Touring nationally until 16 August, the 13th Nordic Film Festival presents an exceptional lineup of contemporary cinema from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Highlights include Elle Sofe Sara's powerful new Sámi drama ÁRRU, Anders Thomas Jensen's outrageous Danish black comedy THE LAST VIKING starring Mads Mikkelsen, and Hlynur Pálmason's THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, a tender, frequently hilarious portrait of an Icelandic family weathering separation.

"There’s nothing perfect in this world. People grow and sometimes they grow apart. We’re not always in balance. Instead of making it clear why they were separating or who was the ‘bad guy,’ I wanted it to be very open and real. I just wanted to make something about what we have, about what surrounds us or where we come from. So often, we don’t notice it until we lose it somehow." THE LOVE THAT REMAINS writer/director Hlynur Pálmason with Variety.

🏆 Andrey Zvyagintsev’s MINOTAUR, winner of the 2026 Sydney Film Prize and the Grand Prix at Cannes, continues its festival run this August at the Melbourne and New Zealand International Film Festivals. From the acclaimed director of Leviathan and Loveless, this gripping portrait of a Russian businessman’s emotional and moral collapse under mounting personal and political pressures is already one of the year’s most talked-about films.