The Last Journey (Den sista resan) | FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHT | NBFF 25TH ANNIVERSARY

The 25th Newport Beach Film Festival runs from October 17 to 24, 2024. For more, visit https://newportbeachfilmfest.com Purchase Tickets Here: https://nbff2024.eventive.org/schedule?dat... In a desperate attempt to make his old, depressed father embrace life again filmmaker Filip Hammar takes his dad on a surprise road trip to France - the same journey they made every summer during Filip’s childhood. Filip is confident that this trip will invigorate his dad, who certainly once more will become the joyous person he once was if he can only re-live some of the best moments of his life. The spur-of-the-moment methods Filip uses fuels the film with chaos, creativity, love, humor and, inevitably, sadness. The documentary The Last Journey is an honest, genre-dissolving look at death’s approach, seen through the eyes of a desperate son who too long has lived in denial of the inevitable. A heartfelt investigation into the end we all face with our parents, and a peek into our own futures. It's groundbreakingly original, but still relatable and real. Upon its release in March 2024, it was lauded in unison by Swedish critics as equal parts devastating and ground-breakingly humorous. It also started a national conversation (in the media, in workplaces, in homes) about family and ageing. The film has taken Sweden by storm and recently become the most seen documentary in the history of Swedish cinema (shattering the previous record from 1979’). The Last Journey is directed by Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson and is Sweden's submission to the Oscars for Best International Feature.