Discoveries from Norway World Cinema

A filmmaker and his son with autism. A composer and his musical work inspired by the slow processes of dripstone caves. Two parallel love stories.

Confrontation between father and son. Over the course of a night of drinking, they communicate on topics such as politics, love, and freedom.

They are young and they are relatives. Anders, Thyra and Nora have to deal with the illness of their loved ones. At a course for relatives, they are given the opportunity to focus on themselves.

Georg is a shortfilm made by Leander Enes while at Danvik FHS in 2023. It was released on youtube by the username "Gople Bople" in June 2024.

The morning routine of Man, waking up in his colorful bedroom to walking his bleak apartment. The pleasant comfort of taking his time with coffee and music gets interrupted by strangers in black suits.

Crusaders: The Black Pig is the second of two films about the urbanized aristocratic boy Rolf Bakken and his childhood friend, the pig farmer Einar. Rolf's father mysteriously disappears in the forest, and the two friends decide to revive the "Bakken & Brenno detective agency" from their childhood to investigate the case further. Together they are drawn into a dark and horrifying mystery of epic proportions.

Crusaders: Call of the Abyss is a Norwegian low-budget off-beat feature film that takes place in the Norwegian countryside. This is the first of two films about the urbanized aristocratic boy Rolf who moves back to the farm after his father mysteriously dies in the forest. Together with childhood friend and pig farmer Einar, they begin to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death. Soon they are drawn into a dark and horrifying mystery.

Driven by the desire to understand her inner truth as a marginalised woman in Iran, Negin Ahmadi embarks on a self-exploring precarious adventure to meet the Kurdish women fighters in the war zone of North Syria.

Short about a wife that confronts her husband's mistress.

Three people from a small Norwegian town are content with their lives, but inevitably they reveal the truth of a disappointing past, a lack of future and a stagnant life.

It's all about not losing your head. A film about being stuck in time and thoughts.

Rebekka (Jacobsen) is in a loveless marriage, and leaves her husband for the author Sigurd Winge (Mjøen). Also this relationship runs into problems, however, because of Winge's uncontrollable jealousy.

A young violinist dies during a concert being sick with tuberculosis, and his concert conducting father takes the blame and starts to drink. He is cured, but they find he has an illness ruining his conducting. This leads to a tragedy.

Leikr – Journey Towards Light is an old Norse word meaning game fight or exercise. An exciting meeting after a journey in an animated and evolving Nordic landscape. Original music by Bendik Hofseth, saxophone player and composer. A diverse artist who has written music for ballet, movies and theatre.

The new and the old meet in a bloody battle on a plain in old Norway.

When the pandemic hit Norway, the government advised against going on mountain hikes, in order to minimize the risk of precious resources being spent on rescue operations. Relative Risk is a film that explores the concepts of health, responsibility and risk in encounters with people in nature who each play their role in the issue: a doctor on a skiing trip, a psychologist on a hike, a group of young people riding longboards, and a youth worker climbing a mountain wall.

Iris and her twin brother Eik are told to stop playing video games and go outside and play in the forest. To avoid boredom, they continue playing the same video game in their mind.

This documentary presents clips from a rich Scandinavian film heritage in order to visualise clichés related to the different eras as well as commenting upon tenacious preconceptions about youth. News headings and documentary footage throw the movie clips into perspective. Some 200 film titles have constituted the research material. Among the many interesting features revealed is the fact that young girls and boys play very different roles in the films, even in the case of rebellion and protest, which is a generally “young” quality. What do boys on one hand, and girls on the other, rebel against, and how are their protests and provocations expressed in the films?

Paperboy Kurt walks in on his girlfriend cheating on him. Gry, his girlfriend, convinces him that what he saw was all in his head, and sends him off to a shrink. Everything goes downhill from there.

Lussi is a well-behaved little girl. She is always quiet, clever, clean and pretty, Mommy’s darling and Daddy’s girl. Finally it becomes too much of a good thing, and Lussi refuses to behave. This children’s short is based on the book “Snill” by Gro Dahle.Produsent:Lise Fearnley

A documentary portraying the life of Norwegian folk singer Lillebjørn Nilsen. Lillebjørn's talent brought him into the limelight as a shy 15-year-old. This is his own story about music, fame and an eternal longing for peace.

A young girl in Norway who, upon learning her family is being deported, finds herself trapped in a fantastical wilderness.

Jens Stoltenberg's two-year-long travel throughout Norway to regain Det norske Arbeiderparti's place in the Norwegian political landscape.

The film is about a Norwegian music student, Lenn. He is 21 years old and the last pieces of the puzzle of his upbringing is taking a bit longer than it should. He is struggling with the economy, lies on instinct and has ambitions at the height of Napoleon. Lenn is trying to juggle all of this to keep up an image. But it doesn't take long before there are too many balls in the air.

Father and mother Andersen and their four children live in a closed down farmside storehouse in the outskirts of Oslo. They enjoy life here, but the many neibours surrounding them are less enthusiastic about the family's lack of respect towards the supposed social order and decency they live by.

When the two children Torarin and Svalin wants to ride horses, their parents buy two camels instead, but realise it's more difficult than they thought and travel to Mongolia to meet the experts.

Explores the raw and realistic universe with young people in Oslo's criminal environments, and works as a preliminary study for the feature film Schpaaa.

Tom Mathisen & Herodes Falsk present: Ante Valente, Aunt Cruel, Finnish policemen, Jehovah’s Witnesses. Be fascinated by: the gynecologist Bobo, the Slim Bakfras Orchestra, the chef Mogu. Have lunch with: Märtha Louise, dancing monkeys, Michael Jackson. Witness: NRK auditions, morning exercise for women, funerals. Find out more about: the Taxidermists, ex-wives, deadly monsters. All this and much more from the two comedians who, in just a few minutes, manage to capture all of Shakespeare’s qualities and intrigues.

Ludovic Morlot comes to Bergen to give the Norwegian premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning work his orchestra in Seattle commissioned: John Luther Adams’s orchestral monolith Become Ocean. This huge orchestral depiction of the deep, dark oceans around the Pacific Northwest mines into a single musical texture for almost 45 minutes, evolving slowly through a series of huge musical waves. But this unforgettable seascape, that seems to emerge from the centre of the earth, is also a call-to-action, as humanity faces the real prospect of ‘becoming ocean’ once more.

As the dysfunctional Thorbjørnsen family gathers for their annual Christmas dinner, the oldest son, Tormod, seizes the opportunity to introduce his newest relationship: Maria. The dinner puts inherent judgments to the test.

Reflections on a life in film

Per buys lottery tickets for Trine. They fall in love and seemingly win a house.

Illegal funds travelling from Russia through Estonia into every corner of the world. Whitewash is the inside story of the gigantic money laundering case of Danske and other Nordic banks.

About growing up and becoming a grown up.

Sisters Thea (14) and Tuva (12) spend their days in town to get away from their alcoholic mother and her partying friends. One day they spot a five year old girl alone in a shopping centre and take her with them.

In-Between Takes is a story of what happens in between two takes on a film set, and showcases the subtle conflict that arise between cast and crew, told from the static observations of the film set's camera.

In 1987, Virginia left her five children in the Philippines to work in Hong Kong. Today, 30 years later, she lives in Norway, and she is still providing for her growing family in her homeland.

A lonely baker sits on a small island and bakes. No customers come ashore, so he has to eat everything himself.

A young man arrives at a hotel on a small island. He contacts an elderly woman who works at the hotel as a chambermaid. It proves that they have a common past, and that they handle this knowledge in different ways.

In August 2012 Antimedia and Nord Productions gathered norways best freeriders, DH riders, Norwegian BMX freestyle champ, and belgiums top DH rider Nico Vink. First off the riders and the crew spent 3 weeks building one dirt line, and one freeride line, and then the complete filmcrew from Antimedia arrived for a week of shooting.

Presented in glorious black and white, super widescreen format and with no dialogue it aspires to create a timeless aesthetic and story that has universal appeal. Kiss is a love story plain and simple, personified by the sun and moon and told as a solar eclipse.

The sibling Beate (17) and Jens (12) have lost their parent in a train accident, and their remote family tries to get rid of the children to get hold of the land and properties.

Filther is a love story centered around a man with a head shaped like a gas mask. With the world on the brink of nuclear war, he represents a new phase in evolution. In his solitude, he is searching for someone to share his life with before the world ends. A woman from a newly arrived circus might be his salvation. As one world ends, another begins.

Daniel's life is being narrated, but when the narrator ruin his date Daniel rebels.

Two young people both longing to be close to somebody. In the darkness of the nightclub they meet one night in December.

Bulder's snowball fight with his best friend Modika was interrupted when Lex steals her attention away with some quiet playtime. Frustrated, Bulder attempts to win her back, resulting in a mischievous plan that he may well come to regret.

A documentary about 15-year-old Oksana who follows her mother's dream to see her become a prima ballerina.

Cruel and controlling Mr Wettlaufer turns into a monster as Mrs Wettlaufer escapes into madness and violence.

Fredrik Kayser is one of Norway’s most highly decorated individuals for his efforts during World War II. He took part in the Winter War in Finland, the Lofoten Raid, sabotage operations at Sola Air Station, the Måløy Raid, and the heavy water sabotage, and served in the Norwegian Army unit “Bjørn West” at the end of the war. For nearly fifty years, Fredrik Kayser remained silent about these events - the war was over. Now he tells his story.

The musk ox calf Musky is trying to find his way home after he, and a heard of young musk ox has been captured by hunters and transported from Greenland to the unfamiliar and unwelcoming Norwegian mountain Dovre. The tender, and heartbroken Musky believes that his family is waiting for him in Greenland, and becomes determined to find his way home. Blinded by his strong hope and belief, he sets out on a dramatic, yet magical journey. A story about finding your place in a new and unfamiliar world, when all you know and love has been taken from you.

A young couple is sitting at the bus stop, arguing, while a fly is buzzing in the grass next to them. Someone is watching them. This short drama explores shifting perspectives and how the relationship between off and on-camera influences the dynamic between the two lovers.

Weightless portrays grief, longing and love between two people experiencing the unthinkable. Eight months after their world fell apart, Mads and Camilla try to pick up the pieces again.

Abstract animation using stop-motion and digital techniques.

From their booth, two sports announcers, Thomas and Rune, take us to the bedroom of Stian, on Park Street in Olso, where the big question is, can Stian rouse himself from sleep and get to work on time.

Widowed Klara James, which has a son Robert, is adored by Captain Frank, but he wants her married to a count, which ultimately is recognized as a spy.

A nine year old boy becomes a dangerous nemesis to his mother's new boyfriend.