NORWEGIAN FILMS 2010–2

norwegian films 2010–2
Publisher: Norwegian Film Institute
Editor: Astri Dehli Blindheim
Design: Ingunn Cecilie Jensen
Translation: Bjørn Giertsen and others
Published by: Norwegian Film Institute
Department of Promotion and International Relations
Box 482 Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 79/00
Fax: +47 22 47 45 97
Mail: [email protected]
www.nfi.no/english
ISBN 978–82–8025–027–8
Front cover: I travel alone
Contents
Feature films
Amors baller Cupid´s Balls
Babycall Babycall
Blåfjell 2 Magic Silver 2
Brødrene Dal og vikingsverdets forbannelse
Exteriors Exteriors
Fritt vilt III Cold Prey III
Få meg på for faen Turn Me On
Gråtass får en ny venn
Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen
Hjelp, vi er russ
Hodejegerne Headhunters
Jeg reiser alene I travel alone
Jørgen + Anne = sant Jørgen + Anne
Knerten gifter seg Twigson Ties the Knot
Knerten i knipe Twigson in a Pinch
Kong Curling Curling King
Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki
Mennesker i solen People in the Sun
Oslo, 31. August Oslo, August 31
På bølgelengde Tying the Knot
Rødt hjerte Red Heart
Teori & praksis Theory and Practice
Tomme tønner 2 – Det brune gullet
Trolljegeren The Troll Hunter
Uten tittel (aka Sorans reise Soran’s Journey) 5
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Documentaries
Helsefabrikken The Health Factory
Russian Lessons Russian Lessons
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FEATURE FILMS
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, Lucas 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.
AMORS BALLER
cupid´s balls
Director: Kristoffer Metcalfe
Screenplay: Frederick Howard, Kristoffer
Metcalfe, Peder Fuglerud, Stian A. Eriksen
Producer: Frederick Howard for SF Norge AS
Cast: Fridjov Såheim, Kåre Hedebrant, Harald
Weedon, Isak Nicolai Solli, Eira K. Stuedahl,
Jana Opsahl Goli
Release date: March 2011
Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS
Contact: SF Norge AS, Box 239 Sentrum, N-0106
Oslo, Tel: +47 22 00 78 00, Fax: +47 22 00 78 01,
Mail: [email protected], www.sfnorge.no
Kristoffer Metcalfe (b 1978) has earlier been
working with documentaries and short films.
He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in
2008. Cupid´s Balls will be his first feature film.
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BABYCALL
Babycall
Director: Pål Sletaune
Screenplay: Pål Sletaune
Producer: Turid Øversveen for 4 ½ AS
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner,
Vetle Qvenild Werring
Release date: February 2011
Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS
Sales: The Match Factory GmbH, Balthasarstr.
79-81, DE-50670 Cologne, Tel +49 221 539 709-0,
Fax +49 221 539 709-10, Email: [email protected],
www.matchfactory.de
Pål Sletaune (1960) holds degrees in literature,
photo and art history. In 1998, Variety pronoun­ced
Pål Sletaune one of the ten most promising directors
worldwide. He has received international awards
and recognition for both his feature films and his
short films. His previous feature films are Junk Mail
(1997); You Really Got me (2001) and Next Door
(2005).
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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.
Magic Silver became a big success after its domestic premiere in Norway 2009
with over 350 000 admissions. Following up the success, Magic Silver 2, will
premiere in Norway in December 2011, it is the first Norwegian children and
family film to be produced in 3D.
The story is set high up in the Blue Mountain, where young queen Blue­
rose 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...
BLÅFJELL 2
MAGIC SILVER 2
Director: Arne Lindtner Næss
Screenplay: Gudny Hagen and Thomas Moldestad
Producers: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and
Lasse Greve Alsos for Storm Rosenberg AS
Release date: November 18, 2011
Distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS
Sales: NonStop Sales, Döbelnsgt. 25, SE-112 52
Stockholm, Tel: +46 8 673 9980,
Fax: +46 8 673 9988, Mail: [email protected],
www.nonstopsales.net
Directing Magic Silver 2 will be Arne Lindtner
Næss, one of Norway’s veterans in children’s
films with several successful films such as the
films about The Junior Olsen Gang, SOS –
Summer of Suspense and Finding Friends.
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BRØDRENE DAL
OG VIKINGSVERDETS
FORBANNELSE
ENGLISH TITLE TBA
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, Filmparken,
Wedel Jarlsbergs vei 36, NO-1358 Jar,
Tel: +47 67 52 54 96, Mail: [email protected]
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 resurfaces 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.
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EXTERIORS
Exteriors is a poetic, realistic, surrealistic and somewhat experimental
drama. The film features two girls, PEARL and SKYE, both struggling, foreign
actresses in LA during pilot season. We follow these two, from Norway and
the UK respectively, on the day of a very important audition. Their stories are
very similar; they are both competing for the same part, they are both living
on a friend’s couch and they are both involved in destructive relationships. It
is an exploration of the need to be loved, to be recognized and accepted and,
most importantly, the sacrifices we make to achieve this. We see the girls go
through great lengths to get what they want. They might even get stripped of
their dignity.
Directors: Patrick Syversen
and Marie Kristiansen
Screenplay: Patrik Syversen
Producer: Fredrik Pryser for Fredrik Fiction
Cast: Gitte Witt, Ruta Gedmintas,
Mark Wystrach, Joshua Bowman, Allan Hyde
Release date: March 2011
Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film as
Contact: Fredrik Fiction, Akershusstranda
skur 35, N-0155 Oslo, Tel: +47 22 20 80 00,
Mail: [email protected], www.fredrikfiction.no
Patrik Syversen (writer/director/producer)
previous efforts include the Norwegian feature
film Manhunt. Prowl, his second feature is due
for a theatrical US release in September 2010.
Exteriors is his third feature film as a director, his
second as a writer and his first as a producer.
Marie Kristiansen (photographer/director/producer)
is an artist and noted director/ photo­grapher. Her
most recent efforts range from doing major fashion
spreads to directing and shooting experimental
shorts and music videos. Exteriors is her first feature
film as both director, DP and producer.
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FRITT VILT III
COLD PREY III
Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose
Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Peder Fuglerud
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, Filmbyen 12, DK-2650
Hvidovre, Tel: +45 3686 8788, Fax: +45 3677
4448, Mail: [email protected],
www.trustnordisk.com
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.
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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.
FÅ MEG PÅ FOR FAEN
TURN ME ON
Horny comedy about the young girl Alma (15), who desperately wants to get
on with her life. The dull routines in the small west coast Norwegian village
do not satisfy her need for adventure.
Alma has sex on her mind all the time, and has an intimate affair with
a telephone-sex man, while she fantasizes about the school’s heartthrob
Arthur. But when she tells her classmates that Arthur showed her his dick
at a school party, her life is turned upside down.
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, Lars Nordtvedt Listau, Beate Støf­ring,
Henriette Steenstup, Jon Bleiklie Devik, Trine Wiggen,
Julia Bache Wiig, Julia Schacht, Arthur Berning
Release date: August 2011
Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS
Contact: Motlys AS, Sagvn. 18, N-0459 Oslo,
Tel: +47 22 80 83 70, Fax: +47 22 80 83 71,
Mail: [email protected], www.motlys.com
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (b.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 is her first entry into fiction.
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GRÅTASS FÅR EN NY VENN
ENGLISH TITLE TBA
Director: Trond Jacobsen
Screenplay: Morten Myklebust
Producer: Anne Amalie Thowsen
for Fantasi-Fabrikken AS
Cast: Ole-Kristian Lima, Dan Robert Thorsen,
Tiril Heide-Steen, Dag Vågsås, Heljar Berge
Release date: February 2011
Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge
Contact: Fantasi-Fabrikken, Årfuglvn. 2,
N-3123 Tønsberg, Tel: +47 33 20 10 30,
Fax: +47 33 30 10 40,
Mail: [email protected],
www.fantasi-fabrikken.no
Trond Jacobsen (born 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.
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Gråtass is thriving on the farm, with his friends Goggen, Gamlefar and Grynet.
But at times he feels lonely, as he is the only live machine on the farm, and
cannot reveal it to the others. Therefore, Gråtass gets Goggen to build the fully
automatic, electric, self-propelled scarecrow Skremme! However, when Skremme
surpasses him in popularity, Gråtass becomes jealous and does some foolish
things to prevent Goggen from presenting Skremme at an invention competition
at the annual fair in the village. As the scrap dealers Hubert and Hieronemus
kidnap Skremme, and Gråtass realizes that it makes Goggen very sad, he regrets
what he did and sets out to get the scoundrels. Together with Skremme, Gråtass
manages to outwit the two villains and turn them over to the police. However,
to succeed, Gråtass has to reveal to everyone at the fair that he is alive and can
drive on his own, something which creates a hullabaloo. With Goggen’s help,
they manage to explain away the whole thing. They claim that both Skremme
and Gråtass are Goggen’s remote controlled inventions, and Gråtass gets the new
friend he wished for.
HJELP, VI ER
I FILMBRANSJEN
ENGLISH TITLE TBA
Directors: Nini Bull Robsahm, Patrik Syversen
Screenplay: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen
Producer: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes
and Kjetil Omberg for Tappeluft Pictures
Cast: Henrik Thodesen, Odd Magnus Williamson,
Stig Frode Henriksen, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen,
Marte Germaine Christensen, Jenny Skavlan,
Christian Rubeck, Julia Schacht
Release date: August 26, 2011
Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film as
Contact: Euforia Film, Nedregate 5, N-0551 Oslo,
Tel: +47 21 37 99 99, Fax: +47 24 20 05 01,
Mail: [email protected], www.euforia.no
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. Under the cover of making a film, the boys
arrange fictitious casting sessions. 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 (writer/director/producer) previous
efforts include the Norwegian feature film Manhunt.
Prowl, his second feature is due for a theatrical US
release in September 2010. His third film Exteriors
is scheduled for release in March 2011.
Nini Bull Robsahm (1981) is educated at The Film
& TV Academy in Oslo. She wrote the screenplay,
played one of the leading roles and was executive
producer of Manhunt in 2008. Since then, she has
worked with the development of several screenplays. This film is her second as screenwriter and
her debut as feature film director.
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HJELP, VI ER RUSS
ENGLISH TITLE TBA
Director: Kenneth Olaf Hjellum
Screenplay: Stig Frode Henriksen
and Kenneth Olaf Hjellum
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 14, 2011
Norwegian distributor: Euforia Film AS
Contact: Euforia Film, Nedregate 5, N-0551 Oslo,
Tel: +4 21 37 99 99, Fax: +47 24 20 05 01, Mail:
[email protected], www.euforia.no
After graduating from London Film School in 2006,
Kenneth Olaf Hjellum (born 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. Hjelp, vi er russ!
is Kenneth’s debut as a feature film director, it is
frighteningly inspired by his own graduation period…
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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,
Norway’s 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!
In Headhunters, we meet the charming scoundrel Roger, a man who
apparently has it all. He’s Norway’s most accomplished headhunter.
He’s married to the unbelievably beautiful gallery owner Diana, has
a far too sumptuous villa and must, to keep his head above water
financially, steal a little too much art. At an opening, his wife introduces
him to a Dutchman, Clas Greve. He is the perfect candidate for any top job:
A former mercenary with a background as a chief executive in the electronics
business, with significant sex appeal as well. He’s also in possession of a
painting worth seven figures in Euros. Rogers eyes a chance to liberate
himself from his financial worries, and embarks on his greatest coup.
Breaking into Greve’s house turns out to be easy, but on his way out with
the painting, Roger discovers something which will soon make him a hunted
man. Suddenly money is the least of his worries. Everybody wants something.
Nobody gets it for free. Not without stepping over corpses. The headhunt
has begun.
HODEJEGERNE
HEADHUNTERS
Director: Morten Tyldum
Screenplay: Ulf Rydberg and Lars Gudmestad based
on Jo Nesbø’s novel Hodejegerne
Producer: Asle Vatn for Friland and Marianne Gray
for Yellow Bird
Cast: Aksel Hennie
Release date: August 26, 2011
Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film
Distribusjon AS
Sales: TrustNordisk ApS, Filmbyen 12,
DK-2650 Hvidovre, Tel: +45 3686 8788,
Fax: +45 3677 4448, Mail: [email protected],
www.trustnordisk.com
Morten Tyldum (1967) is a commercial director, and
has won a number of awards for his films. He has
also made several short dramas. His first feature
film was the award winning Buddy (2003). Morten
Tyldum is educated from School of Visual Arts, New
York. After graduating, he worked for several years
at public broadcaster NRK with the youth programme U, where he made several documentaries.
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JEG REISER ALENE
I TRAVEL ALONE
Director: Stian Kristiansen
Screenplay: Tore Renberg based on his novel
Charlotte Isabel Hansen
Producers: Yngve Sæther and Sigve Endresen
for Motlys AS
Cast: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal,
Trine Wiggen, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen,
Henriette Steenstrup
Release date: March 2011
Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome
Norge AS
Contact: Motlys AS, Sagvn. 18, N-0459 Oslo,
Tel: +47 22 80 83 70, Fax: +47 22 80 83 71,
Mail: [email protected], www.motlys.com
Stian Kristiansen (born 1972) has studied direc­ting
in Stavanger, and graduated as a director from The
Norwegian Film School in 2006. He has worked for
several years as an actor at Rogaland Teater, and
acted in films such as Benny and Mongoland. He
has previously directed several short films and his
feature film debut was the successful The Man Who
Loved Yngve.
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Angry comedy about Jarle Klepp (25), the promising student of literature
who’s interested in Adorno, Proust and grown up women – and definitely
not Tamagochi’s, Lady Di and small kids. The news that he is the father of
a seven year old girl – and that she will come visiting next week – enters
his life like a nuclear bomb.
Jarle Klepp has to become an adult. Is he able to grow up?
Does he want to grow up?
Jarle Klepp is the same guy we met as a confused teenager in the
Award-winning gender crossing love story and Norwegian box office
hit from 2008, The Man Who Loved Yngve, also directed by Stian
Kristiansen.
JØRGEN + ANNE = SANT
JØRGEN + ANNE
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Screenplay: Kamilla Krogsveen based on
Vigdis Hjort’s novel Jørgen+Anne=sant
Producer: Teréz Hollo-Klausen, Silje Hopland Eik
Anne, 9 years, is an energetic girl with more important affairs than falling
in love. But when she meets Jørgen, the new boy in class she falls in love
immediately. Some grown-ups do not think you can fall in love for real when
you are 9 years old, but Anne knows better: You can!
Jørgen is moving into the mysterious and scary Bandit House.
A house none of the kids dare to come close. But that is of no hinder
for Anne, she is willing to go further than most to win him over. When
done in the name of love, everything is allowed, isn’t it?
and Tanya N. Badendyck 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: 2011
Norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS
Contact: Cinenord Kidstory, Akersbakken 33,
N-0172 Oslo, Tel: +47 22 95 55 80,
Fax: +47 22 95 55 81, Mail: [email protected],
www.cinenord.no
Anne Sewitsky (b.1977) studied directing at The
Norwegian Film School, graduating in 2006. She
has later worked for the drama division of the NRK.
Here, her roles included: scriptwriter and consultant
on a full-length film project, script­writer for an
episode of the drama series Himmelblå, as well as
director of four episodes in the same series. Happy,
Happy (to be released this autumn) will be her first
feature film.
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KNERTEN GIFTER SEG
TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT
Director: Martin Lund
Screenplay: Birgitte Bratseth based on the novels
about Lillebror and Knerten by Anne Cath. Vestly
Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
for Paradox Produksjoner AS
Cast: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Petrus A.
Christensen, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise
Release date: September24, 2010
Sales: Sola Media GmbH, Filderhauptstr. 49,
D-70599 Stuttgart, Tel: +49 71 14 79 36 66,
Fax: +49 71 14 79 26 58,
Mail: [email protected], www.sola-media.net
Martin Lund was educated as Art Director at Westerdals 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. Twigson Ties the Knot is his
feature film debut.
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Adventurous? Yes. Extraordinary? Yes. In love? Yes.
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.
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.
Twigson in a Pinch is the third movie produced by Paradox in the trilogy
about Junior and Twigson.
KNERTEN I KNIPE
TWIGSON IN a pinch
Director: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Screenplay: Kristin Skogheim based on the novels
about Lillebror and Knerten by Anne Cath. Vestly
Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
for Paradox AS
Cast: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Petrus Andreas
Christensen, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise,
Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Minken Fosheim
Release date: Autumn 2011
Norwegian distributor: Scanbox AS
Contact: Paradox Film AS, Grønlandsleiret 25,
N-0190 Oslo, Tel: +47 23 22 71 50, Fax: +47 23 22
71 51, Mail: [email protected], www.paradox.no
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 the 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.
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KONG CURLING
CURLING KING
Director: Ole Endresen
Screenplay: Ole Endresen and Atle Antonsen
Producer: Håkon Øverås for 4 ½ 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 AS, Krusesgt. 8, N-0263 Oslo,
+47 90 60 30 80, Fax: +47 22 85 43 16,
Mail: [email protected], www.fourandahalf.no
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 Etaten in
2006. Curling King will be his first feature film.
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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?
The true story of Kon-Tiki in electrifying 3D.
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 and only a parrot for company.
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
tidal waves, sharks, and demons of the deep, 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.
KON-TIKI
KON-TIKI
Directors: Joachim Roenning
and Espen Sandberg
Screenplay: Petter Skavland
Producer: Aage Aaberge, Lone Korslund
and Jeremy Thomas for Nordisk Film Production
Release date: September 2011
Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS
Sales: HanWay Films, 24 Hanway Street,
London W1T 1UH, Tel: +44 20 7290 0750,
Fax: +44 20 7290 0751, Mail: [email protected],
www.hanwayfilms.com
Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning 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. Sandberg and Roenning’s
first feature film was Bandidas, starring Penelope
Cruz and Salma Hayek, for producer Luc Besson and
Europa-corp in Mexico. They followed up with the
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MENNESKER I SOLEN
PEOPLE IN THE SUN
Director: Per-Olav Sørensen
Screenplay: Jonas Gardell
Producers: Synnøve Hørsdal and Cornelia Boysen
for Maipo AS
Cast: Ghita Nørby, Kjersti Holmen, Ane Dahl Torp,
Jon Øigarden, Ingar Helge Gimle
Release date: March 11, 2011
Norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film
Distribusjon AS
Contact: Maipo AS, Box 275, N-1319 Bekke­stua,
Tel: +47 67 52 51 90, Fax: +47 67 52 51 96,
Mail: [email protected], www.maipo.no
Per-Olav Sørensen (born 1953) is a director,
dramatist and producer. Since 1993, he has staged
a number of success performances at both international and Norwegian theatres. For the past six
years, Sørensen has worked increasingly with
motion pictures. He has directed all of 43 TV drama
episodes. He will also direct the major TV project
The Half Brother, scheduled to be shot in 2011.
People in the Sun is his first feature film.
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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. 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.
OSLO, 31. AUGUST
OSLO, AUGUST 31
Director: Joachim Trier
Screenplay: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Producers: Yngve Sæther, Sigve Endresen
and Hans-Jørgen Osnes for Motlys AS
Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie
Release date: August 31, 2011
Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS
Contact: Motlys AS, Sagvn. 18, N-0459 Oslo,
Tel: +47 22 80 83 70, Fax: +47 22 80 83 71,
Mail: [email protected], www.motlys.com
24 hours in the life of a man trying to find a reason to continue living.
Leaving drug rehab and going back to Oslo for the first time in a year, the
once promising Anders must face his past and possible future – encountering
old friends, lovers and family along the way.
Loosely based on Drieu La Rochelle’s classic French novel Le feu follet,
director Joachim Trier and writer Eskil Vogt will take us along on an
existential journey, filled with both joy for life and total darkness, asking
the question: What is a life?
Joachim Trier (b. 1974) graduated from the National
Film and Television School in England (2000). Trier has
already made a string of celebrated short films and has
also directed commercials in England and Norway for
the company Moland Film AS. The film Reprise (2006)
was his feature debut.
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PÅ BØLGELENGDE
TYING THE KNOT
Director: Frode Nordås
Screenplay: Frode Nordås
Producer: Frode Nordås for Nordås Film
Cast: Thomas Berg, Ingrid M. Tolstad, Håkon
Karoliussen, Vera Holte, Bjørn Moan
Release date: February 11, 2011
Norwegian distributor: Europafilm AS
Contact: Nordås Film, Einerveien 19, N-1178 Oslo,
Tel:+47 92 49 19 55, Mail: [email protected]
Frode Nordås (born 1972) is from Stord, and has
formerly made the feature film Pakken, as well as
many short films and documentaries for NRK. He
has written a doctoral dissertation on Digital film
production in Norway, and teaches Media and
communication at Oslo University College.
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Vivian and Jonny have been a couple for a long time, and 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.
RØDT HJERTE
RED HEART
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.
Director: Halkawt Mustafa
Screenplay: Halkawt Mustafa and Jabar J. Xarib
Producer: Egil Ødegård for Filmhuset AS
Cast: Shahen Jamal, Soran Ibrahim, Ali Ahmed
Release date: Winter 2011
Contact: Filmhuset AS, Box 6812 St. Olavs plass,
N-0130 Oslo, Tel: +47 22 98 85 80,
Fax: +47 22 98 85 81, Mail: [email protected],
www.filmhuset.no
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.
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TEORI & PRAKSIS
THEORY AND PRACTICE
DIRECTOR: Jens Lien
SCREENPLAY: Nikolaj Frobenius based on his partly
autobiographical novel Teori & praksis
PRODUCERS: Christian Fredrik Martin and Asle Vatn
for Friland AS
CAST: Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høeg, Sonja Richter
RELEASE DATE: February 2011
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Sandrew Metronome
Norge AS
SALES: Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, F-75001
Paris, Tel: +33 1 53 10 33 99, Fax: +33 1 53 10 33 98,
Mail: [email protected],
www.filmsdistribution.com
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 Competiton in Cannes. His award winning
feature debut Jonny Vang from 2003 premiered in
Panorama in Berlin. He continued with the awardwinning The Bothersome Man with World Premiere
in Critics’ Week in Cannes 2006.
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Theory and Practice is a darkly funny coming-of-age story about identity and
independence, revolt, punk-rock and bananas. And not least, it’s a story about
an unusual father-son relationship, and about the tenacity of the bonds we
sometimes do our best to break.
TOMME TØNNER 2
– det brune gullet
english title TBA
Directors: Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén
Screenplay: Leon Bashir and Sebastian Dalén
Producers: Kjetil Omberg and Terje Strømsdahl
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, Nedregate 5, N-0551 Oslo,
Tel. +47 21 37 99 99, Fax: +47 24 20 05 01,
Mail: [email protected], www.euforia.no
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.
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.
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TROLLJEGERen
the troll hunter
Director: André Øvredal
Screenplay: André Øvredal
Producers: John M. Jacobsen and
Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS
Release date: October 29, 2010
Norwegian Distributor: SF Norge AS
Contact: Filmkameratene AS, P.O.Box 629
Sentrum, N-0106 Oslo, Tel: +47 23 35 53 00,
Fax: +47 23 35 53 01, Mail: [email protected]
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. It was also
shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 1997 and released in several countries.
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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.
UTEN TITTEL
(AKA SORANS REISE
SORAN’S JOURNEY)
This story begins in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the 18 year old woman Nermin
flees her own arranged wedding. Nermin lives with her mother, a sister, and
her kid brother Soran (16). As the senior male of the family, Soran is obliged
to go and find his elder sister. To bring her home – or find another way to
save the family honour.
Director: Hisham Zaman
Screenplay: Hisham Zaman and Kjell Ola Dahl
Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
for Paradox AS
Release date: March 16, 2012
Norwegian distributor: Scanbox AS
Contact: Paradox AS, Grønlandsleiret 25, N-0190 Oslo,
Tel: +47 23 22 71 50, Fax: +47 23 22 71 51,
Mail: [email protected], www.paradox.no
Hisham Zaman (born 1975) graduated from
The National Norwegian Filmschool 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.
His latest project was the short feature film
Winterland (2007).
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DOCUMENTARIES
HELSEFABRIKKEN
THE HEALTH FACTORY
Director: Håvard Bustnes
Producer: Dag Hoel for Faction Film AS
Release date: June 2010
Sales: CAT&Docs, 18, rue Quincampoix,
FR-75004 Paris, Tel: +33 1 44 59 63 53,
Mail: [email protected], www.catndocs.com
Håvard Bustnes (b. 1973) studied at University
College Lillehammer and NTNU in Trondheim.
He co-founded Faction Film in 2003. He directs
documentary films and commercials. His most
recent film, Big John (2008), received the national
film award Amanda for Best documentary, Best
Documentary at Nordisk Panorama, and a Crystal
Heart Award in the US.
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The health services are copying industrial production practices in an
effort to become more effective. Conveyer belt production lines are
being introduced at hospitals. The Toyota factory is the ultimate ideal.
Do public health and care standards improve as a result of imitating
factories? Or are we losing sight of what it means to be human?
The film starts as a journey by the two directors, Olga and Andrei, one
on each side of the frontline during the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.
A non-conventional deeply personal feature documentary that firmly
establishes emotional contact with the audiences by depicting human
drama, before coming up with political conclusions. These emerge
naturally and forcefully as the intercut double journey progresses.
RUSSIAN LESSONS
RUSSIAN LESSONS
Importantly, the film puts the recent war in the context of the
post-Soviet history which has managed to keep its darkest pages
from the international public’s attention, despite dozens of relevant
UN resolutions and OSCE conventions. At the same time as Milosevic
was earning the reputation as the biggest evil in the post-communist
world, a perfectly comparable - but perhaps even more cruel – campaign
of terror and ethnic cleansing was taking place in parts of Georgia.
Distributor: Kudos Family AS, Kvitsøygata 25,
Director: Andrei Nekrasov and Olga Konskaya
Producer: Torstein Grude for Piraya Film as
Co-producer: Dreamscanner Production
Release date: June 2010
NO-4014 Stavanger, Tel: +47 51 12 31 72,
Fax: +47 51 11 63 37, Mail: [email protected],
www.kudosfamily.com
Andrei Lvovich Nekrasov (1958), studied acting and
directing at the State Institute for Theater and Film
in St Petersburg. He studied comparative literature
and philosophy at the University of Paris, and
film at Bristol University Film School. In 1985, he
assisted Andrei Tarkovsky during the filming and
editing of The Sacrifice. In 1997 his first feature,
Love Is As Strong as Death won the FIPRESCI prize
at Mannheim-Heidelberg. The director’s second
feature, Lubov and Other Nightmares (2001)
confirmed his status as a rebel among Russian filmmakers. His last film, Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case
presents interviews with assassinated former FSB
officer Alexander Litvinenko and journalist Anna
Politkovskaya.
Olga Konskaya (1964-2009) This film is the directorial debut of the prominent film producer and
human rights campaigner.
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For the following titles, please see Norwegian Films 2010 vol. 1
Feature films
Appelsinpiken The Orange Girl
Asfaltenglene East End Angels
Bestevenner Rafiki
Død snø Dead Snow
Elias og jakten på havets gull
Elias and the Hunt for the Gold of the Sea
En ganske snill mann A Somewhat Gentle Man
Engelen The Angel
En helt vanlig dag på jobben An Ordinary Day at Work
Fjellet The Mountain
Hjem til jul Home for Christmas
Jernanger The Storm in my Heart
Julenatt i Blåfjell Magic Silver
Keepern til Liverpool The Liverpool Goalie
Knerten Twigson
Kommandør Treholt og Ninjatroppen Norwegian Ninja
Kongen av Bastøy King of Devil’s Island
Limbo Limbo
Maskeblomstfamilien Shameless
Nokas Nokas
Nord North
Olsenbanden jr. – Det sorte gullet
The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold
Olsenbanden jr. – Mestertyvens skatt
The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief
ORPS – The Movie ORPS The Movie
PAX PAX
Pelle politibil går i vannet Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash
Rottenetter Rat Nights
Sammen Together
Skjult Hidden
Snarveien Detour
Svik Betrayal
Sykt lykkelig Happy, happy
Tomme tønner
Upperdog Upperdog
Varg Veum – Skriften på veggen The Writing on the Wall
Vegas Vegas
Yatzy Yahtzee
Yohan – barnevandrer Yohan – The Child Wanderer
Documentaries
Gazas tårer Tears of Gaza
Gunnar Goes God Gunnar Goes God
Intwari – håpets helter Intwari – Heroes of Hope
Jakten på hukommelsen Hunting Down Memory
Morderne slaveri Modern Slavery
Robert Crumptons Shakespeare Robert Crumpton’s Shakespeare
Sannhetsjegeren Nemesis
Snøhulemannen The Snow Caveman
Strengt hemmelig Strictly Confidential
To brødre Brothers
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