The Official Nordic Challenge - november 2018

[albajos]

The Norden Challenge
(Norden is the name of the area in all scandinavian languages) (The two other: Norðurlandaþjóðir/Pohjoismaat)


Nordic teen movies disagree with the age rating system in the states

Goal: Watch as many movies from the Nordic countries and autonomous territories as you can (or want).

Eligible countries and territories

Denmark
Faroe Islands
Finland
Greenland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Åland Islands

Rules:
- A feature film (Anything over 40 minutes) counts as one entry.
- A total of 60 minutes of short films count as one entry.
- For Mini-Series or tv shows the 180 minutes rule applies - regardless of episode length. (The reason for the expansion is to not give the locals too much advantage)
- Rewatches are welcome, but do explore something outside og Bergman, Kaurismäki, von Trier and Dreyer.
- You have to post year of release. If you don't I will not count them in the challenge. (The reason for this is to figure it what movie it is, particularly as many of you will use aka titles)
- Please post original title (and aka if you want).
- Please post country/countries.

Lists: (red links = official)
Did you know that The Nordic Council have their own film award? You can read about it here: Nordic Council Film Prize
Nordic Council Film Prize (winners) UPDATED
Nordic Council Film Prize (nominees) UPDATED

Multiple-country lists:
iCM Forum's Favorite Nordic movies 2016 (top 100)

UNESCO's Memory of the World: National Cinematic Heritage - Denmark (189-203), Finland (244-258), Norway (511-525), Sweden (686-700)
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
Nordic Movies on Official ICM lists
Kenji's A Scrumptious Scandinavian Smörgåsbord (personal list)
8 paduchi's How Scandinavian of Me: Maidanezi Mai Suedezi (personal list)

Denmark:
Dansk Spillefilm Top 100
Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Faroe Islands:
Kolar's Faroe Islands (personal list)

Finland:
Yle News' Best Finnish Films of All Time
Helsingin Sanomat's 100 Greatest Finnish Films (2007)
Sakari Toiviainen's 100 Finnish Films

Iceland:
Icelandic Movies
Kolar's Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice (personal list)

Norway:
Best norwegian movie of all time (1991)
Best norwegian movie of all time (2001)
Best norwegian movie of all time (2011)
100 Norwegian Films You Must See
Norwegian films in official lists
Norwegian Academy Award nominations
Lars Ole Kristiansen's The Best of New Norwegian Cinema (personal list)

Full film history for the nerds

Norwegian cinematic releases 1910s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1920s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1930s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1940s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1950s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1960s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1970s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1980s
Norwegian cinematic releases 1990s
Norwegian cinematic releases 2000s
Norwegian cinematic releases 2010s

Every single cinematic release in Norway. It's about 1100 in total. Some are lost to time.
The 2010s list is not completely updated as titles are missing from imdb.

If you find co-productions on imdb that aren't on these lists (like Zwei Leiben (2012)) then they are not eligble.

Sweden:
FLM's Best Swedish Films of All Time
Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Filmen i Sverige (2003) - All Swedish Films
Moira Sullivan's ....And Now a Word about Swedish Cinema (personal list)
Kolar's Swedish Cinema: The Silent Era (personal list)

Award lists:
Denmark: Bodil Award Winners For Best Danish Film
Finland: Jussi Awards
Iceland: Edda Award Best Film (Biomynd arsins)
Norway: Amanda Award - Best Film
Sweden: Guldbagge Award

Director filmographies:
Aki Kaurismaki Filmography (Finnish)
Anja Breien - most productive norwegian female director
Carl Theodor Dreyer Filmography (Danish)
Ingmar Bergman Filmography (Swedish)
Jan Troell Filmography (Swedish)
Lars von Trier Filmography (Danish)
Nils R. Müller - most productive norwegian male director
Roy Andersson Filmography (Swedish)
Victor Sjostrom Filmography (Swedish)
Norwegian directors ♂ (updated to the mid 80s, I'll try to complete it during the challenge)
Norwegian directors (updated to the mid 80s, I'll try to complete it during the challenge)

Available:
https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/78141?so=yr

Movies that count for all challenges:

Triple

Insomnia (1997)

Nordic Noir

Very many. A lot of TV- and mini-series.
https://www.spin.com/2018/03/nordic-noi ... ime-shows/
Norwegian: Varg Veum x12, Døden er et kjærtegn, Douglas, Evas øye, Karachi, Livredd, Salige er de som tørster, Schpaaa, Uro.
Swedish:
Finnish: Tulipunainen kyyhkynen, Varastettu kuolema, I Hired a Contract Killer, Laitakaupungin valot, Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Danish: Pusher x3, Nordkraft, Kærlighed på film, Kandidaten

Nordic Criterion/MoC

Edvard Munch (1974)
De VI olympiske vinterleker Oslo 1952 (1952)
Very many Bergman, Dreyer and Kaurismäki films
Jag är nyfiken x2

Bonus challenge:
I'll do the same here as in the LGBTIQ+ challenge, Try to even out your views between the 5 main countries to win.

standings

1

Position	Participant	Dan	Isl	Nor	Suo	Sve	All
1	albajos	24	13	80	10	32	10
2	jajusu	3	3	4	43	7	3
3	jeroeno	4	3	3	4	16	3
4	sol	3	3	6	3	11	3
5	72allinncallme	23	1	8	13	27	1
6	psychotronicbeatnik	2	1	4	2	16	1
7	Melvelet	3	1	2	2	3	1
8	maxwelldeux	2	1	2	2	7	1
9	RogerTheMovieManiac88	6	1	2	2	2	1
10	insomnius	4	1	1	3	24	1
11	Mate_cosido	1	3	4	4	1	1
12	peeptoad	2	1	3	1	5	1
13	Fergenaprido	2	1	2	2	1	1
14	ororama	7	2	3		6	0
15	allisoncm	3		5	7	1	0
16	rnilsson19		1	2	5	4	0
17	jdidaco	1		1	4	7	0
18	OldAle1	1		2	1	6	0
19	Nathan Treadway		1	3	1	1	0
20	nimimerkillinen			4	16	5	0
21	zzzorf		1		2	2	0
22	vortexsurfer		2		6		0
23	flavo5000	2				1	0
24	3eyes		1			1	0
25	blocho					1	0
25	funkybusiness			1			0
25	hurluberlu		1				0
25	shugs					1	0

Bonus challenge II - Spot the loony!:
See anything from this list: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/filmography/albajos/

standings

Position	Participant	Media
1	albajos	13
2	maxwelldeux	4

Record:
First time challenge. There have been a previous challenge back in 2016 paired up with Benelux.

Participants:

Position	Participant	Points	Local?
1	albajos	160	Norway
2	72allinncallme	75	Norway
3	jajusu	60	Finland
4	insomnius	35	Sweden
5	jeroeno	31
6	psychotronicbeatnik	26
6	sol	26
8	nimimerkillinen	25	Finland
9	ororama	18
10	allisoncm	16
11	maxwelldeux	15
12	jdidaco	14
13	Mate_cosido	13
13	RogerTheMovieManiac88	13
15	peeptoad	12
15	rnilsson19	12	Sweden
17	Melvelet	11
18	OldAle1	10
19	Fergenaprido	8
19	vortexsurfer	8
21	Nathan Treadway	6
22	zzzorf	5
23	flavo5000	3
23	funkybusiness	3
25	hurluberlu	2
25	3eyes	2
27	blocho	1
27	cinephage	1
27	sebby	1
27	shugs	1

613/30=20.43 average
List of all media watched here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls045756819/

[Melvelet]

Will be my main challenge next month although I won't exactly finish my 86 movies long watchlist: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/nord ... /melvelet/

Maybe you could also link the full version of our Nordic films poll, it was very practical for cross-referencing other lists for Nordic movies.

[3eyes]

In.

Alb, what a resource those lists are. You probably had them all at your fingertips anyway.

I second Melvelet's suggestion for https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+ ... /joachimt/

There are lots of Nordic films on Filmstruck (mostly Criterion doubles by the aforementioned usual suspects) - If you have FS, grab them by the 29th.

Recommendation for Greenland: Qaamarngup uummataa / Heart of light (1998)

[nimimerkillinen]

in for a few, mainly finnish movies since its 100 years anniversary

[nimimerkillinen]

The Norden Challenge
(Norden is the name of the area in all scandinavian languages)

and in finnish it is Pohjoismaat (in english nordic countries)

[Mario Gaborović]

Recommendation for Greenland: Qaamarngup uummataa / Heart of light (1998)

Inuk is also good (only Danish subs available though). I mainly used Google translate to watch it, but it's also pretty easy to recognize many words if you're English speaker.

[albajos]

Maybe you could also link the full version of our Nordic films poll, it was very practical for cross-referencing other lists for Nordic movies.

I could do that but I haven't quality controlled it. Some of them are simply not eligible, and i'd rather keep 100% lists in the OP.

[zzzorf]

I want to be in this challenge as the minimal movies I have watched from the countries in this area have done pretty well for me so far. Alas though I have had a tendency of late to fall asleep in movies with subtitles due to me relaxing on the lounge to pay attention instead of sitting at my computer while watching. All the same though I am going to give it a go to see if I can find a movie that will knock The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo off of the top of my favourites list for this region.

I am happy to take suggestions (noting that I haven't done well with Bergman or Von Trier. The Nordic movies that have done well for me include the Millennium Trilogy (2009), The Wave (2015), A Royal Affair (2012), Jag - en oskuld (1968), Homesick (2015) & Happy, Happy (2010). All these movies currently appear in my Top 100 Foreign Language movies list I keep on IMDb taking into account all movies I have seen since July 2016.

[Nathan Treadway]

In.

The Bergman set comes out next month. Was this some sort of coincidence, or was there insider knowledge when the challenges were put together?

[maxwelldeux]

In.

The Bergman set comes out next month. Was this some sort of coincidence, or was there insider knowledge when the challenges were put together?

Pretty sure just a coincidence. I don't think our thought process was too much more complicated than "November starts with N, so does Nordic..."

[albajos]

Kona fer í stríð just won the Nordic Council Film Award today. But good luck finding that one anywhere outside of Iceland.
https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/kona+fer+i+strio/

Third time Iceland has won this award in the last 5 years (2018. 2015, 2014)

[nimimerkillinen]

Kona fer í stríð just won the Nordic Council Film Award today. But good luck finding that one anywhere outside of Iceland.
https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/kona+fer+i+strio/

Third time Iceland has won this award in the last 5 years (2018. 2015, 2014)

saw it 1½ month or so in finland, festival screening
i think all of the council films are shown in nordic countries at least once?

[albajos]

2 last winners has not been in regular cinemas here

[nimimerkillinen]

2 last winners has not been in regular cinemas here

dunno about regular cinemas yeah, some get shown in many festivals and at least sometimes there has been an event where every are shown

[OldAle1]

In for at least 10, I'll be concentrating on noir this month though so I dunno what I'll get to. Thinking of going through early Bergman, I've seen most of them but 20 years ago or so and memories are dim. Or Kaurismäki brothers... probably nothing very outré, I'm fairly ignorant in this region and still have lots of famous films I'd like to see. Nordic noir, of course...

[albajos]

Just if you wondered, as we are having the noir challenge as well you might be tempted to watch but
The Snowman (2017)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
are not eligible in this one at least.

[nimimerkillinen]

Just if you wondered, as we are having the noir challenge as well you might be tempted to watch but
The Snowman (2017)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
are not eligible in this one at least.

is Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
aka "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
eligible in noir challenge?

[nimimerkillinen]

here is unofficial side challenge for finnish movies since its 100 years anniversary

viewtopic.php?p=528126

[Nathan Treadway]

I think my main focus will be those crappy Norweigan films. Last I heard they can't make films?

[albajos]

I think my main focus will be those crappy Norweigan films. Last I heard they can't make films?

Apparently we don't know how to vote for them

[albajos]

is Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
aka "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
eligible in noir challenge?

I would say the whole Millenium trilogy is noir. There is a lot of baggage there.

[albajos]

I might as well start this off:

___. Lykkeland S01E01 Skattejakt (2018) Norway 1 check 44 min. (44)
Most expensive norwegian TV series of all time. About the pioneers that started out finding oil in the North Sea. Also I'm in it, not this episode though.
The series just started a week ago, so will only be able to see 5/8 episodes in the challenge.
001. Monstertorsdag (2004) Norway 118 checks
I'll think I'll just start with the Stavanger movies. Without them we probably wouldn't have Lykkeland either. Mongoland took cinemas by storm in 2001 and after that there have been quite a few movies from that area. Ans some actors has become househhold names. - This one is about surfers in Norway (Rogaland is basically the only major place in mainland where people might surf, or else they need to go to Bear Island, Ålesund, Lofoten or other far-reach areas.)
002. Rottenetter (2009) Norway 71 checks
Another Stavanger movie about shady business deals. Not well recieved. It's no Walf of Wool Street.


And just to underlne. We all need 180 minutes of TV for a point. Regardless if it's mini or long running.

[funkybusiness]

I might as well start this off:

___. Lykkeland S01E01 Skattejakt (2018) Norway 1 check 44 min. (44)
Most expensive norwegian TV series of all time. About the pioneers that started out finding oil in the North Sea. Also I'm in it, not this episode though.
The series just started a week ago, so will only be able to see 5/8 episodes in the challenge.


And just to underlne. We all need 180 minutes of TV for a point. Regardless if it's mini or long running.

Oooh! Cool! I remember those screenshots you posted awhile back of your resume, I thought they were awfully nifty. For this one, is it something more substantial than the back of your head? That seems to be your acting trope. Perhaps a profile shot this time?

[albajos]

It's set in the 70s so I'll be sporting some nifty glasses at least

[funkybusiness]

nice!

[maxwelldeux]

is Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
aka "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
eligible in noir challenge?

I would say the whole Millenium trilogy is noir. There is a lot of baggage there.

[3eyes]

Things have come up which are taking me out of movie-watching mode. Catch as catch can, I guess.

[72aicm]

I think my main focus will be those crappy Norweigan films. Last I heard they can't make films?

[maxwelldeux]

Things have come up which are taking me out of movie-watching mode. Catch as catch can, I guess.

You gotta do what you gotta do. We'll be here!

[psychotronicbeatnik]

1.Hodejegerne, aka: Headhunters (2011 / Morten Tyldum / Norway, Sweden, Denmark) FTV 8+/10

[72aicm]

1. Alt om min far (2002, Norway)
2. X (1986, Norway)
3. Jakten (1959, Norway)
4. Naisenkuvia (1970, Finland)
5. Sult (1966, Scandinavian Co-prod)

Just spendt the day watching terrible movies from the Country with no auteurs.

[insomnius]

I'm in for a few.

[ororama]

1. Frygtelig Lykkelig/Terribly Happy (2008) * 104 min. (Denmark)


*First time viewing.

[maxwelldeux]

1. Summer with Monika (1953)

I'd been meaning to get to this Bergman for a while, and this challenge was my motivation. This is a nice coming of age story in a sense - a young couple, each experiencing their own difficulties in life, run away together one summer to be together. As she gets pregnant, they return to life and society, only to discover that life sucks. And it does. I haven't gone through those experiences they've had, but I've had those "being an adult is hard" moments more and more as the years go on. The first third of the film did kinda drag for me, as I just didn't care and wanted to see where it went. But solid end and good feelings of bliss during the summer.

[Melvelet]

1. Tillsammans 2000 — a.k.a. Together 8/10 (Sweden)
Wonderful! So many interesting characters are in this and my only complaint is that most of them would have deserved more screen-time

[albajos]

003. Now It's Dark (2018) Norway 16 checks
Final Stavanger-film from Ommundsen. Old guilt has turned even worse.
004. Vredens dag (1943) Denmark 14 official lists 1 892 checks [double]
Witches and guilt.
005. Il capitano (1991) Sweden 2 official lists 128 checks
Based on a murder in 1988
006. Varjoja paratiisissa (1986) Finland 4 official lists 764 checks
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Fjellaperne

ABC
005. Il capitano (1991)
___. Lykkeland (2018)
001. Monstertorsdag (2004)
003. Now It's Dark (2018)
002. Rottenetter (2009)
006. Varjoja paratiisissa (1986)
004. Vredens dag (1943)

Year
004. Vredens dag (1943)
006. Varjoja paratiisissa (1986)
005. Il capitano (1991)
001. Monstertorsdag (2004)
002. Rottenetter (2009)
___. Lykkeland (2018)
003. Now It's Dark (2018)

Off. lists
004. Vredens dag (1943) 14
006. Varjoja paratiisissa (1986) 4
005. Il capitano (1991) 2

Checks
004. Vredens dag (1943) 1 892
006. Varjoja paratiisissa (1986) 764
005. Il capitano (1991) 128
001. Monstertorsdag (2004) 118
002. Rottenetter (2009) 71
003. Now It's Dark (2018) 16

!seen 6

[albajos]

As with LGBT I will update a list with all viewings
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls045756819/

The list is divided by country (by original name)
And with equal co-productions at the top

[sol]

1. Død Snø (2009) Norway



There is plenty of blood and gore here with some particularly nasty moments as a man's skull is ripped apart and other characters hanging by their intestines are shown in graphic detail. The film takes a long time to warm up though after its intriguing opening twilight chase scene set to the Sugar Plum Fairies tune. During the build-up, we are introduced to several characters, but they remain pretty interchangeable, and even when the film gains focus and things turn gory, it is never feels half as funny as the kooky premise had the potential to be.

[peeptoad]

1. Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (1967) I Am Curious (Yellow) Sweden 7

[sol]

Bonus challenge II:
See anything from this list: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/filmography/albajos/

standings

Position	Participant	Media
1	albajos	1

Just confirming - you're okay if we watch The Snowman for this Challenge?