Six films have been nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2024. This year, the battle for the prize is between two documentaries and four feature films. The winner will be announced on 22 October. Read on and learn more about the nominations for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2024.
Since 2002, the Nordic Council Film Prize has been awarded to a full-length feature film that has roots in Nordic culture and displays high standards of artistic quality.
Here are the nominations for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2024:
DENMARK
The documentary “The Son and the Moon”
Synopsis
The Son and the Moon consists of a courageous and honest six-year journey by a Danish-Iranian filmmaker, Roja Pakari, portraying her struggle with cancer, her love and her huge project mapping her family’s dramatic history. It is existential poetry with no filters, featuring an unforgettable woman on both sides of the camera.
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FINLAND
“Fallen Leaves”
Synopsis
Fallen Leaves tells the story of two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet by chance in Helsinki one night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this honorable goal is clouded by the man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, and not knowing each other’s names or addresses, not to mention life’s general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those who seek happiness.
GREENLAND
The documentary “Twice Colonized”, co-produced in Greenland.
Synopsis
Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter has spent her life leading the fight for the rights of her people. Now, just as she is launching an initiative to establish an indigenous forum at the European Union, she also finds herself facing a difficult, personal journey to mend her own wounds after the unexpected passing of her son.
ICELAND
“Touch”
Synopsis
An ageing widower, Kristófer, finds himself at a crossroads at the outbreak of the pandemic. He shuts his restaurant in Iceland – not just because of the pandemic but also because he knows his health is declining. Urged by his doctor to attend to any unfinished business he might have, he spontaneously embarks on a journey to seek answers to a mystery that has haunted him for a long time.
NORWAY
‘Sex’
Synopsis
Sex follows two men in heterosexual marriages whose perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity are challenged by unexpected experiences.
One has a sexual encounter with another man without seeing it as a sign of homosexuality or infidelity. The other has dreams in which David Bowie sees him as a woman, stirring confusion and leading him to question how much our personalities are shaped by how others see us.
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SWEDEN
“Crossing”
Synopsis
Lia, a retired teacher, made a promise to find out what happened to her long-lost niece, Tekla. When she learns from Achi, a neighbor, that the niece might be living in Turkey, the pair set off to find her. In Istanbul, they discover a beautiful city full of connections and possibilities, but tracing someone who has no intention of being found proves harder than they thought – until they meet Evrim, a trans-rights lawyer. As Lia and Achi weave their way through the city’s backstreets, they feel closer than ever to Tekla.
The six films have been nominated by the national juries.
The winner will be announced on 22 October
A TV show broadcasted by the Icelandic public service company RÚV will be shown in all of the Nordic countries. The “Nordlys” statuette will be handed over to the winner at a special award ceremony during the Session of the Nordic Council in Reykjavík in the last week of October.
The DKK 300,000 prize is shared equally between the screenwriter, director and producer to underline that film as an art form emerges from close collaboration between these three main jobs.
Nominations for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2024, based on a press release from Norden.org