Nordvest (film)

Nordvest
Directed byMichael Noer
Written byRasmus Heisterberg
Michael Noer
StarringGustav Dyekjær Giese
Lene Maria Christensen
Roland Møller
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
  • 27 January 2013 (2013-01-27)
Running time
91 min
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Nordvest is a Danish action-drama film from 2013, directed by Michael Noer and written by Rasmus Heisterberg.[1][2] It was Noer's first solo project as a movie director, after he directed the prison film R (2010) together with Tobias Lindholm.[3]

Nordvest got its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in January 2013.[4] It was also the opening film at the Copenhagen film festival in April 2013.[3]

Nordvest received generally good reviews and ended up selling 88,849 tickets in Danish cinemas. It won awards including the international critics’ Fipresci award at the Göteborg International Film Festival and a Special Jury Award and the Critics’ Prize at the International Crime Film Festival in Beaune.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Nordvest". Det Danske Filminstitut (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. ^ Huang, Allen (31 May 2013). "Northwest – Nordvest Film Review (Denmark, 2013)". Redefine Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Jensen, Jorn Rossing (9 April 2013). "Northwest". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Northwest (Nordvest): Rotterdam Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2025.