NFF 2023
movies shown at 2023 Lwd's filmfest
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- DirectorHilmar OddssonStarsÞröstur Leó GunnarssonKristbjörg KjeldHera HilmarThe death of Jon's mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and this trip will be the gamechanger Jon never dreamt of.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- DirectorMartin ButlerBentley DeanStarsMungau DainMarie WawaMarceline RofitSet on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.
- DirectorFrederikke AspöckStarsAnna NeyeSara Fanta TraoreClaus Riis ØstergaardSt. Croix, the Danish West Indies, 1848. Anna and Petrine are close friends. Both are women of color, but Anna is free and owns her housekeeper, the enslaved Petrine. Things are seemingly fine until rumors of a rebellion begin to swirl.
- DirectorAndreas KoefoedJørgen LethStarsJoey BaronJakob BroAnders ChristensenA documentary that explores the lives and processes of some of the world's most renowned and prolific jazz musicians.
- DirectorKatrine BrocksStarsKristine Kujath ThorpElliott Crosset HoveKaren-Lise MynsterA 29-year-old woman prepares to take her perpetual vows at a convent when her estranged brother unexpectedly shows up, unearthing a secret family tragedy.
- DirectorKristoffer HegnsvadStarsChristopher HerwigVictor Sheptunov IllarionovichKonstantinas Jakovlevas-MateckisUncovering the stories of the designers who built fascinating architectural marvels during the Soviet regime, Soviet Bus Stops is an ode to the power of individual creativity that would not be suppressed.
- DirectorGuy DavidiMaking a war is a storyteller's job. A good story is crucial to legitimize the use of military force. That's why militaries need strong promotion and Israel is a model country in promoting its military ventures. We've successfully colonized, occupied and overgrown, and only got stronger and more accepted amongst the nations. Our history as persecuted Jews, our enlightened democracy are both in use in our solid PR kit. But before pitching our story to the world, we need to pitch it to our children. As moral corruption linked with apartheid thrives, avoiding service becomes a threat. For some children we'll offer benefits, for most we'll sell fictitious promises. Every child is screened to serve with bearable pressure and an adjusted amount of exposure to violence. 'Innocence' tells the story of children who resisted to be enlisted but capitulated. Their stories were never told as they died during their service. Through a narration based on their haunting diaries, the film depicts their inner turmoil. It interweaves first-hand military images, key moments from childhood until enlistment and home videos of the deceased soldiers whose stories are silenced and seen as a national threat.
- DirectorMalene ChoiStarsCornelius Won Riedel-ClausenBjarne HenriksenBodil JørgensenA coming-of-age story about two adolescents facing racism in their adopted families, while confronting a society where immigration has become a divisive issue.
- DirectorAndreas ÖhmanStarsKarin Franz KörlofArvin KananianElvis Ral LustigSuccessful cartoonist Lisa and her siblings gather at their parents' farm for the first time in over ten years. The parents want only one of them to inherit the forest, which has been in the family's possessions for generations.
- DirectorSaskia BoddekeWhen director Saskia Boddeke saw the performance Furia by Kamak, a professional theater group for actors with intellectual disabilities, she was so impressed that she decided to make a film about the ensemble. The piece they perform, a lavishly designed fairytale about lust and anger, is cinematically portrayed by Boddeke with beautifully staged shots in rich, saturated colors. She also follows the rehearsal process, zooming in on various members of the group.
- DirectorJos StellingStarsWillem VoogdBram ReurinkAnastasia WeinmarNATASHA'S Dance tells the tragicomic love story of the unworldly Daantje and the Russian Natasha, a woman who is socially isolated and scarred by life. It is an impossible love between two seemingly incompatible characters coming from two completely different backgrounds. A lighthearted mosaic of events illustrates their fatal connection, their final 'homecoming' and the sense and senselessness of life.
- DirectorLeiv Igor DevoldStarsHubert MilkowskiKarl Bekele SteinlandEdyta TorhanA 19-year-old Polish immigrant working at a fish factory in Norway has feelings for his colleague. A strike begins among the Polish workers at the factory testing their relationship, and with their fellow workers.
- DirectorErnst De GeerStarsAsta Kamma AugustHerbert NordrumAndrea EdwardsA hypnotherapist sees Vera throw off the trappings of civilized behavior. For an event she attends with André, Vera's behavior holds a mirror up to the faux-authenticity, virtue signaling and hypocrisy of her fellow entrepreneurs.
- DirectorMilad AlamiStarsPayman MaadiAmirali AbanzadAhmed AbdullahiIman and his family flee Iran and end up in a hotel turned into a refugee center in Northern Sweden. Iman maintains his role as family patriarch but he breaks promise to his wife and joins local wrestling club. Rumours spread, Iman's fear and desperation begin to take a hold.
- DirectorAbbe HassanStarsAshraf BarhomJwan AlqatamiIsa AouifiaA professional smuggler tries to save a 12-year-old girl whose family has gone missing in the Syrian war.
- DirectorAleksi SalmenperäStarsStella LeppikorpiMinna HaapkyläTommi Korpela"Bubble" is a film about a 16-year-old Eveliina who decides to end her mother's extramarital relationship.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsPaul McCartneyDavid GilmourNoel GallagherThe story of the album art design studio, Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.
- DirectorDennis BotsThomas NauwStarsPeter NillesenDirk Gunther MohrAndreas LessigDuring the final months of World War II, a German officer assigned to protect the war-torn front line in the Netherlands decides to risk his life to protect a Jewish family in hiding.
- DirectorMartin ZandvlietStarsPaprika SteenLars BrygmannJoachim FjelstrupThe year is 1963. A women's liberation movement the size of today's #MeToo movement has been underway for a while, and it's rolling across the Western world like an avalanche. In a luxury flat in central Copenhagen we meet one of the period's biggest female writers, Tove Ditlevsen, accompanied by her husband, the sadistic editor in chief Victor Andreasen. Her talent is indisputable, only her husband's destructive envy surpasses it. And whilst she uses her talent and authorship to give a voice to the suppressed women of the time, providing them with courage to leave behind husbands and the patriarchal structures of society, Andreassen's only talent is to sell sexist tabloids to the people. Tove looks straight through her husband's inferiority complex, and yet she puts up with his humiliating behavior and his violence. He is the one who controls her drug abuse and repeated admissions to the psychiatric ward - the only place in which she truly finds peace to write. On this very day they're expecting a lunch guest, like hyenas awaiting their prey. Their power struggle needs an audience, a weak play mate they can throw around as they see fit. Who is more suited than the young, promising author Klaus R., a man who celebrates the modern woman's rebellion and the new opportunities afforded to her? Klaus R. believes they'll be talking about literature in an era that belongs to women - what he doesn't know is that a blood bath awaits him. Or does he?
- DirectorKatja GauriloffStarsAgafia NiemenmaaHeidi GauriloffSanna-Kaisa PaloIida, an elderly Skolt Sámi woman who has abandoned her past under the pressures of assimilation, weaving across three different historical eras to examine the fate of Finland's Indigenous peoples in the post-war period.
- DirectorZara DwingerStarsRosa van LeeuwenFrieda BarnhardLidia SadowaOut of the children's home and into the rusty Chevrolet: Lu is whisked away by her eccentric mother - cowboy boots, wigs and sunglasses in tow. On their road trip east, both dream of finally staying together forever.
- DirectorAxel DanielsonMaximilien Van AertryckStarsChris AndersonFelix BergssonUlrika BergstenFrom the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsKati OutinenElina SaloEsko NikkariA woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.
- DirectorJuha SuonpääA bearded Finnish hermit who oscillates between sweating out his demons in a sauna, and crawling around the forest at night to document the endangered lynx.