Celebrate the opening of the 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival with cocktails & more before the Australian Premiere of the gripping new spy drama Number 24!
From multi-award-winning director John Andreas Andersen (The Burning Sea, The Quake), Number 24 depicts the extraordinary true story of a modest young ‘every-man’ drawn into the resistance movement during World War II.
Present day, Rjukan, Norway. An elderly Gunnar Sønsteby (Erik Hivju), prepares to address a group of students about what really happened during the occupation. He has given his speech many times before, but accessing these difficult memories still gives him immeasurable pause.
In 1940, Germany has invaded Norway, and 22-year-old accountant Gunnar (Sjur Vatne Brean) immediately offers his services to the resistance. Single minded and rarely flustered, Gunnar’s meticulous planning and talent for espionage soon sees him head up the Oslo-gang, carrying out - in concert with remote assistance from Britain's MI5 - increasingly daring and nerve-wracking sabotage operations.
Suspenseful and expertly crafted, with numerous clock-ticking action set-pieces, Number 24 compellingly probes the morality of wartime and the weight of responsibility in the fight for freedom, drawing comparisons to modern day events.
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION | Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane & Perth
Enjoy a pre-film reception with Nordic flavours, an Elderflower cocktail or mocktail, sparkling, red or white wine, plus a cinema treat courtesy of Lexus, before the Australian Premiere of Number 24.
OPENING NIGHT DRIKKE | Byron Bay
Join us for an Elderflower cocktail or mocktail prior to the Opening Night premiere of Number 24.
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