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Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 3:00PM by Nathaniel R
BOY FROM HEAVEN
In something of a surprise Sweden's shortlist for their Oscar submissions does not include the adolescent grief drama Comedy Queen or the Tehran-set serial killer film Holy Spider, which won awards at Berlinale and Cannes, respectively. Instead they'll be choosing between the following three movies...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 11:36AM by Nathaniel R
The news just keeps coming for prestigious cinematic honors outside the US. Swiftly on the heels of the EFA longlist and Norway's Amanda Awards, the Nordic Council Film Prize has announced its five nominees for 2022...
Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 6:44PM by Nathaniel R
Trier and Vogt with their Amanda Award for "Worst Person in the World" © Grethe Nygaard˙
I once briefly lived in the breathtakingly beautiful town of Haugesund, Norway and made one of my best friends for life there (hei Thomas!). He now lives there again after many years in Los Angeles and if I had any money at all I would be there right now to attend the annual Norwegian Film Festival which takes place there each year. This year's festival runs from today, August 20th, through the 26th. One of the most interesting things about this festival is that it basically kicks off with Norway's annual Oscar-like ceremony, The Amanda Awards...
Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 8:30PM By Ben Miller
I was fortunate enough to speak with director Alli Haapasalo about her Sundance World Cinema winner Girl Picture which was my favourite from the festival. The coming of age picture about three young women opens in select theaters tomorrow. We talked about female friendships in film, sex scenes, and changing your title to ensure people don’t think you made a film about strippers.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
Alli Haapasalo, Finland, Girl Picture, Nordic cinema, interviews 