SCANDINAVIAN MOVIES & SERIES 2
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- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsSofie GråbølSigne Egholm OlsenFrederik Christian JohansenHelen, who is a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old couple, has attempted suicide while rambling about God. In a race against time the two women begin a shocking journey deeper and deeper into the sick mind of a young man's soul.
- DirectorNiels GråbølStarsHenning JensenJakob CedergrenPaw HenriksenOn Simon's 29th birthday his mentally ill father, who has been absent from his and his older brother Jens' lives for many years, turns up uninvited - declaring that he wants to give him a Triumph sports car. A start of a special day.
- DirectorMartin HagbjerStarsCamilla BendixMicky Skeel HansenJakob CedergrenTalented 16-year-old Ruben gets the chance to have what most teenagers want - fame and success. But what are the costs?
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsIben HjejleBronagh GallagherMartin HendersonSkagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Danish Marie and Irish Sophie come ashore in Northern Scotland. After another drunken night they are soon parted from all their accumulated cash. Out of money and out of luck ambitious Sophie pressures Marie into accepting a lucrative job as surrogate mother. Months on, Marie finds herself alone, life having taken a dramatic turn. Heavily pregnant, and wanting to terminate her pregnancy, she's on the run from the future parents, searching for Sophie's old flame, Ken. In a case of mistaken identity, Marie ends up in hiding with three strange men in a seedy Glasgow garage. But then happiness strikes again.
- DirectorMikkel Munch-FalsStarsBodil JørgensenSebastian JessenHenrik PripFollows the lives of four longing souls. Ingeborg who feels unattractive and young Jonas who is so attractive that he can literally sell some of what he's got. Anna, a young beautiful woman with a physical disability, and Anders, a tender man with a psychological disability. Four people yearning for love, four people, each hoping for a better tomorrow.
- DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsNicolas BroMarijana JankovicNikolaj Lie KaasBruno loves his wife Maxine. But something is wrong. Their love is not what it once was, and Maxine has found someone else. That changes everything. And it changes Bruno. But there is nothing he can do about it. Once you have wandered into the dark recesses of love, which are filled with frustration, hate, and powerlessness, there is no turning back.
- DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsJens AlbinusIgor RadosavljevicMarijana JankovicJacob Falk, a writer/director known for becoming obsessed with his own stories, stumbles upon photographs of prisoners of war being tortured by Danish soldiers. Suspecting a political conspiracy, Falk falls into a frenetic chase to reveal the mystery behind the photos, which leads him to discover a much more disturbing truth.
- DirectorJesper W. NielsenStarsPaprika SteenTroels LybyOle ErnstA bittersweet comedy with dogma star Paprika Steen in the strong leading role.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsLine KruseBörje AhlstedtErik WedersøeEmma (Line Kruse) is an eleven-year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her mother talking about how tragic it must be to have your child kidnapped, Emma decides to stage her own kidnapping. She soon meets Malthe, a kindhearted, child-like, naïve sewer cleaner who literally stumbles on to her. She convinces Malthe that she is a Russian princess whose family is being chased by Bolsheviks, so Malthe lets Emma stay with him in his very modest abode. After being "kidnapped" for a few days, Emma decides to return home. But, just as she is about to return, she overhears a couple of servants talking about how her parents don't seem to be very upset over her dilemma. She then returns to Malthe, and a close bond soon develops between Emma and Malthe. Meanwhile, the police are finally called and begin their investigation. Emma writes a ransom note for $2,000, and her father pays it. Emma uses the money to buy Malthe some new clothes and to treat him to a "Russian" feast at the Grand Hotel. Just as they are leaving the hotel, the police finally catch up with them. Malthe believes the police want to return Emma to the Bolsheviks so he flees with her into the sewers.
- DirectorTova MagnussonStarsAlexandra DahlströmSverrir GudnasonSebastian YlveniusMoa is in her early 20s, works at a factory and lives by herself in a cottage in the forest. She is a vegan and follows her friends and demonstrations, mostly to fit in. But at home, by herself, she listens to pop music and use make-up.
- DirectorJonas ElmerStarsUffe Rørbæk MadsenThomas ErnstKaren RosenbergA multi plot film in which three different destinies are thematically and geographically intertwined through a pivotal period in the lives of the characters, where they exchange the humdrum of daily life with a pursuit of excitement and love through online dating. Their lives are turned upside down by sex and secrets as they discover that letting in adventure has fatal consequences.
- DirectorNikolaj FeiferStarsAmanda HansenJakob CedergrenCharlotte MunckKaren is a young girl living in an orphanage. She has a hard time accepting the death of her only brother, and every night she talks about the world she thinks he is really living in; a special world where he may be able to trick death and come back to her.
- DirectorLasse Spang OlsenStarsTomas Villum JensenNikolaj Lie KaasCamilla Overbye RoosHenrik and Jacob have just finished high school, but they can't get into university, so Jacob gets a job as a waiter and Henrik helps his uncle clear out a rich man's villa after the owner went bankrupt and committed siucide. During the clearance Henrik finds a book that gives minute details of perfect crimes. Henrik tries the first description - and everything goes according to plan. But what about the second? Or the third?
- DirectorPerttu LeppäStarsMikko LeppilampiLaura BirnAmanda PilkeFour young brothers face jail time to pay debts and find a 9-year-old half-sister. A karaoke set reveals her singing talent, while a national talent contest offers money for the winner.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsAntti LitjaPetra FreyMari PerankoskiA grumpy old man who hates post-1953 changes falls and must spend a weekend in Helsinki. His injury forces family time and involvement in his daughter-in-law's business deal, while confronting his own failings as a father.
- DirectorJ.-P. ValkeapääStarsRoosa SöderholmTeppo MannerPetteri PenniläTwo teenage outcasts run away from a halfway house and embark on a rambling cross-country journey.
- DirectorPetri KotwicaStarsMax OvaskaJulius LavonenOuti MäenpääIn this taut and violent noir thriller, the lines between reality and the game blur as two teenagers become absorbed into a computer game's cryptic and increasingly morbid world.
- DirectorAku LouhimiesStarsMinna HaapkyläAnna-Leena HärkönenLaura MalmivaaraThis movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true but does Marko share her dreams?
- DirectorHella JoofStarsMalou ReymannStephanie LeonJulie Grundtvig WesterFour dysfunctional teenage girls steal a car and elope from the institution where they live. They go on a road trip across Denmark, confronting ghosts of the past and settling old accounts as their dark secrets are revealed.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
- DirectorLouise FriedbergStarsTanja KielsenLaura With BødkerJulia NaamansenGreenland, 1952: An orphanage is opened in Nuuk/Godthåb to turn 16 Inuit kids into Danish kids after 18 months in Denmark, and use it as example for modernizing Greenland after poverty and TB spread during WWII.
- DirectorMarkku PölönenStarsPeter FranzénTaisto ReimaluotoAhti KuoppalaBright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
- DirectorOlli SaarelaStarsPeter FranzénIrina BjörklundKari HeiskanenSet during the World War 2. In the summer of 1941 the Finnish army crosses the border of Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola goes through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for Russian defensive positions. The platoon kills some Russian civilians and rests in a newly conquered village. There Lt. Perkola meets his fiancée Kaarina, who is serving in the Women's Auxilary Corps (Lotta). Then the platoon continues with the mission, but a message about Kaarina's possible death reaches Lt. Perkola. The message causes Perkola to become distracted during the mission.
- DirectorKlaus HäröStarsNatalie MinnevikBibi AnderssonMarjaana MaijalaElina is sinking in the quicksand and she is going under and she got the white thing on her hair.