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Feb 25, 2015 · Thanks to big government and high taxes, Scandinavia is a success story—mostly. By Simon Worrall. February 25, 2015. • 13 min read. To an outsider, Scandinavia can seem like a group of...
Nov 19, 2022 · Why is A Swedish Love Story worth watching? Pär and Annika are two young people living in a typical Swedish town in the 1970s. They quickly take a liking to each other and fall deeply in love, like teenagers unviversally tend to do.
- Best International Feature Film
- The Worst Person in The World
- Norway vs Denmark
- Norway’s Guaranteed Oscar
- An Oscar on The Horizon?
Rebranded in 2020, the Best International Feature Film replaces the old Best Foreign Language Film, which had been awarded annually since 1956. Prior to that, occasional Honorary awards were given to international films that had been released successfully in the United States. It’s worth noting that while the award is handed to the director, or som...
This year, representing Norway in the category of International Feature Film, was The Worst Person in the World. The film, by acclaimed Danish-born Norwegian director Joachim Trier, is the third in his very loose ‘Oslo trilogy’. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes film festival where it was in nominated for the prestigious Palme D’Or. It ...
Since Norway’s last nomination in 2012, Denmark and Sweden had received as many nominations between them as Norway had overall since 1956! Denmark did, in fact, taste glory in the awards for 2020 when the rather excellent film Another Round won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Read more: Denmark & Norway Compared This year, both count...
If you’re still reading this far down then hi, and thanks! I’ve kept a nice little surprise for the readers who stay the course. The surprise is that Norway actually won an Oscar in 2022! The Governors Awards are honorary Oscars that are voted for and presented by the Board of Governors of the Academy, in their words: “to honor extraordinary distin...
The question I asked at the start is whether it’s simply a matter of time before Norway wins a coveted Oscar statuette for Best International Feature Film. My thought is that maybe it is but it can be hard to tell. Winning an Oscar is a long and complicated process. It’s perhaps a little easier for international films, however. Firstly, they can on...
Nov 6, 2015 · Several months later, Philip, who achieved instant success, is in a mental hospital. Erik, unsuccessful in selling his novel, is still hard at work, determined to become a great author. The film powerfully portrays the intense collision of youth and ambition and some of the unfortunate side effects.
- Deadwind (Karppi), Netflix. A widowed homicide police detective and her rookie partner investigate a woman’s disappearance and death in a Finnish series The Verge says “offers the simple satisfaction of watching smart professionals bring some order to a chaotic world, one case at a time.”
- Case, Netflix. After a ballerina is found dead at Reykjavik’s National Theatre, a detective searches for answers and delves into the underbelly of the city’s polite society in this Icelandic crime drama.
- The Valhalla Murders (Brot), Netflix. The Reykjavik police scramble to find the killer—and to keep key details from the public—after finding two bodies with eye wounds in this Icelandic mystery.
- Quicksand (Störst av allt), Netflix. A school shooting shocks an upper-class Stockholm suburb, and all eyes are on an 18-year-old student, who recounts the events leading up to the tragedy through a series of flashbacks in this Swedish crime drama.
Nov 6, 2015 · Scandinavia’s film history is unfortunately overlooked. The region is responsible for many of the most exciting and thoughtful contemporary films. From the Dogme filmmakers to lighthearted documentarians, Scandinavian filmmakers have recently created wonderful, distinct films.
Jul 1, 2020 · Documentaries are the entertainment success story of recent years. Now, Netflix turns its attention to Scandinavia. Scandinavian television has been popular internationally for years now, thanks to crime dramas and the likes of teen drama Skam.
