| Civil Disobedience |
Civil Disobedience takes you behind the scenes of today's climate activism: the actions, the emotional and strategic reconsiderations, the conscience driving the activists and the final trial in the court. It is an intense and empathic depiction, still strictly observational, where even the filmmaker gets arrested with the camera rolling. The film also offers a larger perspective: What drives ordinary people into using civil disobedience and taking on the state and corporate powers to fight the climate emergency?
2023 39 min ORIGINAL TITLE Sivil Ulydighet DIRECTOR Thomas Østbye PRODUCTION Thomas Østbye for Plymserafin INTERNATIONAL RELEASE September, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Facing War |
For the first time, a film maker has been allowed to film inside NATOs war room where Secretary General Jens Stoltenbergs works intensely to gather the NATO allies and save Ukraine from Putin.
2025 102 min ORIGINAL TITLE Facing War DIRECTOR Tommy Gulliksen PRODUCTION Anne Marte Blindheim for Dox Division EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Tonje Hessen Schei CO-PRODUCTION Danielle Turkov for Think-Film Impact Production RELEASE March 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES CAT&Docs
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| Fatherhood |
Three men are expecting their first child. Kris, David and Sindre, all in their early thirties, are living in a steady polyamorous relationship. Kris will give birth to their baby. The film chronicles their pregnancy and the life that awaits them - and their child.
2025 75 min ORIGINAL TITLE Tre fedre DIRECTOR Even G Benestad, August B Hanssen PRODUCTION Carsten Aanonsen for Indie Film CO-PRODUCTION Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir for Krumma Film (IS) RELEASE 2025 SALES Journeyman Pictures
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| Figherfighter Goats |
Set amidst rapidly disappearing California landscapes, a herd of goats graze areas vulnerable to wildfires. Through their efforts, a lyrical portrait of the American West is painted, revealing the dangers of today’s crisis and unexpected tools for combating it.
2024 10 min ORIGINAL TITLE Figherfighter Goats DIRECTOR Phoeebe Dobey, George McCann PRODUCTION Anita Norfolk for Folk Film DOMESTIC RELEASE October 2024
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| Fighter |
GK, a 30-year-old MMA-fighter, who`s whole identity was based on his physicality, faces a life-altering moment after a headfirst dive into the ocean. He`s told to expect a life in a wheelchair. GK desperately explores alternative treatments, delving in to a world that sells hope. Yet, amidst the darkness, he embarks on an inspiring journey of transformation proving that life’s worth goes far beyond physical abilities.
2025 85 min ORIGINAL TITLE Fotspor DIRECTOR Sunniva Sundby and Mari Bakke Riise PRODUCTION Silje Evensmo Jacobsen for A5 Film RELEASE March 2025 FESTIVALS & SALES TrustNordisk
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| Flophouse America |
Mikal (12) is born and raised in the rundown 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 truly change their ways?
2025 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Flophouse America DIRECTOR Monica Strømdahl PRODUCTION Beathe Hofseth and Siri Natvik for Fri Film RELEASE March 2025 FESTIVALS & SALES Lightdox
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| In My Hand |
A film that explores the personal and historical struggles of the Sámi people, narrated through the eyes of the activist, journalist, and photographer Niillas Somby. The film navigates between imprisonment, protests, and surreal encounters, providing a unique insight into one man's extraordinary journey. It concludes with a powerful call to action for the preservation of nature.
2025 20min ORIGINAL TITLE In my hand DIRECTOR Liselotte Wajstedt, Marja Helander PRODUCTION Linn Henriksen for Paranord Film RELEASE January 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| An Inward Path |
As life crumbles, a has-been musician takes a big leap to find his true artistic expression. A life-changing process ensues with an unlikely source of inspiration.
2024 66 min ORIGINAL TITLE Innerst i tonen DIRECTOR Torstein Grude PRODUCTION Oddleiv Vik, Torstein Grude for Piraya Film RELEASE May, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Kyiv Soloists |
Thrown into the limbo of being war refugees, the 14 musicians in Kyiv Soloists try to navigate the road while advocating for peace with their powerfull music.
2025 104 min ORIGINAL TITLE Solistene PRODUCTION Karianne Berge for Indie Film AS CO-PRODUCTION Eugene Rachkovsky for Tabor Productions, Iris Lammertsma for Witfilm RELEASE Januar 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES tbc
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| Momentum |
After a critical extreme sports accident, 21-year-old Bernt Marius embarks on a journey to rediscover life's joy, overcoming inner resistance and uncertainties about his future. How will he make the most of his second chance?
2024 75 min ORIGINAL TITLE Momentum DIRECTOR Matias Myklebbust PRODUCTION Filip Christensen for Field Prouctions DOMESTIC RELEASE November 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES tbc
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| Pet Farm |
Joachim chases his childhood dream of breeding pet foxes, but external forces threaten to euthanize his beloved fox pack. Pet Farm is a story of loneliness, emphasizing the irreplaceable value of human connections over bonds with animals.
2024 82 min DIRECTOR Finn Walther, Martin A. Walther PRODUCTION Martin A. Walther for Walther Bros RELEASE October, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Portrait of a Confused Father |
Gunnar is a macho, middle-aged father, and a control freak desperately trying to connect with his uncontrollable son. It doesn’t go according to plan, as their love and connection evolves, and it spirals from confusion into a devastating descent.
2025 92 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 2025 FESTIVALS & SALES DR Sales
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| Small Dogs Bark Loud |
In September 2021, Tuni’s half-brother took his own life, and her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Because of the difficult circumstances, Tuni felt it was challenging to talk about her feelings. Shortly after her brother passed, she got a dog named Salto. It didn’t take long before Salto became her best friend - she even let him sleep in her own bed. Tuni understands that time is precious, so she creates a bucket list of things she wants to accomplish. On top of the list is the first visit to her brother's grave.
Small Dogs Bark Loud tells the story of a brave young girl, who confronts grief and illness, while also celebrating life and demonstrates how essential animals can be in helping us navigate through difficult times and tough emotions.
2025 75 min ORIGINAL TITLE Salto, pus og den døde fisken DIRECTOR Nora Nivedita Tvedt PRODUCTION Lillian Løvseth for LØV Film RELEASE March 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| Teenage Life Interrupted |
Never before have so many children and young people suffered from unexplained symptoms. No medical conditions can explain their condition.Two doctors at the University Hospital in Tromsø specialize in treating the undiagnosable. Teenage Life Interrupted is a story from inside the hospital following the treatment of four teenage girls who’s life has been put on hold by illnesses no one can explain.
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Uten synlige tegn DIRECTOR Åse Svenheim Drivenes PRODUCTION Kari Anne Moe and Gudmundur Gunnarsson for Fuglene RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| The Gardener, the Buddhist and the Spy |
Rob Moore, a former candid-camera TV producer, is exposed as a cynical corporate spy. He claims to be a whistleblower exposing corruption and invites two journalists to investigate his allegations. It soon becomes a battle of who is deceiving whom.
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Gartneren, buddhisten og spionen DIRECTOR Håvard Bustnes PRODUCTION Carsten Aanonsen for Indie Film, Håvard Bustnes for UpNorth Film CO-PRODUCTION Gebrüder Beetz, Snowstorm Productions, FASAD AB RELEASE 2025 SALES Syndicado
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| The Lions By the River Tigris |
The beautiful ancient Iraqi city of Mosul, was conquered by ISIS, and became one of the most hated places in the world. In the war for liberation, the Old City was left in ruins. Can the people of Mosul rise again, and heal their broken souls?
2025 91 min ORIGINAL TITLE Løvene ved elven Tigris DIRECTOR Zaradasht Ahmed PRODUCTION Thorvald Nilsen for Indie Film Bergen AS RELEASE March 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| The Long Road to the Director's Chair |
In 1973, Norwegian filmmaker and former actress Vibeke Løkkeberg attended the First International Women’s Film Seminar in Berlin, bringing a camera crew to document this pivotal event in the early feminist film movement. Unearthed nearly 50 years later, the forgotten footage reveals a treasure trove of authentic stories capturing the struggles, ambitions, and dreams of women entering a male-dominated industry. Transformed into a poetic feature film, Long Road to the Director’s Chair weaves these historical voices into a timeless narrative about resilience, creativity, and the ongoing fight for equality in the arts.
2025 70 min ORIGINAL TITLE The Long Road to the Director's Chair DIRECTOR Vibeke Løkkeberg PRODUCER Anders Tangen for Viafilm, Vibeke Løkkeberg for The Norway Film Development RELEASE February 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Unforgivable |
Unforgivable documents the brutal, state-sanctioned abuses against Norwegian women who fell in love with German soldiers during World War II, and questions who were cast as heroes and villains when the story of the Norwegian post-war settlement was written.
2024 76 min ORIGINAL TITLE De rettsløse DIRECTOR Lena-Christin Kalle PRODUCTION Elisabeth Kleppe for Aldeles RELEASE Autumn 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| With Grace |
Grace, a witty 13-year-old girl, with big dreams and the rare gift of making everyone around her laugh, takes us back to her early childhood years with her close-knit, loving farmer family in Kenya: a time with lots of fun, but also a time when disaster almost split her family apart.
2024 28 min ORIGINAL TITLE With Grace DIRECTOR Julia Dahr, Dina Mwende PRODUCTION Natalya Sarch, Arne Dahr, Julia Dahr, Johanne Sandvik for Differ Media RELEASE November, 2024
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| Autumn of the Patriarch |
A documentary dystopia that explores the survival strategies of people who live inside the modern dictatorship.
2026 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Autumn of the Patriarch PRODUCTION Torstein Grude for Piraya Film RELEASE Spring 2026 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute 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?
2025 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 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute 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.
2025 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 2025 SALES Autlook Filmsales
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| Hex |
In the heart of Norway's black metal scene, a new force suddenly emerges. Three young women have entered into a three-year pact where they will devote their entire lives to awaken the world, each other and themselves as witches. And start screaming.
2025 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Hex DIRECTOR Maja Holand PRODUCTION Mari Nilsen Neira for Herstory RELEASE Autumn 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| I Follow Rivers |
Mariann Sæther (42) is one of the best whitewater kayakers in the world. Since she was a teenager, she has challenged many norms and expectations of the society. When she becomes a mother, she is determined she can both be an extreme sports athlete and have a family. But is the life on the river really worth the risk?
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE I Follow Rivers DIRECTOR Barbora Hollan PRODUCTION Filip Christensen for Field Production RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES tbc
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| In Cod We Trust |
Welcome to the small fishing village of Båtsfjord, where Cod is more important than God. In Cod We Trust is a portrait of a town, and a meditation on home and belonging. It reveals that in the coldest places on earth, you find the warmest and funniest people.
2025 ORIGINAL TITLE In Cod We Trust DIRECTOR Guro Saniola Bjerk PRODUCTION Benedikte Bredesen for f(x) Produksjoner RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES tbc
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| Land for Sale |
Unique and vulnerable nature is traded for fast profit, but a group of unlikely activists are doing everything they can to reveal the true nature of the climate villains.
ORIGINAL TITLE Vi som solgte landet DIRECTOR Kieran Kolle PRODUCTION Elisabeth Kleppe for Aldeles RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| Memoirs from a dream |
In 2003, a band goes to Hollywood in pursuit of stardom. 15 years later a case of unseen tapes appear. Daggi, the bands' founder, is reluctant but lets the director see them. But from these tapes rises an incredible tale of friendship, passion, and music. And sacrificing everything in the pursuit of a dream.
2025 91 min ORIGINAL TITLE Memoirs from a dream DIRECTOR Carl Christian Lein Størmer PRODUCTION Mathis Ståle Mathisen for IGH RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| North South Man Woman |
With the divided Korean nation as her recruitment pool, businesswoman Han Yujin unusual marriage agency matches women defectors from her native North with South Korean men, challenging society’s perceptions of both groups in the process.
2025 85 min DIRECTOR Morten Traavik and Mary Sun Kim PRODUCTION Verona Meier for Studio Kozlovski RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES Dogwoof
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| Norway vs Sápmi |
When Sámi reindeer herders win a surprising Supreme Court victory, the government’s reluctance to remove wind turbines raises a deeper question: what becomes of trust in our society when the government hesitates to uphold the law?
2026 100 min DIRECTOR Håvard Bustnes PRODUCTION Håvard Bustnes for UpNorth Film, Johannes Vang for Aurilko Films RELEASE 2026 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES tbc
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| Requiem for a Photographer |
As a war photographer he has seen misery up close. Photos of starving infants taking their last breath and the consequences of modern weapons on the human body. He is no stranger to death, but as he puts it: A terrible amount of people out there are caught in bigger tragedies than mine.
2025 77 min ORIGINAL TITLE Henden - Requiem for a Photographer DIRECTOR Rune Denstad Langlo PRODUCTION Sigve Endresen for Motlys RELEASE Spring 2025 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.
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE: Rosmarys historie DIRECTOR Aslaug Holm PRODUCTION Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film RELEASE 2025 SALES tbc
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| Sami versus Sami |
In 1930, a group of Northern Sami were forcibly relocated to South Sami territory in Sweden by the Norwegian and Swedish states. Today, the South Sami are fighting the North Sami in court over exclusive rights to land, water, and reindeer herding. Through characters on each side of the conflict, the film explores the history and events that led to this controversy. The narrative shifts depending on who tells it, raising the question: Who has the rightful claim to the land?
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Same mot Same DIRECTOR Ellen-Astri Lundby PRODUCTION Johanna Dorothe Raita og Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas for Ten Thousand Images CO-PRODUCTION Saltfilm AB (SE) RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute 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.
2025 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 2025 SALES Dogwoof
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| SpyWhale |
When a social and playful beluga whale is discovered along the Norwegian coast in 2019, he quickly becomes a celebrity in Norway and the rest of the world. SpyWhale is a film that explores Hvaldimir's mysterious origins in Russia, and his ability to touch the hearts of the people he encounters.
2025 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE SpyWhale DIRECTOR Regina Crosby Haug PRODUCTION Inge Wegge for Lofoten Film Collective RELEASE 2025 SALES TBC
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| Strangers & 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?
2026 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Stayers DIRECTOR Julia Dahr CO-DIRECTORS Julie Lunde Lillesæter, Hannah Jayanti PRODUCTION Natalya Sarch, Julia Dahr for Differ Media CO-PRODUCTION Darcy McKinnon for Gusto Moving Pictures (USA) RELEASE Spring 2026 SALES tbc
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| The Curse of Kane |
We’ve all dreamed about making it big. About doing something that sets us apart and makes an indelible claim about who we are. Gunnar Ryan Wiik is a dreamer. But what makes him stand out is that he is seemingly willing to do anything to make his dreams come through. Yet somehow his dreams never see the light of day. But that is all about to change - or is it?
2025 85 min ORIGINAL TITLE Forbannelsen Kane DIRECTOR Even G Benestad and August B Hanssen PRODUCTION Carsten Aanonsen for Indie Film AS CO-PRODUCTION Good Company Pictures, (DK), Mouka Filmi (FI) RELEASE Autumn 2025 SALES CAT&Docs
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| The Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
In 1975, the renowned Norwegian film director Arnljot Berg was arrested in Paris and charged with the murder of his third wife, Evelyne Zammit Berg. Forty years later his daughter Lene Berg is visited by the ghost of her now long-deceased father. He claims that she remembers everything wrong and that it’s time to ask the right questions, because soon she too will die. But what is it that he wants her to remember? And what are the right questions?
2026 100 min ORIGINAL TITLE Apokalyptens ryttere DIRECTOR Lene Berg PRODUCTION Ellen Ugelstad for Twentyone Pictures RELEASE 2026 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| The New Museum |
A documentary film that follows the process of building Norway's new National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design until the doors opens to the public in 2020.
2025 110 min ORIGINAL TITLE Det nye museet DIRECTOR Birgitte Sigmundstad PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| The Universe is My Selfie |
A director gets lost in the maze of representation when he turns the camera on himself in search of the ever-decreasing difference between life and the pictures we make of it. What follows is a hypnotic deconstruction of digital narcissism and the culture of the fake.
2025 110 min ORIGINAL TITLE The Universe is My Selfie DIRECTOR Amir Ajdinovic PRODUCTION Elin Sander for Aldeles RELASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| This is Not an Apple |
We meet three Palestinian siblings from a suburb in Oslo where gangs rule. They are victims of stabbings and betrayals by friends. The siblings make a brave choice to forgive instead of seeking revenge. Through their story, the film explores the challenges youth face today and shows how positive changes are possible.
2026 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Dette er ikke et eple DIRECTOR Nefise Özkal Lorentzen PRODUCTION Nefise Özkal Lorentzen and Ola Hunnes for Integral Film RELASE 2026 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| Trillion |
Victor Kossakovsky's second film in the planned Empathy Trilogy. The film is thematically concerned with ocean health and the effects of industrial fisheries, and more profoundly, with enlarging our understanding and deepening our relationship with the world. As with Gunda, the much-lauded first film in the trilogy about the sentience of non-human animals, Kossakovsky has created an unique cinematic vision. He invites viewers to enter a suspenseful, unforgettable experience aimed at preserving the human capacity to love and provoking us to re-dream the future.
ORIGINAL TITLE Trillion DIRECTOR Victor Kossakovsky PRODUCTION Anita Rehoff Larsen and Tone Grøttjord-Glenne for Sant og Usant, Joslyn Barnes for Louvertunes Films RELEASE Summer 2025
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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.
2025 30 min ORIGINAL TITLE Kven si dotter er du? DIRECTOR Astrid Aakra PRODUCTION Turid Rogne, Astrid Aakra for Big Spoon Animation RELEASE 2025 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| A Call from the Wild |
Filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature in his home country, Norway, which he has photographed all his life. From the lives of bees at his farm to wild reindeer on the high mountains and puffins at the ocean's edge, he shows the beauty of threatened nature and tracks down human actions responsible for its decline. This is a personal story about our connection with the non-human world, the relations between the small and the big, and a reminder of nature's strength and vulnerability.
2024 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Skal hilse fra Naturen DIRECTOR Asgeir Helgestad PRODUCTION Ageliki Lefkaditou and Asgeir Helgestad for Artic Light AS CO-PRODUCTION Britta Kiesewetter for Doclights GmbH (DE) RELEASE April, 2024 SALES Albatross World Sales
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| A New Kind of Wilderness |
In a forest in Norway, a family leads an isolated lifestyle, aiming to be wild and free. However, a tragic event changes everything. When the mother in the family dies, the father and his children must leave their paradise and are forced to adapt to modern society.
A New Kind of Wilderness is an intimate story that issues on how we live our lives, care for our planet, our children, and navigate life after a significant loss.
2024 83 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ukjent landskap DIRECTOR Silje Evensmo Jacobsen PRODUCTION Mari Bakke Riise for A5 Film AS RELEASE January, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES DR Sales
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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 March, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES Together Films
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| Behind the Mask |
Abduweli, a survivor of a Uyghur internment camp has an opportunity to confront a former guard from his camp but must consider the effect on his children, who witnessed his arrest.
2023 31 min ORIGINAL TITLE Behind the Mask DIRECTOR Håvard Bustnes PRODUCTION Håvard Bustnes for UpNorth Film AS RELEASE November 2023 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Birds |
Exploring the bond between six children and nature through improvised dance and movements, Birds reveals the beauty of our world, advocating for a renewed comprehension of our environment.
2023 10 min ORIGINAL TITLE Fugler DIRECTOR Liv Runesdatter PRODUCTION Joakim Hauge Vocke, Bjarte Mørner Tveit for Von Mørner AS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE August 2023 SALES TBC
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| Can You Stay? |
What is it like to be young and take care of your sick loved ones? Anders (18), Thyra (30), and Nora (20) all cope with their role differently. They meet others in a similar situation through a writing course in Oslo. Can you stay? takes an intimate look into the everyday lives of three young adults and the challenges they meet as next to kin.
2024 59 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ikke slipp meg DIRECTOR Livirén Bratterud PRODUCTION Mari Monrad Vistven for Medieoperatørene RELEASE October, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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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.
2024 75 min ORIGINAL TITLE Diagnonsense DIRECTOR Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgard PRODUCTION Andrew Grant and Øyvind Gregersen for Mattima Films RELEASE January, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| The Final Chapter |
After 10 years of no contact with her parents on account of violence and neglect during her upbringing, Frøydis is confronted with the fact that her father is on his deathbed.
2023 14 min ORIGINAL TITLE Siste Kapittel DIRECTOR Frøydis Fossli Moe PRODUCTION Kristi Kjerpeset RELEASE September 2023 SALES TBC
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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 November, 2023
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| House of Winge |
A faded old genius alone in a big house, unable to care for himself. Out of love, and to guard her father's legacy, Viktoria (40) puts her life on hold to help. House of Winge follows the world-famous theatrical director Stein Winge and his daughter, singer, actor and model Victoria. Having worked in showbiz all their lives, Stein and Victoria have dealt professionally and artistically with life and death, but following the death of their wife and mother, actress Kari Onstad, they are forced to deal with it in private.
2024 68 min ORIGINAL TITLE Siste Wingeslag CONSEPTUAL DIRECTOR Terje Lind Bjørsvik CO-DIRECTOR Erland Edenholm PRODUCTION Benedikte Bredesen for f(x) produksjoner AS CO-PRODUCTION Ulrik Gutkin for Copenhagen Film Company RELEASE 2024 SALES TBC
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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 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES TBC
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| Lie To Me |
The Norwegian Bjørn Bjercke revealed the world's greatest crypto scam. But the scam continues, and people are still tricked into it. How is it possible?
2024 94 min ORIGINAL TITLE Lie To Me DIRECTOR Bår Tyrmi PRODUCTION Dag Mykland for Hacienda Film RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES Java Films
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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 93 min ORIGINAL TITLE Al Haya Helwa / Livet er vakkert DIRECTOR Mohamed Jabaly PRODUCTION KriStine Ann Skaret for Stray Dog Production RELEASE November, 2023 FESTIVALS & SALES First Hand Films
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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 DOMESTIC RELEASE August 2023 SALES tbc
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| Mina and the Radio Bandits |
The Bandit Radio offers convicts a chance to tell their own stories, but for Mina – running a prison based radio show proves to be a bumpy ride.
2024 110 min ORIGINAL TITLE Mina og røverne DIRECTOR Kari Anne Moe PRODUCTION Gudmundur Gunnarsson for Fuglene RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Norwegian Democrazy |
Norwegian Democrazy is a documentary about the organization SIAN (Stop the Islamization of Norway) which challenges our perceptions of democratic dialogue and freedom of expression in a direct and violent way. We see how some of the most heated debates of our time play out at street level.
2024 87 min ORIGINAL TITLE Norwegian Demnocrazy DIRECTORS Bård Kjøge Rønning, Fabien Greenberg PRODUCTION Bård Kjøge Rønning, Fabien Greenberg for Antipode Films AS RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute SALES Journeyman Pictures
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| Phantoms of the Sierra Madre |
A Danish writer embarks on a quest to locate a disappeared Apache tribe in Mexico but becomes entangled in ethical dilemmas, wrestling with the moral complexities of pursuing a tribe that ardently seeks obscurity. His journey takes an unexpected turn with a shocking discovery in Oslo, reshaping the entire narrative.
2024 100 min ORIGINAL TITLE Geronimos tapte stamme DIRECTOR Håvard Bustnes PRODUCTION Håvard Bustnes, Christian Aune Falch for UpNorth Film CO-PRODUCTION Napa Films (FI), Cactus Film (MX) RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES DR Sales
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| Ping Pong Family |
At Schous plass in Oslo, people from totally different back grounds meet daily to play outdoor table tennis. Their motivation the get together varies: some is in it to win, some like to socialize over beers, some need a place to hang out. What they have in common is that all of them like to play table tennis. When people from the municipality office want to move the tables away from Schous plass, the players join their forces to protect their meeting place.
2023 59 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ping Pong Family DIRECTOR Åsmund Hasli PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene DOMESTIC RELEASE November, 2023 INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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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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| Project Dad |
A father-daughter story of love, frustration, and the complexity of loving someone who is your complete opposite.
2023 28 min ORIGINAL TITLE Prosjekt Pappa DIRECTOR Camilla Jämting PRODUCTION Camilla Jämting RELEASE January, 2024 SALES tbc
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| Punishment |
Four inmates on maximum security have chosen to enter a three-week Jesuit silent retreat in prison. They are guided by two priests. The film slowly observes this paradoxical situation, while looking beyond the question of religious belief: How does ethical exercises, rituals and communal silence affect us? The setting evolves into a prism for gauging a portrait of the existential landscape of the convicted.
2024 100 min ORIGINAL TITLE Straff DIRECTOR Øystein Mamen PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene AS RELEASE January, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Sisters Forever |
Wilde (31) and Marin (28) are sisters and best friends. Marin suffers from bipolar disease and has had multiple suicide attempts in the past. After months in the psych ward, Marin has decided to end her life on her own birthday. The film follows Wilde's process after the loss of her sister. How does she move through the grief to take back her life? Sisters forever provides a unique perspective on suicide and sisterhood. The film tells Wilde's personal story with tenderness and humour. It treats its main characters with warmth and respect.
2024 103 min ORIGINAL TITLE Søstre elsker evig DIRECTOR Sigve Endresen PRODUCTION Ingvil Sæther Berger, Sigve Endresen for Motlys DOMESTIC RELEASE March, 2024 INTERNATIONAL RELEASE May, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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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.
Songs of Earth is Norway's Academy Award Submission.
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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| 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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| 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. Formed 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 103 min ORIGINAL TITLE The Recovery Channel DIRECTOR Ellen Ugelstad PRODUCTION Ellen Ugelstad and Tonje Alice Madsen for Twentyone Pictures DOMESTIC RELEASE October 2023 SALES tbc
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| The Remarkable Life of Ibelin |
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world. The film recreates Mats' adventurous online life as Ibelin. All dialogue and events are based on actual archives from roleplay in World of Warcraft.
2024 105 min ORIGINAL TITLE Ibelin DIRECTOR Benjamin Ree PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE January, 2024 SALES Autlook Filmsales
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| The Renaissance Prince |
15-year-old painter William Heimdal rejects the artistic trends of the 21st century - his aim is to recreate the figurative compositions made by the great masters of the past. But William has to go to school with his peers that are preoccupied with TikTok and climate change activism. Is there a place in the modern world for an old soul?
2024 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE: Renessanseprinsen DIRECTOR Emily Louisa Millan Eide PRODUCTION Thorvald Nilsen for Screen Story Film & TV INTERNATIONAL RELEASE September, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES Reservoir Docs
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| The Takeover |
Filmed over a year as the Taliban retakes control of Afghanistan, this movie documents the country’s rapid transformation and the women who refuse to lose their rights. Starting as the US leave Afghanistan, it shows the women's experience, protests and daily life in the cities and countryside. We see how restrictions on women’s basic freedoms are enforced by The Taliban on all levels of society.
Oscar-nominated director Anders Hammer returns to his former home of Afghanistan, a country he has spent a large part of the last 15 years working in, to capture the development.
2023 33 min ORIGINAL TITLE The Takeover DIRECTOR Anders Hammer PRODUCTION Anders Hammer for Hammertime Anders Sømmer Hammer and Charlotte Cook for Field of Vision (US) RELEASE June 2023 SALES Field of Vision
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| Tax Wars |
Tax Wars takes viewers behind the scenes of a global effort to put people before profits, hold multinationals accountable, and demand the world’s most powerful corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Along with world-renowned experts such as Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty, Eva Joly, and activists, this film will question, put into perspective, and decipher the advances and limits of the international agreement on the taxation of multinationals announced in October 2021.
2024 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Tax Wars DIRECTOR Hege Dehli PRODUCTION Hege Dehli for Mechanix Film AS CO-PRODUCTION Fabrice Estève for Yuzu Productions (FR) RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES Java Films
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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 80 min ORIGINAL TITLE Min søster Super-Stella DIRECTOR Mari Monrad Vistven PRODUCTION Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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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 INTERNATIONAL RELEASE March, 2024 FESTIVALS & SALES Magnetfilm
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Feature Films and Drama Series
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Elisabeth Aalmo
Manager International Relations, Documentary Films
Cell: +47 932 66 554
elisabeth.aalmo@nfi.no
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