Tag: for children
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Bamse preview
There is no shortage of children’s fantasy entertainment in Scandinavia; young kids are very open to fairytales, adventures and all sorts of cuddly creatures. Bamse is one of the most beloved characters in Sweden. Bamse is a character created by Rune Andréasson in 1966. Known by several generations as the friendly and helpful bear who […]
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Review: Legends of Valhalla – Thor
It’s no surprice that Vikings and Norse mythology are the themes of Legends of Valhalla: Thor, the first animated feature film made on Iceland. In a small nation, it is relatively easy to be the first with something. Iceland’s first horror film came in 2009, and their first animated feature (this film) was released in […]
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Fantasy, but for whom?
It has just been December, that special time of the year. The landscape transformed, and children looking forward to the magic of Santa. No wonder then, that fantasy entertainment is closely linked to Christmas in the Nordic region. In many countries around the world, science fiction movies, horror films and fantasy franchises make up some […]
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Location: Christmas Star
In spite of being a Norwegian movie, Journey to the Christmas Star (now in cinemas) was filmed almost entirely in the Czech Republic in central Europe. The small country has become an attractive venue for foreign film productions, due to the low cost of labour and skilled crews. Earlier this year, Czech crews assisted Norwegian […]
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Christmas Star teaser art
Unless you live in Norway, you have not seen Journey to the Christmas Star yet, so why not enjoy these wonderful conceptual artworks? Concept art is not only a way to convey ideas, imagination and concepts, but also serve as design guidelines for the set decorator, wardrobe department, CGI artists and the props crew. Even […]
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Christmas Star preview
On november 9th, this year’s biggest Nordic fantasy film opens in Norway. Journey to the Christmas Star is a family friendly and Christmas themed adventure, previously known as a stage play and a 1976 feature adaption. It’s been almost a year since we reported on the 2012 version of Journey to the Christmas Star, but […]
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Review: The substitute
A sci-fi horror thriller for 9-12 year old kids, helmed by one of Denmark’s leading genre directors, Ole Bornedal. It seems like you can’t make a movie for children or teens without relating it to their school situation, so when Ole Bornedal, director of the Danish horror hit Night Watch (1994 – and its 1997 […]
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Review: The Visitors
Sweden’s most popular haunted house movie, The Visitors, is a fun family romp, full of clichés but not hard to digest. The Nordic region bloomed late in terms of genre cinema and video films (Norway got its horror wave in the 00s, and Sweden and Denmark never got it), and when they finally caved in […]
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Christmas Star casting news
Journey to the Christmas Star is a classic Norwegian fantasy film from 1976. It has captured the imagination and spirit of generations of Norwegians. Now the cast is beginning to come together. The 1976 feature film Journey to the Christmas Star has become an essential part of Christmas to thousands of Norwegians, as it is […]
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Review: Rare Exports
Forget all you know about Santa Claus. He’s not even a nice guy. According to old legends, the original Santa kidnapped children and boiled them alive. His helpers were not much better. Rare Exports is definitely a different Christmas movie. Maybe Rare Exports (with the subtitle A christmas story) could only have come from Finland, […]