If there is one film winning most obscure title this year it surely has to be Erika Wasserman’s debut feature; The Year I Started Masturbating. A fantastic, heartfelt comedy about modern women, marriage and motherhood, and features a particularly brilliant … Continue reading Director Erika Wasserman discusses her new film The Year I Started Masturbating
After the huge success of the Swedish romantic TV drama series Young Royals, that centred around a fictional Prince and his budding gay romance with a fellow student, a new teen royal romance story is available on Netflix. This time based in … Continue reading Nordic Watchlist meets the stars of new Norwegian Netflix film Royalteen
One of the many big movies that we caught at Reykjavik International Film Festival was Denmark’s Margrete – Queen of the North (Margrete den Første). If there is one way to describe this incredible piece of Nordic cinema, it’s that it … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: Danish historical drama ‘Margrete: Queen of the North’
This weekend sees the UK cinema release of ‘Tove’, a film about the early life and loves of artist Tove Jansson, creator of probably Finland’s most famous export – the Moomins. Here’s some more about the film and what we … Continue reading Let ‘Tove’ dance into your heart and imagination
The Festival A couple of weeks ago we were back in the digital festival universe, this time checking out a handful of Nordic offerings at Toronto’s Inside Out Festival. Inside Out Festival is Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival and the … Continue reading Swedish thriller Knocking on Inside Out festival’s door
An exciting film that is just hitting the documentary circuit is filmed in Denmark by Danish director Frigge Fi, and is a touching, darkly comedic debut called Dark Blossom. About Dark Blossom The film follows three goth friends – Josephine, … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: Danish documentary ‘Dark Blossom’ director Frigge Fi
On Monday night, 25th January, the annual Swedish version of the Oscars took place – the Guldbagge Awards! Discover a quick history of the awards, and all this year’s nominees and winners! About the Guldbagge Awards Sweden’s leading film awards, … Continue reading Guldbagge Awards for Swedish Film – Winners Announced
We have a 5 minute fika coffee break and chat with Simone Lykke, currently starring in new British comedy movie One Way to Denmark, available on NOW TV and Sky Cinema. Simone tells us what the film is all about, … Continue reading 5 Minute Fika: Actress Simone Lykke from new comedy film One Way To Denmark
We caught up with the talented Cape Lion who first caught our attention with his beat making – but we learned he has a whole lot more tricks up his sleeve to learn about! Tell us who you are and … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Cape Lion
We first heard about the movie ‘Berlin, Alexanderplatz’ – a modern German film adaption adaptation of a classic novel of the same name from 1929 – after reading an article by Alex Billington on his First Showing website. Alex had … Continue reading Dutch actor Nils Verkooijen talks about ‘Berlin, Alexanderplatz’