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Paradise is Burning
In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura, Mira and Steffi get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But when social services call a meeting, Laura has to find someone to impersonate their mom, or the girls will be taken into foster care and separated. Laura keeps the threat a secret, so as not to worry her younger sisters. But as the moment of truth draws closer, new tensions arise, forcing the three sisters to negotiate the fine line between the euphoria of total freedom and the harsh realities of growing up. Best Director, Best Screenplay – Venice Film festival – 2023
The Girl with the Needle
Copenhagen 1919. A young working-class woman finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong bond is formed, but her world collapses when she discovers the truth. Official Selection – Oscars – 2025Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival – 2024Official Selection – TIFF – 2024
The Promised Land
With Mads Mikkelsen In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal: to build a colony in the name of the King. In exchange, he’ll receive a desperately desired Royal name for himself. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless Frederik...
Godland, la terre divine
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality. Official Selection / Un certain regard – Cannes Film Festival –...
Best of Annecy | Films d’animation | Partie 2
Best of Annecy 2023 program combines a selection of shorts, mainly winning films from the latest Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy. In the program:– Mano, by Toke Ringmann Madsen– Drijf, by Levi Stoops– Havnesjefen, by Mia L. Henriksen and Konrad Hjemli– 27, by Flóra Anna Buda*– Clavel gris, by l’école de l’image GOBELINS Countries of production: Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Norway 13 years and older. * Featured Picture
Le Bleu du caftan
Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly Mina realises how much her husband is moved by his presence. Official Selection – Un certain regard – Cannes Festival – 2022Official Selection – Toronto International Film Festival – 2022
Les nuits de Mashhad
13 and over Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the ‘Spider Killer’ Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001 Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival – 2022Nominee, Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival – 2022Best Film – Stockholm Film Festival – 2022
Best of Annecy 2022 | Films d’animation | Sélection 1
Best of Annecy 2022 program combines a selection of shorts, mainly winning films from the latest Festival with two tailor-made opening sequences by second year students from the GOBELINS, l’école de l’image. In the program: Watch closely, from the Gobelins image schoolPersona, by Sujin Moon (South Korea, 2022) – 6 min*Terra incognita, by Pernille M....
Wildland
World Premiere – Berlin Film Festival – Panorama Section With Sidse Babett Knudsen Winter. The Danish countryside around an old industrialized farming town. A flat and windswept landscape. Frosty fields, naked trees and open sky. Everything seems far away. Authorities. Opportunities. Help. This town is abandoned, businesses are closing and houses are left empty. Out here, you’re on your own.? Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life. When an unforeseen murder pressures the family and their loyalty to each other, tension builds as love and violence become impossible to separate.? Ida is faced with the same question her mother faced before her; What are you willing to sacrifice for your family?
Alcootest
Meilleur film étranger – OscarsMeilleur film étranger – CésarSelection – Festival de CannesSelection – TIFF There’s a theory that we should be born with a small amount of alcohol in our blood, and that modest inebriation opens our minds to the world around us, diminishing our problems and increasing our creativity. Heartened by that theory, Martin and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday. If Churchill won WW2 in a heavy daze of alcohol, who knows what a few drops might do for them and their students? Initial results are positive, and the teachers’ little project turns into a genuine academic study. Both their classes and their results continue to improve, and the group feels alive again! As the units are knocked back, some of the participants see further improvement and others go off the rails. It becomes increasingly clear that while alcohol may have fueled great results in world history, some bold acts carry consequences.