Critics' Week

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.