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Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders — Virtual Cinema

January 7, 2021—8:00 amJanuary 17, 2021—5:00 pm

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THU—January 7 through SUN—January 10 & THU—January 14 through SUN—January 17

Film tickets $13 ($8 ASF Members)
All-access pass (8 film) $100 ($90 ASF Members)
**Members will receive an email from ASF with their discount code for all films.**

WEEKEND ONE
WEEKEND TWO

 

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 and 14. 

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); and Nova Lituania (Lithuania, 2019; dir. Karolis Kaupinis); a fourth film for this weekend will be added closer to the date.

Festival films will be available to ticket holders all over the U.S. Each session is limited to 300 tickets in an effort to preserve the intimate and communal experience. The sessions will take place over four days (Thursday — Sunday), and all films from the session will be available for viewing on a virtual cinema screening platform throughout this period.

Festival sessions will be accompanied by virtual filmmaker Q&As. Visit the links above for more info and to purchase tickets.

All access pass

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Start:
January 7, 2021—8:00 am
End:
January 17, 2021—5:00 pm