SHINING BRIGHTLY // Free Outdoor Screening at Tøyen Torg
With Pix Nabolag, the Oslo Pix Film Festival takes cinema out into the city, hosting outdoor screenings where people live. Next stop: Tøyen Square.
The event has been postponed to 11.09 due to bad weather.
Ingvild Rishøi’s beloved novel Shining Brightly became an instant holiday classic upon its release and has since been praised by critics and readers around the world. Now, the book has finally been adapted into a film.
On Saturday 11.09, Oslo Pix Film Festival, Motlys, and SF invite you to a free pre-premiere screening of SHINING BRIGHTLY at Tøyen Square — the very location where the film was shot.
The film will thus be available to watch for free before its official theatrical release on 17 October. Age limit is 9 years and subtitled in English.
Program
- 15:00 – Activities for children and adults at the square
- 16:00 – Film screening (1h 31min)
- 17:40 – End of event
About the film
Ten-year-old Ronja lives in an apartment block but dreams of a log cabin in the woods, where the moon shines from a starry sky. It’s December, and her dad is unemployed again — until one day he gets a job selling Christmas trees. At last, the apartment smells of pine needles and the fridge is full. But sometimes the temptations become too much for him, and Ronja and her older sister Melissa have to manage on their own. Together, they take over the job of selling Christmas trees — and learn that even when life can be really tough, it can also be truly beautiful.
SHINING BRIGHTLY is a touching and heartwarming story set in the days leading up to Christmas — about a father who tries his best but falls short, an older sister who steps into his shoes, and a little sister who never stops dreaming. It’s a film about friendship, about helping hands, and about the magic of Christmas. Ingvild H. Rishøi’s beloved novel Stargate – A Christmas Story became an instant holiday classic upon its release and has since been praised by critics and readers around the world. Now, the book has finally been adapted into a film.
The event is supported by the Bylivstilskudd scheme from the City of Oslo and Sparebankstiftelsen.
