| A Happy Day |
Three teenage friends are stuck in a freezing refugee camp in the remote north of Norway, waiting to be sent home on their 18th birthdays. Together, they come up with a plan to escape over the mountain to a world where their dreams can be fulfilled. But when one of them falls in love, their plan begins to unravel.
SCREENINGS
Tue, Aug 22 14.45 Edda 4
Wed, Aug 23 19.15 Edda 4
Thu, Aug 24 19.00 Edda 4
DRAMA | 2023 | 113 min
ORIGINAL TITLE A Happy Day DIRECTOR Hisham Zaman SCREENWRITER Hisham Zaman CAST Salah Qadi, Ravand Ali Taha, Mohamed Salah, Sarah Aman Mentzoni, Hilde Skovdahl, Aryan Pezeshki, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Stig Frode Henriksen, Anja Saiva Bongo Bjørnstad PRODUCTION Hisham Zaman for Snowfall Cinema DOMESTIC RELEASE Oct 13, 2023 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Listen Up! |
Based on the hit novel LISTEN UP! by Gulraiz Sharif, first time director Kaveh Tehrani has created a political comedy with a big heart.
LISTEN UP! is an energetic, relevant and entertaining film about Mahmoud (15) and his journey to help his little sibling Ali to start living as Alia. The film is about integration, gender identity, class and family, and takes place during one hot summer holiday in Oslo. It’s full of Mahmoud’s off-beat observations of the Norwegian middle class and the minorities – which are so rude and precise that you can’t do anything but laugh along.
SCREENINGS
Thu, Aug 24 13.15 Edda 1
Fri, Aug 25 09.00 Edda 4
DRAMA-COMEDY | 2023 | 86 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Hør her’a! DIRECTOR Kaveh Tehrani SCREENWRITERS Erlend Loe and Nora Elisabeth Landsrød based the novel by Gulraiz Sharif CAST Mohammed Ahmed, Liza Haider, Asim Chaudhry, Manish Sharma, Kriti Surjan Thepade, Imran Abdi Kedir, Selma Salim Rafique PRODUCTION Ingvil Berger, Yngve Sæther for Motlys DOMESTIC RELEASE Sep 15, 2023 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Practice |
Trine refuses to fly. As she only has a few days to reach a decisive audition 1500km south, the 18-year-old trumpet talent is forced to hitchhike under great time pressure, and her environmental idealism and musical passion are set against each other. Practice is a film that explores resistance to passion, a deeply intimate encounter with music, and the practice of listening to oneself.
SCREENINGS
Tue, Aug 22 17.30 Edda 5
Wed, Aug 23 11.15 Edda 4
Thu, Aug 24 11.30 Edda 1
DRAMA, ROADMOVIE | 2023 | 78 min
ORIGINAL TITLE Å øve DIRECTOR Laurens Pérol SCREENWRITER Laurens Pérol PRODUCTION Simone Gottschau, Merete Korsberg, Laurens Pérol for Krystallplaneten CAST Kornelia Melsæter RELEASE 2023 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| The Riot |
The Riot tells the story of the struggle against oppression in the mining town of Sulitjelma, called Sulis, at the beginning of the 20th century. Konrad and the suppressed workers stand together in the revolt against the mining company and its ruthless leader Wennstrøm. The film deals with actual incidents at Norway’s second largest workplace, where the mining company had all the power and where the workers struggled under inhuman conditions in the dangerous and dark mines. This was the Wild West of the Nordic countries. Oppression, slave labor and the brutality of capitalism ended with a revolt that created the Nordic model and the modern society we see today in Scandinavia.
SCREENINGS
Tue, Aug 22 11.00 Edda 4
Wed, Aug 23 15.00 Edda 4
Thu, Aug 24 14.45 Edda 4
HISTORICAL ACTION DRAMA | 2023 | 105 min
ORIGINAL TITLE Sulis 1907 DIRECTOR Nils Gaup SCREENWRITER Christopher Grøndal CAST Otto Fahlgren, Simon J. Berger, Alexandra Gjerpen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Stig Henrik Hoff, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen PRODUCTION Tom Vidar Karlsen and Trond Eliassen for Storyline NOR RELEASE Oct 6, 2023 SALES ReInvent International Sales FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Songs of Earth |
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.
SCREENINGS
Wed, Aug 23 13.15 Edda 4
Thu, Aug 24 09.15 Edda 4
DOCUMENTARY | 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 |
A documentary maker from Norwegian TV meets resistance when she contacts a group of activists in good faith to tell a story that is not her own at all. Witty and well-crafted satire that pokes at one of the sore spots of our times.
SCREENINGS
Tue, Aug 22 11.00 Edda 2
Tue, Aug 22 21.30 Edda 4
Wed, Aug 22 09.00 Maritim kino
Thu, Aug 24 13.00 Festiviteten
DRAMA | 2023| 91 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Voice DIRECTOR Ane Hjort Guttu SCREENWRITER Ane Hjort Guttu PRODUCTION Elisabeth Kleppe for Ane Hjort Guttu AS CAST Iselin Linstad Hauge, Esrom Kidane, Damla Kilickiran, Felipe Orellana Castro, Sujani Sutharsan, Marte Kilde Mosnes, Kumaran Nathan, Ali Choudri, Sawera Mansoor, Terje Nicolaisen, Janvier Kumu Iraguha, Habane Ali Abdi NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Filmbyrået Jack AS DOMESTIC PREMIERE Sep 22, 2023 INTERNATIONAL SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Latchkey Kids |
When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents but also with his two younger brothers.
SCREENINGS
Wed, Aug 23 09.00 Edda 5
Wed, Aug 23 11.00 Edda 5
SHORT | 2023 | 21 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Nøkkelbarn DIRECTOR Sindre Mangen Haram SCREENWRITER Sindre Mangen Haram CAST Oliver Krantz-Mikaelsen, Dennis Storhøi, Malin Rønning, Sølve Bovim Bugge, Edmund Bovim Bugge PRODUCTION August B. Wittemann for Westerdahls – Kristiania University College
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| Back to Earth |
At a private business school during the pandemic, Margaret is trying to put together a team building event. She wants the employees to plant something together to get closer to nature and each other. Students are stuck on Zoom, but soon they sneak into the school, reading texts by Milton Friedman to understand the world they´ve inherited.
Part two of the film is team building, which proves to be unlike anything else.
PRESENTATION
Thu, Aug 24 09.00 – 10.15 Festiviteten
GENRE | 2024 | 110 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Uteskolen DIRECTOR Mariken Halle SCREENWRITER Mariken Halle CAST Guro Bruusgaard, Ivar Furre Aam, Ingrid Eielsen Halle, Charlie Røyseland, John Schnitler Bruusgaard, Shahrukh Kavousi, Aria Kavousi Brekke, Thorbjørn Harr PRODUCTION Mariken Halle, Magnus Mork, Guro Bruusgaard, Katja Eyde Jacobsen for Alternativet Production DOMESTIC RELEASE 2024 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Biru Unjárga |
Biru Unjàrga is set in in the northernmost part of Norway and follows young Sami teenager Elvira who believes her mother got pregnant at a Danish fertility clinic. One day her real father turns up and Elvira’s world will never be the same again.
PRESENTATION
Thu, Aug 24 09.00 – 10.15 Festiviteten
DRAMA | 2024 | 90 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Biru Unjàrga DIRECTOR Egil Pedersen SCREENWRITER Egil Pedersen CAST Sarah Olaussen Eira, Ingá Elisá, Påve Idivuoma, Ánne Mággá Wigelius, Aslat Mahtte Gaup PRODUCTION Aleksander Olai Korsnes for Rein Film Finnmark DOMESTIC RELEASE March 2024 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Handling the Undead |
On an abnormally hot summer day in Oslo, a strange electric field surrounds the city as a collective migraine spreads across town. TVs, lightbulbs, and electronics go haywire, the chaos reaching a debilitating crescendo when suddenly, it’s over. But the strange event has awoken the newly deceased from death. Handling the Undead weaves together three families through their loss: Mahler (72) and his daughter, Anna, mourn the too early passing of his grandson; Tora (86) says her final goodbye to her wife at the funeral home; and a family of four face a life without a wife and mother.
PRESENTATION
Thu, Aug 24 09.00 – 10.15 Festiviteten
HORROR DRAMA | 2024 | 90 min
ORIGINAL TITLE Håndtering av de udøde DIRECTOR Thea Hvistendahl SCREENWRITER John Ajvide Lindqvist based on his own novel and Thea Hvistendahl PRODUCTION Kristin Emblem, Guri Neby for Einar Film CAST Renate Reinsve, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahars Pars DOMESTIC RELEASE Spring 2024 SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| In This Very Moment |
Filmed from 2008 to 2023, In This Very Moment portrays Ole and Marte, an Oslo-based middle-class couple in their 40s with two children. Their dialogues range from everyday bickering to questioning ordinary life, raising children, spiritual exploration and existential challenges.
PRESENTATION
Thu, Aug 24 09.00 – 10.15 Festiviteten
DRAMA | 2025 | 90 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Akkurat nå DIRECTOR Marte Vold SCREENWRITER Marte Vold CAST Ole Giæver, Marte Solem PRODUCTION Elisa Fernanda Pirir for Stær DOMESTIC RELEASE 2025 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Sex Dreams Love |
Sex Dreams Love is a trilogy consisting of three loosely connected stories that in different ways thematize sex, love, and inner longings. Moral fables and existential drama comedies about sexuality with a queer sensibility are set in Oslo today.
PRESENTATION
Thu, Aug 24 10.30 – 11.50 Festiviteten
DRAMA | 2024 | 3 x 100 min
ORIGINAL TITLE Sex Drømmer Kjærlighet DIRECTOR Dag Johan Haugerud SCREENWRITER Dag Johan Haugerud PRODUCTION Yngve Sæther and Hege Hauff Hvattum for Motlys AS CAST Jan Gunnar Røise, Torbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Ella Øverbye, Ane Dahl Thorp, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Selome Emnetu, Andrine Sæther, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Thomas Gullestad DOMESTIC RELEASE Spring 2024 (Sex), Summer 2024 (Dreams), Fall 2024 (Love) SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Viktoria Must Go (Working Title) |
Two young and wealthy siblings, Hedvig and Henrik, decide to hire a hitman to get rid of their annoying stepmother, Viktoria. To solve their problem, the children approach Carl, an immigrant from Bosnia. He refuses to help them because he is a law-abiding citizen. That is until he finds himself and his family in a difficult financial situation.
PRESENTATION
Thu, Aug 24 10.30 – 11.50 Festiviteten
CHILDREN FILM | 2024 | 90 MIN
ORIGINAL TITLE Viktoria må dø DIRECTOR Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdottir SCREENWRITERS Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdottir, Rolf Magne Golten Andersen CAST Ine Marie Wilmann, Leo Ajkic, Morten Svartveit, Agnete Haaland, Anette Hoff, Mille Sophie Rist Dalshaug, Sverre Thornam PRODUCTION Ole Marius Elvestad for På Film DOMESTIC RELEASE Feb 2024 SALES LevelK FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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CO-PRODUCTION MARKET
TIME Wednesday, August 23 from 08.30 – 13.00
VENUE Maritim Hall, Hotell Maritim
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| Elena |
We follow Elena, who is torn between supporting her activist mother in the fight against a Norwegian powerplant and being true to herself.
DRAMA, COMING OF AGE | 2025
ORIGINAL TITLE Opprør DIRECTOR Dalia Huerta Cano SCREENWRITER Cesar Diaz PRODUCTION Elisa Fernanda Pirir for Stær DOMESTIC RELEASE 2026 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Joe's Assignment |
A humorous “grounded sci-fi” with a narrative set in a dystopian future where AI is everywhere, and people have become replaceable. We follow Joe who, after losing his job, searches for his new given assignment.
DRAMA COMEDY | 2025
ORIGINAL TITLE Oppdraget DIRECTOR Jens Lien SCREENWRITER Per Schreiner PRODUCTION Kristin Emblem, Guri Neby for Einar Fim DOMESTIC RELEASE 2025-2026 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Pesta |
Set during the black death, Pesta is a romantic horror film about the pious noble girl Astrid who falls in love with the pagan outlaw Eilev. When Eilev is captured, Astrid faces a devastating choice: lose him or become the monster she fears the most – Pesta.
ROMANTIC FOLK HORROR
ORIGINAL TITLE Pesta DIRECTOR Hanne Berkaak SCREENWRITER Sofia Lersol Lund PRODUCTION Tonje Skar Reiersen, Lise Fearnley for Mikrofilm DOMESTIC RELEASE TBC SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Stargate |
Christmas time is near and as their father gets drunk at the local pub, two sisters Ronja (10) and Melissa (16) take on his job as a Christmas tree seller to cover for him. Stargate is a dark, yet joyful, warm and magical tale based on the novel by Ingvild Rishøi.
FAMILY DRAMA | 2025
ORIGINAL TITLE Stargate DIRECTOR Ida Sagmo Tvedte SCREENWRITER Ida Sagmo Tvedte, Ingvild H. Rishøi based on the novel by Ingvild H. Rishøi PRODUCTION Hege Hauff Hvattum for Motlys DOMESTIC RELEASE 2025 SALES ReInvent FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| Zarzis |
Solitude at sea is his companion and his religion is his moral compass. When the refugee crisis hits this coastal town, everything Hassan has believed in is thrown into doubt. The choices he makes will have ripple effects on all those close to him.
DRAMA | 2024
ORIGINAL TITLE Zarzis DIRECTOR Farzad Samsami SCREENWRITER Farzad Samsami PRODUCTION Trude Refsahl for Gorillafilm AS DOMESTIC RELEASE 2024 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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| How are Nordic Films Released Around Europe? |
TIME Thursday, August 24 from 13.00 - 14.15
VENUE Haugesund Public Library
Europa Distribution and New Nordic Films have gathered independent distributors from Italy, the Netherlands and the UK to discuss their roles and purpose as local curators and promotors for the films they acquire. They will focus on Nordic films through case studies on internationally-released Sick of Myself (dir. Kristoffer Borgli, 2022) and Beautiful Beings (dir. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, 2022). The essential role of film funds in supporting promotion will also be discussed with the help of the Norwegian and Finnish film funds.
PANELLISTS Hanne Merethe Okstad (Norwegian Film Institute), Jenni Domingo (The Finnish Film Foundation), Eva Zvedeniuk (Modern Films, UK), Hans Kok (Arti Film, Netherlands), Beatrice Moia (Wanted Cinema, Italy).
MODERATOR Michael Gubbins, UK
The panel is presented in collaboration with Europa Distribution
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| Presentation of NEO |
TIME Thursday, August 24 from 16.00 – 16.30
VENUE Haugesund Public Library
The Norwegian Film Institute's extensive support scheme Neo is a newcomer compared to Moving Sweden and New Danish Screen, with 11 production supports given so far, ranging from the first ever Sami joik musical, via fiction dramas rooted in refuge stories to documentaries on a young struggling artist as well as on a joint lawsuit in the US. Neo’s ambitious mandate is to initiate a generous number of idea/script developments a year, and further develop a range of projects by debutantes within fiction features, series, and documentaries.
PRESENTED BY Neo and short film commissioning editor Nina M. Barbosa Blad
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International Distribution Support Scheme for Norwegian Films
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Sick of Myself by Kristoffer Borgli. Producers Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar for Oslo Picture. International sales: Memento |
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| New Norwegian International Distribution Support Scheme |
For the second year, the Norwegian Film Institute is offering a subsidy scheme for international distribution that will make it easier for distributors to launch Norwegian films in their territories. Read more
Next deadline: September 15, 2023 at noon (Norwegian time) |
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New and Upcoming Norwegian Productions
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New edition of our Co-Production brochure |
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The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) funds minority co-production of feature films, documentaries, drama series, short films and video games. The NFI also operates the Norwegian Incentive Scheme and the Norwegian South Film Fund, Sørfond. In addition, regional film funds support co-productions for fiction and documentary feature films and drama series, and the regional film centres support co-production for documentaries and for shorter formats.
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Norwegian Film Institute at New Nordic Films
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Dag Asbjørnsen
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