2014 Norwegian Short Films

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SHORTS 2014
NORWEGIAN
FILMS
Within the frames > Outside the box > Compressed creativity
FRONT COVER
From: Yes We Love
Dir. Hallvar Witzø, prod.
Elisabeth Kvithyll,
Hummelfilm AS
Photo: Hummelfilm AS
TORIL SIMONSEN
Head of
International Relations,
short and documentary films
Cell: +47 900 38 086
Mail: [email protected]
ARNA MARIE BERSAAS
Senior Advisor
Cell: +47 928 13 088
KATHRINE HAAHEIM
Festival Manager
Tel: +47 22 47 46 01
COMPRESSED CREATIVITY
AS EVERY SHORT FILM ENTHUSIAST KNOWS, this format is an art
form in itself. With its possibilities and limitations, it gives film-makers a clearly defined framework within which to practice their art.
And precisely because the films are compressed, it becomes easier
to seize the freedom to experiment with form and to unfold one’s
creativity in new directions.
JOERN UTKILEN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THIS to the full in his
interpersonal drama Earth over Wind, where an intuitive and associative process is employed to reveal emotions and moods in the
actors. Several pictorial artists have also taken up short films as a
mode of expression, including Jorun Myklebust Syvertsen, who in
Cyrk displays an alternative approach to the depiction of a circus.
EXPERIMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT are not confined to form. In
this year’s catalogue you can also read about two shorts shot in stereoscopic 3D: Northern Lights over Mount Halde directed by Morten
Skallerud and experienced animator Pjort Sapegin’s first live action
short, the Viking film Berserk.
MEANWHILE, THE PRODUCTION OF NORWEGIAN animated shorts
is still extensive. Among these are Julie Engaas`s Blame it on the
seagull, an animated documentary short about a young man who
speaks about his teenage affliction with obsessive thinking and
Tourette syndrome. And Oscar winner Torill Kove has made the
animated fiction film Me and my Moulton, while Kajsa Næss presents
her award-winning animated documentary It`s up to You, about
growing up with a father in jail.
A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTIC of the Norwegian short films
scene is that established feature film directors, too, often take the
opportunity to make shorts: Lisa Marie Gamlem with Every child is
made of fire, Knut Erik Jensen with Voice of life and Cannes winner
Bobbie Peers with People who fall.
FILMS REFLECT THE PEOPLE THEY ARE about and the people who
make them. The short films in this catalogue are – like most Norwegians – direct, playful and humorous, but do not shirk confrontation
and explorations of the darker side of life. In short, here you will find
life seen through Norwegian eyes.
Sindre Guldvog
CEO, Norwegian
Film Institute
Stine Helgeland
Executive Director, Promotion
and International Relations
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CONTENTS
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A Blank Slate
6
Club 7
21
A Stranger
7
Dirty Young Loose
22
Alfie Atkins and the Soldier Daddy
8
Earth Over Wind
23
Amazon
9
Egress
24
A(r)men
10
Every Child is Made of Fire
25
Bear
11
Foad
26
Bendik and the Monster
12
I’m the One You Want
27
Berserk
13
It's Up To You
28
Blame It On The Seagull
14
Material
29
Bonki
15
Me and My Moulton
30
Burger
16
Money Back, Please
31
Changing Hands
17
Morningbird and Murmelton
32
Circus
18
Mushroom Monster
33
Cod Liver Oil and Cream Caramels
19
Northern Lights over Mount Halde
34
Cowboy Dream
20
Part Time Norwegian
35
People Who Fall
36
The Perfect Dance
51
Polaroid
37
The Temptress
52
Salt
38
Victor
53
Sissy
39
Voice of Life
54
Snow
40
Working Stiff
55
Stories from the Sanatorium
41
Yes We Love
56
Subtotal
42
You and Me, Mommy
57
The Absence of Eddy Table
43
Addresses
58
The Cowboy – In Color
44
The Good Life. Over There
45
The Ghost Radio Hunter
46
The Fall
47
The Magic Time
48
The Party
49
The Passenger
50
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A BLANK SLATE
A BLANKE SLATE
27 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Sara Eliassen
SCREENPLAY Sara Eliassen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Cecilie Semec
PRODUCER Sara Eliassen, Jessica Paine-Torsnes, Laura
Francia
CAST Katrine Bølstad, Joe Egender, Peter Quartaroli,
Kathy Garver, Sandra Fish, Julie Ow, Justin Hoover,
James Reese
RELEASE DATE January 2014
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
A character is passing some time in a desolate beach town. Slowly, the loneliness she experiences in the foreign town makes her enter an extreme position of self-observation; she
moves beyond the point of observation and begins to live inside her own memories/visions
that echo those of female protagonists from film history.
SARA ELIASSEN (b 1977) is a filmmaker based between Nor-
way and the US. Her film Still Birds premiered at the Venice
Film Festival in 2009 and has later screened at several other
international film festivals, amongst them Sundance 2010.
Eliassen holds an MFA in filmmaking from San Francisco Art
Institute and was a studio fellow at The Whitney Museum’s
Independent Study Program in 2011.
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A STRANGER
EN FREMMED
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
SCREENPLAY Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pål Ulvik Rokseth
PRODUCER Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken for Northern
Pictures
CAST Helge Jordal, Melinda Bokeli, Kaspara Lindberg,
Jenny Lindberg, Patrik Røren, Thomas Kjær Olsen, Ole
Kristian Thomassen, Elin Lindberg
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
An unfortunate vagrant is found dead under mysterious circumstances by a group of children
playing in the deep forest, although the grotesque sight evokes as much curiosity as disgust.
(b 1989) made his first short
film when he was 8 years old. He is educated in film history, media science and European literature. Henrik is also an
aspiring novelist and attended the Berlinale Talent Campus in February 2011. Dahlsbakken continues to develop,
produce and direct his own short films.
HENRIK MARTIN DAHLSBAKKEN
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ALFIE AND THE SOLDIER
DADDY
ALBERT ÅBERG OG
SOLDATPAPPAEN
Liller Møller
Hans Åke Gabrielsson, Tora Berg based on
Gunilla Bergström’s book
PRODUCER Kristin Ulseth for Maipo as
CO-PRODUCER A.Film Production (DK)
VOICE Nathaniel Parker
RELEASE DATE April 2013
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
Alfie and Hamdi play war, but Hamdi’s daddy, who’s been in a real war, says war is a terrible,
destructive thing. He finally tells a story about how he saw an ant patiently continuing to
build while everything around it was being shattered. A story of hope that inspires them to
fix their own football goal.
(b 1952) is a Danish animated-film director,
screenwriter and animator. She has worked with animation
since 1970, primarily on films for a young audience. She
had her directorial debut in 1986 with the information
film Sex – en bruksanvisning for unge mennesker (Sex – A
User Guide for Young People). She has written, illustrated
and directed a number of short films. Her latest, Land of
Christmas (24 minutes), is based on a book she illustrated
herself. Liller has also written and illustrated a number of
children’s books.
LILLER MØLLER
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AMAZON
AMASONE
Marianne Ulrichsen
SCREENPLAY Marianne Ulrichsen, Eva Keuris
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Annika Summerson
PRODUCERS Ragna Nordhus Midtgard and Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Film as
CAST Maria Wasseng-Isaksen, Kristin Braut Solheim,
Hege Aga Edelsteen, Marius Lien
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Eleven-year-old Ada’s father forgets to pick her up at the airport and she is invited to a neighbour’s house to wait for him. There she meets Julia, a girl her age. Julia disapproves of being
told to play with Ada. The two girls measure forces in the northern Norwegian nature. Free
from the adult gaze they are approaching each other and a new identity.
MARIANNE O ULRICHSEN (b
1968) is a graduate from The
National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK.
She has previously directed the award winning shorts
Come (1995), Loveless Encounters (2001) and My Sister,
Myself (2003).
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A(R)MEN
A(R)MEN
Thomas Lunde
SCREENPLAY Anders Olsen, Steinar Kaarstein, Thomas
Lunde
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Anders Brekke Jørgensen
PRODUCER Geir Bergersen for Effektmakeren AS
CAST Jan Martin Johnsen, Kristine Rui Slettebakken,
Cecilie Andersen
RELEASE DATE July 2013
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Arne loses an arm in an accident, but miraculously a new arm appears. This new arm’s got a will
of its own and turns his life upside down. Void is replaced with joy, but miracles have a price.
THOMAS LUNDE ,
born 1976 in Sandefjord, Norway, has a
Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle and
has also studied psychology at the University of Oslo. He’s
directed quite a few music videos and directed his first
short film in 2010 on a shoestring budget. He’s currently
working as an independent director.
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BEAR
BAMSE
Bård Ivar Engelsås
SCREENPLAY Bård Ivar Engelsås
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Øystein Moe
PRODUCER Petter Schanke Olsen for Kindergarten
Media AS
CAST Ole Romsdal, Hege O. Enger
RELEASE DATE March 2014
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
A solitary hunter struggles to stay alive in the brutal wilderness. When he encounters a teddy
bear left alone in the snow, he starts failing as a survivor. Soon both he and the bear are in
danger of being destroyed.
(b 1975) has made short films and television for aprox. 10 years. At the moment he is also developing scripts for feature films. He lives in his hometown
Trondheim, where he also got his education. His daytime
job is at NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Company).
BÅRD IVAR ENGELSÅS
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BENDIK & THE MONSTER
BENDIK & THE MONSTER
Frank Mosvold
DIRECTOR OF ANIMATION Atle S. Blakseth
SCREENPLAY Thomas Seeberg Torjussen based on the
book by Arne Svingen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Atle S. Blakseth
PRODUCER Frank Mosvold for Kool Produktion as
CO-PRODUCER Torgeir Sanders for Gimpville as
VOICES Adam Eftevaag, Anders Baasmo Christiansen,
Johannes Joner, Tori Wraanes
RELEASE DATE February 2014
ANIMATION/CHILDREN
DIRECTOR
Bendik & the Monster is the story of a monster, who dreams of being a cabaret singer. Bendik
helps the Monster follow its dreams, while the Monster helps Bendik with his relationship to
his mom and her boyfriend.
FRANK MOSVOLD (b 1965) has made several shorts, including
the award winning films; A Kiss in the Snow and Waves.
He was a co-director of the feature length The 7 Deadly
Sins. In 2005 he started working with animation with the
two short animated films; Christopher & Gordy and Lonely
15. He has also created, produced and co-directed the
animated TV-series Hubert (26 episodes) and Ella Bella
Bingo (104 episodes).
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BERSERK
BERSERK
13 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K, 2D and 3D STEREO 5.1
Pjotr Sapegin
SCREENPLAY Bjørn Godøy, Pjotr Sapegin
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Kjell Vassdal
PRODUCER John Einar Hagen for Pravda Film as
CAST Aurora Bach Rodal, Tron Furu, Mikkel Brænne Sandemose, Robert Berggren, Jon Gustav Flø, Kristoffer
Sandven
RELEASE DATE June 2013
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
An ageing Viking fights for his honour, but his toughest struggle is being a single father to a
teenage daughter.
(b 1955) has in his 23 years in Norway made
a number of shorts that have won several awards both in
Norway and abroad, including two Amanda Awards. His
films include One Day a Man Bought a House (1998), Aria
(2001) and Through My Thick Glasses (2004).
PJOTR SAPEGIN
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BLAME IT ON THE SEAGULL
DET VAR IKKE JEG, DET VAR
FISKMÅSEN
Julie Engaas
SCREENPLAY Julie Engaas, Cecilie Bjørnaraa
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Cecilie Bjørnaraa, Julie
Engaas
PRODUCER Cecilie Bjørnaraa for True Fiction as
VOICE Pelle Sandstrak
ANIMATION
DIRECTOR
(b 1968) is educated at National College of
the Arts, as well as studies in animation at Volda University
College, graduating in 1997. Since then she has directed
several animated shorts, as well as the animated documentary Sound-Shadows (2008), which was screened
at numerous international festivals and sold to several
TV-networks. Engaas has received several awards for
her work, among others both the Audience and Critic’s
Awards at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in 2004, for
the short Leonid Shower.
JULIE ENGAAS
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Blame it on the Seagull is an animated documentary about and with Pelle Sandstrak. He tells
the story of when he in his teens got the first signs of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
and Tourette’s Syndrome.
BONKI
BONKI
19 MIN COLOUR DCP 4K DOLBY SR
Silja Somby
SCREENPLAY Silja Somby
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Dan Jåma
PRODUCER Odd Levi Paulsen for Julev Film as
CAST Nils Utsi, Elle Gaup, Maryon W. Eilertsen, Mahtis M.
Gaup (Fire Máhtte)
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
The disoriented nursery home resident Nils creates a bond with the new substitute nurse
Karen, but is she able to help him with his last wish?
SILJA SOMBY graduated
from Lillehammer University College with a BA in directing. She has directed short films for
children for the Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation, as
well as educational documentaries. She is also an experienced dubbing director, for animation films into Northern
Sámi. She has been creatively managing numerous film
workshops for children and youth as well. Somby is also
active within film politics and holds board positions in the
Sámi Film Association and the North Norwegian Film Centre. She created the programming of the Sámi Film Festival
with an extensive focus on indigenous storytelling. Somby
is currently writing and developing her first feature film
Sáráhkká as well as a TV series for children and several
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BURGER
BURGER
Magnus Mork
SCREENPLAY Magnus Mork
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Øystein Mamen
PRODUCER Grant Vidgen and Berwyn Rowlands for The
Festivals Company, UK
CAST Akram Akbari, Zaman Ahmadi, Matthew Ashford,
Emily Barber, Charlotte Brimble, Mathew David, Barry
Francis, Cherie Harewood, Kiel Lillie, Neal McWilliams,
David Ian Sterl, Kieran Thomas, Sam Thorne, Gareth
Wilson
RELEASE DATE May 2013
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
It’s late at night in a burger bar.
MAGNUS MORK was born in 1978 in Oslo, Norway. He gained
a BA in Media Arts from University of London and a BA in
Film Directing from Göteborg University - School of Film
Directing. His 2010 Iris Prize winning film, The Samaritan
has screened extensively winning many awards. Previous
films include Flatmates (2007) and The Samaritan (2010).
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CHANGING HANDS
BYTTEDAGEN
Vidar Dahl and Jøran Wærdahl
SCREENPLAY Vidar Dahl and Jøran Wærdahl based on a
poem by Vidar Dahl
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Øystein Moe
PRODUCER Jøran Wærdahl for Klipp og Lim Media AS
CAST Håvard Paulsen, Bård Ivar Engelsås, Svein Inge
Sæther, Prashant Kumar Soni, Amber Hegdal, Eiril Osen
Wærdahl, Nollan Kumar Soni, Hedda Hugdal Skjold
VOICE Kristoffer Joner
DRAMA
DIRECTORS
Changing Hands is a poetic and tender film about the long way home after a weekend with dad.
VIDAR DAHL has collaborated with a lot of producers, filling
many roles in film production. He established «Eit fett liv»
were he writes scripts for film, documentaries and lyrics,
and work as a director.
JØRAN WÆRDAHL has worked with commissioned film since
1991. In 1999 he established Klipp og Lim, where he works
as a producer and director
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CIRCUS
CYRK
Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
SCREENPLAY Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Marte Vold
PRODUCER Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
VOICE Piotr Nowak
EXPERIMENTAL/HYBRID
DIRECTOR
In Cyrk we meet Cirkus Arnardo and the people working there. The film shows a dark, wild
and beautiful stylization of circus life and its main character.
(b 1978) graduated from
Bergen National Academy of the Arts in 2005, after first
attending Mølla School of Fine Arts from 1999 to 2000.
She works as a pictorial and video artist from her base in
Oslo. She has received several grants and her work has
been displayed at a great number of exhibitions, events,
festivals and expositions, both nationally and internationally. Cyrk is her third short film.
JORUNN MYKLEBUST SYVERSEN
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CLUB 7
CLUB 7
25 MIN COLOUR & B/W DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
August Baugstø Hanssen, Even G. Benestad
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Even G. Benestad
PRODUCER Carsten Aanonsen for Indie Film AS
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTORS
Club 7 was the undisputed centre of Oslo counter culture in the 1960s and had a lifespan of
more than 20 years. No other Norwegian club has had a greater cultural impact, been a more
creative intellectual melting pot or raised its banners higher in the battle against conformity.
Club 7 is a symphonic and associative film that explores the life and times of an institution
that has been described as 20 years of continuous improvisation.
Directors EVEN G. BENESTAD and AUGUST B. HANSSEN have
collaborated for many years, and Club 7 is their second
co-directed effort. In 2011 they directed the feature documentary Pushwagner. Even previously directed the feature
documentaries All About My Father (2002) and Natural
Born Star (2007). August was also involved in the development of both these films.
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COD LIVER OIL AND CREAM
CARAMELS
TRAN OG FLØTEKARAMELLER
Guro Saniola Bjerk
SCREENPLAY Guro Saniola Bjerk
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Torstein Nodland
PRODUCER Guro Saniola Bjerk for Saniola Productions
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Boarding life is, for many, an unpleasant experience. Yet, there are also beautiful little moments
to be remembered. We are to bring forth memories from an era lost in the rubble of a dormitory.
GURO SANIOLA BJERK from Finnmark (b 1971) became a jour-
nalist at a young age, and received her BA in Documentary film and journalism from Volda University College in
2005. She started her own production company, Saniola
Productions, and released her first documentary film The
Witch in 2006. She also produced and directed the award
winning documentary Lapp Hat (2010).
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COWBOY DREAM
COWBOY DREAM
Lars Hegdal
SCREENPLAY Ola Hegdal
PRODUCER Jøran Wærdahl for Klipp og Lim Media As
CAST Fridtjov Såheim, Janne Heltberg Haarseth, Rune
Nilson, Torfinn Borkhus, Hanne Løberg
ANIMATION
DIRECTOR
Bill Benson was known as the toughest and hardest hitting hero of the Wild West! But one
day he gets stuck in a moment he can’t get out of.
LARS HEGDAL is a Norwegian animator and illustrator with 15
years of experience from commercial work. Cowboydream
is his first independent short film.
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DIRTY YOUNG LOOSE
UNG LØS GRIS
Lene Berg
SCREENPLAY Lene Berg
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Christian Marohl
PRODUCER Helga Fjordholm for Studio Fjordholm as
CAST Harry Baer, Anne Ratte-Polle, Max Rothbart, Ellen
Schlootz, Christian Wewerka
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
A hotelroom late at night: a young man is carried from the room unconscious on a stretcher. A
woman and a man remain in the room where all three of them obviously have spent some time
together. Only then, when the ambulance attendants have left with the young man, do the other
two realize that there is a hidden camera in the room and what happened has been recorded.
Born in Oslo in 1965, LENE BERG studied film at Dramatiska
Institutet in Stockholm. She has directed two feature films
En Kvinnas Huvud (1997) and Kopfkino (2012) as well as
more than fifteen video-projections and shorter films.
Working as an artist, Berg integrates text, film and photography in her work. She explores relationships between
contemporary images and inherited ideas; between facts
and clichés; between structures of narration and ideology.
Berg is particularly interested in what is not told and what
does not fit the general picture or story.
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EARTH OVER WIND
JORD OVER VIND
Joern Utkilen
SCREENPLAY Joern Utkilen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Martin Radich, Julian
Schwanitz
PRODUCER Ruben Thorkildsen and Isak Eymundsson for
Ape & Bjørn AS
CAST Ole Johan Skjelbred, Heidi Goldmann, Anders
Ravn-Nilsen, Maria Halseth, Adrian Williumsen, Thea
Johansen Nedrejord, Sonja Marie Larsen, Gholam Shirali
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
A newly separated couple fight about who should take care of their 10-year-old son. A man
desperately hunts for someone to share his life with. A young woman fights for her mother’s
attention. In a unique and absurd way these stories tie together. Earth Over Wind was made
through intuition, association and confidence - confidence in the intuitive process that it would
lead to an entertaining and meaningful project.
(b 1971), writer and director, a graduate
from the Edinburgh College of Art and Screen Academy
Scotland. Utkilen has been based in the UK since 1995.
Utkilen has written and directed a number of short films,
among them Who’s My Favourite Girl which won him a
BAFTA in 2000.
JOERN UTKILEN
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EGRESS
EGRESS
Knut Åsdam
SCREENPLAY Knut Åsdam
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Martin Testar
PRODUCER Knut Åsdam for Knut Åsdam Studio
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Leif Magne Tangen, Helga
Fjordholm
CO-PRODUCERS Sarah Schipschack and Leif Magne Tangen for vitakuben
CAST Birgitte Larsen, Marie Blokhus, Madalena Sousa
Helly-Hansen, Nader Khademi, Jade Haj, Mikkel Rasmussen Hofplass, Rustam Lois Foss
RELEASE DATE October 2013
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
KNUT ÅSDAM KNUT ÅSDAM (b 1968) utilizes film, video, sound,
photography and architecture to investigate the politics of
space and the boundaries of subjectivity. He is centrally concerned with place and placelessness in all of its contemporary forms, as well as experimental narrative. Knut Åsdam’s
work has been exhibited at numerous international venues,
among them Tate Britain, the Venice Biennale, Künsthalle
Bern, P.S.1 MoMa and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. His work has recently been collected by the Tate Modern.
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Egress is a narrative set in a gas station in the edgelands of Oslo. The main characters work
at the bottom of the oil company hierarchy and are engulfed in the everyday and the dark
economic and psychological shadows of their society. Egress is the story of a young woman
who deals with her every day work situation with independence and stubbornness in her
work and life in the periphery of the city. The film shows relationships between control and
independence, about labour, class and work, but it is also a poetic film about a socially insecure
edgeland of the city—and about a psychological flipside or cost of the everyday, somewhere
near the bottom of the huge economic ladder of the oil industry which secures Norway’s
stability. Egress’ world is a world of social instability and economic insecurity as part of a
society undergoing major changes. Egress is shot entirely on “location” in Oslo’s Groruddalen,
mainly between an apartment complex and a gas station. The film is an experimental fiction
built up from documentary material which mixes the environment- and character-based to
talk about contemporary society.
EVERY CHILD IS MADE OF FIRE
ALLE BARN ER LAGET AV ILD
Lisa-Marie Gamlem
SCREENPLAY Nicolai Houm
PRODUCER Kari Moen Kristiansen for Filmkameratene as
CAST Iben Hjejle, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Adrian
Dreshaj, Cathrine Hoel Hansen, Anne Marit Jacobsen,
Edward Schultheiss
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Every Child is Made of Fire tells the story about Anne, a woman in her late thirties who leaves
her job as an engineer to start working at a home for disadvantaged youth. Here she meets
Mikael who has killed his father with a knife. It is a meeting between a person who wants to
provide care, and a person who is obviously in need of such - a meeting with unexpected and
dramatic consequences.
LISA MARIE GAMLEM (b 1975) graduated from the Norwegian
Film School in 2004. She has directed several award-winning shorts, documentaries and drama series for television. Her graduation film, Muhammed, received both
national and international acclaim, and her TV mini-series
Ping Pong was nominated for an International Emmy in the
Children & Young category in 2008. Her short film Cold
(2011) was nominated for the Palme d’Or for Best Short
Film at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
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FOAD
FOAD
Farzad Samsami
SCREENPLAY Farzad Samsami
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Philip Øgaard
PRODUCER Njål Lambrechts for Blinkfilm as
CAST Oussama Zemmourri, Mly Youssef Ezzahr, Trond
Høvik, Youssef Derkaoui, Serge Balita Buhendwa, Sow
Alpha Mamadou
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
(b 1980 in Tehran, Iran) founded the
production company GorillaFilm in 2005, and has since
then directed more than 20 music videos for established
artists in Norway and abroad. In 2005 he won the Silver
Frame for the music video The Struggle in Euro Filmforum Skandinavia. He has also directed several no budget
shorts, and Foad is his first professional short film.
FARZAD SAMSAMI
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Foad lives in a coastal town in Morocco. He makes his living from all sorts of odd jobs to survive.
Many refugees from all over Africa gather in this seaside town, and pay a lot of money to get
to Europe in by boat. Foad sees a business opportunity in the boat refugees.
I’M THE ONE YOU WANT
DET ER MEG DU VIL HA
Dag Johan Haugerud
SCREENPLAY Sonja Evang
PRODUCER Yngve Sæther for Motlys as
CAST Andrea Bræin Hovig
RELEASE DATE Spring 2014
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
This film tells the true story of a 30 year old female high school teacher who falls in love with
a 15 year old pupil and starts a relationship with him. Sonja Evang’s script is based on interviews with the real life persons. It was developed and shot to be screened at the Norwegian
Drama Festival.
(b 1964) is educated as a librarian,
with additional courses, to the equivalent of a Bachelor’s
Degree, in Film Sciences from Stockholm University, as well
as studies in dramaturgy from the University of Oslo and
creative writing studies from Telemark University College.
He has worked as a journalist, and as dramatist for various
dance- and theatre-companies. He has also published the
three novels Noe med natur (1999), Den som er veldig sterk,
må også være veldig snill (2002) and Hva jeg betyr (2011).
He made his debut as a film director with the short 16 Living
Clichés in 1998, and has since directed numerous short
films, many of which award-winners. His first feature film I
Belong (Som du ser meg) premiered in 2012.
DAG JOHAN HAUGERUD
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IT’S UP TO YOU
DU VELGER SELV
ANIMATION/CHILDREN
15 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K
STEREO 5.1
DIRECTOR
Kajsa Næss
Kajsa Næss
SCREENPLAY
Nina Strand, Lise Fearnley
Lise Fearnley for Mikrofilm as
CO-PRODUCER Jan Otto Ertesvåg for Hammerhai as
SALES Telepicture Marketing
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PRODUCER
“In kindergarten, everybody else’s dads are not in prison. That’s the problem.”
An animated documentary about growing up with a father in jail.
(b 1970) is educated at the Oslo Film and TV
Academy and Volda University College. She co-founded
the animation company Mikrofilm AS with Lise Fearnley
in 1996, and has since worked as a director, screenwriter,
animator and producer for the company. The company’s
many films have been screened at numerous festivals,
both at home and abroad, and have received several
awards, including an Academy Award for Best Animated
Short for The Danish Poet (Torill Kove, 2006). Næss has
written, directed, animated and produced several animated and live-action shorts, documentaries, commercials
and music videos.
KAJSA NÆSS
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MATERIAL
MATERIAL
Yngve Zakarias
SCREENPLAY Yngve Zakarias
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Yngve Zakarias
PRODUCER Yngve Zakarias
EXPERIMENTAL
DIRECTOR
Material tells about the things around us: patterns in plywood, an oil painting, tiny plants, and
printing blocks in a museum. The images are being analysed and recombined, aided by macro
photography, stop motion and 3D animation. By means of commonly available technology,
space for a different kind of narrative of things can be explored.
YNGVE ZAKARIAS (b 1957) studied graphic art in Trondheim
in the 1970s, before moving on to work on experimental
wood prints. He has had exhibitions at European museums like Kunstmuseum Reutlingen and Zucchi Collection
Museum in Milan.
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ME AND MY MOULTON
MOULTON OG MEG
Torill Kove
SCREENPLAY Torill Kove
PRODUCER Lise Fearnley for Mikrofilm as
CO-PRODUCER Marcy Page for National Film Board
Canada
ANIMATION
DIRECTOR
Me and my Moulton is a film about wanting something and getting something else, about
secret feelings and a strange bike.
TORILL KOVE (b
1958) studied animation at the Concordia
University in Montreal, Canada, where she’s lived since the
early eighties. Her first professional animation film as a
director, My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts (co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Studio
Magica of Oslo) won numerous international awards and
was nominated for the Academy Award. Kove has won the
Kodak Award for her quirky films All You Can Eat, Fallen
Angel and Squash and Stretch, and - among numerous
others - won the Academy Award for Best Short Film,
Animated in 2007, for The Danish Poet (2006).
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MONEY BACK, PLEASE
MONEY BACK, PLEASE
Even Hafnor
SCREENPLAY Trond Arntzen
PRODUCER Stine Blichfeldt for De jentene der Filmproduksjon
CAST Nara Nyvoll Walker, Delia Borcoman, Jeanne Bøe,
Arne Wilhelm Tellefsen, Alexander de Senger, Line
Marie Østereng, Silje Aas Meyer, Linnea Aas Meyer,
Hadle Aas Meyer
RELEASE DATE August 2013
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
We are put to the test when we have to choose between what is right and what is easy. Money
back, please is shot at a shopping mall with a hidden camera team, and we get to observe a
situation that arises.
EVEN HAFNOR (b
1985) started his film career at the SAE
Institute in Byron Bay Australia. Here he completed his
Bachelor degree in film making, specializing in writing,
directing and editing. The last years Even have been making short films, commercials and music videos. In 2012 his
short film Det norske språk opened the Norwegian Short
Film Festival in Grimstad.
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MORNINGBIRD AND
MURMELTON
MORGENFUGL OG MURMELDYR
Annette Saugestad Helland
SCREENPLAY Annette Saugestad Helland
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Harald Fossen
PRODUCERS Lise Fearnley og Tonje Skar Reiersen for
Mikrofilm as
VOICES Kaia Varjord, Thorbjørn Harr, Mathild Matre
Rusten
ANIMATION/CHILDREN
DIRECTOR
Little Mathilde is lively and full of ideas. But she doesn’t always get to decide. Lucky then, to
have two imaginary friends! Morningbird and Murmelton are ready to continue their adventure
where reality ends. And for imaginary friends, nothing is impossible!
ANNETTE SAUGESTAD HELLAND (b
1975) was educated at Bergen National Academy of the Arts and studied animation
at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in
Stockholm. She has written and illustrated three children’s
books, participated in several collective exhibitions and
is currently working on animation and book projects for
children.
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MUSHROOM MONSTER
MUSHROOM MONSTER
Aleksander L. Nordaas
SCREENPLAY Aleksander L. Nordaas based on I Morgentåkedalen by Jan Deberitz
PRODUCER Bendik Heggen Strønstad for Yesbox Productions as
ANIMATION/CHILDREN
DIRECTOR
If you were a little, hairy Mushroom Monster, how far would you go to get your paws on the
biggest mushroom ever?
(b 1982) is a Norwegian writer/
director. He made his feature film debut with the film Thale
(2012), which he also shot and edited, He has received
several awards for his films, including the internationally
acclaimed short film In Chambers (2008).
ALEKSANDER LEINES NORDAAS
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NORTHERN LIGHTS OVER
MOUNT HALDE
NORDLYS OVER HALDETOPPEN
DRAMA/ANIMATION
8 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K, 2D and 3D
STEREO 5.1
Morten Skallerud
Morten Skallerud
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Morten Skallerud
PRODUCER Morten Skallerud for Camera Magica as
CAST Marianne Krogness, Sigurd Herlofsen, Ivar E.
Lykke, Frank Jørstad, Bente S. Andersen, Karoline
Gregersen Herlofsen, Kristin Nicolaysen
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
1917. A dark night atop a mountain peak - site of the world’s first Northern Lights Observatory.
A boy and his grandmother play outdoors beneath the stars. The Northern Lights appear, and
scientists photograph them using a specially-built camera, liaising by telephone with another
photographer many kilometres away.
MORTEN SKALLERUD (b 1954), short film director, cinematog-
rapher and VFX camera operator specializing in visual
effects, animation and large-format. Founded the production company Camera Magica in 1987, specializing
in visual effects work like time-lapse, blue-/greenscreen
photography, miniatures, animation techniques, and 3D
stereoscoping. His most famous film is the time-lapse
70mm short A Year Along the Abandoned Road (1991)
which has screened at around 400 festivals.
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PART TIME NORWEGIAN
DELTIDSNORSK
Wajid Malik
SCREENPLAY Wajid Malik
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Petter Holmern Halvorsen
PRODUCERS Gudrun Austli and Agnethe Sophie Buus
Jensen for Revenka AS
CAS Assad Arif, Ali Abdi, Sajid Malik, Emir Mulaosmanovic
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
In an attempt to get back together again, four old friends decide on a trekking trip to the
famous Preachers Pulpit. Their relation to Norwegian culture become more apparent now in
the choices they have made, and as adults they find it harder to hide behind humour and irony.
WAJID MALIK ( b
1978) graduated from the London Film
School in 2006 and has been working with assignment
films and street art projects since then. Part Time Norwegian is his short film debut.
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PEOPLE WHO FALL
FOLK SOM FALLER
Bobbie Peers
SCREENPLAY Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, Per Schreiner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jakob Ingimundarson
PRODUCERS Bjørn Olaf Johannessen and Per Schreiner
for Fjordfrakt SA
CAST Maria Bock, Jannik Bonnevie, Erlend Loe, Danny
Schlesinger, Håkon Solheim Bock, Anne Guri Tvedt,
Trine Wiggen, Sigmund Sæverud, Christian Greger
Strøm
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
One day portrayed trough seven human falls.
BOBBIE PEERS (b
1974) graduated from the London International Film School in 1999, and has since worked as a
director, writer and illustrator. His first short film, Sniffer,
received the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film in Cannes
2006. Peers has also directed the shorts Down Under
(2007), Spandex Man (2007) and The Croquet Match
(2008), as well as numerous commercials. Peers’ first
feature film, Dirk Ohm - The Illusionist That Disappeared,
is scheduled for release in 2014.
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POLAROID
POLAROID
Julia Elise Schacht
SCREENPLAY Julia Elise Schacht
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Nils Petter Lotherington
PRODUCER Bent Rognlien for Norsk Filmproduskjon AS
CAST Viktoria Winge, Jan Gunnar Røise, Per Tofte
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Polaroid is the poetic tale of a brief, nocturnal encounter between a man and a woman, an
encounter that remains a mystery to the man for the rest of his life.
JULIA SCHACHT was born and raised on a little island in Lake
Mjøsa and now lives in Oslo. She trained as an actress
at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre and has
acted in a number of theatre, television series and film
roles. These include Pål Sletaune’s Next Door, Betrayal
and The Bambi Effect. Polaroid is her debut as scriptwriter
and director.
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SALT
SALT
12 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K Stereo 5.1
Maria Lloyd
SCREENPLAY Maria Lloyd
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Harald Gunnar Paalgard
PRODUCER Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene as
CO-PRODUCERS Plesnar & Krauss Films (PL), Aurora Film
(NO) and Sentrifugal Films (UK)
CAST Ingvild Rognmo, Octavia Alexandru, Sian Webber,
Colin Maclean, Sean Myatt
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
MARIA LLOYD trained at the International School of Theatre
Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Since then she has been creating
dance animation films. Her experience of working extensively with teams of artists has led her to find a personal
film language where art forms meet and challenge each
other. Living in England for 13 years her films were commissioned and distributed by South East Dance Agency in
the UK and Euroarts in Berlin. Maria is now based in Oslo
and works with Medieoperatørene. She is now working
on a new documentary project, Mapping the air, about
a blind dancer.
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“When you shatter your fantasies the pain may be crippling or transformative. You will want
to go back to the fantasies because you will never be sure whether you have really broken
free.” The film mixes stop frame animation with dance, puppetry and live action. It is filmed
in the amazing underworld of Wieliczka salt mines outside Krakow in Poland, and in Scottish
sand dunes.
SISSY
PYSE
COMEDY/HORROR/CHILDREN
STEREO 5.1
Siri Rutlin Harildstad
Birgitte Bratseth
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Petter Holmern Halvorsen
PRODUCER Tor Arne Bjerke for Pang Produksjoner as
CAST Line Verndal, Ella Lockert, Fredrik Grøndahl
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
When Idunn stays home alone for the first time, her brother Even has big plans for her. Even
thinks that his sister is the biggest sissy on the planet. This ordinary winter day will be the scariest day in Idunn’s life, but are things as scary as they seem? And who is really the biggest sissy?
(b 1977) was educated as director
and writer at the Queensland University of Technology
in Australia. She has worked on several film and TV-productions as assistant director, casting agent, reporter
and project coordinator since 2002, and has directed the
short films The Boat (2002) and the award-winning My
Cardboard Dad (2009) and Sissy (2013).
SIRI RUTLIN HARILDSTAD
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SNOW
SNØ
Hans Otto Nicolayssen
SCREENPLAY Hans Otto Nicolayssen based on an idea by
Kurt Johannessen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Sjur Aarseth
PRODUCERS Line Iversen, Hans Otto Nicolayssen and Njål
Lambrechts for Niccofilm
CAST Helge Jordal
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
A composer is trying to capture the sound of snow.
HANS OTTO NICOLAYSSEN (b 1945), started to work in the film
industry in1966 and made his first short film The Franciscan Monastery. Since then he has made four feature films,
numerous short and documentary films and also several
television dramas. He has worked as editor on several
feature films and documentaries. In 1989, he received the
national film award Amanda as editor of the feature length
documentary For your Life (For harde livet) and has also
been working with international co-productions, among
them Nicolas Roeg’s The Witches (1990).
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STORIES FROM THE
SANATORIUM
SANATORIET
Therese Jacobsen
SCREENPLAY Therese Jacobsen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jørgen Nordby
PRODUCERS Ragna Nordhus Midtgard og Maria Ekerhovd
for Mer Film As
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
The majestic sanatorium looms at the top of a mountain ledge by the beautiful Lustrafjord in
Sogn og Fjordane. The isolated building is on the verge of falling apart and is under threat of
demolition. The building’s past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, psychiatric hospital and refugee
centre is portrayed in this visually stunning documentary: through the exciting and emotional
portrayals of those who have lived in the building, like the seriously ill tuberculosis patient
who falls in love with the beautiful nurse, a patient – nurse relationship was strictly forbidden.
THERESE JACOBSEN has worked with experimental short films
intended for the big screen in the artistic fellowship The
Apecosmonauts (a.k.a. Apecosmonautene) with Erik Vang
since 1993. Their films have been recognized in Norway as
well as abroad. Since 2002, Jacobsen has made numerous
award winning short films, among them PeelOFF (2002),
Fear LESS (2003) and Naïn (2007). Stories From The
Sanatorium is her first documentary.
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SUBTOTAL
SUBTOTAL
COMEDY/DRAMA
Gunhild Enger
SCREENPLAY Gunhild Enger
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Peter Ask
PRODUCERS Gudrun Austli and Agnethe Sophie Buus
Jensen for Revenka AS
CAST Leif Edlund, Hanne Tangen, Kurt Zickfeldt
SALES KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.
DIRECTOR
What is the true cost of a bargain? Subtotal is a story of an untraditional encounter between
a Swedish salesman and a Norwegian couple on their monthly bargain hunting at the border
between Norway and Sweden
BUNHILD ENGER (b 1980) graduated from Edinburgh College
of Art, and The School of Film Directing in Gothenburg.
She was nominated for a BAFTA with her graduation film
Bargain, and has since then screened her films at festivals
around the world. Her film Premature won best short film
at several festivals in 2012 and 2013.
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THE ABSENCE OF EDDY TABLE
THE ABSENCE OF EDDY TABLE
Rune Spaans
SCREENPLAY Dave Cooper
PRODUCER Eric Vogel for Tordenfilm as
ANIMATION
DIRECTOR
The titular character Eddy Table, known from the comics of Dave Cooper, makes his screen
debut in The Absence of Eddy Table. One day, Eddy gets lost in a dark forest. There he meets
an alluring girl infected by a mysterious parasite. Love and violence ensues. The film is collaboration between the internationally acclaimed comics creator and visual artist Dave Cooper
and 3D animation and graphic design veteran Rune Spaans.
Director and designer RUNE SPAANS has more than 15 years
of experience from design, animation and visual effects.
He has served as Lead 3D artist at Funcom and Animation
Director at Toxic Design Studio. He has contributed to
films such as Monster Thursday (2004), The Bothersome
Man (2006) and Trollhunter (2010). His first feature film
as director was Ploddy the Police Car on the Case (2013,
with Rasmus A. Sivertsen), which won the Amanda award
for best children’s feature. His first short film The Absence
of Eddy Table premieres in 2014, and his second feature
film Knutsen & Ludvigsen arrives in 2015.
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THE COWBOY – IN COLOR
THE COWBOY – IN COLOR
Trygve Nielsen
SCREENPLAY Trygve Nielsen
PRODUCER Johannes Hildre Spilling for Raindog Studios
ANIMATION
DIRECTOR
In a black and white world a cowboy picks colours up from his hat, but a crow steals the hat
and turns the world gray. A fable about the elementary particles - in RGB technique.
was born 1976 in Molde. He has a BA in
animation from Volda University College where he now
works as lecturer. He has made music for more than 20
short films. The Cowboy – in color is his debut as professional director.
TRYGVE NIELSEN
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THE GOOD LIFE, OVER THERE
DET GODE LIVET, DER BORTE
25 MIN B/W DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Izer Aliu
SCREENPLAY Izer Aliu
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY John-Erling Holmenes
Fredriksen
PRODUCER Yngve Sæther for Motlys AS
CAST Ridvan Mustafa, Arben Alim, Jonuz Emini
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Sami is an illegal worker in Oslo who minds his own business and breaks his back to support
his family in his home country. When forced to babysit the son of a boss he admires, and
aims to become like, Sami faces the choice we all try to balance on a daily basis; family and
work. Both require loyalty. Both want dedication. Both change us, but whichever we spend
most time with changes us in its own direction
(b 1982) graduated from the Norwegian Film
School in 2012. His graduation film To Guard a Mountain
dubbed him one of ten new Nordic directors to watch in
collaboration by the four largest Nordic film magazines.
To Guard a Mountain was nominated for the Student
Academy Award and has also won several high-end both national and international - awards. Following his
graduation he set out to shoot his first feature Hunting
Flies in Macedonia, and the short The Good Life. Over
There set in the cityscape of Oslo. He is currently writing
his next feature.
IZER ALIU
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THE GHOST RADIO HUNTER
THE GHOST RADIO HUNTER
Carl Christian Lein Størmer
SCREENPLAY Carl Christian Lein Størmer
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Carl Christian Lein Størmer
PRODUCERS Per Martinsen, Carl Christian Lein Størmer,
Aggie Peterson for FrostWorld Recordings
CAST Per Martinsen, Carl Christian Lein Størmer, Aggie
Peterson
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
The documentary The Ghost Radio Hunter follows the acclaimed electronic artist Per Martinsen
(Frost) on a search for ghost radio signals originating in a deserted Soviet mining town on Svalbard. Upon arriving in the cold heart of the arctic, the journey takes several unexpected turns.
started out making DIY music
videos for fellow musicians, in between touring with his
own hardcore punk bands sometime around 2011. Originally a trained medical physician, Lein Størmer is these
days mostly occupied with making films, music videos
and touring with his band Die A Legend
CARL CHRISTIAN LEIN STØRMER
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THE FALL
FALLET
Andreas Thaulow
SCREENPLAY Andreas Thaulow
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jens Ramborg
PRODUCER Håvard Gossé Bergseth for Spætt Media AS
CAST Lisa Carlehed, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Johanne
Fossheim, Sture Wisth
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Agnes and her boyfriend Ragnar are climbing in Norway. When Ragnar begins to climb the
second pitch, Agnes snatches his camera from his bag. She takes some shots and looks
through the pictures. Suddenly she sees a video of a naked woman she doesn’t recognise.
Agnes witnesses how he has cheated on her. All her dreams are shattered, and the essential
trust that is needed between lovers, as well as climbing partners, is broken. She forces herself
to climb. At last she reaches Ragnar, unable to speak to him. Ragnar can see that something
has happened, but is more interested in the last pitch.
is born and raised in Norway, but has
lived in Copenhagen, Denmark the last ten years. He has
a bachelor in film from the University of Copenhagen, and
is educated as director on the Super16 film school. His last
short film Turbo was nominated for best Danish short film
2012. He is also a climber.
ANDREAS THAULOW
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THE MAGIC TIME
DEN MAGISKE TIDEN
ANIMATION/CHILDREN
STEREO 5.1
Kine Aune
Kine Aune
PRODUCERS Ove Heiborg for Qvisten AS and Kine Aune
for Kinefilm
RELEASE DATE November 2013
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
The Magic Time is an animation film inspired by the Sami culture legends and fairy tales. Past and
present, dream and reality are woven into petroglyphs depicting the story of a reindeer calf’s
journey until he becomes a beautiful buck.
(b 1943) has her background from making
children’s programs at the Norwegian Broadcasting
Corporation NRK. She made her debut with the short
Kjenne-føtter-leken in 1981, and has since written, directed
and produced numerous fiction-, documentary-, animation and commercial films for television and cinema. She
has received several national and international awards and
accolades for her work, and has seen her work screened at
numerous international film festivals over the years. She
runs her own production company, Kinefilm, specializing
in animation.
KINE AUNE
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THE PARTY
FESTEN
Astrid Thorvaldsen, Ingvild Dagestad
SCREENPLAY Astrid Thorvaldsen, Ingvild Dagestad
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Thomas Lind, Eli Nygård
PRODUCERS Astrid Thorvaldsen, Ingvild Dagestad
DRAMA/THRILLER
DIRECTORS
A young man is dead. We experience a moment from the night before, frozen in time.
has a degree in Film and Video Production from the University of NTNU, where The Party
was produced as a graduation film.
INGVILD DAGESTAD has a degree in Film and Video Production from the University of NTNU, where The Party was
produced as a graduation film.
ASTRID THORVALDSEN
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THE PASSENGER
HAIKEREN
Anders Teig
SCREENPLAY Anders Teig
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bjørn Ståle Bratberg
PRODUCERS Linda Bolstad and Marie Fuglestein for
Duofilm AS
CAST Kristofer Hivju, Sverre Fredrik Hermansen
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
ANDERS TEIG is a Norwegian born writer/director who works
and lives in the city of Bergen. He has mainly worked in
television and directed live studio sports-shows. The
Passenger is his first professional short. He is currently
working on his first feature film.
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The Passenger is about Torgeir, a simple and a lonely soul. To release himself from the loneliness
he decides to pick up a blind hitchhiker, Oskar, even though he has no ambition to drive him to
where he wants to go. Instead he drives around in circles with Oskar just for the sake of his company. It is an unexpected meeting between two lonely people, who together embark on a journey through the night. In a surprising way, this may prove to be the start of a strange friendship.
THE PERFECT DANCE
THE PERFECT DANCE
Anne Elvedal
SCREENPLAY Anne Elvedal
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Audun Gjelsvik Magnæs
PRODUCER Fredrik Støbakk for Storm Films as
CAST Ida Johannesen, Karin Gulliksen, Luna Elvedal
Bruskeland, Morten Uglebjerg Norli, Kalle Gulliksen,
Walter ”Jazzy” Ruiz, Even Lundqvist, Morad Aziman
DRAMA/DANCE
DIRECTOR
The Perfect Dance is a love story brought to life through dance and music. A woman tries
to find rhythm with different men, but fails again and again until she finds her own rhythm.
(b 1973) is educated as a nurse and worked
5 years in psychiatric healthcare before attending the
Text & Copywriter Programme at the Westerdals School
of Communication, earning a Bachelor’s degree. In 1999
she won a screenplay-competition carried out by the Norwegian Broadcasting Company’s (NRK) film programme
Filmredaksjonen, which resulted in the short film På Nett
(Online). Elvedal works as writer, director and/or producer
on various film projects.
ANNE ELVEDAL
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THE TEMPTRESS
THE TEMPTRESS
DOCUMENTARY/ANIMATION
STEREO 5.1
David Kinsella
David Kinsella, Klaas Bense
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Viggo Knudsen
PRODUCER David Kinsella for David Kinsella
Productions AS
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
(b 1964) is originally a stills-photographer
from Belfast, presently living in Norway. He is highly merited and has won many of the most prestigious awards
for his work worldwide. He was Documentary Press Photographer of the Year several times since he won the price
the first time at the age of 16 in 1981. He’s also won both
The Great Picture Contest in the USA and the Fuji Press
Photographer prize. He made his debut as a documentary
filmmaker with the thought-provoking Love Letters from
a Children’s Prison in 2005.
DAVID KINSELLA
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In the indigenous world of the Dinka tribe in South Sudan Africa, they have their fables, a storytelling style that lets the audience relate their personal lives and experiences to the story being
told, a story telling style that lets you dream. This fable, set in South Sudan and Norway, highlights the fact that every advantage holds a disadvantage. The Temptress is a filmed meditation
on temptation.
VICTOR
VICTOR
25 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K DTS
Kaveh Tehrani
SCREENPLAY Kaveh Tehrani, Hilde Susan Jægtnes
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Annika Summerson
PRODUCERS Magnus Castracane and Jonas Røyem Ny for
4 1/2 Fiksjon AS
CAST Trond Nilssen, Kristine Thorp, Martin Furulund,
Frederik Balthazar Hauff, Jonas Strand Gravli, Kristen
Ørbeck, Otto Tangstad, Bojan Celise Farag, Caroline
Westvang Andreassen
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
After a long absence Victor reunites with his girlfriend and goes on holiday, but he soon
discovers that he is unable to cope with his recent experiences. His friends arrive for a night
of partying – during that night something happens that leaves Victor with a difficult decision.
8363 Norwegian soldiers have fought in the war in Afghanistan. Victor is a film about one
of them.
KAVEH TEHRANI holds a Bachelor’s Degree in film- and liter-
ary sciences from the University of Oslo, in addition to one
year of studies at the European Film College in Denmark.
He made his fiction film debut with the short 1994 in 2010,
which has been screened at numerous international festivals, on NRK (National Norwegian Television), BBC and
also received several awards, including the Norwegian
National Film Award - Amanda for Best Short Film in 2011.
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VOICE OF LIFE
LIVETS RØST
16 MIN B/W DCP 2K DOLBY SR
Knut Erik Jensen
SCREENPLAY Knut Erik Jensen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Anders Bohman
PRODUCER Knut Erik Jensen for Nordkappfilm
CO-PRODUCER Joseph Culp for Lone Spy Productions
CAST Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Joseph Culp
RELEASE DATE September 2013
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
KNUT ERIK JENSEN (b 1940), made his debut in 1973 with
the short Andrew. He is a graduate from the London
International Film School, and has also studied history
and languages (French and Russian). Jensen has
since then made four feature films, four feature length
documentaries and numerous shorts and docs, many of
them for the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK).
Knut Erik Jensen has for many years been one of Norway’s
most acknowledged, prolific and polemic directors, both
as a documentarist and as a feature filmmaker. Having
passed 70 years of age in 2011 Jensen shows no intent to
”back down” and continues to be a strong, uncompromising and headstrong - yet still warm an humorous - voice in
the Norwegian film- and television landscape.
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A man and a woman are drifting along the empty Hollywood Boulevard at night. They pass
each other and meet again at The Walk of Fame and fallen stars. What is their destiny? Do they
already know each other? Or is it only a dream? An American dream? Will they ever meet?
WORKING STIFF
WORKING STIFF
9 MIN COLOUR DCP 2K Stereo
Jan Vardøen
SCREENPLAY Jan Vardøen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Karl Erik Brøndbo
PRODUCER Jan Vardøen for Beacon Isle Productions AS
CAST Robert Skjærstad, Caroline Haddeland-Herding,
Asbjørn Ribe
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Working Stiff poses the uncomfortable question: would you prefer to work for eight hours
straight in a boring job, or would you just like to get it all over at once in one quick burst? In
other words: could you be doing something more worthwhile?
is a household name in Norway. He is a musician (under the name Ian Senior) with several critically acclaimed records to his credit. He is also the author of many
books, fiction and non-fiction. He is a familiar face in front
of the camera with numerous TV appearances, not least
as a judge in the TV series “Masterchef”. Working Stiff is
his directorial debut and he has many other film projects
currently under production, amongst them the feature
Heart of Lightness which will be released spring 2014.
JAN VARDØEN
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YES WE LOVE
JA VI ELSKER
Hallvar Witzø
SCREENPLAY Hallvar Witzø
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Audun Gjelsvik Magnæs
PRODUCERS Gudny Hummelvoll and Elisabeth Kvithyll for
Hummelfilm AS
CAST Edvard Hægstad, Terje Ranes, Hanne Skille Reitan,
Johan Fredrik Bergflødt-Johannessen
DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Four generations, each with a personal crisis, set in four different parts of Norway on the Norwegian Independence Day.
HALLVAR WITZØ (b 1984) has a degree in directing from
The Norwegian Film School. He won the Student Academy Award for best foreign film for hid graduation film,
Tuba Atlantic, in 2011.
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YOU AND ME, MOMMY
DEG OG MEG, MAMMA
DRAMA/FAMILY 14
MIN COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Thea Hvistendahl
SCREENPLAY Thea Hvistendahl
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pål Ulvik Rokseth
PRODUCERS Jørgen Hvistendahl and Thea Hvistendahl
for Film Thea
CAST Aurora Bach Rodal, Giuliana Consonni Blom, Sofie
Jakobsen Ågård
DIRECTOR
A magical realistic film set in a gray and gloomy atmosphere, where we meet 11-year-old
Aurora trying to handle her mother’s depression. Feeling like she has lost her, all she wants
is for things to go back to normal and get her mum back to life, but she’s not responding to
Aurora’s attempts.
THEA HVISTENDAHL is
a young director from Oslo, Norway.
She finished her film studies at Westerdals School of Communication in 2013, where she specialized in directing.
She was also selected for the one year talent program
Viken Academy, a talent program launched by the regional
film center Viken. In 2013 her graduation film, You and
Me, Mommy, premiered at the Bergen International Film
Festival (BIFF).
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FESTIVALS
Note: this list include short film
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Fredrikstad Animation Festival
| November
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REGIONAL FILM CENTRES
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Stortorget 1, N-2609 Lillehammer
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P.O.Box 482 Sentrum
N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 00
www.norwegianfilms.no
ISBN 978-82-8025-033-9

2014 Norwegian Short Films

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