Newton Cultural Alliance

SCC Virtual Screening - The Nobel Snowflake
2020-07-28, 2020-07-29, 2020-07-30, 2020-07-31, 2020-08-01 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Scandinavian Cultural Center for an online screening of The Nobel Snowflake, presented as part of Boston Design Week 2020. This film will be available online at xerb.tv, from July 26th to August 1st. It is 59 minutes long and is presented in Swedish with English subtitles. Tickets are $5. Click here for more information and to register.
This film captures the competition for the head offices of the Nobel Centre in Stockholm, presented as a nail-biting thriller. Nobel Snowflake follows the Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh on his quest to find the ultimate design, in the shape of a snowflake. Eleven of the 175 teams are selected to take part, among them Wingårdh. That’s when the problems really start. Kajsa Andersö’s film shows all the tragic and amusing aspects of the prestigious competition, with an unexpected ending. An entertaining peek behind the scenes.

SCC Virtual Screening - The Best Intentions
2020-08-01, 2020-08-02, 2020-08-03, 2020-08-04, 2020-08-05, 2020-08-06, 2020-08-07, 2020-08-08 and 8 more dates
Join the Scandinavian Cultural Center for a virtual screening of Ingmar Bergman’s 1992 film The Best Intentions, available throughout the month of August.
Swedish master Ingmar Bergman penned this loving tribute to his parent’s epic romance. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. Urbane Anna can’t stand living in the rural county and grows increasingly restless. She returns to Uppsala and the couple’s love and commitment are put to the test.
Tickets are $6. Click here to view the trailer and purchase tickets.

SCC Virtual Screening - Women's Shorts
2020-08-01 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
The Scandinavian Cultural Center are pleased to be co-presenters for the Women’s Shorts, part of Wicked Queer, the 36th Annual LBGTQ+ Film Festival being shown virtually between July 4th and August 2nd. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.
Included is Sweden’s My World in Yours (Min värld i din). Shams and Stella are in love. Shams hasn’t told Stella that she seeks asylum, nor about Hanine who’s still in Palestine waiting for Shams to help her come to Sweden. Stella works at the Migration office. When Shams has her interview with Swedish Migration Board, Stella shows up as the assistant judge. Shams has to tell the truth to get asylum. This film is 30 minutes long and will be shown on August 1st, at 1:00 PM on Xerb.tv.
See full list of shorts here.

SCC Virtual Screening - A White, White Day
2020-08-04, 2020-08-05, 2020-08-06, 2020-08-07, 2020-08-08, 2020-08-09, 2020-08-10, 2020-08-11
Join the Scandinavian Cultural Center for a virtual screening of the 2019 Icelandic film A White, White Day, available until August 11th.
In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth takes over his life and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. Combining classic thriller tropes with a distinctly Nordic arthouse sensibility, the second feature from Hlynur Palmason “engages in storytelling that’s both powerful and fresh throughout, marking him as a talent to watch” (The Hollywood Reporter).
Tickets are $10 for SCC members and $12 for non-members. Click here to view the trailer and buy tickets.
