Saturday, January 14, 2023

SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL LA 2023

By José Alberto Hermosillo

The Scandinavian Film Festival Los Angeles 2023 is back for in-person screenings on the weekends of Jan 14-15 & 21-22, 2023, at the Writers Guild of America Theater, 135 W. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90211. Tickets are for sale at the box office. 

The extraordinary selection of Nordic films includes Oscar entries from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden in the Best International Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards.

For more information and a full calendar, visit Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. 2023

Set in Iran, “Holy Spider” chronicles the journey of a religious serial killer named “Spider Killer,” who murdered 16 prostitutes in Iran between 2000-2001, and the brave female Iranian journalist who discovered the truth. The Diminish production directed by Ali Abbasi (“Border”) is an international success.

Norway’s participation in WWII is exhibited in “War Sailor,” where two best friends joined the armed forces to bring supplies to G.B. and get cough in the middle. At the war’s end, the government did not treat the veterans with honor, respect, monetary retribution, or financial aid.  


The celebrated film “Cairo Conspiracy,” also known as “Boy From Heaven,” Made in Egypt, produced by Sweden, France, and Finland, and directed by Tarik Saleh, talks about Adam, a young son of a fisherman with a scholarship to go to study Muslim in Cairo when a classmate takes him for a night out in the city. The film won best screenplay at Cannes 2022. 

A Finnish coming-of-age film directed by Alli Haapasalo. The Audience Award winner in the International competition at Sundance 2022 talks about three best friends getting along during the darkness of the winter in Finland, trying to make sense of their lives and loves under those weather conditions. 

The Icelandic Oscar entry “Beautiful Beings” narrates the story of Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother who decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. The boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As the group’s behavior escalates towards life-threatening situations, Addi begins to experience a series of dreamlike visions. Can his newfound intuition guide him and his friends back to a safer path, or will they dive irrevocably into further violence?

“The Wait” presents a love triangle between a pastor, his wife, and his friend on a remote Finnish island. The film is adapted from Juhani Aho’s novel The Pastor’s Wife. The music is composed by Esa-Pekka Salonen, the former Los Angeles Philharmonic music director.

 
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
 
“Everybody Hates Johan,” a Norwegian comedy about an adventurous and free-spirited middle-aged man named Johan Grande whose passion for horses and explosives represents a threat to his community. His quest for love will continue until the end.
 
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