Discoveries from Norway World Cinema

About a young woman and her father who hysterically try to make amends for the neglect he was guilty of during her upbringing.

What does the darkness of the night hide in its embrace? Fragmental Studies of a Night introduces seven scientists from different fields and follows them working at nighttime. Research in the darkness requires sharpening of all the senses and patience to observe. Through glimpses illuminated by headlights and the moon, the nocturnal life appears rich and mysterious.

After 365 concerts straight, national treasure and rap group Karpe scramble to find their next project within their next deadline. What will happen at 4PM on Monday?

The host of a teenage party is nowhere to be found.

It’s summer in Bergen, but while her friends are enjoying their vacation, 18-year-old Agathe is struggling to get over her break-up with boyfriend Gustav. There is no shortage of reasons to move on from Gustav, yet Agathe keeps obsessing over their dysfunctional relationship to the point where it threatens to completely derail her summer fling with her new acquaintance Laila.

watch Niko Schirmer and Celeste Pomerantz sail to the northern Norwegian island and ski arctic conditions in a one-of-a-kind movie Niko Schirmer swore he would never get on this boat again, but his new movie is all about Sofie (that’s the ship’s nickname) and a sailing voyage to Svalbard. Get on board and discover what happened in a trip full of adventure, wild animals, human interactions, and gnarly couloirs.

Four friends set out on a hike up a mountain in Norway. As they walk in spectacular nature the sins of the past come back to haunt them and the reason for the hike might not be what we think.

A educational film from the Norwegian traffic police. ***** 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.

It was during the time I wandered about and starved.

When past merges with present, two half brothers get a last chance to say goodbye.

Animation of pieces of plastic found on the shore.

Timian and Rudolf owns a car repair shop, where a 1930 Ford is the main thing, when someone steals their savings.

Katharina grew up trying to find her sexual identity by watching films and TV-series, and ended up losing herself.

Seven ambitious contestants have shown up at a mysterious and unknown place, and the only thing they know is that they will be competing for the title of "Norway's best gamer"

The runner Magnus is training to be accepted into the elite squad. To join the elite he must be the best, and he is prepared to do everything to be the best

A thief breaks into an apartment, but gets more than what he wished for.

Three tiny tales about what it's like to be in kindergarten and navigating a world full of complex rules about what's right and what's wrong.

In this documentary we follow three girls in Norway living with skin diseases. Tonje's skin is growing 7 times faster than normal. Vilde is covered with vitiligo that makes her almost completely white. Sanna struggles with psoriasis and have been ever since she was young.

The universal story of the meeting between a man and a woman.

The film is about the Norwegain Communist Party in Oslo. It portrays the last standing true believers and raises questions like; What makes them tick? Why do they still fight for the Utopian - some would say dystopian - ideas of Lenin and Mao? In short, how is it at all possible to be a Norwegian communist today?

A young man blurs the line between love and crime to get the woman of his dreams.

A young man reckons with the world's most contrary and evil lawnmower.

A road-movie about the psychological consequences of living with a serious illness, and Einar's counter-moves to stimulate what is still healthy.

A small family buys an old house, but find out they are not the only residents.

A political short from Norwegian director Anja Breien.

One day in a hand's life. Not much to handle.

Poetic short film set in Western Norway.

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's original footage from his South Pole expedition from 1910 to 1912.

Learning a language is like falling in love. But when this great linguist's love for a princess was denied, he just fell in love with her 75 times more. The film is about the remarkable life of a poor priest's son – Georg Julius Justus Sauerwein and his life-long love for Princess Elisabeth of Wied, later Queen of Romania. This is a psychological drama about a brilliant but complex man. His humanitarian values were far ahead of his time. In his day, he was the most vilified person in the German press. Based on Sauerwein's letters and other written sources and narrated from the first person, the film merges the classic fairytale with documentary realism, both in script and visual design, pushing the boundaries of documentary.

All noise contains colored particles of different substance and meaning. Fragile and impressionable, the fragments glide into abstract lines, colors and composition, creating Flimmer.

Moving from a house involves a lot of memories. Throughout his life, the father gathered things that each one has a story. The new apartment his only room for a fraction of his stuff. What should he have with him into life's final chapter? How will he find his way to the final stop?

An adventure can occur anywhere. Also at the bus stop.

A documentary about the father-and-son boxers, John and Ole Klemetsen.

One day, three kindergartners decide to turn the large sandbox in the middle of the yard into a living volcano.

The film depicts a journey to northern Norway, made by Olav V and Märtha of Norway.

Two former student buddies meet over a beer, something that puts the life of one of them in a new light.

An employee at a governmental climate campaign that exterminates people’s pets, begins to question whether the campaign actually is the answer it makes out to be. He decides to do something about it. But has he misjudged the whole campaign?

When the sun is shining in the arctic in the summer – it’s strong. Very strong. There I am closer to the sun. Don’t look into the sun! Its danger. Danger. Danger. The binoculars, always on the windowsill, make the sun even larger and stronger and more dangerous. I know very well I can't look at the sun through those. Danger. My eyes could be damaged, in a second. Still, I always wanted to. The binocular are still there on the windowsill. Don’t do it, don’t do it. I did not do it. I did not. Never. I wanted to, but did not, did not do it. Again and again. For several days , when the sky was clear that summer. Through the 8 mm lens. That summer, 2010, I did it. Shot several 8 mm films, three minutes each. It was painful. But I did it. I looked at the sun; it was due to the lens now a small ball, after a while I had to shift to the other eye and back again, but I DID DO IT.

Mats Christian Rude Halvorsen takes us on a teenage tour de force in the southern Norway of the 1990s, remembering the intense experience of growing up and the feeling of alienation in one’s own body while seeking nothing but a place to belong.

In a story about the lethal effect of casual bigotry, a serial killer systematically murders young gay men whom he meets on dating apps.

Tater-Kristen was born in Øvre Rendal in 1735. He falls in love with the dark and mysterious tater girl Kirsti, and joins the tater party.

Kalfou is a village in Far North Cameroon. It lies on the front-line of global climate change as the Sahara desert creeps ever southward into once fertile human habitats. Halilou Siddiki, a Fulani elder of Kalfou, introduces us to the problem of chronic water shortage and shows us its effects on everyday life.The whole region is becoming ever more marginal in feeding its people and the animals, central to the economy – and to culture. The permanent drought situation is pushing some people to burn the bush in search of small animals and to make wood gathering and selling easier. Also climate change is forcing elephant herds to invade and destroy croplands. These secondary effects make the water problem worse. But the wet season finally arrives in Kalfou and along with the rain we see the blooming of the joy of life and abundant harvests. But Halilou worries that the rain period gets shorter each year; that it will no longer sustain his people in their homeland.

What happens when Augmented Reality makes our digital echo chamber real? Serenity is a short film about technology, vision, and spirituality.

How much do we really want to get rid of Somali piracy? Different interwoven stories from the world of piracy give a new and unique perspective on this issue.

In the film, Per Høst is interviewed by Arne Hestenes, where Høst tells about his film legacy.

Inga and Erik are engaged. She is daughter of a poor farmer, and he is a wealthy fisherman, to Erik's mother's dismay. Visiting Lily manages to charm Erik. But then Erik learns that Lily considers him a simple farm boy. He needs Inga back. Based on the play by Gideon Wahlberg of the same name.

Legendary rock band Backstreet Girls have been around since 1984 and all they want to do is play live concerts, but then the pandemic arrives.

Hedda travels to Svalbard to document Manowar's exclusive concert with the fan base.

Normal intrusive thoughts are a common psychological phenomenon, even the most trusted members of our society have got them. The judge jumps the bench, the nurse hurts her patient and the priest throws his children off the cliff. This short, humorous film points out how fragile our society is and questions our liability as citizens.

A documentary film maker has to fight against evil forces when she starts to investigate a criminal mystery as a part of her movie project.

Is someone really smuggling drugs in our little town? A couple of kids helps the police, without the police's knowing, and is getting themselves into trouble.

Nora has an unusual best friend – Billy the beetle. When climate change causes a major flood and her father fills his ark with animals, Nora launches her own rescue mission: she wants to save all the insects. But her dad dislikes bothersome critters that can spread disease and death, and refuses outright. So Nora prepares her own boat, Nora’s Ark. Father and daughter are drawn into a deep conflict that threatens not only their relationship, but the entire tiny ecosystem aboard Nora’s Ark.

"Helplessly made", says the director herself about this film. Seen against the backdrop of many other Norwegian short films, we don't agree with that. A film about man on the garbage heap of history?