Another Round
M
Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, 2020
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: Danish, Swedish
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie,
What's it about?
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s thought-provoking Oscar-winner is a bracingly dark comedy that again teams him up with The Hunt star Mads Mikkelsen. Mads plays the ringleader of a bunch of teachers who decide it’s a grand idea to micro-dose booze at school. While this cracking movie starts off as a hoot, the hijinks slink into some pretty hairy places, and it packs an emotional punch. The complexity befits a film with tragedy behind the scenes: Vinterberg’s daughter was killed in a car crash a few days in and they completed it in her honour. He gave the most emotional speech of the night when he accepted the Best International Feature Film at the Oscars earlier this year. (Stephen A. Russell)
LISTEN: Mads Mikkelsen talks 'Another Round'
Diana’s Wedding
MA15+
Norway, 2020
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: Norwegian
Director: Charlotte Blom
Starring: Pål Sverre Hagen, Marie Blokhus, Jannike Kruse, Olav Waastad, Ine Marie Wilmann
What's it about?
Through the eyes of Diana (born July 29, 1981), we witness the rollercoaster ride of her parent's marriage. To her, they are the worst parents in the world. Miles away from doing a decent job, constantly fighting, yet still in love by the time Diana is preparing for her own marriage 30 years later.
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TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER
About Endlessness 7:30pm
M
Sweden, 2019
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: Swedish
Director: Roy Andersson
Starring: Jan-Eje Ferling, Kristina Ekmark, Martin Serner, Bengt Bergius, Anja Broms
What's it about?
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence. Written and directed by Roy Andersson (Songs From the Second Floor, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence).
Daniel 8:55pm
MA15+
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 2019
Genre: Drama
Language: Danish, English
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Starring: Esben Smed, Toby Kebbell, Amir El-Masry, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Charlie Carrick
What's it about?
The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye (Smed), who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days along with 23 other foreign nationals including the ill-fated American journalist James Foley (Kebbell). The film follows Daniel’s fight for survival and the alliance he formed with Foley before his shocking public execution in 2013.
WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER
The Guilty 7:30pm
M
Denmark, 2018
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Language: Danish
Director: Gustav Moller
Starring: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen
What's it about?
Police officer Asger Holm (Cedergren), demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.
The Marco Effect 9:05pm
MA15+
Denmark, Germany, 2021
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Language: Danish
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Sofie Torp, Anders Matthesen, Zaki Youssef, Helle Pilar Larsen
What's it about?
When 14-year-old Marco (Lubos Oláh), a homeless Romani boy, is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Morck (Thomsen) is tasked with finding the connection. However, the traumatised Marco refuses to talk and it's not long before he's on the run from those who intend to kill him because of what he knows.
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THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER
The Spy 7:30pm
M
Norway, 2019
Genre: Thriller, Drama, History
Language: Norwegian, Swedish, English, German
Director: Jens Jonsson
Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Lassgård, Damien Chapelle, Alexander Scheer, Erik Hivju
What's it about?
Sonja Wigert (Berdal) is a diva and star in Stockholm when World War Two breaks out, and she quickly catches the attention of Nazi officer Josef Terboven (Scheer). Sonja is recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven in turn makes her spy on the Swedes.
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Hope 9:35pm
MA15+
Norway, Sweden, 2019
Genre: Drama
Language: Norwegian, Swedish
Director: Maria Sødahl
Starring: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Stellan Skarsgård, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Johannes Joner
What's it about?
Anja (Hovig) is in the middle of an active career as a choreographer but gets a life-threatening cancer diagnosis on Christmas Eve. Together with her husband Tomas (Skarsgård), their three children, three stepchildren and their own father in a modern extended family - she is thrown into a turbulent Christmas week.
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FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER
The Salvation 7:30pm
MA15+
Denmark, 2014
Genre: Drama, Western
Language: Danish
Director: Kristian Levring
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt
What's it about?
Former Danish soldier Jon (Mikkelsen) lives in a wild frontier town in 1870s America. After being separated from his family for seven long years, his wife and son finally start making their way to him, but unfortunately they do not survive the journey. Devastated, Jon goes on a revenge killing spree after learning that his family was murdered.
Riders of Justice 9:15pm
MA15+
Denmark, Sweden, 2020
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Language: Danish
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Andrea Heick Gadeberg
What's it about?
Markus (Mikkelsen) returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.
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