{"id":114113,"date":"2025-07-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=114113"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:33:49","slug":"discover-nordic-cinema-at-the-palace-regent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/living\/discover-nordic-cinema-at-the-palace-regent\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-see Nordic films at Palace Regent"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNCOVER the best new cinema from the Nordic region at Palace Regent Cinema\u2019s Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Running until Sunday 3 August, the lineup includes films from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland ranging from epic dramas to sweeping romances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like seeing a film from a completely different country and a completely different language, you actually see the world through a different set of eyes,\u201d festival director Elysia Zeccola said.<\/p>\n

Festival highlights include the Australian premiers<\/a> of Quisling: The Final Days which follows the trial of Vidkun Quisling, and black comedy Grand Finale about a near-bankrupt chamber orchestra in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n

Opening the festival was spy drama Number 24<\/a> depicting the true story of a Norwegian resistance fighter.<\/p>\n

The festival\u2019s centrepiece is Sentimental Value, an intimate portrayal family and memories which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ms Zeccola said she believes there are several aspects of Nordic films Australians will enjoy, including their humour and geography.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralians have quite a connection to nature and the land and so do Nordic countries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou often have these really beautiful windswept locations and sometimes there\u2019s a sense of isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we really relate to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Zeccola also encouraged attendees to see The Last Paradise on Earth, a drama the captures the landscapes of the Faroe Islands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a particular film that\u2019s an unknown film from a debut filmmaker, it doesn\u2019t star anyone famous, and it\u2019s called The Last Paradise on Earth and is set on the Faroe Islands,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just looks like an alien planet\u2026 the landscape is so different, and the architecture is so different.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something really intriguing about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

To view the full program and book a ticket, visit scandinavianfilmfestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNCOVER the best new cinema from the Nordic region at Palace Regent Cinema\u2019s Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival. Running until Sunday 3 August, the lineup includes films from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland ranging from epic dramas to sweeping romances. \u201cI feel like seeing a film from a completely different country and a completely different […]<\/p>\n

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