NFF 2017
by Wordsmith | created - 12 Oct 2017 | updated - 06 Nov 2017 | PublicMovies playing at the Northern Film Fest, 2017
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1. Thelma (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 36,615 | Gross: $0.15M
2. Citizen Schein (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A movie about the life of Harry Schein and his workings in the Swedish culture primetime.
Director: Maud Nycander | Stars: Maud Nycander, Harry Schein, Roy Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Votes: 283
3. You Disappear (2017)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
A teachers' world is turned upside down when her husband, a successful headmaster, is caught embezzling from their own school. Did he do this of his own free will - or has his personality been altered by the tumor lurking in his brain? As the teacher is assisting an attorney in providing a legal defense, recent neuroscience forces her to rethink who her husband really is.
Director: Peter Schønau Fog | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Michael Nyqvist, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 1,151
4. Edie (2017)
102 min | Adventure, Drama
83 year old Edie believes that it is never too late - packing an old camping bag, leaving her life behind and embarking on an adventure she never got to have - climbing the imposing Mount Suilven in Scotland.
Director: Simon Hunter | Stars: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan, Amy Manson
Votes: 2,728 | Gross: $0.02M
5. Heartstone (2016)
Unrated | 129 min | Drama, Romance
In a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Stars: Baldur Einarsson, Blær Hinriksson, Diljá Valsdóttir, Katla Njálsdóttir
Votes: 6,178
6. Hobbyhorse Revolution (2017)
88 min | Documentary
A funny and moving film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and grooming toy horses.
Director: Selma Vilhunen | Stars: Mariam Njie, Elsa Fionuir, Alisa Aarniomäki
Votes: 284
7. Just Charlie (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Football star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her father and teammates will she ever play football again?
Director: Rebekah Fortune | Stars: Harry Gilby, Scot Williams, Mark Carter, Travis Blake Hall
Votes: 944
8. Daydreams (2016)
98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of the relationship between two young artists, a photographer and a writer, but above all the story of personal freedom through the filter of the imagination.
Director: Caroline Deruas-Garrel | Stars: Clotilde Hesme, Jenna Thiam, Tchéky Karyo, Bernard Verley
Votes: 242
9. Prison Sisters (2016)
90 min | Documentary
PRISON SISTERS takes us through the journey of two young women who have been released from prison in Afghanistan. Outside prison, the respite they experienced in prison is replaced with ... See full summary »
Director: Nima Sarvestani
Votes: 74
10. Pyromaniac (2016)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ruthless pyromaniac is on the loose in a southern village of Norway. They don't know he's not a stranger, but one of them. We follow him, the fire brigade chief's own son, spreading fear in secret.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Trond Nilssen, Per Frisch, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 1,046
11. Strawberry Days (2017)
97 min | Drama
A love story of the son of a Polish guestworker and the daughter of a Swedish farmer. Set in the strawberry fields of the Swedish south, it depicts a world full of divergency and prejudice.
Director: Wiktor Ericsson | Stars: Stanislaw Cywka, Nelly Axelsson, Julia Kijowska, Przemyslaw Sadowski
Votes: 443
12. Skógafoss (2017)
10 min | Short, Drama
While on vacation with his girlfriend, Gijs receives a phone call from his mother, that reveals her troubled mental state and their complex relationship.
Director: Niels Bourgonje | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Anneke Blok, Gaite Jansen
Votes: 41
13. Spaak (2017)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Steven de Jong | Stars: Tom Afman, Amin Ait Bihi, Leo de Jong, Steven de Jong
Votes: 30
14. Star Boys (2017)
82 min | Drama
Two Finnish boys battle adolescence and family troubles. Meanwhile, their homes are being encroached upon by inevitable urban development.
Director: Visa Koiso-Kanttila | Stars: Vili Saarela, Olavi Angervo, Antti Luusuaniemi, Pihla Viitala
Votes: 435
15. Satisfaction 1720 (2016)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
In " Tordenskiold " we follow the only 29 -year-old vice admiral Tordenskiold and his valet Cold . The year is 1720, the peace is signed, the war is over and the naval hero has no idea what... See full summary »
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: David Dencik, Natalie Madueño, Jakob Oftebro, Julie Agnete Vang
Votes: 508
16. The Square (2017)
R | 151 min | Comedy, Drama
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary
Votes: 77,299 | Gross: $1.50M
17. Time Will Tell (2018)
79 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A teenage girl is able to look back in time when she faints. She wants to know the truth about her imprisoned father before release, as she fears him. The fainting and visions are caused by stress so she looks for trouble.
Director: Tonnie Dinjens | Stars: Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Mark Fleischmann, Miranda Wilson, McKell David
Votes: 141
18. Welcome to Norway (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple decides to open a home for refugees in the remote cold mountains of Norway, and gets a lot to deal with.
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Olivier Mukuta, Slimane Dazi, Henriette Steenstrup
Votes: 1,347
19. Who Is Alice (2017)
104 min | Comedy
'Who is Alice' carries us on a darkly funny, compelling and sometimes cringe worthy journey into the highs and lows of what human beings will do to try to avoid pain and connect to ... See full summary »
Directors: Ismael Lotz, Robert van den Broek | Stars: Ali Bastian, Patrick Leo Holland, Lee Brace, Maurizio Benazzo
Votes: 981
20. Where You're Meant to Be (2016)
76 min | Documentary, Music
When a Scottish indie pop artist decides to re-write his country's oldest songs, the only thing standing in his way is an ageing folk singer and centuries of history.
Director: Paul Fegan | Stars: James Graham, Aidan Moffat, Sheila Stewart
Votes: 144
21. Yarn (2016)
79 min | Documentary, Animation
Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to create their extraordinary ideas and stories.
Directors: Þórdur Bragi Jónsson, Una Lorenzen, Heather Millard | Stars: Tilde Björfors, Barbara Kingsolver, Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, Olek
Votes: 93
22. 3 Things (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Before entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a whole new light on the robbery he and his partners have been jailed for.
Director: Jens Dahl | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Lærke Winther, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 1,564
23. A Bastard Child (2016)
58 min | Documentary, Animation, History
A 58 minute hand-painted documentary about Hervor Wester's childhood growing up with an unmarried mother in a cruel and undemocratic Sweden 100 years ago.
Director: Knutte Wester
Votes: 40
24. Måste gitt (2017)
97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Respected suburb guy in Stockholm who lives in criminality but want to be an actor. By coincidence he dropped his diary and was found by Lena Endre who thinks its great and want to publish it...
Director: Ivica Zubak | Stars: Can Demirtas, David Nzinga, Jörgen Thorsson, Selma Caglar
Votes: 1,338
25. Trädgårdsgatan (2017)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Eric and Elin meet as adults and reminisce about when they met for the first time. Their parents were addicts but for a couple of months they lived together as a family. This time together still defines who they are and what they became.
Director: Olof Spaak | Stars: Karin Franz Körlof, Simon J. Berger, Emil Algpeus, Nike Ringqvist
Votes: 353
26. God's Own Country (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart
Votes: 35,534 | Gross: $0.34M
27. Handle with Care (2017)
102 min | Drama
After his wife's death, offshore oil worker Kjetil is having a hard time relating to his adopted son Daniel. In an act of desperation, he brings Daniel along to Colombia to search for the boy's biological mother.
Director: Arild Andresen | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Marlon Moreno, Kristoffer Bech, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 412
28. The Man (2017)
94 min | Drama
Simon, king of the Danish art scene, sees his life turned upside down when his unknown son Casper turns up.
Director: Charlotte Sieling | Stars: Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Ane Dahl Torp, Sus Wilkins
Votes: 690
29. Miami (2017)
TV-14 | 119 min | Crime, Drama
Two sisters reunite after years of separation. Their lives intertwine as they share a dream of a bright future, only to find out that the past can't be easily undone.
Director: Zaida Bergroth | Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sonja Kuittinen, Juhan Ulfsak, Alex Anton
Votes: 670
30. Man Divided (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Denmark 2095: The ocean level's risen - thus no natural freshwater. After Fang's split into 2 persons, one travels back in time to 2017 to save a lost ecological research and maybe save the world.
Director: Max Kestner | Stars: Carsten Bjørnlund, Dragomir Mrsic, Sofia Helin, Marijana Jankovic
Votes: 862
31. Rift (2017)
111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two men's broken relationship is tested as they are haunted by a supernatural entity awakened by their grief.
Director: Erlingur Thoroddsen | Stars: Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson, Guðmundur Ólafsson, Aðalbjörg Árnadóttir
Votes: 1,119
32. School Life (2016)
PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary
Long careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: "Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!" But leaving is the hardest lesson.
Directors: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane | Stars: Dermot Dix, Amanda Leyden, John Leyden
Votes: 324 | Gross: $0.04M
33. The End of the Chain (2017)
PG-13 | 81 min | Drama
The main character, the Waitress, sees people on the breakdown (or breakthrought?) and absorbs it all. One by one, through their personal drama, the clients push her towards her own edge.
Director: Priit Pääsuke | Stars: Maiken Pius, Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr., Tiit Lilleorg, Jörgen Liik
Votes: 261
34. The King's Choice (2016)
133 min | Biography, Drama, History
April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 10,081 | Gross: $0.11M
35. The Rules for Everything (2017)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
When 10 year old Storm's father disappears, and her mother dwells into making instruction films with an eastern European guru, she has to decide which rules the world has to come down to, not to completely become a chaos.
Director: Kim Hiorthøy | Stars: Natalie Press, Tindra Hillestad Pack, Pavle Heidler, Ingrid Olava
Votes: 276
36. The Swan (2017)
91 min | Drama
A wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp.
Director: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Thorvaldur Kristjansson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir
Votes: 434 | Gross: $0.00M
37. Under the Tree (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson | Stars: Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann
Votes: 5,459 | Gross: $0.07M
38. Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Not Rated | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Six surfers set sail along the frozen shores of Iceland as the worst storm in twenty-five years is about to arrive.
Director: Chris Burkard | Stars: Chris Burkard, Heiðar Logi Elíasson, Sam Hammer, Steve Hawk
Votes: 1,499
39. Disappearance (2017)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
An ill Dutch woman visits her family in Norway in hopes of reconnecting with her estranged mother.
Director: Boudewijn Koole | Stars: Rifka Lodeizen, Elsie de Brauw, Eva Garet, Marcus Hanssen
Votes: 502
40. Ihmiset suviyössä (1948)
66 min | Drama
A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Eila Pehkonen, Martti Katajisto, Emma Väänänen, Eero Roine
Votes: 203
41. Arvottomat (1982)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 1,277
42. Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 34,391 | Gross: $14.11M
43. Halal Daddy (2017)
95 min | Comedy
While managing a run down abattoir, young Muslim Raghdan Aziz stumbles through cultural chaos and generational conflicts, dealing with enraged fathers, stoned buddies and an alleged ex-lover of his girlfriend.
Director: Conor McDermottroe | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Colm Meaney, Art Malik, David Kross
Votes: 225
44. Ministry of Love (2016)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A razor sharp comedy all about relationships and red tape. Kreso is at a loose end. A fully qualified biologist, he's about to hit middle age, disillusioned, out of work and stuck in a ... See full summary »
Director: Pavo Marinkovic | Stars: Stjepan Peric, Drazen Kuhn, Ecija Ojdanic, Olga Pakalovic
Votes: 561
45. The Oath (2016)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A troubled father working as a doctor decides to go to extreme measures to save his daughter from the devastating influence of her drug-dealer boyfriend.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Hera Hilmar, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Votes: 2,454
46. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of ... See full summary »
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Kirsi Tykkyläinen, Mato Valtonen
Votes: 3,693
47. The White Reindeer (1952)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead she gets turned into a white reindeer vampire.
Director: Erik Blomberg | Stars: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Jouni Tapiola
Votes: 2,490
48. 7 Days (2016)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Ivan and Chiara meet on a beautiful Sicilian island to prepare for the wedding of Ivan's brother and Chiara's best friend. Despite the fact that Ivan is determined not to repeat the failure... See full summary »
Director: Rolando Colla | Stars: Bruno Todeschini, Alessia Barela, Marc Barbé, Linda Olsansky
Votes: 396
49. Freedom (2017)
107 min | Drama, Family
A mother goes away, leaving her husband and their two children in limbo. She is driven by a force she cannot ignore: freedom.
Director: Jan Speckenbach | Stars: Johanna Wokalek, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Martin Leutgeb, Matthias Hecht
Votes: 203
50. Light Thereafter (2017)
101 min | Drama
Pavel, an emotionally volatile and socially alienated young man, sets off across Europe in search of his idol, the enigmatic painter Arnaud. Desperately lonely, Pavel tries to adhere to the host of characters he meets along the way.
Director: Konstantin Bojanov | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Kim Bodnia, Thure Lindhardt, Lubna Azabal
Votes: 183
51. Bloody Milk (2017)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When one of his cows gets sick, a farmer will stop at nothing to save the rest of the herd.
Director: Hubert Charuel | Stars: Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Isabelle Candelier, Bouli Lanners
Votes: 1,707
52. The Man from Mo'Wax (2016)
116 min | Documentary, Music
An energetic and phenomenal presentation charting the life and career of DJ icon, music producer, and global trip-hop mogul James Lavelle.
Director: Matthew Jones | Stars: James Lavelle, DJ Shadow, Ian Brown, Josh Homme
Votes: 338
53. Song of Granite (2017)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Born in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Colm Seoighe, Michael O'Chonfhlaola, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Jaren Cerf
Votes: 356 | Gross: $0.02M
54. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,726
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