Program 2022

Norway, 2021
Regi: Anders Emblem

Set in Ålesund, A Human Position is a slow-paced film that unfolds in successive tableaux, to form a complete picture of the subtle changes and events that make up one's life. It explores the persistence of memory and trauma, the definition of one's moral values, and the possibility of joy.  

Germany, United Kingdom, 2021
Regi: Pablo Larraín

The fairytale wedding is a faded memory as the royal family gathers for another Christmas celebration. The frailest of its members has become the elephant in the room, constantly threatening to break tradition and expose a crumbling interior.

France, Belgium, 2021
Regi: Mia Hansen-Løve

In this intimate drama that is also in large parts romance, Mia Hansen-Løve muses on creativity, a couple's life and love. Shot on the beautiful Fårö island where Ingmar Bergman lived and worked, this sunny film is both dazzling and heartbreaking. 

Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, 2021
Regi: Levan Koguashvili

Retired Georgian wrestling champion Kakhi travels all the way to New York to help his son out of a situation involving debt. Day by day, he is confronted with the troubled life of his son. One day, the kind and loving father comes up with a risky solution.

France, 2021
Regi: Hafsia Herzi

For her second feature film, Hafsia Herzi has created an incandescent portrait of a courageous mother living in the projects of Marseille. Raw, funny and warm, this gem of a movie reflects some of the dreams and challenges of contemporary French society. 

Brazil, 2021
Regi: Anita Rocha da Silveira

A gang of masked women walk through the streets of Brazil at night to punish other women in the name of religion. They do their best to preserve beauty and purity in their area, until a collective outburst appears imminent.  

Romania, Czech Republic, 2021
Regi: Bogdan George Apetri

The young nun Cristina sneaks out of her monastery to attend to an urgent matter. Her journey takes her all around town, trying to find a police officer she has met before. Unable to find him, she gets caught in the car of a dangerous sex offender.

Germany, 2021
Regi: Maria Speth

This German documentary about the somewhat untraditional teacher Dieter Bachmann is completely without fuss or frills. And yet you become so entrenched in the lives of his ragtag bunch of students, that you almost forget you are watching a film. You become a part of this lesson of life. 

China, 2021
Regi: Yimou Zhang

Legendary Chinese director Zhang Yimou is back with a sensitive drama set during the Cultural Revolution in China. A desperate man meets an orphan girl, while the local cinema manager has one priority only: the show must go on.

Spain, 2021
Regi: Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar is back with a gripping tale of two mothers who simultaneously give birth to their baby daughters. With elegant elements of the thriller genre and finely tuned melodrama, this is classic Almodóvar, but also with some new and surprising links to the Spanish Civil War.

USA, 2021
Regi: Sean Baker

A has-been porn star returns to his hometown, trying to make ends meet by exploiting everyone in his way. Director Sean Baker (The Florida Project) gives us a humanistic, funny and direct portrait of an outsider - who no one really wants to see back in town.

United Kingdom, 2021
Regi: Joanna Hogg

Based on a real story experienced by director Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir part II depicts the process of Julie's grieving and creative flourishing. The young film student's graduation project becomes the artistic channel to solve her unclear love story with a manipulative drug addict.

France, Belgium, 2021
Regi: Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre

Palme d’Or winner Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) shines as a young airline stewardess who tries to juggle work and a turbulent and aimless lifestyle, on a journey through Europe and the search for herself.

Japan, 2020
Regi: Harumoto Yujiro

Yuko and her small crew make a documentary that wants to tell the true story behind a scandal involving a female student and her teacher. But she soon discovers that her own father had an affair with one of his students, and she has to question her own values. 

Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, 2021
Regi: Mohamed Diab

The Palestinian teenager Amira grows up with a father jailed in an Israeli prison. One day her mother is forced to reveal a dark secret, which causes Amira's identity to be suddenly thrown into question by the community around her.

France, 2021
Regi: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Anaïs is a PhD student in literature in Paris, passionate about her studies and life, and also broke. Her mother's cancer has come back, and she has started an affair with a married editor, Daniel. But when she meets Daniel's wife Émilie, a famous writer, new desires come full force into her life. 

Canada, 2020
Regi: Tracey Deer

First Nations director Tracey Deer signs a remarkable semi-autobiographical drama that recounts the Oka crisis, which took place in Quebec in 1990. Beans is a coming-of-age tale in troubled political times, and an empowering affirmation of indigenous identity.

Argentina, 2021
Regi: Inés Barrionuevo

Camila is a passionate young woman who has to leave her liberal environment for a traditional school in Buenos Aires. There, she will find unlikely allies and strong foes in her fight for a better world - and maybe love as well. 

France, Morocco, 2021
Regi: Nabil Ayouch

A vivid and musically charged drama about the right to express oneself. The film takes place in a working-class neighbourhood in Casablanca, where the former rapper Anas tries to motivate his students at a cultural centre to start rapping about their life and issues.

USA, 2019
Regi: Michael Angelo Covino

It's all about the ups and downs of life in this relentless comedy about the friendship between Kyle and Mike. A friendship constantly put to the test by the main characters themselves.

Turkey, 2020
Regi: Semih Kaplanoglu

Farmer Hasan is at a crossroads between challenges and new opportunities. A high-voltage mast can end up in the middle of his fertile and cultivated land. But can this invasion of modernity be resolved now that the neighboring plot is for sale?

Japan, 2021
Regi: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Actor Kafuku loves two things: his wife, who is unfaithful, and driving around in his car. On his latest job a driver is assigned to him, and he reluctantly has to accept that from now on, he has become the passenger.

Iran, 2021
Regi: Panah Panahi

Hit the Road is an Iranian road-movie that will make you laugh, cry and dance in your seat. It's maybe not what you had expected, but that’s how it goes once you hitch a ride with this nice family heading north, towards an unknown destination.

France, Belgium, 2021
Regi: Antoinette Boulat

My Night takes us through the dark, deserted streets of Paris at night, where an 18-year-old girl walks from place to place, encounter to encounter, in search of something to fill a void in her life. This atmospheric film is director Antoinette Boulat's first feature film. 

USA, 2020
Regi: Eliza Hittman

17-year-old Autumn is pregnant and knows she wants an abortion, but the conservative laws in her hometown in Pennsylvania make it almost impossible. A strong and important film about the lives of young women in today's USA.

India, 2021
Regi: Vintothraj P.S

A furious and violent man pulls his son out of school, forcing him to come along to the neighbouring village. They are there to retrieve his wife, who has left to get away from her abusive husband.

USA, 2021
Regi: Nana Mensah

Queen of Glory is a poetic indie-story about the Ghanaian-American scientist Sarah, who has to cope with the death of her mother. The duties that follow turn her everyday life upside down, as she starts an exploration of her Ghanaian identity. 

United Kingdom, 2021
Regi: Martyn Robertson

At just 12 years old, Ben Larg became Scotland’s Under-18 Surfing Champion. Now, two years later, he wants to risk it all in the enormous waves off the coast of Ireland. How far is his family willing to go to support his wild dreams?

Sweden, Finland, Norway, 2021
Regi: Hogir Hirori

Sabaya is a heartbreaking documentary film that follows a group of volunteers from the Yazidi Home Center in Syria. Every day they risk their lives to save women held captive by ISIS in Al-Hawl, the most dangerous camp in the Middle East.

Egypt, Tunisia, Germany, 2021
Regi: Ayten Amin

Two sisters grow up in the Nile Delta in Egypt. They have friends, family and school, and lead seemingly respectable lives, as expected from Egyptian girls. But one of them lives a secret life on social media, which will have dramatic consequences for both of them.

France, 2021
Regi: Audrey Estrougo

Suprême NTM is one of France’s most legendary and successful rap groups, which ruled the hip-hop stage in the 90’s. This is the story of how they came together and eventually became the voice of their generation.

Italy, Brazil, Germany, France, 2019
Regi: Marco Bellocchio

The Traitor tells the epic true story of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds". As member of the Cosa Nostra, Buscetta became the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s, and brought hundreds of mafiosi to court. 

France, Belgium, 2021
Regi: Gaspar Noe

Vortex takes us into the everyday life of an aging couple coming to terms with old age, dementia and death. This new film from Gaspar Noé is far from the rest of his filmography: in this intimate drama, told in split-screen, he ponders existential questions with visual restraint.

Argentina, Norway, 2021
Regi: Alejandra Almirón

This film is not just a physical journey from two completely opposite places in the world; Argentina and Tromsø in Norway, but an inner exploration of understanding the world we live in. Alejandra Almirón leads us by a steady hand, with an observing camera and voice-over that constantly picks up surprises.

Finland, USA, 2021
Regi: Suvi West

Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle is a political documentary revealing the Finnish Governments assimilation and colonization policy towards the Sámi people.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Truls Krane Meby

Director Truls Krane Meby makes his feature film debut with this intense and funny story about a young lady caught in a myriad of self-imposed commitments. Leonie Rainer plays the excellent protagonist Katja and takes us through the whole spectrum of human emotions, where perhaps longing is most prominent.

Canada, 2021
Regi: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Witness the change brought by community members with substance-use disorder, first responders and medical professionals as they strive for harm reduction in the Kainai First Nation.

Russia, Norway, Estonia, Finland, 2021
Regi: Renato Borrayo Serrano

From the hard, nomadic life on the tundra to an uncertain future with five children. Four years of the life of a strong and charismatic woman.

Denmark, Japan, Norway, 2021
Regi: Daniel Dencik

A woman in search of her own identity leaves her whole life behind after meeting a Japanese woman in Northern Norway. She embarks on a journey to Osaka, which is filled of mystery, danger and seduction.

Iceland, 2021
Regi: Teitur Magnusson

Director Teitur Magnusson makes his feature film debut with this subtle tale of an unexpected friendship. The film is complex with several scenes that mix both humor and seriousness. The scenic surroundings that only Iceland can offer are skilfully photographed as the film's beautiful backdrop.

Iceland, 2022
Regi: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir

With great acting performances at the center, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir tells a moving story about a woman whose life is turned upside downThis is a solid directorial debut in the feature film format and adds Icelandic cinema a new talent who dares to go far in portraying the inside of a personal crisis.

Norway, Sweden, 2021
Regi: Liselotte Wajstedt

With a close-up camera and strong interviews, director Liselotte Wajstedt takes us to a painful place in several senses of the word. This film tries to confront unacceptable actions, but also has great respect for the women who chooses not to be silent.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Itonje Søimer Guttormsen

Itonje Søimer Guttormsen’s Gritt, set in and among Oslo's arts and culture scenes, is one of the funniest, truest and most thought-provoking films ever made in Norway.

France, 2021
Regi: Audrey Diwan

Happening is a gripping and uncompromising adaptation of the leading french contemporary writer Annie Ernaux’s account of her personal experience with abortion, while it was still illegal in 1960s France.

Argentina, 2020
Regi: Cristian Jesus Ponce

A satanic ritual murder, the final live broadcast of a current affairs program and an occult conspiracy which holds Argentina in its iron fist. These are the main ingredients in this stylish and intelligent horror movie with political undertones.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Eskil Vogt

The artistically ambitious horror film The Innocents takes place mostly where the adults do not see, in the interaction between children in their free space – beyond the parents' gaze.

USA, 2021
Regi: Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson’s funniest and most relaxed film yet is a romance about Alana and Gary whose relationship, if at first awkward, morphs into a thrilling experience of first love, starring two extraordinary newcomers and stuffed with fabulous A-list cameos.

France, 2021
Regi: Samuel Theis

Softie is among a series of social-realistic films that address vulnerable children's upbringing conditions, and the importance of a good teacher. What is special about this film is the queer perspective, that adds a painful vulnerability to the relationship between the teacher and ten-year-old Johnny.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Emil Trier

Emil Trier's Trust Me is documentary film at its very best. It tells a story that is elegant and surprising, but at the same time rich in perspectives. The engaging story is used to suggest larger questions and important issues that concern us all.

Poland, 2021
Regi: Wojciech Smarzowski

With The Wedding Day, Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski unfolds a large scenario and moves through painful parts of Poland's history and present time. His starting point is a wedding, which turns out not being as pleasant as the host had wished.

Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark, 2021
Regi: Joachim Trier

The Worst Person in the World is a film about love in our time, and about finding meaning in it. Julie is approaching her 30th birthday, and is struggling to find a direction in life – and figuring out what will become of her. The film shows that our reflections on making a decision in life, or not making it, can become as important as the decisions themselves.

Canada, 2020
Regi: Tracey Deer

First Nations director Tracey Deer signs a remarkable semi-autobiographical drama that recounts the Oka crisis, which took place in Quebec in 1990. Beans is a coming-of-age tale in troubled political times, and an empowering affirmation of indigenous identity.

Iceland, 2021
Regi: Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Cop Secret is a spoof cop-movie packed with action, explosions, over-the-top soundtrack... but also feelings! When tough supercop Bússi gets paired with a new partner, formed male top-model Hörður, things don't go exactly as planned. 

France, 2021
Regi: Audrey Estrougo

Suprême NTM is one of France’s most legendary and successful rap groups, which ruled the hip-hop stage in the 90’s. This is the story of how they came together and eventually became the voice of their generation.

USA, 2021
Regi: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen

This spectacular documentary follows elusive alpinist Marc-André Leclerc, a 23-year-old Canadian who climbs solo, without rope, and who some consider to be one of the young visionaries in the alpinist milieu. 

Norway, 2021
Regi: Carl Christian Lein Størmer

A dance performance filmed in one take. With one camera. In the deep arctic snow. Live sound.

Japan, 2015
Regi: Hayao Miyazaki

Bures boahtin sámegielat olgočinui!

Welcome to a new program featuring highlights from TIFF 2021, with short films from the North. 

USA, 2002
Regi: Chris Wedge

TIFF invites you all to the annual Family Day at the Winter Cinema.

USA, 1921
Regi: Charles Chaplin

Come and experience one of Charlie Chaplin's cult films, The Kid at the Winter Cinema! This masterpiece from 1921 will make you laugh and maybe shed a few tears as well. 

2021
Regi: Arild Østin Ommundsen, Eivind Landsvik

In continuation of TIFF's Xn conference with the theme of music and film, we screen two of the projects involved. There will be a world premiere of IN SOMNIUM with Highasakite, and we will follow the story of Wachito Rico (Boy Pablo) in five episodes.

Norway, 2021

We're presenting some of the best music acts - across genres - from the north of Norway, in exciting locations and through unexpected experiences.

Norway, 2021

Is it at all possible to recreate a musical club experience through a screen? If so, how to find a balance between sound and image, a harmony between visual interest and the social interaction of dance? OsloClubCast has long functioned as an audiovisual channel for Norwegian electronic dance music. During TIFF, their 3 latest concert films are premiered under the title «TROMSØ SURVEILLANCE». Come out and dance!

USA, 2020
Regi: Emma Seligman

Danielle is a college student whose life is quite chaotic and that she covers up with abundant lies. But when she has to attend a Jewish funeral where both her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend turn up, she is faced with many uncomfortable truths – and a lot of Jewish gossiping. 

USA, 2021
Regi: Questlove

This Sundance Winner is a film that will make you cry, laugh and jump in excitement at the same time. The raw power and energy of music and revolution unite into an unforgettable experience.

Live from the fishing grounds aboard M/Tr Hermes on the big screen at Winter Cinema.

Welcome to the Winter Cinema for kindergartens and primary schools during the Tromsø International Film Festival!Experience the magic of outdoor cinema with short films from around the world specially selected for our youngest audience.At the screenings you get a yummy toddy from Kaffebønna, fruit from Coop and fishcakes from Råfisklaget. Limited number of seats. If you'd like more info or want to register, send en email to skole@tiff.no

Welcome to the Winter Cinema for kindergartens and primary schools during the Tromsø International Film Festival!Experience the magic of outdoor cinema with short films from around the world specially selected for our youngest audience.At the screenings you get a yummy toddy from Kaffebønna, fruit from Coop and fishcakes from Råfisklaget.Limited number of seats. To get more info or register, send en email to skole@tiff.no

Welcome to the Winter Cinema for kindergartens and primary schools during the Tromsø International Film Festival!Experience the magic of outdoor cinema with short films from around the world specially selected for our youngest audience.At the screenings you get a yummy toddy from Kaffebønna, fruit from Coop and fishcakes from Råfisklaget.Limited number of seats. To get more info or register, send an email to skole@tiff.no

TIFF is a celebration of cinema, but during the festival week, we also have collaborations with artists and art events happening around town. Here is an overview of the ART@TIFF Events! All these events are free to attend.

Meet the filmmakers at the festival!

Norsk filmkritikerlag (Norwegian Film Critics' Association) presents a seminar open to all audiences.

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“03:08:38 States of Emergency” as the medial interface.

TIFF invites you to Samtaler om Nord (Talks about the North) in collaboration with Samfunnsløftet, iTromsø and Tromsø – Arctic Capital. Samtaler om Nord consists in daily conversations, at lunch time, with the festival's films as a starting point. The conversations are open to all, and will usually be in Norwegian.

TIFF's Opening Conference is the Norwegian Film Industry's first get-together each year.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Anders Emblem

Set in Ålesund, A Human Position is a slow-paced film that unfolds in successive tableaux, to form a complete picture of the subtle changes and events that make up one's life. It explores the persistence of memory and trauma, the definition of one's moral values, and the possibility of joy.  

France, 2021
Regi: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Anaïs is a PhD student in literature in Paris, passionate about her studies and life, and also broke. Her mother's cancer has come back, and she has started an affair with a married editor, Daniel. But when she meets Daniel's wife Émilie, a famous writer, new desires come full force into her life. 

France, 2021
Regi: Paul Verhoeven

Based on the real story of 17th-century nun Benedetta Carlini, this entertaining film from Paul Verhoeven tackles questions of power, gender relations and truth. Is Benedetta using faith as a tool for self-promotion, or is she really chosen by God? 

France, 2021
Regi: Jean-Christophe Meurisse

Bloody Oranges is a very dark comedy that is both hilarious and shockingly subversive. It follows an old couple that struggles with debts, a young woman who wants to have sex for the first time, a corrupt politician and an ambitious lawyer whose lives get intertwined for better or for worse.  

Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, 2021
Regi: Levan Koguashvili

Retired Georgian wrestling champion Kakhi travels all the way to New York to help his son out of a situation involving debt. Day by day, he is confronted with the troubled life of his son. One day, the kind and loving father comes up with a risky solution.

Russia, Norway, Estonia, Finland, 2021
Regi: Renato Borrayo Serrano

From the hard, nomadic life on the tundra to an uncertain future with five children. Four years of the life of a strong and charismatic woman.

Brazil, 2021
Regi: Anita Rocha da Silveira

A gang of masked women walk through the streets of Brazil at night to punish other women in the name of religion. They do their best to preserve beauty and purity in their area, until a collective outburst appears imminent.  

Romania, Czech Republic, 2021
Regi: Bogdan George Apetri

The young nun Cristina sneaks out of her monastery to attend to an urgent matter. Her journey takes her all around town, trying to find a police officer she has met before. Unable to find him, she gets caught in the car of a dangerous sex offender.

Russia, 2021
Regi: Vladimir Munkuev

Habji and Keremes are a poor indigenous couple of Eastern Siberia during the Russian Empire. They are forced to host a Russian prisoner in their small house, and gradually become aware of the new power dynamics established in the house.

India, 2021
Regi: Vintothraj P.S

A furious and violent man pulls his son out of school, forcing him to come along to the neighbouring village. They are there to retrieve his wife, who has left to get away from her abusive husband.

Russia, 2021
Regi: Kirill Serebrennikov

A cartoonist struggles with feverish dreams as he wanders between everyday life and imagined adventures. The sickest thoughts now appear outside the drawing board, and they throw themselves here and there and everywhere, through a chaotic day in Petrov's life.

USA, 2021
Regi: Nana Mensah

Queen of Glory is a poetic indie-story about the Ghanaian-American scientist Sarah, who has to cope with the death of her mother. The duties that follow turn her everyday life upside down, as she starts an exploration of her Ghanaian identity. 

United Kingdom, 2021
Regi: Martyn Robertson

At just 12 years old, Ben Larg became Scotland’s Under-18 Surfing Champion. Now, two years later, he wants to risk it all in the enormous waves off the coast of Ireland. How far is his family willing to go to support his wild dreams?

Norway, 2022
Regi: Eva Charlotte Nilsen

Do you want to go for a walk on the shore? SMILE and WAVE is a film essay about a spring landscape in Vesterålen. Floodwaters and memories are mixed together in the story of life's vulnerability and what is left when something is gone.

France, 2021
Regi: Aurélia Georges

Nélie escapes a life of depraving poverty by becoming a frontline nurse during World War I. When a young woman from a wealthy family dies in front of her, the desperate Nélie sees a risky but tempting opportunity for a better life.

Iran, 2020
Regi: Ahmad Bahrami

Lotfollah is a 40-year-old man working at a brick manufacture factory in Iran as a supervisor. He is regularly confronted by his fellow workers about their late salaries, and tries to maintain everyone content in the face of an inevitable shutdown of the factory.      

France, Belgium, 2021
Regi: Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre

Palme d’Or winner Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) shines as a young airline stewardess who tries to juggle work and a turbulent and aimless lifestyle, on a journey through Europe and the search for herself.

United Kingdom, 2021
Regi: Clio Barnard

Ali & Ava is a heartfelt tale of two people living in rainy Yorkshire, dealing with loneliness, complicated families and new love. The film explores their deepening connection while past relationships and family judgment come into play. 

France, 2021
Regi: Stéphane Brizé

A man has to keep his head above water while both his family and the company he works for start to simultaneously fall apart. The choices he has to make in the next few days will affect the future of many people.

France, 2021
Regi: Emmanuel Carrère

Juliette Binoche shines as an "undercover" cleaning lady in this human drama about unemployment, minimum wage and the dream of working your way up in society. Based on the true story of journalist Florence Aubenas. 

Mexico, USA, 2021
Regi: Lorenzo Vigas

The Box is the dramatic journey of Hatzín, a young boy who ends entangled in something much bigger and dangerous than he could have imagined. In search of his father, he is drawn into a world of exploitation and suffering.

France, 2021
Regi: Éric Gravel

Julie lives in a village outside Paris with her 2 children. Her fast-paced life starts at dawn and ends late after a long commute. But a national transit strike and problems at work threaten the fragile balance she has built. 

Spain, 2021
Regi: Fernando León de Aranoa

The boss of an industrial scales factory is awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence. As trouble keeps on haunting his employees, the boss tries to camouflage one catastrophe after another.

France, 2021
Regi: Aurélia Georges

Nélie escapes a life of depraving poverty by becoming a frontline nurse during World War I. When a young woman from a wealthy family dies in front of her, the desperate Nélie sees a risky but tempting opportunity for a better life.

Iran, 2020
Regi: Ahmad Bahrami

Lotfollah is a 40-year-old man working at a brick manufacture factory in Iran as a supervisor. He is regularly confronted by his fellow workers about their late salaries, and tries to maintain everyone content in the face of an inevitable shutdown of the factory.      

Norway, 2021

Tore Vagn Lid and Transiteatret-Bergen will guest TIFF and Hålogaland Teater with their award winning performance “03:08:38 - States of Emergency” January 15th & 16th. The performance in Tromsø is an experiment in the borderland between film and performing arts, broadcasted live to listening posts in Moscow, New York and Bagdad.

This year, TIFF and Arctic Pride have collaborated to invite you to a special evening with two film screenings and a public talk at Driv.

Sweden, Norway, 2021
Regi: Erik Poppe

A Swedish family is struggling for survival in a small farm in the countryside. Their land is poor and their crops scarce. The year is 1849, and Karl Oskar starts dreaming of a better life in America, the land of opportunities.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Elle Márjá Eira

Together with Riddu Riđđu Festival we present this special audiovisual concert with Elle Márjá Eira.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Iran Mayen

This hard-hitting and powerful film concert depicts the consequences of the pandemic on both a local and global level, with an original film and music composed by the band Iran Mayen from Tromsø. The band was started in 2015 and and today features Lars Dalheim, Andreas B. Høyer, Rolf-Ole R. Jenssen, Andreas Engum, Anders T. Gjerdrum and Johan Grønvik.

Soviet union, 1927
Regi: Olga Preobrazhenskaya

This film concert features live music along the film Women of Ryazan, a Soviet silent drama from 1927 about village life in rural Russia. Anna and her sister-in-law Vasilisa have different approaches to life, the latter openly defying the old way of life.

USA, 1937
Regi: Frank Capra

A plane crashes in a remote Tibetan area near Shangri-La. The travelers discover an actual paradise where people live for hundreds of years. Ronald Colman plays the lead role in Frank Capra's grandiose adaptation of James Hilton's novel.

Welcome to NUFF@TIFF, where we present the 3 Winner films and 2 Special Mentions from the NUFF 2021 film festival!The Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF) is composed of both a short film festival and a 6-day film workshop for young filmmakers up to 26 years old. Based in Tromsø, northern Norway, NUFF will take place for the 20th year in a row in 2022. It has been an international platform for countless young filmmakers since its beginning in 2003, and is an integral part of Filmveksthuset TVIBIT.

United Kingdom, 2019
Regi: Joanna Hogg

The Souvenir follows the story of Julie and Anthony: a story of abuse, power and manipulation. Julie struggles to understand how she was drawn into a toxic relationship, and must confront her partner’s drug addiction. The movie is the autobiographical story of director Joanna Hogg.

Norway, 2020
Regi: Rune Spaans, Gunhild Enger

Welcome to a Relæxt screening of Two Buddies and a Badger 2 - The Great Big Beast. Life goes on in the tunnel of the two buddies and the badger. A life with song, jam and friendly giggles. But one day they are visited by the strict Conductor who wants to throw them out. Tunnels are for trains, not people.

France, 2007
Regi: Mia Hansen-Løve

In her striking debut feature film, Mia Hansen-Løve uses a minimalist style and a hand-held camera to tell an intimate story of missed opportunities and new beginnings. Pamela, a young woman living in Paris, attempts to reconnect with her father, a recovered drug user whose substance abuse led to the dissolution of the family. 

France, 2014
Regi: Mia Hansen-Løve

For Mia Hansen-Løve's special retrospective this year, discover or re-discover one of her epic, music-packed classic. Eden is an exploration of the desire to live one's passion to the fullest, and the sacrifices that it can require. 

France, Germany, 2011
Regi: Mia Hansen-Løve

Paris, Spring 1999: 15-year-old Camille is in love with Sullivan, and crushed when he decides to go on a trip to South-America. Goodbye First Love is a beautiful and unsentimental story about first love, and the challenges of moving on afterwards.

France, 2016
Regi: Mia Hansen-Løve

Nathalie lives a comfortable life with a stable job and a seemingly perfect family. Suddenly, great personal changes take place in her private life and a process of change starts, leading to her getting to know herself and life better.

Norway, 2021
Regi: Håvard Bustnes

It’s been half a year since Trond Giske resigned as deputy leader of the Labour Party, due to accusations of sexual harassment. Now he is driving through Trøndelag with a caravan to build himself up again.

2021
Regi: Carl Christian L Størmer

 Get to know the Northern Norwegian music scene through an audiovisual journey of the region.

Documentary film in competition

Short documentaries in competition under 60 min

Short documentaries in competition under 60 min

Impact consists of experimental films

Films From the North - Opening Night

Short films in competition under 60 min

Short films in competition under 60 min

Short films in competition under 60 min

Shorts made by new talents and young filmmakers 

France, 2021
Regi: Paul Verhoeven

Based on the real story of 17th-century nun Benedetta Carlini, this entertaining film from Paul Verhoeven tackles questions of power, gender relations and truth. Is Benedetta using faith as a tool for self-promotion, or is she really chosen by God? 

France, 2021
Regi: Jean-Christophe Meurisse

Bloody Oranges is a very dark comedy that is both hilarious and shockingly subversive. It follows an old couple that struggles with debts, a young woman who wants to have sex for the first time, a corrupt politician and an ambitious lawyer whose lives get intertwined for better or for worse.  

Iceland, 2021
Regi: Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Cop Secret is a spoof cop-movie packed with action, explosions, over-the-top soundtrack... but also feelings! When tough supercop Bússi gets paired with a new partner, formed male top-model Hörður, things don't go exactly as planned. 

Iceland, Sweden, Poland, 2021
Regi: Valdimar Jóhannsson

María and Ingvar are a young couple living on a remote farm. After an unusual lamb birth, they start to experience strange things. Lamb is a surrealist film that takes us onto a slow journey in this quiet but chilling Icelandic tale.

Russia, Ukraine, 2021
Regi: Peter Kerekes

In a correction facility in Ukraine, Lesya serves a 7-year sentence along with her newborn child. Through her personal story and other inmates' testimonies, 107 Mothers weaves a dramatic narrative of loss and hope inside jail.  

Russia, 2021
Regi: Vladimir Munkuev

Habji and Keremes are a poor indigenous couple of Eastern Siberia during the Russian Empire. They are forced to host a Russian prisoner in their small house, and gradually become aware of the new power dynamics established in the house.

Russia, 2021
Regi: Kirill Serebrennikov

A cartoonist struggles with feverish dreams as he wanders between everyday life and imagined adventures. The sickest thoughts now appear outside the drawing board, and they throw themselves here and there and everywhere, through a chaotic day in Petrov's life.

Ukraine, 2021
Regi: Valentyn Vasyanovych

Violent, distant and masterfully told. The Ukrainian war film Reflection is all of this in its depiction of a conflict that is still ongoing, which forces the viewer to be confronted with the reality of the situation and the consequences of the violence.

Ukraine, 2021
Regi: Kateryna Gornostai

Masha and her friends Senia and Yana form an inseparable trio at their high school as the end of their final year approaches. This hyper-realistic film is an atypical portrait of Ukrainian youth, with their dreams and traumas, their first loves and sorrows. 

Russia, 2021
Regi: Kira Kovalenko

Set in the small town of Mizur in North Ossetia (Russia), Unclenching the Fists is the story of Ada, a young woman who lives with her overprotective father and loving brother. It is a gripping drama that explores topics of trauma, family relations and the cost of personal freedom.