Titles in Genre Scandinavian
ADAM'S APPLES
Submitted by Country - Best Foreign Film - Academy Awards®
"A funny, politically incorrect and, somewhere deep down, thoughtful black comedy.""
- Gunnar Rehlin, Variety
BUDDY
Winner - Best Actor - Amanda Awards (Norwegian Oscars®)
"A welcome addition to the youth-oriented film repertoire the world over."
- Dan Fainaru, ScreenDaily.com
HAWAII, OSLO
Winner - Best Screenplay - Amanda Awards (Norwegian Oscars®)
Winner - Jury Prize - Norwegian Int'l Film Festival
"One of the best Norwegian films made in many years."
- Gunnar Rehlin, Variety
KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND
Winner - Audience Award - Nordic Film Days Lübeck
"Haunting! Skarsgård is excellent as always and moody atmospherics enhance the conventional structure."
- Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
"Excellent! Marius Holst gives the proceedings a fresh look, thanks to his sturdy acting, direction and cinematography."
- V.A. Musetto, New York Post
"Conceptually ambitious...[KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND] evokes a blood-chilling climate of eternal winter."
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
MONSTER THURSDAY
"Monster Thursday marks the emergence of an electrifying new voice in Scandanavian cinema"
--Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival
MOTHER OF MINE
"Finnish helmer Klaus Haro comes up with an emotionally involving tale that could also resonate beyond the region in specialty situations. Pic is Finland's official submission for the Oscars' foreign film category."
-- Gunnar Rehlin, Variety
TEDDY BEAR
Winner - Best Performance - Transylvania Int'l Film Festival
"An unexpected charmer! A highpoint [of MoMA's New Directors/New Films]!""
- Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
"TEDDY BEAR is a sweet drama with a lovably large breakout performance!"
- Christopher Campbell, indieWIRE
THE BOTHERSOME MAN
Winner - Best Director - Amanda Awards (Norwegian Oscars®)
"Delightfully droll. [Its] use of sound and impossible space recalls the eerie worlds of David Lynch."
- Leslie Felperin, Variety
TROUBLED WATER
Winner - Audience Award - Hamptons Int'l Film Festival
Winner - Ecumenical Jury Prize - Norwegian Int'l Film Festival
"It's absolutely the best movie I have seen in years!"
- Michael Moore, Academy Award winning director
"The performances...are fantastic and the direction is without fault."
- Alec Baldwin, Academy Award winning actor

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