A Nordic view of life

The third edition of the week-long Nordox, an annual event of the Dashanzi International Art Festival, kicks off today. It aims to showcase the most recent developments in documentary film-making in the Nordic world as well as to create a platform for discussion and exchange.

The 12 films that will be screened touch upon a range of subjects. For example, the Norwegian-Icelandic film At the Edge of the World, is a brave documentary of six men and their difficult lives in a boys' institution during the 1950s and 60s.

The other movies to be screened are: Paradise, Sanctuary, Belarusian Waltz, Lilli, My Daughter the Terrorist, The Nun, Summerchild, The Desert Castle, Don Roberto's Shadow and The Monastery.