Director: Camilla Strøm Henriksen The darkly ironic title of Norwegian drama Phoenix is a cliché employed by unstable mother Astrid (Maria Bonnevie) as she envisions an upward trajectory to follow her current emotional slump. But as […]
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Director: Wiktor Ericsson Through its opening sequence, Wiktor Ericsson’s Strawberry Days (Jordgubbslandet) sets the tone for its steady-paced narrative with long shots of empty and tranquil farmland during the early hours of the morning. This sequence […]
Director: Dome Karukoski East End Film Festival 2017 review Watch Tom of Finland on FilmDoo Dome Karukoski’s decades-spanning biopic, Tom of Finland, is a gradual emergence from the darkness for a man, a way of life and an […]
Director: Søren Balle Watch The Sunfish on FilmDoo The Sunfish marks the propitious feature-length debut from Danish director, Søren Balle, who presents a character-driven drama following the life of Kesse (Henrik Birch), a third-generation fisherman living in a […]
By Stephanie Hotz Director: Martin Larsson Cannes Film Market review Martin Larsson’s first feature-length film and dark comedy, Becker – Small Town Gangster, follows Johan Becker, an entrepreneur and businessman committed to the economic and […]
By Jessica Duncanson Director: Aki Kaurismäki LOCO Film Festival 2017 review Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope follows Syrian asylum-seeker Khaled (Sherwan Haji), who arrives in Finland after stowing away on a coal ship. […]