Discoveries from Norway World Cinema

The AI short film Binary Desires was created in 48 hours by Roar Uthaug, Vanessa Tesorone, and Jonas Aarø as part of the Cinema Synthetica Norway workshop.

Oskar's deepest wish is to be able to ride on the prairie with his mother over summer break. But alas, everything turns out differently than expected and the 10-year-old is forced to spend his vacation on his grumpy grandfather's farm. Oskar's only friend is the outsider Levi, who talks with his pony. Together they hatch a plan to get away from their grim reality: they’ll row across the Atlantic to America in grandfather's boat!

Two friends meet again in Trondheim, where a series of disappearances has been reported and authorities believe serial killers may be involved. As they move through the city, routine shifts and silence spreads. Based on Clavel's "Trondheim Is No Game" , the film uses scenes from other works to trace a path through suspicion, disappearance, and unresolved presence.

Deadpan black comedy about a garbage man who gets in trouble in a stinky rich neighborhood.

The film is about the special phenomenon where convicted murderers receive love letters from strangers. Those who write these letters have never met the inmates. And the disturbing fact about this phenomenon is that the women who write don't know anything about the prisoner, other than what they are sentenced for.

A documentary filmmaker returns to his hometown and buys a photo shop. He earns his living as a wedding photographer, but his personal life is in disarray.

Mr. Fumblebody is a clumsy, but kindhearted unemployed lawyer who picks a fight with the powerfull and reckless Rex Dobbermann. Mr. Dobbermann has decided to eliminate all the cat's in the small town Kattesand. Mr. Dobberman's beautiful daughter Tess on the other hand tries to save her own dear cat from her father, and Mr. Fumblebody does everything he can to help her.

Here we meet Slegga – a tragicomic character, a rough-and-ready teddy bear of a good guy with little social awareness – on an adventure with Reven – a cunning and scheming petty criminal. These two prison birds have a mutual friend, Nelly, who brightens up their lives during the brief period when they all happen to be outside the prison walls at the same time. Many other characters cross their path as strange situations arise in Oslo's colorful underworld, where life still flourishes beneath the asphalt.

Mikkel is a short film that tells a story about when the fishing village Henningsvær got the mainland connection and what the consequences it had for the local and numerous sea gulls.

When mom gets ill, Maria becomes the family's caretaker. But when she can't cope any more, her father seems to have given up.

We are taken into the consciousness of an old woman who is untangling yarn from a hespet tree. At the same time, her thoughts fly to different situations from a woman's life.

A collection of answers gathered from conscripts answering three simple questions about themselves, their profession, and their interests.

The appearance of unidentified flying objects over a small Norwegian village stirs up a massive UFO craze.

The traveler Franz arrives in a mountain valley, where they are awaiting the new local sheriff. he decides to pretend he is the man they are waiting for.

Tore, son of a poor farmer, loves Berit, daughter of a rich one, but she's promised to another man whom she does not love and thus refuses to marry.

A disillusioned porn director tries to save a young actress out of the claws of a cynical and destructive industry.

A gentle and beautifully made story about a boy's grief and acceptance, and finding a way back.

Henry Mafaye (10) lives alone with his father after Henrys mother left them when Henry was young. The two are doing okay as long as Henry doesn't talk about his mother. If he mentions her name, violent winds arise and crush everything around him to splinters. Henry's mother is a shattering geist. A shattering geist afflicts those who loved the person the most and can destroy an entire house. No one really knows why the geists appear, but they are related to things that cannot be spoken about. Henry's dad believes they should keep calm and carry on, but after a terrible accident at school, Henry understands it is time to figure out how to deal with shattering geists.

On a dark winter's night about Christmas-time, a couple leave town to visit the man's dilapidated childhood home. During the night, something happens that dramatically alters their lives.

The country is locked down during the corona pandemic and a lonely woman fantasizes about a brand new neighbor she has not yet met.

A car ends up in the forest after running into a deer on the road and suddenly everything is turned upside down.

15-year-old Pauline commits social suicide in class and in front of her idol, film star Ingvar Lykke, when she accidentally posts a private snap. But instead of dying of shame, she rebels against an ocean of unwritten rules.

David Kinsella, funded by the Norwegian Film Institute, arrived in North Korea ready to make a documentary about a young poet at the invitation of the North Korean government, but filming hadn’t gotten very far when Kinsella realized that everything he was filming was fiction not fact, even the young poet. Each day the government brought in extras and staged every scene too essentially create a propaganda film for the country. Not to be deterred Kinsella took the manipulation of his work in stride and started to capture large expanses of industrial areas to alter later with animation and create an amazing film.

Physics college student James is struggling mentally after being bullied throughout high school. His mind is made up and sees no other way out. He makes sure to document and explain to his immediate family why and how he will take his own life.

Norwegian Sitcom-style comedy about teenager Reidar who loves Coca-Cola, Waffles, his moped and girlfriend Bitten - in that order.

A story of two siblings who for the first time spend a night without their parents, and are visited by strangers who ask for room for the night. Based on the novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas.

The status and love affairs in childhood through a skewed lens – revealing the liberating force of not caring about what others think.

A powerful meeting between two women brings their inner forces and desires to the surface. Can they overcome their traumas? Skádja is an exploration of nature, spirituality, passion and movement. An indigenous lesbian story from Sápmi about reclaiming one’s inner witch.

Amir (27) becomes internet famous by his videos where he picks fights with strangers on the street. He tries to justify his success in a portrait interview with a newspaper.

On August 4th, the Theater in Kristiansand was the arena for a very special event, when two of Norway's foremost philosophers and three of our key authors met to discuss Bjørneboe and his masterpiece trilogy "Bestialitetens Historie".

Seven-year-old Polina and her 13-year-old sister Nastia live and breathe ballet. Both of them are studying at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy in frigid Saint Petersburg. They’re currently awaiting their grades to find out if they’ve done well enough to be promoted to the next year, with Nastia lovingly guiding he little sister through the process. But in the meantime, Nastia also has to deal with the high demands that the academy places on its students. The gorgeously styled shots are sometimes calm, even clinical, and sometimes warm, lively and funny.

In 1967 three students started the Experimental High School of Oslo - FGO. They wanted to make a free and democratic school, where pupils and teachers were equals, and the curriculum focused on freedom, learning and mutual respect.

They are fighting against the government and the electric power industry to leave Norwegian nature as it is. Documentary about the "Monster conductors" in Hardanger.

A poor man is sent by his wife to buy fish. On the way to the fish market, he gets drunk, using the money he was supposed to buy the fish with. The man does not dare go home without fish, and he steals a small boat with fishing gear to try his luck. He does not catch any fish, and he drinks the rest of the alcohol he has left before he falls asleep in the boat. As he sleeps, he dreams that he is engaged in a coastal raid at Kavringen, where he experiences many marvelous things. When he wakes up his wife appears, and the mysteries he experienced in his sleep are resolved by his wife with striking arguments.

There's 27 million slaves in the world today. We find them in the sex industry, as child soldiers, as unpaid housekeepers and in production and as shop workers. We have all a responsibility for this.

A Norwegian TV-worker tries to prevent her son, which she has with her former husband, a Serb now living in Jugoslavia, to become a soldier in the starting civil war.

Birte from Aursfjord, a strong-willed young woman with extraordinary psychic abilities, falls in love with a Sámi, but is forced to marry a local man.

Tom's unique ability is quickly discovered by a bankrupt businessman. Sure of success, he buys the boy from his parents to start mass production.

Here is Vamp's big live concert at Rockefeller with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. This is a pure hit parade with one of Norway's most popular bands: "Tir n'a Noir", "Månemannen", "13 Humler", "Kim du nå va" and many more. In addition there is concert footage, interviews and 3 TV shows about the band included in the bonus material. Over 3 and a half hours of Vamp entertainment.

A charismatic womanizer is deprived of his leadership and betrayed by his own people.

A spontaneously made documentary about the biggest cocktail party in history.

Amidst the depths of Croatia's forests, two Middle Eastern refugees, Nivan and Zada, must navigate their way to safety, only to face a deadly challenge along the way.

This hilarious short film Covid side effects shows how pandemic and physical distancing times can be helpful when trying to break up with a partner with whom one hasn't had strong passionate feelings in long time.

A poetic film about a cruel theme, told in a way that doesn't make the spectators close their eyes.

Lennart is bullied at school until the beautiful Julia moves in next door. She teaches him how to fight back, but what will happen when Julia's dark past come between them?

Between 1979 and 2016, trans people in Norway were forced to undergo sterilisation, depriving them of their right to bear children. Kris has dreamed of becoming a father since kindergarten. Anticipating a euphoric pregnancy, he exudes a sage positivity despite past and present injustices. Together with Sindre and David, and their devoted families, Kris becomes a part of the resistance forging change

A music video consisting of two songs by Hildá Länsman & Tuomas Norvios, “Gulan” and “Dajan,” Dajan — I Say mirrors artist and yoiker Länsman’s personal journey in finding her way back home to Sápmi, and discovering the strength to say no to things she does not want for herself. Produced in the border areas on the Finnish and Norwegian side of Sápmi, around Länsman’s home village Ohcejohka, the film’s title comes from the northern Saami word “Dajan,” which directly translates to “I say.” The song invites you to move freely in the world to the beat of your own decisions.

During a long-awaited family pizza night, Martin makes an announcement that challenges the family dynamic. His parents come to understand that the truth cannot be accepted as one.

A portrayal of how reality is experienced for those who are in coma, and further how the system works in this seemingly macabre and hostile place.

Sophie's life intertwines with Jonny, a reformed addict artist. Their love flourishes but faces a harsh test when Jonny's past addiction resurfaces, pushing Sophie's strength and devotion to the brink.

Guggen is not like the other rat-children. He hates the sewers and loves the fresh air on the roof, where he has emigrated. His mom is worried. What will become of this fresh-air-loving, guitar playing son of hers? She forces her husband, Roger Rotten to take Guggen on a father-and-son trip down the sewers to hunt for cheese. On their adventure they must conquer sewercats, gigantic spiders and alligators. At the end of the day, Roger must admit that he has learned as much of his son as Guggen of him.

Yusuf is a teenage boy growing up in the suburbs of Oslo with close friends and a loving mother, but something is haunting him that will force him to face his darkest feelings.

In the autumn of 2014, Bård Tufte Johansen received the prize for "Stand up comedian of the year" with the success performance "Mann (44)". After sold out shows at Latter in Oslo and a long Norwegian tour, over 100,000 tickets were sold! Mann (44) talks about everything from mom magazines, Islam, vandalism, women, diffuse muscle and skeletal disorders, and bark from Plantasjen.

We follow six involuntarily lonely souls in their ups, downs, and roadblocks in the search for a life partner. Tragicomic mockmentary about not finding love.

How do we talk to each other online? Based on authentic chats from an internet forum.