Discoveries from Norway World Cinema

Norway's "The Driller Killer!" A 28-minute shot-on-video slasher flick with no plot, but lots of (cheap) gore.

Short animated experimental film.

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?

Mikkel and Mathilde are complete opposites, and share nothing except math class on Fridays. But when Mathilde dreams, she encounters a whole new side of Mikkel - who turns out to be dreaming the same dream. Can this meeting change everything?

We are given an insight into the Danish archaeologist Charlotte Damm’s studies of a 1,300-year-old settlement site in Northern Norway. The film is part of the anthology film Danske piger viser alt.

After Sodomas Voktere (2020), we continued to film the next season too, starting from March 2021 when the asphalt slowly emerged after the long winter, until September 2021. Sodomas Voktere 2 is half the length of the original, experimenting with a tighter, quicker editing.

Businessman Henrik Lehmann and his wife Tove are spending the summer at their country house near Risør. The idyll is shattered by a sinister incident. An accident, or perhaps a crime? Police officer Sigurdson, who happens to be holidaying in the same place with colleague Mette, has a mystery to solve

Experimental short film

A short film by Christian Bastiansen.

During Christmas 1944, twelve year old Tom discover a young German soldier playing music in a snow covered barn in the mountains.

"Everything will be okey, right?" is a drama-series about Maria, who is trapped in a psychologically abusive relationship with her boyfriend Sander. She finds security in her childhood friend Erik, who secretly harbors feelings for her. The series explores Maria's inner struggle between the destructive and the safe, as well as challenges around love, friendship and difficult choices.

When the Norwegian rap-group Side Brok got success with rhymes in their local dialect and lyrics inspired by their hometown, the national music industry didn't know what to think. The fans loved them, but was hip-hop from the rural town of Hovdebygda just a joke? The film is an intimate portrait of Side Brok through six years of ups and downs. A story of a one-of-a-kind hip-hop universe with mountains, fjords, rednecks, humor and irony, but also of true friendship and love of words and music.

The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.

When film class-friend Edvin dies from cancer, 18-year-old Jonas finds a message on Facebook dating back one month ago, telling him that Edvin's house is haunted. Along with Edvin's brother, they spend 24 hours inside the house.

Visually informed by the stark, impressive landscape of the Norwegian Lofoten region, this short story looks at two individuals, a young man and a young woman, who both have a powerful relationship with the ocean.

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.

The poet Eirik Havnes performs a self-written poem as 50 filmmakers, dancers, extras and musicians are in action. Livet av Havnes is a hybrid between poetry, theater and concert. A live existential journey through Oslo's streets over the course of 45 minutes on 12 September 2020 between 19:02 and 19:47.

Documenting the trip of the airship "Norge" across the Pole ocean, called Roald Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobiles flying expedition 1926.

On the individuation process of psychologist Carl Jung.

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

Sara and Cecilie’s friendship takes a turn when, after a night of partying together, they both blackout and confessions are made.

Drama teacher Knut has always been interested in clowns. He has researched them and taught about them, and he has played the clown. But as a 61-year-old, he became deeply depressed and disappeared into his own darkness for over two years.

A blind man must investigate a kidnapping mystery when his date is abducted. Martin, a blind man in his thirties, seems to have finally found love. But then his date is suddenly kidnapped in broad daylight! Martin is the only witness to the crime, and the police have little to go on. Who really is Cecilie, and why was she abducted? Together with his pessimistic friend Terje, Martin decides to take matters into his own hands. Equipped with only courage and ingenuity, Martin entangles himself further and further in a web of dangers, greater than he could have imagined.

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

The Arab spring is a backdrop for the dialogue between two women in the suburb Tensta in Stockholm, and the film puts forward a connection between the global protest movements of the past three years and the riots in the Swedish suburbs.

In the difficult 30'ies, the poor working family Jensen is struggling in affording their sons education, and it ends in tragedy. The son befriends the daughter of the, not liked by the rich employer West, which sends his daughter away.

At Slagen, Hudøy and several other places, Oslo Municipality drove holiday colonies where children from the city could vacation in the summer. At Dal there was a separate holiday colony for tuberculosis-infested children. Some children were also sent for holiday stays on farms. More than 5,000 children received a stay at municipal or private holiday colonies every summer. ***** 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.

Probably one of the greatest pre-Christmas calendar serials ever made. First published in 1979, still being demanded by viewers We meet shoemaker Jens Petrus Andersen and his pet "Tøflus". We also meet Jens Petrus' neighbours and friends. 24 episodes.

“Roald Amundsen – Lincoln Ellsworths flyveekspedisjon 1925″ is a new DVD release of film footage from the nearly disastrous 1925 aeroplane expedition led by Norwegian polar hero Roald Amundsen. Financed by american businessman Lincoln Ellsworth, who also was a member of the expedition, the aeroplanes were registered as N24 and N25 and subsequently equipped for polar flights. They took off from King´s Bay in Svalbard on May 21st in an attempt to carry out the first transpolar flight of the North Pole, in order to establish once and for all whether there was in fact land in the area.

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.

Two Sámi brothers endure a brutal colonial boarding school, resisting erasure through courage and defiance, igniting a struggle for cultural survival that still resonates today.

Short film about a sinking friendship.

Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin and other female thinkers, a Norwegian filmmaker invites us on a sensual and richly philosophical journey of (re)discovery in the deep Finnish forests.

"I love to keep my mouth shut, but no one believes me", says the artist Oddvar Torsheim. Now you get the chance to know him better through conversations, memories and painting.

A 10-year fishing ban in the Oslofjord will come into effect from January 1, 2026. This has a strong impact on Norwegian coastal culture and fishing identity. In this documentary we follow professional fisherman Arnt Ove who is in danger of losing his job, as well as hobby fishermen Arne and Jan who work to preserve the tradition and culture of fishing in Norway.

In connection with the UN Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972, the Moderna Museum sent out an invitation to all schools in Sweden. The country's schoolchildren were invited to participate in an exhibition in the museum. This was to be the schoolchildren's opportunity to express themselves publicly. The film is an attempt at a synthesis of all the opinions and ideas that this enormous exhibition contained.

After losing all of his money to gambling, Thomas makes a risky decision to join a mysterious warrior and his monkey to rob a bank so he can provide for his family

A TV-theater-like film experiment. As the title suggests, the film is fragmentary so that you never quite know what, who or why.

A film about the opening of Norway’s first Munch Museum. It was from this museum that the paintings The Scream and Madonna were stolen in 2004—an event that triggered a national debate and ultimately led to the decision to build the new Munch Museum. // 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.

Young women from the pietistic south of Norway sought happiness in New York after the war. Six of those who returned share openly about their great life journey.

An informative film about marinas and boating life in Oslo, including a historical retrospective. ***** 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.

A sought-after community for recreation and an opportunity for cultivating the land for city residents. Well-known actors take part. ***** 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.

In the mid-1950s, Oslo imported 27,000 tons of coal annually, which was converted into coke, gas, and tar. This production took place at the Oslo Gasworks at Ankertorget. The gas was used both in private households and by industry. ***** 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.

An educational film about being cautious in traffic, and about how reckless driving and inattention can have fatal consequences. Starring Leif Juster, who creates dangerous situations through his careless driving. ***** 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.