Efter Brylluppet

5Mar 2008 Director: Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden 2006 123 min Danish emigre Jacob Petersen runs an orphanage helping street children in India. The orphanage is threatened with closure due to lack of money. Then a Danish businessman offers him a lifeline. He will donate 4 million dollars to the orphanage but only if Jacob attends… Continue reading Efter Brylluppet

En kongelig affeere

A Royal Affair 02 Jan 2013 Denmark, Sweden 2012 137 min Director: Nikolaj Arcel From the writers of the original ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ comes this period drama – based on fact – about 18th century Danish royalty. King Christian VII is mentally ill and so is incapable of performing his regal duties. A… Continue reading En kongelig affeere

Elling

1 Dec 2004 Norway, Sweden 2001 89 min Director: Petter Næss Elling, a neurotic middle-aged man, has a nervous breakdown when his mother dies and is institutionalised. There he meets fellow patient Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female obsessed virgin. When the two are released into the outside world they are paralyzed by fear,… Continue reading Elling

Goodbye Julia

2 April 2025 Director: Mohamed Kordofani Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, KSA, Sweden 2023 120 min Certificate TBC Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage, tries to make amends by taking the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia and her son Daniel into her home. Unable… Continue reading Goodbye Julia

The Nile Hilton Incident

20 Mar 2019 Director: Tarik Saleh Egypt, Sweden, Denmark, Germany 2017 107 min In Cairo, days before the 2011 Tahrir Square uprising, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a singer, murdered in The Nile Hilton Hotel. Initially, the amoral Noredin views the… Continue reading The Nile Hilton Incident

A Man Called Ove

10 Jan 2018 Director: Hannes Holm Sweden 2015 116 min In this offbeat Swedish comedy drama, Ove is the quintessential grumpy old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, Ove spends his days scowling and enforcing neighbourhood association rules that only he cares about. However, when Parvaneh and her… Continue reading A Man Called Ove

Force Majeure

2 Mar 2016 Director: Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, Norway 2014 120 min One single moment can change everything in a relationship. Tomas, Ebba and their children are enjoying a skiing holiday in the French Alps when a relaxed lunchtime suddenly becomes a moment fraught with terror as an avalanche heads towards their mountaintop restaurant. Tomas’… Continue reading Force Majeure

Det Sjunde Inseglet – The Seventh Seal

3 Dec 2008 Director: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1957 92 min A 14th Century knight, Antonius Block, and his squire wearily return from the crusades to find the Black Death sweeping through the land. Death appears to the knight and informs him his time is up. The knight, reluctant to die, challenges Death to a game… Continue reading Det Sjunde Inseglet – The Seventh Seal