Thriller in the Norwegian mountains

For the thrill-seeking, the films Dead Snow (Død Snø), Cold Prey (Fritt vilt) and Cold Prey 2 (Fritt vilt 2), screened at Apollon cinema in September, are god choices. The festival runs from 16 to 27 September. To check out which other films are presented at the film festival go to www.aiff.gr and get some of the movie trends from the world.

The screenings of the films are supported by the Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Institute.

Dead Snow 
Date: Friday 18 September at 00:30, Apollon Cinema
Director:  Tommy Wirkola
Genre: Thriller, Comedy 

Short summary: The group of friends had all they would need for a successful Easter vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them had anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains surrounding the aptly named Øksfjord (Axefjord) had other plans ... (Source: Norwegian Film Institute)

 
 
Cold Prey
Date: Saturday 19 September at 00:15, Apollon Cinema 
Director: Roar Uthaug
Genre: Thriller

  
Short summary: It’s midwinter. Five youngsters are heading for the Jotunheimen mountain area to go snowboarding. On the slope, one of them has a bad fall and breaks a leg. There is no sign of any other people around, and their mobile phones are out of range. (Source: Norwegian Film Institute)

 
Short summary: During the winter of 2006 five youth faced a brutal tragedy in the Norwegian mountains. Only one girl survived. Cold and weak she struggles back to civilization. A bloody and beaten Jannicke is brought to the local hospital. When she slowly awakes in her bed the hospital is dark and silent, without a living soul around. She steps out in the corridors.... (Source: Norwegian Film Institute) 

Gunhild Guldseth