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Dancing Queen (2023)

Dancing Queen poster
Directed by
Aurora Langaas Gossé
Genre
family film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
6
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
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A 12-year-old girl named Mina falls for a hip hop artist who transfers to her school. She tries to join his dance group even though she has no dance skills.

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What happens

Dancing Queen is a 2023 Norwegian family film directed by Aurora Gossé. The film is Gossé's first feature film as a director. Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson plays the lead role as 12-year-old Mina, who falls in love with a young hip hop artist who starts at the same school, and therefore tries to join his dance group, in spite her inability to dance. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 18, 2023 and its Norwegian theatrical premiere on March 10 of the same year. It was named best children's film at the Norwegian Film Institute's 2023 Amanda Award (Norwegian Wikipedia: Amandaprisen 2023). Dancing Queen also won the award for best comedy at the BUFF children's film festival in Malmö, the audience award at the Seattle International Film Festival and the ECFA award for best European children's film at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, all in 2023. It was nominated for the Crystal Bear for best children's and youth film at the Berlin Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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