Nordic Focus Festival in Gdańsk will inspire discussion on the image of the Nordic community depicted in literature, films and TV series. Participants will look into the culture and life in the North and consider whether that reality influences the population of the rest of the world.

Danish writer and director Daniel Dencik will be one of the main guests of the festival. His movie “Expedition to the End of The World” will officially open the festival, after which he will take part in a discussion panel Ultima Thule. Culture at the Outskirts of the North together with Agata Lubowicka, PhD, Professor Maria SibiÅ„ska, Danish writer Lisbeth Nebelong and travel blogger Piotr MikoÅ‚ajczak. Daniel will also take part in a Q&A session the next day, where his other movie, Moon Rider, will be screened as well.

Daniel Dencik (born 1972)- a Danish writer, movie director and editor. He has received various film prizes and grants, i.a. festival award at Jerusalem Film Festival and nomination for Robert Award for the best film montage. Dencik debuted as a documentary director in 2012 with “Moon Rider” and as a feature film director in 2015 with “Guldkysten”.

Another Danish segment in the program is a presentation on Danish culture by Danish Cultural Institute’s interns Amanda Laasholdt and Adnan Tajić.

23 November 2017

13:30-15:00
Expedition To The End of The World (dir. Daniel Dencik)

15:15-16:30
Discussion panel Ultima Thule. The Culture at the Outskirts of the North
Panelists: Daniel Dencik, Piotr Mikołajczak, Lisbeth Nebelong, Agata Lubowicka, PhD, Professor Maria Sibińska
Moderator: Sebastian Kuba Konefał, PhD

Theater Hall, Neophilology Building UG
Wita Stwosza 51, Gdańsk

24 November 2017

11:30-12:00
The Many Faces of Denmark / presentation by Amanda Laasholdt and Adnan Tajić (ENG)

12:00-13:30
Q&A session with Daniel Dencik (ENG)

Room 023, Neophilology Building UG
Wita Stwosza 51, Gdańsk

17:00-18:30
Moon Rider (dir. Daniel Dencik)

Lecture Hall 1.43, Faculty of Philology UG
Wita Stwosza 55, Gdańsk

Free entry to all events.

Danish Cultural Institute is the festival’s partner.

http://www.nff.ug.edu.pl/en/