Celebrating the tenth year. The 2024 SAXO SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL – Superb full programme lineup is set to warm the hearts and minds of cinemagoers during this winter, the 2024 Saxo Scandinavian Film Festival returns to PALACE CINEMAS from July 2024 until August 2024. NORDIC GEMS TO WARM THE WINTER CHILL. Presenting the best new cinema from the Nordic region, festival highlights has been announced with films from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland, featuring a selection of epic dramas, sweeping romances, and stunning visuals. GO NORTH THIS WINTER
Festival Curator Elysia Zeccola, says about this year’s edition “The Nordic countries always create such memorable cinema and this year’s films are no exception. From thrilling Scandi noir to breathtaking ice-capped dramas these unmissable highlights are only a taste of what is to come.”
Superb opening night epic film, the very entertaining historical drama, THE RIOT (Sulis 1907), directed by Academy Award nominated Nils Gaup (The Last King). This film depicts the escalation of tensions, leading to the 1907 Sulis uprising of mining workers, showing where Norwegian workers struggled under inhumane conditions in the dark and dangerous, copper mines. This important episode in Norwegian industrial history, has never been told on screen before, and portrays the origin story of the powerful Norwegian labour movement. Some claim that the 1907 Sulis rebellion, was the starting point for the famous industrial crisis settlement/Main Agreement finally reached in 1935, where full cooperation between labor and capital, laid the foundation for the Norwegian, and eventually the Nordic model. Where it was possible to negotiate between employer and employee, in a calm and respectful way, both ways.
Festival Centrepiece THE TUNDRA WITHIN ME (Eallougierdu) from Norway is a powerful drama exploring community, heritage and identity. Featuring beautiful cinematography, it follows Sámi artist Lena who returns to her hometown in northern Norway where she finds an unexpected new love and is forced to confront her past.
Icelandic film TOUCH (Snerting), a romantic drama directed by renowned filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, is a festival Special Presentation. Based on the best-selling eponymous novel, this beautiful and thrilling story spans several decades and continents as it follows one man’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago.
Danish box office hit BOUNDLESS (Den grænseløse) is a gripping thriller based on the bestselling Department Q novel. It follows Detective Mørck and his team who become embroiled in a cold case on the remote Danish Island of Bornholm, providing a spectacular backdrop.
Set during the Cold War in 1961, HAMMARSKJÖLD – FIGHT FOR PEACE (Hammarskjöld) is a political thriller that follows the true story of Swedish diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations. A key figure during this pivotal time, iconic actor Mikael Persbrandt (In a Better World, Sex Education) stars as Hammarskjöld, the man who John F. Kennedy once called ‘the greatest statesman of our century’.
Hugely popular in Finland, epic historical drama STORMSKERRY MAJA is based on the book series by Anni Blomqvist. A tale of female empowerment set in the 1840s, it follows Maja and her husband through the breathtaking Finnish seasons on the windswept and remote Åland archipelago.
The 2024 SAXO SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL will take place in Sydney NSW, from 24th July 2024 to 14th August 2024.
PALACE CINEMAS –
Adelaide: 17 July – 7 August, Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Brisbane: 18 July – 7 August, Palace James St, Palace Barracks
Melbourne: 19 July – 7 August, Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Westgarth, Palace Penny Lane, The Kino, Pentridge Cinema and The Astor Theatre
Canberra: 23 July – 14 August, Palace Electric
SYDNEY: 24th July 2024 until 14th August 2024, Palace Norton St, Palace Moore Park, Palace Central and Chauvel Cinema
Perth: 25 July – 14 August, Luna Leederville, Luna on SX and Palace Raine Square
Byron Bay and Ballina: 26 July – 14 August, Palace Byron Bay, Ballina Fair Cinemas
For more information, visit the website – https://scandinavianfilmfestival.com/
and via following on Instagram=Facebook – @ScandiFilmFest
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SULIS 1907 (2023) THE RIOT –
