About

'Midnight Sun: Film and Video from the North' brings together a wide-ranging selection of film and video by contemporary Nordic filmmakers and artists. The program highlights some of the most engaging and unconventional work to have emerged during the last decade from filmmakers who have come to prominence for their off-beat humour, arresting cinematography and psychological subject matter.

The program features films by Roy Andersson (Sweden), Susanne Bier (Denmark), Ragar Bragason (Iceland), Jens Jonsson (Sweden), Dagur Kári (Iceland), Juho Kuosmanen (Finland), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland), Rune Denstad Langlo (Norway), Aku Louhimies (Finland), Lukas Moodysson (Sweden), Bobbie Peers (Norway), Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland), Joachim Trier (Norway) and Lars von Trier (Denmark). Key contemporary artists working with the moving image are also profiled, including Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Finland), Knut Åsdam (Norway), Nathalie Djurberg (Sweden), Tellerro Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (Finland), Annika Larsson (Sweden), Ragnar Kjartansson (Iceland) and Salla Tykkä (Finland)

Midnight Sun also includes: 'Coldsweat: Scandinavian Horror', a series of late-night screenings of Scandinavian horror; and 'The Millennium Trilogy', films based on the bestselling novels by Stieg Larsson.

QAGOMA acknowledges the assistance of the Danish Film Institute, The Finnish Film Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre, Norwegian Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, and the artists and representing agents who have generously provided materials. Program curated by José Da Silva, Australian Cinémathèque. Flm notes are abridged with sources as indicated.

List of Works

Midnight Sun: Filmmakers

Kauas pilvet karkaavat (Drifting Clouds) 1996 | Director: Aki Kaurismäki
F***ing Åmål (Show Me Love) 1998 | Director: Lukas Moodysson
Idioterne (The Idiots) 1998 | Director: Lars von Trier
Sånger från andra våningen (Songs from the Second Floor) 2000 | Director: Roy Andersson
Reparation 2001 | Director: Jens Jonsson
Bror min (Brother of Mine) 2002 | Director: Jens Jonsson
Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts) 2002 | Director: Susanne Bier
Mies vailla menneisyyttä (The Man without a Past) 2002 | Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Nói albínói (Noi the Albino) 2003 | Director: Dagur Kári
Síðasti bærinn (The Last Farm) 2004 | Director: Rúnar Eyjólfur Rúnarsson
Utvecklingssamtal (Headway) 2004 | Director: Jens Jonsson
Paha maa (Frozen Land) 2005 | Director: Aku Louhimies
Voksne mennesker (Dark Horse) 2005 | Director:
Börn (Children) 2006 | Director: Ragnar Bragason
Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding) 2006 | Director: Susanne Bier
Mýrin (Jar City) 2006 | Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Valkoinen kaupunki (Frozen City) 2006 | Director: Aku Louhimies
Farväl Falkenberg (Falkenberg Farewell) 2006 | Director: Jesper Ganslandt Falkenberg
Laitakaupungin valot (Lights in the Dusk) 2006 | Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Linerboard 2006 | Director: Jens Jonsson
Reprise 2006 | Director: Joachim Trier
Sniffer 2006 | Director: Bobbie Peers
Du levande (You, the Living) 2007 | Director: Roy Andersson
Foreldrar (Parents) 2007 | Director: Ragnar Bragason
Kestomerkitsijät (Roadmarkers) 2007 | Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Spandexmann (Spandex Man) 2007 | Director:
Smáfuglar (2 Birds) 2008 | Director: Rúnar Eyjólfur Rúnarsson
Ping-pongkingen (The King of Ping Pong) 2008 | Director: Jens Jonsson
Anna 2009 | Director: Rúnar Eyjólfur Rúnarsson
Nord (North) 2009 | Director: Rune Denstad Langlo
Nuummioq 2009 | Directors: Otto Rosing, Torben Bech
Hævnen (In A Better World) 2010 | Director: Susanne Bier
Taulukauppiaat (The Painting Sellers) 2010 | Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Eldfjall (Volcano) 2011 | Director: Rúnar Eyjólfur Rúnarsson
Melancholia 2011 | Director: Lars von Trier
Oslo, 21. August 2011 | Director: Joachim Trier

Midnight Sun: Artists

Knut Åsdam
Tripoli 2010
Abyss 2010
Oblique 2008
Finally 2006
Blissed 2005
Filter City 2003

Nathalie Djurberg
Snakes Know It's Yoga 2010
The Experiment (Greed) 2009
Putting Down the Prey 2008
It's the Mother 2008

Tellervo Kalleinen
Oliver Kochta-Kallleinen
Complaints Choir 2009

Annika Larsson
Blind 2011
Animal 2012
Blood 2003
Dog 2001

Ragnar Kjartansson
The Man 2010

Salla Tykkä
Airs above the Ground 2010
Victoria 2008
Zoo 2006
Cave 2003
Thriller 2001
Lasso 2000
Power 1999

Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Rakkaus on aarre (Love is a Treasure) 2002
Missä on missä? (Where is Where?) 2009

Coldsweat: Scandinavian Horror

Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) 2008 | Director: Tomas Alfredson
Død snø (Dead Snow) 2009 | Director: Tommy Wirkola
Sauna 2008 | Director: Antti-Jussi Annila
Fritt vilt (Cold Prey) 2006 | Director: Roar Uthaug
Trolljegeren (TrollHunter) 2010 | Director: André Øvredal
Antichrist 2009 | Director: Lars von Trier

The Millennium Trilogy

Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) 2009 | Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl Who Played With Fire) 2009 | Director: Daniel Alfredson
Luftslottet som sprängdes (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) 2009 | Director: Daniel Alfredson