"Strange, surprising and increasingly unnerving" (THR) — see the new film Disco (Norway, 2019; dir. Jorunn Myklebust Syversen) in New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House! Nineteen-year-old Mirjam (Josefine Frida Pettersen) is the step-daughter of a charismatic pastor of an evangelical movement called The Freedom. As a world champion in disco freestyle dancing as well as the leader of the youth group in the […]
"Strange, surprising and increasingly unnerving" (THR) — see the new film Disco (Norway, 2019; dir. Jorunn Myklebust Syversen) in New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House! Nineteen-year-old Mirjam (Josefine Frida Pettersen) is the step-daughter of a charismatic pastor of an evangelical movement called The Freedom. As a world champion in disco freestyle dancing as well as the leader of the youth group in the […]
On October 27, see a new film based on the biggest legal scandal in recent Swedish history, The Perfect Patient (Sweden, 2019; dir. Mikael Håfström)! In this captivating story about a reporter who questioned an entire legal system, The Perfect Patient follows journalist Hannes Råstam (Jonas Karlsson) as he digs into the notorious case of Thomas Quick (David Dencik), serving life in a […]
On October 27, see a new film based on the biggest legal scandal in recent Swedish history, The Perfect Patient (Sweden, 2019; dir. Mikael Håfström)! In this captivating story about a reporter who questioned an entire legal system, The Perfect Patient follows journalist Hannes Råstam (Jonas Karlsson) as he digs into the notorious case of Thomas Quick (David Dencik), serving life in a […]
Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall with this program featuring some of the most beloved solo piano works in the classical repertoire, including the heavenly “Impromptu in G-flat” by Franz Schubert, the intensely dramatic “Funeral March Sonata” by […]
