June 4-14, 2015

Istanbul Modern Cinema is launching a new series of programs bringing together world-renowned, fresh new films from Scandinavia. The series features Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Islandic, and Norwegian films that are much talked-about that year and which get a general thumbs-up from audiences, critics, and festivals. The selection for this year’s program features veteran Norwegian director Bent Hamer’s latest film “1001 Grams”; winner of the Golden Lion at Venice “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence”, directed by veteran Swedish director Roy Andersson; and Academy Award-winning director Susanne Bier’s “A Second Chance” starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, leading actor in the series “Game of Thrones”.