Sweden will lead the Nordic delegation with the heaviest number of films screening (30), including the opening film Sound of Noise, to be introduced by co-directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, and the film's ‘musical terrorists'. Norway and Denmark will bring 20 films each (shorts, documentaries and feature films), Finland 16 films and Iceland 6. "Nordic films are getting better each year and the 2010 crop in particular is very exciting, across all five countries," said artistic director Linde Fröhlich (photo). "What surprised me is the wide variety of stories and cinematic approaches, from established directors such as Jörn Donner, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, to newcomers like Babak Najafi, Maria Sødahl, or Louise Friedberg."
Several films will premiere at the festival ahead of their national release in Germany, such as The Good Heart (Alamode, November 25), A Somewhat Gentle Man (Neue Visionen, December 9) and Home for Christmas (Pandora, December 2). Other Nordic films screening in Lübeck and set to open in Germany within the next few months include A Family, Babycall, Beyond and Miss Kicki. A Rational Solution, last year's winner of the NDR Prize for Best Feature Film will be released by Pandora Filmverleih.