Join us for these special screenings:
January 7-10; 14-17; and 21-24, 2021
This year, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House is going virtual! In coordination with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. with BalticFilmExpo@SFFLA, Scandinavia House is pleased to offer virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film, available to viewers across the U.S. on the weekends of January 7, 14, and 21.
Films currently scheduled in the program for the weekend of January 7 are Another Round/Druk (Denmark, 2020; dir. Thomas Vinterberg); Agnes Joy (Iceland, 2019; dir. Silja Hauksdóttir); Blizzard of Souls /Dvēseļu putenis (Latvia, 2019; dir. Dzintars Dreibergs); and The Last Ones /Viimased (Estonia/Finland, 2020; dir. Veiko Õunpuu).
Films in the program for the weekend of January 14 include Charter (Sweden, 2020; dir. Amanda Kernell); Hope (Norway, 2020; dir. Maria Sødahl); Nova Lituania(Lithuania, 2019; dir. Karolis Kaupinis); and Tove (Finland, 2020; dir. Zaida Bergroth).
The festival will conclude on the weekend of January 21-24 with a special screening of My Favorite War.
Festival sessions will be accompanied by virtual filmmaker Q&As, as well as short films; check back to the Scandinavia House homepage for more information about further programming details as they are released in the coming weeks.