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Margreth Olin's documentary about her uncle who has Downs syndrome. Through depictions of Uncle Reidar's everyday life, flashbacks to childhood, and interviews with family, the film reveals what has been difficult to talk about
The Isogaisa festival runs for a week starting with lectures, workshops and nature walks from Monday until Thursday and then has its main events during the weekend. Another festival in this area of Norway is Riddu Riddu that is similar in the way that it has a focus on Sami culture and connection to other indigenous people but is without the focus on shamanism, traditional beliefs and practices. The festival 2014 included joiking courses, name giving ceremonies, shaman performances, chocolate ceremony, concerts, folklore, dance parties, nightlife, archery training and much more.
Torkel Ravndal was a giant and one of the world strongest men in the 70s
Three single mothers commit crimes in hopes of getting romantic attention from three police officers.
Morgan Kane, out hunting, is suddenly caught in bad weather and takes refuge at Fort Collins where two outlaws tries to murder him.
Two refugees find themselves in the company of a mysterious woman. Drinks are shared, stories are told, and laughs ensue. But the refugees have their night turned upside-down when the unthinkable happens.
Using the money she won in the lottery, kitchen maid Lalla checks in to an expensive hotel, pretending to be a consule.
Fellini and football. Gradisca and Volpina. Mommy's boys, loose dogs, macho men and strong women. Milan, Rome, Venice, Amarcord, mi recordo, - I remember. What makes you happy? What are you afraid of? How could life have been? Throughout his childhood, the director has longed for Italy, and now he is making a journey from north to south that we can join. Italy's living room is the coffee bar, so of course we meet our everyday heroes there, some are cut out of a Fellini movie. Here we listen to hopes of lottery winnings, talks about football, but also reflect on the great existential questions about what the future can bring.
In this documentary feature writer and journalist Gerhard Helskog shows how Norway was used by both CIA and KGB during the Cold War, KGB set a honey trap for the Prime Ministers wife, CIA paid huge amounts to Norwegian social democrats to "help them" fight the communists, while they secretly lead a struggle for a milder form of communism.
The anniversary of The Norwegian Artists' Association. // 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.
Odd and Geir are sitting in their apartment, stressed out about Christmas. Problems getting their Christmas weed, and all the "conspiracy" out there makes the holiday difficult. Kælle got some great shoplifting ideas, but not all stolen goods is easy to turn over.
Lotta has only one wish for her birthday - her best friend Julie.
A director made a short film about his family in an attempt to get to know his father better. The plan failed so he decides to try again.
After being fired as barbers, Bernt and Nils get jobs working for an employee at a large department store. They become embroiled in the rivalry between two bosses, Ålberg and Hagen, who are both competing for a prize of 5,000 kroner for the best act at the company's autumn fair. Ålberg has no scruples and resorts to both cheating and kidnapping.
Before Aleppo's fall, Syrian/Norwegian director Nizam Najar explores the inside of the war. To him one of the reasons the rebellion has failed, stems from the Syrian society itself.
Smith is searching for his guiding star. For centuries his expeditions have been in vain. But then one night, just as he's about to give up, the star emerges - on the night sky above his bed. But the festivities are cut short, when Smith discovers the star is just a reflection in his window. Reason tells Smith that the star doesn't really exist, but in his heart, Smith knows he's found what he was looking for.
One day, the 11-year old chemical prodigy and boy wonder Frederik gets a substitute teacher with ultra-liberal educational methods on her mind.
The North Cape on Midsummer's Night, when human beings are not the only ones in search of love. Even frogs are liable to profess their feelings to each other, in Shakespearean fashion.
A film that races away at turbo speed and seems to end as we expect — as a surprise.
Follows a young Norwegian girl, Rebecca, as she searches through London for the underground filmmaker Mark X. At the same time, her new flatmate Erik is taking an unhealthy interest in her.
The film is inspired by Greek mythology and maenads, the female descendants of Dionysus. The film is a modern interpretation of this, showing wild and raging women devoted to pleasure.
Short film about mirrors and light reflection.
A happy couple share a strange apartment and get disturbed by a delivery man entering with a stove. Bizarre happenings with jealousy, fights and love set in a surreal world.
An absurd short film about a cook that is making a three course meal out of a book.
Jahn Teigen’s well-known songs and performances throughout a long career as an artist. This film follows his career from the beginning until his passing in February 2020.
After a perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Eva (12) and Rami (6) finally reach Europe. Separated from their parents during the crossing, they end up in a refugee camp. Weeks turn into months. Rami, longing for their parents, believes they're in the mermaid Vegas world, a safe place their mother sang about in a lullaby. Eva, fearing they drowned, dismisses this as fantasy.One evening, Rami sneaks out to the beach and spots a luminescent mareel in the sea, which his mother said marked the entry to Vega's world. As he wades in, he grows a mermaids tail and jubilantly calls for Eva. Convinced, she joins him, and together they dive into Vegas world, determined to find their parents.
Ylva and her best friend Rakel go to a party. When Ylva wakes up in the morning she is confused about the events of the night before.
Magic occurs when the Swedish film composers Sebastian Rubinstein Öberg and Magnus Jarlbo together with the young multi-artist Emelie Markgren present new instrumental inventions in an encounter with northern Norwegian nature. Together, the two composers have created music for nearly 100 films. Sebastian Rubinstein Öberg for directors such as Jan Troell. Magnus Jarlbo composed the music for the Berlinale winner "A Soap".
A boy in a gang of thieves gets fascinated by a figureskater as he hides from the cops.
A visual exploration of nostalgia through experimental techniques.
A family father for unexplained reasons started acting like a dog, and we experience the growing family problems that follow that change through the eyes of the daughter. The story takes place in a 1960's collage style world
No one knows that the rich landowner of Borgan is the father of Anne whose parents work on the farm. The landowner's brother has bad times in the city and his son wants to be a farmer. he is secretly engaged to be married to Anne.
Thovin and Tilde are firstgraders in a school that is now closing down. It hurts in Tilde's belly when she thinks about it, while Thorvin is wondering what will happen to the toy kitchen. The School By The Sea tackles the centralization issue as seen from the children's point of view.
A documentary that follows the journey to bring author Louis Masterson's most famous character Morgan Kane to the big screen. Having sold 22 million copies, the 83 Morgan Kane titles are in the top 75 best selling book series in the world.
Crash is a 1974 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Rolf Clemens, starring Jan Solberg and Hanne Krogh. A motorcycle accident leaves the young Jan (Solberg) paralysed. This new situation challenges his attitude towards life, and his relationship both with his parents and with his girlfriend Marianne (Krogh).
Albertine's destiny during the 1880s Christiania. A dramatization of Christian Krogh's book Albertine.
A short documentary that take us into a defining moment in some peoples lives - the first time they injected heroin. Filmed in Oslo, the capital of Norway, a country voted by the United Nations to be the best in the world to live. Also one of the countries in the world with the highest number of heroin overdoses per capita.
Knut'n (Bjorn Willenberg Andersen) comes home to the village on vacation with his wife Ingrid (Anne Krigsvoll) and daughters. He meets Atle (Jorgen Langhelle) "who have never achieved anything and still lives with his mother." Old conflicts and new jealousy comes up to the surface.
Documentary about the Norwegian band Backstreet Girls.
Harde Strenger is about Bobby, Alex and HK who on day are indebted to the village no.1 asshole "Slegga". Everyone has a way to raise money, these guys have many. Harde Strenger offers ridiculous situations, dry jokes, action-packed scenes, romantic moments, "råning" and folk music.
Years after the tragic disappearance of his teenage daughter, a grieving father's life takes a chilling turn when he begins receiving voicemails from her phone. At first, they seem like echoes from the past. But when the messages start referencing the present, he is pulled into a desperate search for truth. As he retraces her final days, he discovers hidden secrets, unresolved guilt, and a mystery that may be more than coincidence. Now, he must decide: is this a cruel deception, or a final gift from beyond the grave?
Two rabbits playing. One is running. The other falls.
A detective gets involved in the murder of the young fiancee of a rich buissniessman at their engagement party. The detective has to find out who has commited the crime in a villa far out in the forrest, without any contact to the outside world, all while an unpleasant spring storm is building up outside.
Kang Mao is the lead singer of Chinese punk rock band SUBS. She's a prominent figure in China's burgeoning rock scene and uses music in her fight for freedom of expression. This intimate portrait of an extraordinarily brave woman gives us a rare glimpse into a society where rock music is silenced by censorship and bans. SUBS travel to Norway but getting the audience to engage with their message is no simple matter.
A Norwegian documentary about the Christmas calendar series The Julekalender with "Travellin’ Strawberries." Based on the Danish Christmas calendar of the same name by "De Nattergale."
This short film is by the Norwegian filmmaker Eivind Landsvik and was worked on over the course of nearly a year. He combines documentation of the changes that the artist was going through in his personal life as he became a father and weaves in other narratives that explore the sound of Gundelach’s 2nd full length LP.
Elide’s agonizing longing of her twin sister Elise gets challenged in different (re)constructed dimensions to feel her sister’s presence. A repeating false catharsis that makes Elide mirror her sister’s life and personality and imitate her faith.
Although the background is illness and death, this is a film about life. We follow three young people, Ingunn, Lars and Kristin, all cancer patients, for 15 months. We experience their joys and sorrows, hopes and despair.
"Trollskogen" is an unusual children's film—without narration or dialogue. It is a film to experience and imagine along with. The story is set around the turn of the century. Ten-year-old Rauni is on a hunting trip with his father. The father shoots a capercaillie. This makes a frightening and fascinating impression on Rauni. Later, he follows a hare but gets lost. Rauni experiences a long and dramatic night alone in the northern Norwegian enchanted forest—until he is rescued by the bear-hunting dog that the villagers use in the search for him.
A young man looks out upon the horizon, searching. Suddenly a shift in reality sends him far, far away.
About the distance between the political leadership and the common people. Here illustrated in connection with the referendum on the EEC.
A documentary of the 20th anniversary of the indigenous RidduRiddu festival, which is a annual festival that takes place in northern Norway. Indigenous people from all over the world travel to this remote place to partake in the festival. Through the Norwegian minister of culture and the former festival leaders, the documentary explores the importance of the festival and what it stands for, which is tolerance, cultural diversity and acceptance. During the filming of the documentary, tragedy strikes as terrorist Anders Behring Breivik kills 77 people in Oslo. One of the victims is the daughter of one of the former leaders. An act against multiculturalism which the RidduRiddu festival stands for. Are festivals such as this more important after the massacre?