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Fergus Grady is the director of the French Film Festival Aotearoa Photo: Noel Smyth
Every year it seems there are new regional film festivals, often hugely popular with Kiwi audiences. The big surprise about the latest one - the first Scandinavian Film Festival - is surely why has it taken so long?
Scandinavia is regularly the New Big Thing, going right back to the dark dramas of Sweden's Ingmar Bergman, the warm-hearted Dogme comedy-dramas of Denmark, and trendy Scandi-noir like The Killing, The Bridge and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Not forgetting this year's Oscar-nominated The worst person in the world from Norway.
Simon Morris talks with Scandinavian Film Festival Director Fergus Grady about a surprisingly light-hearted selection.
