2011 norwegian films Front cover: People in the Sun Contents PREFACE 5 Feature films Amors baller Cupid’s Balls Asfaltenglene East End Angels Babycall Babycall Bambieffekten The Bambi Effect Blåfjell 2 Magic Silver 2 Brev til kongen A Letter to the King Brødrene Dal og Vikingsverdets forbannelse The Dal Brothers and the Viking Sword’s Curse Elias og jakten på havets gull Elias and the Treasure of the Sea En ganske snill mann A Somewhat Gentle Man En helt vanlig dag på jobben Just Another Day at the Office Fjellet The Mountain Fritt vilt III Cold Prey III Få meg på, for faen Turn Me On, Goddammit Gråtass får en ny venn Little Grey Fergie and his New Friend Clunky Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen Hjelp, vi er russ Graduates Hjem til jul Home for Christmas Hodejegerne Headhunters Jeg reiser alene I Travel Alone Jørgen + Anne = sant Totally True Love Keepern til Liverpool The Liverpool Goalie Knerten gifter seg Twigson Ties the Knot Knerten i knipe Twigson in a Pinch Kommandør Treholt & Ninjatroppen Norwegian Ninja Kong Curling King Curling Kongen av Bastøy King of Devil’s Island Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki Limbo Limbo Maskeblomstfamilien Shameless Mennesker i solen People in the Sun Mørke sjeler Dark Souls NOKAS NOKAS Olsenbanden jr. – Mestertyvens skatt The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief Oslo, 31. August Oslo, August 31st 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 PAX PAX Pelle politibil går i vannet Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash På bølgelengde Tying the Knot Rødt hjerte Red Heart Sykt lykkelig Happy, Happy Sønner av Norge Sons of Norway Tomme tønner Tomme tønner 2 – Det brune gullet Trolljegeren The Troll Hunter Umeå4ever Umeå4ever Varg Veum – Dødens drabanter Consorts of Death Varg Veum – Skriften på veggen The Writing on the Wall Varg Veum – Svarte får Black Sheep Wide Blue Yonder Wide Blue Yonder Yohan Barnevandrer Yohan – The Child Wanderer 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 DOCUMENTARIES Gazas tårer Tears of Gaza Gunnar Goes God Gunnar Goes God Konger av Oslo Kings of Oslo Pushwagner Strengt hemmelig Strictly Confidential To brødre Brothers 58 59 60 61 62 63 IN PRODUCTION Arme riddere 66 Det viktigste er forbi All That Matters is Past 66 Gåten Ragnarok 66 Hjelp Help 67 Kompani Orheim The Orheim Company 67 Pioner Pioneer 67 Reisen til julestjernen 68 Theresienstadt Requiem 68 Varg Veum – De døde har det godt 68 Varg Veum – I mørket er alle ulver grå At Night All Wolves are Grey 69 Varg Veum – Kalde hjerter 69 COPRODUCTIONS 71 NORWEGIAN CINEMA RELEASES 2001 – 2010 72 ADRESSES 77 A new spring for Norwegian Films After a record breaking year in 2010, where Norwegian productions took a 23.4% share of the cinema market, there is a great optimism and energy in the Norwegian film industry. The talent pool and diversity in expressions and genres have never been bigger. More filmmakers are able to realize their projects, which raises the level of competence. Norwegian films have already made their mark at the international festival circuit this year. André Øvredal’s The Troll Hunter continue to dazzle US audiences with strong reviews and sold out festival screenings at Sundance. Anne Sewitsky’s painfully funny feature debut Happy, Happy also made its way into the hearts of the Park City festival crowd and was awarded with the World Cinema Jury Price. The director won two prizes in Berlin’s Generation Kplus in 2009 for her short Oh My God!, and she is now set to open the Berlinale Generation competition with her second feature Totally True Love. Martin Lund’s Twigson Ties the Knot – last year’s biggest local success, exceeding 400,000 admissions in the cinemas, will have its international premiere in the same section, together with Arild Andresen’s The Liverpool Goalie and the two shorts Jenny, by Ingvild Søderlind and The Last Norwegian Troll, by acclaimed animator Pjotr Sapegin. Ole Giæver is also an upcoming director to watch, and his debut feature film The Mountain has been selected for the Panorama section this year. The Norwave has also finally hit Sweden, where Marius Holst’s King of Devil’s Island is leading a Norwegian invasion at the Göteborg International Film Festival this year. And there is more to come. In the fall we will see Joachim Trier, who received critical praise and awards for his debut Reprise, re turn with a much awaited second feature in the existential drama Oslo, August 31st. Junk mail director Pål Sletaune will be ready with his thrilling drama Babycall, featuring Sweden’s international film star Noomi Rapace. Buddy director Morten Tyldum will be back with the sophisticated thriller Headhunters, based on author Jo Nesbø’s international bestseller by the same name. And finally The Bothersome Man director Jens Lien presents Sons of Norway, a coming of age story about identity, rebellion and punk rock. The Norwegian Film Institute recently handed out 100 million NOK in production grants to films from well known directors like Nils Gaup, Sara Johnsen, Vibeke Idsøe, Erik Skjoldbjærg, all to be premiered in 2012. In the year to come we will see big changes in distribution and consumption patterns. Norway will be the first fully digitalized cinema market in the world and it is more important than ever to have a national film production that offers quality, diversity and strength. In order to achieve this we will have to continue to work with an international focus and strengthen the ties with producers and talent everywhere. Oslo, January 2011 Nina Refseth CEO Norwegian Film Institute Stine Helgeland Executive Director, Promotion and International Relations FEATURE FILMS AMORS BALLER cupid´s balls Youth film | 77 min | Scope | Dolby digital Director: Kristoffer Metcalfe Screenplay: Frederick Howard, Kristoffer Metcalfe, Peder Fuglerud and Stian A. Eriksen Director of Photography: Harald Paalgaard Producer: Frederick Howard for SF Norge AS Cast: Fridtjov Såheim, Kåre Hedebrant, Harald Weedon, Isak Nicolai Solli, Eira K. Stuedahl, Jana Opsahl Goli Release date: March 25, 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Contact: SF Norge AS Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls’ soccer team. He becomes acquainted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan for winning Susanne’s heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity. Cupid’s Balls is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent conflicts both off and on the soccer field. Kristoffer Metcalfe (1978) has earlier been working with documentaries and short films. He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2008. Cupid’s Balls is his first feature film. feature films 7 ASFALTENGLENE EAST END ANGELS Children’s film | 77 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Lars Berg Screenplay: Vibeke Idsøe and Kjersti Ugelstad based on an idea by Ellen Jacobsen Director of Photography: Gaute Gunnari Producer: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo AS Cast: Emma Høgh Åslein, Nini Bakke Kristensen, Helene Nybråten, Kristin Skogheim, Edward Schultheiss, Linghou Yu Spalder, Jeff Rana Release date: February 26, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Lars Berg (1959) was educated as a director at The American Film Institute and The San Francisco Art Institute. He debuted as a film director in 1995 with Dangerous Waters. He has also had a number of assignments for television. Berg received his first award at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival for his short film A Devil In The Closet. His children’s film Scars has received over 20 international prizes, including two First Prizes at the Berlin Film Festival. 8 feature films Vacation time. The 12-year-olds Maja, Rikke and Ohna are lazing around Ohna’s family restaurant Saigon House. They have great ambitions; they’re planning to not lift a finger this summer. But then the police come around, and find drugs hidden in the restaurant’s cold storage room. Saigon House is closed down, and Ohna’s elder brother is arrested. The girls know he is innocent, but he will not be released from prison before the drug ring is exposed. The East End Angels take on the case. They soon find themselves in the middle of a drama involving human trafficking, car chases, karate kicks, romance and spring rolls. Maja is smart, Ohna knows karate, Rikke sings like a lark. Together, they balance on top of high fences, and on the edge of the law, in order to solve the case. They get a helping hand from Orpham – a devil on bicycle, grandma Noi – a devil behind the wheel, and Fredriksen – a devil of a dog who thinks he is human. BABYCALL BABYCALL Drama/Thriller | 95 min | Colour Director: Pål Sletaune Screenplay: Pål Sletaune Director of Photography: John Andreas Andersen Producer: Turid Øversveen for 4 ½ AS Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring Release date: March 11, 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: The Match Factory An over-protective mother, who moves to a secret address with her eightyear-old son after a difficult divorce. She buys a babycall to better watch over him, which seems to be activated from other apartments in the block. One day she overhears what she thinks is the murder of a child. Director and screenwriter Pål Sletaune (1960) has degrees in literature, photo and art history from the University of Oslo. Sletaune has directed three feature films and several short films. Babycall is his fourth feature film. All his feature films have been chosen for major festivals, like Cannes, Venice and Toronto. His first feature, Junk Mail (1997), won the prestigious Critic’s Week at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1997. His features sold very well internationally, with two of his feature films also selling remake rights to the US and Australia. feature films 9 Bambieffekten the bambi effect Mockumentary | 85 min | HD Director: Øystein Stene Screenplay: Øystein Stene and Linda Gabrielsen Director of Photography: Øystein Lundstrøm Producers: Ravn Wikhaug and Johan Kaos for Feil Film Cast: Viktoria Winge, Julia Schacht, Kristoffer Joner, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Knut Joner, Ane Dahl Torp Release date: May 2011 Norwegian distributor: Europafilm AS Contact: Feil Film Veronica and Cecilie have met each other on the Internet, and have decided to commit suicide together. They travel to a cabin in a remote place out by the ocean in order to carry out their plan. Instead of leaving a suicide letter behind, the girls have brought along a camera in order to film the last days of their lives. However, they soon discover that their needs during these final days differ greatly. And to complicate it all, the boys in the next door cabin turn up. Øystein Stene (1969) holds a Master’s degree in literature from the University of Oslo. He works as a teacher at the National Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2003, he published the novel The Waiting Master. This is his feature film debut. 10 feature films BLÅFJELL 2 MAGIC SILVER 2 Family film | 80 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Arne Lindtner Næss Screenplay: Thomas Moldestad based on an idea by Gudny Hagen Producers: Lasse Greve Alsos and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for Storm Rosenberg AS Cast: Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Toralv Maurstad, Per Christian Ellefsen, Elsa Lystad, Geir Morstad Release date: November 18, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: NonStop Sales Magic Silver became a big success after its domestic premiere in Norway 2009 with over 350 000 admissions. Following up the success, Magic Silver2, will premiere in Norway around Christmas 2011, it is the first Norwegian and family film to be produced in 3D. The story is set high up in the Blue Mountain, where young queen Bluerose finds it more and more difficult to live within the boundaries of the Blue Gnome community. When she becomes aware that a dangerous glacier is threatening the Blue Mountain valley and the Red Gnomes living there, she sets out on a journey to find the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can change the weather. With this instrument she can maybe save the Red Gnomes... Arne Lindtner Næss has worked with all the Junior Olsen Gang films. In 2005, he directed Finding Friends, and in the winter of 2008, he worked with the family success SOS – Summer of Suspense. Arne Lindtner Næss has worked as an actor on several Norwegian theatre and cabaret stages, as well as in feature films and TV series. Since 1985, he has been working as a stage director, and later as a screenplay writer for several TV series. feature films 11 BREV TIL KONGEN A LETTER TO THE KING Drama | 105 min | Colour | Dolby SR·D Director: Hisham Zaman Screenplay: Hisham Zaman Director of Photography: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen Producer: Alan Milligan for Film Farms and Hisham Zaman for Zaman Film Cast: Ivan Anderson, Nazmi Kirik, Ali Bag Salimi, Raouf Saraj Release date: Autumn 2011 (TBA) Contact: Film Farms Hisham Zaman (1975), graduated from The National Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer in 2004. Zaman has made several award winning shorts during and after his studies at Lillehammer, most notably Bawke (2005) which has received more than 20 national and international awards. With A Letter to the King he once again captures the unique experiences of outsiders travelling in foreign lands with warmth, drama and humour. 12 feature films A Letter to the King follows a group of refugees on a bus bound for Oslo visiting the capital city in a land promising new beginnings. But for five people living on the outskirts of society, it’s a day to rectify the past and justify a new future. Beritan has a name, face and eight hours to avenge her husbands’ death. Akhbar must collect the money he is owed to buy a passport or face deportation. Zirek goes to great lengths to meet a girl and perhaps for just a moment, feel like a normal teenager. And Mirza, an 82 year old man, hopes to return to Iraq to bury his children found in one of Saddam’s mass graves. The King of Norway is his last hope in granting him his final wish. Though director Hisham Zaman’s characters may be foreigners in a new land, they are people with desires that live within us all. A Letter to the King will show us the streets of Oslo from a side unknown to most, by people unknown to all. BRØDRENE DAL OG VIKINGSVERDETS FORBANNELSE The Dal Brothers and the Viking Sword’s Curse Family film | 92 min | Colour Director: Wayne McKnight, Mikkel Magnus Producer: Mikkel Magnus for MagCat Produksjoner AS Cast: Trond Kirkvaag, Lars Mjøen, Knut Lystad, Tom Mathisen, Sigve Bøe, Benedicte Adrian, Ketil Høegh, Sigmund Sæverud, Dag Vågsås Release date: September 10, 2010 Distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Contact: MagCat Produksjoner AS At home in their living room, the Dal Brothers are fixing up the new Time Machine they bought on TV Shop. But suddenly something goes terribly wrong, and the machine evaporates with Gaus and Roms on board. The machine re surfaces in the Viking age, after a journey 1000 years back in time, close to where the amusement park Tusenfryd outside Oslo is situated today. Gaus and Roms have to settle a blood-spilling conflict between the two Viking clans Badejarlene and Granbarkebirkebeinerne. The dispute is all about which clan should get hold of the sword Tyrfing, a magical and invincible sword which guarantees its owner nearly unlimited wealth and power. But the sword is also inflicted with a terrible curse… All this is taking place while Brumund holds the fort at home, and communicates with his brothers over the Time Telephone, a kind of fancy video phone. feature films 13 ELIAS OG JAKTEN PÅ HAVETS GULL ELIAS AND THE TREASURE OF THE SEA Children’s animation | 87 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Lise I. Osvoll Screenplay: Anne Elvedal and Lise I. Osvoll based on an original concept by Alf Knutsen and Sigurd Slåttebrekk Producers: John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS Release date: December 10, 2010 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri Lise I. Osvoll was educated as a graphic designer, and was employed by Filmkameratene AS in 2004. She gradually advanced to screenplay writer and codirector of the Elias TV-series 2. She was co-director of the animation film Elias and the Royal Yacht. In 2003 and 2004, LIse Osvoll animated and directed the two short films One Second and A Newborn Nightmare. 14 feature films In this second film about the brave little rescue boat Elias and his friends Elias and the other fishingboats of Cozy Cove have looked forward to the annual Winter Fishing Season. It’s the start of the winter fishing season, and Cozy Cove’s future is threatened – they have to bring in a good catch this year in order to avoid being closed down. As soon as they put to sea, they are overwhelmed by a huge fleet of ultra-modern trawlers. The fleet belongs to the evil Polar Queen who has secretly built a brandnew fishing harbour just north of Cozy Cove in order to drive them out of business. But what she really wants is to find a sunken treasure and suspecting that Elias might know something of its whereabouts, she sends her reluctant assistant, Gaddy the mini-sub, to spy on him. EN GANSKE SNILL MANN A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN Comedy | 103 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR Director: Hans Petter Moland Screenplay: Kim Fupz Aakeson Director of Photography: Philip Øgaard Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Produksjoner AS Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Jannike Kruse Jåtog, Bjørn Floberg, Gard Eidsvold, Jan Gunnar Røise, Julia Bache Wiig, Jorunn Kjellsby, Bjørn Sundquist, Jon Øigarden, Kjersti Holmen Release date: March 19, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. He has killed some people and crippled a few. But this sort of stuff is part of the job when working in the criminal world. Just like doing time in prison. Now Ulrik is out again. Reluctantly… And Jensen is waiting on the outside. He’s a thug with professional pride. He takes care of his people and is concerned with keeping things in order. It is important for the boss that Ulrik settles his account by shooting the guy who ratted him out. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. He has no special wishes and makes no demands. He does not give too much thought to what he does either. He just does it. Whether this be a little affection or a killing. Then he looks up his son who has now become a grown man. A good man with an education, a girlfriend, and a future. But the son has a father who’s a murderer. His girlfriend doesn’t like it. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man – but how gentle can he be? A film graduate from USA’s Emerson College, Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland was awarded prizes for his commercials before he made his feature debut in 1993 with The Last Lieutenant. He followed up with Zero Kelvin (1995), Aberdeen (1999), Comrade Pedersen (2006). The Beautiful Country (2004), as well as A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) were selected for Competition in Berlin. feature films 15 EN HELT VANLIG DAG PÅ JOBBEN JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE Drama | 85 min | Colour | Scope | 5 reels | Dolby SR Director: Terje Rangnes Screenplay: Erlend Loe based on Håvard Melnæs novel En helt vanlig dag på jobben Director of Photography: Philip Øgaard Producer: Ørjan Karlsen for Folk Flest Film Produksjon AS Cast: Jan Gunnar Røise, Ingar Helge Gimle, Jon Øigarden, Jeppe Laursen, Nils Ole Oftebro Release date: March 12, 2010 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri Terje Rangnes (1966) has been scriptwriter, actor and director for television series for almost two decades before his debut as feature film director with this film. 16 feature films A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he ends up as a reporter for the celebrity magazine «Se og Hør». We are observing a man who gradually loses all inhibitions in order to reach the top in the country’s largest weekly magazine. He participates in the media’s intense chase on future Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and enters a close relationship with her father. This friendship is exploited for all it’s worth, providing «Se og Hør» with the best and most controversial source in the magazine’s history. Week after week, the young journalist is able to deliver unique material for the front page, and he quickly becomes the great star among the editorial staff. Just Another Day at the Office is a humorous film, but will also relate the story of the dirty methods, fat cheques, and generous portions of false flattery behind the best stories. A film without great heroes, in a reality the dimensions of which most of us do not grasp. FJELLET THE MOUNTAIN Drama | 73 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR Director: Ole Giæver Screenplay: Ole Giæver Director of Photography: Øystein Mamen Producers: Ole Giæver for Ferdinand Films and Karin Julsrud for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Marte Magnusdotter Solem Release date: February 28, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Sales: Bavaria Film International Nora and Solveig are hiking through a snow covered, rough but beautiful scenery on a tour of several days that will take the two young women to the top of a mountain. Solveig, three months pregnant, seems incapable of doing anything the way Nora wants her to. The further the women advance on their trip, the closer they come to the place where a tragic incident happened two years earlier; one that changed their lives completely.... Ole Giæver was born and raised in Tromsø. He graduated from the Nordland Art and Film School in Lofoten, and the Konstfack in Stockholm. He has been nominated for the European Film Awards for Best Short Film (Tommy) in 2007, and the Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (Summers Past) in 2008. feature films 17 FRITT VILT III COLD PREY III Thriller | 97 min | Colour Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Peder Fuglerud Director of Photography: Ari Willey Producers: Martin Sundland, Kristian Sinkerud and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon AS Cast: Ida Marie Bakkerud, Kim S. Falck Jørgensen, Pål Stokka, Julie Rusti, Arthur Berning, Sturla Valdal Rui Release date: October 15, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Cold Prey III is the sequel to the thrillers Cold Prey and Cold Prey II, which both became great box office successes. This film relates the astonishing, dramatic and frightening previous history of the Stehøe mountain hotel during the years before the events taking place in the first film. Mikkel Brænne Sandemose is one of the country’s most experienced film directors in the field of commercials. He has won both national and international awards for his work. He has also made several award- winning music videos. Cold Prey III is his debut as a feature film director. 18 feature films FÅ MEG PÅ, FOR FAEN TURN ME ON, goddammit Youth comedy | Colour Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen Screenplay: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen based on Olaug Nilsen’s novel Få meg på for faen Producers: Brede Hovland and Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS Cast: Helene Bergsholm, Matias Myren, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Henriette Steenstrup Release date: September 2, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Contact: Motlys AS Alma, a teenage girl in small-town Norway, is horny and on the look-out for love. She becomes an outcast after claiming to have had an encounter with the private parts of the school´s heartthrob Artur. Her world is turned upside down and she desperately want to get out of town and on with her life. Turn Me On, Goddammit is a humorous, bittersweet and tender tale of teen angst and horniness set among the mountains and fjords of Norway. Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (1975) has studied film directing with focus on documentaries at FAMU – The National Film School of the Czech Republic and London International Film School. She has also studied Dramaturgy/Drama and Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. First time writer and director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen has previously directed documentaries with a great sense of humour. Turn me on, Goddammit is her first entry into fiction. feature films 19 GRÅTASS FÅR EN NY VENN LITTLE GREY FERGIE and his NEW FRIEND clunky Family film | app. 80 min | Colour | 1:1,85 Director: Trond Jacobsen Screenplay: Morten Myklebust Directors of Photography: Morten Andreassen and Joachim Nordström Producer: Anne Amalie Thowsen for Fantasi-Fabrikken AS Cast: Tiril Heide-Steen, Dan Robert Thorsen, Ole-Kristian Lima, Dag Vågsås, Heljar Berge, Joachim Berg Release date: February 18, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: NonStop Sales Trond Jacobsen (1967) has studied TV directing at Lillehammer College. The past 15 years, he has worked as a director of films, TV series and animation for children. He is also a producer and photographer of international documentary films. He has both been nominated and won awards for his work in Norway and abroad. This is his second feature film. 20 feature films Little Grey Fergie is thriving on the farm, but at times he feels lonely. Therefore, he gets Goggen to build the fully automatic, electric, self-propelled Clunky! However, when Clunky surpasses him in popularity, Fergie becomes jealous and does some foolish things to prevent Goggen from presenting Clunky at an invention competition at the annual fair in the village. As the scrap dealers Hubert and Hieronemus kidnap Clunky, and Fergie realizes that it makes Goggen very sad, he regrets what he did and sets out to get the scoundrels. HJELP, VI ER I FILMBRANSJEN! English title tba Comedy | 100 min | Colour Directors: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen Screenplay: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen Producers: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Kjetil Omberg for Tappeluft Pictures AS Cast: Henrik Thodesen, Odd Magnus Williamson, Stig Frode Henriksen, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Marte Germaine Christensen, Jenny Skavlan, Christian Rubeck, Julia Schacht Release date: July 29, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: Euforia Film AS Glenn has been dumped by his girlfriend. He is lonely, and terribly difficult to deal with. He lives in a commune with three other slackers in their late twenties. To cheer him up, his buddies get a brilliant idea. How about organizing a fake audition for a non-existing feature film? The role to be advertised will include all the qualities Glenn is looking for in a girl, and maybe he will find a new girlfriend during the audition rounds. After a series of unsuccessful auditions, they find Linda, a girl that Glenn falls for immediately. So much so that he offers her the part in order to be able to hang out with her. Not the smartest move ever. As a relationship starts developing between the two, questions arise. Like, when will shooting start? What’s the budget like? Who will play the other roles? It all culminates when it turns out that Linda’s mother is a wealthy investor who insists on providing capital for the production. To keep up appearances and to save what may potentially develop with Linda, Glenn and the boys have to start their production and actually make the film. Patrik Syversen’s feature film debut was Manhunt. He is a typical film fanatic, and loves horror film just as much as character drama. He graduated from Oslo Film and TV Academy, and had formerly made the novella film Elsewhere, in collaboration with Nini Bull Robsahm. They have now continued their collaboration with this new comedy. feature films 21 HJELP, VI ER RUSS! GRADUATES Comedy | 90 min | Colour Director: Kenneth Olaf Hjellum Screenplay: Stig Frode Henriksen and Kenneth Olaf Hjellum Director of Photography: Øystein Lundstrøm Producers: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Kjetil Omberg Cast: Erlend Fougner, Bjørnar Nilsen Øksenvåg, Marte Aunemo, Even Vesterhus, Kristi-Helene Engeberg, Kristoffer Gustavsen, Vinh Duy Nguyen, Are Kalvø, Kristoffer Joner, Aslag Guttormsgaard Release date: April 15, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: Euforia Film AS After graduating from London Film School in 2006, Kenneth Olaf Hjellum (1974) has been behind a string of short films and music videos, many of which have participated at festivals and won awards. He has also worked as script supervisor on feature films like Norwegian Ninja, Tomme tønner, Detour and Dead Snow. Graduates is Kenneth’s debut as a feature film director, it is frighteningly inspired by his own graduation period… 22 feature films Markus and Robert have finally reached their goal. 12 years of schooling are nearly over, and everything they’ve learned is to be washed away in an unprecedented celebration. Their only problem is that they reside in Ødvåg, Norways tiniest and most windswept dump, and that the money they saved up for the celebration is nowhere to be found. So the challenge is to get together the greatest graduation celebration ever, without cash. And of course to get laid. Markus’ target is Caroline. The most attractive broad at school. Together with Truls, Kjell Arne and Vigdis – or Owlis as Kjell Arne calls her, they dig out a wreck of a minibus from an abandoned barn. And with a minor financial contribution from the Chinese exchange student Yao Ming, it looks like they might even get it on the road. The road to Nirvana: The graduate gathering in Stavanger! HJEM TIL JUL HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Drama | 90 min | Colour | Scope | 5 reels | Dolby SR·D Director: Bent Hamer Screenplay: Bent Hamer based on the novel Bare mjuke pakker under treet by Levi Henriksen Director of Photography: John Christian Rosenlund Producer: Bent Hamer for BulBul Film AS Cast: Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Fridtjov Såheim, Reidar Sørensen, Ingunn Beate Øyen, Nina Andresen-Borud, Joachim Calmeyer, Sarah Vintu Sakor, Morten Ilseng Risnes release date: November 12, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: The Match Factory Bent Hamer’s sixth feature film Home for Christmas is based on several stories from the Norwegian writer Levi Henriksen’s collection of short stories Bare mjuke pakker under treet. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions. Director, scriptwriter, producer, and owner of the film production company BulBul Film AS (est. 1994) Bent Hamer, was born in Sandefjord, Norway. He was educated in Film Theory and Literature at Stockholms Universitet and Stockholms Filmskola. His latest feature film, O’Horten, had its international premiere in Un Certain Regard in 2008. His other feature films include Factotum (2005), Kitchen Stories (2003) and Eggs (1995). feature films 23 HODEJEGERNE HEADHUNTERS Action/thriller | 95 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Morten Tyldum Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg based on Jo Nesbø’s novel Hodejegerne Director of Photography: John Andreas Andersen Producers: Asle Vatn for Friland Film and Marianne Gray for Yellow Bird Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund Release date: August 26, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Morten Tyldum made his breakthrough as director with the film Buddy in 2003. Buddy won the audience award at Karlovy vary film festival the same year and achieved impressive cinema audience numbers in Norway. Buddy was awarded Amanda awards for Best Film and Best Male Lead Actor. Morten’s second film, the thriller Fallen Angels, was nominated for five Amanda awards in 2008. His confident style and talent for action and humour has made him director of some of the most expensive and influential commercials ever produced in Norway. 24 feature films Besides being only 1.68 meters tall, Roger is a man who seems to have everything; he’s the most successful Headhunter in Norway, married to the almost-too-beautiful art gallery owner Diana, living in a mega-expensive house – but to keep his finances afloat he has taken up a sideline; stealing art, and a little bit too much of it. Claes Greve is seemingly the perfect candidate to recruit for one of Roger’s clients, with his background as a soldier in the Special Forces and a CEO of an electronics firm. On top of that Greve is the proud owner of a valuable painting. Roger sees this as his chance to get out of debt for good, and starts planning his big, final theft. But he soon finds out that Greve is playing a game of his own. When Roger breaks into Greve’s apartment he discovers something that turns his whole world upside down, and now he’s forced to run for his life... JEG REISER ALENE I TRAVEL ALONE Drama | 94 min | Colour | Dolby SR·D Director: Stian Kristiansen Screenplay: Tore Renberg based on his own novel Charlotte Isabel Hansen Director of Photography: Philip Øgaard Producer: Ynge Sæther for Motlys AS Cast: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Amina Eleonora Bergrem, Trine Wiggen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Marte Aarseth, Henriette Steenstrup og Gustaf Hammarsten Release date: February 11, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS sales: NonStop Sales Jarle Klepp (25) is a talented student, spending his time on music, sex and Marcel Proust. Jarle is about to find out he has a daughter from a one night stand seven years ago. And now she is coming to visit. An atomic bomb of Tamagochis and Princess Diana is going to explode in his face. I Travel Alone is an angry comedy about a young man who doesn’t want to grow up – and a touching story about a small girl discovering her father. Stian Kristiansen (1972) graduated from The Norwegian National Filmschool in 2006 and directed his first feature The Man Who Loved Yngve in 2008. It was seen by 175.000 at the cinema, won 4 Amanda Prizes (The Norwegian Oscar) and 3 Kanon Prizes (he won for best director at them both). The film was awarded Best Film at Nordische Filmtage in Lübeck and was nominated as the Norwegian candidate for The Nordic Council’s Film Prize 2008. I Travel Alone is his second feature, where he again comes together with the creative team from his debut film. feature films 25 JØRGEN + ANNE = SANT TOTALLY TRUE LOVE Family comedy | 86 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D Director: Anne Sewitsky Screenplay: Kamilla Krogsveen based on the novel Jørgen + Anne er sant by Vigdis Hiorth Director of Photography: Anna Myking Producers: Teréz Hollo-Klausen, Tanya N. Badendyck and Silje Hopland Eik for Cinenord Kidstory AS Cast: Maria Annette Tanderø Berglyd, Aurora Bach Bodal, Vilde Fredriksen Verlo, Kristin Langsrud, Otto Garli, Peder Holene, Sigurd Sæthereng, Adrian Holte Kristiansen, Morten Faldaas, Birgitte Victoria Svendsen, Torkil Høeg Release date: February 25, 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri Anne, 10, is an energetic girl whose favorite activities are tree-climbing and running. When the new boy in class, Jørgen, moves into the haunted house down the road, Anne’s world is turned upside down; she falls head over heels in love with him. All the girls in Anne’s class fall for Jørgen as well, including beautiful blonde pony-tailed Ellen. But that is of no hindrance to Anne; she is willing to go further than anyone to win him over. When done in the name of love, everything is allowed...isn’t it? Anne Sewitsky (1972) has previously directed short films; among them Oh, My God! which participated and won a prize in Berlin Generation K Plus in 2009. She has also worked for the drama division of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). She graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2006 and her debut as feature film director is Happy, Happy which premiered in Norway in the autumn of 2010 and won the World Cinema Grand Jury Award in Sundance in 2011. 26 feature films KEEPERN TIL LIVERPOOL THE LIVERPOOL GOALIE Children’s film | 90 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | 5 reels | Dolby SR·D Director: Arild Andresen Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad based on the novel Keepern til Tunisia by Lars Mæhle Director of Photography: Gaute Gunnari Producers: Håkon Øverås and Karin Julsrud for 4 1/2 Fiksjon AS Cast: Asle van der Hagen, Sussanne Boucher, Andrine Sæther, Frithjov Såheim Release date: August 13, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: NonStop Sales The Liverpool Goalie is a warm comedy, in which both girls and boys play football, worship their idols, and are frustrated by complicated friendships, young love, anxious mothers and overambitious football coaches. At the heart of the events, we find twelve year old Jo. Jo tries to avoid both potential girlfriends, mothers and football coaches, as he is hunting desperately for a rare football card which he believes will solve all his problems. Jo has a smart head, but a weak body. Even so, he gets by relatively well – until Mari throws him a glance, and he acquires The Liverpool Goalie. Arild Andresen has represented Moland Film Company as a director of commercials, and has since 1999 directed around 100 commercials. He has received many national and international prizes for commercials and commissioned films. He has directed the short films Mary (2000) and Sit Quiet (2003) as well as the Emmy-nominated TV series The Boys. The Liverpool Goalie is his first feature film. feature films 27 KNERTEN GIFTER SEG TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT Family film | 76 min | Colour | Scope | 4 reels | Dolby SR·D Director: Martin Lund Screenplay: Birgitte Bratseth based on Anne-Cath. Vestly’s novels about Twigson Director of Photography: Morten Halfstad Forsberg Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox AS Cast: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise, Petrus A. Christensen Release date: September 24, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Scanbox Sales: Sola Media GmbH Twigson meets Karoline. A one-of-a-kind birch twig. It takes an extraordinary girl to match a twig like Twigson. Because twigs like Twigson do not grow on trees. Twigson Ties the Knot is a story which is partly about two bees, a good deal about solving a crime, and a whole lot about being in love. Martin Lund was educated as Art Director at Wester dals School of Communication and as director at the Norwegian Film School. In 2004, he conquered Norwegian and foreign film festivals with his first short Home Game, which was screened at numerous international festivals, including Sundance and Clermont-Ferrand. Twigson Ties the Knot is his feature film debut. 28 feature films KNERTEN I KNIPE TWIGSON IN A PINCH Family film | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Arild Østin Ommundsen Screenplay: Kristin Skogheim based on Anne-Cath. Vestly’s novels about Twigson Director of Photography: Trond Tønder Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox AS Cast: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise, Petrus A. Christensen Release date: September 23, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Scanbox Sales: Sola Media GmbH Twigson, Junior and his family has moved to Bessby. Twigson and Karoline has welcomed a son, Mini-Twigson, and the joy is palpable. But Mother and Father are worried about Junior. They have been living there for a couple of months, and he still hasn’t made any new friends. Junior doesn’t care. He doesn’t care much for the bully Gunnar and his friends on the street. And besides, he has Twigson. They make a pact to not have any other friends. For ever. Arild Østin Ommundsen’s first full feature film was the audience success Mongoland in 2001. In 2005, his second feature film Monster Thursday was selected, as the first Norwegian film ever, to participate in a competition at Sundance Film Festival. His latest film was Rat Nights. Arild Østin Ommundsen has also made music videos, commercial films, and a number of short films. feature films 29 KOMMANDØR TREHOLT & NINJATROPPEN NORWEGIAN NINJA Action/comedy | 77 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D Director: Thomas Cappelen Malling Screenplay: Thomas Cappelen Malling based on his own novel Kommandør Treholts Ninjateknikk II: Usynlighet i strid 1978 Director of Photography: Trond Høines Producer: Eric Vogel for Tordenfilm AS Cast: Mads Ousdal, Jon Øigarden, Linn Stokke, Amund Maarud, Dean Erik Andersen, Terje Strømdahl Release date: August 13, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Sales: Celluloid Nightmares Norwegian Ninja is the true story of how Commandeer Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. In 1983 the Ninja Force discovers that the Shadow Government, who take charge in times of war and emergency, are planning a coup-d’état in peacetime. Treholt and the Ninjas see only one solution: a solid can of whoop-ass! Writer and director Thomas Cappelen Malling (1970) comes from Kongsvinger, Norway. His professional background is from the communication industry and he is the author of the cult book Kommandør Arne Treholts Ninjateknikk II: Usynlighet i strid 1978. Norwegian Ninja is his feature film debut. 30 feature films KONG CURLING CURLING KING Comedy | Colour Director: Ole Endresen Screenplay: Ole Endresen and Atle Antonsen Producer: Håkon Øverås for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Cast: Atle Antonsen, Jon Øigarden, Steinar Sagen, Jan Sælid, Ingar Helge Gimle, Ane Dahl Torp, Linn Skåber, Kåre Conradi, Anne Marit Jacobsen Release date: September 2, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Scanbox AS Contact: 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play? Ole Endresen has long experience in making sketch based comedies, and commercials. He has directed Out in Our Garden, Team Antonsen, God kveld Dagfinn and Tre brødre som ikke er brødre. His debut as a drama director came with the television series Etaten in 2006. Curling King will be his first feature film. feature films 31 KONGEN AV BASTØY KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND Drama | 115 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D Director: Marius Holst Screenplay: Dennis Magnusson based on a story by Lars Saabye Christensen and Mette Marit Bølstad Director of Photography: John Andreas Andersen Producer: Karin Julsrud for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Cast: Benjamin Heistad, Trond Nilsen, Kristoffer Joner, Stellan Skarsgård Release date: December 17, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film Sales: Les Films du Losange Marius Holst became internationally known with his feature film Cross my Heart and Hope to Die which was in Competition in Berlin 1995 and won the Blaue Engel Award. Since then he has made numerous commercials. In 2001 he returned to feature production with Pål Sletaune within their joint company 4 ½, with the film Dragonflies and in 2007 with the film Mirush. 32 feature films Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastøy, located in the Oslo fjord, live a group of delinquent, young boys aged 11 to 18. The boy’s daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. Instead of the boys being straightened out with education they end up being used as cheap, manual labor. The boys attempt to survive by adapting to their inhumane conditions. One day a new boy, Erling (17), arrives with his own agenda; how to escape from the island. How far is he willing to go in order to get his freedom? After a tragic incident takes place, Erling ends up forced into the destinies of the other boys by leading them into a violent uprising. Once the boys manage to take over Bastøy, 150 government soldiers are sent in to restore order. KON-TIKI KON-TIKI Drama | Colour Directors: Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg Screenplay: Petter Skavland Producer: Aage Aaberge and Jeremy Thomas for Nordisk Film Production Release date: Winter 2012 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: HanWay Films In this dangerous sea-faring adventure, six men sail from Peru to Polynesia on a fragile balsa-wood raft, risking their lives for an idea that could change history. Led by Thor, a handsome captain who can’t swim, the crew has no modern equipment. Setting off under the spotlight of the world’s press, they navigate the vast Pacific using the stars, with the currents as their rudder. Battling sharks, inner and outer demons. It’s six men against nature as the Kon-Tiki strives to reach land. Having sacrificed everything for his mission, even his marriage, Thor must succeed. The strongest force in nature is the will to survive. Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg graduated from Stockholm Film School, Sweden, in 1996. Under their professional name Roenberg, they are credited with hundreds of outstanding commercials made all over the world. Roenning and Sandberg’s and first feature film was Bandidas, starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek, for producer Luc Besson and Europacorp in Mexico. They followed up with the audience success Max Manus. feature films 33 LIMBO LIMBO Drama | 105 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D Director: Maria Sødahl Screenplay: Maria Sødahl Director of Photography: Manuel Claro Alberto Producers: Gudny Hummelvoll and Petter Borgli for SF Norge Produksjon Cast: Line Verndal, Henrik Rafaelsen, Lena Endre, Bryan Brown Release date: September 10, 2010 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri With expat circles in the Trinidad oil business as a backdrop, Limbo is a film about love, temptations, and deceit in an environment a long, long way from home. A young family arrives straight from the Norwegian reality of the 70’s to an international milieu where men still keep lovers, servants take care of house and children, while the housewives gather poolside for gin and tonics – like listless, rootless ticking bombs, distraught with frustration. Maria Sødahl was educated as a director at the Danish Film School in 1993. She has directed TVdrama, documentaries and numerous short films. Maria has won multiple national and international awards for her previous work. Limbo is her feature film debut as writer/director. 34 feature films MASKEBLOMSTFAMILIEN SHAMELESS Drama | 97 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SRD Director: Petter Næss Screenplay: Lars Saabye Christensen and Åse Vikene based on the novel Maskeblomstfamilien by Lars Saabye Christensen Director of Photography: Daniel Voldheim Producer: Dag Alveberg for Maipo AS Cast: Marcus Arnseth, Kjersti Holmen, Maria Bonnevie, Eindride Eidsvold, Hallvard Holmen Release date: October 10, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS It is the summer of 1951. Lillian and Amund Wang have their first and only child. A boy. Or is it a girl? Outside, there’s a solar eclipse. The birds stop singing. The parents refuse the surgery which could have made Adrian a complete human being. The apartment in Oscarsgate turns into a hothouse where the most horrible flowers grow. This is where the divided Adrian grows up, with simulation, silence, lies and dying love. This is where he learns to know his shamelessness. In the summer of 1966, Adrian overhears the conversation which will sum up and seal his fate. He does not choose the role of the victim, but that of the aggressor: He declares war on his parents, and gathers an energy which proves redeeming, but also perilous to everyone around him, as he gradually loses control over it. Petter Næss (1960) has worked as an actor, screenplay writer and instructor within the film and theatre world. He directed his first feature film in 1999, the humorous Absolute Hang over. His second film was Elling, which was seen by almost 800,000 people in Norway, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Feature. In 2005, he directed Love Me Tomorrow, the last film about Elling. In between those two films, he has also had the responsibility of directing these films: the youth film Just Bea, the Hollywood debut Mozart and the Whale, the Swedish children’s film Leaps and Bounds and Gone With the Woman. feature films 35 MENNESKER I SOLEN PEOPLE IN THE SUN Comedy | 80 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D Director: Per-Olav Sørensen Screenplay: Jonas Gardell Director of Photography: John Christian Rosenlund Producers: Cornelia Boysen and Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo AS Cast: Ghita Nørby, Kjersti Holmen, Ane Dahl Torp, Jon Øigarden, Ingar Helge Gimle, Oscar Lunde Release date: March 4, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Per-Olav Sørensen (1953) is a director, dramatist and producer. Since 1993, he has staged a number of success performances at both international and Norwegian theatres, primarily for the National Theatre, Oslo Nye Teater and with his own company POS Theatre Company. For the past six years, Sørensen has worked increasingly with motion pictures. He has directed all of 43 TV dramas. 36 feature films It’s Midsummer Eve, and the sun blazes from a cloudless sky. At the camping ground, vacation season has started. Buses arrive to transport the guests to the great Midsummer party some distance from the camping ground. However, two couples decide to stay behind and enjoy the tranquility and they decide to celebrate Midsummer Eve together. They have not celebrated long before extraordinary natural phenomena surround them. With Mrs. Sørensen’s arrival, the peculiar natural phenomena escalate. But the cabin guests continue partying. As nature steps up its attack, and things actually start resembling Doomsday, they discover that little Simon is missing. All in all a traditional summer comedy, except for the fact that it’s the end of the world. MØRKE SJELER DARK SOULS Horror | 95 min | Colour Directors: Mathieu Peteul, César Ducasse Screenplay: César Ducasse, Mathieu Peteul Directors of Photography: César Ducasse, Mathieu Peteul Producers: Maria Havig-Gjelseth, César Ducasse and Mathieu Peteul for Addict Films AS Cast: Morten Rudå, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Ida Elise Broch, Johanna Gustavsson, Jan Hårstad, Karl Sundby, Marianne Rødje, Henrik Scheele Release date: January 14, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Addict Film AS Sales: DC Medias Johanna is assaulted and apparently killed while jogging in the forest. But at the same time as her father gets a phone call from the police with the tragic news, Johanna comes walking in the door to their home. Johanna’s father decides to initiate his own investigation. He sets out on a dark and fearful hunt, full of conspirations, lost memories and zombie-like symptoms. César Ducasse and Mathieu Peteul are both French. They have formerly directed several short films and one feature film. Since 2004, César Ducasse has lived in Norway, where he works as a film director and film editor. feature films 37 NOKAS NOKAS Drama | 90 min | Colour Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg Screenplay: Christopher Grøndahl Producer: Jan Aksel Angeltvedt for Alligator Film Cast: Frode Winther, Tov Sletta, Morten Larsen, Marit Synnøve Berg, Francis Gamble, Bente Grønnestad, Morten Håland, Thomas Natland, Lars Morten Skaiaa, Hege Kristin Sunde, Jan Erik Wetteland Release date: October 1, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Contact: Alligator Film Erik Skjoldbjærg (1964) is a talented and well re spected Norwegian director and writer. His feature directing debut was Insomnia (1997), which he also co-wrote. The film was very well received, and was remade by Christopher Nolan in 2002, starring Al Pachino and Robin Williams. His latest feature was An Enemy of the People (2005), an adaption of Ibsen’s famous play that he both directed and co-wrote. Skjoldbjærg has also directed several tv-series. 38 feature films In the morning of the 5th of April 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the perspective of the police, the robbers, the central cash service personnel, and ordinary people. It’s a credible and realistic, but fictitious reconstruction, the way it could have happened. The story is poetically and filmatically depicted, with sober use of various genre techniques. OLSENBANDEN JR. og MESTERTYVENS SKATT THE JUNIOR OLSEN GANG AND THE MASTER THIEF Children’s film | 86 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | 4 reels | Dolby SR·D Director: Arne Lindtner Næss Screenplay: Arne Lindtner Næss and Peder Hamdahl Næss Director of Photography: Kjell Vassdal Producer: Roy Anderson for Nordisk Film & TV AS Cast: Thomas Stene-Johansen, Fridtjof Tangen, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Thorbjørn Harr, Hilde Lyrån, Jan Grønli, Ivar Nørve, Anders Hatlo, Johannes Joner Release date: January 29, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief is set in the early 1960’s. Egon Olsen gets on the track of two sinister characters running an old people’s home, where a pensioner by the name of Eugen Olsen resides. The sinister blokes are convinced Eugen is loaded, and has hidden his fortune in a secret place. They try to trick him into revealing where the money is, but are met with challenges. Eugen Olsen has started raving about a grandchild in Oslo, none other than Egon Olsen! Egon learns that the progenitor of his family was the master thief Ole Høiland, who robbed the National Bank of Norway in 1835. This makes a great impression on Egon. And when his grandfather tells him that not all the money Ole stole at the time was found, and may be hidden somewhere waiting for them, Egon is willing to help him. Egon, Kjell and Benny throw themselves into a thrilling treasure hunt. Everything is timed and prepared for a new adventure with The Junior Olsen Gang. Arne Lindtner Næss has worked with all the Junior Olsen Gang films. In 2005, he directed Finding Friends, and in the winter of 2008, he worked with the family success SOS – Summer of Suspense. Arne Lindtner Næss has worked as an actor on several Norwegian theatre and cabaret stages, as well as in feature films and TV series. Since 1985, he has been working as a stage director, and later as a screenplay writer for several TV series. feature films 39 OSLO, 31. AUGUST oslo, august 31st Drama | 105 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Joachim Trier Screenplay: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier based on Le Feu Follet by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle Director of Photography: Jakob Ihre Producers: Yngve Sæther, Sigve Endresen and Hans Jørgen Osnes for Motlys AS Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal, Tone Mostraum Release date: August 31, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: The Match Factory GmbH One man, one city, 24 hours. A new film by Joachim Trier and the team behind the highly acclaimed Reprise – inspired by the cult novel Le feu follet. Oslo, August 31st is a portrait of contemporary Oslo. A visually striking and quietly shattering drama about a man in deep existential crisis. Joachim Trier (1974) graduated from the National Film and Television School in England (2000). The critically acclaimed film Reprise (2006) was his feature debut. 40 feature films PAX PAX Drama | 75 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Annette Sjursen Screenplay: Annette Sjursen and Lars Saabye Christensen Director of Photography: Piotr Mokrosinski Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Samuel Fröhler, Ida Elise Broch, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Kristoffer Joner, Tomas von Brömssen, Anneke von der Lippe, Pia Tjelta, Ane Dahl Torp Release date: March 4, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Scanbox Contact: Paradox AS PAX is a grand-scale drama. An intimate and powerful romantic film about seven people’s encounter with themselves as life forces them into the raging storm. They all have someone waiting. PAX, the Latin word for peace, is also flight terminology for flight passengers. When flying in an airplane we are all «pax». Seven people are on their way from Stockholm to Oslo, a heart is on its way from one body to another, and a piece of music is in the process of being composed. A conductor, a physician, a nun, a journalist, a photographer, a publisher and a ten year old girl are among the passengers on board a fully booked airplane. One of the plane’s engines explodes, the cabin pressure falls, and the plane has to descend to a lower altitude, with turbulent weather conditions. The next day, nothing is like it used to be. Director Annette Sjursen worked as a journalist and a film critic before she started making her own movies. After her third short film Dublin in Rain, which became renowned internationally, she debuted with the feature film My Jealous Barber. It became a success among critics, and won several awards. With PAX Sjursen takes a leap from intimate comedy into epic drama. She also wrote the original script for the film. feature films 41 PELLE POLITIBIL GÅR I VANNET PLODDY THE POLICE CAR MAKES A SPLASH Children’s animation | 72 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Rasmus Sivertsen Screenplay: Arthur Johansen based on a character created by Åge Magnussen Producer: Aage Aaberge for Neofilm Release date: January 8, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Rasmus A. Sivertsen (1972) studied animation at the Volda College. Since he graduated in 1995, Rasmus has been an active figure in the Scandinavian animation industry. He was a co-director on the animated feature film Captain Sabertooth and his director experience abroad includes the 26 episodes, HBO TV-series, Lisa. As a co-owner of Qvisten Animation he has directed several commercials, of one he has won a Bronze Lion in Cannes. 42 feature films In a powerful autumn storm the power line providing Bodø town with electricity is cut off. Pelle the Policecar acts responsibly and pulls a new cable across the mountain against the wind, so that the town can have light and heating back again. But when the job is finished, Pelle backs into the severed cable, and is jolted by a powerful electric shock. Everyone in Bodø fears that the strain was too much for little Pelle, but once again a miracle occurs. Pelle comes back to life – now as an electric car. Full of pure energy, Pelle puts up a figtht against the Badger brothers. The brothers bottle the water and sell it at a high price in the excruciating summer heat. In addition, they endanger the fauna when they build a huge, monstrous dam above the peaceful little town. Together with his little girl friend Oda Otter, Pelle exposes their plan, but a long, hard battle is fought before Pelle is finally able to settle the score with the two environmental criminals. PÅ BØLGELENGDE TYING THE KNOT Comedy | 83 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Stereo Director: Frode N. Nordås Screenplay: Frode N. Nordås Director of Photography: Frode N. Nordås Producer: Frode N. Nordås for Nordås Film Cast: Thomas Aske Berg, Ingrid M. Tolstad, Håkon Karoliussen, Vera Holte, Bjørn Moan Release date: April 15, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Europafilm AS Contact: Nordås Film Vivan and Jonny have been a couple for a long time, and she wants a baby. When two of their friends get married, Vivian takes a stand. «Marry me, or else I’ll marry my ex, Jan Perry!» When Jonny realizes that Vivian is actually going to marry Jan Perry, he is compelled to act before it’s too late. Intrigues and complications are some of the ingredients in this wild race towards a happy ending and a magnificent wedding, if Jonny gets his way. Frode Nordås (1972) has formerly made the feature film Pakken, as well as many short films and documen taries for NRK. He has written a doctoral dissertation on digital film production in Norway, and teaches Media and Communication at Oslo University College. feature films 43 RØDT HJERTE RED HEART Drama | 77 min | Colour Director: Halkawt Mustafa Screenplay: Halkawt Mustafa and Jabar J. Xarib Producers: Egil Ødegård, Anders Graham and Halkawt Mustafa for Filmhuset AS and Hene Film Cast: Shahen Jamal, Soran Ibrahim, Ali Ahmed Release date: March 2011 Norwegian distributor: Europafilm AS Contact: Filmhuset AS Sihrin, a 19 year old Kurdish girl, learn that her father will trade her for a new bride. She escapes with her secret boyfriend to the big city. Halkawt Mustafa (1985) was born in Sulaymani, Kurdistan, North Iraq. He moved to Norway with his family in 2000 and is a Norwegian citizen. Red Heart will be his first feature film. 44 feature films SYKT LYKKELIG HAPPY, HAPPY Drama/comedy | 85 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SRD Director: Anna Sewitsky Screenplay: Ragnhild Tronvoll Director of Photography: Anna Myking Producer: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo AS Cast: Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Maibritt Saerens, Joachim Rafaelsen Release date: November 5, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she «isn’t particularly attractive» anymore. Whatever. That’s life. But when «the perfect couple» moves in next door, Kaja struggles to keep her emotions in check. Not only do these successful, beautiful, exciting people sing in a choir; they have also adopted a child – from Ethiopia! These new neighbors open a new world to Kaja, with consequences for everyone involved. And when Christmas comes around, it becomes evident that nothing will ever be like before – even if Kaja tries her very best. Anne Sewitsky (1977) studied directing at The Norwegian Film School, graduating in 2006. She has later worked for the drama division of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Here, her roles included: scriptwriter, consultant and she has worked as a script developer at Tordenfilm, as well as directing the short film Oh, My God!. Happy, Happy is her first feature film. Her second Totally True Love opened the Berlin’s Generation KPlus in 2011. feature films 45 SØNNER AV NORGE SONS OF NORWAY Drama | Colour Director: Jens Lien Screenplay: Nikolaj Frobenius based on his partly autobiographical novel Teori & praksis Producers: Asle Vatn and Christian Fredrik Martin for Friland AS Cast: Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høegh, Sonja Richter Release date: September 2011 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: Films Distribution Sons of Norway is an energetic film about revolt, punk rock, suburban hell and the eternal struggle between freaks and punks. And it’s not least a touching story of an unusual father-son relationship, and about the strength of the bonds we sometimes do our best to rip apart. In 1990 Jens Lien went to London to play rock ‘n’ roll. 3 years later he returned as a filmmaker educated at the London International Film School. Among his numerous short films are Shut the Door (2000) and Natural Glasses (2001) both invited for the Official Competition in Cannes. His award winning feature debut Jonny Vang from 2003 premiered in Panorama in Berlin. He continued with the award-winning The Bothersome Man with World Premiere in Critics’ Week in Cannes 2006. 46 feature films TOMME TØNNER English title tba Comedy | 87 min | Colour Directors: Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén Screenplay: Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén Producers: Terje Strømstad and Kjetil Omberg for Tomme Tønner AS Cast: Leon Bashir, Anders Danielsen Lie, Farrakh Abbas, Kim Bodnia, Kristoffer Joner, Jenny Skavlan, Slavko Labovic, Kyrre Hellum, Yasmin Garbi, Geir Børresen, Bjørn Sundquist, Vegar Hoel, Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen, Lene Alexandra Øien Release date: January 8, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: Euforia Film AS Three small-time criminals finally get the chance to climb the ladder – but manage to mess it all up in royal manners... The artistically responsible directors are Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén. They have jointly written and directed the film. In addition, Bashir plays the leading role. feature films 47 TOMME TØNNER 2 – DET BRUNE GULLET English title tba Comedy | 90 min | Colour Directors: Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén Screenplay: Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén Producers: Kjetil Omberg, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Terje Strømsdahl for Tappeluft Pictures AS Cast: Leon Bashir, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Farack Abbas, Jenny Skavlan, Kim Bodnia, Vegar Hoel, Kyrre Hellum, Helge Jordal, Kristoffer Joner Release date: January 7, 2011 Distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: Euforia Film AS The artistically responsible directors are Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén. They have jointly written and directed the previous film Tomme tønner as well as this sequel. In addition, Bashir plays the leading role in both films. 48 feature films Ali and his gang are back. After a somewhat involuntary «vacation» in one of the capital’s rather draughty establishments, Ali has finally had it. He has a plan which cannot go wrong; he will become a law-abiding citizen. Just like a number of prosperous men in his family, Ali is going to get a kebab shop together, and get rich from feeding drunken, hungry Norwegians. The brown gold will make him a wealthy man. But of course it doesn’t work out as planned. Because it’s no piece of cake to deprive a Danish drug baron of his freedom or a bunch of North Norwegian moonshiners of their future revenue. It leads to consequences – and when Ali is released from Oslo Prison, they all form a welcome committee. Before the kebab meat has time to turn lukewarm, the boys have to make amends. Which does not prove inexpensive. All they need is a racecourse, a circus and a money transport. TROLLJEGEREN THE TROLL HUNTER Mockumentary | 103 min | Colour Director: André Øvredal Screenplay: André Øvredal Producers: John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS cast: Glenn Erland Tosterud, Tomas Alf Larsen, Johanna Mørck, Otto Jespersen Release date: October 29, 2010 Norwegian Distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing and AB Svensk Filmindustri The Troll Hunter is a sensational documentary which exposes the Norwegian Government’s monumental efforts to hide the sensational news that trolls actually exists in Norway – and has done so over millenniums. Within the corridors of the Government there is a secret department – The Troll Security Service – who’s job is to monitor the trolls. They also have the power to call in a Troll Hunter to cover up problems if trolls break out of their reservations. The film will show actual shots of trolls in their real environment and it also raises the issue of what tragic fate befell the young film team who came across this state secret. André Øvredal made a name for himself as one of Norway’s most successful director of commercials with more than a hundred commercials for customers in Norway and abroad to his credit. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brooks Institute of Photography in California where he directed the first feature in the school’s 50 year old history. This thriller Future Murder was released as one of 80 first-time films in a special DVD series. feature films 49 UMEÅ4EVER UMEÅ4EVER Comedy | 100 min | Colour Director: Geir Greni Screenplay: Geir Greni Director of Photography: Nils Petter Midtun Producer: Geir Greni for Snurr Film Cast: Sondre Krogtoft Larsen, Vegar Hoel, Camilla Frey, Jon Skolmen, Marika Lagercrantz, Fridtjov Såheim, Sara Sommerfeld, Ida Gyllensten, Dagrunn Anholt, Maya Rung, David Fransson Release date: April 1, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Contact: Snurr Film Geir Greni had his background in drama and TV, before he in 1993 chose to focus on directing and scriptwriting. After attending the Oslo Film & TV Akademi, he founded Snurr Film AS in 1994. Since then, he has had several functions in various parts of the film industry. Since 2005, Greni has worked on developing feature films and drama. 50 feature films Stian is 33 years old, has had problems with his love life for a long time, and has gradually lowered his demands to the degree that he will accept just about anyone who would have him. A somewhat resigned young man who has invested in a family car, and is ready to propose to his girlfriend Stine. But as usual with Stian, things do not work out as expected, and suddenly he is once again left high and dry. Unforeseen events suddenly make Stian’s life seem hopeless. Lonely and abandoned, he seeks comfort from his parents, only to find that they side with Stine. When he discovers that his best friend Anders frequently visits his childhood home even when he is not present (and with much more success), Stian has had it. He decides to seek out Robyn, whom he met at a taekwondo gathering in Umeå seventeen years earlier. Anders joins him, initially because he is such a good mate, but gradually he appears to have his own agenda. VARG VEUM – DØDENS DRABANTER VARG VEUM – CONSORTS OF DEATH Action | 93 min | Colour Director: Stephan Apelgren Screenplay: Petter Rosenlund based on Gunnar Staalesen’s novel Dødens drabanter Director of Photography: Jens Schlosser Producers: Silje Hopland Eik, Tanya N. Badendyck, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen for Cinemiso Cast: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Vegar Hoel, Line Verndal, Sturla Alvsvåg, Dagny Backer Johnsen Release date: April 8, 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Varg Veum is summoned by inspector Hamre to a hostage drama on a farm outside Bergen. A married couple have been brutally murdered, and all evidence points to their foster son, 16 year old Jan Egil. But Varg knows the boy from his work in Child Care, and it does not make sense to him the way it does to Hamre, not even when the boy confesses. Varg finds an ally in Cecilie, an old flame in Child Care, and discovers that the murdered couple ran a shady operation which earned them several enemies, in a cynical trade in which the lives of young people are at stake. Varg comes under pressure to solve the case before even more innocent youths are killed. Stephan Apelgren (1954) has worked with film and drama since the 80’s in the fields of directing, scriptwriting, and dramaturgy, and has specialized in children’s series for TV and thriller/action films and series, for instance the Wallander series. The Varg Veum films are the first films he is directing in Norway. feature films 51 VARG VEUM – SKRIFTEN PÅ VEGGEN the writing on the wall Action | 90 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR Director: Stefan Faldbakken Screenplay: Gunnar Staalesen based on his own novel Skriften på veggen Director of Photography: Marek Wieser Producers: Silje Hopland Eik, Tanya N. Badendyck, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen for Cinemiso Cast: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Nikolaj Lie Kaas Release date: August 27, 2010 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Stefan Faldbakken directed the box office success Uro, which was also selected for Un Certain Regard in Cannes. He graduated from the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, and has worked as a director and screenplay writer since 2002. Stefan has a distinct narrative voice mixed with great formal strength, often mixed with humour. This renders Stefan a characteristic signature. 52 feature films It is the year 2010. Varg Veum has finally gotten his life together. He has had a hair-cut, has got a steady job as a teacher, and has finally found a girlfriend who is good for him. Karin is harmonious, smart, and independent. They plan to move in together, and are looking for an apartment. Varg feels happy. At the same time, Harry Hopsland, aka The Knife, is released from prison. He is the worst adversary Varg has ever had. Without inhibitions, mentally disturbed, a man who says things others do not even dare to think. The Knife was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of the young girl Eva Beate Skagestøl sometime in the 1990’s. He is invalid after Varg battered him with his bare hands when Eva Beate was found dead after an overdose. The Knife knows about Varg’s bleak background. He knows why Varg almost killed him back then. He also knows that Varg is struggling hard to stay afloat in his new life. Now The Knife wants revenge. This pushes Varg towards a confrontation with the dark forces inside himself. VARG VEUM – SVARTE FÅR VARG VEUM – BLACK SHEEP Action | 83 min | Colour Director: Stephan Apelgren Screenplay: Trygve Allister Diesen based on the novel Svarte får by Gunnar Staalesen Director of Photography: Jens Schlosser Producers: Silje Hopland Eik, Tanya Badendyck, Jonas Allen and Peter Bose for Cinemiso AS Cast: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Alexander Karim, Jakob Oftebro, Kjærsti Skjeldal, Emil Johnsen Release date: January 21, 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Varg Veum is going to be a father. In a way he could never have imagined, life takes on a new direction as he is searching for a missing pair of siblings in the prostitution circles in Bergen. Varg realizes that the case is linked to a murder investigated by inspector Hamre, in which the victim had uncomfortably close ties to the vanished siblings. Parallel to Karin’s growing belly, the threat against Varg also increases, as the clues point to an unscrupulous drug ring hunting for a large missing shipment of heroin. Varg realizes that life will never be the same when he has to make the decision: let the criminals go free, or expose Karin to mortal danger. Stephan Apelgren (1954) has worked with film and drama since the 80’s in the fields of directing, scriptwriting, and dramaturgy, and has specialized in children’s series for TV and thriller/action films and series, for instance the Wallander series. The Varg Veum films are the first films he is directing in Norway. feature films 53 WIDE BLUE YONDER WIDE BLUE YONDER Drama/Comedy | 89 min | Colour Director: Robert Young Screenplay: Hugh Janes Director of Photography: Svein Krøvel Producers: Bjarne Hareide, John Cairns, Stephen Cranny, Robert Young, Bjørg Veland for Euromax Film Production and Wide Blue Films Cast: Brian Cox, Lauren Bacall, James Fox, Hege Schøyen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Kåre Conradi, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Øyvind Blunck, Elsa Lystad, Helge Reiss, Jørgen Langhelle Release date: February 18, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Europafilm AS Sales: Parkland Pictures Wally has promised his best friend through 40 years a funeral at sea. The fact that he has neither the body, a boat or money is not going to prevent him from keeping his promise! However, his opponent Miss Reimark, head of the retirement home where Wally lives, has totally different plans for him and his deceased friend. Robert William Young (1933) is a British television and film director. Young established himself in the 1980s and early 1990s as a leading director of British TV drama. He moved towards black comedy in the early 1990s, directing Jeeves and Wooster based on the stories written by P.G. Wodehouse. He has had several projects with the Monty Pythongang: John Cleese, Michael Palin and Eric Idle. 54 feature films YOHAN – BARNEVANDRER YOHAN – THE CHILD WANDERER Family film | 125 min | Colour | Scope | 6 reels | Dolby SR·D Director: Grete Salomonsen Screenplay: Grete Salomonsen Director of Photography: Odd Hynnekleiv Producer: Odd Hynnekleiv for Penelope Film AS Cast: Robin Daniel, Mathilde Berg, Adam Eftevaag, Dennis Storhøi, Agnete Haaland, Alexander Rybak, Aylar Lie, Kris Kristoffersen, Jørgen Langhelle Release date: March 26, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Contact: Penelope Film AS Ten year old Yohan is sent away from home in order to work as a shepherd on a far-away farm. It’s a hard and lonely job, but Yohan will not let the circumstances break him. He challenges his surroundings, and gets acquainted with both domestic animals, wild animals, and travelling Gypsies. On the neighbouring farm, two children are treated roughly, and Yohan decides he will help them. Yohan – The Child Wanderer deals with the near-forgotten labour migration of children which took place between the counties of VestAgder and Aust-Agder in the 19th century. Grete Salomonsen is known for writing the screenplay and for directing of Kamilla and the Thief I and II in 1988/89. The two movies today are the best selling DVD’s within the Norwegian Family Film Classics genre. feature films 55 DOCUMENTARIES GAZAS TÅRER TEARS OF GAZA 82 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | 4 reels Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg Directors or Photography: Yosuf Abu Shreah, Saed Al Sabaa, Marie Kristiansen Producer: Terje Kristiansen for Nero Film Cast: Amira Fat-hi Dawood El Eren, Rasmia Al-Sultan, Yahya Subh Release date: November 11, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Tour de Force Sales: AB Svensk filmindustri In a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. Can war solve conflicts or create peace? The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire. Vibeke Løkkeberg (1945) has become one of Norway’s most well-known personalities and leading feminist artists; as actor, director, screenwriter and author. She ahs directed five featues and written five novels. She has starred in her own films as well as films by Pål Løkkeberg. 58 documentaries GUNNAR GOES GOD GUNNAR GOES GOD 85 min | Colour-B/W | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR Director: Gunnar Hall Jensen Screenplay: Gunnar Hall Jensen and Elin Sander Directors of Photography: Zulfikar Fahmy, Anders Jørgensen, Gunnar Hall Jensen Producer: Elin Sander for Agitator as Release date: February 11, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Kudos Family AS Sales: Kudos Family AS The Scandinavian family man Gunnar feels that despite having everything he needs in his middleclass life, something is missing. He longs for silence and spirituality, and decides to travel to the world’s first Christian monastery in Egypt to find some answers. During the journey we take part in Gunnar’s associations, dreams and memories, questioning the way we organize our lives, but also the problematic potential in organized religion. In the monastery, Gunnar takes part in the everyday life of the monks, asking them questions about reality, solitude and death. Is their reality based on silence, prayers and meditation, something we in our rational reality long for and maybe need? Is it possible to bring something of this into our lives? Gunnar Hall Jensen majored in cultural communications at the University of Bergen. He has made a number of advertising and commission films, and won a GULLRUTEN award (Norwegian EMMY equivalent) in 1999 for best commissioned film. He is also recognized as a maker of short films and tv-documentaries, and in 2003 his first feature documentary Gunnar Goes Comfortable was released. The film was in competition at several festivals, amongst them IDFA and Silverdocs. documentaries 59 KONGER AV OSLO KINGS OF OSLO 60 min | Colour | Digibeta Director: Elsa Kvamme Director of Photography: Nils Petter Lotherington Producer: Elsa Kvamme for Alert Film Release date: February 8. 2011 Norwegian distributor: Corianderfilm AS Contact: Alert Film AS Elsa Kvamme began as an acting student at the Odin Theatre in Denmark, and then established one of Norway’s first free groups, Saltkompagniet. She has studied Asian theatre and written over 20 plays, translated Jacques Brel to Norwegian and released three CDs with her own songs. After attending film school at New York University she wrote the screenplay for Maya Stoneface and made documentaries. Her first feature film, Fia!, was released in 2003 and received ten international awards. 60 documentaries They come from many parts of the world. They have the smallest schoolyard of Norway, only two stone throws away from the Royal Castle. They are 12 years old, and wish for a world without beggars, with big houses for everyone and that the leaders don’t involve the citizens when they make war. But how do conflicts arise between the kids themselves, what is it like to follow them home, and who would they like to meet, if they could choose between all the people of the world? This documentary takes us on a journey to the everyday life of children in the center of Oslo anno 2009. We follow a multicultural class at different periods in a «normal» school year this last year as children, on their way to become youngsters. PUSHWAGNER PUSHWAGNER 75 min | Colour | HD | Dolby SR·D Director: Even Benestad Co-director: August B. Hanssen Screenplay: Even Benestad and August B. Hanssen Producer: Carsten Aanonsen for Indiefilm AS Release date: September 2, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: Indiefilm AS The subject matter of the film Pushwagner is the fascinating, at times wild and tragic life of the artist Hariton Pushwagner, providing insight into his life and art. The backdrop of the film is the trial against his former agent, Morten Dreyer. The dispute was over an art collection which is presently considered to be worth millions. Who controls the controller? This is a central theme in several of Pushwagner’s works of art. In the film, we witness the power play between the main character and the film crew. Who is actually commanding who? Director Even Benestad has made several documentary films. His most well-known films are All About My Father (2002) and Natural Born Star (2007). All About My Father has won several awards both in Norway and abroad. documentaries 61 STRENGT HEMMELIG STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 112min | Colour - B/W | 1:1,85 | 5 reels | Dolby SR Director: Benedicte M. Orvung Screenplay: Benedicte M. Orvung Directors of Photography: Tom Andre Edvindsen and Kjell Vassdal Producers: Benedicte Maria Orvung, Tom Andre Edvindsen for Orvung Film Release date: February 8, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Corianderfilm AS Contact: Orvung Film Benedicte Maria Orvung (1965) grew up in Paris, France, moved back to Norway in 1975. After working as a still photographer for many years, she was educated in film at Oslo Film & TV Akademi 1992–1994. She graduated from Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm in 1998. Her films have received both national and international awards. 62 documentaries At the age of 30, director Benedicte Orvung discovers that her family is hiding a dark secret. The discovery leads her to a shocking story: Her grandfather’s brother, Karl Marthinsen, was one of the most prominent Nazi collaborators and a Nazi Police leader during WWII. Karl Marthinsen was born and grew up in a little fishing village in northern Norway. His military and national socialistic career builds up during the prewar years, and when Germany occupies Norway in April 1940, he co-operates with the Nazis. In the last year of WWII, he becomes the most important partner of the Nazi occupants in Norway. Karl Marthinsen and his actions stand for themselves – and eventually form a clear picture of a fanatical National Socialist. Ambitious and effective. It made him extremely dangerous for the resistance. Near the end of WWII the Norwegian exile government in London puts KM at the top of the list of people the resistance should try to assassinate. To brødre BROTHERS 90 min | Colour Director: Aslaug Holm Directors of Photography: Aslaug Holm and Kjell Vassdal Producer: Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film AS Release date: Autumn 2011 Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Contact: Fenris Film AS A film about the close relationship between two brothers. Markus (10) and Lukas (7) live in an old, yellow townhouse in the middle of Oslo. The river runs close to their home. Here the brothers grow up with their dreams and longings for the future. Markus loves soccer, and wants to be a professional. He has played soccer since he was five, and Liverpool is the only and best team. In the film we experience his struggle and passion for achieving his goals. Lukas is the philosophic one, and likes to think all kinds of thoughts. About the world, himself and what the all is about. This close and personal documentary is filmed by their mother. Aslaug Holm is both a director and photographer, and wants to go in to the childrens’ authentic world and discover the truth and original life. In a period of three years she films her boys, and the result will turn into a unique document about childhood and brotherhood. Aslaug Holm has directed about ten documentary films and photographed approximately 30 films, of which several have received awards. She was documentary film photographer and film editor for Norway’s fifth most successful theatrically released film, Cool & Crazy. Her latest project was the film The Rich Country about Jens Stoltenberg before him being elected Prime Minister in 2005. documentaries 63 In production ARME RIDDERE DET VIKTIGSTE ER FORBI GÅTEN RAGNAROK English title tba ALL THAT MATTERS IS PAST english title tba Director: Magnus Martens Director: Sara Johnsen Director: Mikkel B. Sandemose Screenplay: Magnus Martens based on a story Screenplay: Sara Johnsen Screenplay: John Kåre Raake by Jo Nesbø Producers: Are Heidenstrøm and Martin Sundland for Fantefilm Fiksjon AS Cast: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad, Andreas Cappelen, Arthur Berning, Fridtjof Såheim, Anne Marie Ottersen, Jan Grønli, Lena Kristin Ellingsen, Peter Andersson Release date: November 25, 2011 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Contact: Fantefilm Fiksjon AS Director of Photography: John Andreas Andersen Producers: Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm AS Release date: December 2012 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon Contact: Fantefilm AS The story takes place in the border area between Norway and Sweden. We meet a bunch of scruffy characters who share a criminal background: Oscar, Thor, Billy and Clog. They work together in a pecu liar factory in the middle of nowhere, producing plastic Christmas trees. And they do the pools. Like most people, they have never won anything at all, before now! This is the story about the time they won the top prize: 1,739,361 kroner. A number which soon proves impossible to divide between four men. And that’s when the fun begins! 66 in production Producer: Turid Øversveen for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Release date: Autumn 2012 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Two brothers in their fourties are found dead in the forest. By their side lies a woman, very weak, but still alive. When a policeman starts investigating what happened, the woman (Janne) tells the tragic, beautiful and lifelong love story of Janne and William, the youngest brother. A love story always disturbed by the older brother, Ruud, who hates his brother and through his whole life wanted to destroy him. Ruud blames William for his unhappy childhood and his lost love, and Janne is the woman between them, desired by both brothers. Separated for years following the tragic death of their only child, Janne and William meet again. They move into an abandoned summerhouse by the river. When one day a Chinese baby girl is found floating down the river, they realize that they are once again being haunted by Ruud. At the outset of the film, we are transferred back to the year 833 A.D., where we meet a group of Vikings in the process of leaving their village. They are leaving their livestock tethered by a tiny lake. More than a thousand years later, an archaeologist discovers that the Oseberg Viking ship hides a secret no one has ever been aware of. With his two children, he sets out on an adventure to find the truth. Their journey takes them back to the excavation of the Oseberg ship in 1904. Old runic inscriptions take on a new meaning. They are venturing into the Pasvikdalen valley, and further into the «no man’s land» between Norway and Russia, where no human being has travelled in our present age. The journey soon proves to be far more dramatic than they had planned, as the secret they are revealing is more frightening than anyone had imagined. And the setting of it all is one of the most myth-ridden legends in our history… HJELP KOMPANI ORHEIM PIONER HELP THE ORHEIM COMPANY Director: Dag Johan Haugerud Director: Arild Andresen Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg Screenplay: Dag Johan Haugerud Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Arild Andresen Screenplay: Hans Gunnarsson, Kathrine Valen Producer: Yngve Sæther for Motlys AS based on the novel Kompani Orheim by Tore Renberg Producer: Yngve Sæther and Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS Release date: Spring 2012 Contact: Motlys AS Release date: Autumn 2012 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Contact: Motlys AS A nurse starts speaking English when she is ner vous. A translator compromises her integrity when translating a bad novel. A woman turns down a million-crown inheritance because of pride. Three women all have a small soft spot in their personality, and are hit hard when their idiosyncrasies meet the light of day. A tragic comedy about human failure. Jarle is 24 when a phone call rouses him from his drunken sleep. It is his mother, telling him that his father is dead. Instead of sadness, Jarle is filled with anger and a sense of relief. Based on Tore Renberg’s bestselling novel, The Orheim Company is a strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption. The Orheim Company will be the last chapter in the trilogy about Jarle Klepp, which started with The Man Who Loved Yngve and I Travel Alone. pioneer Zeimer and Cathinka Nicolaysen CAST: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie Mosli producer: Christian Fredrik Martin for Friland AS Release date: August 24, 2011 Contact: Friland AS Conspiracy thriller from the beginning of the Norwegian oil rush. The country gains confidence as it fights to secure its riches. Professional diver Peder is obsessed about reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Along with his brother Knut, he has the discipline, strength and daring necessary for the world’s most dangerous job. A test dive to below 500 metres is compared to Norway’s moon landing, and shall convince sceptics that laying a pipeline to the mainland is possible. For Peder, the question isn’t whether it’s feasible, but who’ll take part. Then a tragic accident changes everything, and sends Peder on a journey where he gradually loses sight of who’s pulling which strings. in production 67 REISEN TIL JULESTJERNEN english title tba Theresienstadt Requiem Director: Vibeke Idsøe Director: Nils Gaup Screenplay: Vibeke Idsøe Screenplay: Kamilla Krogsveen based on the theater play Reisen til julestjernen by Sverre Brandt Producers: Jan Eirik Langøen and Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen for Moskus Film Co-producers: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Lasse Greve Alsos for Storm Rosenberg Release date: December 2012 Norwegian distributor: The Walt Disney Company Nordic AB Contact: Moskus Film AS Director of Photography: Ketil Deitrichson 13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage has revealed that Goldhair is still alive, and will return only if the King finds the way back to the Christmas Star. Ever since, the King has been searching for the Christmas Star every Christmas, but all in vain. 68 in production Producers: John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS co-Producer: Zentropa Release date: 2012 Contact: Filmkameratene AS VARG VEUM – DE DØDE HAR DET GODT English title tba Director: Erik Richter Strand Screenplay: Based on Gunnar Staalesen’s short novel De døde har det godt Director of Photography: Jens Schlosser Producers: Silje Hopland Eik, Tanya N. Badendyck, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen for Cinemiso Cast: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm Theresienstadt Requiem is based on a true story about Czechoslovakian conductor Rafael Schächter who was obsessed with staging a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in the Nazi camp Theresienstadt during the war. This ghetto north of Prague was created by the Germans in order to show the rest of the world that nothing wrong happened to the Jews deported from their home countries. In reality, the ghetto was a transit camp on the way to Auschwitz. In Theresienstadt, the Nazis had gathered Jewish artists from all over Europe, including a number of the world’s foremost singers and musicians. The 480 Danish Jews who did not succeed in escaping to Sweden, also ended up here. This story about one of the most remarkable cultural events during the Second World War is narrated through the eyes of the 12 year old Danish boy Adam. Release date: December 26, 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Varg Veum witnesses the death of a young asylum seeker girl. Was it an accident, or was she killed as a warning to other girls in the same circles? Together, Varg and Karin discover that the dead girl was deeply involved in operations in which young women at asylum reception centres are cynically exploited. Time works against Varg, who has to prove the identity of the people behind the ring, before more young girls lose their lives. VARG VEUM – I MØRKET ER ALLE ULVER GRÅ VARG VEUM – AT NIGHT ALL WOLVES ARE GREY VARG VEUM – KALDE HJERTER English title tba Director: Trond Espen Seim Screenplay: Based on Gunnar Staalesen’s novel Kalde hjerter Director of Photography: Jens Schlosser Director: Alexander Eik Screenplay: Based on Gunnar Staalesen’s novel I mørket er alle ulver grå Director of Photography: Daniel Garas Producers: Silje Hopland Eik, Tanya N. Badendyck, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen for Cinemiso Cast: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm Release date: September 2011 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Varg Veum is awakened by a boom which shakes the whole town of Bergen, as an arms depot just outside town blows up. More lives are lost in what becomes inspector Hamre’s most extensive and most dangerous case ever. As well as Varg’s. Because the same night, Varg’s old friend Hjalmar is found brutally murdered in his apartment, and Varg soon realizes there is a connection between the two incidents. Before Varg knows it, he finds himself in Budapest, drawn into a perilous game between an international paramilitary organization and a powerful arms producer. And Varg realizes that this time he is in above his head, when his girlfriend Karin vanishes. Producers: Silje Hopland Eik, Tanya N. Badendyck, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen for Cinemiso Cast: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Mads Ousdal, Gitte Witt, Ingrid Olava Release date: Easter 2012 Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Varg Veum is going to be a father. In a way he could never have imagined, life takes on a new direction as he is searching for a missing pair of siblings in the prostitution circles in Bergen. Varg realizes that the case is linked to a murder investigated by inspector Hamre, in which the victim had uncomfortably close ties to the vanished siblings. Parallel to Karin’s growing belly, the threat against Varg also increases, as the clues point to an unscrupulous drug ring hunting for a large missing shipment of heroin. Varg realizes that life will never be the same when he has to make the decision: let the criminals go free, or expose Karin to mortal danger. in production 69 coproductions AGE OF HEROES GARBAGE PRINCE SIMON AND THE OAKS Producer: Matador, Giant Films (UK) Producer: Outi Rousu for Periferia Productions (FIN) Producer: Christer Nilson for Göta Film (SE) Coproducers: Jan Eirik Langøen, Sigurd Mikal Coproducer: Lars Løge for Flimmer Film Karoliussen for Moskus film Norwegian release: 04.01.2011 GUMBY Coproducers: John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene Director: Adrian Vitoria CORNELIS Director: Amir Chamdin Director: Raimo O. Niemi Director: Patrik Eklund Producer: Jan Blomgren and Anna Croneman Director: Lisa Ohlin SOMEWHERE ELSE Director: Kjell-Åke Andersson forBob Film (SE) Coproducer: Turid Øversveen for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Producer: Anna Björk for Davja film (SE) MAMA GOGO STELLA DAYS DEPTH Producer: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson for Spellbound, Producer: Jackie Larkin for Newgrange (IR) Hughrif (IS) Coproducer: Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Produksjon AS Director: Baltasar Kormakur Coproducer: Egil Ødegård for Filmhuset Producer: Agnes Johansen for Blueeyes Production (IS) Coproducer: Egil Ødegård for Filmhuset Produksjoner Norwegian release: 15.04.2011 Producer: Marina Stör for Chamdin & Stöhr Filmproduktion (SE) Coproducer: Gudny Hummelvold for SF Norge Norwegian release: 12.11.2010 ESSENTIAL KILLING Director: Jerzy Skolimowski Producers: Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska for Kopia Film (POL) Coproducers: Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Gaute Lid Larsen, Jan-Erik Gammleng for Cylinder Production AS Norwegian release: 25.02.2011 THE EXPERIMENT Director: Louise Friedberg Producers: Signe Leick Jensen and Birgitte Skov for Nimbus Film (DK) Coproducer: Gudny Hummelvoll for SF Production AS the flying machine Directors: Martin Leslie Clapp, Adam Wyrwas Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson NÅDE Director: Mathias Glasner Producer: Kristine Knudsen for Knudsen & Streuber (DE) Coproducer: Aage Aaberge for Neofilm AS RARE EXPORTS: THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA Director: Jalmari Helander Producers: Petri Jokiranta and Petri Rossi for Cinet Oy (FIN) Coproducer: Knut Skoglund for Pomor Film Norwegian release: 03.12.2010 Coproducer: Knut Skoglund for Pomor Film AS Director: Thaddeus O`Sullivan TO LIV Director: Georg Maas Producer: Dieter Zeppefield for Zinoberfilm (DE) Coproducer: Axel Helgeland for Helgeland film AS TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCE Director: Jan Troell Producer: Filmlance (SE) Coproducer: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo WAVES FROM HOME Director: Peter Dalle Producer: Patrick Ryborn for Flanden Film (SE) Coproducer: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo ROBERT MITCHUM IS DEAD THE WOMAN WHO DREAMED OF A MAN Producer: Igor Wojtowicz for Ferris & Brockman (FR) Producer: Ib Tardini for Zentropa (DK) Coproducer: Joachim Lyng for Sweet Films Coproducer: Dag Alveberg for Maipo Director: Olivier Babinet and Fred Kihn Director: Per Fly Norwegian release: 28.01.2011 Producer: Hugh Welchman for Breakthrufilms (UK/POL) Coproducer: Kristin Hellebust for Storm Studios coproductions 71 Norwegian cinema releases 2001 – 2010 Title Director Production Company Release date 2001 Cool & Crazy (doc) Dragonflies Elling Lime Mongoland The Greatest Thing You Really Got Me Knut Erik Jensen Marius Holst Petter Næss Nathilde Overrein Rapp Arild Østin Ommundsen Thomas Robsahm Pål Sletaune Norsk Film AS Motlys AS, 4 ½, Final Cut Maipo Film- og TV-produksjon Norsk Film AS Muz AS, Deadline Film, Tres Cojones Norsk Film AS 4½ 19.01 14.09 16.03 09.02 26.01 31.08 02.03 Even Benestad Øyvind Sandberg Knut Erik Jensen Gunnar Vikene Trygve Allister Diesen Ole Bornedal Vibeke Idsøe Unni Straume Margreth Olin Thomas Kaiser Lars Berg Piotr Kuzinski Martin Asphaug, Arild Frølich, Sara Johnsen, Magnus Martens, Hans Petter Moland, Terje Rangnes, Thomas Robsahm, Ingebjørg, Torgersen, Morten Tyldum Sigve Endresen Trond Kvist Exposed Film Productions AS Øy-Film Barentsfilm AS Motlys AS, Alligator Film, Final Cut Norsk Filmproudksjon AS Northern Lights AS Filmkameratene AS Christiania Film AS Speranza Film Yellow Cottage AS Paradox AS Frameline Film AS Motlys AS 22.02 18.01 05.04 18.10 22.03 08.03 27.09 23.08 15.06 26.12 15.02 06.09 07.06 Motlys AS Piraya Film 23.08 25.10 Steffan Strandberg Lars Göran Petterson Hilde Heier Erik Smith Meyer Morten Tyldum Stig Bergqvist Pål Øie Jo Strømgren/Runar Hodne Benedicte M. Orvung Elsa Kvamme Gunnar Hall Jensen Arne Lindtner Næss Exposed Film Production AS Filbmagoahti AS Paradox Produksjon Filmfalken AS Happy Endings AS Seven Seas Production Spleis AS Nordisk Film Production AS Orvung Film Dinamo Story AS Agitator AS Nordisk Film Production AS 21.02 12.09 12.09 11.04 29.08 26.12 21.02 19.09 23.06 24.10 31.10 06.02 2002 All About my Father (doc) Coastal Life (doc) Cool & Crazy on the Road (doc) Falling Sky Hold my Heart I am Dina Karlsson on the Roof Music for Weddings and Funerals My Body (doc) Pelle the Police Car Scars The Smile in the Eye (doc) Utopia – Nobody is perfect in the perfect country Weightless (doc) Welcome Home (doc) 2003 7th Heaven (doc) Bázo Beast of Beauty The Black Lapp Buddy Captain Sabertooth Dark Woods Destination Moscow Disa Moves to Japan (doc) Fia! Gunnar Goes Comfortable (doc) The Junior Olsen Gang goes Submarine 72 feature films Title Director Production Company Release date Jonny Vang Kitchen Stories The Man Who Loved Haugesund (doc) Mother’s Elling Play United Wolf Summer The Woman of My Life Jens Lien Bent Hamer Jon Haukeland, Tore Vollan Eva Isaksen John Sullivan Magnus Martens Peder Norlund Alexander Eik Maipo Film &TV Prouksjon BulBul Film AS Medieoperatørene Maipo Film & TV Produksjon Dinamo Story AS 4 ½ AS Nordisk Film Production AS Filmkameratene AS 14.02 17.01 19.08 10.10 25.07 20.08 28.02 24.09 Erich Hörtnagl Knut Erik Jensen Hans Petter Moland Mona J. Hoel Torun Lian Martin Asphaug Erik Poppe Petter Næss Trond Jacobsen Paradox Film AS Barentsfilm AS Dinamo Story AS Freedom from Fear Painswick Film Dinamo Story AS Paradox Film AS Maipo Film & TV Produksjon Fantasi-Fabrikken 02.04 16.01 12.03 06.08 27.08 22.10 24.09 23.01 24.09 Arild Østin Ommundsen Annette Sjursen Margreth Olin Arne Lindtner Næss Tore Rygh Karoline Frogner Aksel Hennie Muz Film Maipo Film & TV Produksjon Speranza AS Nordisk Film Production AS Motlys AS Integritet Film Tordenfilm 15.10 03.09 19.11 06.02 20.08 12.03 10.09 Vibeke Idsøe Trond Winterkjær/Jan Dalchow Erik Skjoldbjærg Bent Hamer Arne Lindtner Næss Hallvard Bræin/Arne B. Rostad Pjotr Sapegin Khalid Hussain Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen Sara Johnsen Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Sjur Paulsen Petter Næss Pål Sletaune Arild Fröhlich Filmkameratene Dalchows Verden Nordisk Film & TV AS BulBul Film/Stark Sales Nordisk Film & TV AS Paradox AS Kinopravda Filmhuset Produksjoner AS Filmkameratene AS Friland AS Filmhuset Produksjoner AS Sub Productions Maipo Film & TV Produksjon AS Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Paradox AS 28.01 04.02 21.01 29.04 18.02 02.09 11.03 09.09 30.09 11.02 18.03 18.02 23.09 11.03 04.11 2004 A Cry in the Woods Arctic Cabaret (doc) Beautiful Country Chlorox, Ammonia and Coffee The Color of Milk The Crossing Hawaii, Oslo Just Bea Little Grey Fergie – the Secret on the Farm Monsterthursday My Jealous Barber Raw Youth (doc) The Junior Olsen Gang Rocks It This is the Song You Need Tradra (doc) Uno 2005 37 and a Half 100% Human (doc) An Enemy of the People Factotum Finding Friends The Giant (doc) Grandpa is a Raisin Import – Export Izzat Kissed by Winter Le Regard Loop (doc) Love Me Tomorrow Next Door Pitbullterje feature films 73 Title Director Production Company Release date The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl (doc) Sinus Tommy’s Inferno Too Much Norway (doc) Dag Johan Haugerud Mikrofilm AS 10.06 Jeremy Robøle Ove Raymond Gyldenås Rune Denstad Langlo/Sigve Endresen Bastard Film Friland AS Motlys AS 26.12 19.08 28.01 Maipo Film & TV-produksjon AS Tordenfilm AS Motlys AS You Are Here/Nordisk Film Fantefilm AS Storm Studio Nordisk Film Øy-Film AS Speranza Film AS Tellus Works Zwart Arbeid AS Maipo Film & TV-produksjon AS Nordisk Film Visions AS Motlys AS 03.11 26.05 24.02 27.10 13.10 21.04 10.02 18.08 01.09 20.10 31.03 29.09 26.12 27.10 15.06 4 ½ AS Fenris Film AS Tordenfilm AS Maipo Film & TV-produksjon AS Cinenord Friland AS 08.09 27.01 14.09 03.03 11.08 08.09 Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen Espen Fyksen/Lise I. Osvoll Hanne Myren Petter Næss Arne Lindtner Næss Viafilm AS Filmkameratene AS Medieoperatørene Monster Film Nordisk Film AS 17.08 23.02 02.02 07.09 02.02 Tommy Wirkola Carl Eugen Johannessen Eva Dahr Marius Holst Even Benestad Bent Hamer Petr Lom Are Syvertsen/Jon Martin Førland Yellow Bastard Productions Filmkollektivet AS Cinenord AS Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Fredrik Fiction AS BulBul Film Piraya Film AS Incakola Productions 23.03 09.11 14.02 02.03 26.10 26.12 30.03 09.03 2006 The Art of Negative Thinking Bård Breien The Bothersome Man Jens Lien Comrade Pedersen Hans Petter Moland Cold Feet Alexander Eik Cold Prey Roar Uthaug Free Jimmy Christopher Nielsen The Junior Olsen Gang at the Circus Arne Lindtner Næss Hearts (doc) Øyvind Sandberg It’s Hard to be a Rock’n Roller (doc) Gunhild Asting The Lion – Henrik Ibsen (doc) Alexander Wisting Bjørn Fast Nagell Long Flat Balls Maria’s Men Vibeke Ringen Miracle Thomas Kaiser Ole Bull (doc) Aslak Aarhus Prirechnyy – The Town that Tone Grøttjord no Longer Exists (doc) Joachim Trier Reprise The Rich Country (doc) Aslaug Holm Sons Erik Richter Strand Svein and the Rat Trigger Gunnar Vikene Uro Stefan Faldbakken 2007 5 Lies Elias and the Royal Yacht Girls (doc) Gone with the Woman The Junior Olsen Gang and the Silvermine Mystery Kill Buljo Man Woman Coffee (the) Mars & Venus Mirush Natural Born Star (doc) O’Horten On a Tightrope (doc) Pining for the Fjords (doc) 74 feature films Title Director Production Company Release date Porn Star? (doc) The Radio Pirates Second Half Svein and the Rat and the UFO-Mystery Switch The Ten Lives of Titanic the Cat USA vs Al-Arian (doc) Varg Veum – Bitter Flowers Winterland John Sullivan Stig Svendsen Hilde Heier Vibeke Ringen Navillus Film Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Paradox AS Maipo Film- og TV-produksjon AS 27.04 14.09 19.01 09.03 Ole Martin Hafsmo Grethe Bøe Line Halvorsen Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen Hisham Zaman Rubicon Film AS Nordisk Film AS Dalchows verden SF Norge/Miso Film Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS 26.10 31.10 23.02 21.09 19.01 Rune Denstad Langlo Håvard Bustnes Eva Sørhaug Mats Stenberg Morten Tyldum Arild Fröhlich Eva Isaksen Knut Erik Jensen Nils Gaup Rasmus Sivertsen Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen Harald Zwart Stian Kristiansen Patrik Syversen Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning Kjell Sundvall Johannes Joner Arne Lindtner Næss Ole Giæver Jesper W. Nielsen Erik Poppe Thor Bekkavik Motlys AS Faction Film AS Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Fantefilm AS SF Norge and Miso Film Paradox Films AS Norsk filmproduksjon AS Filmhuset produksjoner AS Rubicon TV AS Nordisk Film and Qvisten Animation Maipo Film- og TV-produksjon AS Zwart Arbeid AS Motlys AS Fender Film AS Filmkameratene AS Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Paradox Films AS Indiefilm 12.09 22.08 01.02 10.10 04.04 17.10 12.09 03.10 18.01 31.10 29.08 14.03 15.02 11.01 19.12 29.02 07.03 15.02 22.02 24.10 26.09 03.10 Margreth Olin Tommy Wirkola Severin Eskeland Arne Lindtner Næss Speranza Production AS Miho Film Exposed Film Prods AS Nordisk Film & TV 02.10 09.01 31.07 30.01 Pål Øie Thomas Lien Åsleik Engmark Tina Davis and Thomas Robsahm Alligator Film Merkur Film Produksjon AS Paradox Rettigheter AS Speranza Film 03.04 20.02 16.10 23.04 2008 99% Honest (doc) Big John (doc) Cold Lunch Cold Prey II Varg Veum – Fallen Angels Fatso House of Fools Ice Kiss The Kautokeino Rebellion Kurt Turns Evil The Last Joint Venture Long Flat Balls II The Man Who Loved Yngve Manhunt Max Manus Night of the Wolf Respect SOS – Summer of Suspense Summers Past Through a Glass, Darkly Troubled Water Trying Freedom (doc) 2009 The Angel Dead Snow Detour The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold Hidden Hunting Down Memory (doc) Twigson Modern Slavery (doc) feature films 75 Title Nemesis (doc) North The Orange Girl ORPS – The Movie Rafiki Rat Nights The Storm in my Heart Together Upperdog Vegas Yatzy 2010 A Somewhat Gentle Man Cold Prey III The Dal Brothers and the Viking Sword’s Curse East End Angels Elias and the Hunt for the Gold of the Sea Happy, Happy Home for Christmas The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief An Ordinary Day at Work Limbo The Liverpool Goalie Nokas Norwegian Ninja Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash Shameless Strictly Confidential (doc) Tears of Gaza (doc) Tomme tønner The Troll Hunter Twigson Ties the Knot Varg Veum – The Writing on the Wall Yohan – The Child Wanderer 76 feature films Director Production Company Release date Erlend E. Mo Rune Denstad Langlo Eva Dahr Atle Knudsen Christian Lo Arild Østin Ommundsen Pål Jackman Matias Armand Jordal Sara Johnsen Gunnar Vikene Katja Eyde Jacobsen Exposed Film Prods AS Motlys AS Helgeland Film AS Monster Film AS Filmbin Paradox Rettigheter AS Kong Film AS Mirmar Production AS Friland AS Cinenord Spillefilm and Kong Film 4 ½ AS 13.03 06.02 22.02 06.03 30.10 04.09 16.01 23.01 18.09 25.09 20.03 Hans Petter Moland Mikkel Brænne Sandemose Mikkel Magnus Paradox AS Fantefilm Fikjson AS MagCat Produksjoner AS 19.03 15.10 10.09 Lars Berg Lise I. Osvoll Maipo AS Filmkameratene AS 26.02 10.12 Anne Sewitsky Bent Hamer Arne Lindtner Næss Maipo AS BulBul Film AS Nordisk Film AS 05.11 12.11 29.01 Terje Rangnes Maria Sødahl Arild Andresen Erik Skjoldbjærg Thomas Cappelen Malling Rasmus Sivertsen Petter Næss Benedicte Maria Orvung Vibeke Løkkeberg Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén André Øvredal Martin Lund Stefan Faldbakken Grete Salomonsen Folk Flest Film Produksjon AS SF Norge Produksjon 4 ½ AS Alligator Film Tordenfilm AS Neofilm Maipo AS Orvung Film Nero Film Tomme Tønner AS Filmkameratene AS Paradox AS Cinemiso Penelope Film AS 12.03 10.09 22.10 01.10 13.08 08.01 08.10 08.02 05.11 08.01 29.10 24.09 27.08 26.03 addresses ASSOCIATIONS & INSTITUTIONS Agicoa Norge Dronningens gt 8 A P.O. 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