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A documentary about the most discussed working conflict in modern Norwegian history. In 1975 Geir Sundet was fired with no given reason. Could it be that he was a Marxist-Leninist? His colleagues lays down the work in protest.
Except when soft rains fall and drip from leaves, then I recall, the thrill of being sheltered in your arms.
A marathonrace takes place in Lappland during the cold beutiful winter.
Knut is a middle aged, lonely man, in desperate need of company. Mirza is an illegal immigrant, in need of every help he can get.
An educational film about how to behave at pedestrian crossings. Featuring Leif Juster. ***** 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.
Cake is about a cam girl and artist, Lindsay Dye, who has fought her whole life against stigma in a patriarchal society. The doc touches upon topics such as female empowerment and power of definition and is meant as a conversation starter on feminism, equality, and the male gaze. It is a highly visual doc involving striptease, crushed cakes, and a strong female lead, all shot on 8 mm.
A documentary about the parents of Marcus & Martinus, the Nordic region's biggest pop prodigies. How do Kjell-Erik and Gerd Anne Gunnarsen relate to their sons' enormous success? What do they think about the money the twins earn and the challenges they face? And what do they do when little sister Emma (8) also wants to be a superstar? The film follows the parents closely, both at home in Trofors and on major stages in Scandinavia.
Osterøy is the largest inland island in Northern Europe. It lies between Osterfjorden and Sørfjorden not far from Bergen. This film presents what Osterøy can offer of culture and nature.
Ivo Caprino's short film about sailing.
“Háldi”, a forest creature, she is a part of the egotistical system, that may lure children into the woods. Why? Eadni, which means mother, is a multi-layered visual saga that provokes thought. Focusing on Háldi, the whole story is a creation story with the hope that we will protect nature and ensure that the eternal cycle continues. The never-ending saga of the essence of life.
A young couple in a strained relationship sets out to search for a missing lamb in the mountains. As the longing for their lost love gradually grows, both their relationship and the search is put to the test.
When Johanne is left behind in her crush's apartment, she becomes desperate to find a reason to stay until he returns.
Guitarist Jørgen has lost faith in himself and feels that his life is crumbling. More crucially, he has lost his sound and neither his therapist nor his loved ones understand what he’s talking about. Then he meets eccentric guitar repairman Ove. As Ove goes to work fixing Jørgen’s amp, Jørgen starts picking up the pieces of his life. AN INWARD PATH is a fascinating documentary about two men whose lives have gone awry and who develop a common language and method of healing by nerding out about music and sound in the most intense way imaginable.
A young couple reflecting over their relationship four weeks after they broke up. Communication through body language, music and sound.
Picture story about Christmas and Christmas celebrations by Carsten E. Munch. With black-and-white atmospheric photos from the 1960s and the Christmas music of the time, we get a glimpse of Christmas celebrations at home and abroad, on land and at sea. The last part of the program gives us melancholic summer moods with poems by Herman Wildenvey, Arnulf Øverland, Jan-Magnus Bruheim and Inger Hagerup. Commentator is Ole Christian Lagesen.
During a solar eclipse a girl decides to put her powers to the test in the northern wilderness. She takes on the ultimate challenge, a fierce and formidable musk ox.
Lightning sharp comedy about everything and nothing. Financed, directed, written and produced by Jonis Josef, with a handful of good helpers.
When the world closed down in 2020, many of us found ourselves having to adjust to a new kind of everyday life. In this film we meet a father and his two-year-old twins in their new life at the stay-at-home daycare.
The film depicts Asia and was shot in Bali, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kashmir, the Taj Mahal in India and Pakistan.
The until now relatively unknown MMA-fighter Emil "Valhalla" Meek has his chance of a lifetime to meet the controversial superstar Rousimar Palhares. The dangerous Brazilian have been thrown out of the the UFC because he was too dangerous for and destroyed his opponents. In Italy they are giving Palhares the opportunity to go fights again despite his dangerous ploy. Emil takes the opportunity - if he would to ever come to whats for him is his "Valhalla" - namely to become one of the stars of the millionaire-league UFC. However, his health and his career are at stake and expert give him no chance and call the fight irresponsible.
'See the soft pink, white and blue pools of the Dead Sea in Your Body Is A Mine (2019), its shimmering expanses of salt flats and pink cliffs, its pale shores littered with salt factories, commercial spas for tourists, political trauma and apartheid, a geo-political space of weightlessness and weighted politics, of extraction and violence and wellness. The light in the film is overpowering—it trembles. No bodies but industrial bodies in sight. “The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live,” Audre Lorde writes, famously, so lit. But what if there is no light, in some interior, and what product?' (Quinn Latimer)
Hasn’t she read his Facebook message, or is she ghosting him somehow? On the desperate wait for an answer in the loneliness of one’s own four walls.
In this documentary, the author Roald Dahl presents the five monumental Norwegian artists Frans Widerberg, Arne Nordheim, Stein Mehren, Cecilie Løveid and Sverre Fehn.
A young man from Larvik never says no. One day he gets a magic salt grinder from a salt troll. The town's richest person steals the salt grinder, and it ends with disaster.
A film about fear and dreams in a time where things are rapidly changing.
In many ways, it is the memories that bind us together. What happens to relationships when the memories disappear?
A director is having trouble looking at the pictures in the movie she has made of breed dogs and dog owners since she is a fierce race breeding opponent.
A man is so scared that he dares not go out, but with the help of a cat and a bird he dares to go out in the dark.
The two fir trees Marte and Olaf have found love and are enjoying the peaceful life in the forest. Suddenly something happens that changes their lives forever.
A shocking secret is forced to the surface as a dysfunctional family are struggling to put up a tent.
A foreign filmmaker invades the life of her neighbour Bjarne, who unwillingly becomes the main character in a documentary about himself.
As a prologue to his upcoming exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall (4 Sep – 8 Nov 2020), Joar Nango made three films, together with Sámi filmmaker Ken Are Bongo, that explore Sámi architecture in a TV show format. The series was produced by Bergen Kunsthall as part of the official festival programme for the Bergen International Festival in May 2020, which could not be held in a physical form due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. The series was filmed with a mobile TV studio during travels through the northern landscape, meeting guests for interviews and visiting key architectural sites.
A woman takes a snap of a dude's behind on the bus - and gets confronted.
12-year-old Julia is on a budget weekend cruise with her father. Late at night Julia gets her first period and her father has disappeared. Making her way through the ship's nightlife Julia sees an adult world she's never known about.
A Norwegian short film.
A woman and her daughter unexpectedly attend a birthday party, and their attendance causes disquiet among the other guests.
Spoiled Alexander Snobman tries to court a pretty dancer. But he has a rival, engineer Philip Helt, who is everything Snobman isn't.
An early Norwegian short film from 1911.
A historical overview of Oslo’s main street, Karl Johan. // 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.
"Hello, I'm calling from the Asthma and Allergy Association ..." Telemarketers are a hated professional group, but the nuances and mission are as many different as the voices.
A hotel receptionist meets various characters.
When teenage dreamer Emil becomes obsessed with the idea that the moon is made of cheese, he alienates his girlfriend Emma and spirals into a lonely quest to save the world with dairy-based economics. As their relationship unravels, both must confront the quirks, hurts, and hopes that define them. A quirky and tender coming-of-age story about love, obsession, and learning to meet in the middle.
Over the course of a year, we follow the Raballder handball team, which plays in a regular series in Oslo. The goal is a promotion from the 4th to the 3rd division. Everyone on the team is gay. From curling princesses in the dressing room, they transform into testosterone monsters on the pitch. The players are also fighting a battle against homophobic attitudes on the sports field. With a lot of self-irony and humor, the players make this an entertaining documentary series. We follow the boys in matches against heterosexual teams, take part in doctor visits, gay tournaments, EuroPride in Oslo, football matches, ski races, and celebrations of Norway's National Day. The boys also travel to their home villages where they meet their parents and siblings. One of the players gets his shooting arm destroyed in a car accident.
On the 23rd of March 1975 Geir Sundet was fired from hi work due to his political stand, and is supported by his colleagues who lays down their work.
Kit is a dancer in a vibrant nightclub in Oslo. Every evening, she stands on the stage and performs the same mechanical, erotic movements in front of the men in the room. She feels no real connection with the audience and has no man in her life. Kit dreams of dancing the tango and of the seductive tones of physical contact with another human being.
In order to get control of her own life, Tina starts filming herself regularly.
Short film to promote Satyricon's song "Mother North" from the 1996 album "Nemesis Divina". Shot on location in Hekseskogen, Torsskogen & Greåker Fort, March 1996. Contains two different segments with "Mother North".
Without friends or a purpose in life, Matteus finds himself isolated from reality after his older sister Linnea commits suicide. He looks back at their memories together in the hope of being able to understand her and what it was that went wrong. Through the inner battle with his subconsciousness, Matteus is able to find his way out to acceptance and forgiveness.
A science-fiction essay that travels through time and queer bodies, as well as the black of it all.
The pictures speaks for themselves; after countless miles on the road and thousands of hotdog menus we've achieved the ultimate body. Fat body and skinny legs. Honningsvågrevyen is still making fun of everything; ethnic groups, the royal family, political numbers... maybe you'll even find a parody of yourself. And of course, all of our most familiar characters stops by.
A meteor shower occurs when Earth collides with particles and small stones from space. The dust grains in the Leonid meteor shower burn up as they enter the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 250,000 kilometers per hour. This is what we call shooting stars. Every 33 years, there is a chance that a meteor shower will cause at least 1,000 star shots per hour.
Last summer Kristian celebrated finishing school with Interrail in Europe. A year later, the situation is completely different and Kristian is hospitalized with cancer. Unvarnished and unsentimental, we are presented with both his own and his friends' reactions to the disease.