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Father Johan has a dark secret he must keep hidden from his family.

Aksel is renowned for his ability to predict the future. Suddenly he gets a vision the elderly farmer Knut will die in three days. When he tells Knut of his fate, the old man initiates a mission to save the farm from falling into the hands of his annoying brother.

"Du må våkne" (You must wake up) is the only dialogue line in the feature film STELLA POLARIS, by the Norwegian director Knut Erik Jensen. An experimental portrait of the director in the reflections in the windows of a train.

Norway towards the year 2000

Wet Fingers is a film about where the line is drawn between a drunken one night stand and sexual assault. Was it all just for fun or did someone get hurt?

On 12 March 2020, Norway was shut down as a result of the government's covid-19 restrictions. This had disastrous consequences for several of us, but vulnerable groups were particularly hard hit. The film allows the viewer to take part in the everyday life of a group of people who had a very difficult time in the beginning and who struggle extra hard now.

An educational film that deals with how you should behave in the traffic with motorbikes, with appeal to the youth. In this film, some friends are picking up their girlfriends with their bikes, and drive in high speed. This doesn't end good. ***** 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.

Emilie dreams of becoming a drummer despite having downs syndrome.

A dystopic fable that takes place in an enclosed world in which meaning is about to disappear.

Kristoffer, Karoline, Jonatan, Marikken, Jesper, Ole and Aurora are finally out of the Norwegian school system. They don't know each other very well, and they don't have a lot of plans for the upcoming year.

Liv's father is sentenced to 6 years in prison after killing a traveling man visiting with his wife and young son. They afterward move away, but a mysterious young man turns up. Could he be out for revenge?

Danish Palestinian Amir finds out that the flirt he went home with is Jewish.

An experimental short film.

A film about malicious compliance.

Constructed in 1955 to initially connect Kiruna in Sweden to Altavatn in Norway, the work with the Solitary road was stopped for military reasons. Five small villages had been connected by the road and they were left with a deserted 20 km stretch in the wilderness. Along the road Sami people and finish farmers continue their lives. They still have the road and they have brought really old cars over the ice of Torneträsk so they could drive during summer time. One of the old men that built the road, Sven-Erik Stöckel, writes a letter to the politicians in Kiruna, asking them to finish the road so people do not have to risk their lives getting to the road crossing the dangerous lake of Torneträsk. Will it ever be finished? And what happened to the children that were born as a result of the road workers coming into the wilderness meeting the local girls?

Norway's Ole Paus celebrated 50 years as an artist in 2020. Here he starts the celebration at Josefine's in Oslo and plays his way through large parts of his rich treasure trove for an enthusiastic audience.

Growing up in the bohemian community at Hydra with Leonard Cohen as a stepfather, Little Axel tells a story of neglect and an overload of freedom.

The family Rieber seem to be a happy one, but every member has something to hide…even murder.

Japan i fest captures three ceremonies held in Kyoto in the mid-1910s, during the Taishō era, and is particularly notable for the many scenes of the Tayū Dōchū, a traditional, rigidly formalized procession of high-ranking courtesans known as Tayū that took place in the Shimabara district of Kyoto. The first ceremony is a joint ritual of Buddhist and Shintō priests, while the second is the Shimabara Tayū Dōchū procession, featuring the distinctive hairstyles and costumes of these celebrated women. The third and final sequence shows the lively portable-shrine Inari Festival, the most important annual festival at the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shintō shrine.- Mika Tomita

Finn Ek has a lover, Monica. When his wife Cecilia finds out, she is devastated and leaves town.

An educational film about how (not) to behave in traffic. A dramatic overtaking maneuver that ends very badly. ***** 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.

Four bounty hunters wanders the apocalyptic wasteland, with a prisoner they are going to exchange for clean water. But dangers lurk everywhere.

A small girl, Marit, is living on a farm eagerly awaiting the birth of a new calf, but there are trolls living in the woods nearby, including a kind little troll kid that's lost his mother.

A filmed stage performance by Norwegian comedy ensemble Påtryneteatret

The film follows the lives of four queer youths who are the first ones in their social circles to come out as openly gay before their 16th birthday.

The naive and honest Arbo reveals himself to the bone in his function as a youth leader, leading to something that might change the system.

Six ideas for movies that will never be made.

A documentary that tells about life in the small rural community Havråtunet on Østerøya, as it has been lived for centuries.

A discarded TV comes to life on a landfill and tries to get back home to its former owner.

A discussion arises in a women's locker room when a trans woman is asked to leave. The situation escalates rapidly as more people chime in, all with different opinions about what makes a woman.

Five-year-old Alexa comes to realize that her young mother is out of money and on the verge of a breakdown. Hoping to save the situation, Alexa makes a decision she will never forget.

Knut leads a record company, and when he meets the night club singer Anita Daae, his wife has to win him back.

A family lives in a remote Kazakh village. There are five sons. The oldest, Aslan, becomes the father’s deputy in charge of all the work and delegating tasks to his younger brothers. Fair and humane, he sympathises with his siblings when they err, and accepts the father’s blame for them. One day Aslan takes the children to the river, a moment of happiness as the river is deep enough for a real swim. Since then, life is different. The children become more diligent in their daily chores, while the river turns into the focus of their lives.

Trace is about Baldr, a viking explorer carrying knowledge from distant lands and lost empires. Gorm and his men fear the unknown, and seek to slay the wisdom-bearers. Now begins the fight for survival, and hope for a better future.

A short video about two clerks' relationship with fake knives, Coca Cola, and packing liver.

Magnar and Oddny Kleiva have led their entire lives on their small mountain farm in Norway, seemingly unaffected by the riches of modern society. One day relatives from the US come to visit, and invite them to see where their grandmothers sister emigrated to in 1890. But will the brother and sister in their seventies dare the long journey, having barely left the county before?

A conspiracy theorist looks up towards the sky and to the unknown to get one last chance to be reunited with his deceased daughter through an exchange, a life for a life. And what was supposed to be a happy reunion quickly turns into hell on earth when the daughter returns, but not as herself.

Two friends take a hike through the forest.

Armed with nothing but paper and scissors Danish-Norwegian psaligrapher Karen Bit Vejle makes staggeringly intricate and detail works of art. In the documentary BIT - BALLERINA BULLDOG we follow her as she gets the greatest opportunity of her career - a joint exhibition with the world's leading psaligrapher professor Qiao in Beijing. Bit Vejle struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome and as the big exhibition is fast approaching, she still hasn't completed her major works. Like a ballerina she has to find inner strength and endurance - a bulldog mentality - to perform her graceful art.

A film about Oslo's parks. We visit Studenterlunden, Stensparken, Slottsparken, Frognerparken with Vigeland's children's ferry, St. Hanshaugen and Botanisk Hage on Tøyen. We see part of the new given to give Oslo a facelift: the "groundbreaking areas" in Iladalen and Torshov, with sheep projects, concerts and open-air theater for children. // 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.

Tord Øveraas is a very wealthy farmer, he is one of the most powerful men in the town. He is paying the priest money for his sons baptism, confirmation and wedding so his sons gets the best.

A shooting star falls down over the Arctic island of Svalbard and The Global Seed Vault gets an unexpected visitor.

Tom is released from prison after serving a 2-year-sentence and wants to get back at the man responsible for his arrest. He convinces his long-time friend Arne to assist him, but Arne doesn't know the extent of Tom's planned revenge.

Akkurat nå is the latest instalment in a series of shorts, featuring Marte and Ole, an artsy, middle-class couple in Oslo. As Ole pursues a deeper connection with his spiritual self, the now middle-aged Marte finds herself unmoored and can’t seem to catch a break. Akkurat nå plays out in both mundane and surreal fragments, continuing the series' exploration into the droll discomforts of togetherness.

A high school student struggles to connect with his classmates due to his social anxiety.

Two people bond over the last pack of toilet paper.

A demonstration of Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision technologies

8 year old Jan wants Dad to help him build a snowman. But when he tries to force his way into his fathers' world he crosses a boundary he didn't realize existed.

Jakobsen lives in a home for the elderly after his wife passed away. His days are spent watching TV or playing bingo, which Jakobsen does not appreciate. However, what he appreciates the least is his roommate, who is annoying, to say the least. One night, Jakobsen runs away dressed only in his pyjamas. He steals a spray can, and becomes a graffiti artist for one night!

LOOP er en helaftens dokumentarfilm som utforsker moderne menneskers forhold til tid, sett gjennom øynene på noen av tidens mer ytterliggående forbrukere. Menneskene vi møter har på hver sin måte tatt drastiske valg knyttet til deres livssituasjon. Dokumentaren handler om de valg som alle vi mennesker må, eller kan, ta i forhold til den tiden vi har til rådighet og hvordan vi bruker den.

Filmed in 8mm, during the Ramadan of 1984 in Ngaoundéré, Northern Cameroon, the film relates the everyday life of a Fulani woman, Zeinabou. Scenes filmed in a joyful and relaxed atmosphere present domestic activities and interaction between the main protagonist and her husband, children and neighbors as they await the Ramadan feast.

A love story about Rasmus, whom after failing as a painter has retreated himself from civilization as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on a remote island. One day he discovers a boat with an unconscious young woman in it. Having revived her, he discovers that she has tried to commit suicide by poisoning herself.

One says Yes to everything, another, says No to everything

Young, queer love goes wrong. Fjord is head over heels for Marcus, and they have the best summer together, until Marcus invites the boys over to watch the game. The boys have mixed opinions about the new pair, and Fjord soon feels played when Marcus decides to choose safety and denial over love.

The Norvegia expedition of 1929-30 was the third in a series of expeditions organized by Consul Lars Christensen of Sandefjord for the purpose of conducting practical scientific research in Antarctica. Its task was, in addition to carrying out certain work related to whaling, to establish a depot on Bouvet Island and to take aerial photographs of this new Norwegian possession. The expedition would then attempt to reach new land in the vast and unknown areas between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea.