Palace Electric Cinemas
9 July – 2 August 2026
Films from the Nordic region – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Some highlights
Winner of the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at the 2026 Göteborg Film Festival, The Last Resort (Paradis), is an absorbing drama that follows a Danish family on holiday at an all-inclusive resort.
Anticipating a well-deserved and restful break, reality hits hard when they witness boat loads of refugees hitting the shores. Testing their moral compass, the family members are forced to question how much they should risk to help a person in need.
The first Special Presentation is Icelandic comedy/drama The Love that Remains (Ástin sem eftir er). This film captures a year in the life of a family of five. The parents navigate their separation, exploring love, family and shared memories.
Renate Reinsve stars in another Special Presentation, Butterfly, an intriguing drama about a pair of estranged sisters who must reunite after their mother’s sudden passing.
The sisters travel to Gran Canaria where they grew up at a resort. This plunges them headfirst into a journey of revelations about their childhood and the hidden heart of the tourist island.
The Kidnapping of a President (Presidentin Kyyditys) is a black comedy based on a bizarre true story about the chaos that ensues when a Finnish group of far-right officers drunkenly decide to start a revolution in 1930. Lieutenant Colonel Eero Kuussaari impulsively orders the kidnapping of retired former president Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, but then doesn’t recall his orders the following day, having left the escapade to a group of eager, inexperienced young soldiers.
Sweden’s stylish psychological thriller Doctor Glas (Doktor Glas) brings a new perspective to Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1905 novel. Desire, guilt and obsession are portrayed through the eyes of Gabriel Glas, a reclusive young doctor whose fascination with fashion icon Helga Gregorius spirals into madness.
For more information, visit https://nordicfilmfestival.com.au/
Image – still from Butterfly