Join us on March 14 & 15 for the festival West Nordic Film Days, a celebration of cinema from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands! Presented in partnership with Nordic National Museum in Seattle, in-person screenings will take place at Scandinavia House in New York and Majestic Bay Theatres in Seattle on Friday and Saturday. Curated by Birgir Thor Møller, the selection of films at West Nordic Film Days reflect the current development and tendencies in West Nordic cinema as well as the diversity, combining films by prolific, prizewinning directors and upcoming filmmakers, who all live in and tell their stories from very different parts of the region.
The 6:30 PM afternoon session on Saturday, March 15 will include the Greenlandic feature film Inngili Qernertoq (The Black Angel, dir. Malik Kleist, 2024) and the Greenlandic short film 12 Minutes (dir. Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken, 2024).
This screening session concludes the festival, following the opening night screening on Friday and Saturday afternoon sessions at 2 PM and at 4:15 PM. See the full festival lineup here.
SATURDAY @ 6:30 PM
Inngili Qernertoq / The Black Angel
Dir. Malik Kleist | Greenland, 2024 | 105 min
In Greenlandic with English subtitles
Something is lurking in the mountains. They are not alone – and there is no help to be found… Two couples have mysteriously disappeared in the mountains near Nuuk. When the police discover their private video recordings, they gradually discover how an otherwise pleasant camping trip into peaceful landscapes turned into a nightmare. Inspired by the cult film The Blair Witch Project and its use of found footage, director Malik Kleist’s use of authentic documentary style juxtaposes persona and often comical footage with a creepy horror story. Far up in the mountains, nature is not only beautiful, but also violent and brutal.
12 Minutes
Dir. Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakke, Greenland, 2024 | 13 min.
In Greenlandic with English subtitles
Greenlandic director Christoffer R. Stenbakken’s black-and-white short film tells the story about Thomas and his wife Anette, who wake up one night to discover that their son, a drug addict, has broken into their house. Anette wants to let the son go, but Thomas wants to wait for the police to take him away. Thomas can’t live with his son anymore, but can he live without him?
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The West Nordic countries have attracted foreign filmmakers since the dawn of cinema. In the late 1970s, however, Iceland began to develop a national film industry, gaining domestic and international attention and recognition. The history of Greenlandic, Faroese and Sami film production is of a bit later date, yet in recent years an increasing number of their films have attracted attention, both at home and abroad. Curated by Birgir Thor Møller, the selection of films at West Nordic Film Days will not only reflect the current development and tendencies in West Nordic cinema, but also the diversity, combining films by prolific, prizewinning directors and upcoming filmmakers, who all live in and tell their stories from very different parts of the region.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Birgir Thor Møller was born (1970) in Iceland, but lives in Copenhagen. He is the head of the annual film festival North Atlantic Film Days (Nordatlantiske Filmdage) at The North Atlantic House (Nordatlantens Brygge) in Copenhagen, where he also holds the position as program editor. Apart from organizing film, literature and other cultural events and festivals since 2005, Møller has published essays and articles related to Nordic and especially North Atlantic cinema and film history in a variety of publications, including the books Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition and Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. He has also been a jury member at the film festival Nordic Panorama in Sweden (New Nordic Voices 2023) and at the Faroes short film awards Geytin 2025, and he holds an M.A. in film studies from the Institute of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
SUPPORT
West Nordic Film Days is presented a partnership with The National Nordic Museum in Seattle.
