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PReFACe 5

FeAtuRe Films

Amors baller Cupid’s Balls 7

Asfaltenglene East End Angels 8

Babycall Babycall 9

Bambieffekten The Bambi Effect 10

Blåfjell 2 Magic Silver 2 11

Brev til kongen A Letter to the King 12

Brødrene Dal og Vikingsverdets forbannelse The Dal Brothers 13 and the Viking Sword’s Curse

elias og jakten på havets gull Elias and the Treasure of the Sea 14

en ganske snill mann A Somewhat Gentle Man 8 en helt vanlig dag på jobben Just Another Day at the Office 16

Fjellet The Mountain 17

Fritt vilt iii Cold Prey III 18

Få meg på, for faen Turn Me On, Goddammit 19

Gråtass får en ny venn Little Grey Fergie and his New Friend Clunky 20

Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen 21

Hjelp, vi er russ Graduates 22

Hjem til jul Home for Christmas 23

Hodejegerne Headhunters 24

Jeg reiser alene I Travel Alone 25

Jørgen + Anne = sant Totally True Love 26

Keepern til liverpool The Liverpool Goalie 27

Knerten gifter seg Twigson Ties the Knot 28

Knerten i knipe Twigson in a Pinch 29

Kommandør treholt & ninjatroppen Norwegian Ninja 30

Kong Curling King Curling 31

Kongen av Bastøy King of Devil’s Island 32

Kon-tiki Kon-Tiki 33

limbo Limbo 34

maskeblomstfamilien Shameless 35

mennesker i solen People in the Sun 36

mørke sjeler Dark Souls 37

noKAs NOKAS 38

olsenbanden jr. – mestertyvens skatt The Junior Olsen Gang 39 and the Master Thief

oslo, 31. August Oslo, August 31st 40

PAX PAX 41

Pelle politibil går i vannet Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash 42

På bølgelengde Tying the Knot 43

Rødt hjerte Red Heart 44

sykt lykkelig Happy, Happy 45

sønner av norge Sons of Norway 46

tomme tønner 47

tomme tønner 2 – Det brune gullet 48

trolljegeren The Troll Hunter 49

umeå4ever Umeå4ever 50

Varg Veum – Dødens drabanter Consorts of Death 51

Varg Veum – skriften på veggen The Writing on the Wall 52

Varg Veum – svarte får Black Sheep 53

Wide Blue Yonder Wide Blue Yonder 54

Yohan Barnevandrer Yohan – The Child Wanderer 55 DoCumentARies

Gazas tårer Tears of Gaza 58

Gunnar Goes God Gunnar Goes God 59

Konger av oslo Kings of Oslo 60

Pushwagner 61

strengt hemmelig Strictly Confidential 62

to brødre Brothers 63

in PRoDuCtion

Arme riddere 66

Det viktigste er forbi All That Matters is Past 66

Gåten Ragnarok 66

Hjelp Help 67

Kompani orheim The Orheim Company 67

Pioner Pioneer 67

Reisen til julestjernen 68

theresienstadt Requiem 68

Varg Veum – De døde har det godt 68

Varg Veum – i mørket er alle ulver grå At Night All Wolves are Grey 69

Varg Veum – Kalde hjerter 69

CoPRoDuCtions 71

noRWeGiAn CinemA ReleAses 2001 – 2010 72

After a record breaking year in 2010, where Norwegian

produc-tions took a 23.4% share of the cinema market, there is a great

optimism and energy in the Norwegian film industry. The talent

pool and diversity in expressions and genres have never been

bigger. More filmmakers are able to realize their projects, which

raises the level of competence.

Norwegian films have already made their mark at the international

festival circuit this year. André Øvredal’s The Troll Hunter continue

to dazzle US audiences with strong reviews and sold out festival

screenings at Sundance. Anne Sewitsky’s painfully funny feature

debut Happy, Happy also made its way into the hearts of the Park

City festival crowd and was awarded with the World Cinema Jury

Price. The director won two prizes in Berlin’s Generation Kplus in

2009 for her short Oh My God!, and she is now set to open the

Berlinale Generation competition with her second feature Totally

True

Love. Martin Lund’s Twigson Ties the Knot – last year’s biggest

local success, exceeding 400,000 admissions in the cinemas, will

have its international premiere in the same section, together with

Arild Andresen’s The Liverpool Goalie

and the two shorts Jenny,

by Ingvild Søderlind and

The Last Norwegian Troll, by acclaimed

animator Pjotr Sapegin. Ole Giæver is also an upcoming director to

watch, and his debut feature film The Mountain has been selected

for the Panorama section this year. The Norwave has also finally

hit Sweden, where Marius Holst’s King of Devil’s Island is leading

a Norwegian invasion at the Göteborg International Film Festival

this year.

And there is more to come. In the fall we will see Joachim Trier,

who received critical praise and awards for his debut Reprise,

re-turn with a much awaited second feature in the existential drama

Oslo, August 31

st

_{. Junk mail director Pål Sletaune will be ready}

with his thrilling drama Babycall, featuring Sweden’s international

film star Noomi Rapace. Buddy director Morten Tyldum will be

back with the sophisticated thriller Headhunters, based on author

Jo Nesbø’s international bestseller by the same name. And finally

The Bothersome Man director Jens Lien presents Sons of Norway,

a coming of age story about identity, rebellion and punk rock.

The Norwegian Film Institute recently handed out 100 million

NOK in production grants to films from well known directors like

Nils Gaup, Sara Johnsen, Vibeke Idsøe, Erik Skjoldbjærg, all to be

premiered in 2012.

In the year to come we will see big changes in distribution and

consumption patterns. Norway will be the first fully digitalized

cinema market in the world and it is more important than ever to

have a national film production that offers quality, diversity and

strength. In order to achieve this we will have to continue to work

with an international focus and strengthen the ties with producers

and talent everywhere.

Oslo, January 2011

A neW sPRinG FoR noRWeGiAn Films

Nina Refseth

CEO

Norwegian Film Institute

Stine Helgeland

Executive Director,

AmoRs BAlleR

CUPID´S BALLS

Youth film | 77 min | Scope | Dolby digital

DiReCtoR: Kristoffer Metcalfe

sCReenPlAY: Frederick Howard, Kristoffer Metcalfe, Peder Fuglerud and Stian A. Eriksen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Harald Paalgaard

PRoDuCeR: Frederick Howard for SF Norge AS

CAst: Fridtjov Såheim, Kåre Hedebrant, Harald Weedon, Isak Nicolai Solli, Eira K. Stuedahl, Jana Opsahl Goli

ReleAse DAte: March 25, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: SF Norge AS

ContACt: SF Norge AS

Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and

immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls’

soccer team. He becomes acquainted with the overweight, sex-fixated

son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan

for winning Susanne’s heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon

comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity.

Cupid’s Balls

is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent

conflicts both off and on the soccer field.

Kristoffer metcalfe (1978) has earlier been working with documentaries and short films. He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2008. Cupid’s Balls is his first feature film.

AsFAltenGlene

EAST END ANGELS

Children’s film | 77 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Lars Berg

sCReenPlAY: Vibeke Idsøe and Kjersti Ugelstad based on an idea by Ellen Jacobsen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Gaute Gunnari

PRoDuCeR: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo AS

CAst: Emma Høgh Åslein, Nini Bakke Kristensen, Helene Nybråten, Kristin Skogheim, Edward Schultheiss, Linghou Yu Spalder, Jeff Rana

ReleAse DAte: February 26, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

Vacation time. The 12-year-olds Maja, Rikke and Ohna are lazing around

Ohna’s family restaurant Saigon House. They have great ambitions; they’re

planning to not lift a finger this summer. But then the police come around,

and find drugs hidden in the restaurant’s cold storage room. Saigon House

is closed down, and Ohna’s elder brother is arrested. The girls know he is

innocent, but he will not be released from prison before the drug ring is

exposed. The East End Angels take on the case. They soon find themselves

in the middle of a drama involving human trafficking, car chases, karate kicks,

romance and spring rolls. Maja is smart, Ohna knows karate, Rikke sings like a

lark. Together, they balance on top of high fences, and on the edge of the law,

in order to solve the case. They get a helping hand from Orpham – a devil on

bicycle, grandma Noi – a devil behind the wheel, and Fredriksen – a devil of a

dog who thinks he is human.

lars Berg (1959) was educated as a director at The American Film Institute and The San Francisco Art Institute. He debuted as a film director in 1995 with Dangerous Waters. He has also had a number of assignments for television. Berg received his first award at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival for his short film A Devil In The Closet. His children’s film Scars has received over 20 international prizes, including two First Prizes at the Berlin Film Festival.

BABYCAll

BABYCALL

Drama/Thriller | 95 min | Colour

DiReCtoR: Pål Sletaune

sCReenPlAY: Pål Sletaune

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: John Andreas Andersen

PRoDuCeR: Turid Øversveen for 4 ½ AS

CAst: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring

ReleAse DAte: March 11, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: SF Norge AS

sAles: The Match Factory

An over-protective mother, who moves to a secret address with her

eight-year-old son after a difficult divorce. She buys a babycall to better watch

over him, which seems to be activated from other apartments in the block.

One day she overhears what she thinks is the murder of a child.

Director and screenwriter Pål sletaune (1960) has degrees in literature, photo and art history from the University of Oslo. Sletaune has directed three feature films and several short films. Babycall is his fourth feature film. All his feature films have been chosen for major festivals, like Cannes, Venice and Toronto. His first feature, Junk Mail (1997), won the prestigious Critic’s Week at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1997. His features sold very well internationally, with two of his feature films also selling remake rights to the US and Australia.

BAmBieFFeKten

THE BAMBI EFFECT

Mockumentary | 85 min | HD

DiReCtoR: Øystein Stene

sCReenPlAY: Øystein Stene and Linda Gabrielsen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Øystein Lundstrøm

PRoDuCeRs: Ravn Wikhaug and Johan Kaos for Feil Film

CAst: Viktoria Winge, Julia Schacht, Kristoffer Joner, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Knut Joner, Ane Dahl Torp

ReleAse DAte: May 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Europafilm AS

ContACt: Feil Film

Veronica and Cecilie have met each other on the Internet, and have decided

to commit suicide together. They travel to a cabin in a remote place out by

the ocean in order to carry out their plan. Instead of leaving a suicide letter

behind, the girls have brought along a camera in order to film the last days

of their lives. However, they soon discover that their needs during these final

days differ greatly. And to complicate it all, the boys in the next door cabin

turn up.

Øystein stene (1969) holds a Master’s degree in literature from the University of Oslo. He works as a teacher at the National Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2003, he published the novel The Waiting Master. This is his feature film debut.

Magic Silver

became a big success after its domestic premiere in Norway

2009 with over 350 000 admissions. Following up the success,

Magic Silver2

,

will premiere in Norway around Christmas 2011, it is the first Norwegian

and family film to be produced in 3D.

The story is set high up in the Blue Mountain, where young queen Blue rose

finds it more and more difficult to live within the boundaries of the Blue Gnome

community. When she becomes aware that a dangerous glacier is threatening the

Blue Mountain valley and the Red Gnomes living there, she sets out on a journey

to find the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can change the weather. With

this instrument she can maybe save the Red Gnomes...

BlÅFJell 2

MAGIC SILVER 2

Family film | 80 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Arne Lindtner Næss

sCReenPlAY: Thomas Moldestad based on an idea by Gudny Hagen

PRoDuCeRs: Lasse Greve Alsos and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for Storm Rosenberg AS

CAst: Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Toralv Maurstad, Per Christian Ellefsen, Elsa Lystad, Geir Morstad

ReleAse DAte: November 18, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

sAles: NonStop Sales

Arne lindtner næss has worked with all the Junior Olsen Gang films. In 2005, he directed Finding Friends, and in the winter of 2008, he worked with the family success SOS – Summer of Suspense. Arne Lindtner Næss has worked as an actor on several Norwegian theatre and cabaret stages, as well as in feature films and TV series. Since 1985, he has been working as a stage director, and later as a screenplay writer for several TV series.

BReV til KonGen

A LETTER TO THE KING

Drama | 105 min | Colour | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Hisham Zaman

sCReenPlAY: Hisham Zaman

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen

PRoDuCeR: Alan Milligan for Film Farms and Hisham Zaman for Zaman Film

CAst: Ivan Anderson, Nazmi Kirik, Ali Bag Salimi, Raouf Saraj

ReleAse DAte: Autumn 2011 (TBA)

ContACt: Film Farms

A Letter to the King

follows a group of refugees on a bus bound for Oslo visiting

the capital city in a land promising new beginnings. But for five people living

on the outskirts of society, it’s a day to rectify the past and justify a new future.

Beritan has a name, face and eight hours to avenge her husbands’ death.

Akhbar must collect the money he is owed to buy a passport or face

deporta-tion. Zirek goes to great lengths to meet a girl and perhaps for just a moment,

feel like a normal teenager. And Mirza, an 82 year old man, hopes to return

to Iraq to bury his children found in one of Saddam’s mass graves.

The King

of Norway

is his last hope in granting him his final wish.

Though director Hisham Zaman’s characters may be foreigners in a new

land, they are people with desires that live within us all.

A Letter to the King

will show us the streets of Oslo from a side unknown to most, by people

unknown to all.

Hisham Zaman (1975), graduated from The National Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer in 2004. Zaman has made several award winning shorts during and after his studies at Lillehammer, most notably Bawke (2005) which has received more than 20 national and international awards. With A Letter to the King he once again captures the unique experiences of outsiders travelling in foreign lands with warmth, drama and humour.

At home in their living room, the Dal Brothers are fixing up the new Time

Machine they bought on TV Shop. But suddenly something goes terribly wrong,

and the machine evaporates with Gaus and Roms on board. The machine

re-surfaces in the Viking age, after a journey 1000 years back in time, close to

where the amusement park Tusenfryd outside Oslo is situated today.

Gaus and Roms have to settle a blood-spilling conflict between the two

Viking clans Badejarlene and Granbarkebirkebeinerne. The dispute is all about

which clan should get hold of the sword Tyrfing, a magical and invincible

sword which guarantees its owner nearly unlimited wealth and power. But

the sword is also inflicted with a terrible curse… All this is taking place while

Brumund holds the fort at home, and communicates with his brothers over

the Time Telephone, a kind of fancy video phone.

BRØDRene DAl

oG ViKinGsVeRDets

FoRBAnnelse

THE DAL BROTHERS AND

THE VIKING SWORD’S CURSE

Family film | 92 min | Colour

DiReCtoR: Wayne McKnight, Mikkel Magnus

PRoDuCeR: Mikkel Magnus for MagCat Produksjoner AS

CAst: Trond Kirkvaag, Lars Mjøen, Knut Lystad, Tom Mathisen, Sigve Bøe, Benedicte Adrian, Ketil Høegh, Sigmund Sæverud, Dag Vågsås

ReleAse DAte: September 10, 2010

DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

eliAs oG JAKten

PÅ HAVets Gull

ELIAS AND THE TREASURE

OF THE SEA

Children’s animation | 87 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Lise I. Osvoll

sCReenPlAY: Anne Elvedal and Lise I. Osvoll based on an original concept by Alf Knutsen and Sigurd Slåttebrekk

PRoDuCeRs: John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS

ReleAse DAte: December 10, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: SF Norge AS

sAles: AB Svensk Filmindustri

In this second film about the brave little rescue boat Elias and his friends

Elias and the other fishingboats of Cozy Cove have looked forward to the

annual Winter Fishing Season.

It’s the start of the winter fishing season, and Cozy Cove’s future is

threat-ened – they have to bring in a good catch this year in order to avoid being

closed down. As soon as they put to sea, they are overwhelmed by a huge

fleet of ultra-modern trawlers. The fleet belongs to the evil Polar Queen who

has secretly built a brandnew fishing harbour just north of Cozy Cove in order

to drive them out of business. But what she really wants is to find a sunken

treasure and suspecting that Elias might know something of its whereabouts,

she sends her reluctant assistant, Gaddy the mini-sub, to spy on him.

lise i. osvoll was educated as a graphic designer, and was employed by Filmkameratene AS in 2004. She gradually advanced to screenplay writer and co-director of the Elias TV-series 2. She was co-co-director of the animation film Elias and the Royal Yacht. In 2003 and 2004, LIse Osvoll animated and directed the two short films One Second and A Newborn Nightmare.

en GAnsKe snill mAnn

A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN

Comedy | 103 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR

DiReCtoR: Hans Petter Moland

sCReenPlAY: Kim Fupz Aakeson

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Philip Øgaard

PRoDuCeRs: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Produksjoner AS

CAst: Stellan Skarsgård, Jannike Kruse Jåtog, Bjørn Floberg, Gard Eidsvold, Jan Gunnar Røise, Julia Bache Wiig, Jorunn Kjellsby, Bjørn Sundquist, Jon Øigarden, Kjersti Holmen

ReleAse DAte: March 19, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

A film graduate from USA’s Emerson College, Norwegian director Hans Petter moland was awarded prizes for his commercials before he made his feature debut in 1993 with The Last Lieutenant. He followed up with Zero Kelvin (1995), Aberdeen (1999), Comrade Pedersen (2006). The Beautiful Country (2004), as well as A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) were selected for Competition in Berlin.

Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. He has killed some people and crippled a few.

But this sort of stuff is part of the job when working in the criminal world.

Just like doing time in prison.

Now Ulrik is out again. Reluctantly… And Jensen is waiting on the outside.

He’s a thug with professional pride. He takes care of his people and is

con-cerned with keeping things in order. It is important for the boss that Ulrik

settles his account by shooting the guy who ratted him out.

Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. He has no special wishes and makes no

demands. He does not give too much thought to what he does either. He just

does it. Whether this be a little affection or a killing.

Then he looks up his son who has now become a grown man. A good man

with an education, a girlfriend, and a future. But the son has a father who’s

a murderer. His girlfriend doesn’t like it.

en Helt VAnliG DAG

PÅ JoBBen

JUST ANOTHER DAY

AT THE OFFICE

Drama | 85 min | Colour | Scope | 5 reels | Dolby SR

DiReCtoR: Terje Rangnes

sCReenPlAY: Erlend Loe based on Håvard Melnæs novel En helt vanlig dag på jobben

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Philip Øgaard

PRoDuCeR: Ørjan Karlsen for Folk Flest Film Produksjon AS

CAst: Jan Gunnar Røise, Ingar Helge Gimle, Jon Øigarden, Jeppe Laursen, Nils Ole Oftebro

ReleAse DAte: March 12, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: SF Norge AS

sAles: AB Svensk Filmindustri

A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which

may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he ends

up as a reporter for the celebrity magazine «Se og Hør». We are observing a

man who gradually loses all inhibitions in order to reach the top in the country’s

largest weekly magazine. He participates in the media’s intense chase on future

Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and enters a close relationship with her father.

This friendship is exploited for all it’s worth, providing «Se og Hør» with the

best and most controversial source in the magazine’s history. Week after week,

the young journalist is able to deliver unique material for the front page, and

he quickly becomes the great star among the editorial staff.

Just Another Day at the Office

is a humorous film, but will also relate the

story of the dirty methods, fat cheques, and generous portions of false flattery

behind the best stories. A film without great heroes, in a reality the dimensions

of which most of us do not grasp.

terje Rangnes (1966) has been scriptwriter, actor and director for television series for almost two decades before his debut as feature film director with this film.

Nora and Solveig are hiking through a snow covered, rough but beautiful

scenery on a tour of several days that will take the two young women to the

top of a mountain. Solveig, three months pregnant, seems incapable of doing

anything the way Nora wants her to. The further the women advance on their

trip, the closer they come to the place where a tragic incident happened two

years earlier; one that changed their lives completely....

FJellet

THE MOUNTAIN

Drama | 73 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR

DiReCtoR: Ole Giæver

sCReenPlAY: Ole Giæver

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Øystein Mamen

PRoDuCeRs: Ole Giæver for Ferdinand Films and Karin Julsrud for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS

CAst: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Marte Magnusdotter Solem

ReleAse DAte: February 28, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Euforia Film AS

sAles: Bavaria Film International

ole Giæver was born and raised in Tromsø. He graduated from the Nordland Art and Film School in Lofoten, and the Konstfack in Stockholm. He has been nominated for the European Film Awards for Best Short Film (Tommy) in 2007, and the Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (Summers Past) in 2008.

FRitt Vilt iii

COLD PREY III

Thriller | 97 min | Colour

DiReCtoR: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose

sCReenPlAY: Lars Gudmestad and Peder Fuglerud

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Ari Willey

PRoDuCeRs: Martin Sundland, Kristian Sinkerud and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon AS

CAst: Ida Marie Bakkerud, Kim S. Falck Jørgensen, Pål Stokka, Julie Rusti, Arthur Berning, Sturla Valdal Rui

ReleAse DAte: October 15, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

Cold Prey III

is the sequel to the thrillers

Cold Prey

and

Cold Prey

II, which

both became great box office successes. This film relates the astonishing,

dramatic and frightening previous history of the Stehøe mountain hotel

during the years before the events taking place in the first film.

mikkel Brænne sandemose is one of the country’s most experienced film directors in the field of com-mercials. He has won both national and international awards for his work. He has also made several award- winning music videos. Cold Prey III is his debut as a feature film director.

FÅ meG PÅ, FoR FAen

TURN ME ON, GODDAMMIT

Youth comedy | Colour

DiReCtoR: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

sCReenPlAY: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen based on Olaug Nilsen’s novel Få meg på for faen

PRoDuCeRs: Brede Hovland and Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS

CAst: Helene Bergsholm, Matias Myren, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Henriette Steenstrup

ReleAse DAte: September 2, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

ContACt: Motlys AS

Jannicke systad Jacobsen (1975) has studied film directing with focus on documentaries at FAMU – The National Film School of the Czech Republic and London International Film School. She has also studied Dramaturgy/Drama and Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. First time writer and director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen has previously directed documentaries with a great sense of humour. Turn me on, Goddammit is her first entry into fiction.

Alma, a teenage girl in small-town Norway, is horny and on the look-out for

love. She becomes an outcast after claiming to have had an encounter with

the private parts of the school´s heartthrob Artur. Her world is turned upside

down and she desperately want to get out of town and on with her life.

Turn Me On, Goddammit

is a humorous, bittersweet and tender tale of

teen angst and horniness set among the mountains and fjords of Norway.

GRÅtAss FÅR en nY Venn

LITTLE GREY FERGIE AND

HIS NEW FRIEND CLUNKY

Family film | app. 80 min | Colour | 1:1,85

DiReCtoR: Trond Jacobsen

sCReenPlAY: Morten Myklebust

DiReCtoRs oF PHotoGRAPHY: Morten Andreassen and Joachim Nordström

PRoDuCeR: Anne Amalie Thowsen for Fantasi-Fabrikken AS

CAst: Tiril Heide-Steen, Dan Robert Thorsen, Ole-Kristian Lima, Dag Vågsås, Heljar Berge, Joachim Berg

ReleAse DAte: February 18, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

sAles: NonStop Sales

Little Grey Fergie is thriving on the farm, but at times he feels lonely.

There-fore, he gets Goggen to build the fully automatic, electric, self-propelled

Clunky! However, when Clunky surpasses him in popularity, Fergie becomes

jealous and does some foolish things to prevent Goggen from presenting

Clunky at an invention competition at the annual fair in the village. As the

scrap dealers Hubert and Hieronemus kidnap Clunky, and Fergie realizes

that it makes Goggen very sad, he regrets what he did and sets out to get

the scoundrels.

trond Jacobsen (1967) has studied TV directing at Lillehammer College. The past 15 years, he has worked as a director of films, TV series and animation for children. He is also a producer and photographer of international documentary films. He has both been nominated and won awards for his work in Norway and abroad. This is his second feature film.

Glenn has been dumped by his girlfriend. He is lonely, and terribly difficult to

deal with. He lives in a commune with three other slackers in their late twenties.

To cheer him up, his buddies get a brilliant idea. How about organizing a fake

audition for a non-existing feature film? The role to be advertised will include

all the qualities Glenn is looking for in a girl, and maybe he will find a new

girl-friend during the audition rounds. After a series of unsuccessful auditions, they

find Linda, a girl that Glenn falls for immediately. So much so that he offers her

the part in order to be able to hang out with her. Not the smartest move ever.

As a relationship starts developing between the two, questions arise. Like, when

will shooting start? What’s the budget like? Who will play the other roles? It

all culminates when it turns out that Linda’s mother is a wealthy investor who

insists on providing capital for the production. To keep up appearances and to

save what may potentially develop with Linda, Glenn and the boys have to start

their production and actually make the film.

HJelP, Vi eR i

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Comedy | 100 min | Colour

DiReCtoRs: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen

sCReenPlAY: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen

PRoDuCeRs: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Kjetil Omberg for Tappeluft Pictures AS

CAst: Henrik Thodesen, Odd Magnus Williamson, Stig Frode Henriksen, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Marte Germaine Christensen, Jenny Skavlan, Christian Rubeck, Julia Schacht

ReleAse DAte: July 29, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Euforia Film AS

ContACt: Euforia Film AS

Patrik syversen’s feature film debut was Manhunt. He is a typical film fanatic, and loves horror film just as much as character drama. He graduated from Oslo Film and TV Academy, and had formerly made the novella film Elsewhere, in collaboration with nini Bull Robsahm. They have now continued their collaboration with this new comedy.

HJelP, Vi eR Russ!

GRADUATES

Comedy | 90 min | Colour

DiReCtoR: Kenneth Olaf Hjellum

sCReenPlAY: Stig Frode Henriksen and Kenneth Olaf Hjellum

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Øystein Lundstrøm

PRoDuCeRs: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Kjetil Omberg

CAst: Erlend Fougner, Bjørnar Nilsen Øksenvåg, Marte Aunemo, Even Vesterhus, Kristi-Helene Engeberg, Kristoffer Gustavsen, Vinh Duy Nguyen, Are Kalvø, Kristoffer Joner, Aslag Guttormsgaard

ReleAse DAte: April 15, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Euforia Film AS

ContACt: Euforia Film AS

Markus and Robert have finally reached their goal. 12 years of schooling

are nearly over, and everything they’ve learned is to be washed away in an

unprecedented celebration. Their only problem is that they reside in Ødvåg,

Norways tiniest and most windswept dump, and that the money they saved

up for the celebration is nowhere to be found. So the challenge is to get

together the greatest graduation celebration ever, without cash. And of course

to get laid. Markus’ target is Caroline. The most attractive broad at school.

Together with Truls, Kjell Arne and Vigdis – or Owlis as Kjell Arne calls her,

they dig out a wreck of a minibus from an abandoned barn. And with a minor

financial contribution from the Chinese exchange student Yao Ming, it looks

like they might even get it on the road. The road to Nirvana: The graduate

gathering in Stavanger!

After graduating from London Film School in 2006, Kenneth olaf Hjellum (1974) has been behind a string of short films and music videos, many of which have participated at festivals and won awards. He has also worked as script supervisor on feature films like Norwegian Ninja, Tomme tønner, Detour and Dead Snow. Graduates is Kenneth’s debut as a feature film director, it is frighteningly inspired by his own graduation period…

Bent Hamer’s sixth feature film

Home for Christmas

is based on several

stories from the Norwegian writer Levi Henriksen’s collection of short stories

Bare mjuke pakker under treet

. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon

hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine,

are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great

range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their

own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do

something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and

melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.

HJem til Jul

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Drama | 90 min | Colour | Scope | 5 reels | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Bent Hamer

sCReenPlAY: Bent Hamer based on the novel Bare mjuke pakker under treet by Levi Henriksen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: John Christian Rosenlund

PRoDuCeR: Bent Hamer for BulBul Film AS

CAst: Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Fridtjov Såheim, Reidar Sørensen, Ingunn Beate Øyen, Nina Andresen-Borud, Joachim Calmeyer, Sarah Vintu Sakor, Morten Ilseng Risnes

ReleAse DAte: November 12, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

sAles: The Match Factory

Director, scriptwriter, producer, and owner of the film production company BulBul Film AS (est. 1994) Bent Hamer, was born in Sandefjord, Norway. He was educated in Film Theory and Literature at Stockholms Universitet and Stockholms Filmskola. His latest feature film, O’Horten, had its international premiere in Un Certain Regard in 2008. His other feature films include Factotum (2005), Kitchen Stories (2003) and Eggs (1995).

HoDeJeGeRne

HEADHUNTERS

Action/thriller | 95 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Morten Tyldum

sCReenPlAY: Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg based on Jo Nesbø’s novel Hodejegerne

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: John Andreas Andersen

PRoDuCeRs: Asle Vatn for Friland Film and Marianne Gray for Yellow Bird

CAst: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund

ReleAse DAte: August 26, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

morten tyldum made his breakthrough as director with the film Buddy in 2003. Buddy won the audi-ence award at Karlovy vary film festival the same year and achieved impressive cinema audience num-bers in Norway. Buddy was awarded Amanda awards for Best Film and Best Male Lead Actor. Morten’s second film, the thriller Fallen Angels, was nominated for five Amanda awards in 2008. His confident style and talent for action and humour has made him di-rector of some of the most expensive and influential commercials ever produced in Norway.

Besides being only 1.68 meters tall, Roger is a man who seems to have

everything; he’s the most successful Headhunter in Norway, married to the

almost-too-beautiful art gallery owner Diana, living in a mega-expensive

house – but to keep his finances afloat he has taken up a sideline; stealing

art, and a little bit too much of it. Claes Greve is seemingly the perfect

candidate to recruit for one of Roger’s clients, with his background as a

soldier in the Special Forces and a CEO of an electronics firm. On top of

that Greve is the proud owner of a valuable painting. Roger sees this as his

chance to get out of debt for good, and starts planning his big, final theft.

But he soon finds out that Greve is playing a game of his own. When Roger

breaks into Greve’s apartment he discovers something that turns his whole

world upside down, and now he’s forced to run for his life...

JeG ReiseR Alene

I TRAVEL ALONE

Drama | 94 min | Colour | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Stian Kristiansen

sCReenPlAY: Tore Renberg based on his own novel Charlotte Isabel Hansen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Philip Øgaard

PRoDuCeR: Ynge Sæther for Motlys AS

CAst: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Amina Eleonora Bergrem, Trine Wiggen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Marte Aarseth, Henriette Steenstrup og Gustaf Hammarsten

ReleAse DAte: February 11, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

sAles: NonStop Sales

stian Kristiansen (1972) graduated from The Nor-wegian National Filmschool in 2006 and directed his first feature The Man Who Loved Yngve in 2008. It was seen by 175.000 at the cinema, won 4 Amanda Prizes (The Norwegian Oscar) and 3 Kanon Prizes (he won for best director at them both). The film was awarded Best Film at Nordische Filmtage in Lübeck and was nominated as the Norwegian candidate for The Nordic Council’s Film Prize 2008. I Travel Alone is his second feature, where he again comes together with the creative team from his debut film.

Jarle Klepp (25) is a talented student, spending his time on music, sex and

Marcel Proust. Jarle is about to find out he has a daughter from a one night

stand seven years ago. And now she is coming to visit. An atomic bomb of

Tamagochis and Princess Diana is going to explode in his face.

I Travel Alone

is an angry comedy about a young man who doesn’t want to grow up – and

a touching story about a small girl discovering her father.

JØRGen + Anne = sAnt

TOTALLY TRUE LOVE

Family comedy | 86 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Anne Sewitsky

sCReenPlAY: Kamilla Krogsveen based on the novel Jørgen + Anne er sant by Vigdis Hiorth

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Anna Myking

PRoDuCeRs: Teréz Hollo-Klausen, Tanya N. Badendyck and Silje Hopland Eik for Cinenord Kidstory AS

CAst: Maria Annette Tanderø Berglyd, Aurora Bach Bodal, Vilde Fredriksen Verlo, Kristin Langsrud, Otto Garli, Peder Holene, Sigurd Sæthereng, Adrian Holte Kristiansen, Morten Faldaas, Birgitte Victoria Svendsen, Torkil Høeg

ReleAse DAte: February 25, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: SF Norge AS

sAles: AB Svensk Filmindustri

Anne, 10, is an energetic girl whose favorite activities are tree-climbing and

running. When the new boy in class, Jørgen, moves into the haunted house

down the road, Anne’s world is turned upside down; she falls head over heels

in love with him. All the girls in Anne’s class fall for Jørgen as well, including

beautiful blonde pony-tailed Ellen. But that is of no hindrance to Anne; she is

willing to go further than anyone to win him over. When done in the name of

love, everything is allowed...isn’t it?

Anne sewitsky (1972) has previously directed short films; among them Oh, My God! which participated and won a prize in Berlin Generation K Plus in 2009. She has also worked for the drama division of the Nor-wegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). She graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2006 and her debut as feature film director is Happy, Happy which pre-miered in Norway in the autumn of 2010 and won the World Cinema Grand Jury Award in Sundance in 2011.

KeePeRn til liVeRPool

THE LIVERPOOL GOALIE

Children’s film | 90 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | 5 reels | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Arild Andresen

sCReenPlAY: Lars Gudmestad based on the novel Keepern til Tunisia by Lars Mæhle

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Gaute Gunnari

PRoDuCeRs: Håkon Øverås and Karin Julsrud for 4 1/2 Fiksjon AS

CAst: Asle van der Hagen, Sussanne Boucher, Andrine Sæther, Frithjov Såheim

ReleAse DAte: August 13, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Euforia Film AS

ContACt: NonStop Sales

Arild Andresen has represented Moland Film Company as a director of commercials, and has since 1999 directed around 100 commercials. He has received many national and international prizes for commercials and commissioned films. He has directed the short films Mary (2000) and Sit Quiet (2003) as well as the Emmy-nominated TV series The Boys. The Liverpool Goalie is his first feature film.

The Liverpool Goalie

is a warm comedy, in which both girls and boys play

football, worship their idols, and are frustrated by complicated friendships,

young love, anxious mothers and overambitious football coaches. At the heart

of the events, we find twelve year old Jo. Jo tries to avoid both potential

girl-friends, mothers and football coaches, as he is hunting desperately for a rare

football card which he believes will solve all his problems.

Jo has a smart head, but a weak body. Even so, he gets by relatively well

– until Mari throws him a glance, and he acquires The Liverpool Goalie.

KneRten GiFteR seG

TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT

Family film | 76 min | Colour | Scope | 4 reels | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Martin Lund

sCReenPlAY: Birgitte Bratseth based on Anne-Cath. Vestly’s novels about Twigson

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Morten Halfstad Forsberg

PRoDuCeRs: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox AS

CAst: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise, Petrus A. Christensen

ReleAse DAte: September 24, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Scanbox

sAles: Sola Media GmbH

Twigson meets Karoline. A one-of-a-kind birch twig. It takes an extraordinary

girl to match a twig like Twigson. Because twigs like Twigson do not grow on

trees.

Twigson Ties the Knot

is a story which is partly about two bees, a good

deal about solving a crime, and a whole lot about being in love.

martin lund was educated as Art Director at Wester-dals School of Communication and as director at the Norwegian Film School. In 2004, he conquered Nor wegian and foreign film festivals with his first short Home Game, which was screened at numer-ous inter national festivals, including Sundance and Clermont-Ferrand. Twigson Ties the Knot is his feature film debut.

KneRten i KniPe

TWIGSON IN A PINCH

Family film | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Arild Østin Ommundsen

sCReenPlAY: Kristin Skogheim based on Anne-Cath. Vestly’s novels about Twigson

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Trond Tønder

PRoDuCeRs: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox AS

CAst: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise, Petrus A. Christensen

ReleAse DAte: September 23, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Scanbox

sAles: Sola Media GmbH

Twigson, Junior and his family has moved to Bessby. Twigson and Karoline

has welcomed a son, Mini-Twigson, and the joy is palpable. But Mother and

Father are worried about Junior. They have been living there for a couple of

months, and he still hasn’t made any new friends. Junior doesn’t care.

He doesn’t care much for the bully Gunnar and his friends on the street. And

besides, he has Twigson. They make a pact to not have any other friends.

For ever.

Arild Østin ommundsen’s first full feature film was the audience success Mongoland in 2001. In 2005, his second feature film Monster Thursday was selected, as the first Norwegian film ever, to participate in a competition at Sundance Film Festival. His latest film was Rat Nights. Arild Østin Ommundsen has also made music videos, commercial films, and a number of short films.

KommAnDØR tReHolt

& ninJAtRoPPen

NORWEGIAN NINJA

Action/comedy | 77 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Thomas Cappelen Malling

sCReenPlAY: Thomas Cappelen Malling based on his own novel Kommandør Treholts Ninjateknikk II: Usyn-lighet i strid 1978

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Trond Høines

PRoDuCeR: Eric Vogel for Tordenfilm AS

CAst: Mads Ousdal, Jon Øigarden, Linn Stokke, Amund Maarud, Dean Erik Andersen, Terje Strømdahl

ReleAse DAte: August 13, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Euforia Film AS

sAles: Celluloid Nightmares

Norwegian Ninja

is the true story of how Commandeer Arne Treholt and

his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. In 1983 the Ninja Force

discovers that the Shadow Government, who take charge in times of war and

emergency, are planning a coup-d’état in peacetime. Treholt and the Ninjas

see only one solution: a solid can of whoop-ass!

Writer and director thomas Cappelen malling (1970) comes from Kongsvinger, Norway. His professional background is from the communication industry and he is the author of the cult book Kommandør Arne Treholts Ninjateknikk II: Usynlighet i strid 1978. Norwegian Ninja is his feature film debut.

KonG CuRlinG

CURLING KING

Comedy | Colour

DiReCtoR: Ole Endresen

sCReenPlAY: Ole Endresen and Atle Antonsen

PRoDuCeR: Håkon Øverås for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS

CAst: Atle Antonsen, Jon Øigarden, Steinar Sagen, Jan Sælid, Ingar Helge Gimle, Ane Dahl Torp, Linn Skåber, Kåre Conradi, Anne Marit Jacobsen

ReleAse DAte: September 2, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Scanbox AS

ContACt: 4 ½ Fiksjon AS

Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with

obsessive-compul-sive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old

friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides

to compete again, in the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an

operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old

team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the

Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively

insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play?

ole endresen has long experience in making sketch based comedies, and commercials. He has directed Out in Our Garden, Team Antonsen, God kveld Dag-finn and Tre brødre som ikke er brødre. His debut as a drama director came with the television series Etaten in 2006. Curling King will be his first feature film.

KonGen AV BAstØY

KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND

Drama | 115 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Marius Holst

sCReenPlAY: Dennis Magnusson based on a story by Lars Saabye Christensen and Mette Marit Bølstad

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: John Andreas Andersen

PRoDuCeR: Karin Julsrud for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS

CAst: Benjamin Heistad, Trond Nilsen, Kristoffer Joner, Stellan Skarsgård

ReleAse DAte: December 17, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Euforia Film

sAles: Les Films du Losange

Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island

Bastøy, located in the Oslo fjord, live a group of delinquent, young boys aged

11 to 18. The boy’s daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal

who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. Instead of the boys

be-ing straightened out with education they end up bebe-ing used as cheap, manual

labor. The boys attempt to survive by adapting to their inhumane conditions.

One day a new boy, Erling (17), arrives with his own agenda; how to escape

from the island. How far is he willing to go in order to get his freedom? After

a tragic incident takes place, Erling ends up forced into the destinies of the

other boys by leading them into a violent uprising. Once the boys manage to

take over Bastøy, 150 government soldiers are sent in to restore order.

marius Holst became internationally known with his feature film Cross my Heart and Hope to Die which was in Competition in Berlin 1995 and won the Blaue Engel Award. Since then he has made numerous commercials. In 2001 he returned to feature production with Pål Sletaune within their joint company 4 ½, with the film Dragonflies and in 2007 with the film Mirush.

Kon-tiKi

KON-TIKI

Drama | Colour

DiReCtoRs: Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg

sCReenPlAY: Petter Skavland

PRoDuCeR: Aage Aaberge and Jeremy Thomas for Nordisk Film Production

ReleAse DAte: Winter 2012

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: HanWay Films

Joachim Roenning and espen sandberg graduated from Stockholm Film School, Sweden, in 1996. Under their professional name Roenberg, they are credited with hundreds of outstanding commercials made all over the world. Roenning and Sandberg’s and first feature film was Bandidas, starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek, for producer Luc Besson and Europa-corp in Mexico. They followed up with the audience success Max Manus.

In this dangerous sea-faring adventure, six men sail from Peru to Polynesia

on a fragile balsa-wood raft, risking their lives for an idea that could change

history. Led by Thor, a handsome captain who can’t swim, the crew has no

modern equipment. Setting off under the spotlight of the world’s press, they

navigate the vast Pacific using the stars, with the currents as their rudder.

Battling sharks, inner and outer demons. It’s six men against nature as the

Kon-Tiki strives to reach land. Having sacrificed everything for his mission,

even his marriage, Thor must succeed.

limBo

LIMBO

Drama | 105 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Maria Sødahl

sCReenPlAY: Maria Sødahl

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Manuel Claro Alberto

PRoDuCeRs: Gudny Hummelvoll and Petter Borgli for SF Norge Produksjon

CAst: Line Verndal, Henrik Rafaelsen, Lena Endre, Bryan Brown

ReleAse DAte: September 10, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: SF Norge AS

sAles: AB Svensk Filmindustri

With expat circles in the Trinidad oil business as a backdrop,

Limbo

is a film

about love, temptations, and deceit in an environment a long, long way from

home. A young family arrives straight from the Norwegian reality of the 70’s

to an international milieu where men still keep lovers, servants take care of

house and children, while the housewives gather poolside for gin and tonics

– like listless, rootless ticking bombs, distraught with frustration.

maria sødahl was educated as a director at the Danish Film School in 1993. She has directed TV-drama, documentaries and numerous short films. Maria has won multiple national and international awards for her previous work. Limbo is her feature film debut as writer/director.

mAsKeBlomstFAmilien

SHAMELESS

Drama | 97 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SRD

DiReCtoR: Petter Næss

sCReenPlAY: Lars Saabye Christensen and Åse Vikene based on the novel Maskeblomstfamilien by Lars Saabye Christensen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Daniel Voldheim

PRoDuCeR: Dag Alveberg for Maipo AS

CAst: Marcus Arnseth, Kjersti Holmen, Maria Bonnevie, Eindride Eidsvold, Hallvard Holmen

ReleAse DAte: October 10, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

It is the summer of 1951. Lillian and Amund Wang have their first and only

child. A boy. Or is it a girl? Outside, there’s a solar eclipse. The birds stop

singing. The parents refuse the surgery which could have made Adrian a

complete human being. The apartment in Oscarsgate turns into a hothouse

where the most horrible flowers grow. This is where the divided Adrian

grows up, with simulation, silence, lies and dying love. This is where he

learns to know his shamelessness.

In the summer of 1966, Adrian overhears the conversation which will sum

up and seal his fate. He does not choose the role of the victim, but that of

the aggressor: He declares war on his parents, and gathers an energy which

proves redeeming, but also perilous to everyone around him, as he gradually

loses control over it.

Petter næss (1960) has worked as an actor, screen-play writer and instructor within the film and theatre world. He directed his first feature film in 1999, the humorous Absolute Hang-over. His second film was Elling, which was seen by almost 800,000 people in Norway, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Feature. In 2005, he directed Love Me Tomorrow, the last film about Elling. In between those two films, he has also had the responsibility of directing these films: the youth film Just Bea, the Hollywood debut Mozart and the Whale, the Swed-ish children’s film Leaps and Bounds and Gone With the Woman.

mennesKeR i solen

PEOPLE IN THE SUN

Comedy | 80 min | Colour | Scope | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Per-Olav Sørensen

sCReenPlAY: Jonas Gardell

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: John Christian Rosenlund

PRoDuCeRs: Cornelia Boysen and Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo AS

CAst: Ghita Nørby, Kjersti Holmen, Ane Dahl Torp, Jon Øigarden, Ingar Helge Gimle, Oscar Lunde

ReleAse DAte: March 4, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

It’s Midsummer Eve, and the sun blazes from a cloudless sky. At the camping

ground, vacation season has started. Buses arrive to transport the guests to

the great Midsummer party some distance from the camping ground. However,

two couples decide to stay behind and enjoy the tranquility and they decide to

celebrate Midsummer Eve together.

They have not celebrated long before extraordinary natural phenomena

surround them. With Mrs. Sørensen’s arrival, the peculiar natural phenomena

escalate. But the cabin guests continue partying. As nature steps up its attack,

and things actually start resembling Doomsday, they discover that little Simon

is missing.

All in all a traditional summer comedy, except for the fact that it’s the end

of the world.

Per-olav sørensen (1953) is a director, dramatist and producer. Since 1993, he has staged a number of success performances at both international and Norwegian theatres, primarily for the National Theatre, Oslo Nye Teater and with his own company POS Theatre Company. For the past six years, Sørensen has worked increasingly with motion pictures. He has directed all of 43 TV dramas.

mØRKe sJeleR

DARK SOULS

Horror | 95 min | Colour

DiReCtoRs: Mathieu Peteul, César Ducasse

sCReenPlAY: César Ducasse, Mathieu Peteul

DiReCtoRs oF PHotoGRAPHY: César Ducasse, Mathieu Peteul

PRoDuCeRs: Maria Havig-Gjelseth, César Ducasse and Mathieu Peteul for Addict Films AS

CAst: Morten Rudå, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Ida Elise Broch, Johanna Gustavsson, Jan Hårstad, Karl Sundby, Marianne Rødje, Henrik Scheele

ReleAse DAte: January 14, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Addict Film AS

sAles: DC Medias

Johanna is assaulted and apparently killed while jogging in the forest. But at

the same time as her father gets a phone call from the police with the tragic

news, Johanna comes walking in the door to their home. Johanna’s father

decides to initiate his own investigation. He sets out on a dark and fearful

hunt, full of conspirations, lost memories and zombie-like symptoms.

César Ducasse and mathieu Peteul are both French. They have formerly directed several short films and one feature film. Since 2004, César Ducasse has lived in Norway, where he works as a film director and film editor.

noKAs

NOKAS

Drama | 90 min | Colour

DiReCtoR: Erik Skjoldbjærg

sCReenPlAY: Christopher Grøndahl

PRoDuCeR: Jan Aksel Angeltvedt for Alligator Film

CAst: Frode Winther, Tov Sletta, Morten Larsen, Marit Synnøve Berg, Francis Gamble, Bente Grønnestad, Morten Håland, Thomas Natland, Lars Morten Skaiaa, Hege Kristin Sunde, Jan Erik Wetteland

ReleAse DAte: October 1, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

ContACt: Alligator Film

erik skjoldbjærg (1964) is a talented and well re-spected Norwegian director and writer. His feature directing debut was Insomnia (1997), which he also co-wrote. The film was very well received, and was remade by Christopher Nolan in 2002, starring Al Pachino and Robin Williams. His latest feature was An Enemy of the People (2005), an adaption of Ibsen’s famous play that he both directed and co-wrote. Skjoldbjærg has also directed several tv-series.

In the morning of the 5th of April 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian

history was carried out in Stavanger.

The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated

from several angles in the course of the film, from the perspective of the

police, the robbers, the central cash service personnel, and ordinary people.

It’s a credible and realistic, but fictitious reconstruction, the way it could have

happened. The story is poetically and filmatically depicted, with sober use of

various genre techniques.

olsenBAnDen JR. oG

mesteRtYVens sKAtt

THE JUNIOR OLSEN GANG

AND THE MASTER THIEF

Children’s film | 86 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | 4 reels | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Arne Lindtner Næss

sCReenPlAY: Arne Lindtner Næss and Peder Hamdahl Næss

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Kjell Vassdal

PRoDuCeR: Roy Anderson for Nordisk Film & TV AS

CAst: Thomas Stene-Johansen, Fridtjof Tangen, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Thorbjørn Harr, Hilde Lyrån, Jan Grønli, Ivar Nørve, Anders Hatlo, Johannes Joner

ReleAse DAte: January 29, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

Arne lindtner næss has worked with all the Junior Olsen Gang films. In 2005, he directed Finding Friends, and in the winter of 2008, he worked with the family success SOS – Summer of Suspense. Arne Lindtner Næss has worked as an actor on several Norwegian theatre and cabaret stages, as well as in feature films and TV series. Since 1985, he has been working as a stage director, and later as a screenplay writer for several TV series.

The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief

is set in the early 1960’s. Egon

Olsen gets on the track of two sinister characters running an old people’s

home, where a pensioner by the name of Eugen Olsen resides. The sinister

blokes are convinced Eugen is loaded, and has hidden his fortune in a secret

place. They try to trick him into revealing where the money is, but are met

with challenges. Eugen Olsen has started raving about a grandchild in Oslo,

none other than Egon Olsen! Egon learns that the progenitor of his family

was the master thief Ole Høiland, who robbed the National Bank of Norway

in 1835. This makes a great impression on Egon. And when his grandfather

tells him that not all the money Ole stole at the time was found, and may be

hidden somewhere waiting for them, Egon is willing to help him. Egon, Kjell

and Benny throw themselves into a thrilling treasure hunt. Everything is

timed and prepared for a new adventure with The Junior Olsen Gang.

oslo, 31. AuGust

OSLO, AUGUST 31ST

Drama | 105 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Joachim Trier

sCReenPlAY: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier based on Le Feu Follet by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Jakob Ihre

PRoDuCeRs: Yngve Sæther, Sigve Endresen and Hans Jørgen Osnes for Motlys AS

CAst: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal, Tone Mostraum

ReleAse DAte: August 31, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS

sAles: The Match Factory GmbH

One man, one city, 24 hours.

A new film by Joachim Trier and the team behind the highly acclaimed

Reprise

– inspired by the cult novel

Le feu follet

.

Oslo, August 31st

is a portrait of contemporary Oslo. A visually striking

and quietly shattering drama about a man in deep existential crisis.

Joachim trier (1974) graduated from the National Film and Television School in England (2000). The critically acclaimed film Reprise (2006) was his feature debut.

PAX

PAX

Drama | 75 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Annette Sjursen

sCReenPlAY: Annette Sjursen and Lars Saabye Christensen

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Piotr Mokrosinski

PRoDuCeRs: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox

CAst: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Samuel Fröhler, Ida Elise Broch, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Kristoffer Joner, Tomas von Brömssen, Anneke von der Lippe, Pia Tjelta, Ane Dahl Torp

ReleAse DAte: March 4, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Scanbox

ContACt: Paradox AS

Director Annette sjursen worked as a journalist and a film critic before she started making her own movies. After her third short film Dublin in Rain, which became renowned internationally, she debuted with the feature film My Jealous Barber. It became a success among critics, and won several awards. With PAX Sjursen takes a leap from intimate comedy into epic drama. She also wrote the original script for the film.

PAX is a grand-scale drama. An intimate and powerful romantic film about

seven people’s encounter with themselves as life forces them into the raging

storm. They all have someone waiting. PAX, the Latin word for peace, is also

flight terminology for flight passengers. When flying in an airplane we are

all «pax».

Seven people are on their way from Stockholm to Oslo, a heart is on its

way from one body to another, and a piece of music is in the process of

be-ing composed. A conductor, a physician, a nun, a journalist, a photographer,

a publisher and a ten year old girl are among the passengers on board a

fully booked airplane. One of the plane’s engines explodes, the cabin pressure

falls, and the plane has to descend to a lower altitude, with turbulent weather

conditions. The next day, nothing is like it used to be.

Pelle PolitiBil

GÅR i VAnnet

PLODDY THE POLICE

CAR MAKES A SPLASH

Children’s animation | 72 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D

DiReCtoR: Rasmus Sivertsen

sCReenPlAY: Arthur Johansen based on a character created by Åge Magnussen

PRoDuCeR: Aage Aaberge for Neofilm

ReleAse DAte: January 8, 2010

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS

sAles: TrustNordisk ApS

In a powerful autumn storm the power line providing Bodø town with

elec-tricity is cut off. Pelle the Policecar acts responsibly and pulls a new cable

across the mountain against the wind, so that the town can have light and

heating back again. But when the job is finished, Pelle backs into the severed

cable, and is jolted by a powerful electric shock. Everyone in Bodø fears that

the strain was too much for little Pelle, but once again a miracle occurs. Pelle

comes back to life – now as an electric car. Full of pure energy, Pelle puts up

a figtht against the Badger brothers. The brothers bottle the water and sell it

at a high price in the excruciating summer heat. In addition, they endanger

the fauna when they build a huge, monstrous dam above the peaceful little

town. Together with his little girl friend Oda Otter, Pelle exposes their plan,

but a long, hard battle is fought before Pelle is finally able to settle the score

with the two environmental criminals.

Rasmus A. sivertsen (1972) studied animation at the Volda College. Since he graduated in 1995, Rasmus has been an active figure in the Scandinavian anima-tion industry. He was a co-director on the animated feature film Captain Sabertooth and his director experience abroad includes the 26 episodes, HBO TV-series, Lisa. As a co-owner of Qvisten Animation he has directed several commercials, of one he has won a Bronze Lion in Cannes.

PÅ BØlGelenGDe

TYING THE KNOT

Comedy | 83 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Stereo

DiReCtoR: Frode N. Nordås

sCReenPlAY: Frode N. Nordås

DiReCtoR oF PHotoGRAPHY: Frode N. Nordås

PRoDuCeR: Frode N. Nordås for Nordås Film

CAst: Thomas Aske Berg, Ingrid M. Tolstad, Håkon Karoliussen, Vera Holte, Bjørn Moan

ReleAse DAte: April 15, 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Europafilm AS

ContACt: Nordås Film

Frode nordås (1972) has formerly made the feature film Pakken, as well as many short films and docu men-taries for NRK. He has written a doctoral dissertation on digital film production in Norway, and teaches Media and Communication at Oslo University College.

Vivan and Jonny have been a couple for a long time, and she wants a baby.

When two of their friends get married, Vivian takes a stand. «Marry me, or

else I’ll marry my ex, Jan Perry!» When Jonny realizes that Vivian is actually

going to marry Jan Perry, he is compelled to act before it’s too late. Intrigues

and complications are some of the ingredients in this wild race towards a

happy ending and a magnificent wedding, if Jonny gets his way.

RØDt HJeRte

RED HEART

Drama | 77 min | Colour

DiReCtoR: Halkawt Mustafa

sCReenPlAY: Halkawt Mustafa and Jabar J. Xarib

PRoDuCeRs: Egil Ødegård, Anders Graham and Halkawt Mustafa for Filmhuset AS and Hene Film

CAst: Shahen Jamal, Soran Ibrahim, Ali Ahmed

ReleAse DAte: March 2011

noRWeGiAn DistRiButoR: Europafilm AS

ContACt: Filmhuset AS

Sihrin, a 19 year old Kurdish girl, learn that her father will trade her for

a new bride. She escapes with her secret boyfriend to the big city.

Halkawt mustafa (1985) was born in Sulaymani, Kurdistan, North Iraq. He moved to Norway with his family in 2000 and is a Norwegian citizen. Red Heart will be his first feature film.