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Monday 11th September 2023, 7.45pm
BERGMAN ISLAND
Mia Hansen-Løve, Sweden, 2021 (1h 53m)
Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth) are filmmakers hoping to find inspiration for their screenplays on a summer retreat on Fårö. The island is also host to a friend’s wedding for Amy (Mia Wasikowska) and Joseph (Anders Danielsen Lie). As the summer passes, the shadow of Bergman distorts reality for the islanders with unexpected consequences.
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Monday 16th October 2023, 7.45pm
Welcome drinks reception, 7.15pm
BIRKEBEINERNE (THE LAST KING)
Nils Gaup, Norway, 2016 (1h 39m)
Håkon Håkonsson – a future king born out of wedlock – is in danger after his father’s assassination. Despite the numerous dangers, a group of those loyal to the future king, transport him across the country to the capital so that he can take up his rightful inheritance. Nils Guap has created a thrilling cinematic ride against the background of a breathtaking Norwegian landscape.
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Monday 13th November 2022, 7.45pm
ARCTIC
Joe Penna, Denmark, 2018 (1h 38m)
Overgård (Mads Mikkelsen) is a resourceful supply pilot who crash lands in the vast and forbidding Arctic icescape. He must utilise all his ingenuity and skills to stay alive in one of the most hostile environments on the planet. Able to fish, construct shelter and devise a distress beacon, there is nothing he can’t do to stay alive. However, he cannot control time.
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Monday 11th December 2022, 7.45pm
Finnish celebration
NAPAPIIRIN SANKARIT 2 (LAPLAND ODYSSEY 2)
Teppo Airaksinen, Finland, 2015 (1h 27m)
The lives of Janne (Jussi Vatanen) and Inari (Pamela Tola) revolve around their beautiful young daughter Lumi. One evening Inari and her friends decide to go on a night out, leaving the men to babysit. However, Janne and his best mate Räihänen (Timo Lavikainen) refuse to be tied down and instead sneak to a wedding party with hilarious results.
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Monday 8th January 2024, 7.45pm
FÖL STJARNA (PALE STAR)
Graeme Maley, Iceland, 2016 (1h 18m)
Tourist Molly (Isabelle Joss) is helped by local Sólveig (Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir), to escape her
abusive husband Kurt (Iain Robertson), leaving him locked in their caravan. However, Kurt escapes and is picked up by Solveig's lover Ari (Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson) who ends up taking him to Sólveig’s nearby house where secrets are revealed.
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Monday 12th February 2024, 7.45pm
Classic film b/w
GYCKLARNAS AFTON (SAWDUST AND TINSEL)
Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1953 (1h 33m)
The story is of the charged relationship at the turn of the 20th century between circus owner and ringmaster Albert (Åke Grönberg), his estranged wife and his younger mistress Anne (Harriet Andersson), a horseback rider in his travelling show. This first film by Ingmar Bergman features standout performances by the actors and dreamlike detours both physical and spiritual.
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Monday 11th March 2024, 7.45pm
FLASKEPOST FRA P (A CONSPIRACY OF FAITH)
Hans Petter Moland, Denmark, 2016 (1h 52m)
Based on the Department Q crime novel series by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, Detective Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his assistant Assad (Fares Fares) are led to investigate a series of child abductions from religious communities throughout Denmark. The majority of these abductions have not been reported for some reason, and some of them are suspected to have ended in murder.
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Monday 15th April 2024, 7.45pm
2 YÖTÄ AAMUUN (2 NIGHTS TILL MORNING)
Mikko Kuparinen, Finland, 2015 (1h 24m)
Two strangers from different parts of Europe meet in a bar and spend the night together before parting ways in the morning. When an ash cloud grounds all flights, the pair find themselves forced back together and having to deal with the previous night. As the flight ban is lifted the following morning, both will depart with a changed perspective on life but will they be heading for the same plane?
SYK PIKE (SICK OF MYSELF)
Kristoffer Borgli, Norway, 2022 (1h 35m)
Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) is increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend Thomas (Eirik Sæther) and his recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist who creates sculptures from stolen furniture. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo’s cultural elite by creating a new persona.