TOP 24 - BEST OF 2023

 

My favorite 24 BEST FILMS of 2023 (in alphabetical order):

ABOUT DRY GRASSES

Kuru Otlar Üstüne

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

AFIRE

Roter Himmel

Christian Petzold (Germany)

AMERIKATSI

Ամերիկացի

Michael Goorjian (Armenia)

ANATOMY OF A FALL

Anatomie d'une chute

Justine Triet (France)

THE BREAKING ICE

燃冬

Anthony Chen (Singapore)

CARNAL SINS

Almamula

Juan Sebastian Torales (Argentina)

THE DELINQUENTS

Los Delincuentes

Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina)

FALLEN LEAVES

Aki Kaurismäki (Finland)

GREEN BORDER

Zielona granica

Agnieszka Holland (Poland)

THE HOLDOVERS

Alexander Payne (US)

IO CAPITANO

Matteo Garrone (Italy)

MONSTER

怪物

Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)

NAM JUNE PAIK: Moon is the Oldest TV

Amanda Kim (US)

THE NIGHT GUARDIAN

نگهبان شب

Reza Mirkarimi (Iran)

PASSAGES

Ira Sachs (France)

PAST LIVES

Celine Song (US)

PERFECT DAYS

Wim Wenders (Japan/Germany)

PICTURES OF GHOSTS

Retratos Fantasmas

Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)

POOR THINGS

Yorgos Lanthimos (UK/US)

ROBOT DREAMS

Pablo Berger (Spain)

SALTBURN

Emerald Fennell (UK)

THE TASTE OF THINGS

La Passion de Dodin Bouffant

Tran Anh Hung (France)

WAR PONY

Riley Keough & Gina Gammell (US)

THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Jonathan Glazer (UK)

SFFLA 2024

 

25th Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
January 13, 14, 20, 21, 2024 - WGA in Beverly Hills

The annual Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. showcases the best and finest films from the Nordic countries. This is the place where Nordic film 'winters' in Southern California. SFFLA was launched in the year 2000 and features all of the Nordic Oscar submissions. Starting in 2014 with BALTIC FILM EXPO at SFFLA, the festival initiated cinematic offerings from the three Baltic nations - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Festival highlights include all 8 Oscar submissions. Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, and Annecy favorites. A special 25th Anniversary surprise screening!

It all takes place over two weekends: January 13, 14, 20, 21, 2024 at the Writers Guild Theater: 135 South Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, 90211.

For more information, please visit: SFFLA2024

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

Saturday, January 13

11:30 Titina - Norway
01:30 Songs of Earth - Norway
03:30 Smoke Sauna Sisterhood - Estonia
05:00 Opening Gala and Buffet
07:00 Fallen Leaves - Finland

Sunday, January 14

12:00 Special Screening - Audience Favorite!
02:00 Godland - Iceland
04:30 Opponent - Sweden
07:00 The Promised Land - Denmark

Saturday, January 20

12:00 My Freedom - Latvia
02:00 Driving Mum - Iceland
04:00 Slow - Lithuania
06:30 SWEA Short Film
07:00 Together 99 - Sweden

Sunday, January 21

12:00 Exodus - Sweden
02:30 My Love Affair With Marriage - Latvia
06:00 Knight of Fortune - Denmark
06:30 The Cake Dynasty - Denmark