The Norwegian Film Week “Cool&Crazy” took in Belgrade on 22 – 29 April 2009. The event was organised by the Belgrade Cultural Centre (KCB), in cooperation with the Norwegian Film Institute and the Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade. During the film festival visitors had the opportunity to watch 14 feature films and 2 short films, amongst them the shortfilm” the Danish Poet”, the Best Animated Film Oscar Award 2007.
The opening film ”The Bothersome Man” is one of the most successful films abroad and has been screened at over 60 film festivals so far.
The festival saw the visit of two of the most profiled and talented directors in contemporary Norwegian film: Mr Jens Lien ( “The Bothersome Man”) and Mr Hisam Zaman (“Bawke”/”Winterland”).
Programme of the Festival was:
Wednesday 22.04.
at 21.00: Opening ceremony: The Bothersome Man, 90'
Thursday, 23.04.
at 19.00: Utopia: Nobody`s Perfect in the Perfect Country, 82'
at 21.00: Bawke, 15'; Winterland, 52'
Friday, 24.04.
at 19.00: Music for Weddings and Funerals, 95'
at 21.00: Cold Prey, 97'
Saturday 25.04.
at 19.00: Bloody Angels, 96'
at 21.00: The Kautokeino rebellion, 96'
Sunday 26.04.
at 19.00: Cold feet, 80 '
at 21.00: Reprise, 106'
Monday, 27.04.
at 19.00: The Danish Poet, 15' ; Free Jimmy, 86'
at 21.00: INSOMNIA, 90'
Tuesday, 28.04.
at 19.00: UNO, 103'
at 21.00: The Art of Negative Thinking, 79'
Wednesday 29.04.
at 19.00: Kitchen Stories, 95'
at 21.00: The Man who loved Yngve, 98'
For more information, please visit the links below:
Belgrade Cultural Centre: http://www.kcb.org.yu/Programi/Filmskiprogram/Nedeljanorveškogfilma/tabid/398/language/en-US/Default.aspx
The Norwegian Film Institute:
http://www.nfi.no/english/