Film

Portrait of a Confused Father – Home Videos, Healing and Heartbreak via the ‘Manosphere’

Gunnar Hall Jensen’s Portrait of a Confused Father begins with a gut punch. We open on grainy home‑video footage of baby Jonathan – crawling, tumbling, laughing – accompanied by a weary, affectionate voiceover about the weight of parenthood and the parallel burden of documenting a life.

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5 Films to Discover by Hlynur Pálmason

Some filmmakers make blockbusters, others Indie horrors, but here comes an Icelandic filmmaker, Hlynur Pálmason, who makes art. His films dive deep into realistic human nature, whilst showing you beautiful, hypnotic landscapes at the same time. Common themes in Hlynur’s work are showing the building process or demolition of a house as means to show the… Continue reading 5 Films to Discover by Hlynur Pálmason

Special Unit: The First Murder – Alex Høgh Andersen stars in gritty 1920s crime thriller

Nordic film and television has become almost synonymous with crime stories. Perhaps we enjoy the oxymoron of the world’s happiest and friendliest countries being splattered with blood, fuelled by anger and lust. Writer/director Christoffer Boe’s Special Unit: The First Murder takes us all the way back to 1927, giving us the chance to meet Otto… Continue reading Special Unit: The First Murder – Alex Høgh Andersen stars in gritty 1920s crime thriller

FOLKTALES – Going back to nature with this quietly emotional documentary

Nordic Watchlist reviews FOLKTALES by Oscar-nominated documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady In FOLKTALES, Oscar-nominated documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp, One of Us) return with a deeply immersive and emotionally resonant portrait of adolescence, identity and the healing power of nature. Set in the remote Pasvik Folk High School in Finnmark, Norway,… Continue reading FOLKTALES – Going back to nature with this quietly emotional documentary

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