There are many faces to Northern European cinema. The majority of the movies selected for Nordic Film Week are recent ones that give viewers the chance to look at the region from a different perspective. The opening film, Kon-Tiki (Norway, 2012), takes the audience on the adventures of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. It was one of the five nominees for Best Foreign Film at this year's Academy Awards. Also featured in the programme is The Fencer, which has been submitted in the same category by Finland for the 2016 Academy Awards.
Screenings will take place around the county during Nordic Film Week. Venues will include Narva College of the University of Tartu, Narva Children's Creative Centre, Virumaa College of Tallinn University of Technology, the White Hall at the Museum of Oil Shale in Kohtla-Järve, Jõhvi Concert Hall and the Bon Appetit café and Sillamäe Cultural Centre. One of the aims of Nordic Film Week is to take movies to places they are not usually screened.
Nordic Film Week represents a follow-up to the expert seminar on film-making held as part of the Nordic Look creative economy series in 2013. The study trip made to Ida-Viru County as part of that seminar will now continue with the conference in Jõhvi and the week of cinema that precedes it. The event will also serve to remind people that the region has strong historical ties to the Nordic countries.
Nordic Film Week is being organised by the embassies of the Nordic countries, Ida-Viru County Government and the Estonian office of the Nordic Council of Ministers, which was the chief organiser of Nordic Look.
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For further information please contact:
- Jana Pavlenkova, coordinator | Telephone: +372 33 21 261 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Hannele Valkeeniemi, press adviser, Finnish embassy | Mobile: +372 51 18 548 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.