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

When Marina’s and Hanna’s rape cases are dismissed by the Austin police, both women try to find a way to rebuild their lives. How can they create a new normal for themselves in a society that doesn’t recognize there’s a problem? When they learn that their experiences aren’t unique and that 99% of sexual assault perpetrators walk free, they take up the fight against a system that practically decriminalizes rape, and join forces with ten other women in a groundbreaking class-action lawsuit against law enforcement in their city.
 
2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE An Army of Women DIRECTOR Julie Lunde Lillesæter PRODUCTION Natalya Sarch for Differ Media AS RELEASE 2024 SALES TBC

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 RELEASE Winter 2023 SALES East Village Entertainment

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

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 Late autumn 2022 SALES TBC

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 Winter 2023 SALES TBC

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

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 Winter 2023 SALES TBC

 
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

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 Spring 2023 SALES TBC

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
 

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

Praying for Armageddon is a character-driven political thriller that reveals the power and influence of US fundamentalist Evangelicals, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy. Preparing for holy war and a final battle that ushers in the Second Coming of Christ, Evangelicals see Israel as a key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. Investigating the fusion of Evangelical Christianity and politics in the US, Praying for Armageddon not only reveals how structures of fundamentalism threaten the very fabric of U.S. democracy, but also shows the substantial impact the Evangelicals wields on U.S. foreign policy and the volatile situation in the Middle East.

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) RELEASE 2023 SALES DR Sales

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 Winter 2023 SALES TBC

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

"There is no health without mental health, and there is no mental health without human rights” begins The Recovery Channel. Filmmaker Ellen Ugelstad subverts traditional documentary structure to deliver authentic voices and experiences each reflecting their unique perspective on mental health and recovery.


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

Songs of Earth is a symphony. An audio-visual composition of the earth’s primordial forces. The sounds of earth are put together to make music. It’s a meditative experience. The camera takes you inside of nature’s smallest components and outside to the great wild panoramas.


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

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 2023 SALES Dogwoof

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

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 RELEASE Winter 2023 SALES TBC

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 Winter 2023 SALES TBC

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

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

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

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

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

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 RELEASE October 2022 SALES TBC
 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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