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October 23–25
The Nordic Heritage Museum is pleased to present the first annual Nordic Lights Film Festival, bringing contemporary, award-winning films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden to Seattle. The Festival opens on Friday evening with a reception and screening of Everlasting Moments.

Ticket Prices

$10 | $7 Nordic Heritage Museum Members

Children's Feature (Mystery of the Wolf, Saturday, 10:00 am)
$8 Adults | $6 Adult Nordic Heritige Museum Members | $4 Children.

SIFF passes and vouchers are not valid forms of payment for this festival.

Films

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with the short film Little Man
Anna Hallgrimsdottir, a poetess, dish washer, and marijuana dealer in her late thirties, lives in Reykjavik with her two sons. This humorous look at Icelandic life follows Anna in the 48 hours as she sells her drug business. …
Black Ice

Black Ice is a suspenseful Finnish drama about an unlikely relationship between two women. The main characters, Saara and Tuuli, are irresistible and unpredictable women of equal strength who are both connected to the same man. …
Dead Snow

with the short film Mr. Mustache
When preparing for a ski trip one should check to make sure the mountain is free from Nazi zombies. Eight Norwegian medical students fail to do so and now must contend with the gory consequences—heads will roll, blood will flow, and intestines uncoil. …
Everlasting Moments

Nordic Lights Film Festival Opening Night
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class Swedish woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life. …
Flame & Citron

with the short film When Elvis Came to Visit
In Copenhagen of 1944, Denmark is occupied by Nazi Germany. Resistance fighters Flame and Citron are charged with liquidating Danish informers. In the struggle for freedom, all zones appear grey, and it becomes increasingly unclear who is friend and who is foe. Based on true events. …
Herdswoman

with the short film Misty Mountain
To three Sami women reindeer herding is more than a mere occupation; it is a way of life, their culture. …
Lights in the Dusk

Koistinen, a lonely night watchman, is exploited by criminal elements because of his longing for love. This movie, directed by the amazing Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, concludes the trilogy that started with Drifting Clouds and continued with The Man Without a Past. …
Mystery of the Wolf

NLFF Children's Feature – plays with the short film My Uncle loved the Colour Yellow
A family film adventure in the wilderness of the Finnish Lapland. Twelve-year old Salla defends the wolves that are a threat to the local livelihood, reindeer husbandry. …
The World in Denmark

with the short film Family Reunion
With an even-keeled narrative, Max Kestner’s film takes us on a kaleidoscopic tour around Denmark. …

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