If that's your favourite way to get a Scandi film fix, you'll also be in your element with Scandi Screams, the fest's six-movie retrospective. Or, there's Swedish thriller Shadow Island, Darkland sequel Darkland: The Return and psychological drama Copenhagen Does Not Exist for devotees of Nordic cinema's dark side.

Also boasting a high-profile name is Burn All My Letters, which follows the consequences of a love affair, and stars Barbarian and John Wick: Chapter 4's Bill Skarsgård. Both hit the Scandi Film Festival after bowing locally at other events around the country. The standouts keep coming, such as Godland from Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason ( A White, White Day), which gets the festival's centrepiece slot - and Fallen Leaves, the latest from Finnish great Aki Kaurismäki's ( The Other Side of Hope).

Based on a true tale, it tells of a young woman who unintentionally becomes involved in a protest against a dam, with the new structure set to possibly flood Indigenous Sámi land. Touring the nation between Thursday, July 13–Wednesday, August 9, with stops in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Byron Bay, the fest's latest program will kick off with the Australian premiere of Let the River Flow, which won the Audience Award at this year's Göteborg Film Festival. When it gets frosty in Australia each year, this big-screen showcase celebrates titles primarily hailing from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - and its latest lineup is full of must-see highlights. Calling all Scandi cinema diehards, Nordic noir buffs, fans of the region's oft-icy climes, and lovers of mythology and folklore: the 2023 Scandinavian Film Festival has something on its lineup for you.

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