NFF 2019
by Wordsmith | created - 05 Nov 2019 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicMovies playing at the Northern Film Festival 2019, held in Leeuwarden
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1. Swoon (2019)
104 min | Drama, Romance
A sensational story of forbidden love, a rivalry between two families and a war between two amusement parks. A magic story based on the real history of Gröna Lund, an actual amusement park in Stockholm - the capital of Sweden.
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein | Stars: Albin Grenholm, Frida Gustavsson, Lennart Jähkel, Robert Gustafsson
Votes: 801
2. A Certain Kind of Silence (2019)
96 min | Drama
A young au pair meets a radical family community while working abroad and gets lost in the new world presented to her.
Director: Michal Hogenauer | Stars: Eliska Krenková, Jacob Jutte, Monic Hendrickx, Roeland Fernhout
Votes: 497
3. A White, White Day (2019)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An off duty police begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his recently dead wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Votes: 5,882
4. Agnes Joy (2019)
92 min | Drama
Rannveig is experiencing burnout in all aspects of her mundane suburban life. She's stuck with a job she hates and a marriage that is slowly dying. On top of that, she's constantly fighting... See full summary »
Director: Silja Hauksdóttir | Stars: Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Donna Cruz
Votes: 327
5. Aniara (2018)
R | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Directors: Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja | Stars: Emelie Garbers, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini
Votes: 11,865 | Gross: $0.04M
6. As I Fall (2018)
97 min | Drama
Follows the unconventional relationship between a father and son as they cling to one another under the looming threat of addiction and separation.
Director: Magnus Meyer Arnesen | Stars: Preben Hodneland, Marius Aandal Pedersen, Alexandra Gjerpen, Vidar Sandem
Votes: 155
7. Aurora (I) (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, meets Iranian Darian one night at a hot-dog stand in Lapland. Darian is running from death and Aurora is running from love. They need each other in order to finally stop running.
Director: Miia Tervo | Stars: Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Elá Yildirim, Oona Airola
Votes: 1,854
8. Barn (2019)
157 min | Drama
Lykke (13), the daughter of a prominent Labour Party politician, has accidentally beaten her classmate Jamie, the son of a local right wing-politician, to death. Lykke claims Jamie's death ... See full summary »
Director: Dag Johan Haugerud | Stars: Henriette Steenstrup, Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Brynjar Åbel Bandlien
Votes: 1,237
9. King of Atlantis (2019)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man struggles to take care of his schizophrenic father while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
Directors: Marina Nyström, Soni Jorgensen | Stars: Simon Settergren Hernandez, Philip Zandén, Happy Jankell, Katarina Ewerlöf
Votes: 1,047
10. Let There Be Light (2019)
93 min | Drama
Milan (40) has three children and does construction work in Germany in order to provide for his family in Slovakia. While visiting his home over Christmas he discovers that his eldest son ... See full summary »
Director: Marko Skop | Stars: Milan Ondrík, Frantisek Beles, Zuzana Konecná, Lubomír Paulovic
Votes: 505
11. Beats (II) (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two teenage boys in Scotland in 1994, best friends with no control over their lives, risk everything to attend an illegal rave, hoping for the best night of their boring lives.
Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser, Brian Ferguson
Votes: 4,762
12. Sonja: The White Swan (2018)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Sonja Henie, one of the world's greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who decides to go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a movie star.
Director: Anne Sewitsky | Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar, Anders Mordal
Votes: 1,102
13. Harajuku (2018)
83 min | Drama
The evening before Christmas eve Vilde is hanging out with her friends at the central station, when she learns that her mother has been in an accident. She is forced to contact her biological father, but wants to run away to Tokyo.
Director: Eirik Svensson | Stars: Ines Høysæter Asserson, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ingrid Olava, André Sørum
Votes: 460
14. Before the Frost (2018)
104 min | Drama
In 1800s Denmark, a farmer has a bad harvest and thus not enough food for his family. He makes a deal, that includes his farm and his daughter getting married, with a nearby rich farmer.
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Clara Rosager, Magnus Krepper, Ghita Nørby
Votes: 1,578
15. Bille (2018)
104 min | Drama
A life-provoking, hopeful and solemn story about the growth of one human child and the relationship with the world in Latvia at the end of the 1930s.
Director: Inara Kolmane | Stars: Ruta Kronberga, Elina Vane, Arturs Skrastins, Kristine Abolina
Votes: 830
16. Dive: Rituals in Water (2019)
73 min | Documentary
In Iceland, infants are dunked underwater, encouraged to fall off diving boards, and precariously balanced in the hand of their instructor. Snorri Magnússon teaches this unconventional swim class where no one is too young to learn.
Directors: Elín Hansdóttir, Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir, Hanna Björk Valsdóttir | Star: Snorri Magnússon
Votes: 31
17. Echo (2019)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama
Everyday life in Iceland around Christmas time: 56 vignettes full of joy, sorrow and thought-provoking situations.
Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson | Stars: Sigurmar Albertsson, Bent Kingo Andersen, Sif Arnarsdóttir, Ari Arnarson
Votes: 1,650
18. Goliath (2018)
88 min | Crime, Drama
Goliat is set in a small industrial town somewhere in Sweden. When Roland is sentenced to prison, his son, 17-year old Kimmie, is expected to provide for the family by taking over his dad's... See full summary »
Director: Peter Grönlund | Stars: Sebastian Ljungblad, Joakim Sällquist, Cornelia Andersson, Davina Robinson
Votes: 1,076
19. In de armen van Morpheus (2019)
Documentary
It's impossible not to surrender to sleep. The controllable world we are familiar with will sooner or later pass into the intangible and fleeting domain of sleep, in which we are subjected ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Schmidt
Votes: 21
20. Out of Tune (2019)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a celebrity financier who ends up in prison. After being assaulted by a gang of bikers in the prison, he ops for voluntary solitary confinement. During this time he joins the choir, aiming for the top of it's hierarchy.
Director: Frederikke Aspöck | Stars: Jacob Lohmann, Anders Matthesen, Christopher Læssø, Morten Hebsgaard
Votes: 1,610
21. Land of Hope (2018)
TV-14 | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
Anni lives a sheltered life until she falls in love with Veikko, who has been wounded at the end of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her life behind and moves with Veikko to North Karelia.
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Oona Airola, Konsta Laakso, Helmi Linnosmaa, Antti Virmavirta
Votes: 984
22. System Crasher (2019)
125 min | Drama
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Votes: 14,755
23. Summer Survivors (2018)
91 min | Drama
An ambitious young research psychologist, Indre, has reluctantly agreed to transport two patients from one psychiatric unit to another in exchange for research privileges at her clinic.
Director: Marija Kavtaradze | Stars: Adrija Cepaite-Palsauskiene, Gelmine Glemzaite, Vilija Grigaityte, Giedre Gudeikiene
Votes: 1,621
24. Queen of Hearts (2019)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.
Director: May el-Toukhy | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann
Votes: 14,466
25. The Grizzlies (2018)
R | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.
Director: Miranda de Pencier | Stars: Jack Anawak, Fred Bailey, Seth Burke, Mary Buscemi
Votes: 2,675
26. X&Y (2018)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
An artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They engage in a boundless play with their surroundings in an exploration of identity, male and female.
Director: Anna Odell | Stars: Anna Odell, Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Vera Vitali
Votes: 906
27. The Champion (2019)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Christian is an extremely talented as well as unpredictable football player. After his latest screw-up, the president of his team decides to assign him a personal tutor, to help him in ... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo D'Agostini | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Andrea Carpenzano, Massimo Popolizio, Anita Caprioli
Votes: 1,992
28. Sons of Denmark (2019)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller
Denmark four years into the future. After a major bomb attack in Copenhagen radicalization and ethnic tensions are running high, and a racist leader is leading the polls.19-year old Zakaria is afraid, wanting to do something.
Director: Ulaa Salim | Stars: Zaki Youssef, Mohammed Ismail Mohammed, Rasmus Bjerg, Imad Abul-Foul
Votes: 1,888
29. The Hypnotist (2019)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Fantasy
Life story of Finnish hypnotist Olavi Hakasalo, aka. Olliver Hawk.
Director: Arthur Franck | Stars: Olliver Hawk, Laila Hakasalo, Valto Käkelä, Johannes Virolainen
Votes: 225
30. Synonyms (2019)
Unrated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte, Uria Hayik
Votes: 6,288
31. The Best of Dorien B. (2019)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Dorien has everything - two children, a husband, her own veterinary practice. But suddenly everything is different: her mother has been having an affair for years.
Director: Anke Blondé | Stars: Kim Snauwaert, Jelle De Beule, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Wine Dierickx
Votes: 348
32. The Tobacconist (2018)
117 min | Drama, History, War
Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler. A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna....
Director: Nikolaus Leytner | Stars: Simon Morzé, Bruno Ganz, Johannes Krisch, Emma Drogunova
Votes: 1,997
33. Valhalla Rising (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Alexander Morton, Stewart Porter
Votes: 63,604 | Gross: $0.02M
34. That Time of Year (2018)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Deep-rooted grievances can rip families apart--and the ties that bind them together.
Director: Paprika Steen | Stars: Paprika Steen, Jacob Lohmann, Mikas Maximus Dalhoff Christiansen, Fanny Leander Bornedal
Votes: 1,634
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