New Releases

Baghdad on Fire

With intimate access to Tiba and her friends, we join young Iraqi women and men who, side by side, are fighting for democracy in Iraq. Tiba's life changes dramatically while participating in the most significant youth movement in Iraq's history.
 

2023 65 min ORIGINAL TITLE Baghdad on Fire DIRECTOR Karrar Al-Azzawi PRODUCTION Jørgen Lorentzen and Nefise Özkal Lorentzen for Integral Film AS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES DR Sales


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Bong Thom - The Brother

Heng lives with his close-knit, deeply Buddhist family in rural Cambodia, who work hard struggling as farmers. At six, he lost both his arms in a landmine explosion. Now, as a teenager hanging with the wrong crowd and with no future at the farm, his mother sends him to his older brother, Chana, who makes romantic music videos in the bustling city of Phnom Penh. Here, with a bossy brother, amid a So-Me, “wanna-be” culture, Heng must make it.
A film about a family living with the consequences of a war that ended decades ago.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Bong Thom - The Brother DIRECTOR Zaradasht Ahmed PRODUCTION Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas for Ten Thousand Images INTERNATIONAL RELEASE February 2023 SALES East Village Entertainment


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Extraordinary Me 

Ola is a 30-year-old man who lives in a small village in Norway with a very diverse group of people. They try to live life at a slower pace in harmony with nature, and their community is founded on values such as empathy, respect, and mutual interdependence. Ola generally enjoys his life and is engaged, witty, and sincere. However, there's one more thing; he has a mild intellectual disability. He reflects very openly about his condition but sometimes wonders if people see him mainly as a person with a diagnosis. Can't he just be himself - Ola, the person? When Ola loses an important aspect of his life, he reflects on his existence and considers how to become more self-reliant. Extraordinary Me is a moving, heartwarming film that celebrates the significance of equality and belonging as a basis for daring to embrace the one you really are

2023 70 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ola – En helt vanlig uvanlig fyr DIRECTOR Ragnhild Nøst Bergem PRODUCTION Eirin O. Høgetveit for EINAR Film Drama AS NATIONAL RELEASE January 2023 SALES TBC


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Fighters

Fighters is a film about identity, togetherness, and the difference one person can make.

In the film, we follow the youth worker Berat, tasked with rescuing the youngster Mamo from a criminal network. The two develop a close relationship that helps Mamo in a new direction. Still, when Berat takes Mamo's side in a police case, the police begin digging into Berat's upbringing in Hallingdal. There they find conditions that they believe are incompatible with his position as a youth worker.

2022 85 min ORIGINAL TITLE Krigere DIRECTOR Jon Haukeland PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene AS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES Taskovski Films
 


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I Got Words

I Got Words is a musical and humorous rap documentary where rhymes are much more than similar sounds. The film tells the personal story of the Norwegian rapper, writer, and filmmaker Runar Gudnason and his journey back in time to find out why he became a rapper. The journey takes him via Denmark, where he discovered the rap genre, further to a deeper encounter with his late artist father, and finally to his own son and his relationship with rap. It is a story of the magic of words and rhymes, the sound of words, the meaning of words, and everything that happens in between.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Eg har ord DIRECTOR Runar Gudnason PRODUCTION Turid Rogne for Aldeles INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES TBC


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Johansen Brothers

On an island far north, within a fjord, lies Kråkrøhamn. The once populous village, now counting merely 25 inhabitants, is home to the Johansen family. Five brothers have shared sunny and rainy days at the family farm with their mom and dad for nearly half a century. Johansen Brothers is a film about brotherhood and belongingness. A tender and somewhat alternative coming-of-age story, where countrymen bloom by breaking and maintaining old traditions.
 
2023 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Brødrene Johansen DIRECTOR Trude Berge Ottersen PRODUCTION Trude Berge Ottersen for Koko Film NATIONAL  RELEASE Winter 2023 SALES TBC


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The Last Movie

Filmmaker Petter Vennerød wants to take us on one last film journey. He was one half of Norway's most prominent film-making duo in the 80s and 90s; Wam & Vennerød. They constantly questioned the status quo, and both the bourgeoisie and «the socialist realist hell» were characterized in unflattering ways through their colourful and engaging filmography. When Petter is diagnosed with atypical Parkinson's, the hourglass turns. The disease that ravages Petter's brain is in a hurry, and Petter has limited time to tell one last story on the film screen. 
 
2023 83 min ORIGINAL TITLE Den siste filmen DIRECTORS Olaug Spissøy Kyvik and Karianne Førland Vennerød PRODUCTION Karianne Førland Vennerød and Olaug Spissøy Kyvik for Merkur Film Produksjon NATIONAL  RELEASE Winter 2023 SALES TBC


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Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled

In the film, we meet some of Liv’s closest collaborators from her seven decades in film, including Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Jeremy Irons, Sam Waterston, Lena Endre and Pernilla August.  

The film explores Liv’s multifaceted life and her extraordinary international career spanning over 66 years. This is the story of an ever-evolving human being full of openness and curiosity, who embraces possibilities and uncertainties, demonstrates what it means to be a woman in a male-dominated world and shows how to find and use one’s voice without losing one’s integrity, sense of humour or friends. The film also delves deep into the core values underneath Liv’s universal appeal and longevity and celebrates one of Scandinavia’s biggest stars.  

2023 135 min ORIGINAL TITLE Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled DIRECTOR Dheeraj Akolkar PRODUCTION Kaare Hersoug, Hege Christensen for Teddy TV, Une Søreide for Viaplay Group CO-PRODUCTION Vardo Films (UK) RELEASE May 2023 SALES TBC


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Matthew

In the fall of 2016, Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti with all its force. It crushed everything that came in its way; the consequences were worst for those who had the least.
Matthew is an animated short documentary based on interviews with Haitians, primarily young people on the threshold of adulthood. They talk about their experiences when the hurricane hit the country and about the future in light of the climate challenges. It is a story about belonging and strength but also about vulnerable people's encounters with climate-induced disasters.

2023 10 min ORIGINAL TITLE Matthew DIRECTOR Trine Vallevik Håbjørg PRODUCTION Elin Sander for Råsalt AS and Aldeles AS RELEASE May 2023 SALES TBC


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Phoenix

A Norwegian woman with a death sentence. A stray dog from Tennessee. On Manhattan they meet and get another chance at life.

Phoenix is a true story about Elisabeth who receives a death sentence at the hospital in Norway. With the help of friends, she gets to a hospital in New York to attempt saving her life. Here she meets a stray dog whom she adopts. In the chaos of cancer treatment, Covid 19 starts. Phoenix is a short documentary about daring to believe that things can go well, even when it looks like all hope is lost.

2023 31 min ORIGINAL TITLE Phoenix DIRECTOR Elisabeth Rasmussen PRODUCTION Elisabeth Rasmussen for Wonderline AS CO-PRODUCTION Inge Wegge for Lofoten Film Collective RELEASE June 2023 SALES Wonderline AS


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Praying for Armageddon

The Countdown to Armageddon has begun. As biblical prophecy fuels political power, American Evangelicals threaten U.S. democracy and push for the Apocalypse in the Middle East.

Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. With close quarters journalism, this feature documentary embeds with American believers who prepare for The Holy War and exposes how powerful megachurch pastors call for the 'final battle' that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. A deep dive into power and policy, this film unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.

2023 94 min ORIGINAL TITLE Praying for Armageddon DIRECTOR Tonje Hessen Schei PRODUCTION Christian Aune Falch, Torstein Parelius, Ingrid Aune Falch for UpNorth Film AS CO-PRODUCTION Auto Images AB (SE), Ventana-Films GmbH (DE), Making Movies OY (FI) INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES DR Sales


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Rahčan – Ella’s Riot 

The Norwegian Sámi singer Ella is torn between city life in Oslo and her roots in Northern Norway. When a mining company threatens Sámi land and water, she decides to leave the city to save her home. Rahčan – Ella’s Riot is both a portrait of an extraordinary voice and an inspiring story of how far music, love and solidarity can take you.
 
2022 72 min ORIGINAL TITLE Rahčan – Ellas opprør DIRECTOR Anne Marte Blindheim PRODUCTION Eirin O. Høgetveit for Einar Film Drama AS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES First Hand Films


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Songs of Earth

Songs of Earth is a majestic symphony for the big screen.

With Olin's 85-year-old father as a guide, we experience Norway's most scenic valley, Oldedalen in Nordfjord. This is where he grew up and where generations before him have lived in balance with nature. Majestic images of wild mountains, calving glaciers, and bustling wildlife go side by side with the parents' stories about the generations who trod the trails, the relationship we have with nature, and what is valuable in life. The music is composed of unique sound recordings – nature's own melodies, translated and performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Fedrelandet DIRECTOR Margreth Olin PRODUCTION Margreth Olin for Speranza Film CO-PRODUCTION BBC Storyville (UK) INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES Cinephil


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Voice

Who has the right to tell the stories of others?
A documentary filmmaker faces critical questions about representation and co-participation when she starts portraying young activists in the film workshop Voice.




2023 91 min ORIGINAL TITLE Voice DIRECTOR Ane Hjort Guttu PRODUCTION Elisabeth Kleppe for Ane Hjort Guttu AS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March 2023 SALES TBC


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In Production

Adil

Adil will be a hard-hitting animated documentary, anchored in a deeply personal transformation. It’s a raw and direct account about a life driven by the extreme; told with a great desire and conviction to discover the keys to handle tragedy, depression, and fame.

2024 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Adil DIRECTOR Julian Nazario Vargas and Adil Khan PRODUCTION Eirik Smidesang Slåen and Elisabeth Opdal for Imaginær Film RELEASE Spring 2024 SALES TBC


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An Army of Women

Two women in Austin, Texas join forces with 13 other survivors to build a movement legally challenging the system that allowed their rapists to walk free. Their groundbreaking class-action lawsuit is the first to argue that sexual assault isn’t prosecuted due to gender discrimination. This is the landmark story of women fighting to hold law enforcement accountable, with resounding relevance worldwide.
 
2024 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE An Army of Women DIRECTOR Julie Lunde Lillesæter PRODUCTION Natalya Sarch for Differ Media AS CO-PRODUCTION Maria Willer, Bernhard von Hülsen for 3B Produktion (DE), Jessica Wolfson (USA) IMPACT PPRODUCTION Together Films RELEASE Winter 2024 SALES TBC


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The Block

In central Oslo, Egil (78) and his neighbors in an apartment block are threatened with losing their rented flats to a billionaire raiding such old apartment blocks around Oslo, just as he has done all over Northern Europe. We face the harsh reality of living on the wrong side of the shiny welfare state in one of the world’s wealthiest countries. The film portrays what happens when a group of people constantly live in fear of being thrown out of their homes in an affluent society.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Blokka DIRECTOR Aslaug Holm PRODUCTION Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC


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Bluestown Rising

Out of nowhere “Little Steven” Van Zandt, one of the most charismatic figures in rock history, rolls into the town of Notodden. He discovers a music festival that has risen from the ruins of an industrial heritage that tragically fell into rubble overnight. He finds a town that regained its lost identity and created something completely on its own without the help of anyone other than its own inhabitants. Together, they slowly create a festival that has built itself into one of the largest and most distinctive blues festivals in Europe.
 
2023 75 min ORIGINAL TITLE Bluestown Rising DIRECTOR Jørn Stenersen PRODUCTION Jørn Stenersen for KingsMountain Productions AS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC


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Click The Link Below

Click The Link Below is a film about the murky world of money-making gurus online. Some people live in extravagant luxury, while others are lost in broken dreams.

Filmmaker Audun Amundsen looks behind the facade of their business while he tries to escape the 9-5 and join the new online riches. He spends thousands of dollars on online programs. What does it take to succeed?

2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Click The Link Below DIRECTOR Audun Amundsen PRODUCTION Audun Amundsen for GonzoDocs CO-PRODUCTION Alex Tondowski for Tondowski Films (DE), Derren Lawford (UK) RELEASE Spring 2024 SALES TBC


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Diagnonsense

A self-reflexive meta-documentary, Diagnonsense begins with filmmaker Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgård who was diagnosed with multiple mental disorders over a fifteen-year period, and prescribed a staggering number of psychotropic medications. Ten years ago, she embarked on the first of many attempts to make a film about living with a mental disorder, but each effort was cut short due to new diagnoses, new medications, and new side effects. Now, having weaned herself off the drugs, and reaching a critical distance from her diagnoses, she is ready to tell her story, and to challenge the need for psychological labeling.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Diagnonsense DIRECTOR Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgard PRODUCTION Andrew Grant and Øyvind Gregersen for Mattima Films RELEASE 2023 SALES CAT&Docs


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Does Your Hand Shake, Vladimir?

On March 14, 2022, Norwegian poet and filmmaker Odveig Klyve wrote the poem Does Your Hand Shake, Vladimir, as a reaction to the Russian war in Ukraine. 

Immediately published on social media, it got shared several thousand times. Spontaneously, people began to translate the poem. Now it has been translated into 100 different languages and dialects from around the world. Several of the translator’s voices are featured in the film.

2022 13 min ORIGINAL TITLE Skjelv du på handa, Vladimir DIRECTOR Odveig Klyve PRODUCTION Odveig Klyve for Fakkelfilm RELEASE Winter 2023 SALES TBC


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EX NIHILO

EX NIHILO is a film about artistic processes - both in the world of painting and in the world of filmmaking. Through several meetings with one of Norway’s most prominent contemporary artists, Olav Christopher Jenssen, the director attempts to show an integral part of the artist’s creative foundation - the human perspective.

2023 27 min ORIGINAL TITLE EX NIHILO DIRECTOR Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo PRODUCTION August B. Hanssen for Indie Film RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC
 


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Flophouse America

Mikal (12) is born and raised in the hotel room he shares with his parents, both struggling with alcohol addiction. Mikal’s biggest wish is for his mum and dad to stop drinking. But what does it take for someone to change their ways?
 

2023 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Flophouse America DIRECTOR Monica Strømdahl PRODUCTION Beathe Hofseth and Siri Natvik for Fri Film RELEASE Autumn 2023 SALES TBC


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The Golden Swan

A young artist is kidnapped in Kashmir. Based on hidden letters, his sister shares a gripping story of how even your darkest fear can be conquered from within.


 


2023 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE The Golden Swan DIRECTOR Anette Ostrø PRODUCTION Beathe Hofseth for Fri Film CO-PRODUCTION Made in Copenhagen (DK), Halal (NL) RELEASE 2023 SALES Autlook Film Sales


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Hiding Saddam Hussein

During the Iraqi War, a simple farmer gets a visitor on his doorstep, a man he must hide from family, friends and 150.000 American soldiers. One of the biggest manhunts of the past decades has started. The guest is Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Hiding Saddam Hussein DIRECTOR Halkawt Mustafa PRODUCTION Halkawt Mustafa for Hene Films, Janne Hjeltnes for Storyline Studios, Anders Hereid for Screen Story RELEASE Spring 2023 SALES TBC


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Life is Beautiful

 
Living the diaspora wasn’t a choice. In forced exile, in the dark, arctic winter, Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly is fighting using his camera to feed hope for a better future. 



 
2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Al Haya Helwa / Livet er vakkert DIRECTOR Mohamed Jabaly PRODUCTION KriStine Ann Skaret for Stray Dog Production Oslo RELEASE Autumn 2023 SALES TBC


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The Lions on the River Tigris

Mosul, the promised Caliphate of ISIS/Daesh, was the most hated city in the world. And it paid the ultimate prize of liberation. Can people heal their broken souls?

Mosul, the city of forever spring, as its inhabitants like to call it, was the capital of ISIS/Daesh for three years. Today, 5 years after the liberation, most of the city is in ruins. In the Old Town, the stench of the human fat and remains of dead bodies reeks in the burning heat from the destroyed medieval houses. A high price for a city to free itself from the cruel grip of the Islamic State.
 
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Løvene ved elven Tigris DIRECTOR Zaradasht Ahmed PRODUCTION Thorvald Nilsen for Screen Story RELEASE 2025


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Maternity Ward Guerillas

A group of 'guerilla' women decides to wear the traditional Norwegian bunad to protest the shutdown of delivery rooms at hospitals in rural Norway, starting in Kristiansund on the very northwest coast. They get little response from the authorities - even though almost 400 children in one the wealthiest countries in the world are born on the road every year- due to long traveling distances to hospitals.

2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE BUNADSGERILJAEN DIRECTOR Mari Nilsen Neira CO-DIRECTORS Helen Komini Knudsen, Aslaug Holm PRODUCTION Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC


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A New Kind of Wilderness

In a forest in Norway a family lives a sustainable lifestyle aiming to be wild and free, but when the mother dies everything changes, and modern society awaits them.




2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ukjent landskap DIRECTOR Silje Evensmo Jacobsen PRODUCTION Mari Bakke Riise for A5 Film AS RELEASE September 2023 SALES TBC


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Phantoms of Sierra Madre

A Danish scriptwriter goes on a naïve adventure into Mexico looking for a tribe of lost Apaches. Slowly but surely, he finds himself in an ethically challenging position, but a human skull found in an attic in Oslo turns out to be his salvation.
 

2024 100 min DIRECTOR Håvard Bustnes PRODUCTION Håvard Bustnes, Christian Aune Falch for UpNorth Film CO-PRODUCTION Napa Films (FI), Cactus Film (MX) SALES DR Sales


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Portrait of a Confused Father

A macho middle-aged control freak of a father is trying to connect with his uncontrollable wild son. It does not go according to plan.





2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Portrett av en forvirret far DIRECTOR Gunnar Hall Jensen PRODUCTION Christian Aune Falch, Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch, Torstein Parelius for UpNorth Film RELEASE 2023 SALES DR Sales


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Punishment

In Halden prison in Norway 250 men are incarcerated, many with long sentences at the upper end of the penalty scale: Murder, major drug cases, violence. Once a year, a few of them participate in something unique: Living as monks for three weeks, in a ward of the prison made into a monastery. What happens when the men voluntarily submit themselves to stricter rules than the prison imposes on them?
 
2023 100 min ORIGINAL TITLE Straff DIRECTOR Øystein Mamen PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene AS RELEASE Late 2023 SALES TBC


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The Recovery Channel

Randi Isaksen, news-anchor at Recovery Channel, is confronted with the daunting realities of flawed mental health systems as she tries to navigate on behalf of her sister. In The Recovery Channel, filmmaker Ellen Ugelstad blends documentary and narrative storytelling to expose an oppressive system designed to control, not heal, the human condition. Informed by her own family experiences, Ugelstad breaks free from traditional documentary structure; explores the injustices faced by those with mental health challenges and exposes the use of coercion in contemporary therapy. Through a humanistic lens, she explores the negative impact of an oppressive system, while advocating for the recognition of mental health as a human right rather than an illness.

2023 92 min ORIGINAL TITLE The Recovery Channel DIRECTOR Ellen Ugelstad PRODUCTION Ellen Ugelstad and Tonje Alice Madsen for Twentyone Pictures RELEASE Late  2023 SALES TBC


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Rosmary's Story

Aslaug Holm’s third film in the trilogy from the Sagene district of Oslo (Brothers - 2016, The Block - 2023) is the story of Rosmary and her active and supportive neighborhood family. Their lives are turned upside down when Rosmary’s husband Carlos all of a sudden is expelled from Norway due to his lack of a legal residence permit. Rosemary, now caring for their four children on her own, starts to collect the money needed for Carlos to get a new permit. This turns out to have dramatic consequences for Rosmary.

2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE: Rosmarys historie DIRECTOR Aslaug Holm PRODUCTION Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film RELEASE 2024 SALES TBC


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Show Me Your Face when You Look at a Stranger

What would the world look like if we saw at each other the way these strangers do?




2023 7 min ORIGINAL TITLE Show Me Your Face When You Look at a Stranger DIRECTOR Nora Nivedita Tvedt PRODUCTION Lillian Løvseth for Smallville Films RELEASE Summer 2023 SALES TBC
 


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Sound of Ice

Musician Terje Isungset’s artistic universe is purely made of ice, even though making music from ice is close to impossible. His beautifully crafted instruments are only used once, before they melt and disappear. Global warming has made ice music difficult and Terje's artistic project even more important. When he receives an unexpected invitation to play in Chinas greatest opera house, he decides to build an instrument from each of the worlds most endangered glaciers to bring to Beijing.
 
2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Sound of Ice DIRECTOR Tommy Gulliksen PRODUCTION Bjarte Mørner Tveit and Peter Engel for Dox Division CO-PRODUCTION Road Movies GmbH (DE) RELEASE Winter 2024 SALES Dogwoof


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Stayers

What does it take to traverse the oceans between us?
 
A tight-knit crabbing community in the U.S. fights to rescue their island from the sea. Despite not believing in man-made climate change, they engage in conversations with three climate activist filmmakers. Can they traverse the oceans between them?
 
2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Stayers DIRECTOR Julia Dahr CO-DIRECTORS Julie Lunde Lillesæter, Hannah Jayanti PRODUCTION Natalya Sarch, Julia Dahr for Differ Media CO-PPRODUCTION Darcy McKinnon for Gusto Moving Pictures (USA) RELEASE 2024 SALES TBC


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Todd and Super-Stella

We follow Stella from four (4) years old, looking up to her bigger brother Todd, 6, who is soon starting school. He talks to Stella about his worries and the fear of leaving kindergarten. But Stella is too little to understand his complicated words. In Todd’s eyes she seems carefree, but she soon misses him when he is not in kindergarten anymore. She wants to understand what he is talking about.
 
2023 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Min søster Super-Stella DIRECTOR Mari Monrad Vistven PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC


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We Are Still Here

The film follows a group of Sámi artists from an art collective, Mázejoavku, as they rebel against cultural stereotypes and explore themes of Sámi identity. Soon they are dragged into the Alta Conflict, a turning point in Sámi political and cultural life.
 
2023 75 min ORIGINAL TITLE Mii leat ain dás DIRECTOR Gunilla Bresky PRODUCTION Aleksander Olai Korsnes for Rein Film Finmark CO-PRODUCTION Andreas Emanuelson for Iris film (SE), Ken Are Bongo for Davás film (NO) RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC


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Whose Daughter Are You?

The animated documentary Whose Daughter Are You? portrays the childhood of the director and her mother in a village on the west coast of Norway. Her father died early, and the mother and daughter struggled to fit in. They become ostracized, and this puts a substantial mark on their relationship. It evolves into a troublesome mix of contempt, shame, loyalty, and love. Told in a humorous yet sensitive style, the director confronts herself, her mother, and the narrow-minded environment that affected them so profoundly.
 
2023 30 min ORIGINAL TITLE Kven si dotter er du? DIRECTOR Astrid Aakra PRODUCTION Turid Rogne, Astrid Aakra for Big Spoon Animation RELEASE Winter 2023 SALES TBC


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Woolly

The director follows her sister Rakel as she takes over the family farm; she will be the fourth generation to run the farm. With her wife Ida, she is packing up her life as a musician and heading north. Rakel is enthusiastic, but she is also aware that there is a lot she doesn’t know how to handle.

Woolly is a film about making important life choices, retiring when the time is right, being part of a long tradition, and it is about Sheep.

2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Sau DIRECTOR Rebekka Nystabakk PRODUCTION Benedikte Bredesen for f(x) Produksjoner RELEASE Winter 2024 SALES TBC


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Releases 2022

15 Years Later

15 years have passed since filmmaker Charlotte Røhder Tvedt made the documentary The Interview, where she followed 13 asylum seekers throughout their entire application process. In this sequel, she seeks to find out what became of the people she met all those years ago. How did their experiences with the system shape their lives? 15 Years Later is an empathetic documentary that puts human faces on a group of people many of us only relate to as a statistic, while asking critical questions about Norwegian immigration and integration policies.

2022 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE 15 år senere DIRECTOR Charlotte Røhder Tvedt PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE September 2022 SALES TBC


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Beneath the Surface

In a small town in the far north of Norway, a vast number of sexual abuse cases are uncovered by a group of journalists. The case is published, a few are convicted, and the news media leaves. One of the journalists can not put the story behind him and returns to find out how this could happen. Who were the enablers, and what are the structures that made it possible? Once more, he uncovers a story we do not want to hear.

2022 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Å bryte stillheten DIRECTOR Alexander Niakaris Irvine-Cox PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene CO-PRODUCTION Spring Films, UK RELEASE May 2022 SALES Autlook


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Budding Humans

Throughout a year, we follow the everyday life of toddlers Balder and Haakon (2) in a kindergarten in Norway. The film allows us to see how children socialize and interact with each other. The focus is on the friendship and bonds between them, as well as their conflicts, but it also tells us something about ourselves as human beings. As the children grow and unfold, they reflect what we all carry in our hearts.
 
2022 70 min ORIGINAL TITLE Store små mennesker DIRECTOR Gunhild Westhagen Magnor PRODUCTION Helen Prestgaard for Sant & Usant RELEASE March 2022 SALES CAT&Docs


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The Eclipse

The film’s central motif is the total solar eclipse of August 11, 1999. While the world celebrated, most of Serbia’s population barricaded themselves in their homes and nuclear bunkers, in fear of the lunar shadow. Using this event as a metaphor for the nation's unclean conscience about the consequences of its political choices, the director confronts her country’s wartime and criminal past, and the evil that is still on the loose today.
 
2022 100 min ORIGINAL TITLE Formørkelsen DIRECTOR Natasa Urban PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE Spring 2022 SALES Taskovski Films


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Forest Brothers

Forest Brothers tells the story of a way of living that has almost vanished, the sorrow of being left behind, and rediscovering joy in life. Sven and Olaf are identical twins. They grew up on a small farm in the woods near the Tyrifjord in Norway. They have lived here and worked in the forest all their lives. The brothers never married or had children, and spent their whole life together.
 
2022 60 min ORIGINAL TITLE Brødrene i skogen DIRECTOR Øyvind Elvsborg PRODUCTION Tone Grøttjord-Glenne and Helen Prestgard for Sant & Usant RELEASE September 2022 SALES TBC


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The Mum in Me

The Mum in Me is a touching, brave and hyper relevant documentary about a taboo topic: What happens to a woman’s mind, her emotional life and her identity when she is hit by involuntary childlessness?  The director is the storyteller taking the audience on a challenging, but also humorous and heartwarming journey, together with three other childless women, showing that 15-25% of the population is childless. The documentary tells us why the need for children is so immense for so many, and how it shapes us as human beings when it does not materialize. Sorrow, desperation, and isolation is part of the everyday life for the involuntary childless. At the same time, this documentary is about reconciliation, alternative motherhood and newfound zest for life. Not many filmmakers dare to invite into such a vulnerable state of mind.     
 
2022 83 min ORIGINAL TITLE Mammaen i meg DIRECTOR Hilde Merete Haug PRODUCTION Tore Killingland for Haugtussa Film RELEASE November 2022 SALES TBC


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New York 81

New York 81 is an offbeat mystery about a photograph that went missing many years ago.


2022 30 min ORIGINAL TITLE New York 81 DIRECTOR Jannicke Systad Jacobsen PRODUCTION Jannicke Systad Jacobsen for Kerskers Films, RELEASE October 2022 SALES TBC


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No Place Like Home

Adopted to Norway from Sri Lanka, Kine Priyangika has, like several thousand other adoptees, been looking for her mother since she was nine years old. Her dream becomes a complicated reality that leads her to an investigation revealing the many white lies and the complexity of international adoption.

2022 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Veien hjem DIRECTOR Emilie K. Beck PRODUCTION Karianne Berge for Indie Film RELEASE Winter 2022 SALES Syndicado


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Norwegian Muskox - Story of An Image

Norwegian Muskox - Story of An Image is a documentary film about a unique Norwegian artist, a monumental masterpiece, and a creation process just as complex as the animal portrayed on the sheet.     
 


2022 54 min ORIGINAL TITLE Moskus – Fortelling om et bilde DIRECTORS Dan Korneli, Kristian Landmark PRODUCTION Dan Korneli and Kristian Landmark for Øya Film AS RELEASE August 2022 SALES TBC


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Not That Kind of Guy

Not That Kind of Guy is a film about identity, denial and responsibility - told through conversations with three young men convicted of party-related rape.




2022 40 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ikke en sånn fyr DIRECTOR Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid PRODUCTION KriStine Ann Skaret, Sarah Winge-Sørensen for Stray Dog Production Oslo RELEASE Autumn 2022 SALES TBC


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Pane

Pane follows a baker through the entire process from flour to finished bread. He has a 250-year-old oven and does not use machines. The film shows the beauty and creativity of a craft process that is threatened by efficiency and mass production.



2022 7 min ORIGINAL TITLE Pane DIRECTOR Odevig Klyve PRODUCTION Odveig Klyve for Fakkelfilm RELEASE August 2022 SALES TBC


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The Raaby Mystery

What happened when the Norwegian war hero and superspy Torstein Raaby died under mysterious circumstances close to a top-secret Canadian base at the height of the Cold War?
 



2022 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Hva skjedde med Torstein Raaby? DIRECTOR Stian Indrevoll PRODUCTION Thorvald Nilsen for Screen Story AS RELEASE November 2022 SALES TBC


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Say Nothing

Say Nothing is a challenging and intimate portrait of a young rap provocateur’s life. The film follows his inner conflict to accept himself as an artist instead of a criminal.




2022 82 min ORIGINAL TITLE Si ingenting DIRECTOR Rolv Lyssand Bjørø PRODUCTION Vincent Saunders and Søren Jensen for Goodtime Pictures AS RELEASE August 2022 SALES TBC


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The Silence in Sápmi

A film that deals with taboos that have bothered indigenous women for generations. Sexual abuse is not only an indigenous phenomenon; it is universal and relates to all of us. Silence has been a survival strategy, but the young women - Marion and Ida - speaking up in this film have experienced that silence will not benefit anybody.
 
2021 72 min ORIGINAL Tystnaden i Sápmi TITLE DIRECTOR Liselotte Wajstedt PRODUCTION Linn Henriksen for Paranord Film CO-PRODUCTION Katja Härkönen for Filmpool Nord (SE), Liselotte Wajsted for Vaja Film Production (SE) RELEASE January 2022 SALES TBC


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Smile and Wave

A personal and poetic meditation on life, death, history, and habitat.
 
Can you say something about life by portraying a landscape? And can you understand more about yourself by looking at your passions? This film includes memories, art and poetry, science and emotions in small stories from a beach.
 
2022 56 min ORIGINAL TITLE SMILE OG VINKE DIRECTOR Eva Charlotte Nilsen PRODUCTION Eva Charlotte Nilsen for Rampelys RELEASE Winter 2022 SALES TBC


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Weight

Weight is a fearless tale of love, loss, and alienation.


 
2022 xx min ORIGINAL TITLE Tyngde DIRECTOR Thomas A. Østbye PRODUCTION Thomas A. Østbye for Plymserafin RELEASE Autumn 2022 SALES TBC


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New Releases 2021

a-ha The Movie

2021 109 min ORIGINAL TITLE a-ha The Movie DIRECTORS Thomas Robsahm and Aslaug Holm PRODUCTION Yngve Sæther and Thomas Robsahm for Motlys RELEASE June 2021 SALES First Hand Films

Aksel

2021 110 min ORIGINAL TITLE Aksel DIRECTORS Even Sigstad and Filip Christensen PRODUCTION Filip Christensen for Field Productions RELEASE October 2021 

The Art of Whistling

2021 53 min ORIGINAL TITLE Kunsten å plystre DIRECTOR Per Maning PRODUCTION Jørgen Lorentzen, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen for Integral Film RELEASE August 2021 SALES TBC 

A Devil with Harpoon

2021 78 min ORIGINAL TITLE En djevel med harpun DIRECTOR Mirko Stopar PRODUCTION Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film CO-PRODUCTION Rodolfo Pochat for Motoneta Cine (AR) RELEASE October 2021 SALES TBC

Code Name: Nagasaki

2021 70 min ORIGINAL TITLE Kodenavn: Nagasaki DIRECTOR Fredrik S. Hana PRODUCTION Gunhild Oddsen for GOfilm and Elin Sander for Aldeles  RELEASE February 2021 SALES TBC 

Faith Can Move Mountains

2021 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Tro kan flytte fjell DIRECTOR Silje Evensmo Jacobsen PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE June 2021 SALES TBC

Generation Utøya

2021 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Generasjon Utøya DIRECTOR Sigve Endresen and Aslaug Holm PRODUCTION Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film RELEASE March, 2021 SALES Java Films

Hello World

2021 88 min ORIGINAL TITLE Hei verden DIRECTOR Kenneth Elvebakk PRODUCTION Kari Anne Moe, Gudmundur Gunnarsson for Fuglene RELEASE June 2021 SALES TBC

Images from a Nordic Drama

2021 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Bilder fra et Nordisk drama DIRECTOR Nils Gaup PRODUCTION Linn Henriksen for Paranord Film RELEASE October  2021 SALES TBC

John - The Last Cowboy

2021 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Johnny – Den siste norske cowboy DIRECTOR Frode Fimland PRODUCTION Elisabeth Kleppe for FIM Film RELEASE October 2021 SALES TBC  

Kids Cup

2021 91 min ORIGINAL TITLE Bortebane DIRECTOR Line Hatland PRODUCTION Mari Monrad Vistven and Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE May 2021 SALES Magnetfilm GmbH

Little Axel

2021 53 min ORIGINAL TITLE Lille Axel DIRECTOR Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning PRODUCTION Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning for Antipode Films RELEASE November 2021 SALES TBC

The Mole - Undercover in North Korea

2021 135 min ORIGINAL TITLE Muldvarpen – Undercover i Nord-Korea DIRECTOR Mads Brügger PRODUCTION Bjarte Mørner Tveit for Piraya Film, Peter Engel for Wingman Media RELEASE May, 2021 SALES DR Sales

Name of the Game

2021 101 min ORIGINAL TITLE Trond Giske - Makta rår DIRECTOR Håvard Bustnes PRODUCTION Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch, Christian Aune Falch and Håvard Bustnes for UpNorth Film RELEASE November 2021 SALES First Hand Films

No More Everyday Life

2021 61 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ingen hverdag mer DIRECTOR Elsa Kvamme PRODUCTION Elsa Kvamme for Alert Film RELEASE October 2021 SALES TBC

The Norwegian Headache

2021 58 min ORIGINAL TITLE Norsk hodepine DIRECTOR Rune Denstad Langlo PRODUCTION Sigve Endresen for Motlys RELEASE September 2021 SALES Rise and Shine World Sales

Oh, It Hertz!

2021 86 min ORIGINAL TITLE Oh, It Hertz! DIRECTOR Gunnar Hall Jensen PRODUCTION Christian Aune Falch, Torstein Parelius, Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch for UpNorth Film RELEASE April 2021 SALES Syndicado  

The Play of Everyman

2021 31 min ORIGINAL TITLE Enhver har rett til DIRECTOR Thomas A. Østbye PRODUCTION Thomas A. Østbye for Plymserafin RELEASE Autumn 2021 SALES TBC

The Quest for Tonewood

2021 85 min ORIGINAL TITLE Jakten på tonetreet DIRECTOR Hans Lukas Hansen PRODUCTION Eirin O. Høgetveit for Norsk fjernsyn RELEASE March 2021 SALES Reservoir Docs  

The School by the Sea

2021 29 min ORIGINAL TITLE Skolen ved havet DIRECTOR Solveig Melkeraaen PRODUCTION Ingvild Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE May 2021 SALES Ouat Media

Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution and Islam

2020 81 min ORIGINAL TITLE Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution and Islam DIRECTOR Nefise Özkal Lorentzen PRODUCTION Jørgen Lorentzen for Integral Film RELEASE April, 2021 SALES DR Sales  

Stay Home

2021 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Vi blir hjemme DIRECTOR Maren Victoria Thingnæs, Marianne Mørk PRODUCTION Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Kari Anne Moe for Fuglene RELEASE August  2021 SALES Cinephil
 

Stories from the Shower

2021 25 min ORIGINAL TITLE Fortellinger fra dusjen DIRECTOR Teresia Fant PRODUCTION Sarah Winge-Sørensen for Stray Dog Productions Oslo RELEASE June 2021 SALES TBC

The Subharchord - A Future That Never Happened

2021 60 min ORIGINAL TITLE Subharchorden - En fremtid som aldri kom DIRECTOR Ina Pillat PRODUCTION Cecilie Bjørnaraa for True Fiction RELEASE October 2021 SALES TBC

Trust Me

2021 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Stol på meg DIRECTOR Emil Trier PRODUCTION Thomas Robsahm for Motlys RELEASE April 2021 SALES First Hand Films 

View

2021 5 min ORIGINAL TITLE View DIRECTOR Odveig Klyve PRODUCTION Gunhild Oddsen for GOfilm RELEASE February 2021

Young and Afraid

2021 74 min ORIGINAL TITLE Nattebarn DIRECTORS Petter Aaberg, Sverre Kvamme PRODUCTION Carsten Aanonsen, Even G. Benestad for Indie Film RELEASE September 2021 SALES Sideways Films 

Documentary film contact

Toril Simonsen

Manager International Relations, Documentary Films
Cell: +47 900 38 086
toril.simonsen@nfi.no