.
The Film Society of Minneapolis St.
Paul presents the very best of national
and international independent cinema on Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main
Theatre, 115 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Visit: www.mspfilmsociety.org
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For more
info on the Festival, contact Karin Krull at 952-221-5576, karin@nordiclightsfilmfestival.org
For
screeners, contact Jesse Bishop at 612.331.7563, jesse@mspfilmsociety.org
