SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

Experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities.

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2023

NINJABABY

NINJABABY

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

In this “uncompromisingly brilliant comedy about unwanted pregnancy,” 23-year-old Rakel discovers she is six months pregnant — when she's not at all ready to grow up.

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THE WOODCUTTER STORY

THE WOODCUTTER STORY

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

“A Kaurismäkian variant on Twin Peaks, with a soupçon of Fargo“ (Screen International) — see Mikko Myllylahti's dark Finnish comedy, THE WOODCUTTER STORY!

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DAY BY DAY

DAY BY DAY

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

In this life-affirming tale about it never being too late to make changes in your life, five very different people come together on a campervan trip from Gothenburg to Switzerland.

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MISS VIBORG

MISS VIBORG

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

Former beauty queen Solvej lives alone with her dog in a social housing area near Danish provincial town Viborg, until a relationship with her 17-year-old neighbor brings new hope for the future.

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DRIVING MUM

DRIVING MUM

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

In Hilmar Oddsson’s “enjoyably dark and dour comedy road movie” DRIVING MUM), a man sets out to honor his mother's last wishes — by driving her body across 1980s Iceland.

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THE GRUMP: IN SEARCH OF AN ESCORT

THE GRUMP: IN SEARCH OF AN ESCORT

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

In Mika Kaurismäki's THE GRUMP: IN SEARCH OF AN ESCORT, The Grump finds himself reunited with his estranged brother.

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SICK OF MYSELF

SICK OF MYSELF

SVART HUMOR: "COMEDIES" FROM THE NORTHSeries

This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! The series kicks off with the biting Norwegian satire SICK OF MYSELF (dir. Kristoffer Borgli) on September 13.

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