Sõda: political satire as animal fable takes on a dark tone
Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer, “Sõda” (1987) It has the look of a political satire
Reviews of films from Finland, Greenland, Iceland and countries traditionally considered part of Scandinavia (Denmark Norway, Sweden). I’ve included Estonia and Latvia in this category as these countries have historic links to Sweden.
Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer, “Sõda” (1987) It has the look of a political satire
Riho Unt, “Kapsapea / A Cabbage” (1993) A stop-animation parody of action adventure films like
Northern European Films | Southeast Asian Films
Joshua Oppenheimer, “The Look of Silence” (2014) A companion piece to Oppenheimer’s earlier documentary “The
Ingmar Bergman, “The Virgin Spring / Jungfrukällan” (1960) Perhaps not so celebrated as “The Seventh
André Øvredal, “Troll Hunter / Trolljegeren” (2010) Inspired perhaps by the example of “The Blair
Ingmar Bergman, “Fanny and Alexander” (1982) In part an autobiographical film based on his own
Northern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Alexander Gaponenko, “Aliens” (2014) In August 1991, the Soviet Union broke up after a failed
North American Films | Northern European Films
Lars von Trier, “Manderlay” (2005) The sequel to “Dogville” is an interesting philosophical if rather
Elísabet Ýr Atladóttir, “Memoria” (2013) A creepy psychological character study, “Memoria” is very depressing to
Bo Mathorne, “The Backwater Gospel” (2011) In a total running time of just over nine