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Zur Feier eines erfolgreichen Filmjahres | In celebration of a successful year
we would like to invite all fans of Nordic cinema to
come to Lübeck in the time from October 31st to November 3rd. The 44th
Nordic Film Days Lübeck present a selection of the most interesting and
finest films of the year with highlights and latest discoveries. It was
a successful year for cinema in Europes North: beginning with the Oscar
nomination for the Norwegian film Elling by Petter Næss
(which had already received two prizes at its German premiere during the 43rd
Nordic Film Days Lübeck), then the Blue Angel as Best European Film to
Annette K. Olesens Minor Mishaps at this years
Berlinale, and finally the Grand Prix du Jury in Cannes for Aki
Kaurismäkis Finnish film The Man Without a Past as well
as the Best Actress award to his leading lady Kati Outinen. But the films from
the North not only caused a sensation at international festivals, but were also
enthusiastically received by German audiences and those of many other
countries. If in the past maybe one or two Scandinavian productions crossed the
Baltic Sea to the continent, by the end of this year there will be
altogether 15 Nordic films released in German cinemas. But there is also
positive news coming from the Baltic countries. Film production there continues
to consolidate, and the new films that have been produced with their convincing
mixture of Northern and Eastern European narrative tradition have received
deserved recognition at major festivals: for instance Peeter Simms
Estonian-Latvian co-production Good Hands in Berlin, Viesturs
Kairis Latvian feature Leaving by the Way" in Karlovy Vary, or
The Lease, the debut feature film of the young Lithuanian director
Kristijonas Vildziunas, which screened in Venice. All these films will be
showing in Lübeck. The festival sees itself as meeting place for producers
and all those interested in European cinema from the North and Northeast. It
offers the chance to survey the annual film production and discover new trends
and talent as well as many opportunities to talk and celebrate with one
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