Lübeck, 04.11.13 – After the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck came to their end yesterday, its two directors Christian Modersbach (Festival Management) and Linde Fröhlich (Artistic Direction) struck a positive balance. The total audience numbers of 27,900 have reached a new high level for the festival and mirror the audience enthusiasm for films from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg. More
Lübeck, 2 Nov. 2013 – Films from Sweden, Norway and Denmark as well as Estonia were the big prize-winners at the 55th Nordic Film Days Lübeck. At the gala awards ceremony in Theater Lübeck a total of eight prizes were given to nine winning films. The NDR Film Prize, endowed with 12,500 Euros goes this year ex aequo to two films: “I Am Yours” (Jeg er din) by Norwegian director Iram Haq, which has already been nominated as Norway’s candidate for the Academy Awards, and “Northwest” (Nordvest) by Danish filmmaker Michael Noer. More
Lübeck, 31.10.13 – Last night’s opening of the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck, considered the most important showcase for new films from Scandinavia and the Baltic States, featured director Benedikt Erlingsson cheerfully presenting his film OF HORSES AND MEN to the Lübeck audience. He was accompanied by his Icelandic stars Charlotte Bøving and Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, cameraman Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson and the producers Fridrik Thór Fridrikssson (Hrossabrestur, Iceland) and Christoph Thoke (Mogador Film, Germany). More
Lübeck, 30.10.13 – Besides today’s opening film of the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck, “Of Horses and Men”, the festival is showing 163 films of the most varying genres from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg until 3. November. Throughout the following festival days, several projects and events are supporting the extensive film programme. More
Lübeck, 28.10.2013 – This year the documentary film section of the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck is showing four short and 26 full-length documentaries. The topics oscillate between the ideas of departure and (re-)discovery More
Lübeck, 28.10.2013 – The 55. festival edition of Nordic Film Days Lübeck shows a short film programme consisting of short feature films, documentaries and experimental forms of short narration. Touching, bizarre and astounding films from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Northern Germany are subdivided into three thematic programmes that mirror the respective films’ motifs. More
Lübeck, 26.10.13 – This year, this section’s poles are the “Crime Specials” and the “Art Specials”. Scandinavian crime films are considered to guarantee tension with high entertainment value and plenty of goosebumps. Which is why Nordic Film Days Lübeck is providing for highest quality thrills with a series of “Crime Specials” from Wednesday, 30. October to Saturday night, 2. November 2013. More
Lübeck, 25.10.13 - The Retrospective “North!wards: Spitsbergen and the Path to the Pole” of the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (30.10.-03.11.13) has included three further films on its programme. The short film trilogy by the Norwegian director Knut Erik Jensen, consisting of the films “Svalbard in the World” (1983), “Cold World” (1986) and “My World” (1987) is being shown on Friday, 1. November 2013 at 4.30pm at CineStar Filmpalast Stadthalle, Kino 4 together with the film “Lost in Spitsbergen”. More
Lübeck, 22.10.13 – The “Lübeck Meetings” at the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (30.10.-03.11.13) are hosting an international industry get-together and industry screenings on 31. October and 1. November. Buyers are once again given the opportunity, on both days, to view film productions from the Nordic countries that have not yet been exploited or have not yet found international distributors. The industry meeting is a one-of-a-kind platform for Scandinavian film productions only. An additional, extensive support programme provides opportunities to exchange information on the latest developments on the German and Nordic film markets. More
On Saturday, 19. October, the complete film programme of the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck is published online at the festival website – the list of films and the dates of all screenings can be viewed under “Programme”. An individual day planner can then also be compiled online. The entire film programme can also be viewed in the Nordic Film Days Lübeck Catalogue, which can be purchased for 9 euros as of Friday, 25. October 2013 at the following points-of-sale More
Lübeck, 10. October 2013 – In the 26. year of the “Filmforum” at the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (30.10.-03.11.13) the selected filmmakers have chosen topics that are both close to home as well as highly international. They have embarked on quests far away from Northern Germany, have explored distant countries and cultures, and have created a colourful, varied palette of films. More
Lübeck, 10. October 2013 – Within the framework of the 55. festival edition, Nordic Film Days Lübeck and its long-standing media partner NDR present nine Scandinavian classics on public television. Fans of Scandinavian cinema and the NDR audience can look forward to watching pearls of Nordic film and TV production on seven nights between 2. and 18. November 2013. More
Lübeck, 09.10.13 – Adventurous, cheeky and with a catchy soundtrack: the description fits many of the films on the current children and youth film programme at the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck. The films from the entire programme are not only amusing and entertaining, but they also address serious and thought-provoking topics. Tough girls, boys with magic powers and adolescents who must meet the challenges of growing up all play major roles. More
Lübeck, 8. October 2013 – The two directors at Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Linde Fröhlich (Artistic Direction) and Christian Modersbach (Festival Management), and the heads of the various sections present this year’s festival programme, which boasts an overall focus on music. Outside of Scandinavia, the festival is Europe’s largest platform for films from the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic States and Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein. Showing altogether 160 films from 30. October to 3. November 2013, it presents a major cinematic selection of contemporary Nordic cinema. More
Lübeck, 26.09.13 – Documentary films have always played an important role at Nordic Film Days Lübeck (30.10.- 03.11.13) and the Filmforum, the festival’s North German section, underlined by the introduction of the Documentary Film Prize of the Lübeck Trade Unions in 1991. In order to further emphasize the importance of the genre and to give new impulses for documentary work, the 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (in cooperation with Filmwerkstatt Kiel of FFHSH and DGB) are now hosting a Documentary Film Day. Documentary filmmakers from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Northern Germany are meeting on 1. November 2013 to discuss new perspectives and current projects, following the motto “New Narrative Forms Between Art and Politics”. More
Lübeck, 26. September 2013 – The 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck begin on 30. October 2013. This year’s opening film is the Icelandic-German co-production “Of Horses And Men” (Hross í oss), the feature film debut by Benedikt Erlingsson, one of Iceland’s most famous actors and theatre directors. It provides a humorous and dramatic presentation of the unique relationship between humans and (Iceland) horses. More
Lübeck, 25. September 2013 – Entitled “Film Headed Northwards: Spitsbergen and the Path to the Pole”, this year’s Retrospective at Nordic Film Days Lübeck from 30. October to 3. November 2013 presents extensive historical footage of this Arctic region, consisting of both feature and documentary films, as well as modern cinematic documents with a present-day perspective on the climatic conditions of the polar region. More
Lübeck, 19. June 2013 –NORDIC FILM DAYS LÜBECK presents its 55. festival edition from 30. October to 3. November 2013, with innovative and expressive filmmaking from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Northern Germany as Europe’s biggest festival for Nordic Film outside of Scandinavia. More
Lübeck, 20. March 2013 – This Thursday, 21. March 2013, sees the German cinema release of KON-TIKI, the opening film and one of the audience favourites at last year’s Nordic Film Days Lübeck. This spectacular adventure film by the successful directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, about scientist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s expedition More
Lübeck, March 6th, 2013. Film submissions for the up-coming 55. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (30.10. – 03.11.2013) are now possible till August 15, 2013.
Please use our entry form (pdf) for Scandinavian and Baltic films, available for download on our website More
Two Scandinavian productions are amongst the five films competing in the final round for the “best foreign language” Oscar on 24. February. More
The two directors of this year’s Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Linde Fröhlich (Artistic Director) and Christian Modersbach (Festival Manager) are very content with the 54. edition of the festival, which ended on Sunday, November 4th. Boasting an audience of around 27,500, the participation at Nordic Film Days Lübeck had increased slightly since last year. The year 2012 thus proved once more that there is a very enthusiastic and receptive audience for films from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and northern Germany. More
Lübeck, 02.11.12 - Linde Fröhlich, Artistic Director of Nordic Film Days Lübeck, has received a knighthood, first class, of the Norwegian Order of Merit by H.M. King Harald V. More
Lübeck, 03.11.12 – The Danish director Thomas Vinterberg received a total of three prizes at the 54. Nordic Film Days Lübeck. His film “The Hunt” was awarded the NDR Film Prize (ex aequo) as well as the popular Audience Prize of the Lübecker Nachrichten, endowed with 5,000 euros, and the Baltic Film Prize. More
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