Discoveries from Norway World Cinema

The naked larvae crawls through darkness, feeds and grows, enters the cocoon and becomes a beautiful butterfly for a few days, as if the struggle was worth it. Of the cocoon, we know nothing.

Jonas Skogstroll is a previous member of Jehova’s witnesses. He is now a father and works as a goat farmer, while he simultaneously tries to become a stand-up comedian.

Helge is having a lady over and is making dinner.

A jog turns into a nightmare as a girl is confronted with a difficult decision in the forest.

When a man is bored in an empty black room, without distractions, the imagination runs wild.

A "wind-up chick" sees himself as "a hungry little boy with a runny nose".

Two women in lovely leopard wraps, one a reflection of the other, attempt a dialogue.

A film about a lady who walks and walks.

This Norwegian propaganda film for Nazism draws on references to both the Viking Age and rural idylls. The film was commissioned by Nasjonal Samling and encourages people to join the ranks of Vidkun Quisling's party, which ruled Norway according to Nazi ideology during World War II.

“Dear audience. You will now see a film. This is a film without moving images. No sound... None...”

Modern forestry is predatory exploitation of the forest, but in Finnskogen there are some who practice forestry the old way.

“The Story of a Suicide” will be made by the news journalist who will not let anything stop him from getting his scoop.

On July 4, 1825, the sailing ship Restoration set sail from Stavanger with 52 passengers on board. The destination was New York and a new and better life in America. The dramatic journey would prove to be the start of a massive emigration from Norway over the years that followed. To mark the 200th anniversary of the emigration, Restoration is once again heading west towards New York. This time, film footage is being made on board to document the crossing and give us an insight into life on a small sailing ship on its way across the Atlantic. What it must have been like for the crew and passengers in 1825. This documentary film depicts the environment and experiences of the participants as they travel to America through sunshine, storms and rain.

An atmospheric film based on Paul Valery's poem of the same name.

In a secret house in northern Syria, wounded Kurdish guerrilla soldiers live with phantom pains in the shadow of a failed revolution. An Emmy-winning director's portrayal of five years in a secret community.

The classic tale by Henrik Ibsen; a complete opposite of a hero, is banished from his village for his (in)actions. He then travels the world with more or less the same result trying to impress.

The film is about Jucan, known throughout the country as a fakir, movie hero, and the man who plays the harmonica. The actual plot of the film is that Bredo Greve seeks out Jucan to learn how to live like him.

An examination of the ideas found in contemporary science about symbiosis that decolonize the way we look at nature, childhood and what it means to be human, in the natural world.

An investigation of the gaze in an essayistic and playful form, loosely held together through small fictional anecdotes and stories.

16-year-old Rikke must seek rescue in an unfamiliar building after some boys chase her, but she quickly finds out that there is something hiding in there with her.

Combining elements of documentary, fiction and dance the film portrays the female body's natural changes in different phases of life: puberty, childbirth, and menopause.

We follow Čan Martin, a 14-year-old snowcross rider from Kautokeino, as he navigates the challenges of this high-risk sport with the dedicated support of his family and local community. This short documentary is an inspiring story about pursuing dreams, overcoming obstacles, and the strength of family unity.

Sander (14) conceals his wounds beneath strict routines and a flawless surface. Forced to celebrate Midsummer at his grandmother’s chaotic country house, his worst nightmares come true. He is transported to a floral fantasy world with everything Sander detests: untamed nature, impulsive creatures, and a total lack of discipline. When he meets the enchanting Solar Queen, Sander finds a counterpart in his strive for order. But the Solar Queen is planning a gruesome Midsummer ritual, and Sander must confront his worst fear: revealing his own imperfection and vulnerability. Sander’s Midsummer is a story of self-acceptance and reconnection - with nature, ourselves, and the people who love us.

Martin is in love with Oda. When everyone else in the world disappears, Martin finally has the motivation to impress her on a date. That turns out to be easier said than done.

Follows norwegian side FC Bodø/Glimt from their national cup win in 1975 to their first time in UEFA Champions League in 2025

The penultimate week of each year, the sun exceeds the horizon of Fauske, in the Arctic Circle, for just an hour a day. This film celebrates those brief moments of light.

A man attends a dinner party with his wife, only to find himself locked in a strange situation.

An introduction to the environmental debate.

About the construction of the Kvadraturen district and life there in the 17th and 18th centuries. ***** 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.

Traffic safety and the use of reflector. ***** 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.

About urban development in Oslo in the 1950s. On the outskirts of the city, new districts are built with housing, schools, businesses, and transport links. In the city center, older areas are demolished, such as the buildings in Vika. ***** 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.

Hilde Hummelvoll and Nils Gunnar Lie invite you to a Christmas gathering at The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History at Bygdøy on Christmas Eve 1990. Among the guests are Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jørn Hoel and Erik Bye.

An experimental film exploring the dissonance between the romanticization of natural landscapes and the reality of a technological and modern world. Filmed in the forests and fjords surrounding Oslo, Norway, this film juxtaposes idyllic, untouched, “natural” landscapes with moments from my day to day life in the cityscape of Oslo and cyberspaces online in order to challenge notions of Norwegian romanticism and nationalism in relation to nature. Made by screenprinting iPhone footage and found videos onto strips of 16mm film with acrylic and bleach, then combining the screenprinted frames with 16mm filmed footage of Norwegian forests.

The Agony of Warrior and Artist

The very elements obey love.

The title is inspired by the terribly beautiful line “So, too, eternally, the flames fell here” from Dante's Inferno. Much like the character of Dante, Claire must navigate her way through a hellish dream where she journeys through her subconscious looking for her dearest friend, Marie. We meet Claire when the pain of guilt, sorrow and confusion wage war inside her mind.

As a Palestinian living in diaspora in one of the Lofoten islands in northern Norway, we lived as Palestinians under greater adversities, and under periods of curfew and block-ade that was imposed on us which were harsher than those the world is now living. The pandemic has become a real accumulation of events that we have witnessed over the past years, and the real pandemic that we are living under occupation.

A film about and with a film icon. In this movie the film logo is the main role

Elisabeth receives a death sentence at the hospital in Norway. With the help of friends, she gets to a hospital in New York in an attempt to save her life. Here she meets a stray dog whom she adopts. In the chaos of cancer treatment, Covid 19 starts.

what can I do for you is a 16 mm film projected onto the interior wall of a purpose built space. The exterior surface of this space is smooth and painted light blue. Inside, its structure is laid bare. This carefully constructed seclusion is preparation for witnessing a moment of intimacy between two people. The projection itself – black and white and small in scale, exposes a naked male body that deflates and expands with the rhythm of each breath. In the film, the lens draws close over the folds of skin, hovering over pores, follicles and hair. The shifting position of the camera transforms fragmented textured surfaces into expanses of light and shadow in which shapes emerge and disappear. The camera’s broken movements propel a woman’s hand into action. The hand strokes the skin with a cloth, perhaps to stimulate or maybe to cleanse. The ambiguity of this action, at once sexual and caring, is echoed in the film’s title. There is no sound aside from that of the projector.

moving mountain was filmed on an island solely inhabited by seabirds in Røst, Norway, 68.2º north. The soundtrack, loud and distressing, is that of a cacophony of screaming birds. The camera is fixed on two women that stand facing a foreboding landscape. Their heads, one blonde one brunette, fill the lower bottom corners of the image. Like book ends they frame the mountainous cliff that towers above them. As the fog gradually lifts more and more birds are revealed flying in and out of the cleft of the rock face.

Tommy Aashildrød (born 1974) is a multifaceted artist ( musician, photographer, creator and magician) in Norway. He is interested in nature and its energy

A mother and her two daughters spend their first week in Norway in a car. As they travel from place to place, the family must reflect on the past and face the uncertainties of the future.

Through its series of stylistic elements, the inside of a washing machine is thoroughly explored. With traditional dramaturgy, a dynamic soundtrack and more than one reference to classic sci-fi films, an "abstract" plot is established.