Film

In conjunction with the ASF exhibition MUNCH | WARHOL and the Multiple Image, Scandinavia House presents a small survey of films about Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, delving in to the iconoclast’s life, multifaceted artistic concerns, and discursive influence – in art and film – through the ages. Munch and the Moving Image will be running from May 1 through the 17th, Wednesdays at 7 PM and... Read more

This weekend, the replica of the Kon-Tiki raft used for the production of the Kon-Tiki movie will be on display on the Hudson river New York. The movie opens in select U.S. theatres April 26. Read more

Disappearing Act V, a European Film Festival in New York will be showing the Norwegian film "The Almost Man" ("Mer eller mindre mann"), directed by Martin Lund on Monday, April 15 at 7:00 pm, followed by Q&A with Lund. Norwegian screenwriter and director Martin Lund's feature film debut which he wrote, premiered in competition at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2012, was... Read more

The Norwegian film THALE will hit theatres in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles and Denver on the 4 – 5. April. This is a story about two crime scene investigators who discover a mythical tailed, female creature in a concealed cellar. She never utters a word, unable to tell her story but while examining the crime scene the pieces of the puzzle soon come together. Read more

EXHIBITION is a new theatrical series of events, bringing the world’s greatest art exhibitions to cinema screens worldwide. EXHIBITION will feature the world’s foremost upcoming art exhibitions, creatively captured especially for the big screen. The film about Edvard Munch will be on view at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Read more

The Norwegian director Hisham Zaman and his movie Before Snowfall will be the only Nordic contender in the World Narrative Competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Before Snowfall is an untraditional road movie about family, love, dignity and honor. The feature just won the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden. Tribeca Film Festival will be... Read more

This January, the Nordic Heritage Museum presents the fourth annual Nordic Lights Film Festival. This cinematic event offers an immersion into the world of Nordic films, focusing on contemporary, award-winning feature-length films, documentaries, and short films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, presented at the SIFF Film Center (at Seattle Center). This is a not-to-be-missed... Read more

As the first Norwegian feature ever, Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning’s Oscar candidate has been nominated for the Golden Globe Read more

This feature documentary is an affectionate yet truthful account of the 42 years and 12 films-long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Remarks by Liv Ullmann and a reception will follow after the screening. Read more

The new Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton, MA presents a wonderful three-day film event featuring recent films from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden, and a special screening of short films by up-and-coming filmmakers from these countries. Plus- a chance to see the celebrated Norwegian film Oslo, August 31st /Oslo 31. august, for those who missed it in its brief run in the... Read more

The 50th New York Film Festival presents the Norwegian produced film Liv & Ingmar. This film is a love story - covering the 42-year and 12-film relationship between the legendary Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann and the Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Read more

Women with mustaches, a self-indulgent king, an imperialistic England, and not at least, a beautiful calico cat, are the main performers in this documentary depicting the power struggles and intrigues of the Persian harem in the second half of the 19th century. The documentary is an investigation into how things became as they are in Iran, but from a perspective that is all too often overlooked... Read more

Playfully overlapping the fields of exhibition design, performance and sculptural practice artist Anders Smebye and curator Marianne Zamecznik have created a flexible screening room within the gallery space. Over four weeks in July they will showcase a selection of Norwegian films spanning the post war/pre-petrol era from 1948-1981. These seldom seen Norwegian films are paired each night with a... Read more

Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland’s documentary on global economy - "When Bubbles Burst", have been selected for the program at the international documentary film festival SilverDocs in Silver Springs, MD. The film will be screened on Saturday June 23 at 7:00 pm. Read more

The documentary 'Silenced Voices' by the Norwegian filmmaker Beate Arnestad will be at the Human Rights Watch film festival this June. The documentary will be shown on June 25, 26 and 27. Read more

TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! is a whimsical and refreshingly honest coming of age story about the blossoming sexuality of a teenage girl, set to open at Landmark's E Street Cinema on Friday, June 1. The feature debut of Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, the film was awarded “Best Screenplay” at the Tribeca Film Festival, “Best Debut Film” at the Rome Film Festival, and “Best European First Feature” at the Mons... Read more

Joachim Trier's award-winning feature film "Oslo, August 31st" will hit New York theaters on May 25th. Main character Anders Danielsen Lie was recently named one of this year's "Breakout Actors" by the New York Times. The film plays at: IFC Center - 323 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY - ‎11:10am‎ - ‎1:20‎ - ‎3:25‎ - ‎5:35‎ - ‎7:45‎ - ‎9:50pm‎. Read more

Free screening of 'Headhunter' in DC at Landmark E Street Cinema. RSVP needed. Read more

The movie Headhunters, based on Jo Nesbø’s best-selling thriller from 2008, is opening in New York and Los Angeles April 27, 2012. The following months it will be in theatres all around the country. It will open May 4th in the Bay Area; in Landmark's Clay Theatre in San Francisco and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley. Read more

Saturday 24, 10.30 at Scholastic Theater, Broadway. The Norwegian short film 'Shadow of a Midsummer Night' at New York International Childrens Film Festival. About: It's Midsummer’s Eve in Norway, the brightest night of the year. During the celebrations, Jon and Line escape to their secret hideout in the forest. However, the idyll passes as Line has to leave, and this is the last time Jon sees... Read more