Our next Nordic Nights feature is Icelandic film from 2021: Quake by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir.Saga, a single mother, gets hit by a fierce epileptic attack that results in total memory loss. Afraid of being considered unable to take care of her son, Saga attempts to hide her condition from others. As she struggles to gather bits […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is a Finnish film from 2022: The Grump: In Search of an Escort, a dramedy by Mika Kaurismäki (the other Kaurismäki brother). The Grump, an old man who sees his glass mostly half-empty, lives his forever grumbling life in the quiet of Finnish countryside until his beloved 1972 Ford Escort heads […]
Our next Nordic Nights feature is an Icelandic film from 2022: Driving Mum, by Hilmar Oddsson. When Jon’s mother, the single most dominant person in his life passes away, his anchor is gone. Compelled to honour her last wish, he takes on a journey to bring the body across Iceland to her home village for the […]
Our annual Christmas event was postponed but is back and in a new location. Please join us on Sunday December 17th at the home of our President Gwen Sigrid Morgan for mulled wine and fine Icelandic Canadian fellowship. Calendars will be on sale as will be Betty Jane's book -- so lots of opportunities to […]
The Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto (ICCT) Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 28th, 2024 at 2 pm in-person and online on Zoom. It will be a ‘hybrid meeting’ so you have the option to join online, but we hope to see you in person where you can enjoy some traditional Hangikjöt, […]
