For the 6th time, the Nordic Documentary Film Festival – NORDOX is held in China. NORDOX will present a range of new films and in addition show a select choice of their best screenings from the five successful years of the festival. Come along and experience NORDOX at its best!
NORDOX celebrates its 6th anniversary this year with a selection of more than twenty films from all five Nordic Countries. One major focus of this year’s festival will be North Korea. Two documentaries, ‘The Red Chapel’ and ‘Yodok Stories’, will explore the political and social environment of one of the last countries truly closed off from the outsider’s gaze, each film from their unique perspective.
In addition to many new full-length documentaries, a new feature on this year’s programme is ‘TEMPO in Beijing’. This is a selection of short films provided by the Tempo Documentary Film Festival, a well-known Swedish film festival and partner of NORDOX for several years. NORDOX will also present a retrospective selection this year called ‘The best of NORDOX’, consisting of documentaries that have been audience favourites and highlights in past five festivals. Like in previous years, the audience will get a unique chance to ask questions to some of the directors.
Since its inception in 2006, NORDOX has become a platform for some of the best recent Nordic documentary films in Beijing. The vision of NORDOX is to explore the language of documentary film and screen documentaries that are cutting-edge, artistically ambitious and relevant in this time. The festival also hopes to spread knowledge about Nordic culture in China, as well as create opportunities for cross-cultural dialogue. The selected documentaries outline Nordic perspectives on a diversity of themes including politics, society, environmental issues, art and music.