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NOR W E G IA N FILM S
NORWEGIAN
FILMS
DOCUMENTARIES
2014
Local > Global > Human rights > Human wrongs
FRONT COVER
LOVE CITY, JALABAD
Directors: George Gittoes
and Torstein Grude
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TORIL SIMONSEN
Head of International Relations
Short and Documentary films
Cell: +47 900 38 086
Mail: ts@nfi.no
ARNA MARIE BERSAAS
Senior Advisor International Relations
Short and Documentary films
Cell: + 47 928 13 088
Mail: amb@nfi.no
KATHRINE HAAHEIM
Festival Manager International Relations
Short and Documentary Films
Cell: + 47 22 47 46 01
Mail: kh@nfi.no
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
LOCAL ROOTS AND GLOBAL OUTLOOK
NORWEGIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS have often found
their stories in the immediate surroundings, but now increasingly
travel the world to tell powerful stories exploring human rights,
war and the distribution of resources. In documentaries like Light
Fly, Fly high, Love City, Jalalabad, Drone and Taliban Oil, the filmmakers go to Asia to examine questionable conditions but also
seeds of hope.
While focussing on international minorities and problems, minorities
in Norway are also facing difficulties. Yoik fever is about the yoik,
a Sami musical tradition, while The Whisperers follows Ellen-Sara,
a Southern Sami girl in Norway from a reindeer husbandry family,
exploring both her specific traditions and everyday problems
common to all young girls.
OUR INTERNATIONAL FOCUS also manifests itself through an
increasing number of co-productions. In September 2013 the
Norwegian Film Institute entered a cooperation agreement with the
Netherlands. During the next two years, up to three documentary
productions from each country can get funding from the minority
producer’s country, at a maximum of € 50,000 for each project. The
goal is that the documentary film industry of the two countries shall
benefit both economically and culturally from a closer cooperation.
This catalogue presents more than 50 Norwegian and co-produced
documentaries. A common factor is that they concern us all and also
reflect our day and age. Have a good read!
Stine Helgeland
Executive Director, Promotion
and International Relations
Toril Simonsen
Head of International Relations
Short and documentary films
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Documentaries 2013 – 2014
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17000 ISLANDS
17000 ISLANDS
DOCUMENTARY/INTERACTIVE 70
min COLOUR
Thomas A. Østbye and Edwin
SCREENPLAY Edwin and Thomas A. Østbye
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Thomas A. Østbye and Edwin
PRODUCERS Thomas Østbye for Plymserafin
and Paramita Nath
RELEASE DATE November 24, 2013
SALES TBC
DIRECTORS
17000 Islands is an interactive documentary that explores different models of reality by
looking at how an image of a nation is created and how documentary filmmaking takes part
in this process. The original film is shot in a propaganda park in Indonesia, Taman Mini, and
the users can break apart the film and make new films.
THOMAS A ØSTBYE is a distinctive artist and filmmaker. His films,
including Take #2, Imagining Emanuel, Human and In your
dreams combine artistic reflections on the documentary
genre with contemporary political dilemmas. His works are
bought by the Arts Council Norway, broadcasted, screened
at Hotdocs, IDFA, MoMA NY and have received a number of
art and film awards, including CPH:DOX Award. EDWIN is an
Indonesian director who was nominated for Golden Bear at
the Berlinale 2012 for his latest film Postcards from the Zoo.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
A PRIEST AND A PLAGUE
EN PREST OG EN PLAGE
90/58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Fridtjof Kjæreng and Aslak Danbolt
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Fridtjof Kjæreng
PRODUCER Benedicte Bredesen for f(x) productions AS
RELEASE DATE February 2014
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR TBC
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTORS
FRIDTJOF KJÆRENG (1964)
has 25 years of experience as a
director and producer within the Norwegian film- and TV
industry. Kjæreng was working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Coorporation (NRK) for many years before establishing f(x) productions AS in 1995. f(x) productions AS is
mainly focusing on high quality documentary films and
serials. Their last documentaries are The Snow Cave Man
(2010), King Hussain of Pakistan – Queen Asia of Norway
(2005) as well as the TV-series The Snow Ball War (2011)
and Across Canada (2005).
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The priest Børre Knudsen is the most famous anti-abortion activist in Norway. His 30-yearlong crusade for the unborn child resulted in him having to leave his position as a priest in
the Norwegian Church and flee his house in Northern Norway together with his family. This
is a film about fighting for what you believe in – without thinking about the consequences.
About what it costs to go against the flow, and the profound effect it has on yourself and
those around you. The portrait of the Knudsen family is a dramatic and existential story of a
family fighting to keep their Christian belief in the modern world.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THE ACCIDENTAL ROCK STAR
DEN TILFELDIGE ROCKESTJERNEN
80 min COLOUR DCP 2K DOLBY SR
Igor Devold
SCREENPLAY Igor Devold
PRODUCER Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene AS
RELEASE DATE Autumn 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Helge never dreamed of being a rock star, yet he is a celebrated figure in Norway’s most
spectacular rock band, Kaizers Orchestra. Mixing fantasy and reality with Kaizers’ own aesthetic, The Accidental Rock Star takes us on Helge’s journey, uncovering exhilarating rock
history along the way.
IGOR DEVOLD (1977) was educated at the Polish National Film
School in Łódź, and is currently employed as a documentary film teacher at the Lillehammer University College.
Between 2009 and 2013, he was also coordinator for the
documentary programme at the University College. He has
worked as a director, screenplay writer and producer of
several documentary films and short films. His film Tomorrow won the Next Reel Festival’s second prize at the Tisch
School of the Arts in New York. In 2008, his graduation
film False Start won the Timeglasset award for Best Script
at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad, where it
also received an honorary mention.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
AN ARCTIC SPACE ODYSSEY
EN ARKTISK ROMODYSSÉ
49 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Lars Einar Skageberg
SCREENPLAY Lars Einar Skageberg
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Daniel Voldheim, Roald
Søfteland, John Isberg and others
PRODUCER Eric Vogel for Tordenfilm AS
RELEASE DATE January 2014
SALES TBC
POLAR DRAMA
DIRECTOR
Writer-director LARS EINAR SKAGEBERG (1976) has an MA in TV
& Video production from the University of Bournemouth.
He is an award-winning music video director, and has more
than a decade of experience from the Norwegian TV and
film industries. An Arctic Space Odyssey is his first documentary as director.
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At an isolated outpost in the Arctic, the pioneering spirit of the Space Race clashes with the
suspicions of the Cold War. One man stands at the intersection with great responsibility.
With unique footage from the 1960s we are transported to the northernmost settlement in
the world, Ny-Ålesund.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
AROUND MY FAMILY TABLE
AROUND MY FAMILY TABLE
58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Åse Svenheim Drivenes
SCREENPLAY Åse Svenheim Drivenes
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Michal Jarosinski
PRODUCERS Anita Rehoff Larsen and Tone Grøttjord for
Sant & Usant as
RELEASE DATE Autumn 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Kuba and Mikołaj’s parents have left Poland to work abroad. Around my family table is a
coming-of-age film following Kuba (13) who is given the responsibility of looking after his
little brother when mum and dad are away. The task is not easy when Kuba himself is dealing
with his own worries and teenage dilemmas...
(1977) made her debut as a director
with the film Our Man in Kirkenes, which has been screened
at several festivals, and sold to NRK and YLE. In addition, she
has been employed as a director for the TV series Thaifjord.
On assignment for Médecins Sans Frontières, she filmed the
local inhabitants of Mount Elgon, Kenya, during the spring
of 2008, in order to document assaults on civilians. She is
one of the project supervisors behind Mobilfilmene, a film
workshop for children and youth in Norway. In addition,
she has been involved in developing and conducting film
courses for asylum seeker children.
ÅSE SVENHEIM DRIVENES
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
BALLET BOYS
BALLETTGUTTENE
75/60 min COLOUR/B&W DCP 2K STEREO
Kenneth Elvebakk
SCREENPLAY Kenneth Elvebakk
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Torstein Nodland and
Kenneth Elvebakk
CAST Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød, Syvert Lorenz
Garcia, Torgeir Lund
PRODUCER Carsten Aanonsen for Indie Film AS
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
The award winning documentaries of KENNETH ELVEBAKK
(1966) include The Secret Club (NRK 2003) and Hullabaloo
(TV 2 and SVT 2006). Variety described The Secret Club as
a warm-hearted film with good storytelling abilities. He won
the Gullruten award for Hullabaloo. Elvebakk has also made
A Positive Life (NRK and YLE 2000), Cabin Dreams (TV 2
2010), daKings (NRK 2010), 3269 Daisy (TV 2 2007). He has
worked for the NRK for five years - both for TV and radio,
and was educated at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian
School of Management, and the Oslo Film and Television
Academy. For Indie Film he has also directed one of the
episodes of the web-series 300 Seconds.
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FOTO: DARRYL BERNSTEIN STUDIOS
DIRECTOR
It’s not easy being a teenager, especially not through the eyes of these three ballet boys - a film
about friendship, ambitions, identity and passions. Ballet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other,
finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
BROTHERS
BRØDRE
90 min COLOUR DCP 2K DOLBY SR
Aslaug Holm
SCREENPLAY Aslaug Holm
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Aslaug Holm and Kjell Vassdal
PRODUCER Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film as
RELEASE DATE Spring 2014
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Euforia Film
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
A documentary about the close relationship between two brothers.
Markus (14) and Lukas (11) live in an old, yellow townhouse in the middle of Oslo. The river
runs close to their home. A paradise in the heart of a big city. Big trees growing into the sky,
and the water dark and attractive beneath. Here the brothers grow up with their dreams and
longings for the future. Markus loves soccer, and wants to be a professional. He has played
soccer since he was five, and Liverpool is the only and best team. In the film we experience
his struggle and passion for achieving his goals. Lukas is the philosophic one, and likes to
think all kinds of thoughts. About the world, himself and what the all is about. “Mummy, what
happens with my dreams after I’m dead, will they still be alive?”
ASLAUG HOLM (1965)
has been a film director, cinema­
tographer, and partner in Fenris Film since 1992. She served
as cinematographer and editor for Cool & Crazy (2001),
director and cinematographer for The Rich Country (2006),
and for a number of other documentary films. She is acknowledged for her characteristic, personal style. Brothers
is her third feature documentary. She won the Gullklapper
Amanda Award in 2007.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
DRONE
DRONE
58/45 min COLOUR HD
Tonje Hessen Schei
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Anna Myking
PRODUCERS Lars Løge & Johnny Holmvåg
for Flimmer Film as
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Drone investigates the human consequences of the robotic revolution in modern warfare.
Through voices on both sides of the new technology DRONE presents new stories and gives
crucial context of the covert drone war.
TONJE HESSEN SCHEI is a Norwegian documentary film­maker,
who has worked with independent documentary film
since 1996. Her films focus on human rights, environmental protection and social justice. She is the director of the
award-winning Play Again (2010), a documentary on the
consequences of a childhood removed
from nature. She has
also directed and produced the award-winning Independent
Intervention (2006), a documentary about the US media
coverage of the war in Iraq.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
EXTOL: OF LIGHT AND SHADE
EXTOL: OF LIGHT AND SHADE
79 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Åsmund Janøy
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Åsmund Janøy
PRODUCER Åsmund Janøy for Animidas Produksjon AS
CO-PRODUCER Peter Espevoll
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBC
MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Extol: Of Light and Shade is a feature length documentary portrait of Extol, a Christian Norwegian
death metal band. The film tells their story from 1993 to the present, documenting the production
of their comeback album, from idea to record release, and discusses music in a philosophy-of-life
perspective with artists, fans and life philosophy personalities from around the world.
(1982) was educated at Aalborg Technical
College in Denmark in the field of digital animation. He has
made a number of animated short films, and lately several
TV series, commercials and music videos. Extol: of Light and
Shade is his first feature length documentary film.
ÅSMUND JANØY
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
GOOD GIRL
GOOD GIRL
75 min COLOUR DCP 2K
Solveig Melkeraaen
SCREENPLAY Solveig Melkeraaen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Marianne Bakke, Øystein
Mamen and Anna Myking
PRODUCER Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene as
RELEASE DATE Winter 2014
SALES TBC
PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
The art of not giving a damn.
(1978) holds a Bachelor’s degree in directing for television from Lillehammer University College.
Her best known film is arguably the award-winning The
Fabulous Fiff and Fam (2009), but she has also directed
numerous other documentaries, short fiction films and also
commissioned films for various charitable and official organizations. Both her documentaries and short films have
been screened at festivals all over Norway, as well as abroad.
SOLVEIG MELKERAAEN
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“I’m used to handling everything, but suddenly it became too much. The outcome is severe
depression and hospitalization. Electroshock save me, I recover completely and take hold of my
life. Relapse is my biggest fear, and it turns out that ‘perfectionist’ patterns are hard to change.”
Good Girl is a movie about hopeless tears and hopeful liberating laughter.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THE HEART OF BRUNO WIZARD
THE HEART OF BRUNO WIZARD
72 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Elisabeth Rasmussen
SCREENPLAY Elisabeth Rasmussen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Elisabeth Rasmussen
PRODUCER Joachim Lyng for Sweet Films AS
RELEASE DATE June 5, 2013
SALES Sweet Films AS
MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Bruno Wizard is a London punk musician who became an underground legend for his original
performances and ‘mystery man’ status in the mid 70’s. He performed at the Roxy club alongside The Jam, Generation X and The Wire, and was part of the Blitz kids’ scene, squatting with
the Warren Street mafia. His loathing of the establishment and conventional music industry
made him reject record company contracts and follow his own heart and principles at any
cost. What follows is the amazing true story of Bruno’s rollercoaster journey, with blasts from
the past and a future full of surprising twists and turns.
ELISABETH RASMUSSEN is
a Norwegian film director based
between London and the Norwegian Arctic Circle. Her
story telling heritage ranges from articles in the Observer
Magazine, political country reports for Wall Street Market
Research in Panama to music videos for Tele3, and Flaix
TV in Catalunya, Spain. She attained a Bachelor’s degree
in Philosophy and a Master’s Degree in the Arts of Media
and Communications from the City University of London,
bringing a keen eye and an analytical mind to the process of
filmmaking. Starting out with shorts for Tromsø International
Film Festival. Elisabeth has produced documentary series
for NRK and Viasat 4 Norway. Her debut as a director, The
Heart of Bruno Wizard, was commissioned by SVT Sweden,
and premiered at the 2013 East End Film Festival in London.
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IDA’S DIARY
IDA’S DIARY
75/60 min COLOUR & B/W DCP 2K STEREO
August Baugstø Hanssen
SCREENPLAY August Baugstø Hanssen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ida Storm, Nils Petter Devold
Midtun, Even Benestad
PRODUCER Carsten Aanonsen for Indie Film AS
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Throughout the last ten years, director AUGUST BAUGSTØ
HANSSEN (1976) has worked in various capacities within the
film business; mainly with the development of documentary
films, but also with fiction. He has been involved in the development of all of Even Benestad’s feature documentaries,
most recently Pushwagner (2011), which the two of them
co-directed. August and Even have continued their collaboration as co-directors of the short documentary Club 7.
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At the end of 2010 we received a package in the mail. The package contained an unedited
video diary from a young girl. She wanted someone to tell her story. When we accessed the
memory stick that arrived in the mail, we were struck by the exceptionally strong and brutally
honest material playing before our eyes. Ida started harming herself when she was 10 years
old. Today she’s 26 and has several painful years behind her in the limbo of youth psychiatry.
With her own camera she has captured her intense experiences over the last 8 years with an
uncensored and direct gaze. Ida’s Diary is a film about hope, fighting adversity and about
finding the qualities within yourself to become the person you want to be.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
LET THE SCREAM BE HEARD
LET THE SCREAM BE HEARD
DOCUMENTARY/ART 58
min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Dheeraj Akolkar
SCREENPLAY Dheeraj Akolkar
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Håkon Wettre
PRODUCER Rune H. Trondsen for NordicStories AS
RELEASE DATE October 24, 2013
SALES Nordic World
DIRECTOR
Year 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Iconic Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s birth. Let
the scream be heard is an international documentary focusing on an artistic investigation to
unveil the secret behind the longevity and timelessness of Norwegian Painter Edvard Munch’s
extensive creation, spanning over 62 years and 40,000 works of art.
DHEERAJ AKOLKAR comes
from India, but works in his own
company in London. He is at the moment also directing
documentaries for National Geographic and BBC. In 2012
he directed Liv & Ingmar, a documentary about Liv Ullmann
and Ingmar Bergman.
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LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
80/58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Susann Østigaard and Beathe Hofseth
SCREENPLAY Susann Østigaard and Beathe Hofseth
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Susann Østigaard
PRODUCER Beathe Hofseth and Susann Østigaard
for Fri Film AS
RELEASE DATE November 2013
SALES CAT&Docs
NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR Women Make Movies
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTORS
As a young, Indian girl, born outside caste, Thulasi is expected to follow a certain path, get married and accept her position at the very bottom of the social ladder. But Thulasi is different. She
wants to be in control of her own destiny and is literally willing to fight for her independence.
BEATHE HOFSETH (1977) is a documentary filmmaker gradu-
ated from Volda University College and NISS in Oslo. She
has worked with film and television since 2002, and has
directed several documentaries for both NRK and TV2.
Additional to this she lectures students on documentary
film making. SUSANN ØSTIGAARD (1976) has a degree from
Lillehammer and Volda University College, and has been
working as a cinematographer and director since 2002. She
has made several documentaries for Norwegian television
including the film From different worlds (together with
Christine Tobiesen) which was awarded Best Documentary
at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad in 2005.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THE LOST CHILDREN
THE LOST CHILDREN
56 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
John Sullivan
SCREENPLAY John Sullivan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY John Sullivan
PRODUCER John Sullivan for Navillus Film
RELEASE DATE August 2013
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
In the outskirts of Belgrade, Serbia, thousands of Romani people live in the most desperate
poverty to be found anywhere in Europe. Some are war refugees from the Balkans, and some
have lived this way for generations. Ignored by the state, and with no home to return to, they
are essentially non-persons with no country or rights to speak of. This community lives at the
mercy of local slum lords, and they are denied access to even the basic amenities the rest of
the first world takes for granted – water, electricity, and education. Relegated to the informal
economy, what little money that is brought in comes mainly from scavenging and begging.
The Lost Children follows the story of one of these little girls – seven year-old Sevdi – and
her family as they struggle to carve out a stable existence in the midst of this deprivation.
1964) studied film at the San Francisco Art
Institute, the School of Visual Arts in New York and in Rockport, Maine. He has worked as both director and screenwriter on several documentaries, short films, commercials,
music videos and drama series’ for TV. He made his feature
film debut with the drama Play in 2003, but is perhaps best
known for his documentaries, like the award-winning Afghanistan documentary Home of the Brave – Land of the
Free from 2003, which received the Norwegian National
Film Award Amanda for Best Documentary in 2004, and
the (for some) provocative Porn Star? from 2007.
JOHN SULLIVAN
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
LOVE CITY, JALALABAD
LOVE CITY, JALALABAD
96 min COLOUR DCP 2K
George Gittoes and Torstein Grude
SCREENPLAY George Gittoes and Torstein Grude
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ijaz Ahmad
and George Gittoes
PRODUCERS Torstein Grude and Bjarte Mørner Tveit
for Piraya Film AS
RELEASE DATE July 2013
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Kudos Family AS
SALES Kudos Family Distribution AS
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTORS
Internationally renowned filmmaker and artist George Gittoes has learned that documenting
frontline action is not enough; he wants to use art to bring about change.
is a Honorary Doctor of Letters University of
NSW. Veteran frontline painter, photographer and journalist
of many wars and 40 years of filmmaking. TORSTEIN GRUDE
(1971) holds a degree in degree in media theory and film
history from the University of Bergen (1994), and studied
at the London International Film School, graduating in 1997.
GEORGE GITTOES
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George forms an artists’ collective in the western Afghan city of Jalalabad - a province long
controlled by the Taliban. Someone only as brave and creative as George would then dare to
make movies in Jalalabad, recruiting female actors from Pakistan (there are no Pashtun-speaking Afghan women actors) to join Australian performance artist Hellen Rose, and local action
star Amir Shah in their quest to bring love back to Afghanistan.
This fearless documentary shows how the progressive youth of Afghanistan are rejecting the
use of armed force and see film as an alternative means of bringing peace and social chance
to their war torn and occupied country.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
MANISLAM – ISLAM AND
MASCULINITY
MANISLAM – ISLAM AND
MASCULINITY
58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
SCREENPLAY Nefise Özkal Lorentzen and
Jørgen Lorentzen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Asif Abedin,
Nils Petter Lotherington, Irmawan and Özlem Günhan
PRODUCER Jørgen Lorentzen for Integral Film AS
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES DR International Sales
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Why does a man in Kuwait inspired by the 99 names of Allah and the Quranic stories create
comics about super heroes called the 99? Why does a man in Bangladesh travel from a village
to another and teach the community how to play a board game? Why does a man in Indonesia
encourage other men wearing mini shirts in a demonstration? They all have the same target.
They will change the dark side of the masculinities in their cultures by playing games.
(1964) holds a B.A in political science at the Bosphorous University (Istanbul, Turkey), and
a M.A in Media and Communication, University of Oslo. She
has directed 10 documentaries and a children feature in 5
episodes for TV. She has been working on a trilogy about
Islam. Gender Me (on homosexuality, 2008), A Balloon for
Allah (on feminism, 2011) have won several international
prizes and screened in more than 40 festivals all around
the world. ManIslam completes the trilogy.
NEFISE ÖZKAL LORENTZEN
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THE MOTHERS OF MUNCH
MUNCHS MØDRE
52 min COLOUR DCP 2K
Lars E. Rasmussen
SCREENPLAY Lars E. Rasmussen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Gunnar Bjerketvedt,
Derek Bateman
PRODUCER Gunnar Bjerketvedt for Karivold Film as
RELEASE DATE Summer 2013
SALES Illumina Films
DOCUMENTARY/ART
DIRECTOR
In almost every biography of painter Edvard Munch, it is his father’s side of the family that gets
the most prominence. And indeed, the Munch side of the family boasts a colourful gallery of
priests, deans, painters and writers, distinguished and obscure.
LARS E. RAMUSSEN has
a long career in the Norwegian film
industry. In 1980, he founded Mediagjøglerne – Film & Video
Communication with Knut W. Jorfald, and together they
made numerous short films, documentaries and experimental art films. They also directed the feature Sigurd the
Dragonslayer (The Littlest Viking) in 1989. Rasmussen started his own film company Ejnarfilm in 1991, and his films have
been screened on TV and in film festivals all over the world.
Rasmussen has dedicated much of his time to educate children in the art of making film, and today he manages of a
film workshop for children and young people in Ås, Norway.
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In The Mothers of Munch, it becomes apparent that it was from his mother’s side of the
family that Munch acquired his great talent. Munch himself even attributed his drawing and
painting skills to his mother. Edvard Munch became a great artist and in significant ways it is
his mother, Laura Cathrine, and after her death, his aunt Karen who had the deepest impact
on his life, work and career.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
NITRATE FLAMES
NITRATE FLAMES
DIRECTOR
Mirko Stopar
Mirko Stopar
SCREENPLAY
Diego Poleri
Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film as
RELEASE DATE Spring 2014
SALES TBC
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PRODUCER
What ever happened to Dreyer’s Joan of Arc? Renee Falconetti’s face is one of the most
iconic of the history of cinema. That performance, her only appearance on film, had a lot to
do with her glory and with her ruin too. Nitrate Flames is an archive based film that follows
Falconetti’s path from the bright lights of Paris in the 1920s to the shadows of Buenos Aires
in the 1940s, where she ended up in misery and oblivion, tracking a parallel with the fate of
Dreyer’s masterwork, resurfaced in a Norwegian mental institution in the early 1980s.
(1974) is originally from Argentina, where he
also got his education in film, and worked as a writer and
director in film, television and commercials for almost 10
years. He has lived in Norway since 2001. Among other short
films, he has directed The Great Indoors (2006), Wonderland (2009), and Can You Talk? (2011). Nitrate Flames is his
first feature length documentary.
MIRKO STOPAR
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
NO WORD FOR WORRY
NO WORD FOR WORRY
90 min COLOUR DCP 2K
Runar Jarle Wiik
SCREENPLAY Runar Jarle Wiik
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Patrik Säfstrøm, Runar Jarle
Wiik, Henrik Konradsdal
PRODUCERS Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas and Christian
Lien Jensen for Ten Thousand Images and Hallum &
Jensen AS
RELEASE DATE Medio 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
RUNAR JARLE WIIK started shooting and directing during his
enrollment at The London International Film School in the
mid-eighties, at the time being the youngest student to be
admitted. Graduating with additional distinctions in Cinematography (D.O.P.) led to a host of assignments as D.O.P.
for shorts, commercials and documentaries, sometimes in
combination with the role as director.
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Hook grew up with the ocean as his universe; he is a sea nomad from a vanishing world. The
film follows Hook from the bottom of the modern social ladder on a voyage into the heart
of Moken territory off the coast of Myanmar. More than a quest to salvage the remains of his
culture, he faces the universal questions of identity, love, loss and belonging.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
OLGA – TO MY FRIENDS
OLGA – TIL MINE VENNER
57 min COLOUR DCP 2k STEREO
Paul-Anders Simma
SCREENPLAY Paul-Anders Simma
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Elen Lotman
PRODUCERS Hilde Korsæth for Tundra Film AS and
Paul-Anders Simma for SAFI OY
RELEASE DATE November 21, 2013
SALES Taskovski Films Ltd
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Olga is a young Sami girl at the Kola Peninsula in Northwest-Russia. Everyone believes she is
mentally retarded because she has grown up in an orphanage. Turning 18, she is being sent
home and rejected by her own people. But Olga is a talented teenager and a gifted storyteller.
The film takes us along Olga’s road in her claim for dignity and cultural identity.
PAUL-ANDERS SIMMA 1959)
is a Sámi film director and journalist based in Tromsø. He grew up in the border regions
between Sweden, Norway and Finland and graduated as
director from the Swedish film school, Dramatiska Institutet,
in Stockholm. He has made several award-winning short
films, features and documentaries. Simma has also worked
for Swedish Television and the North Norwegian Film Centre.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THE OPTIMISTS
OPTIMISTENE
80/60 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
SCREENPLAY Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
PRODUCERS Hilde Skofteland and Ingunn H. Knudsen for
Skofteland Film AS
RELEASE DATE September 27, 2013
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Norsk filmdistribusjon
SALES CAT&Docs
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Director and DOP GUNHILD WESTHAGEN MAGNOR studied at
Surrey Institute of Art and Design. Her recent documentary series were both nominated for Best Documentary
Series in Norway 2011; Karanba (NRK, YLE) and Thaifjord
2 (TV Norge). Previous works include numerous audience
favorites, like the doc series Thaifjord 1, and her single docs
Rabbit King, Wings under Water (2005 NRK), Norwegian
Wood (TV2) and The Day of The Dead. She has shot the theatrical doc The Truth Hunter (2006) and was nominated for
Best Cinematography for Songs from the Street (Audience
Award, Norwegian Doc Festival/ Krakow Int. Film Festival).
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Despite their weekly training sessions the volleyball ladies in the extraordinary team called
THE OPTIMISTS (age 66-98) have not played a match for 30 years. Now this is exactly the plan.
But against whom? Rumours say there is a group of handsome Swedish gentlemen across the
border. Goro (98) is the Queen of the team with her will power and purple Converse shoes.
Laughter is their match strategy – as in life in general. Many of us fear age. Maybe these ball
playing ladies will change our ideas.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
OUT OF NORWAY
OUT OF NORWAY
50 min COLOUR DCP 2K
Thomas A. Østbye
SCREENPLAY Emanuel Agara
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Emanuel Agara
PRODUCERS Thomas A. Østbye for PlymSerafin
RELEASE DATE April 1, 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Emanuel was ten years in Norway without a residence permit. For five years he tried to get
voluntary return to Liberia. This is a film about an illegal refugee who smuggles himself back
to his home country.
(1979) is a distinctive artist and filmmaker.
His films, including Take #2, Imagining Emanuel, Human and
In Your Dreams combine artistic reflections on the documentary genre with contemporary political dilemmas. His
work is bought by the Arts Counsil Norway, broadcasted,
screened at Hotdocs, IDFA, MoMA NY and received a number of art and film awards, including CPH:DOX Award.
THOMAS A ØSTBYE
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
REMAKE.ME
REMAKE.ME
62 min COLOUR/BLACK&WHITE DCP 2K
Unni Straume
SCREENPLAY Unni Straume
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Unni Straume
and Harald Paalgard
PRODUCER Unni Straume for USF International AS
RELEASE DATE Winter 2014
SALES TBC
POETIC DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
A poetic journey through the life and work of a filmmaker, where the mix between reality and
fiction creates new and surprising stories.
UNNI STRAUME (1955) studied film at Volda University College
from 1976 to 1978, making her first short film, Kystkunst, in
1977. Since then she has written, directed, produced and
edited several feature, short and documentary films, and
has participated at numerous international film festivals,
becoming known for her poetic, personal and somewhat
modernistic style. Straume has also continued her production of short and documentary films in addition to her
feature films.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THE SHADOW
SKYGGEN
45 min COLOUR Prores HD STEREO
Line Hatland
SCREENPLAY Line Hatland
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen
PRODUCERS KriStine Ann Skaret and Ida Ven Bruusgaard
for Medieoperatørene as
RELEASE DATE October 23, 2013
SALES Medieoperatørene as
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Mary Reklev (85) is Norway’s first female private detective. With over 40 years of experience,
she solved more than 1000 cases. She did everything for her clients! The people that came
to her for help all had something in common - a fear of being deceived. But what they did
not know was that Mary shared the same fear. In The Shadow Mary attempts to solve her
last case: herself.
LINE HATLAND (1969) graduated from Volda College special-
izing in documentary in 2000. She holds a MA in Visual
Anthropology from University of Manchester. Line has
directed several documentaries: How Happy Can You
Be, The Good Capitalist, Blitz, My Unknown Great Grandmother and more. Her films have been shown on TV and
at festivals all over Europe. She is a director and partner
at Medieoperatørene as.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
SIBLINGS ARE FOREVER
SØSKEN TIL EVIG TID
75 min COLOUR DCP 2K
Frode Filmland
SCREENPLAY Frode Fimland and Karl Emil Rikardsen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Frode Fimland
PRODUCERS Frode Filmland for FIM Film AS and Karl Emil
Rikardsen for Relation04 Media AS
RELEASE DATE November 1, 2013
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Tour de Force
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
The siblings Magnar and Oddny never left their childhood home. They run the family farm as it
was run by several generations before them. Time seems to be standing still, as it is running out.
FRODE FILMLAND (1959)
has been director of photography
(DoP), producer and director since 1986, often as freelancer for national and international TV-companies, but also
as producer, director and DoP at FIM Film AS. Siblings are
Forever is his first feature length documentary.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
SUPERVENTION
SUPERVENTION
97 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Filip Christensen, Even Sigstad
SCREENPLAY Filip Christensen, Even Sigstad
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Even Sigstad, Filip
Christensen, Lasse Nyhaugen, Jan Petter Aarskog,
Espen Kristiansen, Niels Windfeldt
PRODUCER Filip Christensen for Field Productions AS
RELEASE DATE December 4, 2013
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR SF Norge
SALES Field Productions AS
SKI/SNOWBOARD
DIRECTORS
Supervention is a documentary showcasing all aspects of modern freeskiing and snowboarding. Follow a group of the world’s most talented skiers and snowboarders on an intense and
unpredictable trip through exotic destinations in Norway, Sweden, Canada, USA and New
Zealand. Spectacular nature footage mixed with progressive skiing and snowboarding, personal impressions and extreme experiences. It is all documented to convey to you our desire
to travel, our joy and all the personalities of those involved in the production, both in front
and behind the camera.
grew up in Lørenskog just outside Oslo.
Christensen started to make films at the age of 15, and established Field Productions at 16. Considered one of the
greatest talents in the production of ski and snowboard
documentaries. Has received several prestigious awards
for his films, including “Best European Film” for Being There
at the International Freeski Film Festival in 2011. EVEN SIGSTAD (1984), freeride skier, known worldwide for his unique
technical skills. Sigstad has worked in the film industry since
2004 as cinematographer, editor and director.
FILIP CHRISTENSEN
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
TALIBAN OIL
TALIBAN OIL
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY
55/70 min
DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
DIRECTOR Ola Flyum
SCREENPLAY Ola Flyum
COLOUR
Viggo Knudsen
Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film as
RELEASE DATE Autumn 2014
SALES TBC
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PRODUCER
(1959) is a director, journalist and writer. He has
directed a number of documentaries for NRK, among them
award-winning films with extensive international distribution
- Stolen History (2005), Allies and Lies (2001), and the TV
series Ice Race in the Arctic (2010). He was the director of
Sarajevo Ricochet and A Town Betrayed, produced by Fenris Film (2010), which were distributed to many countries.
OLA FLYUM
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Western leaders have insisted that “we are fighting al-Qaeda in Afghanistan so we don’t have
to fight them at home”. In search for another answer, we have investigated a more unknown
and cynical story. It is about the secret negotiations between the Taliban and US about the
rights to transport gas from Turkmenistan through Afghan territory and to drill for the vast
oil-resources in North-Afghanistan.
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
THINGS
TING
50 min
DCP 2K STEREO
DIRECTOR Thomas A. Østbye
SCREENPLAY Thomas A. Østbye
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Thomas A. Østbye
PRODUCER Thomas A. Østbye for PlymSerafin
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBC
EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY
COLOUR
Things is an attempt to approach the world without emptying it, or filling it up with ideas
and purposes.
is a distinctive artist and filmmaker. His
films, including Take #2, Imagining Emanuel, Human and In
your dreams combine artistic reflections on the documentary genre with contemporary political dilemmas. His work is
bought by the Arts Counsil Norway, broadcasted, screened
at Hotdocs, IDFA, MoMA NY and received a number of art
and film awards, including CPH:DOX Award.
THOMAS A ØSTBYE
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
TWIN SISTERS
TVILLINGSØSTRENE
Mona Friis Bertheussen
Mona Friis Bertheussen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Hallgrim Haug,
Mona Friis Bertheussen
PRODUCER Mona Friis Bertheussen for Moment Film AS
RELEASE DATE November 24, 2013
SALES TBC
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY
MONA FRIIS BERTHEUSSEN (1975) is an award-winning director
and producer. She studied journalism and TV communications in both Norway and the USA. She also holds a bachelor in Sociology, Literature and Languages. She started
her own production company, Moment in 2003. Over the
last ten years she has produced a number of successful
documentaries. Her films have received international exposure, and have been broadcast in Germany, Switzerland,
Austria, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and
Australia. Her film, Welcome to Norway, won Best Norwegian Documentary 2009 at the Norwegian Documentary
Film Festival, along with the Human Rights Prize for Film
from the Norwegian Government. In Norway, her films have
received record high ratings.
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In 2004, two baby twin sisters were found in a cardboard box in a Chinese village, and adopted
into two different corners of the world. One of them to a little village in Norway, and the other
to a big city in the USA. The adoptive parents had no idea that there was a twin sister. Their
sisterhood was meant to be kept a secret. However, destiny had other plans...
DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
TWO RAGING GRANNIES
SHIRLEY OG HINDA – OPPRØRSKE
OLDEMØDRE
78/58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Håvard Bustnes
SCREENPLAY Håvard Bustnes
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Viggo Aleksandr Morais
Knudsen
PRODUCERS Christian Falch and Håvard Bustnes for
Faction Film AS
RELEASE DATE Spring 2014
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR TBA
SALES Films Transit International
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
A combination of curiosity and frustration with the status quo drives Shirley and Hinda, two
gutsy, nearly 90-year-old American women, to seek answers to the burning question on
everyone’s mind: How do we get out of this economic mess? Armed with courage, humour, a
long friendship and a zest for life, Shirley and Hinda take to cities and towns across the US to
engage everyone from the recently homeless to economy students, to growth economists
and Wall Street tycoons, questioning the sustainability of continued economic growth, and
demonstrating that it is never – ever – too late to get out and make a difference.
HÅVARD BUSTNES (1973)
is a multi-award winning director
and producer. He holds a degree in Directing for Television
from the College of Film and TV at Lillehammer, Norway.
His two latest documentaries Health Factory and Big John
have traveled around the world on cinema, TV and in the
festival circuit. The feature documentary Big John won the
prestigious Norwegian Amanda Award as best theatrical
documentary film. It was also awarded the Best Nordic Documentary Prize at Nordic Panorama. His films have been
broadcast on several television channels around the world.
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DOCUMENTARIES 2013 – 2014
YOIK FEVER
JOIKEFEBER
58 min COLOUR DCP2K STEREO 5.1
Ellen-Astri Lundby
SCREENPLAY Ellen-Astri Lundby
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bård Grape, Ken Are Bongo,
Mathis Ståle Mathisen, Runar Jarle Wiik,
Rachel Andersen Gomez, Beate Burstad,
Ellen-Astri Lundby
PRODUCER Ellen-Astri Lundby for Ellen Lundby
Film & Media
RELEASE DATE October 18, 2013
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTORS
ELLEN-ASTRI LUNDBY (1959) is an award-wining, independent
filmmaker with a career spanning 24 years. Her films have
been broadcasted in Scandinavia and screened internationally including her award-winning film, Suddenly Sámi
(2009).
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Yoik Fever follows Ylva, a young Sámi-Norwegian music major yearning to connect to her
heritage through the dwindling Sámi singing tradition of yoiking. Part road trip, this wholly
inter-generational journey undertaken by Ylva to master the art of yoik (accompanied by
her mother, director Ellen-Astri Lundby) reveals the conflicted and courageous state of Sámi
identity today. As Ylva makes personal connections to family yoiking traditions and cultural
connections through yoiking legends like Mari Boine and Johan Sara, Jr., undercurrents of
conformity and shame of identity reveal themselves as Ylva digs deeper into the loss of the
beautiful yoik art form and into her family history.
In production
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IN PRODUCTION
ARCTIC MUSLIM
BEHIND THE VEILS
DOCUMENTARY
54 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Karl Emil Rikardsen
SCREENPLAY Karl Emil Rikardsen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Håvard Jenssen, Karl Emil Rikardsen a.o.
PRODUCER John Arvid Berger for Jabfilm
RELEASE DATE TBA
SALES TBA
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
As the only female Muslim leader in Norway, Sandra Maryam Moe gets
much attention. When the focus is negative, her role as female Islamic
leader is threatened. She has to struggle for her position internally, fight for
the Islamic community externally and protect her children from community
stigma. This does not become easier when Norwegian and overseas media
run a 12 year old story linking her husband to a terrorist cell in Australia
and the organization Jemaah Islamyah, which was responsible for the
terrorist bombing in Bali in 2002.
In a country perceived by most as one of the worst in which to be a woman,
a debate is taking place: Behind the Veils examines the battle between
influential Saudi women over their future role in the Kingdom, as seen
through five female pioneers – on opposite sides of the debate.
ARCTIC MUSLIM
KARL E. RIKARDSEN (1957)
studied fishery economics at
Bodø University College, philosophy at the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and
media at Volda University College. Since his graduation
from Volda in 1986, he has directed, written, edited or
produced about 40 different titles, in various genres, for
both film and television. Among his directorial efforts are
the drama series Dear PAL (1995), the documentaries
Sentenced for life (1999), Herleik - Free as a bird (2006),
Reindeer at war (2006) and the documentary series Salt
& Pepper (2009-2010).
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BAK SLØRENE I SAUDI ARABIA
46 min COLOUR Prores HD STEREO
Gry Winther
SCREENPLAY Gry Winther
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Halgrim Haug
PRODUCER Kjell Eriksen for AS Videomaker
RELEASE DATE 2015
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Norwegian Dox
SALES TBC
GRY WINTHER (1967) is a member of US State department
Foreign Press Center, is on the board of LA Press Club, and
is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy
in California. She has presented several speeches on journalism/documentary film making for media students, and
a segment on “documentaries and movies, focusing on
foreign policy topics” with Oscar winner Lawrence Bender
(Producer of An Inconvenient Truth) for the Pacific Council
on International Policy, and Council on Foreign Relations,
Arizona Chapter. She has 20 years as an award-winning TV
news reporter/producer, and is director of 10 documentaries.
IN PRODUCTION
GLAMOUR FOR GOEBBELS
MAIKO’S DANCE
GLAMOUR FOR GOEBBELS
MAIKOS DANS
90/52 min COLOUR/B&W DCP 4K STEREO 5.1
Håvard Bustnes
SCREENPLAY Bjørn-Erik Hanssen based on his book
“Glamour for Goebbels – en biografi om Kirsten Heiberg”
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Nils Petter Lotherington
PRODUCERS Christian Falch and Håvard Bustnes for Faction Film as
RELEASE DATE 2015
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
DRAMA DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
Glamour for Goebbels is a 90 min. drama documentary based on the life
story of the Norwegian actress Kirsten Heiberg. She worked in German
film industry under the rule of Joseph Goebbels. The young actress Elsa
Aanensen, who is going to act as Heiberg in a monologue, tries to find
the truth: Was Heiberg a Nazi collaborator – or a strong opponent of the
Nazi regime?
is an award winning director and producer. He holds a degree in Directing for Television from the
College of Film and TV at Lillehammer, Norway. His two
latest documentaries Health Factory and Big John have
traveled around the world on cinema, TV and in the festival circuit. His films have been broadcast on NRK (Norway), TV2 (Norway), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland), TV4
(Ireland), TVP (Poland), Aljazeera Documentary Chanel
(Qatar) and NHK (Japan) and been screened at festivals in
Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, USA, South-Korea,
Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium and Denmark.
HÅVARD BUSTNES
58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Åse Svenheim Drivenes
SCREENPLAY Åse Svenheim Drivenes
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Håvard Fossum and Tore Vollan
PRODUCERS Anita Rehoff Larsen and Tone Grøttjord for Sant& Usant as
CAST Maiko Nishino Ekeberg
RELEASE DATE Spring 2015
SALES TBC
DIRECTOR
Maiko’s Dance is a film about a woman whose tough training and discipline
has brought her to the top of her career as a prima ballerina at the Norwegian
National Ballet.
(1977) made her debut as a director
with the film Our Man in Kirkenes, which has been screened
at several festivals, and sold to NRK and YLE. In addition,
she has been employed as a director for the TV series
Thaifjord. On assignment for Médecins Sans Frontières,
she filmed the local inhabitants of Mount Elgon, Kenya,
during the spring of 2008, in order to document assaults
on civilians. She is one of the project supervisors behind
Mobilfilmene, a film workshop for children and youth in
Norway. In addition, she has been involved in developing
and conducting film courses for asylum seeker children.
ÅSE SVENHEIM DRIVENES
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IN PRODUCTION
THE WHISPERERS
HVISKERNE - VEASOEJORKSH
75 min COLOUR DCP 2K DOLBY A
David Kinsella
SCREENPLAY Klass Bense
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY David Kinsella
PRODUCER David Kinsella for David Kinsella Productions AS
RELEASE DATE January 1015
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Arthaus
SALES Jean De Toit, Canada
CREATIVE DOCUMNETARY
DIRECTOR
Veasoejorksh (meaning life-changing) is a creative documentary directed
particularly at young people. The film tells about the 14 year old Ellen Sara,
who comes from a South Sami reindeer herding family in Aarborte in Norway. The film follows Ellen Sara through 8 seasons, and highlights both the
traditions she is a part of, and all the everyday dilemmas a young girl face.
DAVID KINSELLA won the Northern Ireland Press Photogra-
pher of the year in 1981, at the age of 16. In 1991 he moved
to Norway. During his career he has won a total of 58
major awards for his documentary work in both photo
and film. In 2006 David Kinsella directed, filmed and edited his first film Love Letters from a children’s prison. In
2008 his film A Beautiful Tragedy was nominated for
the national film award Amanda and again for his Killing
Girls in 2009.
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IN PRODUCTION
Co-productions
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CO-PRODUCTION
1989
A MAID FOR EACH
ANA ANA
90 min
DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
DIRECTOR Anders Østergaard
SCREENPLAY Anders Østergaard and Erzsebet Racz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Simon Plum
PRODUCER Lise Lense-Møller for
Magic Hour Films DK
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Kristian Mosvold for
Substans Film AS
RELEASE DATE August 19, 2014
SALES TBA
60 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Maher Abi Samra
SCREENPLAY Maher Abi Amra and Maya Abdul-Malak
PRODUCER Sabine Sidawi Hamdan for Orjouane
Productions
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Ida Bruusgaard for
Medieoperatørene AS
RELEASE DATE May 2014
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR TBA
SALES Orjouane Productions
75 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom
SCREENPLAY Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Petr Lom, Sarah Ibrahim,
Nadine Salib, Wafaa Samir, Sondos Shabayek
PRODUCER Corinne van Egeraat for ZINdoc
and Petr Lom for Lom films
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Torstein Grude
for Piraya Film as
RELEASE DATE November 2013
SALES TBA
1989 offers insight into the high-risk political game
that lead to the collapse of the iron curtain.
The ‘witnesses’ of history, are former Hungarian
prime minister, Miklós Neméth representing the
macro political level; and Gundula, the surviving
half of an East German couple, who were the last
to fatally attempt to cross the border, representing the micro level.
The story of Asian and African domestic maids
which serve the middle classes of Beirut, and how
they are treated by their employers, the agencies that import them, and by Lebanese society
in general.
The title means “I am me” in Arabic, and the film
invites four young Egyptian women to share their
personal experiences. In the aftermath of the 2011
revolution, they reflect on their inner worlds, often
filming themselves. Their situation, phase of life
and offbeat worldviews mean they are constantly
seeking to define themselves.
1989
DOCUMENTARY
COLOUR
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A MAID FOR EACH
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
ANA ANA
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTORS
CO-PRODUCTION
BLOOD SISTERS
BLOOD SISTERS
THE CHOSEN ONES
THE CHOSEN ONES
THE CHRONICLES
OF POLYARIS
I NÆRKONTAKT MED UTOPIA
70/50 min
DCP 2K STEREO
DIRECTOR Christine Reeh
SCREENPLAY Christine Reeh
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Christine Reeh
PRODUCER Isabel Machado for C.R.I.M.
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Trond Brede Andersen for
Original Film AS
RELEASE DATE September 2014
SALES TBC
DOCUMENTARY
80/52 min
DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
DIRECTOR Malin Andersson
SCREENPLAY Malin Andersson
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Kate McCullough
PRODUCER Malin Andersson for MAF-film
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Hege Dehli for Mechanix
Film as
RELEASE DATE Autumn 2014
SALES TBA
DOCUMENTARY
72 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Arman Yeritsyan
SCREENPLAY Arman Yeritsyan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Vahagn Hakobyan
PRODUCER Inna Sahakyan for Bars Media
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Hege Dehli for
Mechanix Film as
RELEASE DATE April 2014
SALES Bars Media Documentary Film Studio
SCI FI DOCUMENTARY
COLOUR
DIRECTOR
COLOUR
An intimate, observational documentary about
sister-hood. About being a twin sister and how
you’ve lived through the trauma of terrible abuse
together with your other half and how she one day
might not be there to take for granted anymore.
The Chosen Ones tells the story about Armenia’s
first and only senior citizen dance troupe. They
met in a soup kitchen, where they have their only
hot meal of day, and inspired by the suggestion
of young choreographer, they started to dance.
A poetic portray of a former Soviet ghost town at
Spitsbergen. The film captures the other­worldly
soul of these yesterdays’ ruins surrounded by
eternal ice, at the top of the world, far away in
the Arctic.
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CO-PRODUCTION
FREAK OUT!
THE GIANT OF THE ARCTIC
I SEE YOU
90 min COLOUR/B&W DCP 2K
Carl Javér
SCREENPLAY David Wingate, Carl Javér
and Fredrik Lange
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Henrik Ipsen and Carl
Javér
PRODUCER Fredrik Lange for Vilda Bomben AB
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Christian Lien Jensen for
Hallum & Jensen AS
RELEASE DATE Spring 2014
SALES Deckert Distribution GmbH
58 min COLOUR Prores HD DOLBY SR
Adam Schmedes
SCREENPLAY Peter I. Lauridsen
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mikkel Lund
Schmedes, Martin Oliver Macnaughton, Søren
Petersen, Jesper Kikkenborg, Birgitta Mueck
PRODUCERS Adam Schmedes for Loke Film
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Kjell Eriksen for AS
Videomaker
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBA
76 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Sylvelin Måkestad
SCREENPLAY Sylvelin Måkestad
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Erik Vallsten, Malin
Korkasalo and David Odell
PRODUCER Stina Gardell for Mantaray Film AB
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Ingunn H. Knudsen for
Skofteland Film as
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBA
Freak Out! tells the untold story of a group of
middleclass kids who in 1900 revolted against
their time and started the original alternative
community – Monte Verità. A community based
on veganism, feminism, pacifism and free love.
Through their eyes we unfold the uncanny similarities between our time and what they revolted
against in the early 1900s.
Arctic waters are its habitat from birth to death,
and no mammal lives longer; sometimes to more
than 200 years of age. This film will provide
unique insight into the life of the whale, its experiences beneath the waves, and what it is like to
live for 200 years in these seas.
“My dream is not to be able to see, but to be seen”,
says the teenage girl Rena (17). A strong film about
liberation and the desire to find out who you really
are, following Rena for four decisive years.
FREAK OUT!
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
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THE GIANT OF THE ARCTIC
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
JEG SER DEG
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
CO-PRODUCTION
LAST CALL
LOST IN PERFECTION
DOCUMENTARY
90/54 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Enrico Cerasuolo
SCREENPLAY Enrico Cerasuolo
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Torstein Nodland,
Paolo Rapalino
PRODUCER Massimo Arvat
for Zenit Arte Audiovisive, Italy
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Ingunn H. Knudsen
for Skofteland Film AS
RELEASE DATE Autumn 2013
SALES Point du Jour International
DOCUMENTARY 70 min COLOUR/B&W DCP 2K STEREO
DOCUMENTARY 90 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
DIRECTOR
Erik Gandini
SCREENPLAY Erik Gandini
DIRECTOR Mads Brügger
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tore Vollan and Lars Skree
Juan Pablo Libossart for Atmo
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Carsten Aanonsen for
Indie Film as
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBC
PRODUCER Peter Engel for Electric Parc
40 years ago, in 1972, a single book shook the
world. In “The Limits to Growth” a team of young
researchers at the MIT foresaw a global ecological
collapse, if action was not taken. The mantra of
free economic growth was challenged. But its defenders where numerous and powerful: Thatcher,
Reagan, oil companies, leftists, Catholics… Last
Call is the story of a legendary best seller, the
international controversy it caused, climate pioneers and their fight till today to get their message
through. But is there still time for a Last Call?
Since some time back I have a dream of doing a
film about Sweden. About things in the life style
that surrounds me and that I am part of that I am
uneasy with. As Videocracy is a film about Italy,
Lost in Perfection will be a film about Sweden. The
film will deal with one of the most crucial questions
of our time: How much should I be on my own, how
much should I care about others?
I TOLVTE TIME
LOST IN PERFECTION
DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
OPERATION CELESTE
OPERATION CELESTE
SCREENPLAY Mads Brügger
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Bjarte Mørner Tveit
for Piraya Film as
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBA
Award winning director, journalist and enfant terrible Mads Brügger takes on one of last century’s
great unsolved mysteries; the death of Secretary
General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld.
On September 19, 1961 Dag Hammarskjöld lost his
life in a plane crash in the Rhodesian bush. Several
courts of inquiry, both national and international,
reached the same conclusion: It was an accident,
pure and simple, and that was all there was to it.
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CO-PRODUCTION
THE PAST WILL RETURN
THE PAST WILL RETURN
THE QUATRARO MYSTERY
QUATRARO-MYSTERIET
THE SARNOS
– A LIFE IN DIRTY MOVIES
THE SARNOS
– A LIFE IN DIRTY MOVIES
MUSICBASED DOCUMENTARY 90 min
COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
DIRECTOR Dina Hamza
SCREENPLAY Dina Hamza
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PRODUCER Marianne Khoury
for MISR International Films
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Ida Bruusgaard
for Medieoperatørene AS
RELEASE DATE February 2014
SALES MISR International Films
A deeply personal music-based documentary
drawing parallels bettween the revolutionary
movement in today’s Egypt, and the Golden Era
of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Director Dina Hamza
tells the story of her father, poet and songwriter Mohamed Hamza who collaborated with the
Egyptian national treasure and singer Abdel Halim
Hafez. The film is a portrait of their epoch, and a
loving tribute to her father, but also an attempt to
understand the revolutionary movement that she
herself is part of in 21st century Egypt.
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90/52 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Jeppe Rønde
CO-DIRECTOR Mads Brügger
SCREENPLAY Mads Brügger
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jeppe Rønde
and Sjur Aarthun
PRODUCER Sara Stockmann
for Sonntag Pictures Aps
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Bjarte Mørner Tveit
for Piraya Film as
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES DR International Sales
80/58 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO 5.1
Wictor Ericsson
SCREENPLAY Wictor Ericsson
PRODUCER Erik Magnusson for Anagram Produktion
AB, Sweden
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Ingunn H. Knudsen for
Skofteland Film AS
RELEASE DATE Spring 2013
SALES The Yellow Affaire
Two journalists set out to investigate why The
Maltese EU Commissioner of Health, John Dalli,
recently had to leave The Commission in disgrace,
in a storm of accusations about being in the pockets of Big Tobacco.
A love story about legendary sexploitation director Joe Sarno, “The Ingmar Bergman of 42nd
Street”, and his loyal wife and collaborator Peggy
- their place in sex film history, their life between
hometown New York and their own personal
“Land of Freedom” Sweden, and Joe’s struggle
to make one last erotic film.
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
CO-PRODUCTION
SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY
SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY
SUNSHINE SUPERSTAR
SUNSHINE SUPERSTAR
TPB AFK: THE PIRATE BAY
AWAY FROM KEYBOARD
TPB AFK: THE PIRATE BAY AWAY
FROM KEYBOARD
DOCUMENTARY
90 min COLOUR HDCAM STEREO
Lise Birk Pedersen
SCREENPLAY Lise Birk Pedersen
PRODUCER Lise Lense-Møller
for Magic Hour Films DK
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Bjarte Mørner Tveit
for Piraya Film as
RELEASE DATE 2015
SALES TBA
DOCUMENTARY
85 min COLOUR DCP 2K DOLBY SR
Marah Strauch
SCREENPLAY Marah Strauch
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Nico Paulsson
PRODUCERS Eric Bruggemann and Marah Strauch
for Scissorkick Films
NORWEGIAN COPRODUCER Lars Løge
for Flimmer Film AS
RELEASE DATE February 14, 2014
SALES Submarine
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
Italian comedian, Beppe Grillo and his protest
movement wins 25% of the vote. Can 163 untested
senators beat Berlusconi, the mafia, corruption?
And what happens when ideals meet political
reality?
Carl Boenish follows his passion, leaping into the
unknown, creating a worldwide phenomenon and
essentially inventing extreme sports. Carl Boenish
dies doing the very thing he created and loved. His
wife repeats his treacherous act and lives, thus
telling others it is ok to go on. And go on they do,
transcending limitations to taste the dream that
one man could only begin to experience.
It’s the day before the trial starts. Fredrik packs
a computer into a rusty old Volvo. Along with his
Pirate Bay co-founders, he faces $13 million in
damage claims to Hollywood in a copyright infringement case. Fredrik is on his way to install
a new computer in the secret server hall. This is
where the world’s largest file sharing site is hidden.
82 min COLOUR DCP 2K STEREO
Simon Klose
SCREENPLAY Mads Brügger
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Simon Klose
PRODUCERS Martin Persson and Simon Klose
for Nonami AB, Sweden
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Torstein Grude
for Piraya Film as
RELEASE DATE February 2013
SALES Autlook Filmsales GmbH
When the hacker prodigy Gottfrid, the internet activist Peter and the network nerd Fredrik are found
guilty, they are confronted with the reality of life
offline – away from keyboard. But deep down in
dark data centres, clandestine computers quietly
continue to duplicate files.
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CO-PRODUCTION
THE VISIT
VIVE LA FRANCE
DOCUMENTARY 70 min COLOUR/B&W DCP 2K STEREO
DOCUMENTARY 82/52 min COLOUR DCP 2K DOLBY DIGITAL
THE VISIT
VIVE LA FRANCE
DIRECTOR Michael Madsen
DIRECTORS Titti Johnson and Helgi Felixson
PRODUCER Lise Lense-Møller for Magic Hour Films
SCREENPLAY Titti Johnson
NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Carsten Aanonsen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Helgi Felixson
for Indie Film as
RELEASE DATE 2014
SALES TBA
PRODUCER Helgi Felixson for Vilda Bomben AB
The Visit is a documentary exploring the breadth
of human reaction, from humour to horror, in a
philosophical exploration of our fear of strangers
through the ultimate challenge to our self-image:
The discovery of Alien intelligent life.
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NORWEGIAN CO-PRODUCER Hege Dehli
for Mechanix Film AS
RELEASE DATE January 2014
SALES Spier Films
Vive la France is a personal and intimate story
about the consequences of the French nuclear
program 1966-1996. Through the love story and
everyday life of Kua and Teariki and their extended family in four generations we tell an urgent
and highly moving story about the place you love
and belong to becoming your worst nightmare.
ADDRESSES
ASSOCIATIONS & INSTITUTIONS
Agicoa Norge
Dronningens gt 8 A
P.O. Box 629 Sentrum, N-0106 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 01 01 52
Mail: te@bullco.no
Contact: Tom G Eilertsen
Den norske filmskolen
The Norwegian Film School
N-2626 Lillehammer
Tel: +47 61 28 74 68
Mail: filmskolen@hil.no
www.filmskolen.no
Contact: Thomas Stenderup
Det kongelige kulturdepartement
Royal Ministry of Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 8030 Dep, N-0030 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 24 90 90
Mail: postmottak@kud.dep.no
Det kongelige utenriksdepartement
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 8114 Dep, N-0032 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 95 00 00
Mail: post@mfa.no
Film & Kino | Filmens Hus
Dronningensgt. 16, N-0152 Oslo
P.O. Box 446 Sentrum, N-0104 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 00
Mail: post@kino.no
www.kino.no
Contact: Lene Løken
Fond for lyd og bilde
P.O. Box 8191 Dep, N-0034 N-Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 83 30
Mail: post@kulturrad.no
www.fondforlydogbilde.no
Medietilsynet
Norwegian Media Authority
Nygata 4, N-1607 Fredrikstad
Tel: +47 69 30 12 00
Mail: post@medietilsynet.no
www.medietilsynet.no
Contact: Tom Thoresen
Nasjonalbiblioteket, Oslo
The Norwegian National Library
Henrik Ibsensgt. 110
Finsetveien 2, N-8624 Mo i Rana
Box 2674 Solli, N-0203 Oslo
Tel: +47 81 00 13 00
Mail: nb@nb.no
www.nb.no
Contact: Vigdis Moe Skarstein
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Kristian Augusts gt. 13, N-0164 Oslo
Tel: +47 64 00 60 80
Mail: info@nordiskfilmogtvfond.com
www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com
Contact: Petri Kemppinen
Norsk Filmforbund
Norwegian Film Makers’ Association
Dronningensgt. 13, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 21 52 33 80
Mail: post@filmforbundet.no
www.filmforbundet.no
Contact: Sverre Pedersen
Norsk filminstitutt
Norwegian Film Institute
Filmens Hus, Dronningensgt. 16
P.O. Box 482 Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 00
Mail: int@nfi.no
www.norwegianfilms.no
Norsk Filmklubbforbund
Norwegian Federation of Film Societies
Filmens Hus
Dronningensgt. 16, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 46 80
Mail: nfk@filmklubb.no
www.filmklubb.no
Contact: Jon Iversen
Norske film, TV og spill produsenters
forening | Norwegian Film-, TV and Game
Producers Association
Wergelandsveien 21 B, N-0167 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 11 93 11
Mail: pf@produsentforeningen.no
www.produsentforeningen.no
Contact: Leif Holst Jensen
Norsk Filmkritikerlag
The Norwegian Filmcritic’s Association
Filmens Hus, Dronningensgt. 16
N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 92 24 67 76
Mail: filmkritikerlaget@gmail.com
www.filmkritikerlaget.no
Contact: Dag Sødtholt
Norske Filmbyråers Forening
Norwegian Film Distributors’ Association
Øvre Slottsgt. 12, N-0157 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 42 48 44
Mail: kristin.hoenvoll@
norskefilmbyraaersforening.no
Contact: Kristin Hoenvoll
Norsk Filmvederlagsfond
Norwegian Film Foundation
Dronningensgt. 13, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 21 52 33 80
Mail: post@filmforbundet.no
www.filmforbundet.no
Contact: Sverre Pedersen
Norsk Skuespillerforbund
Norwegian Actors’ Equity Association
Welhavensgt. 1, N-0166 Oslo
Tel: +47 21 02 71 90
Mail: nsf@skuespillerforbund.no
www.skuespillerforbund.no
Contact: Hauk Heyerdahl
Norske Dramatikeres Forbund
Writers’ Guild of Norway
Rådhusgt. 7,
P.O. Box 579 Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 89 50
Mail: post@dramatiker.no
www.dramatiker.no
Norske filmregissører
Directors Guild of Norway
Dronningensgt. 16, N-0152 oslo
Tel: +47 92 24 92 90
Mail: nfr@filmdir.no
www.filmdir.no
Contact: Marianne Kleven
Samisk filmforbund
Sami Film Workers’ Association
Buletjávri, N-9520 Kautokeino
Tel: +47 91 77 17 12
Mail: samifilbma@gmail.com
Contact: Siljá Somby
DISTRIBUTORS
Arthaus
Nedre gate 7, N-0551 Oslo
Tel: +47 21 42 00 86
Mail: arthaus@arthaus.no
www.arthaus.no
Contact: Svend B. Jensen
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ADRESSES
Euforia Film
Nedregate 5, N-0551 Oslo
Tel: +47 21 37 99 99
Mail: vibeke@euforia.no
www.euforia.no
Contact: Vibeke Skistad
Europafilm AS
Peder Claussøns gt 2
P.O.Box 6812 St. Olavs plass
N-0130 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 98 85 80
Mail: europafilm@europafilm.no
www.europafilm.no
Contact: Egil Ødegård
Fidalgo Filmdistribusjon AS
Dronningensgt. 30
P.O. Box 666, N-4666 Kristiansand
Tel: +47 38 02 40 04
Mail: fidalgo@broadpark.no
www.filmweb.no/fidalgo
Contact: Frank L. Stavik
Kudos Family AS
Kvitsøygata 25, N-4014 Stavanger
Tel: +47 51 12 31 72
Mail: mail@kudosfamily.com
www.kudosfamily.com
Contact: Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Norsk filmdistribusjon AS
Nedre gate 5
P.O. Box 753 Sentrum, N-0106 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 35 82 00
Mail: frida.ohrvik@norskfilmdistribusjon.no
www.norskfilmdistribusjon.no
Contact: Frida Ohrvik
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SF Norge AS
Dronningensgt. 8 A
P.O. Box 639 Sentrum, N-0106 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 00 78 00
Mail: post@sfnorge.no
www.sf-film.no
Contact: Guttorm Petterson
Storytelling Media
Prinsensgt. 2B, N-7012 Trondheim
Tel: +47 99 44 80 40
Mail: ola@storytelling.no
www.storytelling.no
Contact: Ola Lund Renolen
Tour de Force
Georgernes Verft 12, N-5011 Bergen
Tel: +47 55 30 08 40 / +47 41 14 11 40
Mail: post@tourdeforce.no
www.tourdeforce.no
Contact: Tor Fosse
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Alert Film AS
Elisenbergvn. 3, N-0265 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 07 64 56
Mail: elkvamme@online.no
Contact: Elsa Kvamme
Animidas Produksjon AS
Stolmakergata 15, N-0551 Oslo
Tel: +47 932 63 001
Mail: aasmund@animidas.no
Contact: Åsmund Janøy
Ape & Bjørn
Grønlandsleiret 25, N-0190 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 93 55 11
Mail: post@apeogbjorn.no
www.apeogbjorn.no
Contact: Ruben Thorkildsen
Cinema Oslo
Uranienborgveien 23, N-0355 Oslo
Tel: +47 91 56 08 33
Mail: jon@cinemaoslo.no
www.cinemaoslo.no
Contact: Jon Jerstad
Cinemiso AS
Akersbakken 33, N-0172 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 95 55 80
Mail: spillefilm@cinenord.no
www.cinenord.no
Contact: Silje Hopland Eik,
Tanya Nanette
Badendyck
Cylinder Produksjon AS
Majorstuveien 17
P.O.Box 1052, N-0367 Oslo
Tel. +47 92 22 66 00
Mail: post@cylinder.no
www.cylinder.no
Contact: Gaute Lid Larssen
Dalchows verden
Borger Withgate 12, N-0482 Oslo
Tel. +47 22 20 47 00
Mail: info@dalchowsverden.no
www.dalchowsverden.no
Contact: Jan Dalchow
David Kinsella Productions AS
Egedes Gate 50, N-8656 Mosjøen
Tel: +47 90 92 33 25
Mail: david@davidkinsella.com
www.davidkinsella.com
Contact: David Kinsella
Ellen Lundby Film & Media
Ole Moes vei 30, N-1165 Oslo
Tel: + 47 908 39 168
Mail: ellen@film.online.no
Contact: Ellen Astri Lundby
Exposed Film Production AS
Ryfylkegata 22; N-4012 Stavanger
Tel: + 47 90 74 08 74
Mail: bjorn@exposed.no
Contact: Bjørn Eivind Aarskog
F(x) productions AS
Bakkeløkka 2, N-3490 Klokkarstua
Tel: +47 22 37 50 00
Mail: fx@fx.no
www.fx.no
Contact: Fridtjof Kjæreng
Faction Film
Kjøpmannsgata 40
Box 2093, N-7411 Trondheim
Tel: +47 907 81 999
Mail: post@factionfilm.no
Contact: Håvard Bustnes
Fenris Film & TV Produksjon
Sagvn. 23A, N-0459 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 12 17 10
Mail: fenris@fenrisfilm.com
www.fenrisfilm.com
Contact: Tore Buvarp
Field Productions AS
Stålverksveien 1, N-0661 Oslo
Tel. + 47 452 55 711
Mail: filip@fieldproductions.com
www.fieldproductions.com
Contact: Filip Christensen
FIM Film AS
Frudalen 62, N-5306 Erdal
Tel: +47 916 03 739
Mail: frodefim@gmail.com
Contact: Frode Fimland
ADRESSES
Flimmer Film AS
Strandgaten 89, N-5004 Bergen
Tel: +47 55 23 15 00
Mail: lars@flimmerfilm.no
www.flimmerfilm.no
Contact: Lars Løge
Fri Film AS
Nordahl Bruns gate 22 B, 0165 Oslo
Tel. +47 970 36 023 or +47 915 57 849
beathe@frifilm.no or susann@frifilm.no
www.frifilm.no
Contact: Beathe Hofseth,
Susann Østigaard
Gammaglimt AS
Orkdalsvn. 58, N-7300 Orkdal
Tel: +47 908 65 219
Mail: christian@gammaglimt.no
www.gammaglimt.no
Contact: Christian Falch
Hallum & Jensen AS
Bentsebrugata 13H, N-0476 Oslo
Tel: +47 41 42 86 96
Mail: Christian@hallumjensen.no
www.hallumjensen.no
Contact: Christian Hallum Jensen
Hummelfilm AS
Nedre gate 7, N-0551 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 99 58 69
Mail: mail@hummelfilm.no
www.hummelfilm.no
Contact: Gudny Hummelvoll
Indie Film
Ostadalsv. 35, N-0753 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 86 52 03
Mail: carsten@indiefilm.no
www.indiefilm.no
Contact: Carsten Aanonsen
Integral Film AS
Eysteinsvei 1C, N-1450 Nesodden
Mail: neflor@yahoo.com
www.integralfilm.no
Contact: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
JAB Film
Strandvegen 95
N-9006 Tromsø
Tel: +47 77 60 04 29
Mail: john@jabfilm.no
www.jabfilm.no
Contact: John Arvid Berger
Karivold Film as
P.O. Box 65, N-1650 Sellebakk
Tel: +47 69 32 66 88
Mail: karivold@online.no
www.karivoldfilm.no
Contact: Gunnar Bjerketvedt
Mechanix Film
Papperhavn, N-1684 Vesterøy
Tel: +47 979 55 168
Mail: hege@mechanix.net
www.mechanix.net
Contact: Hege Dehli
Medieoperatørene TV AS
Teglverksgata 2a, N-0553 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 68 94 88
Mail: geir@mop.no
www.mop.no
Contact: Geir Bølstad
Merkur Film Produksjon AS
Sofiesgt. 60, N-0168 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 59 15 40
Mail: merkur@merkur.no
www.merkur.no
Contact: Petter Vennerød
Mica Film
Kapellvn. 51 A, N-0487 Oslo
Mail: post@micafilm.no
www.micafilm.no
Contact: Hilde K. Kjøs,
Karoline Grindaker
Moment Film AS
Ullevålsveien 49, N- 0171 Oslo
Tel: +47 930 07 545
Mail: mona@moment-tv.no
www.momentfilm.no
Contact: Mona Friis Bertheussen
Neofilm AS
Wedel Jarlsbergsvei 36
P.O. Box 272, N-1319 Bekkestua
Tel: +47 67 52 53 26
Mail: post@neofilm.no
www.neofilm.no
Contact: Aage Aaberge
Navillus Film AS
Utgardveien 15, N- 1368 Stabekk
Tel: +47 67 58 99 94
Mail: john@navillusfilm.no
Nero Film
Hafrsfjordsgt. 5, N-0273 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 55 59 76
Mail: vibeke@neroas.no
Contact: Vibeke Løkkeberg,
Terje Kristiansen
Nordic Stories
Dronningensgt. 3, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 57 58 69
Mail: rune.trondsen@nordicstories.no
www.nordicstories.no
Contact: Rune H. Trondsen
Norsk Filmproduksjon AS
Wedel Jarlsbergsvei 36
P.O. Box 275, N-1319 Bekkestua
Tel: +47 67 52 54 20/21
Mail: post@norskfilmproduksjon.no
www.norskfilmproduksjon.no
Contact: Hilde Berg, Bent Rognlien
Original Film AS
Strandvn. 95, N-9006 Tromsø
Tel. +47 77 60 04 00
Mail: originalfilm@originalfilm.no
www.originalfilm.no
Contact: Mona Steffensen
Piraya Film AS
Kvitsøygt. 25, N-4014 Stavanger
Tel: +47 51 11 63 36
Mail: torstein@piraya.no, bjarte@piraya.no
www.piraya.no
Contact: Torstein Grude,
Bjarte Mørner Tveit
PlymSerafin
Tverrbakken 4c, N-0475 Oslo
Tel: + 47 414 49 611
Mail: Plymserafin@gmail.com
www.plymserafin.com
Contact: Thomas A. Østbye
Pomor Film AS
Langnesvn. 15, N-9012 Tromsø
Tel: +47 95 14 27 45
Mail: knut.skoglund@gmail.com
www.pomorfilm.no
Contact: Knut Skoglund
Relation04 Media AS
Buvegen 37 B, N-9407 Harstad
Tel: + 47 472 34 597
Mail: media@relation04.com
Contact: Karl E. Rikardsen
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ADRESSES
Sant & Usant AS
Damstredet 8, N-0177 Oslo
Tel: +47 48 26 86 34
Mail: tone@santogusant.no
www.santogusant.no
Contact: Tone Grøttjord
Tundra Film AS
Postboks 1272, N-9263 Tromsø
Tel: +47 216 40 736
Mail: post@tundrafilm.no
www.tundrafilm.no
Contact: Hilde Korsæth
Skofteland Film AS
Dronningens gt. 8, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 69 12 23
Mail: post@skoftelandfilm.no
www.skoftelandfilm.no
Contact: Hilde Skofteland
AS Videomaker
Haugland, N-3528 Hedalen
Tel: +47 90 90 96 00
Mail: kjell@videomaker.no
Contact: Kjell Eriksen
Speranza Film AS
Øvrefoss 14, N-0555 Oslo
Tel: +47 901 44 391
Mail: speranza@speranza.no
www.speranza.no
Contact: Margreth Olin
Substans Film AS
Freyasdalsveien 1a, N-4631 Kristiansand S
Tel: +47 936 00 647
Mail: kristian@substans.org
www.subfilm.org
Contact: Kristian Mosvold
Sweet Films AS
Mellomveien 33, N-9007 Tromsø
Tel: +47 92 65 60 02
Mail: joachim@sweetfilms.no
www.sweetfilms.no
Contact: Joachim Lyng
Tordenfilm AS
Sandakervn. 52, N-0477 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 40 03 40
Mail: info@tordenfilm.no
www.tordenfilm.no
Contact. Eric Vogel
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USF International AS
Mail: straumes@yahoo.com
Contact: Unni Straume
Øy-Film
N-5915 Hjelmås
Tel: + 47 56 35 33 72
Mail: oyfilm@online.no
Contact: Øyvind Sandberg
FESTIVALS
Bergen International
Film Festival | October
Georgernes Verft 12, N-5011 Bergen
Tel: +47 55 30 08 40 / +47 41 14 11 40
Mail: biff@biff.no
www.biff.no
Contact: Tor Fosse
Femmina International
Film Festival | October
Hasselbakken 15B, N-7053 Ranheim
Tel: +47 952 35 344
www.femminafilm.no
Contact: Svein Inge Sæther
Films from the South | October
Filmens Hus, Dronningensgt. 16,
N-0152 Oslo
Tel +47 22 82 24 80 83
Mail: mail@filmfrasor.no
www.filmfrasor.no
Contact: Lasse Skagen
Fredrikstad Animation
Festival | November
Kasernegt. 47, P.O. Box 1405
N-1602 Fredrikstad
Tel: +47 69 32 00 75
Mail: mail@animationfestival.no
www.animationfestival.no
Contact: Anders Narverud Moen
Kort på Kinokino | December
Olav Kyrres gt.
Postboks 583, N-4305 Sandnes
Tel +47 51 33 78 33
Mail: kort@kinokino.no
www.kinokino.no
Contact: Siw Angell-Olsen
Kosmorama | April
Trondheim International Film Festival
Kjøpmannsgata 35, N-7011 Trondheim
Tel: +47 92 06 06 60
Mail: berit@kosmorama.no,
ola@kosmorama.no
www.kosmorama.no
Contact: Berit Vordal, Ola Lund Renolen
Kristiansand International Children’s
Film Festival | April
Kristiansand kino, P.O. Box 356,
N-4663 Kristiansand
Tel +47 90 10 31 87
Mail: d.krohn@krskino.no
www.kicff.no
Contact: Dankert Monrad-Krohn
Minimalen Short Film Festival | March
Kjøpmannsgata 35, N-7011 Trondheim
Tel +47 73 52 27 57
Mail: festival@minimalen.com
www.minimalen.no
Contact: Per Fikse
The Norwegian Documentary Film
Festival | April
Høgskulen i Volda
P.O. Box 500, N-6101 Volda
Tel: +47 995 85 456
Mail: leiar@dokfilm.no
www.dokfilm.no
Contact: Thorvald Nilsen
The Norwegian International
Film Festival | August
Knut Knutsen O.A.S.gt. 4
P.O. Box 145, N-5501 Haugesund
Tel: +47 52 74 33 70
Mail: info@filmfestivalen.no
www.filmfestivalen.no
Contact: Gunnar Johan Løvvik,
Håkon Skogrand
New Nordic Films: Gyda Myklebust
The Norwegian Short Film Festival | June
Filmens Hus, Dronningensgt. 16,
N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 46 48
Mail: kortfilm@kortfilmfestivalen.no
www.kortfilmfestivalen.no
Contact: Anita Svingen
Oslo Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival | June
P.O. Box 954 Sentrum, N-0104 Oslo
Tel: +47 47 28 28 93
Mail: oglff@oglff.org
www.oglff.org
Contact: Bård Ydén
ADRESSES
Oslo International
Film Festival | November
Dronningensgt. 16, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 20 07 66
Mail: info@oslofilmfestival.com
www.oslofilmfestival.com
Contact: Tommy Lørdahl
Tromsø International Film
Festival | January
Storgata 93 B, P.O. Box 285,
N-9253 Tromsø
Tel: +47 77 75 30 90
Mail: martha@tiff.no
www.tiff.no
Contact: Martha Otte
MAGAZINES
Cinema
Universitetsgaten 14
P.O. Box 6794 St. Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 02 02 74
Mail: geir@cine.no
Contact: Geir Kamsvåg
FilmMagasinet AS
Olaf Helsets vei 5
P.O. Box 6705 Etterstad, N-0609 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 77 00 07
Mail: einar@filmmagasinet.no
www.filmmagasinet.no
Contact: Einar Aarvig
Rush Print
Filmens Hus, Dronningensgt. 16
N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 46 43
Mail: redaksjon@rushprint.no
www.rushprint.no
Contact: Kjetil Lismoen
Z Filmtidsskrift
Filmens Hus
Dronningensgt. 16, N-0152 Oslo
Tel: +47 99 11 18 87
Mail: zred@filmklubb.no
www.znett.com
Contact: Ingrid Rommetveit
FILM COMMISSIONS
Film Commission Norway
P.O. Box 428 Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 00
Mail: post@norwegianfilm.com
www.norwegianfilm.com
Contact: Truls Kontny
Filmkraft Rogaland AS
Rogaland Fylkeskommune
P.O.Box 130, N-4001 Stavanger
Tel: +47 51 51 69 46
Mail: hollo-klausen@filmkraft.no
www.filmkraft.no
Contact: Øyvind Hollo-Klausen
Mid Nordic Film Commission
Box 964, N-7410 Trondheim
Tel: +47 91 58 98 98
Mail: stig@midtnorskfilm.no
www.midnordicfilm.com
Contact: Stig Bech
Western Norway Film Commission
Georgernes Verft 12, N-5011 Bergen
Tel: + 47 55 55 36 46
Mail: post@wnfc.no
www.wnfc.no
Contact: Sigmund Elias Holm
REGIONAL FILM CENTRES
Filmkraft Rogaland AS
Rogaland Fylkeskommune
P.O. Box 130, N-4001 Stavanger
Tel: +47 51 51 69 72
Mail: post@filmkraft.no
www.filmkraft.no
Contact: Jarle Bjørknes
International Sami Film Centre
Buletjavri, N-9520 Kautokeino
Tel: +47 907 55 574
Mail: annelajla@isf.as
www.isf.as
Contact: Anne Lajla Utsi
Midtnorsk Filmsenter AS
P.O. Box 964, N-7410 Trondheim
Tel: +47 73 51 55 50
Mail: post@midtnorskfilm.no
www.midtnorskfilm.no
Contact: Solvor Amdal
Nordnorsk Filmsenter A/S
Søndre Tollbodgate 8
P.O.Box 114, N-9252 Tromsø
Tel: +47 78 47 64 00
Mail: nnfs@nnfs.no
www.nnfs.no
Contact: Tor Vadseth
Sørnorsk Filmsenter
Alladin, Kongensgate 6
P.O. Box 112, N-4662 Kristiansand
Tel: +47 918 08 221
Mail: post@sornorskfilm.no, Kirsten@
sornorskfilm.no
www.sornorskfilm.no
Contact: Kirsten Bonnén Rask
Vestnorsk filmsenter
Western Norway Film Centre
Georgernes Verft 12, N-5011 Bergen
Tel: +47 55 55 36 46
Mail: post@vestnorskfilm.no
www.vestnorskfilm.no
Contact: Stine Tveten
Viken Filmsenter AS
Box 2400, N-3003 Drammen
Tel: +47 90 25 88 88
Mail: post@vikenfilmsenter.no
www.vikenfilmsenter.no
Contact: Tom Rysstad
Østnorsk Filmsenter AS
Stortorget 1, N-2609 Lillehammer
Tel: +47 61 25 56 68
Mail: post@ostnorskfilm.no
www.ostnorskfilm.no
Contact: Arngrim Ytterhus
SALES AGENTS
Autlook Filmsales GmbH
Spittelberggasse 3/14, AU-1040 Vienna
Tel: +43 720 34 69 34
Mail: welcome@autlookfilms.com
www.autlookfilms.com
Contact: Peter Jaeger
CAT&docs
18, rue Quincampoix, F-75004 Paris
Tel: + 33 1 44 61 77 48
Mail: info@catndocs.com
www.catndocs.com
Contact: Catherine Le Clef
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ADRESSES
Deckert Distribution GmbH
Marienplatz 1, DE-04103 Leipzig
Tel: +49 34 12 15 66 38
Mail: info@deckert-distribution.com
www.deckert-distribution.com
Contact: Heino Deckert
Films Transit
252 Gouin Boulevard East, Montréal,
Québec, Canada H3L 1A8
Tel +1 514 844-3358
mail: janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
Contact: Jan Rofekamp
Illumina Films
Leidsestraat 106
NL-1017 PG Amsterdam
Tel: + 31 20 624 8395
Mail: robin@illuminafilms.nl
www.illuminafilms.nl
Contact: Robin Brinster
Kudos Family Distribusion AS
Kvitsøygata 25, N-4014 Stavanger
Tel: +47 51 12 31 72
Mail: mail@kudosfamily.com
www.kudosfamily.com
Contact: Bjarte Mørner Tveit
LevelK
Gl. Kongevej 137 B, 3rd Fl.
DK-1850 Frederiksberg
Tel: +45 48 44 30 72
Mail: tine.klint@levelk.dk
www.levelk.dk
Contact: Tine Klint
Nordic World
c/o TV2, Karl Johansgt. 14
N-0154 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 81 42 88
Mail: post@nordicworld.tv
www.nordicworld.tv
Contact: Espen S. Huseby
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Taskovski Films Ltd
7 Granard Business Centre, Bunns Lane,
London, UK, NW7 2DQ
Tel + 387 65 652 046
Mail: info@taskovskifilms.com
www.taskovskifilms.com
Contact: Irena Taskovski
The Yellow Affaire
Götgatan 9, S-116 46 Stockholm
Tel + +46 8 645 1212
Mail: chris@yellowaffair.com
www.yellowaffair.com
Contact: Chris Howard
TECHNICAL FACILITIES
Drylab Research and Development
Langlia 13, N-0854 Oslo
Tel: +47 92 68 03 55
Mail: post@drylab.no
www.drylab.no
Contact: John Chr. Rosenlund
DVNOR – Digital Video Norge AS
Thorvald Meyersgt. 2A, N-0555 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 71 03 93
Mail: dvnor@dvnor.no
www.dvnor.no
Contact: Arild Hansen
Gimpville AS
Øvre Slottsgate 17, N-0157 Oslo
Tel: +47 90 99 52 29
Mail: oslo@gimpville.no
www.gimpville.no
Contact: Torgeir Sanders
Hinterland AS
Kvitsøygt. 25, N-4014 Stavanger
Tel: +47 51 11 11 96
Mail: mail@hinterland.no
www.hinterland.no
Nordisk Film Shortcut
Nedre gate 7, N-0551 Oslo
Tel: +47 24 20 05 00
Mail: office@shortcutnorge.no
www.shortcutnorge.no
Contact: Espen Skjetne
NRK
Norwegian Broadcasting Corp.
N-0340 Oslo
Tel: +47 23 04 70 00
Drama department: +47 23 04 89 22
Contact: Per Arne Kalbakk
The Factory+ AS
Sandakervn. 24D, N-0473 Oslo
Tel: + 47 400 45 010
Mail: post@thefactory.no
www.thefactory.no
TV 2 AS
Nøstegaten 72
P.O. Box 7222, N-5020 Bergen
Tel: +47 55 90 80 70
and: Karl Johansgt. 14
P.O. Box 2 Sentrum, N-0101 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 31 47 00
www.tv2.no
Storm Studio
Nedre gate 5, N-0551 Oslo
Tel: +47 24 20 05 00
Mail: kristin@stormstudios.no
www.stormstudios.no
Contact: Kristin Hellebust
Storyline Studios AS
Filmparken, Wedel Jarlsbergs vei 36
P.O.Box 272, N-1319 Bekkestua
Tel: +47 47 77 55 55
Mail: post@storyline.no
www.storyline.no
Contact: Knud Bjørne-Larsen
Zone 5 studios AS
Enebakkvn. 69, N-0192 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 19 48 40
Mail: studiomanager@zone5studios.no
www.zone5studios.no
TELEVISION BROADCASTERS
C More Entertainment
P.O. Box 80 Bryn, N-0611 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 93 93 33
Mail: dialog@cmore.no
www.cmore.no
TV3 AS
Akersgata 73, N-0180 Oslo
P.O. Box TV3 Youngstorget, N-0028 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 99 00 33
Mail: info@tv3.no
www.tv3.no
TVNorge AS / Broadcast Norge AS
Nydalen Allé 37
P.O.Box 4800 Nydalen, N-0422 Oslo
Tel: +47 21 02 20 00
Mail: tvnorge@tvnorge.no
www.tvnorge.no
PUBLISHER Norwegian Film Institute
EDITOR Astri Dehli Blindheim
DESIGN Fete Typer
TRANSLATION Bjørn Giertsen and others
PRINTER Arkan
PUBLISHED BY Norwegian Film Institute
Department of Promotion and International Relations
P.O.Box 482 Setnrum, N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 00/79
Mail: int@nfi.no
www.norwegianfilms.no
ISBN 978-82-8025-032-2
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Dronningens gate 16
P.O.Box 482 Sentrum
N-0105 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 47 45 00
Mail: int@nfi.no
www.norwegianfilms.no