Nordic Council Film Prize // Denmark: The Son and the Moon

In THE SON AND THE MOON, we follow the Danish-Iranian filmmaker Roja through her 6-year-long battle against cancer.

In this moving documentary, directed by Emilie Adelina Monies and Roja Pakari, they turn the camera on themselves. The Danish-Iranian director Roja has become pregnant and developed incurable cancer in the bone marrow. This is her journey over six years. She not only fights against her frailty, but also bets on a normal life, and wants to live it in all its normal rhythms. The film is a deepening of her Iranian origins and family background, which opened a new chapter when her politically engaged parents fled Iran and ended up in Denmark. This is a deeply personal film, where she will give everything to her young son Oskar. A sad (but also somewhat hopeful) story about a mother's love for her son and her original background.

About the Nordic Council Film Prize

The Nordic Council Film Prize, awarded since 2005, aims to facilitate the production of Nordic films and strengthen the Nordic film market.

The prize is awarded to a feature film rooted in Nordic culture, with high artistic value, distinguished by artistic originality, and presenting itself as a cohesive work. It is also a plus if the film is innovative within its genre when the nominated films are compared.

Read more about the film prize here: https://www.norden.org/no/information/om-filmprisen

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