Scandinavian Film Festival 2016

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Best of

(in original language with Hungarian subtitles)

A KOMMUNA | KOLLEKTIVET (Danish drama, 2016, 112 min, with Hungarian subtitles)

FÁCÁNGYILKOSOK YILKOSOK | FASANDRÆBERNE NE (D (Danish thriller, 2014 2014, 105 min, i with i hH Hungarian i subtitles) bil )

NYOMTALANUL NY NYOM OMTA T LANUL | KV K KVINDEN INDE D N I BURET (D (Danish Da D thriller, h ill 2013 2013, 3 105 105 min min, i with i hH Hungarian i n subtitle subtitles) bil

PALACKPOSTA | FLASKEPOST FRA P (Da-

Screenings Art+ Cinema

nish-Swedish-Norwegian thriller, 2016, 112 min, with Hungarian subtitles) NICE PEOPLE (I)

Lugosi Terem

Kertész Terem

27.10.16 Thursday 15:00

GARDEN LOVERS * + ANIMALS I KILLED LAST SUMMER I AM YOURS (I) + THE DEVIL’S BALLROOM

16:00 17:30

THE IDEALIST *

18:30

THE SUNFISH *

20:00

GOOD THINGS AWAIT

21:00 28.10.16 Friday

Kertész Terem, Saturday, 13:30

Director: Thomas Vinterberg, Cinematography: Jesper Tøffner, Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares, Julie Agnete Vang, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Martha Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen

A story about the clash between personal desires vs. solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 70’s. Berlin International Film Festival 2016, Silver Berlin Bear, Best Actress, Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear | Chicago International Film Festival 2016, Nominated for Gold Hugo, Best Feature

Kertész Terem, Saturday, 21:00

Director: Mikkel Nørgaard, Cinematography: Eric Kress, Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk

The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point. Robert Festival 2015, Audience Award, Best Supporting Actor

HÉTKÖZNAPI TITKAINK |LOUDER THAN BOMBS (Norwegian drama, 2015, 105 min, with

Hungarian subtitles)

AZ EMBER, AKIT OVÉNAK HÍVNAK | EN MAN SOM HETER OVE (Swedish drama, 2015,112

Kertész Terem, Sunday, 13:30

Director: Joachim Trier, Cinematography: Jakob Ihre, Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Amy Ryan Director: Hannes Holm, Cinematography: Göran Hallberg, Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Madeleine Jacobsson, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife’s grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbours. Seattle International Film Festival, 2016 Best Actor, Golden Space Needle Award | The Guldbagge Award , 2016, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Audience Award, Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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Director: Mikkel Nørgaard, Cinematography: Eric Kress, Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby

Chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard’s disappearance - a journey that takes them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia.

Kertész Terem, Sunday, 21:00

An upcoming exhibition celebrating renowned photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death brings her eldest son back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father and withdrawn younger brother than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, the father Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the wife and mother they remember so differently. Riga International Film Festival, 2015, Jury Award | Stockholm International Film Festival, 2015, The Bronze Horse | Kanon Award for Best Director, 2016 | Cannes International Film Festival, 2015, Nomination

TOTALLY TRUE LOVE + TO OPEN. TO SEE THE GIRL KING *

Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present, will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.

NYOMTALANUL

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016, Nominated to Audience Award and Best International Feature Film

Bodil Awards 2014, Henning Bahs Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014, Nominated for Best Narrative Feature

15:00

VISKAN MIRACLES

Director: Hans Petter Moland, Cinematography: John Andreas Andersen, Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Ulrik Lohmann

16:00 17:30

A BALLOON FOR ALLAH (I) + SIBLINGS ARE FOREVER WARRIORS FROM THE NORTH (I) + SEVEN BOATS

18:30 20:00 21:00 29.10.16 Saturday 10:00

THE SUNFISH * AZ EMBER, AKIT OVÉNAK HÍVNAK

11:00

TRESPASSING BERGMAN

12:30

A KOMMUNA

13:30

GARDEN LOVERS * + ANIMALS I KILLED LAST SUMMER

15:00

GOOD THINGS AWAIT

Opening of the Scandinavian Film Festivál

min, with Hungarian subtitles)

Kertész Terem, Saturday, 11:00

Kertész Terem, Friday, 21:00

26.10. 19.30 ANKER’T BAR

(1061 Budapest, Paulay Ede utca 33.)

Opening film: TRESPASSING BERGMAN

Scandinavian Film Festivál

16:00

UNDERDOG * (I)

17:30

INTEGRATION IN A SCANDINAVIAN WAY – discussion

19:10

NICE PEOPLE (I)

18:30

I AM YOURS (I) + THE DEVIL’S BALLROOM

20:30

FÁCÁNGYILKOSOK

21:00 30.10.16 Sunday

A BALLOON FOR ALLAH (I) + SIBLINGS ARE FOREVER

10:00

TOTALLY TRUE LOVE + TO OPEN. TO SEE

11:00

THE GIRLKING *

12:30

LOUDER THAN BOMBS

13:30

TRESPASSING BERGMAN

15:00

WARRIORS FROM THE NORTH (I) + SEVEN BOATS THE IDEALIST *

16:00 17:30

UNDERDOG * (I)

18:30

VISKAN MIRACLES

20:00

PALACKPOSTA

21:00

26–30.10. 2016. Art+ Cinema

(1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39.)

* Accompanying film: STOP BLAMING THE ICEBERG

Ticket | Kertész Terem: 600 Ft | Lugosi Terem: 900 Ft

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Feature films I AM YOURS (I) (Norwegian drama, 2013, 96 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality. Montréal World Film Festival 2015, Best Actress, Most Popular Canadian Feature Film | Valladolid International Film Festival 2015, Nominated for Best Film

THE IDEALIST * (Danish thriller, 114 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

Kesse is a third generation fisherman who lives in a small and windblown town in northern Jutland. Times are changing and new fishery policies are pressuring the local fishermen. As a result Kesse is desperately struggling to keep his heads above water. He is forced to find more notorious ways of making ends meet, which in turn leads him to meet the marine biologist Gerd. Despite obvious differences, they fall head over heels in love and Kesse is suddenly faced with the difficult choice of whether to continue fighting for the life he knows so well, or to start anew. Bodil Awards 2015, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor

Lugosi Terem, Thursday, 17:30, Saturday, 20:30

TOTALLY TRUE LOVE (Norwegian family comedy, 2011, 83 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

Director: Iram Haq, Cinematography: Marek Septimus Wieser, Cecilie Semec, Cast: Amrita Acharia, Ola Rapace

Mina is a young single mother living in Oslo with her 6-year-old son Felix. She is an Norwegian Pakistani with a troublesome relationship with her family. Mina is constantly looking for love, however none of the relationships bears any hope of lasting very long. So when Mina meets Jesper, a Swedish film director, she falls head-over-heels in love. Nordic Film Days Lübeck, 2013, NDR Prize (Main Award)

+ THE DEVIL’S BALLROOM (Norwegian short drama, 2012, 15.30 min, with English subtitles) Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, Cinematography: Janne Lindgren, Cast: Svein Harry Schöttker Hauge

Along his strenuous journey to the North Pole, a chance encounter forces a fearless explorer to make an impossible decision. Palm Springs International ShortsFest, 2012, Best Live Action Short 15 minutes and under | Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2012, Best Director - First Prize

THE GIRL KING * (Swedish- Finnish- German

biographical drama, 2015, 102 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

Kertész Terem, Thursday, 18:30 Lugosi Terem, Sunday, 17:30

Director: Christina Rosendahl, Cinematography: Laust Trier-Mørk, Cast: Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling, Thomas Bo Larsen, Arly Jover

January 21, 1968 an American B- 52 bomber carrying nuclear warheads has just crashed on the polar ice near the US military Air Base in Danish controlled Thule, Greenland. Responsible governments proclaim the situation being under control. No cause for concern in relation to radioactive contamination or violation of foreign power’s sovereignty, nuclear policy. The case is closed. 18 years later reporter Poul Brink, suddenly runs into suspicious circumstance linking back to the 68’ nuclear accident. The ambitious reporter launches an uncompromising investigation... Torino Film Festival 2015, Gandhi’s Glasses Award - Special Mention | Beijing International Film Festival 2016, Best Director

THE SUNFISH * (Danish drama, 2013, 100 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

Lugosi Terem, Friday, 15:00 Kertész Terem, Sunday, 11:00

Director: Anne Sewitsky, Cinematography: Anna Myking, Cast: Maria Annette Tanderød Berglyd, Otto Garli, Aurora Bach Rodal

Nine-year-old Anne falls in love with the new boy in her class, Jorgen. But so does Ellen, the prettiest girl in school. However, against all odds Anne has made up her mind: she wants him.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki, Cinematography: Guy Dufaux, Cast: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist

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Director: Søren Balle, Cinematography: Martin Munch, Cast: Henrik Birch, Susanne Storm, Lars Topp Thomsen, Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Mikkel Vadsholt

A BALLOON FOR ALLAH (I) (Norwegian docu-

mentary film, 2011, 58 min, with English subtitles)

Lugosi Terem, Saturday, 17:30 Kertész Terem, Sunday, 18:30

Director: Ronnie Sandahl, Cinematography: Ita Zbroniec-Zajt, Cast: Bianca Kronlöf, Henrik Rafaelsen, Mona Kristiansen

Dino, a young Swedish girl has fled the Swedish mass unemployment for a new life in Oslo. But like many other young immigrant Swedes she finds herself out casted and surviving on little money, irregular work and hard partying. When she lands work as a housekeeper in an upper middle-class Norwegian house she is thrown into a life very far from her own. And during a few summer weeks, the family father Steffen and his teenage daughter Ida find themselves competing in a way nobody could have predicted. Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs, 2014: Best Actress | Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, 2014, The Baltic Film Award for Best Nordic Feature | Chicago Film Festival, 2014, Golden Hugo, New Directors Competition | Zürich Film Festival, 2014, Critics’ Choice Award

VISKAN MIRACLES (Swedish feature film, 2015, 106 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

Director: Camilla Figenschou, Cinematography: Marte Vold, Cast: Ihne Lysvold, Anna Katharina Paus Haukeland, Sara Kaspersen

+ ANIMALS I KILLED LAST SUMMER (Swedish short film, 2012, 15 min, with English subtitles) Director, Cinematography: Gustav Danielsson, Cast: Sebastian Ylvenius, Anton Samuelsson Forsdik

A young boy kills small animals and his father can’t handle it. A handful of small animals are killed, and in the end even the father gets blood on his hands. A macabre, comical story of a moral dilemma with no easy answers.

beria 2014. The team lives and trains in Borlänge, Sweden and is coached by legendary, former bandy player Per Fosshaug and Cia Embretsen.

Lugosi Terem, Friday, 20:00 Kertész Terem, Sunday, 16:00

Director: Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah, Cinematography: Henrik Bohn Ipsen

Kertész Terem, Friday, 18:30 Lugosi Terem, Sunday, 10:00

Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Cinematography: Nils Petter Lotherington

Kertész Terem, Friday, 18:30 Lugosi Terem, Sunday, 10:00

Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise decides to send a balloon letter to Allah in order to change the role of women in the Muslim culture. Following her grandmother’s Sufi path, she goes on a quest to find grandma’s Islam. She experiences the diversity of Cairo, Istanbul and Oslo by meeting Nawal El Saadawi, Gamal Al Banna and Asma Barlas. As she strolls through this maze, the link between the three Abrahamic religions and the oppression of women becomes clear to her.

Director, Cinematography: Frode Fimland

Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2011: International Ambassador Award

GARDEN LOVERS * (Finnish documentary, 2014, 73 min, with English subtitles)

Director: Phie Ambo, Cinematography: Phie Ambo, Maggie Olkuska

Niels the Farmer provides some of the best restaurants in the world with fresh ingredients, grown in strict accordance to the lunar calendar and in harmony with the universe. But Niels’ life is beset with problems: his farm is governed by rules and authorities who do not care about Niels’ biodynamic principles. And worst of all, Niels is nearing the end of his life and has no successor to take over his dream.

cumentary film, 2014, 59 min, with English subtitles)

SIBLINGS ARE FOREVER (Norwegian documentary film, 2013, 75 min, with English subtitles)

2014, 98 min, with English subtitles)

Kertész Terem, Thursday, 21:00, Saturday, 16:00

WARRIORS FROM THE NORTH (I) (Danish do-

Budapest International Documentary Festival 2016, Audience Award | Hamburg Film Festival 2015, Audience Award

GOOD THINGS AWAIT (Danish documentary,

Siblings are Forever is a warm and poetic documentary about a brother-and-sister couple, Magnar (73) and Oddny (70) who live like many Norwegians did 50 years ago. Far from wealthy but close to the nature surrounding them. BIFF - Bergen International Film Festival, 2013: Audience Award | Film Festival della Lessinia, 2014, Lessinia d’oro, Audience Award

TRESPASSING BERGMAN (Swedish documentary, 107 min, with English subtitles)

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2015, Best Documentary

Warriors from the North is a relevant, agenda setting film about the radicalization of young people. The film tells the story of a group of young Somali men who want to join the Islamic fundamentalist terror organization, Al-Shabab, to become suicide bombers in Somalia. The film examines why young men in their early twenties decide to head towards this horrifying destiny. Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2015, Best Mid-Length Documentary

+ SEVEN BOATS (Danish short film, 2014, 8 min) Director: Hlynur Pálmason, Cinematography: Maria Von Hausswolff, Cast: Einar Örn Thorlacius

We are out in the open sea. A man is in the ocean fighting for his life. He is surrounded by seven boats. There is no darkness but ignorance.

--------------------------------------------------------------* Accompanying film:

NICE PEOPLE (I) (Swedish documentary, 2015,

STOP BLAMING THE ICEBERG (Norwegian

100 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

+ TO OPEN. TO SEE (Norwegian short film, 2012, 15 min, with English subtitles)

The Norwegian Short Film Festival, 2012, Terje Vigen Award

Lugosi Terem, Thursday, 20:00, Saturday, 10:00

Documentaries

National Film Award Amanda, 2011, Best Editing | Poznan International Young Audience Film 2011

A group of children is taken on a trip to a beach. While separated from adult supervision, they discover a stranded porpoise. It is dead. They open it up.

Lugosi Terem, Friday, 17:30, Sunday, 12:30

UNDERDOG * (I) (Swedish-Norwegian drama, 2014, 100 min, with English and Hungarian subtitles)

animation, 2012, 1 min) Director: Rune Eriksson Lugosi Terem, Saturday, 12:30, Sunday, 15:00

Kertész Terem, Friday, 16:00 Lugosi Terem, Sunday, 20:00

Director, Cinematography: John O. Olsson, Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Lia Boysen, Evelina Alexanderson

Bjarne and Malin live on the banks of the Ljungan. Bjarne’s father-in-law Halvar lives on the other side of the river. They never meet. The now 20-year-long conflict is based on class antagonisms, past words and inheritance issues. One unlucky day, Malin crosses the river to persuade Halvar to guarantee a loan Bjarne wants to take out.

Director: Jane Magnusson, Cinematography: Jonas Rudström

Kertész Terem, Thursday, 16:00 Lugosi Terem, Saturday, 15:00

Director: Virpi Suutari, Cinematography: Heikki Färm

The humorous film is a declaration of love to beauty and healing power of their gardens. Beautiful and magical pictures flow into their relationships, conflicts and joys. The garden depicts the many ways in which life can flourish; it gives strength and unites, but it also becomes a meeting place for farewells. Jussi-award 2014, The Best Documentary Film | The Best Music Seattle International Film Festival 2014, Documentary Special Jury Award | PRIX Europa, 2015, Nomination

Lugosi Terem, Thursday, 15:00 Kertész Terem, Saturday, 18:30

Director: Karin af Klintberg, Anders Helgeson, Cinematography: Erik Vallsten

Following the first ever Somali bandy team in their struggle to reach the World Championship in Si-

Hynek

Pallas,

Ingmar Bergman’s home on Fårö Island occupies something of a mythical status among filmmakers. In Trespassing Bergman some of the world’s leading directors and actors, several on site at Hammars, talk about their relationship with the demon director and his films.

A new theory emerges 100 years after the Titanic disaster.

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INTEGRATION IN A SCANDINAVIAN WAY Discussion about the challenges in everyday life (in Hungarian). The films related to integration are marked with (I).

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