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Michael Moore salute Norwegian Cinema

Film director and film festival co-founder Michael Moore makes opening remarks at the opening night kick-off street party for the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival on July 28, 2009. Photo: Flickr

The Traverse City Film Festival – a showcase in Michigan, USA, founded in 2005 by American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore – has this year programmed a ”Salute to Norway” with four Norwegian films, including the festival opener, Erik Poppe’s Troubled Water (De usynlige). Moore is himself responsible for the selection of 60-90 domestic and [...]

Troubled Water at Micheal Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan

Erik Poppe’s “Troubled Water” (De Usynlige) will serve as the opening-night film of Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, July 28-Aug 2. The Norwegian film centers on a young man, just released from prison, who is forced to confront his past. The Traverse City Film Festival has grown to become one of [...]