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WHO ARE YOU, MAMMA MOO?
Mamma Moo wants to make her own Moo-sical but accidently makes a mess of things and Little Brother’s beloved teddy bear goes missing. After an undercover operation, it turns out that the farm dog is the one who has Little Brother’s teddy and it has become really dirty. Despite efforts to repair the teddy, they are forced to face facts that it can never be restored to its old self. Of course they want to return it to Little Brother, but can you even say that it’s the same teddy bear when it looks so different? |
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VICTORIA MUST GO
Two young and wealthy siblings, Hedvig and Henrik, decide to hire a hitman to get rid of their annoying stepmother, Victoria. To solve their problem, the children approach Carl, an immigrant from Bosnia. He refuses to help them, because he is a law-abiding citizen. That is until he finds himself and his family in a difficult financial situation. |
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ANIMAL TALES OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC
Enchanting stories unfold in Animal Tales of Christmas Magic where festive wonders come to life. Delve into these heartwarming and modern tales as animals embark on spellbinding journeys from France to Japan to the Far North and its northern lights, spreading joy and generosity. Each story is a whimsical adventure filled with charm, laughter, and the beauty of the winter season. Let the poetry captivate your heart and transport you to a world where Christmas magic knows no bounds. |
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LARS IS LOL
When Amanda returns to school after the summer break, she's tasked with something she considers a social disaster: She’s assigned to be the special buddy for the new boy in class, Lars, who has Down syndrome. Amanda dreads standing out and fears Lars might embarrass her, especially in front of her crush, Adam. Unexpectedly, Amanda and Lars form a strong friendship, where Amanda feels she can be herself. However, in school, she keeps their friendship a secret, leading a double life that ultimately leads her to betray both Lars and herself, in her struggles to fit in. |
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THE EMPIRE
The Opal Coast, northern France. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village, something finally happens: a special baby is born. A child so unique and peculiar that it unleashes a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil. |
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WOW! MESSAGE FROM SPACE
(Director Felix Binder;
2023)
Annabell („Billie“,11) and Dino (11) are sure: they have received signals from aliens! No one believes them. During a visit to the ESA spaceport, they are accidentally shot into space, where they go in search of the aliens – a breathtaking adventure begins! WOW! MESSAGE FROM OUTER SPACE is based on an original screenplay by Marc Meyer, which tells a production-lavish and breathtaking children’s adventure set in space – produced by the prestigious producers of the famous box-office hits and audience favourites „Windstorm“, „Young Winnetou and the Lost Buffalos”, “The Famous Five”, „The Wild Soccer Bunch“. |
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LOVEABLE
(Director Lilja Ingolfsdottir;
2024)
Maria must come to terms with herself when her husband says that he wants a divorce. An interpersonal film about a break-up, but also a woman´s opportunity for self-knowledge, growth and having to deal with unconscious and dysfunctional patterns in herself. |
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THE GLORY OF LIFE
(Directors Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas;
2024)
Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. He has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. But the worldly wise Dora Diamant accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. The two meet in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. Together they go to Berlin and, when Franz's health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. Barely a year after they meet, he dies. The memory of their time together will shape Dora for the rest of her life. |
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GRAND FINALE
(Director Sigurjón Kjartansson;
2024)
A chamber orchestra is working out of a rundown theatre in Reykjavik. Financial hardship places a great strain on the band and the lead violinist, Sigrun. The annual grant from the city is coming to an end so the band hires a world renowned cellist in order to save the band. The media goes wild and money starts to flow to the band again. Too bad the cellist is not a very nice person – he is quite the assgrabber and a two faced cheater. Too late to fire the star and the grand concert that will save the band is about to begin when the cellist chokes to death – 15 minutes before the concert. The band decides to risk it all and play the concert with a dead solo artist – not really thinking about how to end such a macabre show. |
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ETERNAL
(Director Ulaa Salim;
2024)
Young climate change scientist, Elias falls in love with an aspiring singer, Anita. But when an opportunity arises for him to join a mission researching a dangerous climate change phenomenon – a mysterious fracture on the ocean floor – he chooses career over love. Years later, during his mission, he experiences a vision of what his life could have been like if he made a different choice and his new obsession becomes to get his old life and love back. |
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ME, CAPTAIN
(Director Matteo Garrone;
2023)
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. |
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DEATH IS A PROBLEM FOR THE LIVING
(Director Teemu Nikki;
2023)
One man is declared medically brainless; his new friend, a hearse driver, is a gambling addict. Broken and ridiculed, the two men forge a team to dispose of dead bodies, for a fee, until they put their own lives on the line. A film about an unlikely friendship that will amuse or hurt, sometimes both, but always captivate… and help us see in some of the darker corners of life. |
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STORMSKERRY MAJA
(Director Tiina Lymi;
2024)
When Maja is married to the humble fisherman Janne, they begin their family life on the remote island of Stormskerry, a place where survival is an unyielding challenge. Amidst the hardships of their isolated existence, Maja's awakening to her own potential is kindled through the love of Janne and her children. Her journey becomes a forge of resilience where she discovers a love that transcends the boundaries of life and death. |
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HANDLING THE UNDEAD
(Director Thea Hvistendahl;
2024)
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother's reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in a desperate attempt to get his daughter out of her depression. Handling the Undead is a drama with elements of horror about three families, a story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can't comprehend or control. |
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ONE SUMMER (le temps d’un été)
(Director Louise Archambault;
2023)
Marc Côté has been a street chaplain and parish priest for over 25 years helping the poor and the homeless. He is exhausted from running his church, which serves as a refuge, and is stressed by the bills they can no longer pay. Marc must face the facts: he will have to close his church. Out of the blue, he inherits a property in the countryside and decides to take a group of homeless people who, like him, need a vacation. Le temps d'un été is a story woven of laughter, silence and tears... A feel-good story where sun and clouds meet and which will leave the audience with a delicious taste of hope. |
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IF ONLY SHE KNEW
(Director Jamel Aattache;
2022)
When Mia opens her own flower shop purely on intuition she ends up literally meeting the man of her dreams. 35-year-old Mia wants to turn her life around. She has a desire to have a family but does not see that happening in the near future. In a dream, she sees herself living a different life, running her own flower shop, surrounded by friends, with the love of her life and their child. Following her intuition, she starts the adventure of opening her flower shop, with the help of Viola – surprisingly like she dreamed of. Now, only her prince is missing to complete the picture. Thanks to her flawless intuition, she always knows which flowers suit which customer, sometimes before they even ask, and her business becomes a success. Her special gift allows her to help people. She soon meets the owner of the food truck across the street, the firey Feo. Mia is convinced he is her dream man and they must be together. A romance ensues. But Mia also meets her landlord, the much more reserved Axel, who is in love with her. She is torn between the two men. When Feo spontaneously takes her to Paris, this seems to confirm their love, but he doesn’t want to commit. Slowly it starts to gnaw at her. Is it Feo or is it Axel? Axel is fascinated by her special gift, which Feo has more and more trouble with. Will her gift ultimately help her choose? |
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NELLY RAPP - THE SECRET OF THE BLACK FOREST
(Director Johan Rosell;
2023)
Nelly Rapp is not an ordinary agent, she is a monster agent! An agent who protects humans from monsters and monsters from humans. A talent she inherited from her late mother. Nelly and her father Lennart is visiting Uncle Hannibal, who is also a monster agent. The only problem is that Lennart has invited his new girlfriend Leila and her son Valle. Could the vacation get any more boring? But once when she arrives at Hannibal’s place, Nelly encounters an unsolved mystery. A mystery that takes her, her dog London and Valle on an exciting adventure deep into the Black Forest – a place full of creatures and werewolves – in search of a glimpse of hope to be able to contact those who have passed on. |
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TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT
(Director Filip Pošivač;
2023)
Eleven-year-old Tony has a unique feature he was born with - he glows. He spends his days at home in his blanket bunker and dreams about having a friend. Before Christmas, a peculiar girl named Shelly moves into his house and turns his world upside down. Together, they embark on an adventurous search for the origin of the mysterious tufts of darkness which suck the sunshine out of their house. |
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TOGETHER 99
(Director Lukas Moodysson;
2023)
TOGETHER 99 tells the story of a group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called “Together”. Now it is 1999, 24 years later, and the collective has turned into the world’s smallest. The commune consists of only two people – Göran and Klasse. Feeling a bit lonely, the idea occurs of a reunion with their old friends… |
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BIRTHDAY GIRL
(Director Michael Noer;
2023)
BIRTHDAY GIRL is a suspense drama set on a cruise ship bound for the Caribbean. The 42-year-old Nanna has invited her daughter Cille and her best friend on a cruise to celebrate Cille's 18th birthday. The expectations are high, and they have big plans set for the days on board the cruise. But on the first evening, the dream vacation turns into a nightmare, and Nanna realizes that in order to get justice, she must take matters into her own hands. The feature is an intense suspense drama about a mother's persevering quest for justice. |
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KUNG FU LION
(Director Froukje Tan;
2023)
Will two rivals from different cultural and family backgrounds be able to execute a traditional lion performance that requires not only Kung Fu skills but mutual respect and perfect coordination? |
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LAST SUMMER
(Director Catherine Breillat;
2023)
Anne, a brilliant lawyer, lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight-year-old daughters, in a house on the heights of Paris. One day, Theo, 17, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. Anne is troubled by Theo and gradually engages in a passionate relationship with him, putting her career and family life in danger. |
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ON THE WANDERING PATHS
(Director Denis Imbert;
2023)
A celebrated writer with a penchant for extreme experiences and solo treks, Pierre is a survivor of his own life. He has always done everything on his terms, when it suited him and with whom he chose, but anytime constraints threatened his freedom, he did what he does best: run away. One drunken evening, he climbs the facade of a building and falls several stories. The accident leaves him deep in a coma. When he emerges from it, Pierre is barely able to stand. And against everyone's advice, he decides to hike all alone across France, from Provence to Mont Saint Michel, along forgotten trails through some of France’s roughest and most inhospitable and beautiful regions. Based on real events, this escape from the frantic world, is a story of fortitude, healing, resilience, and reconnection to nature and deep self. |
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LUCY WANTED
(Director Arek Gielnik;
2023)
Reliable sources claim 10-year-old Lucy - actually a quiet and lovable primary school student - is about to rob a bank in the pedestrian zone of Bietigheim-Bissingen. Her motive is easy to understand: The ice-cream machine from GLAETERIA FELICITÀ, Lucy's parents' shop, has broken down. Lucy needs money to buy a new one, in order to save the families ice cream parlor. A few weeks ago, Lucy wouldn't even have jaywalked. She was recently coached by the school's bad boy, Tristan, in how to be ruthless and bad. The operation, code-named "Lucyfer," covered various bad-guy disciplines such as stealing, lying, cheating, and bribing. Witnesses say the training was a total success: even Lucy's best friend Rima no longer recognizes her and is very worried, although there's absolutely no cause for concern. |
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FOREVER
(Director Frelle Petersen;
2022)
When Lily loses her brother, and Egon and Maren their son, the family is thrown into a deep crisis. Now the three of them need to find their way back to life and to reconstitute the family. FOREVER is a life-affirming family drama set in Southern Jutland, the southernmost corner of Denmark. |
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LET THE DANCE BEGIN
(Director Marina Seresesky;
2023)
30 years ago, Carlos and Margarita were the most famous tango couple in the world. Carlos now lives in Madrid, enjoying the second opportunity that life has given him, and Margarita lives in Buenos Aires immersed in solitude and oblivion. A sudden event will force the couple to reunite and to start a journey on the roads of Argentina, together with their longtime friend Pichuquito. A road-trip which will make them face their memories, their fears, but above all their true desires. |
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THE PROMISED LAND
(Director Nikolaj Arcel;
2023)
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 de Schinkel, arrogantly believes this land belongs to him. When de Schinkel learns that the maid Ann Barbara and her serve husband have escaped for refuge with Kahlen, the privileged and spiteful ruler swears revenge, doing everything in his power to drive the captain away. Kahlen will not be intimidated and takes up the unequal battle - not only risking his life, but also the family of outsiders that has formed around him. |
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JUST SUPER!
(Director Rasmus A. Sivertsen;
2022)
11-year-old gaming enthusiast Hedvig finds her life turned upside down when she is forced to replace her father as the town’s superhero much earlier than expected. But Hedvig is no superhero, and the challenges are far greater than her coaching father anticipated. He soon realizes focus must shift to his athletic nephew Adrian instead. Dejected and confused, Hedvig visits her demented grandmother. As she starts talking about the situation, the grandmother lights up, eagerly responding to her ramblings. An unlikely team emerges, and soon Hedvig is about to fulfill their family legacy without her father’s knowledge. |
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS:
THE MAGIC TIME MACHINE
(Director Christian Dyekjaer;
2022)
Lucia continues her studies at the Santa Claus School. At a pre-Christmas gathering, the schoolmaster, looking dumbfounded, throws a bombshell: Christmas is cancelled! With a bit of magic, a time travel machine and even some circus, Lucia and her friends will set out to save Christmas. |
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BLAGA’S LESSONS
(Director Stephan Komandarev;
2023)
When a retired, recently widowed teacher falls prey to a phone scam, she’s left robbed of her life savings and without any money for her late husband’s grave. Her life turns upside down when she realises that there’s no way of gaining her money back, up until she receives an alluring, yet suspicious offer for work. The tables turn as she takes matters into her own hands and cash begins rolling in, this time claiming her most prized attribute: Her values, as she slowly and surely transforms into the scammer herself. In this eerie suspense drama, Stephan Komandarev ("Directions" Un Certain Regard 2017) chronicles step by step the journey of a woman swirling into the vicious cycle of the dog-eat-dog reality outside her window. |
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COCO FARM
(Director Sébastien Gagné;
2023)
Max, a 12-year old entrepreneur, is forced to close his “business” and move to a rural area with his father. When Max discovers free run chickens in his cousin Charles’ abandoned barn, a new business idea is born. |
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DANCING QUEEN
(Director Aurora Gossé;
2023)
Mina gets her world turned upside down when the famous dancer ED Win moves to her town. She falls head over heels in love, and when he invites everyone to an audition for his new dance crew, Mina sees her chance and signs up. Intoxicated by love she throws herself into the excitement. But there is one essential thing she has forgotten: She can´t dance! |
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FOUR LITTLE ADULTS
(Director Selma Vilhunen;
2023)
Juulia is a successful Member of the Parliament with a seemingly perfect marriage with her priest husband Matias. But when Juulia finds out Matias has had a year-long affair with Enni, she collapses. To save her marriage, Juulia invites Enni to be a part of their lives, and they start a polyamorous relationship. When Juulia explores the new rules, she falls in love with young Miska, who seems to be the most mature of the quartet. There is a lot of love in the relationships among the four, but no matter how hard they try, challenges seem to remain. |
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CRICKET & ANTOINETTE
(Director Dino Krpan;
2023)
Here is a new take on the famous fairy tale first told by Aesop and then Jean de la Fontaine. Ket, a guitar playing cricket, leads a band to entertain the carefree bugs. Nearby lives Antoinette, heiress of the anthill where music is forbidden and only discipline and hard work are allowed. By accident they meet and an affection grows between them. The ant girl tries to warn the crickets of the upcoming winter, to no avail. When Antheodor, an over-ambitious ant, kidnaps Antoinette, it’s Ket and his friends who come to her rescue. |
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WHALE NATION
(Director Jean-Albert Lièvre;
2023)
A humpback whale is beached on a remote shore. During the fight to save its life, we will discover the story of these extraordinary creatures, denizens of the world’s oceans. Inspired by Heathcote Williams’ bestselling book, WHALE NATION takes us on a journey of discovery into the unexplored territories and barely known society of whales, with their remarkable abilities and incredibly rich and complex social lives. |
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THE GREAT SILENCE
(Director Katrine Brocks;
2022)
29-year-old Alma lives a quiet life in a contemporary Catholic convent and is preparing to take her perpetual vows as a nun when her brother Erik unexpectedly arrives after many years apart. Erik, a recovering alcoholic, wants his share of the inheritance from their late father. However, his presence quickly unearths a much deeper deceit between them – a terrible accident from their past, which Alma has desperately tried to suppress. With the ceremony impending, Alma is haunted by resurfacing trauma and all that was previously invisible is now written on the walls. |
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UNRULY
(Director Malou Reymann;
2022)
MAREN, a strong-minded young woman, is seen by authorities to be il-mannered and promiscuous. Concerned her unruly behavior will incite others, she is sent away to an women’s institution on the small island of Sprogø. Here she is to learn how to behave as a proper young woman. She must share a room with SØRINE who has already internalized the story about herself and has learned to behave properly. Sørine is to help Maren settle in Sprogø and help her change her behavior, but Maren’s refusal to comply with the system leads to terrible consequences for both. The film is inspired by actual events of the women’s institution of Sprogø in Denmark in the 1930’s. |
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RIDE ABOVE
(Director Christian Duguay;
2022)
A teenager is raised with horses at her parent's racehorse stable who has a deep exceptional bond with young horse. An accident threatens to bring racing careers to an end but they battle together to achieve victory. |
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THE CAKE DYNASTY
(Director Christian Lollike;
2022)
Faced with impending bankruptcy, cake factory owner Niels Agger decides to commit suicide. But his failure to get even this right only adds to his already depressive state. Wife Else tries to save the factory by asking daughter June, and son-in-law Jonny, for help. With their collective business school expertise they propose a comprehensive modernisation focusing on the production of healthy cakes. But Niels cannot cope with these new ideas and instead diverts his attention to falling in love with the factory's new cleaning lady, Zeinab. |
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KATAK, THE BRAVE BELUGA
(Directors Christine Dallaire-Dupont, Nicola Lemay;
2023)
The coming of age story of a young beluga named Katak. While his peers have all turned white, something expected at their age, Katak is late in his body development. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma, Katak departs on a perilous journey to the Great North. Along the way he encounters deadly beasts and makes unlikely friends. You do not have to be big to be brave. |
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TWO TICKETS TO GREECE
(Director Marc Fitoussi;
2023)
Recently divorced, Blandine is struggling to get back to her life. Her former best friend Magalie, loud and fearless, resurfaces and imposes herself on a trip they’ve always dreamed of as teenagers: Amorgos, the amazing location where The Big Blue was shot. When they reach their destination, they realize the dreamy holidays don’t go as they had planned since they have now a very different approach to holidays... and to life! |
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THE GRUMP: IN SEARCH OF AN ESCORT
(Director Mika Kaurismäki;
2022)
The Grump’s everyday life in the deepest of Finland rolls forward according to old routines. He’s busy working on his farm, but memories of his big brother Tarmo are bothering him. Tarmo moved to Germany decades ago, and the brothers haven’t been in touch, even though they were best friends when they were children. One day the Grump crashes his beloved Escort, and the car is taken to the junkyard. But the Grump is particular when it comes to cars; any old car won’t do. The nearest 1972 Escort is found in Germany. The Grump withdraws a suitcase full of money at the local bank and heads to Germany. The hardships start already on the Reeperbahn. The Grump is robbed and wakes up in a hospital with his brother Tarmo by his bed. The brothers, who later prove to be the total opposites of one another, go look for an Escort together and end up getting to know each other again in the process. Little by little, after a number of disagreements, the brothers start to understand each other better. They both have experienced losses in life, and now they don’t want to lose each other again. How far are they ready to go to achieve the thing that makes life worth living? The Grump: In Search of an Escort is a film about healing decades-old wounds. It’s a story about reconciliation and forgiveness. |
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FATHERS AND MOTHERS
(Director Paprika Steen;
2022)
A married couple who have to navigate hierarchy, rivalry and hidden agendas at their daughter's new school, including during a popular school camping trip. |
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COUNTRY CABARET
(Director Jean-Pierre Ameris;
2022)
Hard work and big ideas aren't enough. David's dairy farm is on the brink of liquidation. When he chances upon a dazzling nightclub performance by Bonnie Starlight, inspiration strikes. What if he turned his big old barn into a country cabaret? Not just for entertainment, but to promote local food producers, including his mother's delicious cheese. A crazy plan, for sure - which is exactly why he loves it! David has to convince sophisticated “City Girl” Bonnie to live in a converted barn loft out in the middle of nowhere and work around the clock to make a great show out of nothing. Finding local talent is no small feat either, but together they manage to assemble a zany cast of characters and create a troupe. Through blood sweat and tears, and a whole lot of laughs, they not only build a great stage and get their act together, they also learn a thing or two about themselves and each other. Everything seems on track for the big opening night, until David's traditionalist grandpa steps in, hell-bent on putting an end to their follies. Can they save the show and save the farm? |
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DRAGON GIRL
(Director Katarina Launing;
2020)
Sara -a young refugee on the run- befriends a young lost dragon, and teams up with a nerd and do battle with school administrators, the police, and gangs of bullies as their attempt to return the dragon becomes the adventure of a lifetime. |
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JERRYMAYA'S DETECTIVE AGENCY -
THE RIDDLE OF THE SCORPION
(Director Tina Mackic;
2022)
The annual city festival is just a few days away when the small town of Valleby is struck by an anonymous burglar, calling himself the Scorpion. The town’s local detective agency, run by the clever Jerry and Maya, are at a loss at who the burglar could be and enlist the aid of a retired criminal mastermind. With her help they hope to be able to think like the Scorpion himself and find out who this burglar is before the festivities are called off. |
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ALIBI COM 2
(Director Philippe Lacheau, 2023)
After closing his agency Alibi.com and promising Flo he will never lie again, Greg's new life with her is sweet - but boring. Not for long! When Greg proposes marriage, Flo and her family want to meet his parents. But how can he possibly introduce them to his divorce-embattled criminal father and erotic film star mother? Greg's alibi buddies step in and find him fake parents to save the day... until his real parents show up! Greg panics. He squats his neighbour’s house and uses a fake bride to keep them out of the wedding. Soon he's got two marriages to orchestrate and a web of lies so dense, everything spins out of control. Little does he know how disastrous the situation really is when a surprise guest crashes the wedding party - For better or for worse! |
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TITINA
(Director Kajsa Næss, 2022)
Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina, who charmed him into rescuing her from the streets of Rome. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts him and orders an airship to conquer The North Pole. Nobile seizes the opportunity to go down in history. He brings Titina along, and the unlikely trio sets out on an expedition to the last undiscovered place on Earth. Their quest is successful but, in the aftermath, the two men start to quarrel over the glory... Through the eyes of the four-legged celebrity Titina, (re)discover a true story of triumph and defeat! |
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UFO SWEDEN
(Director Crazy Pictures, 2022)
The association UFO Sweden investigates super natural phenomena. One day, teenage rebel Denise shows up with a case unlike anything they’ve seen before. Together they embark on a risky adventure, which takes them far beyond the law’s borders and into a world of unexplained phenomena. UFO SWEDEN is a story about ordinary people in an extraordinary adventure filled with tension, drama and action. |
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LITTLE ALLAN. THE HUMAN ANTENNA
(Director Amalie Næsby Fick, 2022)
On an otherwise lonely summer vacation, the introverted Little Allan (11) is talked into acting as a human antenna for his old UFO-obsessed neighbor who thinks a huge invasion fleet from the outer space is on its way. But what they find is not exactly a huge invasion fleet. When the rickety antenna construction collapses, Little Allan is only barely saved by the alien girl Britney, who is doing a school project about the primitive human race. Now Little Allan has to help her get home, while she becomes fascinated with this tiny example of the human species: Why does this boy keep saying that he is fine, even though his parents just got divorced, and he’s clearly not? Is that how all Little humans work? |
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THE KISS
(Director Bille August, 2022)
Period drama set in Denmark in 1913 where Anton, a noble and conscientious young man whose top priority, is to complete his training as a cavalry officer. During a training session he orders his platoon to help Baron von Løvenskjold and finds himself invited to a ball at the castle where he meets the Baron’s beautiful daughter Edith who has been in an accident and ended up in a wheelchair. She is miserable but lights up when it turns out that Anton treats her as if she was like the rest of the guests and not bound to a wheelchair. Anton feels a growing compassion towards Edith, and as the two spend more time together he grows fond of her. However, he can’t figure out whether his feelings are of pity or true love, and in his attempt at doing the right thing he gets ever more entangled in promises, lies, and responsibility towards the Løvenskjold family and to Edith. |
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NOSTALGIA
(Director Mario Martone, 2022)
After living for many years in Egypt, Felice Lasco returns to Naples to meet again with the elderly mother he had left suddenly when he was still a boy. Back in his home town, he gets lost among the stones of the houses and churches of the Sanità district, steeped in the words of a language that he now perceives as foreign, but which is actually his own. The man seems taken by a strange fascination, and the memories of a distant life he spent with Oreste - his childhood best friend - with whom he shares a secret – _come back within him. When it becomes evident that Naples represents a lost life for him, and that he should go back to where he came from as quickly as possible, he is pinned down by the invincible force of nostalgia. |
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BURN ALL MY LETTERS
(Director Björn Runge, 2022)
BURN ALL MY LETTERS is a passionate drama based on true events where a fiery love affair leads to unexpected consequences. A captivating love story that connects three perspectives of time and shows how passion, jealousy, and anger can create surges over decades and generations. The central character is Karin Stolpe who carries the whole story and its wingspan on her shoulders. The film depicts her complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz that starts in the 1930s and how her choices affect the future generations to come. |
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THE YOUNG CHIEF WINNETOU
(Director Mike Marzuk, 2022)
Although he is still young, Winnetou (12) already considers himself a great warrior and wants to prove this to his father. When his people are threatened by a famine, Winnetou sees his chance to show his courage. He receives support from his sister and a boy from the town who is supposed to be his enemy. |
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CORSAGE
(Director Marie Kreutzer, 2022)
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image. |
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GODLAND
(Director Hlynur Pálmason, 2022)
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, his mission and morality. |
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PACIFICTION
(Director Albert Serra, 2022)
On an island in French Polynesia, the Haut-Commissaire, a man with a turbulent naturalness and high diplomacy, lives between the highest echelons of politics and the lowest social stratum of his co-citizens. Conflict as a way of life will lead him to take reckless decisions against his political status. |
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THE NEW TOY
(Director James Huth, 2022)
Sami lives happily with his wife, Alice, in a poor urban housing project amongst friends and neighbours. For his son’s birthday, the richest man in France throws open his grand department store, offering the boy whatever he wants. Alexandre chooses Sami, the night watchman, as his new toy… |
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HOLY SHIT!
(Director Lukas Rinker, 2022)
Architect Frank wakes up from unconsciousness – squashed in a building site toilet. And it gets worse: In order not to be blown up during the imminent demolition, Frank must make his way out of his blue grave in one hour. A race against time begins. HOLY SHIT!, the black-humoured real-time thriller by Lukas Rinker is the ultimate worst-case scenario. It is both possible and unimaginable – Think of PHONE BOOTH meets 127 HOURS, but shit gets real! |
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THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA
(Director Cecilie Mosli, 2021)
A young boy becomes a crime-fighting superhero with the help of a mysterious pharmacist's invisibility powder. |
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VINSKI AND THE INVISIBILITY POWDER
(Director Kristoffer Borgli, 2022)
A young boy becomes a crime-fighting superhero with the help of a mysterious pharmacist's invisibility powder. |
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THE WOODCUTTER STORY
(Director Kristoffer Borgli, 2022)
Pepe is a woodcutter in an idyllic small town in northern Finland. Over the span of a couple of days, a series of events gradually destroys the quiet and happy life he once had. But Pepe seems to be totally fine with it all. As the ensuing days throw all sorts of chaos and strife and surreal adventure at him, Pepe remains determined to look on the bright side of life. Always smiling, always optimistic. As if he knew a secret to existence that no one else did... |
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THE SEEKERS: THRILL NIGHT
(Director Philip Th. Pedersen, 2021)
On Halloween, estranged friends Asger and Esther must work together to rescue Asger's kidnapped sister Petra, while Petra battles the thieves that took her. |
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SICK OF MYSELF
(Director Kristoffer Borgli, 2022)
Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy. |
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SPEAK NO EVIL
(Director Christian Tafdrup, 2022)
On a vacation in Tuscany, a Danish family instantly becomes friends with a Dutch family. Months later the Danish couple receive an unexpected invitation to visit the Dutch in their wooden house and decide to go for the weekend. However, it doesn't take long before the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. Things gradually get out of hand, as the Dutch turn out to be something very else than what they have pretended to be. The small Danish family now find themselves trapped in a house, that they wish they had never entered. |
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99 MOONS
(Director Jan Gassmann, 2022)
Bigna and Frank are two people of different thoughts. When their different worlds collide they become obsessively entwined in a passionate affair. |
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MISS VIBORG
(Director Marianne Blicher, 2022)
In a small Danish town, we meet two generations of women. 61-year-old Solvej and the 17-year-old, Kate. Their meeting kickstarts an unlikely friendship, as the wounds of the past are revealed and the seeds of hope are sown. |
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FINAL CUT
(Director Michel Hazanavicius, 2022)
Things goes badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies. |
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NOBODY’S HERO
(Director Alain Guiraudie, 2022)
Christmas Eve is ruined by an act of terrorism in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. As the city descend into panic, thirty something Mederic falls in love with older prostitute Isadora. |
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JUNE AGAIN
(Director JJ Winlove, 2021)
During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her illness, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame. In the feelgood drama June Again a twist of fate gives family matriarch June a reprieve from a debilitating illness. Much to their amazement, June re-enters the lives of her adult children, Ginny and Devon, and learns that ‘things haven’t gone according to plan’. With limited time but plenty of pluck, she sets about trying to put everything, and everyone, back on track. When her meddling backfires, June sets out on a romantic journey of her own and discovers she needs help from the very people she was trying to rescue. |
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FABIAN: GOING TO THE DOGS
(Director Dominik Graf, 2021)
1930s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane. |
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SOME LIKE IT REAR
(Director Fabrice Eboué, 2021)
Sophie and Vincent have run a family owned butcher shop for over 10 years. But with competition from meat factories, their small business is on the brink of bankruptcy and their marriage is falling apart. All seems lost when Vincent accidentally kills a vegan activist who vandalized their shop a few days earlier. Vincent is overwhelmed and terrified of being accused of murder., The only solution he can come up with, is to get rid of the body by turning it into ham, which his wife will inadvertently sell. Life takes an astonishing turn, when suddenly the shop is packed with customers and they cannot meet the demand for their “extraordinary ham “. Sophie seems to fall in love again with Vincent. How far will they go to save their business and their marriage? The idea of starting over, could be very a very tantalizing prospect! |
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OINK
(Director Mascha Halberstad, 2022)
When 9-year-old Babs receives a pig named Oink as a present from her grandfather, she convinces her parents to keep it under the condition that Oink follows a puppy training. But her parents are not the biggest threat to Oink because actually her grandfather is secretly taking part in the sausage competition organized by The Society for Meat Products from Fresh Pigs… |
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PRICE OF PARENTING
(Director Alexandra Leclère, 2021)
When Chantal and Christian's grown children finally break away from the nest, the lonely parents are outraged to be neglected and forgotten... until they come up with a wacky scheme to get Sandrine and Stephane interested in them again: pretend they've won the lottery! They have a blast pretending to be multi-millionaires, and the ruse works like a charm. Their starry-eyed kids practically throw their lives away just to be close to them. But then they demand to live the high life too, and Chantal and Christian are forced to pay up, even though it's way more than they can afford. Soon they get so caught up in the lie, there's no way out. The situation snowballs out of control but coming clean could mean losing them forever. How will they ever find a way to tell the truth? |
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GEARED UP (WHITE TRASH)
(Director Tobias Leo Nordquist, 2021)
In the search for reconciliation with his past, Sami (played by Ola Rapace) ends up in a small town where he meets Kim (Ida Engvoll). They both meet the local gangster The Old Man (Donald Högberg) who runs a seemingly sophisticated methamphetamine empire together with his two sons Conny (Peter Viitanen) and Kenneth (Erik Bolin). At first, everything is peace and joy, but when drugs start circulating in the town without Gubben's permission, attention is drawn to the newcomer Sami, who realizes that he is in a dangerous situation. To stay alive, he must quickly make a plan. |
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THE MIDDLE MAN
(Director Bent Hamer, 2021)
THE MIDDLE MAN is a darkly humorous social satire which takes place in a small town that is experiencing an epidemic of accidents and deaths. The town is run by “The Commission” – the Sheriff, the Doctor and the Pastor - who decide to hire a ‘Middle Man’ whose sole responsibility will be to inform the family when an unfortunate incident occurs. Frank Farrelli is a quiet, thoughtful man who proves perfect for the job. He takes his new role on with gusto and quickly becomes the town’s beacon of bad news. But the pressures of the job and a budding new romance overwhelm Frank. To ease his burden, he calls in a ‘favour’ that ends up in a horrifying yet oddly amusing murder. |
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VORTEX
(Director Gaspar Noé, 2021)
The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia. |
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ANNETT
(Director Leos Carax, 2021)
A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift. |
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WHERE IS ANNE FRANK
(Director Ari Folman, 2021)
Kitty, Anne Frank’s imaginary friend to whom Anne devoted her Diary, magically comes to life in present-day Amsterdam. Kitty sets out on a relentless quest to find Anne Frank. It’s the beginning of an adventurous journey. |
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COMET IN MOOMINLAND
(Director Hiroshi Saitô, 2020)
When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when they learn that the comet is headed straight for their beloved Moominvalley. |
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MAMMA MOO FINDS HER WAY HOME
(Director Christian Ryltenius, 2021)
On the surface, Mamma Moo Finds Her Way Home is a story about what happens between two best friends - Mamma Moo and Crow - have to relate to a third party - Stork - arriving to the farm. But it’s also a philosophical tale about what constitutes a home. Is a home just the place you live, or is it something more than that? |
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EVA & ADAM
(Director Catharina "Catti" Edfeldt)
EVA & ADAM Falling in love for the first time. How do you know? What do you do? When Adam starts a new school, he meets Eva. Suddenly, everything is different. Eva just sealed an anti-boy pact with her best friend Annika, because boys are all so immature. But nothing is as wonderful as your first love. And nothing is as hard. When Eva and Adam meet at Ryska Posten, they can’t stop their flood of emotions. Maybe it’s all impossible. Finally, they find the courage to choose what they want most of all. Love and each other. |
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HAPPENING
(Director Audrey Diwan)
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's eponymous novel, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s. |
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THE GOOD BOSS
(Director Fernando León de Aranoa)
Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time. |
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A HERO
(Director Asghar Farhadi)
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. |
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I AM ZLATAN
(Director Jens Sjögren, Sweden 2022)
I AM ZLATAN is a coming-of-age story depicting Zlatan Ibrahimovic's upbringing in a rough Swedish suburb. Born to Balkan immigrants, football was Zlatan's release in a tough environment where his remarkable talent and self-reliance catapulted him against all odds to the top of international football playing for clubs like Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, Inter, Milan, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United. |
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ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MOOMIN
(Director Ira Carpelan, Finland, Poland 2021)
As Moomintroll gets wasp-stung and must lie in bed Moominpappa wants to cheer him up by telling about his own adventurous youth. |
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C.R.A.Z.Y.
(Director Jean-Marc VALLÉE, Canada 2005)
C.R.A.Z.Y., is the story of a special little boy who grows into young manhood and ends up even denying his inner self to attract his father's attention. The film paints a portrait of a family that depicts the often extraordinary lives of ordinary people in search of happiness. |
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NOTHING TO LAOGH ABOUT
(Director Petter Næss, Director Petter Næss)
Kasper Berntsen (40) is a successful stand-up comedian. He has everything a man could ask for: his regular gig at the city's top comedy club, his beautiful girlfriend and his fabulous life as a public figure. However, one day everything changes. Kasper is laid off and loses his regular gig, and the same night he gets home, his girlfriend leaves him. To make matters even worse, Kasper is faced with the worst nightmare imaginable when he is called to the doctor to discover that he has incurable cancer. All this on the same day. Nothing To Laugh About is the heartwarming story of Kasper's life coping with a serious illness, and how he gains a newfound self-belief and finds laughter again. |
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THE MARCO EFFECT
(Director Martin Zandvliet, Denmark, Germany, Czech 2021)
When 14-year-old Marco, a homeless gipsy boy, is arrested at the Danish boarder control for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and his Department Q team are tasked with finding the connection. |
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DO NOT HESITATE
(Director Shariff Korver, Netherland, Greece 2021)
During a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East, a Dutch military convoy is forced to split up in the middle of desolate mountains as one of the vehicles suddenly slides off the road. Three young soldiers, Erik, Roy and Thomas, are commanded to stay behind to guard the vehicle. |
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THE PACT
(Director Bille August, Denmark 2021)
Aged 63 Karen Blixen is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. She is an isolated genius, however, until the day she meets a talented 30-year-old poet. She promises him literary stardom if he in return will obey her unconditionally – even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life… |
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OMERTA 6/12
(Director Aku Louhimies, Finland 2021)
Finland’s Independence Day celebration on December 6 is crudely interrupted by an attack to the Presidential Palace. A set of distinguished guests are taken as hostages. Security service officer Max Tanner is set as the negotiator of the hostage crisis and soon it is clear that the main target behind the terrorist attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe. |
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A CHRISTMAS TALE
(Director Hannes Holm, Sweden 2021)
It is Christmas time in a Swedish town in the 1940’s. Karl-Bertil Jonsson’s future is predestined by his father, who is the owner of a large department store. As he one day meets Vera, a poor girl in his age living with her little sister at an orphanage in the slum |
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THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Director Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark 2021)
Julie is turning thirty and her life is an existential mess. Several of her talents have gone to waste and her older boyfriend, Aksel - a successful graphic novelist - is pushing for them to settle down. |
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TWIGSON & THE SEA MONSTER
In this new film about Twigson (300 ½ years old) and Junior (7), we go on the world’s best summer vacation on Aunt Thea’s magical summer island, where we meet Eddy (8) and the self-proclaimed sea serpent expert Blegen (around 40). |
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BERT’S DIARY
(Director Michael Lindgren, Sweden 2020)
Bert is a 13-year old boy about to start eight grade. One of his new classmates is Leilas younger sister Amira. Leila is the 15-year old that the entire school has a crush on. Bert too. Bert sees his chance to get close to Leila |
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THE BEARS FAMOUS INVASION
(Director Lorenzo Mattotti, France 2019)
To find his long lost son and food to survive the winter, the great bear king leads his clan down from the mountains and into the world of men. After escaping terrible monsters and defeating an evil duke, the bears and men live together in peace – for a time. |
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THE APE STAR
(Director Linda Hambäck, Sweden 2021)
The feisty young girl dearly wants to be adopted. Jonna will accept anyone, really, so long as her new parent loves Jonna… and only Jonna. But when her potential new mom drives up to the orphanage in an old car, she gets a big shock when the door opens and a gorilla steps out! |
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MONTY AND THE STREET PARTY
(Directors Mikael Wulff, Anders Morgenth, Denmark 2019)
Monty is the happiest boy in the world. Monty's happiness ends abruptly when he discovers that his mother has fallen in love with the irresistible crossfit trainer Pierre, and is leaving Monty and his father. Monty decides to do everything he can to bring his parents back together at the forthcoming annual street party. |
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FOUR ENCHANTED SISTERS
(Director Sven Unterwaldt, Germany 2020)
Four sisters with magical powers, but only together they are strong enough to fight against Glenda, mistress of the black arts, who tries to separate the sisters and wants to take over control over their home, Cantrip Towers, and it’s magical fountain. |
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MARTIN AND THE MAGICAL FOREST
(Director Petr Oukropec, Czech 2021)
The adventurous story about an young geek city boy Martin, who has to overcome himself and stay two weeks in the summer camp without his comfort and any technology. |
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SPREAD YOUR WINGS
(Director Nicolas Vanier, France 2019)
Christian, an ornithologist, works on a lifetime project. He wants to teach orphaned geese how to migrate. Using his ultralight airplane he will guide them, from Norway to France, along safe migration routes. |
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MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH
(Difrector Charlotte Sieling, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Czeck, Island 2021)
The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union, which she single-handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. |
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HOUSE ARREST
(Director Aleksey German Jr., Russia 2021)
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. |
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HELP, I SHRUNK MY FRIENDS
(Director Granz Kanter, Germany 2021)
Melanie (14) is a new pupil at the Otto Leonhard High School, and Felix takes a real shine to this newbie, who’s upbeat and feisty, albeit sometimes seeming a little naïve – much to the annoyance of Ella and Felix’s gang |
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MAGIC KIDS
(Director Tim Trageser, Germany 2020)
Three magical losers - a vampire who can't take the sight of blood, a fairy with a fear of flying and a werewolf allergic to animal hair - square up against an infernal opponent and win the greatest of all possible victories: accepting themselves as they are. |
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SISTERS: THE SUMMER WE FOUND OUR SUPERPOWERS
(Director Silje Salomonsen, Norway 2020)
Two sisters set off on an epic journey across the Norwegian wilderness to find help for their father who has fallen into a mountain crack. |
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THE BEST YEARS
(Director Gabriele Muccino, Italy 2020)
The story of Italy, from the 80s to nowadays, told through the life of four friends, Giulio, Gemma, Paolo e Riccardo; during 40 years of loves, aspirations, success and failures. |
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FELIX AND THE TREASURE OF MORGAA
(Director Nicola Lemay, Canada 2021)
Taking advantage of his mother's absence as she departs on a cruise ship for some rest and relaxation, 12-year-old Félix sets out to find his father, a fisherman who disappeared at sea two years earlier. |
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THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS
(Director Cesc Gay, Spain 2020)
Julio and Ana have been together for over fifteen years. They don’t look at each other or touch each other anymore and daily conflicts have become the norm. This evening, Ana has invited the upstairs neighbors over. |
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THE PERFECT PATIENT
(Director Mikael Håfström, Sweden 2019)
THE PERFECT PATIENT is the captivating story about the biggest legal scandal in Swedish history, the story about the reporter who questioned an entire legal system. |
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DANIEL
(Director Niels Arden Oplev, Denmark 2019)
DANIEL tells the story of one of the most spectacular kidnappings in recent times. The protagonist is the young Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organisation Islamic State along with several other foreign nationals |
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LOVE, SARAH
(Director Eliza Schroeder, UK 2020)
The deployed military man Markus has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck – until the mathematics geek Otto shows up with his two eccentric colleagues, Lennart and Emmenthaler. |
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RIDERS OF JUSTICE
(Director Anders Thomas Jensen, Denmark 2020)
The deployed military man Markus has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck – until the mathematics geek Otto shows up with his two eccentric colleagues, Lennart and Emmenthaler. |
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NELLY RAPP – MONSTER AGENT
(Director Amanda Adolfsson, Sweden 2020)
Nelly and her dog London is about to spend the fall vacation with her uncle Hannibal. What she thought to be an ordinary fall vacation turns out to be something extraordinary. It turns out that Hannibal does not live the quiet life she thought - he is a monster agent! - the kind who has responsibility for keeping monsters and ghosts where they should be. She discovers a new world full of monsters, vampires and ghosts and embarks on an adventure where everything she once believed to be true is challenged. |
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THE TUNNEL
(Director Pål Øie, Norway 2019)
When a tank truck collides in a tunnel in the ice-cold Norwegian mountains, families, teenagers and tourists on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in the darkness. |
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FAUNUTLAND AND THE LOST MAGIC
(Director Marcus Ovnell, Sweden 2020)
Emily’s mother is sad. To make her mom happy again Emily is trying her hardest to be the perfect child. When Emily finds a mysterious chest she’s transported to a magical world where she meets the most fantastic creatures |
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PELLE NO TAIL
(Director Christian Ryltenius, Sweden 2020)
PELLE NO-TAIL is a timeless Swedish animated classic about a pampered kitten who lost his tail. One day a sudden storm steals Pelle from the safe countryside and takes him on a true adventure in the strange city. |
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CALL MOM! (Director Lisa Aschan. Sweden 2019)
Parents wait their entire lives for their children to say "Thank you!" and children, in turn, wait for an "I’m sorry!" This emotional deadlock is the premise of the comedy Call Mom! Niki is 35 but lives her life like a 25-year-old. |
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CHARTER
(Director Amanda Kernell, Sweden 2020)
Alice hasn't seen her two children in months. After a recent and difficult divorce, her ex-husband keeps them from her as they await the final custody verdict in Northern Sweden. |
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BELLE FILLE AKA THE MORNING AFTER
(Director Méliane Marcaggi, France 2020)
Louise who's cheated on by her husband, decides to go to Corsica for a weekend. There, she meets and spends a night with this handsome stranger. But when she wakes up, she finds out that he does not wake up. |
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HAPPY ENDING
(Director Hella Joof, Denmark 2018)
Helle has been waiting for her husband Peter to retire. Her dreams are crushed when Peter comes home with a big surprise; he is pursuing a new career as a wine importer and has invested all their savings in a vineyard in Austria. |
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JERRYMAIA DETECTIVE AGENCY - THE SECRET OF THE TRAIN ROBBER Director Moa Gammel, Sweden 2020)
A dark and rainy night a girl runs away from an orphanage. The girl seeks out Detective duo Jerry and Maya and asks for their help. Her name is Klara and she is the daughter of the life imprisoned train robber |
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS 2. THE WINTER CRYSTAL (Director Christian Dyekjaer, Denmark 2020)
The noble King Winter is visiting the Santa School to start the great gift machine. During the festivities, the magical crystal that fuels the machine is stolen and Lucia’s best friend Oscar is accused of the theft. |
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H IS FOR HAPPINESS
(Director John Sheedy. Australia 2019)
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family - whatever it takes. |
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
(Director Jenni Toivoniemi, Finland 2020)
An old group of friends in their thirties gathers to celebrate Mitzi’s (Emmi Parviainen) surprise birthday party over a nostalgic weekend at an idyllic seaside villa - just like they used to do as teenagers. |
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THE OTHER LAMB
(Director Malgorzata Szumowska, Ireland 2019)
Life with Shepherd is the only life Selah has ever known. Their self-sufficient community possesses no modern technology, and is hidden away in the woods, far from modern civilization. Shepherd is the group's guardian, teacher, and lover. |
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TOVE
(Director Zaida Bergroth, Finland 2020)
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. Modern art, dizzying parties and an open relationship with a married politician: Her unconventional life puts her at odds with her sculptor father’s strict ideals |
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ANOTHER ROUND
(Director Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark 2020)
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. |
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THE TRANSLATORS
(Director Régis Roinsard, France, Belgium 2020)
Nine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker. When the first ten pages of the top-secret manuscript appear online, the dream job becomes a nightmare… |
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GOGO
(Director Pascal Plisson, France 2020)
Priscilla Sitieni, aka Gogo, lives in Kenya. She is 94 years old and the oldest primary school pupil. |
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AN AFFAIR
(Dir. Henrik M. Dahlsbakken, Norway 2018)
The newly appointed teacher Andrea finds herself being followed, and discovers that one of her own students is obsessed with her. |
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MADE IN CHINA
(Dir. Julien Abraham, France 2019)
Don’t try to escape your origins… they'll always catch up with you! Francois, a young French-Chinese photographer, hasn't set foot in Paris' Chinatown or even talked to his father Meng since their violent dispute ten years ago. He's turned the page |
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HOPE
(Dir. Maria Sødahl. Norway 2019)
What happens with love when a woman in the middle of her life gets three months left to live? Anja (43) lives with Tomas (59) in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For years, the couple have grown independent of each other. When Anja gets a terminal brain cancer diagnosis the day before Christmas, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love. |
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MINOES
(Dir. Vincent Bal, Netherland 2001)
A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan. |
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MASTER CHENG
(Dir. Mika Kaurismäki, Finland 2019)
Following the death of his wife, professional chef CHENG travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland… |
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MONKY
One day, Frank (11) finds a real live monkey in his family’s backyard. The monkey‘s name is Monky and her arrival is the beginning of a fun and exciting adventure for the entire family. |
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KATWALK
(Dir. Mark Verkerk, Netherland 2018)
A cat called Abatutu takes us on an eye opening exploration of the wilder, often hidden side of his home city, Amsterdam. |
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THIRST
(Dir. Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Gaukur Úlfarsson, Island 2019)
The drug addict Hulda is arrested accused of murdering her brother. After she is let go because of insufficient evidence, she meets Hjörtur, a thousand-year-old gay vampire. Together they have to fight a cult while being investigated by a rouge detective. |
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THE SPY
(Dir. Jens Jonsson, Norway 2019)
Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, lives in neutral Stockholm when World War II breaks out. The Germans want to use film in their propaganda war, and Sonja is at the top of Reichskommissar Terboven and the German film companies' list |
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BAMSE AND THE THUNDERBELL
(Dir. Christian Ryltenius, Sweden 2018)
Here comes a new adventure where Bamse has run out of thunder honey. Little Hop and Shellman set out to find more thunder bells, the secret ingredient that turns ordinary honey into Grandma’s famous thunder honey. |
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THE WHISTLERS
(Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, France, Germany 2019)
Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarked by the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of treachery and deception. A secret whistling language spoken on the Spanish island of La Gomera might just be what they need to pull it off. |
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WOMAN
(Dir. Anastasia Mikova, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, France 2019)
WOMAN is a worldwide project giving a voice to 2000 women across 50 different countries. Despite its very large scale, the film offers an intimate portrait of those who constitute half of the humanity. |
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I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE
(Dir. Ilker Catak, Germany, France 2019)
A touching love story that challenges stereotypes about the courage it takes to face the stranger, to take risks and to accept challenges. |
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LES MISERABLES
(Dir. Ladj Ly, France 2019)
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Brigade in Montfermeil, in the Paris suburbs. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between neighbourhood gangs. |
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A WHITE WHITE DAY
(Dir. Hlynur Palmason, Island, Denmark, Sweden 2019)
In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. |
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DOUBLE LIVES
(Dir. Olivier Assayas, France 2019)
Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives. |
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AURORA
(Finland 2019, Dir. Miia Tervo)
One night at a hot-dog stand in Finnish Lapland, a commitment-phobic party animal, Aurora, meets Iranian Darian. Darian suddenly asks her to marry him. Darian needs to marry a Finnish woman to get an asylum for himself and his daughter. |
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SONJA - THE WHITE SWAN
(Norway 2018, Dir. Anne Sewitsky)
is the true story of one of the world's greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who decides to go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a movie star.
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
(Denmark 2018, Dir. Christian Dyekjaer)
Way way up north, young girl Lucia, who is the daughter of none other than Father Christmas, goes to the International Christmas School. Lucia wants to become Father Christmas one day herself, but girls are not allowed. In order to realise her dream and prove her worth, she will have to accomplish an impossible (well, almost) task.
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HACKER
(Denmark 2019, Dir. Poul Berg)
The film centers around 13-year-old gifted hacker Benjamin who discovers that his mother didn’t die in an accident years earlier, as he was led to believe. The trail points to high-ranking officials in the Danish Secret Service, and along with his new friend Savannah he sets out on a nerve-racking hunt to chase down the truth about his mother’s disappearance.
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CHECKERED NINJA
(Dir. Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Denmark 2019)
When Aske gets a Ninja doll from his Uncle Stewart after a trip to Thailand, he finds out that the doll is alive and can help him with problems at school. |
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SWOON
(Dir. Måns Mårlind & Björn Stein, Sweden 2019)
SWOON is the story about two rivaling amusement parks in a raging feud.
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PETTSON AND FINDUS - FINDUS MOVES HOUSE
(Dir.Ali Samadi Ahadi, Germany 2018)
The old man Petterson is trying to sleep but his cat Findus is keeping him awake, so they both agree that Findus shall have his own house.
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OUT STEALING HORSES
(Dir. Hans Petter Moland, Norway 2019)
67-year-old Trond lives in new-found solitude and looks forward to spending New Year's Eve 2000 alone. |
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BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE
(Dir. Tuva Novotny, Sweden 2019)
When Britt-Marie, age 63, leaves her husband after 40 years of marriage, she is forced to reconsider her life and break up with old habits in order to meet the real world. |
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IN YOUR HANDS
(Dir. Ludovic Bernard, France 2018)
One day, in the commotion of a Paris train station, a young man from a modest family begins to play a public piano. The world seems to stop. Especially for music academy director Pierre Geithner, who recognizes Matthieu's exceptional gift...
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THE QUAKE
(Dir. John Andreas Andersen, Norway 2018)
In 1904 an earthquake with a 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Oslo. Its epicenter was in the Oslo Rift which runs directly through the Norwegian capital. What if a massive earthquake is looming?
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WHEN MOM IS AWAY
(Dir. Alessandro Genovesi, Italy 2019)
Carlo and Giulia are married with three children. Carlo, completely absorbed by work is an absent father while Giulia, who has decided to leave her work to devote all her time to the family, is tired and stressed out by home life and decides to treat herself to a ten-day holiday... |
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FOREVER YOU
(Dir. Marco Danieli, Italy 2019)
Matteo has been secretly in love with Francesca since they were kids, but she left the small town in which they grew up to travel the world following the sexual liberation’s wave. Once back, Matteo decides to finally make her fall in love with him, even if she’s no longer the innocent girl he remembered. |
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MOTHER’S INSTINCT
(Dir. Oliver Masset-Depasse, Belgium, France 2018)
Alice and Céline live in twin bourgeois houses. They are best friends as are their children, Theo and Maxime, who have grown up like brothers. This perfect harmony is broken when Maxime, Céline’s son, tragically falls to his death from his bedroom window. |
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QUEEN OF HEARTS
(Dir. May El-Toukhy, Denmark 2019)
A woman jeopardizes both her career and her family when she seduces her teenage stepson and is forced to make an irreversible decision with fatal consequences. |
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LOUIS & LUCA - MISSION TO THE MOON
(Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Norway 2018)
In the international race to the moon, the Norwegian mission is led by brilliant inventor Reodor from the village of Flaklypa. With Louis the Magpie as the brave astronaut, what could possibly go wrong? |
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THE UNTHINKABLE
(Dir. Crazy Pictures, Sweden 2018)
When Sweden faces a mysterious attack Alex is forced back to his childhood village. There he must be reconciled with both his father and youth love, Anna, while they all struggle to survive. |
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THE ANGEL
(Dir. Luis Ortega, Argentina 2019)
Buenos Aires, 1970s. Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. His true calling manifested itself as adolescence: to be a thief. |
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LITTLE MISS DOLITTLE
(Dir. Joachim Masannek, Germany 2018)
11-year-old Liliane “Lilli” Susewind can speak with animals! This is a scecret nobody should know about except for her parents. |
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MAGICAL NIGHTS
(Dir. Paolo Virzi, Italy 2018)
A renowned film producer is found dead in the river Tiber. The main suspects are three young aspiring screenwriters. In the course of one night in the police station, they go through their tumultuous, emotional and ironic journey in the streets of Rome, in the final throes of the glorious era of the great Italian cinema. |
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HIGH LIFE
(Dir. Claire Denis, UK, France, Germany, Poland, USA 2018)
Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte and his infant daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A solitary man, whose strict self-discipline is a protection against desire – his own and that of others - Monte fathered the girl against his will. |
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LOS BANDO
(Dir. Christian Lo, Norway 2018)
Three elderly men who have been friends since the 1960s bond over their lifetime of experiences together despite their differences. |
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TRICKY OLD DOGS
(Dir. Christophe Duthuron, France 2018)
The two best friends, Grim and Axel, have always dreamt of attending the Norwegian Championship of Rock. Grim plays the drums, and Axel sings and plays the guitar. Together they have a band - Los Bando Immortale. Unfortunately, Axel’s voice isn’t very good – it’s terrible. |
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THE 12 MAN
(Dir. Harald Zwart, Norway 2018)
Above the Arctic Circle in Northern Norway, the dramatic story of the young resistance fighter, Jan Baalsrud, unfolds. Jan is the only one, out of twelve resistance fighters to escape the Germans, but the Gestapo is on his heels. |
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AILO’S JOURNEY
(Dir. Guillaume Maidatchevsky, France, Finland 2018)
Aïlo: an odyssey in Lapland tells the fight for the survival of a small wild reindeer, frail and vulnerable to the challenges that punctuate his first year. Its awakening to the wild world is a real tale in the heart of the grandiose landscapes of Lapland. |
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THAT TIME OF YEAR
(Dir. Paprika Steen, Denmark 2018)
This year at Katrine and Mads' house the family will once again be united around Christmas Eve and on a traditional holiday like this, there has to be room for everyone. |
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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
(Dir. Lars von Trier, Denmark 2018)
USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack through 5 incidents and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer. |
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BECOMING ASTRID
(Dir. Pernille Fischer Christensen, Sweden 2018)
When Astrid Lindgren was very young something happened that affected her profoundly, and this combination of both miracle and calamity came to shape her entire life. |
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NICO 1988
(Dir. Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy, Belgium 2017)
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
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PAPA MOLL
(Dir. Manuel Flurin Hendry, Switzerland )
The one weekend when Mr. Moll is home alone with the kids, absolute chaos breaks loose.
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THE GUILTY
(Dir Gustav Möller, Denmark 2018)
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. |
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THAWED CARP
(Dir. Vladimir Kott, Russia 2017)
lena Mihailovna, having worked all her life in the only school of a provincial town, lives modestly in retirement. Unexpectedly she learns of a fatal diagnosis, which can at any moment end... |
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TOUCH ME NOT
(Dir. Adina Pintilie, Romania, Germany, Czech, Bulgaria, France 2018)
Together, a filmmaker and her characters venture into a personal research project about intimacy. On the fluid border between reality and fiction, Touch Me Not follows the emotional journeys of Laura, Tómas and Christian, offering a deeply empathic insight into their lives. |
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THE CAPTAIN
(Dir. Robert Schwentke, Germany 2017)
In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he is trying to escape from.
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THE LEGEND OF TIMM THALER
(Dir. Andreas Dresen, Germany 2017)
The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how he loses his soul bit by bit with each win. |
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UTØYA, JULY 22
(Dir. Erik Poppe, Norway 2018)
On July 22 2011 more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed, right-wing extremist. |
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DIRECTIONS
(Dir. Stephan Komandarev, Bulgarua, Macedonia, Germany 2017)
At a meeting with his banker, a small business owner, who drives a taxi to make ends meet, discovers, the bribe he will have to pay to get a loan, has doubled. |
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THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE GIANT PEAR
(Dir. Philip Einstein Lipski, Denmark 2017)
Life peacefully passes by in Sunnytown until Mitcho and Sebastian find a message in a bottle by the harbor. The Bottle is from the missing Mayor of Sunnytown with a message that he is on The Mysterious Island and has made a great discovery. They must embark on a great journey to help save the Mayor and bring him home; in the process they uncover something that will bring great pleasure to the city of Sunnytown – a Giant Pear. |
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THE BUTTERFLY TREE
(Dir. Priscilla Cameron, Australia 2017)
Evelyn, a burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin’s mother. |
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THE ASH LAD
(Dir. Mikkel Brænne Sandemose, Norway 2017)
Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin. |
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THE PLACE
(Dir. Paolo Genovese, Italy 2017)
A mysterious man sits every day at the same table of the same restaurant, accepting to grant his visitors’ biggest wishes and assigning them peculiar tasks to accomplish in return. What will they be ready to do to get what they want? |
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RACER AND THE JAILBIRD
(Dir. Michael R. Roskam, Belgium, France, Netherland 2017)
When Gino meets Bénédicte, it’s love at first sight, passionate, unconditional, fiery. She is working in the family business, and she also drives cars on circuits. Gino is that kind of normal guy, cool, handsome... but he hides a secret.
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ANCHORS UP
(Dir. Simen Alsvik, Will Ashurst, Norway 2017)
During a big storm, Elias gets an emergency call from the neighboring city Big Harbor, asking him to rescue a ship in trouble. Elias succeeds and is head hunted to Big Harbor leaving his friends behind. |
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DOVLATOV
(Dir. Aleksey German Jr., Russia, Poland, Serbia 2018)
DOVLATOV charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. |
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HELP, I SHRUNK MY PARENTS
(Dir. Tim Trageser, Germany 2018)
Felix's school is haunted again, only this time it's not the benevolent spirit of school founder Otto Leonhard and the nuisance he caused, but the hated and long-since dead Director Hulda Stingbeard. |
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WORD OF GOD
(Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, Denmark 2017)
It is the 1980s – Jens and his brothers live in a single-family house in Risskov, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. Here, the family’s patriarch psychologist and self-appointed God – Uffe – rules the roost in his dressing gown and underwear. Changes threaten the peace when Uffe decides to write his memoirs. The family home is suddenly filled to the rafters with Uffe’s loyal patients, who both provide Uffe with moral support – and drunken companionship. As insurrection smoulders on the part of his three sons, maternal Gerd Lillian does all she can to keep the family together. But for Jens, Thomas and Mikkel to break free of their father’s tyrannical rule and grow up will require a final, inevitable showdown with ‘God’. |
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WALK WITH ME
(Dir. Max Pugh, Marc J. Francis, UK 2017)
'Walk With Me' follows a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns who have dedicated their lives to mastering the art of mindfulness with their world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Filmed over three years in France and the USA, this intimate and meditative film travels deep inside a world that seems far from our everyday, and reveals how the monastics transform suffering in themselves and in others through their deep enquiry into the nature of existence, suffering, and their true selves. |
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WIFE AND HUSBAND
(Dir. Simone Godano, Italy 2017)
Following an incredible experiment, Andrea, a brilliant neurosurgeon, and his wife Sofia, an ambitious TV host, suddenly find themselves in each other’s body, swapping their aspect and their whole lives. |
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UNDER THE TREE
(Dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Island, France 2017)
Agnes throws Atli out and does not want him to see their daughter Ása anymore. He moves in with his parents, who are involved in a bitter dispute over their big and beautiful tree that casts a shadow on the neighbours’ deck. As Atli fights for the right to see his daughter, the dispute with the neighbours intensifies – property is damaged, pets mysteriously go missing, security cameras are being installed and there is a rumor that the neighbor was seen with a chainsaw. |
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HONEY BUNNY
(Dir. Frederic Forestier, France 2017)
How quickly they grow up! Vincent may be 18, but he’ll always be his parents' little Honey Bunny. So when his first love breaks up with him, it feels like the end of the world! |
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SANTA SWAP
(Dir. Terje Ranges, Norway 2016)
Alf Prøysen's classic tale tells the story about the Christmas-loving carpenter struggling with making his three children in believing in Santa Clause, when he swap places with him on Christmas eve, to make a Christmas like no other. |
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BORG/MCENROE
(Dir. Janus Metz, Sweden, Denmark, Finland 2017)
Borg/McEnroe is a film of one of the world’s greatest icons Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe and their legendary duel during the 1980’s Wimbledon tournament. It's a story of two men that became legends and the price they had to pay. |
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PETTSON AND FINDUS:
THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER
(Dir. Ali Samadi Ahadi, Germany 2016)
Pettson promised Findus they would have the best christmas ever this year, but then everything goes wrong. Findus is afraid that Christmas is going to be cancelled at all. So he tries to get help on his own. |
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SMALL TOWN KILLERS
(Dir. Ole Bornedal, Denmark 2017)
The two tradesmen Ib and Edward are tired of their lifeless marriages and dream of living the good life from the stash of money they’ve earned moonlighting for years. |
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SOMETHING NEW
(Dir. Cristina Comencini, Italy 2016)
Lucia and Maria, both in their forties, are best friends despite having personalities, which are complete opposites. |
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IN THE FOREST OF HUCKYBUCKY
(Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Norway 2017)
Claus Climbermouse, Morten Wood Mouse, Mister Hare and all their friends dwell in the Huckybucky forest - a nice place to live, but the tiny animals always have to watch out for some of the bigger ones. Marvin the Fox in particular has an unfortunate tendency to try to devour all the mice crossing his path. As Horace Hedgehog attempts to eat Morten's grandma, he tries to pass a law for all the animals to agree to be friends and stop eating each other |
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DARKLAND
(Dir. Fenar Ahmad, Denmark 2017)
Zaid is a successful surgeon and lives in a fancy apartment with his pregnant girlfriend. One night Zaid’s younger brother, Yasin, knocks on his door and asks his brother for money. Zaid refuses. |
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FORTUNATA
(Dir. Sergio Castellito, Italy 2017)
This is suburban fairytale, the story of a young mother (Jasmine Trinca) with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself and gain independence and right to happiness. |
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BAMSE AND THE WITCH’S DAUGHTER
(Dir. Christian Ryltenius, Maria Blom; Sweden 2016)
In Bamse and the Witch’s daughter Croesus Vole finds gold in the beavers' dam. To demolish the dam and get the gold he tricks the witch's daughter Lova to enchant Bamse. With Bamse gone, it's up to the children to help each other to stop Croesus - but to do that they have to be friends. |
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LAST CALL FOR NOWHERE
(Dir. Philippe de Chauveron, France 2016)
French border cop José Fernandez has just one last extradition to do before his long-awaited promotion to the crime bureau. But his detainee Akim, victim of a judiciary glitch, is outraged to find himself saddled with the identity of a potential terrorist and put on a flight back to Kabul, where he has never even set foot before! |
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BÖRNING 2. ON ICE
(Dir. Hallvard Bræin, Norway 2016)
When gearhead Roy gets out of jail after having served time for participating in an illegal street race, he is determined to get his life back on track and be a good role model for his daughter Nina. But when Roy’s girlfriend Sylvia throws him a “getting out of jail” party some of his old racing enemies show up and challenge Roy to participate in a new race…
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ALIBI.COM
(Rez. Philippe Lacheau, Prantsusmaa 2017)
Greg's startup alibi.com is a huge success. Who knew so many people would pay big bucks for an alibi to hide their secret lives? |
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MARCH OF THE PENGUINS 2. THE CALL
(Dir. Luc Jacquet, France 2017)
This new story sees a young penguin about to embark on his first journey, following the mysterious call that compels every penguin... |
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HISTORY OF LOVE
(Dir. Radu Mihaileanu, France, Canada, Romania, USA 2016)
New York, the 21st century. Leo lives with the memory of the great love of his life. Despite his painful history, he cheerfully navigates life’s ups and downs with indefatigable, crazy humour, alongside his best friend Bruno. Across town, in Brooklyn, teenage Alma is determined to find the ideal man for her mother to remarry. |
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TRAIN TO BUSAN
(Dir. Sang-ho Yeon, South Korea 2016)
A mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency! As an unidentified virus sweeps the country, Korean government declares martial law. |
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RABBIT SCHOOL
(Dir. Ute von Münchow-Pohl; Germany 2017)
Max, an urban rabbit boy, gets trapped in an old-fashioned Easter rabbit school that is sur- rounded by a clever fox family scheming to take over Easter. |
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LOST IN PARIS
(Dir. Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon; France, Belgium 2017)
Fiona, a small town Canadian librarian, receives a letter of distress from her 88-year-old Aunt Martha living in Paris. Fiona hops on the first plane only to discover that Martha has disappeared. In an avalanche of spectacular disasters, she meets Dom, a seductive egotistical homeless guy who won’t leave her alone. The fun and hectic tale of three peculiar people lost in Paris.
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ZOOLOGY
(Dir. Ivan Tverdovski, Russia, France, Germany 2016)
Middle-aged zoo worker Natasha still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck and it seems that life has no surprises for her until one day - she grows a tail and turns her life around. |
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THE CONFESSIONS
(Dir. Roberto Ando, Italy 2016)
A luxury hotel. A group of politicians about to approve a lethal plan. A monk. A suicidal economist. A confession.
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SIV SLEEP ASTRAY
(Dir. Catharina "Catti" Edfeldt, Lena Hanno Clyne, Sweden 2016)
Siv is fascinated by the appearance of a new classmate, Cerisia. Cerisia is dressed differently and has opinions. When Cerisia asks Siv to sleep over at her place, Siv is very happy. Perhaps Cerisia wants to be her friend. Siv does not have a best friend. |
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THE SIXTH TIME
(Dir. Maarit Lalli, Finland 2017)
THE SIXTH TIME is a tragicomedy about two sex addicts; a woman who knew how to say yes and a man who couldn’t say no. |
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RAVEN THE LITTLE RASCAL - THE BIG RACE
(Dir. Ute von Münchov-Pohl, Sandor Jesse, Germany 2015)
Cheeky little Raven accidentally destroyed the stocks the animals need to survive in the winter. To refill the storage, he sets out to win a soapbox car race and earn the prize money. But the tumultuous race through the forest is full of twists and surprises, and in the end Raven has gained something money can’t buy: he understands the value of teamwork, true friendship and responsibility... |
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THE LION WOMAN
(Dir. Vibeke Idsøe, Norway, Germany, Sweden 2016)
THE LION WOMAN is set in the years between 1912 – 1937 and tells the epic and beautiful story of Eva who is born with hair covering her body. Despite the many challenges she is faced with, due to her appearance, she manages to shape and live an extraordinary life. |
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PYROMANIAC
(Dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway 2016)
The year is 1981 and it is summer in the little village of Finsland. Dag is 19 years old and has spent his childhood in the countryside living with his parents. His father is chief of the local volunteer fire brigade and Dag has since he was a child been going along with his father to the call-outs. Dag has recently returned after a year of military service and his parents notice that he has changed. Then the fires begin. |
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GET SANTA
(Dir. Jacob Ley, Denmark 2016)
Eight-year old Julius lives at an orphanage. Julius is a bit of an outsider, and secretly still believes in Santa Claus. When he is confronted with the fact that Santa Claus may just be the... |
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LIKE CRAZY
(Dir. Paolo Virzi, Italy – France 2016)
Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. They are both patients at the Villa Biondi, a progressive but secure psychiatric clinic. |
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SOLAN AND LUDVIG – THE BIG CHEESE RACE
(Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Norway 2015)
A secret bet between Solan and Olvar O. Kleppvold, he loses the house and workshop of the genious inventor Reodor Felgen, and they both bring their allies in the fight to win. |
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A CONSPIRACY OF FAITH
(Dir. Hans Petter Moland, Denmark 2015)
When an eight-year old message in a bottle ends up at Department Q. Carl Mørck and his assistant, Assad, are drawn into a horrific case involving a psychopathic murderer, religious fanaticism and abducted siblings never reported missing by their parents. |
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THE ABSENT ONE
(Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard, Denmark 2015)
In 1994 two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues point in the direction of a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty... |
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PERFECT STRANGERS
(Dir. Paolo Genovese, Italy 2016)
Seven long-time friends get together for a dinner. When they decide to share with each other the content of every text message, email and phone call they receive, many secrets start to unveil and the equilibrium trembles. |
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THE LAST KING
(Dir. Nils Gaup, Norway 2016)
The year is 1204. Norway is torn apart in a Civil war. With the help of the Birch Legs, the Norwegian King is fighting for survival against the Church’s Bishopsmen, who will use any means available to obtain victory. |
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SUBURRA
(Dir. Stefano Sollima, Italy 2015)
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long. |
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MR. FROG
(Dir. Anna van der Heide, Netherland 2016)
Adapted from a novel by best-selling author Paul van Loon (Fuchsia the Mini Witch), this is the story of an ordinary schoolteacher who has an extraordinary secret: from time to time, he changes into a frog! Luckily one of his pupils loves amphibians and she will do everything to protect him! |
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THE GIRL KING
(Dir. Mika Kausrimäki, Finland, Canada, Germany, Sweden 2015)
THE GIRL KING is the story of one of the most iconic Queens in history. Queen Kristina, at her father’s request raised as a prince, is thrust into a world of conflict. |
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TAJ MAHAL
(Dir. Nicolas Saada, France 2015)
One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the outside world is her cell phone, which allows her to maintain contact with her father, who is desperately trying to reach her from the other side of a city that has been plunged into chaos. Louise must spend a long night alone in the face of danger. She will never be the same again. |
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JOSEPHINE, PREGNANT AND FABULOUS
(Dir. Marilou Berry, France 2016)
At last, Josephine has found her perfect non-smoker-cat-loving-amazing-cook-perfect-man-soulmate. They’ve been in love for two years and everything is peachy.
Until she realizes she’s… pregnant. Time for Josephine to transform her life, mature into a responsible adult, not become like her mother, get a job, hold on to her man, refrain from falling out with her friends, and tell her sister, who's been crashing at her place, that she's got to move out. A bunch of overwhelming challenges that Josephine will have to face in her own, special way.
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HEAVEN ON EARTH
(Dir. Kay Pollak, Sweden 2015)
A group of people live in the small village "Ljusåker" in the most northern part of Sweden. When the choir director, world-renowned conductor Daniel Dareus, dies, he leaves his choir and ... |
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I AM HERE
(Dir. Anders Morgenthaler, Denmark, Germany 2015)
Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true. |
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ANTBOY 3
(Dir. Ask Hasselbalch, Denmark 2016)
It’s summer time and Pelle is enjoying life with his girlfriend, Ida. Suddenly strange things start happening. A new superhero appears and completely humiliates Antboy.
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EXTRAOSDINARY TALES
(Dir. Raul Garcia, France 2015)
A feature film anthology composed of five stories of Edgar Allan Poe, each crafted in a graphic design style uniquely suited to the individual segments and inspired by visual artists and illustrators, whose style best expresses the psychological depth and complexity of Poe’s dark universe. |
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A MAN CALLED OWE
(Dir. Hannes Holm, Sweden 2015)
59 year old Ove is the block’s grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. |
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ME AND KAMINSKI
(Dir. Wolfgang Becker, Germanuy 2015)
A sleazy young journalist tries to give a new turn to his career by writing the biography of the forgotten but very much alive painter Kaminski - genius of the last century. While orchestrating the old artist's disappearance to make the headlines with his future book, the young man ends up on an adventurous road trip with Kaminski... |
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THE ARDENNES
(Dir. Robin Pront, Belgium 2015)
Brothers Dave and Kenneth are reunited on Kenneth’s release after four years in prison following a failed home invasion. While Kenneth is anxious to dive headfirst into the drug-centered existence that ensnared him in the first place, both Dave and Kenneth’s erstwhile girlfriend Sylvie, have adopted clean lifestyles. Drugs, crime and the bonds of brotherhood create this dark crime thriller journey in The Ardennes. |
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MACADAM STORIES
(Dir. Samuel Benchetrit, France 2015)
A building in a housing project. One broken-down elevator. Three encounters. Six characters.
Will Sternkowitz make it out of his wheelchair to pursue the love of a night nurse?
Will latchkey teen Charly succeed in getting 80’s actress Jeanne Meyer a role?
And what will become of astronaut John McKenzie, who fell to earth and was taken in by Mrs. Hamida
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TWO BUDDIES AND A BAGGER
(Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Norway 2015)
UNLIKELY HEROES ON A MAD-CAP MISSION
A young lady on the run literally drops in on Tootson and Ludiwood, two buddies living in a railway tunnel. Her father, an ingenious scientist, is being held captive by a cruel villain trying to force him to create a serum that turns humans into robots. Together with a clever badger, the two buddies join her on a rescue mission against all odds. |
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ROXETTE DIARIES
(Dir. Jonas Åkerlund, Sweden 2016)
Everything (and more) happened to Roxette between 1986 and 1995. Hundreds of hours of film was recorded during the magic years and the ambition was to capture "everything". Come along into the studio, backstage, on the rehearsals and the concerts. These are the private videos from one of the biggest bands in history. |
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THE MODEL
(Dir. Mads Matthiesen, Denmark 2016)
When emerging fashion model Emma gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming an international top model, she leaves her everyday life in Denmark behind, and moves to Paris. At a photo shoot in her new hometown, she meets the attractive photographer Shane White and they fall in love. But their relationship soon turns into a dangerous obsession for Emma. |
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WONDROUS BOCCACCIO
(Dir. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, Italy 2015)
Florence, Italy, 1348. As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Tuscany, a group of young men and women takes shelter in a remote villa in the hills surrounding Florence. Now living as a community, they decide to tell each other a story a day to take their minds off their precarious situation… |
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HOMECOMING
(Dir. Mika Kaurismäki, Finland 2015)
Tiina decides to reconnect with his aged and bohemian father living alone. With her reluctant daughter and new husband, they move in and start to renovate the old house. However, neither the renovation nor facing the past is effortless. |
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TOM LITTLE AND THE MAGIC MIRROR
(Dir. Ernesto Padrón Blanco, Spain 2015)
In a magical world, small but brave Tom Little embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to release the kingdom from a spell and win the hand of a beautiful princess. But who is his true love: the king’s daughter or the courageous thief? |
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HELP, I SHRUNK MY TEACHER
(Dir. Sven Unterwaldt Jr, Germany 2015)
The story of 11-year-old Felix, whom nobody believes he has “shrunk” the universally hated school principal Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein to a height of just 15 centimetres. |
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THE COMMUNE
(Dir. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark 2016)
Erik and Anna are an academic couple with a dream. Together with their daughter Freja, they set up a commune in Erik’s huge villa in the upmarket district of Copenhagen. |
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DOCTOR PROCTOR: THE BUBBLE IN THE BATHTUB
(Dir. Ärild Fröhlich, Norway 2015)
The lovesick Doctor Proctor has traveled back in time in a desperate attempt to alter history. He wants to stop the wedding between his beloved Juliette and the terrible Claude Cliché, but is trapped in time. Lisa and Nilly, Proctor's young partners and neighbors, have to step up again, and they take the Time Bathtub back in time to try to help him. |
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THE WAVE
(Dir. Roar Uthaug, Norway 2015)
The experienced geologist Kristian Eikfjord has accepted a job offer out of town. He is getting ready to move from the city of Geiranger with his family, when he and his colleagues measure small geological changes in the underground. Kristian gets worried and his worst nightmare is about to come true, when the alarm goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many as possible including his own family. |
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RAMS
(Dir. Grímur Hákonarson, Island, Denmark, Norway, Poland 2015)
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep. |
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COCONUT THE LITTLE DRAGON
(Dir. Nina Wels, Hubert Weiland, Germany 2015)
Coconut and his friend Oscar are outsiders on Dragon Island. Coconut is supposed to be a flying dragon but he can't fly and Oscar, a carnivore by nature, is a vegetarian by choice. |
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VIRGIN MOUNTAIN
(Dir. Dagur Kári, Island 2015)
Fusi is in his forties and yet to find courage to enter the adult world.
He sleepwalks through everyday life, where routine is key. When a bubbly woman and an 8-year old girl unexpectedly enter his life, he is forced to take a leap.
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OPERASJON ARKTIS
(Dir. Grethe Bøe-Waal, Norway 2015)
Julia and her twin siblings Sindre and Ida have moved to a small town with their mother. Desperate to reach their father, who is working in Southern Norway, they secretly jump aboard a helicopter flying in his direction. Unfortunately, the helicopter changes its route and soon they find themselves lost and alone at a deserted island. |
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TRIPLE TROUBLE
(Dir. Albert Hooft, Paco Vink, Netherland 2014)
A team of three pets; a playful ferret FREDDY, a sweet canary bird CAREY and a know-it-all stick insect WALKER, head out to ask Saint Nicolas presents for their animal friends and themselves. The journey is filled with adventures and their friendship is severely tested. |
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DISORDER
(Dir. Alice Winocour, France 2015)
Vincent, a French Special Forces soldier just back from Afghanistan, is suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder. He is hired to ensure the security of Jessie, the wife of a rich Lebanese businessman at their luxurious villa “Maryland”. As he starts experiencing a strange fascination for the woman he has to protect, Vincent increasingly seems to fall into paranoia. Unless he is right, and the danger is very real indeed…
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BLACK SOULS
(Dir. Francesco Munzi, Italy 2014)
The rich story of a criminal family from the Southern region of Calabria plays out like a contemporary Western, where the call to blood law and an emphasis on revenge are commonplace and acceptable notions of justice. |
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WIPLALA
(Dir. Tim Oliehoek, Netherland 2014)
Annie M. G. Schmidt’s The Amazing Wiplala is a joyous adventure, a family entertainment film, about a
10cm tall little creature coming from a country where everyone can do magic, though they call it “tinkling” there. |
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MEN & CHICKEN
(Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen, Denmark 2015)
The film revolves around two special-natured brothers, Elias (Mads Mikkelsen) and Gabriel (David Dencik). Upon their father’s passing, the two brothers, who are not very fond of each other, find out through the father’s will, that they are adopted. Despite their disagreements, Elias and Gabriel decide to seek out their natural father and set out to the island where their father lives. Meanwhile, a surprise awaits Elias and Gabriel there. Surrounded by the island’s many odd personalities Elias and Gabriel discover a most paralysing, yet liberating truth about themselves and their family. |
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COMING HOME
(Dir. Zhang Yimou, China 2014)
Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits her husband's return. |
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SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS
(Dir. Philippe de Chaueron, France 2014)
Marie and Claude Verneuil are old school: a respected upper class family with four beautiful daughters. Isabelle, Odile and Ségolène made multicultural marriages to Rachid, David and Chao respectively. When Laure announces her intention to marry Charles, her parents are delighted. A traditional wedding, at last! When Laure informs them that Charles is from Africa, something snaps. Marie plunges into total meltdown and Claude plots to sabotage the wedding. He finds an unlikely ally in Charles's father, André, who agrees with them on only one thing: what did they do to deserve this? |
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THE LITTLE DEATH
(Dir. Josh Lawson, Australia 2014)
An outrageous romantic comedy about sex; secrets; fate; fetish; told through the lives and desires of five ordinary couples.
THE LITTLE DEATH, which marks the arrival of Australian writer-director Josh Lawson, is both an edgy sex comedy and a warm-hearted depiction of the secret lives of five suburban couples living in Sydney. Lawson's searing and sometimes shocking screenplay weaves together a story that explores a range of sexual fetishes and the repercussions that come with sharing them.
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ANTBOY 2 – REVENGE OF THE RED FURY
(Dir. Ask Hasselbalch, Denmark 2015)
Antboy has defeated “The Flea”, his archenemy, who is now locked away in a padded cell. He is more popular than ever and enjoying
life as a superhero. But his powers are useless against Christian,
the new boy in school. Antboy has a crush on Ida, but Christian, a
charming, but two-faced do-gooder, is trying to steal her away from
him. And, as if that isn’t bad enough, our hero also finds himself
being haunted by a mysterious invisible enemy: The Red Fury has
announced her arrival.
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1001 GRAMS
(Dir. Bent Hamer, Norway, Germany 2014)
When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. |
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THE SEARCH
(Dir. Michel Hazanavicius, France, Georgia 2014)
The Second Chechen War. 1999. THE SEARCH recounts, on a human scale, a powerful story of confl ict told through
four lives that will be brought together by a shocking twist of fate. |
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PIM AND POM: THE BIG ADVENTURE
(Dir. Gioia Smid, Netherland 2014)
The two cats Pim and Pom are best friends who live together with "The Lady". When, one day, the lady's nieces Tracey and Stacey come to visit, they take the cats to the park for a picnic. However, the nieces want to keep the cats for themselves and have come up with a secret plan to kidnap them. |
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THE GRUMP
(Dir. Dome Karukoski, Finland 2014)
HE WILL RUIN YOUR DAY! The Grump is about a cantankerous old man whose old school stubbornness is put to the test when he is forced, due to a heavy fall, to move in to the city with his sharp business minded daughter in law. |
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THE BOY WITH THE GOLDEN PANTS
(Dir. Ella Lemhagen, Sweden 2014)
Summer vacation has begun and Mats is just an ordinary kid like any other.
But when he finds a pair of pants that contain an unlimited amount of money, everything changes! Suddenly, the world is at his feet and Mats can fulfill all his dreams. |
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HERE IS HAROLD
(Dir. Gunnar Vikene, Norway 2014)
For over 40 years, Harold has been running a successful business, "Lunde Furniture" together with his wife, Marny. But this comes to an end when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door to Harold's small furniture shop. |
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LABYRINTHUS
(Dir. Douglas Boswell, Belgium, Netherland 2014)
Fourteen-year-old Frikke knows his way around computer games but this one has a shocking surprise: its protagonists are real kids and real animals whose lives are mysteriously uploaded into the game's labyrinth. To play or not to play is the question, especially when the fate of loved ones is at stake in the cyberworld… |
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MOOMINS ON THE RIVIERAL
(Dir. Xavier Picard, Hanna Hemilä, Finland, France 2014)
Moomins on the Riviera, features the entire Moomins clan as they embark on a hilarious adventure on the glamorous Riviera. Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attention of a playboy and Moomin learns that jealousy’s sting can be terribly painful. |
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THE LITTLE GHOST
(Dir. Alain Gsponer, Germany 2013)
The Little Ghost lives in the castle of Eulenstein. It awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Despite the warnings of a friend, Mr. Tu-Whit Tu-Whoo, the ghost would like to see the world by daylight once. |
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LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT
(Dir. Thomas Cailley, France 2014)
Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud’s summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque, a concrete block of tensed muscles and doomsday prophecies.
He expects nothing; she prepares for the worst.
Given she hasn’t asked him for anything, just how far will he go along with her?
It’s a love story. Or a story of survival. Or both.
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BÖRNING
(Dir. Hallvard Bræin, Norway 2014)
A group of car enthusiasts decide to stage an “illegal street race” from Oslo to the North Cape – a distance of 2208 kilometers. 26 cars line up for the challenge which will be both personal and technical. |
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CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH
AND THE LAMA RAMA TREASURE
(Dir. John Andreas Andersen,
Lisa Marie Gamlen, Norway 2014)
Together with the captain and his crew, two courageous children set out on a thrilling quest to find King Rufus fabled treasure. A magnificent and humorous live action feature film for the whole family. |
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A SECOND CHANGE
(Dir. Susanne Bier, Denmark 2014)
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. |
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A PATRIOTIC MAN
(Dir. Arto Halonen, Finland 2013)
Toivo’s blood is exceptionally powerful. When the Finnish ski team hears about Toivo, they understand they have found a highly prized secret weapon. His blood can improve any athlete’s performance, fueling the skiers to success. |
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THE CHRISTMAS OF SOLAN & LUDVIG
(Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen; Norway 2013)
It’s almost Christmas, and what Ludvig wants most of all is snow. But when Reodor builds the world’s most powerful snow cannon, it ends up in the hands of Freeman Pløsen, Editor of the “Flåklypa Gazette”. Above all things in this world, Pløsen wants a record snowfall, and Solan and Ludvig must take action. |
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THE SALVATION
(Dir. Kristian Levring, Denmark 2014)
The 1870s among new settlers and outlaws, Danish immigrant Jon (Mads Mikkelsen) has been waiting for years to bring his wife and son to the United States. When he finally succeeds, moments after their arrival they fall victim to a horrific crime. |
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EMIL & IDA FROM LÖNNEBERGA
(Dir. P. Åhlin, A. Jaworski Björk, L. Persson; Sweden 2013)
Katthult, in Lönneberga, in Småland, is where Emil and his little sister Ida live with their father Anton, their mother Alma, the farmhand Alfred and the maid Lina. Emil is a sweet little boy who likes to help out, but his helpfulness often turns into mischief. |
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PETTSON AND FINDUS – A LITTLE NUISANCE, A GREAT FRIENDSHIP
(Dir. Ali Samadi Ahadi, Germany 2014)
Old man Pettson lives in a small, red house, spending his time chopping wood, doing odd jobs, working on his inventions, fishing and taking care of his chickens. One day his neighbour, Beda , who takes care of everything warmheartedly, gives him a small tomcat, so the old man has a bit of company. Pettson names him Findus. |
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DOCTOR PROCTORS FART POWDER
(Dir. Ärild Fröhlich, Norway 2013)
The somewhat insane Doctor Proctor has accidentally invented the world's most powerful fart powder. When two kids from his neighborhood drop by for an unexpected visit, it becomes the beginning of an unusual friendship and a riotous business project. Well-behaved Lisa with her pigtails and tiny Nilly with his bright red hair decide to help introduce Doctor Proctor's fart powder to the world. |
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HUMAN CAPITAL
(Dir. Paolo Virzi; Italy 2014)
Lake Como, Italy. A cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve. What happened that night? How will this accident change the destiny of the rich Bernaschi family and the Rovelli family on the edge of bankruptcy? |
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ANTBOY
(Dir. Ask Hasselbalch; Denmark 2013)
When 12-year-old Pelle is bitten by an ant, he gains all the powers of the ant! Antboy soon realises that he is not alone with superpowers in town, when he discovers a scary opponent called The Flea…based on popular book series by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen. From Oscar and Golden Globe nominated producers (Fighter, Catch that girl, Submarino) |
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AUGUST FOOLS
(Dir. Taru Mäkela; Finland, Czech Republic 2013)
ELSA (Kati Outinen), a middle-aged milliner and part-time clairvoyant runs a smartest little hat-shop in the heart of Helsinki 1962. She has total control of her life-until the man she once loved and lost suddenly reappears from the past – and from the dead |
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BAMSE AND THE CITY OF THIEVES
(Dir. Christian Ryltenius, Sweden 2014)
In BAMSE AND THE CITY OF THIEVES the strongest bear in the world and his two friends Little Hopp and Shellman show that the best weapon against evil is - friendship (and a few drops of Grandma’s Thunder Honey of course). An adventure film about friendship and how easy it is for someone to become mean when they’ve been left out. |
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OTTO IS A RHINO
(Dir. Kenneth Kainz, Denmark 2013)
Optimistic 10-year-old Topper has a vivid imagination. As he misses his dad, who is away sailing the seven seas, he likes to tell exotic tales of his dad’s heroic adventures. As his classmates have never seen his dad, they do not believe his stories and call him a liar. |
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IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE
(Dir. Hans Petter Moland, Norway 2014)
Nils snow ploughs the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently awarded Citizen of the Year. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignites a war between the vegan gangster “The Count“ and the Serbian mafia boss “Papa“. Winning a blood feud isn ´t easy. Especially not in a welfare state. But Nils has something going for him: Heavy machinery and beginner‘s luck. |
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WALESA. MAN OF HOPE
(Dir. Andrzej Wajda, Poland 2013)
1970, Gdansk. The communist authorities bloodily repress a workers’ protest. Among them Lech Walesa, an ordinary shipyard worker who tries to deal with daily problems with his wife Danuta. Refusing the rules, he soon start leading a revolution that will end up not only toppling a dictatorship in Poland, but also eating away at the crumbling edifice of the Soviet empire. |
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A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT
(Dir. Erik Poppe, Norway, Irland, Sweden 2013)
Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, she gets badly hurt. Back home another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family. |
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HEART OF A LION
(Dir. Dome Karukoski, Finland, Sweden 2013)
Teppo meets and falls in love with the beautiful blonde Sari. But this is to be no ordinary love affair. Teppo is a central figure in a neo-Nazi group and when he meets Sari’s son, he is in for a big surprise. |
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WE ARE THE BEST!
(Dir. Lukas Moodysson, Swedish 2013)
Stockholm 1982. A film about Bobo, Klara and Hedvig. Three 13-year old girls who roam the streets. Who are brave and tough and strong and weak and confused and weird. Who have to take care of themselves way too early. Who heat fish fingers in the toaster when mom is at the pub. Who start a punk band without any instruments, even though everybody says that punk is dead |
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KNIGHT RUSTY
(Dir. Thomas Bodenstein, Germany 2012)
Knight Rusty is in for the adventure of his life: Just as his dream of winning the big tournament comes true, he is falsely accused of theft. Deprived of his knightly honour and castle he sets out to redeem himself and to win back his damsel -and ends up saving the whole kingdom in a gigantic battle |
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WALTZ FOR MONICA
(Dir. Per Fly, Denmark. Sweden 2013)
Having it all comes at a price!
Monica, a young, rebellious small town girl is determined to make it as a singer in the vibrant jazz clubs of Stockholm, and even New York City, in the sixties. Beautiful and sensual, she embarks on the singing career of her dreams, and an exquisite singer and actress evolves in the golden era of jazz.
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NYMPHOMANIAC
(Dir. Lars von Trier, Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, UK 2013)
NYMPHOMANIAC is the light and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter’s evening Seligman, an old bachelor, finds Joe semi-unconscious and beaten up in an alleyway. After bringing her to his flat he sees to her wounds while trying to understand how things could have gone so wrong for her. He listens intently as she over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi faceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
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JOURNEY TO THE CHRISTMAS STAR
(Dir. Nils Gaup, Norway 2012)
A courageous girl sets out on a hazardous journey to find the Christmas Star in order to free the kingdom from a curse and bring back a long lost princess, but some mighty foes try to stop her. A Christmas adventure for the whole family set in a magnificent winter wonderland. |
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MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE
(Dir. Sandra Nettelbeck, Germany, Belgium, France 2013)
MR. MORGAN'S LAST LOVE is the bittersweet tale of a lonely American widower in Paris who learns to love life again after a chance encounter with a beautiful and vibrant young woman. They both spend a short but precious time together – a time that touches their hearts and changes their lives. |
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THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES
(Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard, Denmark 2013)
Following a shootout that left his two partners respectively dead and paralyzed, chief detective Carl Mørck is assigned to the newly established Department Q, a department for old, terminated cases. |
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PLODDY THE POLICE CAR ON THE CASE
(Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Rune Spaans, Norway 2013)
Ploddy the Police Car is assigned to guard the biggest attraction in a brand new Eagle Park in the far North of Norway; an endangered eagle mother and her egg. However, when two female thieves steal the eagle mother and Pelle ends up hatching the egg under his hood, he gets a lot busier than planned. The fact that his policeman Richard falls in love with one of the thieves is not helping either… |
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21 WAYS TO RUIN A MARRIAGE
(Dir. Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finland 2013)
There are 21 ways to ruin a marriage and that's enough to convince Sanna that falling in love is folly. As her extensive studies show ‘Divorce is a natural and probable consequence of falling in love.’ Love and sex are two different things, and she prefers the latter, in an intoxicated state if possible. Marriage is a business agreement. |
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WISH YOU WERE HERE
(Dir. Kieran Darcy-Smith, Australia 2012)
Four friends indulge in a carefree Cambodian holiday, but their sun-soaked retreat quickly takes a horrific turn when one of the travelers disappears. As the search ensues, the others return home, racked with guilt and struggling to return to their daily lives. Does one of them hold the answer to the fate of their lost companion? Tightly-held secrets from their life-altering trip are brought to light, revealing clues to the whereabouts of their missing friend. |
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KON-TIKI
(Dir. Joachim Running, Espen Sandberg, Norway 2012)
In a dangerous sea-faring adventure, six men are tested to the limits of their endurance in the daring true story of the Kon-Tiki voyage.
Thor Heyerdahl – a restless spirit. His radical idea kick-starts an impossible mission. Along with five loyal buddies, Thor follows an ancient path 4,300 miles across the Pacific on the fragile Kon-Tiki raft. Attacked by tidal waves, sharks and all the dangers the Ocean can muster, it’s six men battling with nature as Kon-Tiki strives to reach land.
Having sacrificed everything for his mission, even his marriage, Thor must succeed. |
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VAMPIRE SISTERS
(Dir. Wolfgang Groos, Germany 2012)
Dakaria and Silvania, 12-year-old half-vampire sisters, move from Transylvania to Germany. Here the girls have to become accustomed to the conditions of human daily life: that is, go to school during the day, use lots of sun block and fly during nighttime hours only. The most important difficulty, however, is to find friends as they always need to be cautious about keeping the truth to themselves. |
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SIMON AND THE OAKS
(Dir. Lisa Ohlin, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway 2012)
«Every family has a secret.»
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenborg in the forties and fifties of the last century. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life.
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LUDWIG II
(Dir. Peter Sehr, Germany 2012)
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music; from his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and to his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world – an epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur. |
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A HIJACKING
(Dir. Tobias Lindholm, Denmark 2012)
The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbour when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk) and the engineer Jan (Roland Møller), who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company (Søren Malling) and the Somali pirates. |
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BLACK'S GAME
(Dir. Oskar Thor Axelsson, Island 2012)
The last few years of the millennium marked a transformational period for the Icelandic underworld. What had been a relatively innocent playground for petty criminals and “hobby pushers” progressed into the organized and violent industry that prevails today. |
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MARCO MACACO
(Dir. Jan Rahbeck, Denmark 2012)
In his dreams, Marco Macaco is a cool cop solving major crimes – in fact, he is just a dedicated beach officer on a tropical island where nothing seems to happen. His hopes to win beautiful Lulu’s heart get shattered when charming Carlo arrives on the island to build a gigantic monkey-shaped casino right on Marco's beach. |
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INTO THE WHITE
(Dir. Petter Næss, Norway 2012)
INTO THE WHITE is inspired by real events that took place during World War II. A hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness leaves two aircraft - one British, one German - shot down in a remote and isolated region. By strange coincidence the crews seek shelter in the same cabin. |
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THE HUNT
(Dir. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark 2012)
Following a tough divorce, 40-year-old Lucas has a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process of reestablishing his relationship with his teenage son, Marcus. But things go awry. Just a story - a random lie. And as the snow falls and the Christmas lights are lit, the lie spreads like a virus. The shock and mistrust get out of hand, and the small community suddenly finds itself in a collective state of hysteria, while Lucas fights a lonely fight for his life and dignity. |
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GLORIOUSLY WASTED /
DIARY OF A DRUNK
(Dir. Lauri Maijala, Finland 2012)
This is a comedy about the Finnish national disease, alcoholism. It is based on a novel by Juha Vuorinen with the same title. The book stays, year after year on top of best-selling books list. It is also the most borrowed fictional book In Finnish jails. |
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WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH
(Dir. Oliver Dieckmann, Germany 2011)
The last thing Charlotte and Ben expected is that Santa crash lands onto their street in the middle of a thunderstorm just before Christmas. This being only the beginning of what turns out to be a remarkable series of Christmas adventures, including chases, fake Santas and vicious nutcrackers to name just some of them ... |
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ROAD NORTH
(Dir. Mika Kaurismäki, Finland 2012)
Timo is an esteemed concert pianist whose personal life is on the rocks. One day he finds an older shabby-looking man at his door. The man, Leo, turns out to be his father who left the country when Timo was 3—and hasn't been in touch for 35 years. |
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JELLY T (GUMMI T)
(Dir. Michael Hegner, Denmark 2012)
Poor Ivan Olsen is plagued by problems… bullied at school and constantly pursued by a gang whose greatest pleasure is filling his pants with water. And when Ivan gets home, his dad doesn’t have much sympathy for him either because he is crazy about Tarzan and fails to appreciate Ivan’s finer qualities.
But one day Ivan gets the chance to live up all of his dad’s expectations and give the bullies at school a lesson they will never forget… the big questions is whether having superpowers makes life any easier? |
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ID:A
(Dir. Christian E. Christiansen, Denmark 2011)
Aliena wakes up in a river in France with a bag with 2 million euros, a scar across her abdomen and no memory. She seeks refuge in the nearest town but soon discovers that mysterious men are following her. With the help of the French hotelier Pierre she temporarily gets away from the pursuers. Aliena discovers that her accent is Danish and decides to go to Denmark in the search for her identity. |
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BROTHERS
(Dir. Mika Kaurismäki, Finland 2011)
Ivar, Mitja and Torsti, 3 half brothers – all with different mothers – come together for the first time in many years to celebrate their father’s 70th birthday. In a hysterical and often funny outpour the past comes bubbling to the surface. Deep down the brothers all feel like they have failed in life – and all of the bad, they believe, rests firmly on the shoulders of their philandering and neglectful father. |
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MY SISTER'S KIDS HOME ALONE
(Dir. Martin Miehe-Renard, Denmark 2012)
While Mom and Dad are on holiday, the children are left home alone with Uncle Eric. Without either permission or driving licences Jan and Michael accidentally crash their dad’s sports car. In order to raise money for repairing the car, before dad gets home, the kids persuade Uncle Eric to turn their home into a hotel. The hotel receives guests from both Denmark and Japan, and even suspicious “burglar”-types from Eastern Europe decide to check in. My sister’s kids need all their strengths and skills to protect the little hotel and not least the earnings against the sinister Eastern European gang. |
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TWIGSON IN TROUBLE
(Dir. Arild Ostin Ommundsen, Norway 2011)
Final part of the Twigson trilogy: Twigson and Karoline have got a baby boy and could not be happier. However, Mom and Dad are worried about Junior, because even though they have been living there for a couple of months he still hasn’t made any newfriends. Junior doesn’t care. He doesn’t like the other boys in the street anyway. And he has Twigson. They make a pact not to have any other friends. Forever. But one day Twigson disappears without a trace... |
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THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH
(LA FEMME DU VE)
(Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski,
France, Poland, UK 2011)
American writer Tom Ricks arrives in Paris to rekindle a relationship with his daughter, Chloé, who recently moved there with her mother.
But nothing goes according to plan: lodged in a seedy hotel, he is forced to work as a night guard, and his ex-wife won’t allow him to see his daughter.
Tom is convinced he has hit rock bottom.
Then he meets Margit. She’s sensual, and mysterious. But the rules she asks him to abide by are unusually strict: he is to ask no questions, and can only liaise with her twice a week...
This odd relationship slowly slides into perilous territories..
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THE GOOD SOLDIER SHWEIK
(Dir. Robert Crombie, Rynat Gazizov,
Ukraina 2009)
The Good Soldier Shweik is a cartoon feature film based on Jaroslav Hasek’s world-famous tale of a common man trapped in the cogs of an inhuman war machine. Josef Shweik, a dealer in second-hand dogs, is called up for World War One. Once in the army, the “idiot” Shweik is imprisoned, certified insane, lost at cards, and almost hanged as he makes his reluctant way towards the front. |
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JACKPOT
(Dir. Magnus Martens, Norway 2011)
The movie is set in the border country between Norway and Sweden, where we meet a bunch of scruffy guys; Oscar, Thor, Billy and Tresko (The Clog), who share a criminal past.They are working in a strange factory in the middle of nowhere producing plastic Christmas trees. But they are also gamblers. Like most people they never win anything, until now!This is the story of that time they actually won 1.739.361 Norwegian Kroner, a number that proves impossible to divide into four equal parts… and that is when the fun begins! |
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
(Dir. Lynne Ramsay, UK 2011)
Eva (Tilda Swinton) puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the entire community. Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault? |
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THE RAID
(Dir. Gareth Evans, USA, Indonesia 2012)
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the rundown apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the 6th floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. |
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A ROYAL AFFAIR
(Dir. Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark 2012)
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution.
Centering on the intriguing love triangle between the ever more insane Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard), the man of enlightenment and idealism Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen), and the young but strong queen Caroline Mathilda (Alicia Vikander). A ROYAL AFFAIR is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for the people. Above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation. |
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CHUBBY DRUMS
(Dir. Arne Toonen, Netherland 2010)
Chubby Drums is a cheery boy; honest and a bit fat.His happy life changes when, together with his family, he moves to Thinhaven, where his father opens up a new restaurant. In Thinhaven no one is outgoing or fat. When Chubby Drums falls in love with Lieve, the skinniest girl in town, he will go out of his way to win her heart and, at the same time, show the people of Thinhaven that true beauty lies within. |
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HEADHUNTERS
(Dir. Morten Tyldum, Norway 2011)
Save for a somewhat diminutive stature, Roger is a man who apparently has it all; he’s
Norway’s most successful headhunter, he’s married to the exceedingly beautiful gallery owner Diana, has a far too expensive villa and must, to keep his head above water financially,
steal a little too much art.
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LILLY THE WITCH 2 - THE JOURNEY TO MANDOLAN
(Dir. Harald Sicheritz, Germany 2011)
The big-screen success of LILLY THE WITCH continues. In the first film, Lilly became the new superwitch and saved the world from mischievous sorcerer Hieronymus together with her clumsy dragon Hector.
Now a new adventure awaits: The journey to Mandolan!
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TYING YOUR OWN SHOES
(Dir. Lena Koppel, Sweden 2011)
Alex is an inveterate loafer with dreams of being in the theatre, who takes no responsibility for himself or those closest to him, and his life is anything but under control. When his girlfriend Lisa eventually gets fed up and chucks him out onto the street, Alex is forced to look for a job in order to survive. |
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KLITSCHKO
(Dir. Sebastian Dehnhardt, Germany 2011)
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko: two exceptional brothers, both icons, role models and heroes for many around the globe. The six-foot-six Ukrainian brothers emigrated to Germany to begin careers in heavyweight boxing in 1996, and the sport was never the same. After a 15-year reign over the ring, they made history in 2008, becoming the first brothers in the sport to hold world titles at the same time. |
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KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND
(Dir. Marius Holst, Norway, France, Poland, Sweden 2010)
Norwegian winter, early 20th century.
On the boys' home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
Based on a true story.
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FREDDY FROGFACE
(dir. Peter Dodd, Denmark 2011)
FREDDY FROGFACE is the story about Victor and his friends that manage to outsmart the town bully and stand up for themselves in an imaginative, ingenuous and yet determined way. This movie is a funny and quirky must-see for the whole family! |
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HAPPY, HAPPY
(Dir. Anne Sewitsky, Norway 2010)
Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she "isn't particularly attractive" anymore. Whatever. That's life.
But when "the perfect couple" moves in next door, Kaja struggles to keep her emotions in check. Not only do these successful, beautiful, exciting people sing in a choir; they have also adopted a child – from Ethiopia! These new neighbors open a new world to Kaja, with consequences for everyone involved. And when Christmas comes around, it becomes evident that nothing will ever be like before – even if Kaja tries her very best.
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MELANCHOLIA
(Dir. Lars von Trier, Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany 2011)
Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth...
Melancholia is described as a beautiful film about the end of the world, and the the story hinges on a large object from outer space approaching Earth that affects the planet's inhabitants.
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TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT
(Dir. Martin Lund, Norway 2010)
Get ready for action and romance with Junior and Twigson. Quite a few things get out
of control when Mom has an accident: Twigson falls in love with Tiny - a very special
birch wood twig. Tiny and Junior get into business and sell cookies in an attempt to
solve a crime; Philip gets thrown into new and big responsibilities at home, Twigson
learns to fly and Junior runs away from home. TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT is a warm and
fun film with great animation in a playful, charming and rich universe. Children will be
thrilled and adults will feel nostalgic.
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TWIGSON
(Dir. Asleik Engmark, Norway 2009)
The film Twigson tells the story of Junior a quick-witted boy, who has just moved from the city to the country side and not made any friends yet. One day he finds the wooden twig "TWIGSON" and the imaginary, but very good friendship begins….
When Junior’s mum gets work in a store while his Dad is out travelling as an underwear salesman, Junior has to manage on his own most of the day. With Twigson in his hand, he encounters a new everyday life filled with excitement and drama. But can a pine twig be a real friend – and can the family really afford to stay in the run-down house?“
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TIMETRIP - THE CURSE OF
VIKING WITCH
(Dir. Mogens Hagedorn, Denmark 2008)
Trouble begins when siblings Valdemar and Sille are home alone and Valdemar crashes his dad´s brand new car. The next day he meets physicist Benedict who lurks Valdemar to test the time machine he has invented. Suddenly, Valdemar finds himself in the year 963, the time of Vikings in Denmark, where he learns that Benedict has become immortal after being enchanted by a witch. But eternal life is deprived of friends and love, and Benedict’s only wish is to live a normal life. To earn money for the car repairs, Valdemar and Sille travel back in time to unearth a cross that can lift the curse. |
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BELOVED BERLIN WALL
(Dir. Peter Timm, Germany 2009)
1989. The GDR is fading into oblivion, but its feared Secret Police has enough time on its hands to hound a young East-German border guard and his West-German girlfriend. Madcap adventures and political upheavals ensue on both sides of the Wall. |
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MONSTERS
(Dir. Gareth Edwards, UK 2010)
Six years ago a NASA probe returning to earth with samples of an alien life form crashed over Central America. Soon afterwards new life forms began to appear, and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures"... The story begins when a US journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US Border. |
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PLODDY THE POLICE CAR -
MAKES A SPLASH
(Dir. Rasmus V. Sivertsen, Norway 2009)
The power cable that supplies the Norwegian town of Bodø with electricity, is blown down during a violent storm. Ploddy the Police Car takes charge and pulls a new cable across the mountain against the wind and rain, so that light and warmth can be once again restored to the town. But, after the job is done, Ploddy reverses into the fallen electricity cable. He receives a massive electric shock. But once again there is a miracle. Ploddy awakes – and now he is electric. |
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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
(Dir. Bent Hamer, Norway 2010)
In a small Norwegian town on Christmas Eve, several people struggle to make it home through the snow beneath the colorful Northern Lights. An eclectic mix of townsfolk cross paths in several interwoven stories of humour and tragedy, tenderness and desperation, forgiveness and hope, birth and death. |
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BURIED
(Dir. Rodrigo Cortes, Spain 2010)
Paul Conroy, truck driver and family man, wakes up BURIED ALIVE in an old wooden coffin. Not knowing who might have put him there or why, his only chance to escape from this nightmare is a cell phone. Poor reception, battery and lack of oxygen are his worst enemies in a race against time: Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued. |
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Pettson & Findus IV - Forget Abilities
(Dir. J. Lerdam, A. Sorensen, Sweden 2009)
Sand in the machinery and an unfortunate accident kick off a new adventure with old man Pettson and his cat Findus. An old swimming machine, modified to work as a tile thrower, causes memory loss and suddenly good advice is hard to come by. Can the story about when Findus was just kitten and went missing help jog Pettson’s memory? Or perhaps the story about the treasure hunt the old man and his cat set off on one dark night not too long ago? The re-telling of a series of wacky escapades seems the only way to try and bring Pettson’s memory back. |
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BALLS
(Dir. Josef Fares, Sweden 2010)
Three friends. Jörgen is afraid of being left alone, Juan's worried about his pet labrador, but Aziz is in top form. Good looking, he's also a brilliant cook and a man who knows what women want. Soon he's going to be the grandfather of a perfect little boy. He's certain of it. But when he sets out to find himself a nice grandmother, nothing really goes according to plan. |
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THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE
(Dir. Måns Herngren, Sweden 2009)
After a wild bachelor party and an excruciating defeat in floor ball, Fredrik, an out-of-work, would-be athlete discovers his passion and talent for synchronized swimming. He soon dreams of competing with his friends for the gold as Sweden’s only male team at the world championship in Berlin. At first his old floor ball team thinks he’s gone off the deep end, but eventually he persuades them to join him. The only problem is that none of the guys swim well, neither do they know the first thing about performing. But with the world championship rapidly approaching, Fredrik is willing to do anything to win – even using his teenage daughter to whip the men into shape. |
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THE HOUSE OF BRANCHING LOVE
(Dir. Mika Kaurismäki, Finland 2009)
Family therapist Juhani Helin, 35, and business
trainer Paula Helin, 34, decide to divorce in a civilized manner and move
to separate addresses after selling their common house. But when Paula
invites her one night stand, Marco, to the house and Juhani takes revenge
on her by hiring a prostitute, Nina, from his half-brother and a pimp,
Wolffi, to play his new girlfriend in order to force Paula to leave the
house, the box of pandora of their marriage flies open and releases the
plagues of love and hate. |
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LILLY THE WITCH
(Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky, Germany 2009)
Life has
suddenly become much too exciting for the old witch Surulunda. The incredibly
mean and nasty wizard Hieronymus has managed to sneak into her idyllic
witch’s house yet again to get his hands on her well-protected
Book of Spells. It’s lucky her small sized dragon with the large
appetite, the somewhat overweight Hektor, is there at the right time.
Surulunda has to do something: it’s time for her to find a successor.
Hektor then sets off on the search for a worthy protector for the magic
book and lands, together with the book and much commotion, in Lilly’s
house! When she discovers the magic book the chaos really starts ...
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JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY
(Dir. Ole Bornedal, Denmark 2007)
During
a holiday in Vietnam Julia meets the love of her life, the dangerous,
irresistible and adventurous Sebastian. But something terrible happens
to Julia in Hanoi, something indescribable, and she decides to flee
back to Denmark. On her way back to visit her family – completely
beside herself and scared out of her wits - she loses control of the
car and has an accident…
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ANTICHRIST (Dir.
Lars von Trier, Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland 2009)
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin, ‘Eden’,
in the woods, hoping a return to the woods will repair their broken hearts
and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from
bad to worse… |
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BEAUTIFUL BITCH (Dir.
Martin Theo Krieger, Germany 2007)
Bica lives in a run-down apartment in a big city, working with a gang
of young pickpockets. She saves her share of the loot for a future life
with her little brother.
When Bica steals from a man at a shopping mall, his beautiful, rich and
very spoiled daughter Milka, follows her. A friendship develops between
the two girls, but when Milka and her friends discover Bica´s job
and unbearable existence, they team together to help her ... |
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FIGHTER (Dir.
Natasha Arty, Denmark 2007) Aicha is
a high school student and she's going to be a doctor - so says her father,
first generation immigrant to Denmark from Turkey. But Aicha prefers martial
arts to school homework. She defies her parents' ban and her Islamic upbringing
and starts training with men prefessionally in a Kung Fu Club.
The rules of life are not as simple as the rules of martial arts. Aicha's
choice ends up bringing great consequences not only for herself but her
whole family ... |
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LEO (Dir.
Josef Fares, Sweden
2007) Leo celebrates his 30th birthday.
Surrounded by family and friends, he toasts to the future. But as the
party ends and Leo and his girlfriend walk back home, something happens
that will forever change their lives ... |
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CHRISTMAS STORY (Dir.
Juha Wuolijoki, Finland 2007) Have you
ever wondered how Santa Claus grew up to be Santa? Discover the untold
story of Santa’s life. Against breath-taking landscape and despite
family tragedy and personal hardship is a big and pure heart filled with
love for children around the world ... |
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DRAGON HUNTERS (Dir.
Steve Shimek, France, Germany, Luxembourg 2008) Here
are the adventures of Lian-Chu and Gwizdo, two dragon hunters that are
the heroes of the animated program bearing the same name ... |
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THE SUBSTITUTE (Dir.
Ole Bornedal, Denmark 2007) 6th grade
has a new substitute teacher. She is very ambitious and wants to train
the class to win an international competition for European schoolchildren
in Paris. Evidently, this substitute is not, what they are used to –
apparently she can read the children’s minds, and when she is alone
with the pupils in class, she is downright malicious. The children immediately
make a complaint about her, but she succeeds in convincing the parents,
that she is fantastic – though the class claims, that she is an
evil “alien” from a strange planet ... |
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RAMBO
(Dir. Sylvester Stallone, USA / Germany 2008)
Rambo, who lives a solitary, simple life in the
mountains and jungles fishing and catching poisonous snakes to sell,
has long given up fighting.
That all changes when a group of human rights missionaries search out
the "American river guide" John Rambo. They ask Rambo to guide
them up the Salween and drop them off, so they can deliver medical supplies
and food to the local tribe. After initially refusing to cross into
Burma, Rambo takes them... |
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EASTERN PROMISES
(Dir. David Gronenberg, UK, Canada, USA 2007)
The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai
Luzhin (Mr. Mortensen) is a driver for one of London’s most notorious
organized crime families of Eastern European origin. Headed by Semyon
(Armin Mueller-Stahl), whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor
of the plush restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the
family’s fortunes are tested by Semyon’s volatile son and
enforcer, Kirill (Vincent Cassel), who is more tightly bound to Nikolai
than to his own father ...
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DARK FLOORS
(Dir. Pete Riski, Finland 2008)
Sarah is an autistic little girl whose
father is worried about her health. Concerned for her, the father sees
her removal from the hospital by force as the only option. An elevator
breakdown prevents a smooth exit and leaves them trapped with others.
Yet the incident is only the beginning of a descent into nightmare.
As the doors open the hospital appears mysteriously deserted. When mutilated
bodies are found, creatures from a dark world start a frightening attack.
It soon becomes clear that the survival of the group may rest solely
on the little girl ...
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20 CIGARETTES
(Dir. Aleksandr Gornovsky, Russia 2007)
Andrey is a Moscow yuppie working as a
creative manager in a large advertising agency. That day he smokes out
an entire pack of cigarettes. With each cigarette the storm of events
and conflicts Andrey is involved in becomes more and more violent. Confronted
to a situation in which his professional and personal future is jeopardized,
Andrey must make the one and only right decision ... |
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SNIEZINKA
(Dir. Pavel Bardin, Russia 2007)
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MAN'S JOB
(Dir. Aleksi Salmenperä , Finland 2007)
A family man becomes a prostitute to support his
family.
Feeling ashamed about his failure and worried about his wife’s
mental health, Juha decides to keep the fact that he got fired a secret.
He spends his days on a remote service station thinking about a way
out and the growing web of lies that he is slowly weaving.
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EXIT
(Dir. Peter Lindmark, Sweden 2006)
An edgy thriller filled with unexpected twists and turns takes us behind
the scenes of the financial and upper-class world. Hunger for power and
money but also loyalty, love and sacrifices are all questions that Thomas
(Mads Mikkelsen), suddenly has to face, in a game of life and death. |
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REPRISE
(Dir. Joachim Trier, Norway 2006)
Reprise is a playful film about friendship, madness
and creativity, about love and sorrow, great ambitions and the often unpleasant
clash between youthful presumptions and reality. With its somewhat un-Norwegian
structure, REPRISE has a distinct style and narrative technique which
moves the story forward in a rich and enthusiastic manner ...
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RUDY, THE RETURN OF THE RACING PIG
(Dir. Peter Timm, Germany 2007) Up
to now, Nickel (9) and his single dad Thomas have been managing very well
together. Then Nickel goes on a school excursion and brings the little
piglet Rudy back with him in his rucksack ... |
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V2
(Dir. Aleksi Mäkelä,
Finland 2007)
Jussi Vares, temporary broke as always, gets a
phone call from the city of Pori. On the horn is his old school-mate
Jarkko Tienvieri who offers Vares a job for a private eye. The mission:
to find out the real murderer and clean out the badly-tarnished reputation
of a used-cars salesman.
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THE ROBBER HOTZENPLOTZ
(Dir Gernot Roll, Germany 2005)
'I steal what I like, that´s
what I´m known for', brags Robber Hotzenplotz, who willingly adds
that he´s the biggest robber far and wide. If only he hadn´t
stolen Grandmother´s beloved coffee mill ... |
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FROZEN CITY
(Dir. Aku Louhimies, Finland 2006)
Abandoned by his wife, the man who has
lost his family is convicted of manslaughter – an act of violence
which, hopelessly drunk at the time, he can not remember committing.
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STORM
(Dir. Mårlind / Stein, Sweden 2006)
DD (Eric Ericson) is young. Cool. Knows
where it's at. Or… thought he did. Until the night he meets Lova
(Eva Röse) who is trying to escape someone. Or something.
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PAHA MAA / Frozen Land
(Dir. Aku Louhimies, Finland 2005) is
a hectic, fast-paced and realistic depiction of today´s Finland.
It is full of dramatic and tragic events, a lot of action but also warmth
and humor ... |
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THE FIRST ON THE MOON
(Dir. Alexej Fedortschenko, Russia 2005)
While rummaging through state-security archives
a documentary filmmaker makes a spectacular discovery. He unearths material
which proves that the Russians landed on the moon long before the Americans.
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MATTI - Hell is for Heroes
(Dir. Aleksi Mäkela, Finland 2006)
Matti is a fictionalized drama about a man who
loves ski-jumping so much that he rises to the top of his game and becomes
the best in the world.
But the fact that he jumps like an eagle flies, does not mean that he
cannot crash-land in everyday life ... |
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SOPHIE SCHOLL – THE FINAL DAYS
(Dir. Marc Rothemund, Germany 2005)
Munich, 1943. As Hitler wages a devastating
war in Europe, a group of young people, mostly university students, resorts
to passive resistance as the only effective way to cripple the Nazis and
their inhuman war machine. The White Rose is formed, a resistance movement
dedicated to the downfall of the Third Reich. Sophie Scholl is the only
female member ... |
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RANCID
(Dir. Joakim Ersgård, 2004)
Once a promising writer, John Hayson now
gets by on the odd writing job. A personal tragedy has left him dispassionate
about the world and his work and he lives his life in limbo. In the midst
of this existential crisis he attends a high school reunion and meets
three old friends ... |
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VANITY FAIR
(Dir. Mira Nair, England-USA 2004)
The daughter of a starving English artist and
a French chorus girl, Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is orphaned at
a young age. Even as a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life than
her birthright promises ... |
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IN GOOD COMPANY
(Dir. Paul Weitz , USA 2004)
Veteran ad salesman Dan's (Dennis Quaid) new boss
Carter (Topher Grace) is half his age--a business school prodigy who
preaches corporate Synergy. Dan has two teenage daughters and is shocked
when his wife tells him she's pregnant ... |
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ONE MISSED CALL / CHAKUSHIN ARI
(Dir. Takashi Miike, Japan 2003)
When several of Yumi’s friends meet violent
deaths after receiving a mysterious phone message dated in the future,
she teams up with stranger Hiroshi whose sister also have met an unnatural
death to solve the puzzle ... |
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HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
(Dir. Zhang Yimou, China - Hong-Kong 2004)
The year is 859AD and China’s once flourishing
Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and
the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are
forming in protest. The largest, and most prestigious of these is the
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THE CORSICAN FILE
(Dir. Alain Berberian, France 2004)
Remi Francois a.k.a. Jack Palmer,
a hip Parisian private-eye who thinks he’s as irresistible to women
as he is expert at his trade, finally agrees to take on the job given
him by a small-time provincial notary: to find Ange Leoni, a Corsican
who has inherited a tidy sum, but who has vanished into thin air ... |
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AVIATOR
(Dir. Martin Scorsese, USA 2004) |
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2046
(Dir. Wong Kar-Wai, China,
France, Germany, Hong Kong 2004)
He was a writer. He thought
he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a
mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went
there had the same intention… to recapture their lost memories.
It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed ... |
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COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
(Dir. Jim Jarmusch, USA 2003)
is a series of short films disguised
as a feature (or maybe vice versa). Each sequence involves several characters
just sitting around, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and discussing
subjects as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Abbott & Costello, Elvis
conspiracy theories, the proper preparation of English tea ... |
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HOTEL
(Dir. Jessica Hausner, Austria-Germany
2004) |
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NAPOLA (Dir.
Dennis Gamnsel, Germany 2004) Germany,
1942. The Hitler regime is at the peak of its political and military power.
Seventeen-year-old Friedrich Weimer, from the Berlin working-class district
of Wedding, is a gifted boxer. Thanks to his talent, he receives an offer
to study at an elite National-Political School, the Napola of Allenstein,
which trains the future leaders of the German Reich ... |
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MY BROTHER IS A DOG
(Dir. Peter Timm, Germany 2004)
There’s nothing that ten-year-old
Marietta wants more for her birthday than a little dog. But what does
she get instead. A silly old rock. Expect that this rock is special: it
fulfills its owner’s greatest wish. And sure enough, one morning
Marietta wakes up to find a little dog waiting to play with her ... |
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SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES
(Dir. Michael Schorr, Germany 2003) |