Lineup 2025
We are looking forward to presenting an exciting selection of current Nordic films in Bonn from May 10 – 18! Tickets can now be purchased on the website of the Bonner Kinemathek.
To find the trailer to each film, just click on the corresponding image.
The Day Iceland Stood Still
Iceland 2024, 71 min., Icelandic with German subtitles, Director: Pamela Hogan
Opening: Fri. 16.05. 20:30h, Cinema in the Brotfabrik
We are excited to open the 26th Scandinavian Film Days with a champagne reception starting at 20:00h together with you.
90 percent of all women in Iceland left their homes on October 24th, 1975. They refused to work and to take care of their homes and children. This historic strike would let the gears of Icelandic society grind to a halt and subsequently ensure that Iceland is continuously placed among the highest-ranking countries regarding equity and equality today. “The Day Iceland Stood Still” is the first to explore this significant moment in Iceland’s herstory from the perspective of the women who protested and shines a bright light on the power of collective action. “We loved our male chauvinist pigs… We just wanted to change them a little,” one activist remembers.
With the help of Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Director Pamela Hogan reports on one of the most important events in Icelandic history and simultaneously puts the voices of the activists first.
Virgo
Sweden 2024, 87 min., Swedish with English subtitles,
Director: Jakob Ivar Ekvall; Script: Jakob Ivar Ekvall; Cast: Inez Micaella Andersson, Victor Iván, Wilma G. Sand, Emelie Lihav, Alma Westerlund, Karl Hauptmann
Sat. 17.05. 18:00h, Kino in der Brotfabrik
Rahmenprogramm: Interview (25 Min.) with Jakob Ekvall (director, script, producer) after the movie
In Jakob Ekvall’s first feature-length movie, a punk band called “The Raspberries” is touring throughout Sweden. At one of their gigs, the band members meet a goth girl by the name of Ava, who not only offers them a place to sleep, but also invites them to an exclusive afterparty. However, Ava has a dark secret. The band members find themselves in a net of danger and deceit as the night becomes a fight for life and death.
The Girl With the Needle | Pigen med nådeln
Denmark 2024, 115 min., Danish with German subtitles,
Director: Magnus von Horn; Script: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek Knudsen; Cast: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup, Tessa Hoder, Ava Knox
Martin, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Ari Alexander
Sun. 18.05. 18:30h, Cinema in the Brotfabrik
Copenhagen shortly after WWI. Karoline, a young factory worker, is struggling to survive by herself. Pregnant and abandoned by her lover, she meets Dagmar, the charismatic female owner of an illegal adoption agency. Karoline takes on a position as a wet nurse and forms a deep connection to Dagmar. Yet her trust is broken once she discovers the shocking truth behind Dagmar’s business.
In „The Girl With The Needle“, director Magnus von Horn examines social upheaval and presents a film that blurs the line between „good“ and „evil“.
Nova & Alice
Sweden 2024, 110 min., Swedish with English subtitles,
Director: Emma Bucht; Script: Jonna Bolin-Cullberg, Bengt Braskered; Cast: Hedda Stiernstedt, Josefin Asplund, Johan Rheborg, Adam Pålsson, Victor Iván, Carina M. Johansson, Tage Todd, Åke Todd
Mon. 19.05. 20:00h, Cinema in the Brotfabrik
A manager forces successful pop-singer Alice and aspiring newcomer Nova to unite for a summer tour. At first, the two entirely unlike personalities collide and there is much tension in the air. Yet the longer the tour goes on, the more they manage to overcome their musical and personal differences. Step for step, an unexpected connection is established.
Armand
Denmark/Greenland/Canada 2023, 92 Min., OmeU, Director: Lin Alluna, Cast: Aaju Peter
Tue. 20.05. 20:00h, Cinema in the Brotfabrik
Rahmenprogramm: psychological viewing of the film with Dipl. Psych. Louise Frosio (ca. 30 Min.) after the movie
Single mum Elisabeth is faced with a serious issue. She’s called to her son’s school along with other parents to discuss her son Armand’s uncomfortable behaviour and an incident involving him and another student called Jon. Instead of actually talking about the children, the parents’ unsolved conflicts and personal disputes are the focus of the conversation.
After Us, The Flood |Jälkeemme vedenpaisumus
Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland 2023, 108 Min., OmU, Director: Mika Gustafson, Cast: Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll, Mitja Siren, Marta Oldenburg, Andrea Edwards
Wed. 21.05. 20:00h, Cinema in the Brotfabrik
Rahmenprogramm: Ab 18:30 veranstalten wir ein Pubquiz in der KulturKneipe Brotfabrik. Anmeldungen können bis zum 19.5 über Instagram oder an info@skandinavische-filmtage.de einreicht werden, wir freuen uns auf Euch!
The year is 2046 and the world is on the brink of climate-based destruction. The UN develops an incredible invention which allows them to put people and their memories back into their past selves – back to the moment they were born. The brilliant but narcissist physicist Henry is chosen to go back in time to stop climate change from escalating like it did in their time. His goal? Making his invention of a fusion reactor which can produce clean energy available to the public. Though something goes wrong when he’s sent to the past and he finds himself not in his own body, but in the body of a different boy.
Regisseur Arto Halonen depicts the struggle of identity, relationships amazingly and warns against the climate change consequences that we’re getting ever close and closer to.
Short film lineup
Norway/Sweden/Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Sápmi/Greenland
Thu. 22.05. 20:00h, Cinema in the Brotfabrik
Traditionally, the Skandinavische Filmtage Bonn end with the popular short film evening. Our audience can look forward to a diverse lineup of Nordic films!