NOR 5
The pre-selection juries have chosen 46 films (24 from Norway and 22 from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden). These films make up the NOR program, which consists of 6 blocks of Nordic films in competition.
The directors will be introduced at the start of each program, and later in the evening, they will discuss their films during the Meet the Filmmakers sessions.
The awards ceremony takes place on Saturday evening.
Programme
Programme
A REAL SWEDISH MIDSOMMAR
In a camping site swamp of aging musicians and swarms of mosquitoes, rumors spread that legend Joey Tempest has moved in. As the adults smoke and shout, two-year-old Alba plots her escape from the rickety porch.
GRANDPA HAS A BROKEN EYE AND MOM IS AN ADVENTURE
Four children give us insight into how they interact with someone who has difficulties expressing themselves verbally.
MONUMENTAL
An experimental lo-fi documentary shot on a vintage smartphone, weaving cinepoetic images of Spoleto with AI-generated medieval Italian verse inspired by its modernist sculpture heritage.
DEAR MOTHER
Julius returns home to find his mother has replaced him with Albert, a lodger who now occupies his old room — and her affections.
SON
A mother sees her homeless son's tags wherever she goes.
SIGHTLINES
An investigation of the gaze in an essayistic and playful form, loosely held together through small fictional anecdotes and stories.
PIRATELAND
As the winter season begins in Crete, a family of locals, owners of a small struggling bed & breakfast, gets an unexpected visit from a Norwegian family of tourists looking for a tour into the piratic past of the area.