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🎬 Underhill Fest 2025, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Selected in International Competition
Screenings:
Tues June 17, 2025, at Njegošev venue
https://underhillfest.me/floph...
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🏆 Award News! 🏆
We’re thrilled to share that FLOPHOUSE AMERICA has won the Hera “Nuovi Talenti” Award in the International Competition at the 21st edition of Biografilm Festival, Bologna, Italy.
The jury praised the film, their statement reading:
“We were both shaken and deeply moved by the direct yet compassionate gaze Monica Strømdahl sets on young Mikal and his parents, showing us the truth about social outcasts in today’s America. “Flophouse America” touched us also as a universal cry for child protection.”
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🎬 Italian Premiere at Biografilm Festival
Bologna, Italy – June 9, 2025
We are thrilled to be in the International Competition!
Cinema Lumière – Sala Scorsese, this screening marks the Italian premiere of Flophouse America, selected for Biografilm's prestigious competition program.
Screening times:
Mon 9 June Cinema Lumière Sala Scorsese, Bologna
https://www.biografilm.it/en/2...
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🏆 Award News! 🏆
Subversive Festival 2025
Awarded: Best Documentary Film (Dragan Rubeša Wild Dreamer Award)
Festival: 18th Subversive Festival, Zagreb, Spring 2025
Jury Statement:
“Even if we were to describe it as a classic observational documentary, Flophouse America demonstrates that an awareness of ethical pitfalls can be embedded into the body of the film in order to preempt them. A fragment of harsh reality from what is supposedly the most advanced and wealthiest society—the American one—where the consequences of an ideology of individualism manifest in the collapse of communities and the absence of support systems. Despite the traumatic and uncensored subject matter, the film breaks down emotional and intellectual barriers between the audience and its protagonists.”
https://subversivefestival.com...
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🎬 Subversive Festival (Zagreb, Croatia)
FLOPHOUSE AMERICA is included in the International Documentary Competition section
Screening:
Tue May 12, 5.30pm at Cinema Kinoteka, Zagreb
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director.
https://subversivefestival.com...
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🎬 The internationally renowned documentary film festival VISIONS DU REEL in Nyon, Switzerland, have included FLOPHOUSE AMERICA in their lineup. We are honoured!
Screenings at VdR:
Tuesday 8th March 4pm
https://www.visionsdureel.ch/e...
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🎬 The International Documentary Film Festival DOCVILLE in Leuven, Belgium has included FLOPHOUSE AMERICA in their line up.
Screenings at Docville:
Thurs 27th March 9pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director and the editor
https://www.docville.be/en/fil...
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🌍✨ We’re thrilled to share that Flophouse America is now represented internationally by Lightdox!
To have this deeply personal story of Mikal and his family championed by a sales agent known for bold, human-centered documentaries is both humbling and exciting. Lightdox stands for powerful storytelling with impact — and we couldn’t imagine a better home for Flophouse America as it reaches new audiences around the world.
Thank you to the entire team at @lightdox for believing in this film, and for your dedication to bringing urgent and intimate stories to the global stage. 💛
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🎉 We’re proud to share that Flophouse America is now being distributed by Cinema Delicatessen! 🇳🇱
It’s an honor to be in the hands of a distributor known for championing powerful, independent documentaries with heart and urgency. Cinema Delicatessen has brought some of the most vital non-fiction films to audiences across the Netherlands — and we’re thrilled that Flophouse America is now part of that journey.
A huge thank you to the team at @cinemadelicatessen for believing in Mikal’s story and helping us bring it to even more screens and hearts. 💛
https://www.cinemadelicatessen...
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🏆 Award News! 🏆
CPH:DOX 2025 — DOX:AWARD (Special Mention)
Awarded: Special Mention in the DOX:AWARD competition
Jury Statement:
“Home is where the heart is, in love and in pain. A 12‑year‑old, his mother and his father live in close quarters that involve constant back and forth, fighting, making up, and fussing over one another (and the cat).
For its vision of living as a work‑in‑progress, squeezed by circumstances, the special mention goes to FLOPHOUSE AMERICA, directed by Monica Strømdahl.”
🔗 Official Announcement: https://cphdox.dk/cphdox-2025-...
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🎬 FLOPHOUSE AMERICA will have it's world premiere at CPH:DOX Monday 24.th March 2025. We are delighted!
Mon 24th March 7pm // Dagmar Teatret - World Premiere
Wed 26th March 7:15pm // DFI, Cinemateket
Thurs 27th March 2pm // DFI, Cinemateket
Fri 30th March 9:45pm // Empire Bio
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🎬 Screenings at Movies that Matter:
Sat 22th March 15:15 // Filmhuis Den Haag - Preview Screening
Tue 25 March 18:30 // Filmhuis Den Haag
Wed 26 March 16:00 // Filmhuis Den Haag
Thu 27 March 13:45 // Filmhuis Den Haag
We are thankful that the Norwegian organization A-Larm invited us to their annual seminar to talk about FLOPHOUSE AMERICA.
A-larm is a nationwide user and family organization in the field of substance abuse. In their work, they emphasize both professional and experience-based knowledge. Our staff consists of individuals with professional expertise as well as personal experience as users or relatives. Together, we practice the principle of "experience and expertise on the same team."
Thank you!
We are thankful that FLOPHOUSE AMERICA was shown to Blåkors and BAR, two norwegian organizations that work in the field of substance abuse and families. After the screenings we had meaningful conversations and got valuable insight into how we can can make a difference with our film.
At Blå Kors, they work with prevention and inclusion, particularly targeting children and young people, in addition to treatment and follow-up care after treatment. There, you can find help around topics such as alcohol, children and youth, family, mental health, substance use, and relatives.
BAR is nationwide user and family organization working to advocate for children as relatives.
They operate both nationally and locally to ensure that children of substance users, of all ages, receive the best possible support tailored to their needs.
THANK YOU Blåkors and BAR!
Blåkors: https://www.blakors.no/
BAR: https://www.barnavrus.no/
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