Rouen Nordic Film Festival
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The Rouen Nordic Film Festival was a film festival hold in Rouen
, France
for screening and competition films made in Nordic
and Baltic countries
, Holland and Belgium
.
In December 2010, the organisers, in conflict with the City Council, announce their intention to put an end to the festival.
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
for screening and competition films made in Nordic
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
and Baltic countries
Baltic countries
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
, Holland and Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
.
In December 2010, the organisers, in conflict with the City Council, announce their intention to put an end to the festival.
The Grand Jury Prize
- 2010 - : Upperdog (2009), Director: Sara Johnsen
- 2009 - : Cold Lunch (2008), Director: Eva Sørhaug
- 2008 - : Temporary release (2007), Director: Erik Clausen
- 2007 - : Reprise (2006), Director: Joachim Trier
- 2005 - : Uno (2004), Director: Aksel HennieAksel HennieAksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, director and writer. He has acted in a number of successful Norwegian movies, and has received several awards....
- 2004 - : Falling Sky (2002) , Director: Gunnar Vikene
- 2003 - : Noi the Albino (2003) ), Director: Dagur KáriDagur KáriDagur Kári is an Icelandic film director.He was born in Paris, France to Icelandic parents and returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. Dagur graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, with art house short movie Lost Weekend...
- 2002 - : Drift (2001), Director: Michiel van Jaarsveld
- 2001 - : 101 Reykjavík101 Reykjavík101 Reykjavík is a 2000 film set in Reykjavík, Iceland based on a book of the same name by Hallgrímur Helgason. It was directed by Baltasar Kormákur and stars Victoria Abril and Hilmir Snær Guðnason. The name of the film is taken from the postal code for down-town Reykjavík, "the old city"...
(2000), Director: Baltasar KormákurBaltasar KormákurBaltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason... - 2000 - : Magnetist's Fifth Winter (1999) , Director: Morten Henriksen
- 1999 - : When the Light Comes (1998), Director: Stijn ConinxStijn ConinxStijn, Baron Coninx is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium...
- 1998 - : A Wolf Teeth Necklace (1997) , Director: Algimantas Puipa
- 1997 - : Hamsun (1996), Director: Jan Troell
- 1996 - : The Last Wedding (1995) , Director: Markku Pölönen
- 1994 - : Daddy Blue (1994) , Director: René Bjerke
- 1993 - : Ingaló (1992), Director: Ásdís Thoroddsen
- 1992 - : The Great Day on the Beach (1991) , Director: Stellan Olsson
- 1991 - : The Birthday Trip (1990) (1990), Director: Lone ScherfigLone ScherfigLone Scherfig is a Danish film director. She graduated in 1984, and began her career as a director with "A Birthday Trip". She is part of the Dogme 95 film movement, which espouses a form of cinéma vérité She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners , a romantic comedy which...
- 1990 - : The Observer (1988) , Director: Arvo Iho
- 1989 - : The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988) , Director: Matti KassilaMatti KassilaMatti Kassila is a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 60s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on the character created by Mika Waltari...
- 1988 - : Babette's Feast (1987) , Director: Gabriel AxelGabriel AxelGabriel Axel is an Oscar winning Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast , which he wrote and directed....