FILM FRA NORD FILMS FROM THE NORTH
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Films from the North features For the third year running TIFF has included feature films in our Films from the North program. This year offers a superb selection of terrific films from all over the Barents region and other polar areas!
Carnival Pilgrims IKUISET VAELTAJAT
Why such an urge to travel? Carnival Pilgrims examines the phenomenon of global tourism and our perpetual desire to be somewhere else. FINLAND, NORWAY, GERMANY 2020 RUNNING TIME 1h 28m
First We Eat In First We Eat documentary filmmaker Suzanne Crocker turns the camera on herself and family of five in Yukon, Canada, as they embark on a project to only eat locally-grown food for one year. No grocery store food in the house. Is it possible to live off the land and remain healthy and happy?
DIRECTOR Mika Mattila
Half Elf HÁLFUR ÁLFUR
Trausti, the lighthouse keeper, prepares for his 100th birthday and/or funeral while trying to reconnect with the elf within. Meanwhile, Hulda retreats into a world of poetry with the help of an electric magnifying glass. When he starts singing, she tells him to stop screaming. In this world, life is celebrated – despite the reality that awaits us all.
CANADA 2020 RUNNING TIME 1h 51m DIRECTOR Suzanne Crocker
ICELAND 2020 RUNNING TIME 1h 4m DIRECTOR Jón Bjarki Magnússon
The Longest Day DEN LÄNGSTA DAGEN
Midsummer in Sweden; somewhere above the Arctic Circle. Many curious stories unfold in a small Finnish-speaking village, while the sun never sets.
Jeanne D’Arc of the North NORDLANDS JEANNE D’ARC
The history of Liv Grannes from Mosjøen, who was Norway’s highest decorated woman after World War II.
SWEDEN, FINLAND 2020 RUNNING TIME 1h 59m
NORWAY 2020 RUNNING TIME 1h 5m
DIRECTOR Jonas Selberg Augustsén
DIRECTOR Fredrik Horn Akselsen
