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The story of 12 year old Rikke's first meeting with this thing called love - a meeting that starts and ends within the hour.

After a night out celebrating with his German colleagues, a Norwegian trade union leader ends up getting mugged by two prostitutes. Owing to the help of an unlikely Samaritan, he rediscovers the joy of helping the little man.

During Christmas 1944, twelve year old Tom discover a young German soldier playing music in a snow covered barn in the mountains.

Everything will be revealed in this unofficial comedy documentary about the pressure Erling Braut Haaland endured in preparation for Norway's qualifying match in the European Championship.

Stian's mom goes missing and fails to show up for her weekly check-in with the police. In the search for his mother, Stian is forced to face himself and his difficult past.

Disappointment, shame and unanswered love. Anna has to experience everything in a single evening, only 15 years old.

Once upon a time a little girl went out to find the Christmas Star.

The Faroe Islands during the 18th century. Danish bailiff's control the island. In Torshamn lives Master Wenzel, known as hard but just. Wenzel tries to arrange a marriage for his daughter Inger.

A fearless little girl hitchhiking alone. Or is she alone? Anna has a plan, there is something she is looking for. Anna is responsible for someone smaller than herself, and thinking a lot about having parents.

Hans Christian Andersen, from early age, regards himself as being different. Soon he discovers he has a shadow which takes over and behaves differently from it's master?

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A portrait of Norway's best football player, Erik "Myggen" Mykland.

Profile of choreographer, composer and performer Meredith Monk, recorded on location in her home base, New York City. Monk discusses some ideas underlying her work: her attraction to the eloquence of the human voice, and the direct communication made possible by the abstract qualities of music; her emphasis on the poetic rather than the political; her belief in the power of images; her willingness to take risks. She describes her experiences in working in different media, such as audio recordings, films, and videos, and the challenge of weaving them together.

On April 9, 2011, the Kaizers Orchestra played in front of a packed Oslo Spektrum. The band was magnificent, the hits came like pearls on a string, both the audience and critics cheered - and now it is possible to experience the party night at home in their own living room. Kaizers Orchestra - Live At Oslo Spektrum contains a large number of hits and favorites from one of Norway's largest rock bands by far, with songs that span the entire band's career. Here is everything from the EP debut "Prayer from Hell" to the singles from the fifth album Violeta Violeta Volume I, performed on an atmospheric stage full of pump organs, oil drums, chandeliers and red velvet. And, as I said, a band that bursts with energy.

We are at the Mandacrest estate, where Lord Edgar and his second wife are working to find happiness. There are many curses over the estate and their marriage.

When Kasper is persuaded to have one drink too many at a party, he ends up blacking out and waking up the next morning in a unknown bed, with no clothes, and a vague memory of the girl who got him there.

Mini-documentary about women who box, where images and boxing sounds merge into a suggestive cinematic experience.

Professor Eske Willerslev has an ambition to build the world's largest collection of prehistoric human DNA. As the collection grows, he is forced to confront the ghosts of his own past.

Anna runs into her ex-boyfriend on a little pedestrian bridge. Between hurried passers-by, she attempts to explain to him what he did to her. Alas, it's her word against his.

The second part of the trilogy consists of three short movies: Adresseavisen (1967), Vinter i Bymarka (1952) & Trondheim i går, i dag, i morgen? (1977).

A daughter orchestrates a family dinner in hopes of being forgiven. The family attempts to reconcile, but are soon unable to avoid the elephant in the room.

A portrait of 16 different people characterized by their own unique clichés.

An intimate portrait of Syrian actor Fares Helou, who calls for freedom of speech, is forced out of his home country and experiences the absurdities of exiled existence, told by Syrian director Rami Farah, who films - and shares - his struggle.

Two young men, J and Jo, just had a one night stand. The following day they go for a hike in the mountains. J is brimming with unresolved self hatred. Jo desperately wants to be loved. Their trip soon becomes a psychological battle of wills that can only find release in an act of violence.norg

17 year old Gunnar Holm has been missing since Monday.

Two exchange students in a coastal Norwegian town decide to hike outside to chase the Northern Lights but soon find out they are not alone under the auroras

A boy in a wheelchair gets a wild idea when he meets a free-range hen! He decides to help the hen do something he himself is not capable of.

A Norwegian short film by Gaute Johnsen.

A day's life and work in Oslo is told in a lyrical way. Occasionally, a dramatized red thread appears. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

The vignette Tryllekassen (1985) by Inside Karine Melbye was in use for so many years that it is probably Norway's most watched animated film.

When you miss your dad, a Christmas with mom's new husband is not at the top of the wish list. But Christmas Eve is the night of surprises and the biggest surprise does not always hide in Santa's sack.

The boys in class 3F have bullied and made noise with all the teachers at school, and no one dare to teach them anymore. When no teachers appear in the classroom, they decide to teach each other.

Three young freshly educated pilots are about to start their career.

Short film based on Norwegian folklore.

The music they make gives us joy and comfort. Now they will get something back. Christine Dancke brings pop stars on the road trip with surprises and delicious music. This time with the famous Norwegian singer AURORA

Two young girls go to the big city to work in a food store. The owner's wife believes she's sick, and the owner is more than interested in the two girls. Based on Oscar Braathen's Novel.

When you shatter your fantasies the pain may be crippling or trans formative. You will want to go back to the fantasies because you will never be sure whether you have really broken free.

Four newfound friends decide to go to France for the summer holidays. While resting in Germany, they find an old necklace lying around. Patrick, always grasping on to every chance he can get to score with a girl, gives it to Tonje. Shortly after, unexplainable events occur, and they realize they're not alone anymore. Who are chasing them and why? The dream vacation seems to be turning into an unbelievable nightmare.

Someone has broken into their country summer house. This shakes up the parents. But Nina's fantasy is triggered, learning the break-in is done by an 11 year old boy, running away from home. With the code name Zeppelin, she learns him to know.

A 20-year-old begins to doubt his choice of taking a gap year when giving his visiting childhood friend a ride home from a party.

North Korean women meet South Korean men in a fascinating and often surprising look at love, business and geopolitics.

Three episodes based upon short stories written by Hans E. Kinck from the rural Norwegian landscapes and villages.

Student Tom Polden lives in difficult conditions at home. His mother lives constantly on the memories of her deceased husband. Her little hat shop is rather poor and the economy is peal. Tom constantly hear about the magnificent father, and becomes a big blow when he overhears his father shot himself because he had embezzled a substantial amount of money.

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.

In the end of the great war and general major Arthur Ranlow orders an attack on an enemy atomic installation. He sends some men he suspects having a good eye towards his wife. Years later he is confronted with this under an occult session.

A beautiful teacher and some devious boys are all it takes to make life fun!

Øjvind, a smallholder's boy, is a close friend with Marit, a farmer's girl, throughout their entire childhood. As an adolescent he one day recognizes that she has become a maiden, and that he has fallen in love with her. When he sees Marit dancing with Jon Halten, a farmer's son, he gets sad, and notices that when you start loving someone, you are not cheerful any more. He senses the social distance between himself and Marit, and tries to compensate this by becoming the best pupil in the village. Øjvind wants to study at an agricultural college, and the old schoolmaster helps him to arrange this. When he some years later returns to the village as an agronomist, he and Marit resume their romance. Because of their different social status Marit's grandfather, Ola Nordistua, tries to stop the liaison. With new agricultural methods Øjvind helps his father to get better harvests. At the same time the old Ola Nordistua sees his farm going downhill as no one really cares for it.

"Utburd" is the myth about the children abandoned in the woods to die. Adrian is trying to depict this tale of old in his second novel, but he is suffering from total writer's block. He joins childhood friend Kristine and three other companions on a cabin outing to get away from the writing. But when they get to the woods, he tells of the legend. Suddenly the group isn't so sure anymore: is "Utburd" really just an old ghost story?

Maryam is an involuntary immigrant in the US, who after forty years has not forgotten her escape from Iran’s border wrapped in a sheep’s skin. Maryam is always worried about her elderly parents and in constant visual connection with the home in Iran from thousands of kilometers through surveillance cameras. These cameras take her to the days of the 1979 revolution. Today, Iran is again experiencing turbulent days and now Maryam encounters her revolutionary past and revolutionary girls who are challenging the present system.

Selma, 12 and Elliot, 6 are in summer holiday. Selma is jealous of her little brother, because he is getting more attention from Mother. In the forest behind the house, there are wild animals. One evening, Selma tells Elliot that the neighbour has seen a bear just near the house. Selma watches Elliot's growing fascination for the forest, at the same time as she is yearning to get rid of him, since she always has to look after him. One evening she tells him again about the bears, and deliberately feeds his fascination. That night, Elliot sneaks out into the forest.

Nader is used to getting slapped in the face, but refuses to give up on love. The problem is, he is unaware of the punches he throws himself.

The dynamics of a group of friends changes when Martin arrives at a Christmas party wearing a dress.

The relationship between 13 year old Hasse and Paal is tested the day they accept an offer to visit a boy who is famous for his collection of video films.

During the World Ski Championships, hundreds of thousands of people were in Holmenkollen. A great many of them used the Holmenkollbanen to get out into the fields and arenas. When the Holmenkoll Railway was opened in 1898, it was the Nordic region's first suburban railway; today the line is part of Oslo's subway network and transports permanent residents and tourists to Holmenkollen and Frognerseteren. Now you get an orchestra seat for the tour - minute by minute. The recordings were made on Saturday - before the women's three-mile race.

Play about the war in Algeria. About the resistance struggle under the state of emergency introduced by the French troops. And the story of four young men falling in love with the same woman.

Mopedersen and Claus Grønn is starting as assistants of a professor who researchers in the use of atomic dust when a gang steals the formula and kidnaps the researchers.

A documentary about the Norwegian noise rock band Årabrot. About life, death, art and the music that wouldn't die.

A boy meets and befriends a large cardboard box.

European statistics shows that every 6th youth between 18 and 24 drops out of school before finishing their upper high school education. Meet four Norwegians who have become high school dropouts.