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NOR WE GIAN T V
DOCUMENTARIES 2015
NORWEGIAN
TV
FRONT COVER
Alone with Quadruplets
Produced by Colorbar
ANDERS BREDMOSE
General Counsel
Norwegian Producers’
Association
Cell: +47 417 79 694
Email: [email protected]
ADRIENNE SEET
Project Coordinator MIPTV
Norwegian Producers’
Association
Cell: +47 911 71 165
Email: [email protected]
MIA LINDRUP
Senior Advisor, Promotion
and International Relations
Norwegian Film Institute
Cell: +47 922 26 978
Email: [email protected]
Welcome to Focus on the Nordics!
Thank you for joining us in Cannes as we welcome you to Focus
on the Nordics at MIPTV 2015. It is a big pleasure to present to you
the variety of Norwegian TV production. The Norwegian Producers’
Association are thrilled to be given the opportunity to focus the spot
light north during the international TV and digital content market
in Cannes. Sponsored by the Norwegian Film Institute we enter the
Nordic pavilion in connection with the Palais des Festivals.
Norwegian TV production is at its most innovative position ever with
a huge variety of productions and expressions. The growth in quality
and quantity brought to the TV screens in Norway as well as abroad
makes us proud to present this catalogue and also to invite you to
take a tour of what is happening in the North.
We are certain that you will find the Norwegian productions and
producers interesting. We hope that you will spend some time talking to us while we are in Cannes and that you bring some of the
Norwegian productions back home with you from Cannes.
Torbjørn Urfjell
CEO Norwegian Producers’ Association
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Produced by Sant & Usant
CONTENTS
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TitleProduction Company
[in alphabetical order]
6
Alone with Quadruplets
Colorbar
7
The Final Dosage
Colorbar
8
The Forgotten Fiasco
Ekkofilm
9
Bring On the Night
Eyeworks Norway
10 Death - a series on life
Flimmerfilm
11
DroneFlimmerfilm
12
The Fjord Cowboys
Flimmerfilm
13
Light Fly, Fly High
Fri Film
14
Ballet Boys
IndieFilm
15
Grenade Man
IndieFilm
16
HeritageIndieFilm
17
Ida’s Diary
IndieFilm
18
The Night
IndieFilm
19
Supernerd
ITV Studios Norway
20
Good Girl
Mediaoperatørene
21
VoicesMediaoperatørene
22
The Accidental Rock Star Mediaoperatørene
23
Born in the Wrong Body
Merkur Film
24
The Dream of Europe NRK
25
In Search of the Northern NRK
Lights
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TitleProduction Company
[in alphabetical order]
26
Love Hurts.com
NRK
27
Thor Heyerdahl
NRK
28
To the South Pole and Back NRK
29
The Mystery of the
Original Film
Northern Lights
30
Gulabi Gang
Piraya Film
31
Love City, Jalalabad
Piraya Film
32
Inside Fur
Piraya Film
33
The Oil Kids
Rakett
34
Cricketing the Streets
Sant og Usant
of Oslo
35
I am Kuba
Sant og Usant
36
Maiko
Sant og Usant
37
The Optimists
Skofteland Film
38
Childhood
Speranza Film
39
GoodSperanza Film
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
ALONE WITH QUADRUPLETS
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 44’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 9, 2015
ORIGINAL TITLE ALENE MED FIRLINGER
DIRECTORS Magnus Halvorsen Wathne, Steinar
Figved
PRODUCED BY Colorbar AS
BROADCASTERS TV2 Norway
SCREENPLAY MAGNUS H. WATHNE
TYPE OF AUDIENCE TBA
LOCAL RATINGS 330 000 (TV 2 + Sumo)
SALES AGENT TBA
SALES RIGHTS TBA
SYNOPSIS Silje is a single mom for the quadruplets.
It takes up all her time so she’s struggling to get a job.
And soon the girls are starting school. This film follows a very special family through a very special year.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 6
Øyvind Torjusen
+47 938 13 184
[email protected]
colorbar.tv
The odds of having quadruplets naturally is 1:68 000 000.
Silje became that 1.
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE FINAL DOSAGE
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: MARCH 10, 2015
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 53’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE DEN SISTE DOSEN
DIRECTOR Hilde Osen, Magnus H. Wathne
PRODUCED BY Colorbar AS
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Hilde Osen
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS 485 000
SALES AGENT Colorbar AS
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Treatment with methadone is lifelong. By
the government’s definition Siri Getz is drug free using methadone. But she doesn’t agree. Still she has to
deliver urine samples to be able to receive her daily
dosages of medicine. In life she’s got everything she
could have ever dreamt of – a house and a husband
with no drug history. The perfect life. Why is she then
willing to risk all this to be able to reach 0 mg?
Siri Getz is not a drug addict anymore. It’s been 14
years. So why does she feel like one?
A unique insight in life of a former heroine addict and
her 24 hour-a-day struggle to quit methadone.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Øyvind Torjusen
+47 938 13 184
[email protected]
TRAILER
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE FORGOTTEN FIASCO
HD | 16:9 | 3 X 58’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: MARCH 08, 2015
ORIGINAL TITLE ALLIERT OG ALENE
DIRECTOR Stian Trovik
PRODUCED BY Ekkofilm
BROADCASTER NRK
TYPE OF AUDIENCE P18-65+
LOCAL RATINGS 30%
SALES AGENT Ekkofilm
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Norway, the spring of 1940 the first battle
between German and allied land forces takes place.
With the weakest army in Europe, Norway starts to
fight after promises of help from British, French and
Polish forces.
But when help finally arrives it is all other than promised. The Allied forces have their own agenda.
In one of the most ill planned operations of WWII, Allied soldiers fight in a harsh and cold country without
proper equipment, weapons or air support, and the
campaign ends in a disaster.
Today allied veterans tell a tale that they were ordered to forget, of memories that refuse to let go.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 8
Kristian Karlsen
+47 976 98 756
[email protected]
vimeo.com/122859211
European soldiers were ordered to forget what happened in
Norway in 1940 - 75 years later they finally break the silence
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
BRING ON THE NIGHT
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: MARCH 05, 2015
HD | 16:9 | 8 X 15’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH & NORWEGIAN SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE BRING ON THE NIGHT
DIRECTOR Anders Øvergaard
PRODUCED BY Eyeworks Norway AS
BROADCASTER VGTV
SCREENPLAY Anders Øvergaard, Andreas Hedemann
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Young Adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SALES RIGHTS TBA
SYNOPSIS Norwegian DJs such as Kygo, Da Tweekaz
and Fehrplay have the past year experienced massive
success worldwide thanks to Soundcloud and social
media. Bring on the night invites you to tag along
with the DJs as they go on tour abroad, several facing
stardom for the first time ever. The DJs featured are
Kygo, Fehrplay, Matoma, Lemaitre, CLMD, Broiler and
da Tweekaz.
Tag along as we travel the world with
Norway’s most famous DJs
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Martin Jondahl
+47 918 817 40
[email protected]
http://bit.ly/1GCdEgp
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
DEATH – A SERIES ABOUT LIFE
HD | 16:9 | 5 X 53’ | NORWEGIAN | NORWEGIAN & ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: APRIL 20, 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE DØDEN – EIN SERIE OM LIVET
DIRECTORS Eivind Tolås, Paulo Chavarria & Stian
Indrevoll
PRODUCED BY Flimmer Film AS
BROADCASTERS NRK
SCREENPLAY Eivind Tolås, Paulo Chavarria & Stian
Indrevoll
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Families
LOCAL RATINGS 300 000
SALES AGENT First Hand Films
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Sooner or later – we all must die. That is
the way nature is, and that is the way life is; nothing
lasts forever, at least not on Earth.
In these five programmes we approach the concept
of death from different angles. Driven by curiosity we
examine death both historically and culturally. Death
and dying in art, the market of death, religious beliefs, the actual physical death and the central role
death plays in our community and surroundings are
all important elements in this documentary series.
We have travelled the world and met persons that
helped us in the process of understanding more.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 10
Lars Løge
+47 41 51 41 80
[email protected]
vimeo.com/63889441
There are few more natural and fascinating things
in life than death
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
DRONE
TV PREMIERE ON SVT 2: MAY 11, 2014
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 78’ | ENGLISH | NORWEGIAN & ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE DRONE
DIRECTOR Tonje Hessen Schei, Jonathan Borge Lie
PRODUCED BY Flimmer Film AS
CO-PRODUCER Radiator Film
BROADCASTER TV 2 Norway
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Level K
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Drone brings us inside the covert CIA
drone war. The film follows people who live under
drones in Pakistan and drone pilots who struggle
with the new warfare. DRONE covers diverse ground
from the recruitment of young pilots at gaming conventions, the re-definition of “going to war”, to the
moral of engineers behind the technology, the world
leaders giving the secret “greenlight” to a targeted
killing program outside declared war zones, and the
people who fight for transparency, accountability
and justice. Facing fast technological advancements
and lagging international legislation the film shows
how drones change wars and possibly our future.
POINT - CLICK - KILL
CONTACT Lars Løge
TEL
+47 41 51 41 80
EMAIL [email protected]
WEB www.dronethedocumentary.com
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE FJORD COWBOYS
HD | 16:9 | 3 SEASONS | 30 X 23’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 5, 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE FJORDEN COWBOYS
DIRECTORS Season 1: Hildegunn Wærness
Season 2 and 3: Geir Kreken
PRODUCED BY Flimmer Film AS
BROADCASTER TV 2 ZEBRA
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Young male
LOCAL RATINGS 100,000
SALES AGENT Nordic World
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS The Fjord Cowboys is a documentary
series about two “dynamite buddies” living on the
shores of the world famous Hardanger Fjord. Lothepus is the hard working expert on explosives, and
Joar is his hedonistic apprentice.
Behind their somewhat rough appearance, they are
in fact a pair of astute entreprenour businessmen
with no fear of authority who play by their own rules.
Together they work hard, and party even harder. But
they have children to raise, projects to execute and
loved ones to deal with, and their particular zest for
life does not always match other peoples’ expectations. CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 12
Lars Løge
+47 41 51 41 80
[email protected]
http://bit.ly/1MZuyrq
Work hard, live harder
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: NOVEMBER 2013
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 80’ | TAMIL | ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN & DANISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
DIRECTORS Susann Østigaard and Beathe Hofseth
PRODUCED BY Fri Film
CO-PRODUCER Made in Copenhagen
BROADCASTERS NRK, DR, SVT, RUV, YLE, NHK,
IKON, TG4
SCREENPLAY Susann Østigaard and Beathe
Hofseth
TYPE OF AUDIENCE General
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT CAT&Docs, Women Make Movies
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Nordic Countries
SYNOPSIS Thulasi is a young Indian girl who is literally willing to fight for the right to be herself. Coming
from a poor background, Thulasi´s life is in many
ways pre-determined. Her family wants her to get
married, her chances of getting a decent job are slim
and being an untouchable, she has to accept her position at the very bottom of the social ladder.
But Thulasi is different. She wants to be in control of
her own destiny and live life her own way. She wants
to be someone. She wants to be a boxer.
Million Dollar Baby meets
Slumdog Millionaire – in real life!
FRI FILM
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Beathe Hofseth
+47 97 03 60 23
[email protected]
www.lightfly.no
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BALLET BOYS
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 59’/73’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES & MORE
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: MARCH 18, 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE BALLETTGUTTENE
DIRECTOR Kenneth Elvebakk
PRODUCED BY Indie Film
BROADCASTERS NRK, YLE, SVT, DR, NHK
SCREENPLAY Kenneth Elvebakk
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Teenagers, Family
LOCAL RATINGS 30%
SALES AGENT Wide House
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Lukas, Syvert and Torgeir experience
some very important years in the beginning of their
ballet careers. But how do they deal with pressure
from parents and teachers? They face new challenges in ballet competitions in France and Sweden. But
most important is the audition to enter the Norwegian Ballet Academy. Out of the blue Lukas is offered
a try-out in the final audition at the Royal Ballet
School in London. During the course of four years
we see these boys becoming young men, and friends
that separates. These kids need to sacrifice parties
and friends from school to fulfill their dreams, and
admission to a ballet academy means everything.
It’s up to a jury to determine if they are the chosen
one. Their school teachers is concerned and ask them
what they will do if they don’t make it as ballet dancers.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 14
Carsten Aanonsen
+47 90865203
[email protected]
vimeo.com/99118757
Disappointments, victories, first loves, doubt, faith
all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE GRENADE MAN
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: AUTUMN 2016
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 52’/70’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE GRANATMANNEN
DIRECTOR Karianne Berge
PRODUCED BY Indie Film
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Karianne Berge
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Young adult, family, older
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS A man trips on a wire and sets off the
first of many grenade traps. People are terrified. The
newspapers are feeding the terror, the police department is under heavy pressure, but investigates in
vain. A suspected police officer - suffering from war
trauma, alcoholism and bitterness - commits suicide,
conveniently after the last explosion. The police considers the case solved. Is he a scapegoat, and does it
help our knowledge about terror today? The Grenade
Man, a film with high production value, is a true crime
story that will reflect on how we react and respond to
acts of terror and their consequences.
The unsolved terror mystery from Oslo 1965
Does it help us understand the act of terror today?
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Carsten Aanonsen
+47 90865203
[email protected]
vimeo.com/107828987 [PASS: indie_terrorism]
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
IDA’S DIARY
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 56’/63’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE AT 1DFA: NOVEMBER 25, 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE IDAS DAGBOK
DIRECTOR August Baugstø Hanssen
PRODUCED BY Indie Film
CO-PRODUCER Mouka Filmi, Telling productions,
Chezville, Substans film
BROADCASTERS NRK, YLE, DR, SVT UR, Belgian TV
SCREENPLAY August Baugstø Hanssen
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Young adults + adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT First Hand Films
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Scandinavia
SYNOPSIS A young Norwegian woman, struggling
with a turbulent emotional life - borderline - has
kept a video diary to ease her mind and structure
her thoughts. A unique insight into a world of fear
and anxiety and precious moments of everyday victories and self-discovery as well. A powerful struggle
towards self-acceptance and a genuine appreciation
of life. Ida’s Diary is a film about hope, about finding
your own identity and daring to live.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 16
Carsten Aanonsen
+47 90865203
[email protected]
vimeo.com/119424504
Winner IDFA 2014
Mid-Length Documentary Competition
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
HERITAGE
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: JUNE 2015
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 22’ | NORWEGIAN | NORWEGIAN SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE ARVEN
DIRECTOR Charlotte Thiis-Evensen
PRODUCED BY Indie Film
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Charlotte Thiis-Evensen
ANIMATORS Mikrofilm (formats are live action and
animation)
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Family 7 yrs and up
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS Christian and Fam has a beautiful baby
boy. Christian knows at that point that he will soon
die of terminal cancer. He turns to director Charlotte
Thiis-Evensen for her to capture his message for his
little boy on camera before he leaves this world. A
film combining live action, home videos and animation.
A young man becomes a father a few months
before he knows he will leave this life because of cancer.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Carsten Aanonsen
+47 90865203
[email protected]
indiefilm.no
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE NIGHT
HD | 16:9 | SINGLE DOCUMENTARY | DURATION TBA | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: 2017
ORIGINAL TITLE NATTA PAPPA HENTA OSS
DIRECTOR Steffan Strandberg
PRODUCED BY Indie Film
CO-PRODUCER Walking the Dog (BE), Fasad (SE)
BROADCASTER TBA
SCREENPLAY Steffan Strandberg
ANIMATORS Yoni Goodman, Elie Klimis
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Young adults + adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Wide House
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Scandinavia and
Benelux
SYNOPSIS The Night is director Steffan Strandberg’s
own childhood story, told through the eyes of himself
as an 11-year old. It is a fragile story of how children
experience abandonment and betrayal, but also a
story of growing up and looking forward.
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CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Carsten Aanonsen
+47 90865203
[email protected]
vimeo.com/92724534 [PASS: TheIndieNight]
Growing up and looking forward,
after being betrayed and abandoned as a child.
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
SUPERNERD
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: MARCH 21, 2015
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 52’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH & NORWEGIAN SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE SUPERNERD
DIRECTOR Hildegunn Wærness
PRODUCED BY ITV Studios Norway
BROADCASTER NRK
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Young adults 15 -35 yrs
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT ITV Studios Global Entertainment
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Can you discover who you really are, by
dressing up as someone else?
Aleksander (17) loves Japanese cartoons. For years
he’s been dreaming of dressing up as his animated
heroes, but he hasn’t dared yet. Aleksander looks up
to Johan (27), who has become the biggest cosplay
celebrity in Norway by dressing up in a blue monster
suit. In Supernerd we follow the boys on a journey
through the colourful world of cosplay, in search of
their true selves.
Supernerd - a personal journey into the
colorful world of costume play
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Jo Torgersen
+47 91 69 51 29
[email protected]
vimeo.com/122012019
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
GOOD GIRL
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 73’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: NOVEMBER 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE FLINK PIKE
DIRECTOR Solveig Melkeraaen
PRODUCED BY Medieoperatørene AS
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Solveig Melkeraaen
TYPE OF AUDIENCETeenagers, adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS Successful documentary filmmaker
Solveig Melkeraaen suffers a heavy clinical depression.
Treatment with electroshock therapy helps her, but
when she falls into a second depression, she has to
accept that being perfect is not an option.
CONTACT Mari Monrad Vistven
TEL
+47 414 56 363
EMAIL [email protected]
WEB vimeo.com/117154950
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a feel good film about depression
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
VOICES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: 2016 (TBA)
HD | 16:9 | 6 X 45’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE STEMMENE
DIRECTOR Gunhild Asting
PRODUCED BY Medieoperatørene AS
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY TBA
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Teenagers, adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS Filmed over the course of a year and with
unparalleled access, Voices follows young people
affected by schizophrenia. They give an honest and
personal account of the illness as they battle to turn
their lives around helped by Bergfløtt, a specialist
treatment facility for schizophrenia.
To illustrate and personalize their experiences with
psychosis and delusions, the series mixes traditional
documentary style with stylistic techniques as animation and sound design.
Schizophrenia is one of our most stigmatized mental illnesses, and it affects young people in particular. This series gives voices to the people who really
know what living with schizophrenia means.
A documentary series that gives a unique insight into the
lives of young people living with schizophrenia
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Eirin Høgetveit
+47 92246536
[email protected]
www.mop.no
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE ACCIDENTAL ROCK STAR
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 87’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: MARCH 13, 2015
ORIGINAL TITLE DEN TILFELDIGE ROCKESTJERNEN
DIRECTOR Igor Devold
PRODUCED BY Medieoperatørene as
CO-PRODUCERS Trueworks, Aurorafilm
BROADCASTER TBA
SCREENPLAY Igor Devold, Rune S. Thorud
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Teenagers, adults
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS The Accidental Rock Star is a music-documentary telling the story of the iconic rock band,
Kaizers Orchestra, through band member Helge Risa
– the “man with a gas mask”.
Drawing inspiration from the band’s own aesthetic,
this film blurs the boundary between imagination
and reality, incorporating staged scenes and elaborate sets with fly-on-the-wall documentary and archive footage.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 22
Mari Monrad Vistven
+47 414 56 363
[email protected]
vimeo.com/122993582
A music-documentary telling the story of
the iconic rock band, Kaizers Orchestra
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
BORN IN THE WRONG BODY
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: AUGUST 2014
HD | 16:9 | 1 SEASON + 1 IN PRODUCTION | 6 X 45’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE FØDT I FEIL KROPP
DIRECTOR Petter Vennerød
PRODUCED BY Merkur Film
BROADCASTER TV 2 Norway
TYPE OF AUDIENCE P12-40 yrs
LOCAL RATINGS 33% share
SALES AGENT Nordic World
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS To feel like a girl, being trapped in the
body of a boy, being terrified and anxious to reach
male puberty and develop a deep voice, visible
Adam’s apple and beard growth can hardly be described. Being a boy trapped in the body of a girl is
not any easier. Imagine the anxiety, fear, and not least
the contempt for yourself if you are a man entering
female puberty, developing breasts and having menstruation.
To be accepted as the one you actually are, might feel
like an unattainable dream. For our participants they
dream of another and better life often ignites when
they dare to challenge themselves, their friends, their
family and their surroundings.
In this series you will meet 14 brave people in various
stages of the process “of confirming their sex”, being
from 8 to 70 years old.
Imagine being born a girl developing a visible Adam’s apple,
or a boy getting menstruation.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Petter Vennerød
+47 906 77 461
[email protected]
www.merkur.no
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE DREAM OF EUROPE
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 75’ OR 4 X 39’ | NORWEGIAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: AUTUMN 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE DRØMMEN OM EUROPA
DIRECTORS Liv Berit Gilberg, Bodil Voldmo Sachse
and Jens Blom
PRODUCED BY NRK
BROADCASTER NRK
TYPE OF AUDIENCE TBA
LOCAL RATINGS xxx%
SALES AGENT Nordic World
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS In a world beset by war and conflict,
EU’s agency for external border security, Frontex, is
striving to regulate and control an ever-rising flood
of refugees. Schengen member countries play an
important role in guarding the Union’s borders. In
this documentary, we accompany two Norwegian
police officers on assignment to the Schengen area’s most exposed external borders. We also make
the acquaintance of an Italian human rights activist,
who documents the brutal treatment of migrants to
Europe.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 24
Bente Sagplads
+47 90036189
[email protected]
nordicworld.tv
A programme centred upon the dramatic
effects of Europe’s border policies.
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
IN SEARCH OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: DECEMBER 30, 2013
HD | 16:9 | 2 X 40’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE JAKTEN PÅ NORDLYSET
DIRECTOR Per Kristian Olsen
PRODUCED BY NRK
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Per Kristian Olsen
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Nordic World
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS The Northern Lights have intrigued and
mystified mankind since the dawn of time. Nowhere
are they brighter and more spectacular than in the
north of Norway. In In Search of the Northern Lights
we join romantic couples and enthusiasts from all
over the world as they converge on Tromsø, one of
Norway’s northernmost towns, to marvel at this awesome sight. This mini-series is lavishly illustrated with
imposing views of the Lights never before seen on
television.
Renowned photographer Ole Christian Salomonsen,
who has specialized in the Northern Lights, takes us
on an exciting quest for the ultimate picture of this
unique phenomenon.
Marvel at the mysterious Northern Lights
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Bente Sagplads
+47 90036189
[email protected]
nordicworld.tv
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LOVE-HURTS.COM
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 59’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 17, 2015
ORIGINAL TITLE LOVE-HURTS.COM
DIRECTOR Maria Hasselgaard, Jörn Nordstrøm
PRODUCED BY NRK
BROADCASTER NRK
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Nordic World
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS For many, online dating is now the number one way to find a partner, with the result that it
is fast becoming the world’s biggest swindle. Is this
a lucrative new field among criminals formerly engaged in trafficking and drugs? Worldwide, the police have their hands full with victims.
In eastern Europe, not a few girls finance their studies by posting false love letters on the net. Men who
reply find that to open a letter from a prospective
partner, they have to pay, with the result that conning
credulous western men in search of love has evolved
into a minor industry.
But criminal networks based in West Africa exploit
many vulnerable women, too. One woman was ruined and forced to sell her house, while another ended up in prison - both because a man convinced them
that he loved them.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 26
Bente Sagplads
+47 90036189
[email protected]
nordicworld.tv
Can we know who we are dating on the Internet?
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THOR HEYERDAHL – THE LEGEND AND THE MAN
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: OCTOBER 6, 2014
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 52’ | ENGLISH
ORIGINAL TITLE THOR HEYERDAHL 100 ÅR
DIRECTORS Morten Kolstad, Bengt Jonson
PRODUCED BY NRK
CO-PRODUCER Sebra Film
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Morten Kolstad
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT NRK
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Thor Heyerdahl, born in Norway in 1914,
was one of Norway’s most famous sons and and original scientist/explorer/adventurer .
Fortunately, his extraordinary life of discovery and
adventure did not die with him in 2002. On all his
major expeditions he always had cameras with him
to make record of events as they happened.
Thor Heyerdahl’s centenary film makes a unique record of the life of a great man, and summarise the
underlying themes that were the driving force behind
his many adventures. The film will also place him in
history as scientist and a visionary thinker providing
the viewers with his own unique and challenging theories.
A film about Norway’s famous “Kon-Tiki
Man”
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Bente Sagplads
+47 90036189
[email protected]
nordicworld.tv
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
TO THE SOUTH POLE AND BACK - ALONE AND UNAIDED
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 59’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: OCTOBER 2013
ORIGINAL TITLE ALEKSANDER GAMME PÅ
VERDENS LENGSTE SKITUR
DIRECTORS Øyvind Fallet, Aleksander Gamme
PRODUCED BY NRK
BROADCASTERS NRK
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS 23%
SALES AGENT Nordic World
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Aleksander Gamme is one of Norway’s
most versatile and entertaining adventurers. With his
philosophical outlook, euphoric moments and wry
comments, he puts a bright new face on polar exploration. In this programme he crosses the last remaining Antarctic frontier, making his way to the South
Pole and back alone, with no back-up service to help
him. By chance, two Australians, Cas and Jones, have
embarked on the same journey, so it looks like being a
breathtaking race for the honour of being first across
the finishing line – until its surprising conclusion.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 28
Bente Sagplads
+47 90036189
[email protected]
nordicworld.tv
Guinness Book of Records:
The world’s longest unsupported ski expedition ever
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE MYSTERY OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: OCTOBER 2015
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 58’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE NORDLYSETS GÅTE
DIRECTOR Trond Brede Andersen
PRODUCED BY Original Film
BROADCASTER NRK
SCREENPLAY Roald E. Hansen and Trond Brede
Andersen
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS Kristian Birkeland, the man who solved
the mystery of the northern lights, had a versatile
talent and many incredible ideas. He was an uncompromising and brilliant scientist with great passion
for his work. In spite of Birkeland’s pioneering auroral research, he was ignored and opposed for a long
time, both in Norway and abroad. Not until the 1960s,
when NASA began launching manned spacecrafts,
were Birkelands theories confirmed and accepted.
The Mystery of the Northern Lights is the story of
Kristian Birkeland’s short but eventful life in which
both success and tragedy dominated. It is also the
story about the power struggle that took place in the
Norwegian science community in the late 1800s.
A passionate brilliant Norwegian scientitist
who solved the mystery of the Northern Lights
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Mona Steffensen
+47 92837843
[email protected]
originalfilm.no
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
GULABI GANG
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 96’ & 58’ | HINDI | NORWEGIAN& ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: NOVEMBER 19, 2012
ORIGINAL TITLE GULABI GANG
DIRECTOR Nishtha Jain
PRODUCED BY Piraya Film AS
CO-PRODUCERS Raintree Films, Final Cut for Real
ApS
BROADCASTERS NRK, DR
SCREENPLAY Nishtha Jain, Torstein Grude
TYPE OF AUDIENCE TBA
LOCAL RATINGS 29000 (NRK)
SALES AGENT Kudos Family
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Norway, Denmark,
India
SYNOPSIS Enter the badlands of Bundelkhand in
central India and you have entered a place of desolation, dust and despair. And yet it is hope that
this film discovers, as it follows the Gulabi Gang, an
unusual group of rural women. Led by the energetic
and charismatic Sampat Pal, they travel long distances to fight for the rights of women and Dalits. They
encounter resistance, apathy and corruption, even
ridicule. Sometimes whole villages connive against
them to protect the perpetrators of violence. The film
pulls us into the centre of these blazing conflicts and
uncovers a complex story, disturbing yet heartening.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 30
Torstein Grude
+47 51116336
[email protected]
piraya.no
A pink revolution in the making
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
INSIDE FUR
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: MARCH 9, 2015
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 57’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE PELS
DIRECTOR Ola Waagen
PRODUCED BY Piraya Film AS
CO-PRODUCER Electric Parc ApS
BROADCASTERS NRK, SVT, DR
SCREENPLAY Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Torstein Grude,
Ola Waagen
TYPE OF AUDIENCE TBA
LOCAL RATINGS 354 000 (NRK)
SALES AGENT Cinephil
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Norway and
Denmark
SYNOPSIS A group of highly motivated activists
work for years with the goal of exposing the true
face of the Nordic fur industry. They sneak into hundreds of fur farms. When their images are publicized
it causes media feasts and public outrage, year after year. However, the industry always strikes back.
Nothing changes. A new approach is needed.
Thus psychologist Frank Nervik tells the fur industry that he plans to become a fur farmer. He asks
for training. Nervik is accepted as one of them, and
starts learning the trade secrets. Without anybody
knowing, he films his training with a hidden camera.
Exposing the true face of the
Nordic fur industry
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Torstein Grude
+47 51116336
[email protected]
piraya.no
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
LOVE CITY, JALALABAD
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 98’ | PASHTO, ENGLISH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: OCTOBER 1, 2014
ORIGINAL TITLE LOVE CITY, JALALABAD (DIRECTOR’S CUT)
DIRECTOR George Gittoes
PRODUCED BY Piraya Film AS
CO-PRODUCERS Gittoes Productions, Unicorn Films
BROADCASTER SBS
SCREENPLAY George Gittoes, Torstein Grude
TYPE OF AUDIENCE TBA
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Kudos Family
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS In 1964, when Bob Dylan released “The
Times They Are a-Changin’”, the song helped start a
youth revolution. 50 years later, the youth of Jalalabad, Afghanistan have had enough gloom and doom
and want to use their creativity to bring freedom and
joy. Their first step is to rename Jalalabad to Love
City by parading a billboard through the streets, proclaiming it a place of love and no more war. This is the
beginning of an amazingly joyous ride, as the group
attempts to take their Cinema Circus to the notoriously militant Tora Bora mountains.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 32
Torstein Grude
+47 51116336
[email protected]
piraya.no
Love can succeed where war fails
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE OIL KIDS
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE S1: APRIL 24, 2014 | S2: JANUARY 1, 2015
HD | 16:9 | 8 X 15’ | NORWEGIAN
ORIGINAL TITLE OLJEBARNA SESONG 1 & 2
DIRECTOR Morten Andresen
PRODUCED BY Rakett
BROADCASTER VGTV
TYPE OF AUDIENCE P15 - 40
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SALES RIGHTS TBA
SYNOPSIS In each episode of “The Oil Kids”, we meet
two subjects in contrast to each other representing
the episode’s theme. Mental health, wealth, immigration and social benefits are some of the themes
discussed. The documentary series successfully manages to be an entertaining and meaningful show engaging youth to reflect over their everyday life.
In this following episode, we meet Lotte and Magnus,
both dependent on the Norwegian welfare system.
Norwegian youths discussing
how it feels to be young in the world’s richest country.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Martin Jondahl
+47 918 817 40
[email protected]
http://bit.ly/1AURrGO
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
CRICKETING THE STREETS OF OSLO
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 27’ | ENGLISH | NORWEGIAN & ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: MARCH 26, 2015
ORIGINAL TITLE
CRICKETING THE STREETS OF OSLO
DIRECTOR Ritchie Cavander-Cole, Mamdooh Afdile
PRODUCED BY Sant & Usant AS
BROADCASTERS NRK, NDTV
TYPE OF AUDIENCE TBA
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT TBA
SYNOPSIS Cricketing the streets of Oslo is a humoristic story about five men in Oslo, Norway, who play
cricket in what might be the world’s worst cricket
team. When they’re about to lose their last denial
about the teams failures, they decide to take action
to save their losing, multi-cultural team.
With an attitude of “the stars are the limit”, they hit
the streets of Oslo to make a film love letter for the
God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, as they believe the
Indian hero will be their only rescuer. What comes
out of their campaign might not be quite what they
expected.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 34
Eirin Gjørv
+47 99233335
[email protected]
http://bit.ly/1C25NIb
Join constantly losing Vaalerenga on their journey of getting their
filmed loveletter to their hero, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar!
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
I AM KUBA
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: OCTOBER 26, 2014
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 55’ | POLISH | ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN, GERMAN SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE JEG ER KUBA
DIRECTOR Åse Svenheim Drivenes
PRODUCED BY Sant & Usant
CO-PRODUCERS AMP Polska and Ma.ja.de
BROADCASTERS NRK, IKON,MDR and TVP
TYPE OF AUDIENCE ALL
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT CATS&Docs
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS When the family business goes bankrupt
Kuba (12) and Mikołaj’s (8) parents are forced to leave
Poland to find work abroad. “I am Kuba” is a coming-of-age film about Kuba who must take care of
his little brother while his parents are away. As times
goes by, Kuba becomes a teenager and rejects the
big responsibilty on his young shoulders. His family is
forced to make a life changing decision.
Kuba’s story is also the story about modern Europe.
It’s estimated that only in Poland more than 100,000
children are left by their parents who are forced to
work abroad.
Winner of the Tromsø Palm at TIFF 2015 | Gullruten 2015 Nomination
Finalist (Documentary Feature) in Social Impact Media Awards 2015
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Anita Rehoff Larsen
+47 95033305
[email protected]
www.iamkuba.no
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
MAIKO - DANCING CHILD
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 70’ / 58’ | ENGLISH & JAPANESE | NORWEGIAN & ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: 2015
ORIGINAL TITLE MAIKO - DANCING CHILD
DIRECTOR Åse Svenheim Drivenes
PRODUCED BY Sant & Usant
CO-PRODUCER NRK
BROADCASTERS NRK, SVT, RUV, SRF, TVO
TYPE OF AUDIENCE ALL
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Wide House
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide
SYNOPSIS Maiko – Dancing Child is a film about a
woman whose though training and discipline has
brought her to the top of her career as a prima ballerina at the Norwegian National Ballet.
With her mother as the driving force behind her career, her parents sold their house and car to send 14
year-old Maiko to the most prestigious dance school
in Europe. She was only 19 when she was cast for
the most demanding role in classical ballet, Odette
in Swan Lake, a magical moment for Maiko and her
mother who came to see her perform for the first
time.
The only thing missing from her life is a child. We follow Maiko at a breaking point in her life, where she
is forced to make decisions that might jeopardice
everything she has worked for.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 36
Anita Rehoff Larsen
+47 95033305
[email protected]
www. santogusant.no
Maiko’s destiny was decided before she was born.
Her name Maiko means dancing child
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
THE OPTIMISTS
NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: JANUARY 23, 2014
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 90’’ & 52’ | 3 X 39’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES & MORE
ORIGINAL TITLE OPTIMISTENE
DIRECTOR Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
PRODUCED BY Skofteland Film AS
CO-PRODUCER Mantaray Film (SE)
BROADCASTERS NRK, SVT, DR, YLE, RTS, SRF, TVP
HD, AMP international
SCREENPLAY Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
SUBTITLES Norwegian, Swedish, English, German,
French
TYPE OF AUDIENCE Family / All
LOCAL RATINGS 30%
SALES AGENT CATS&Docs
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Norway & Sweden
SYNOPSIS Youth is our modern world’s ideal. Many
of us fear aging. These ball-playing ladies might
change our ideas.
Despite their training sessions every Monday for 40
years, the volleyball ladies on the extraordinary team
THE OPTIMISTS (age 66-98) have not played a proper match. Now this is exactly the plan. But against
whom? Rumours say there is a group of handsome
Swedish gentlemen across the border. Goro (98) is
the Queen of the team with her will power and purple Converse shoes. Lillemor (88) dreams of making
a come back. Laughter is their match strategy – as in
life in general.
Despite their weekly training sessions the volleyball ladies THE
OPTIMISTS (age 66-98) have not played a proper match. Until now.
Audience Awards: Nordisk Panorama, DOCDF Mexico, Würzburg Filmweekend
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Hilde Skofteland
+47 90775786
[email protected]
vimeo.com/75378712
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NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
CHILDHOOD
HD | 16:9 | 1 X DURATION TBA | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH & SWEDISH SUBTITLES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: AUTUMN 2016
ORIGINAL TITLE BARNDOM
DIRECTOR Margreth Olin
PRODUCED BY Speranza Film AS
BROADCASTERS NRK, SVT
SCREENPLAY Margreth Olin
TYPE OF AUDIENCE All
LOCAL RATINGS TBA
SALES AGENT Film Transit International Inc.
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Norway
SYNOPSIS The focus on performance and competition is becoming stronger in schools and kindergartens. Focus on getting younger and younger children
to acquire external knowledge. I am afraid that we, as
parents, as a society, the children themselves - miss
their own and other’s different personalities because
we do not acknowledge that each and every child has
different potentials. Childhood is a silent protest. It
shows a children’s garden where children can be at
peace. An 90-min observational documentary that follows
the children in Aurora Kindergarten through a year.
These are children from 1-6 years of age. It will be a
quiet and close, life-affirming film, at the same time it
will be deeply provocative.
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB 38
Margreth Olin
+47 901 44 391
[email protected]
http://bit.ly/1CdcHLV
The Importance of silence in your child’s life
NORWEGIAN TV DOCUMENTARIES 2015
GOOD
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: AUTUMN 2015
HD | 16:9 | 1 X 90’ | NORWEGIAN | ENGLISH & SWEDISH SUBTITLES
ORIGINAL TITLE GOD
DIRECTOR Margreth Olin
PRODUCED BY Speranza Film AS
BROADCASTERS TV 2 Norway, SVT
SCREENPLAY Margreth Olin, Bjørn Olaf Johannessen
TYPE OF AUDIENCE XXX
LOCAL RATINGS XXX
SALES AGENT Film Transit International Inc.
SALES RIGHTS Worldwide excl. Norway
SYNOPSIS
“I can’t be more
than a human being
but I don’t want to be anything less.”
GOOD is a close encounter with a living legend and
his patients.
50 000 people have travelled to Snåsa in Northern
Norway through a lifetime. Their stories are incredible. People claim that he has cured almost every disease, that he has changed their lives. In this movie,
Joralf lets us attend his sessions. Why is goodness so
difficult? Why is faith so inconceivable?
The Power of One
CONTACT TEL
EMAIL WEB Margreth Olin
+47 901 44 391
[email protected]
http://bit.ly/1Omf7wQ
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