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Features THE 12TH MAN war drama 135 min The 12th Man tells the story of the Norwegian original title Den 12. mann war hero Jan Baalsrud’s legendary escape director Harald Zwart from the Nazis during World War II. screenplay Alex Boe production Aage Aaberge for Nordisk Film Production release Dec 25, 2017 sales TrustNordisk AMUNDSEN drama 120 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES How could Roald Amundsen, an unknown original title Roald Amundsen man from impoverished Norway, become director Espen Sandberg the greatest polar explorer the world has screenplay Ravn Laneskog ever seen? The answer is not just found in production Espen Horn, Kristian Sinkerud one single expedition, but in a dramatic and for Motion Blur Film epic film about the life of a remarkable and release Feb 15, 2019 fascinating man. sales SF Studios AN AFFAIR erotic thriller 90 min An erotic thriller about a newly appointed original title En affære teacher who finds herself being followed, director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken before discovering that one of her own screenplay Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken students is obsessed with her. production FilmBros Productions release Fall 2018 sales LevelK ANCHORS UP – BOATS animation 75 min TO THE RESCUE original title Elias og After a brave rescue mission in stormy weather, Storegaps hemmelighet a young rescue boat is headhunted by a directors Simen Alsvik, William Ashurst larger harbor where he realizes that bigger is screenplay Simen Alsvik, Karsten Fullu not always better. production Sigurd Slåttebekk for Animando release Oct 6, 2017 sales Sola Media AS I FALL drama 94 min As I Fall follows the unconventional relati- original title Når jeg faller onship between a father and son as they director Magnus Meyer Arnesen cling to one another under the looming screenplay Magnus Meyer Arnesen, threat of addiction and separation. Kristian Landmark production Gyda Velvin Myklebust, Magnus Kristiansen for DNF Productions release Sep 21, 2018 sales tba 2
BATTLE drama youth 97 min Battle is a Norwegian take on the modern original title Battle dance film genre. Teenage dancer Amalie director Katarina Launing is forced to move from her privileged life screenplay Maja Lunde, Karsten Fullu in the west part of Oslo to a poor east side production Pål Røed, Christian Fredrik neighborhood. She falls in love with the street Martin and Frederick Howard for Friland dancer Mikael while desperately trying to hold Produksjon and Storm Films on to her former, privileged life. Torn between release Sep 28, 2018 the two worlds Amalie needs to learn who sales tba she really is to become a true dancer. BEWARE OF CHILDREN drama 130 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Lykke, the 13-year old daughter of a Labour original title Barn Party politician, accidentally kills Jamie, the director Dag Johan Haugerud son of a high profile rightwing politician. The screenplay Dag Johan Haugerud film traces the aftermath of the accident, production Yngve Sæter for Motlys and examines the implications of having, and release Oct 26, 2018 being, a child in contemporary Norway. sales tba CASPER AND EMMA family 83 min PUT ON A PLAY original title Karsten og At kindergarten, Casper and Emma hear about Petra lager teater an orphanage in India that doesn’t have director Arne Lindtner Næss electricity. The children get a bright idea: They screenplay Arne Lindtner Næss, want to raise money for the orphanage by put- Jason Tammemägi ting on a play about light elves that can light production Silje Hopland Eik, Dyveke the darkness. Now the process of creating a Graver for Cinenord Kidstory script, songs, dance, costumes and sets starts. release Oct 27, 2017 And best of all – all the toys join in! sales Attraction Distribution CASPER AND EMMA’S family 83 min TREASUREHUNT original title Karsten og Casper is spending his summer holiday with Petra – På skattejakt Emma’s family in southern Norway. On the directors Arne Lindtner Næss, beach, they find a box that Grandpa buried Aurora Gossé when he was a kid. It’s a time capsule with screenplay Birgitte Bratseth lots of old strange things and a mysterious production Silje Hopland Eik, Terez riddle. This is the start of an exciting treasure Hollo-Klausen for Cinenord Kidstory hunt for Casper and Emma! release Aug 17, 2018 sales SF International CATTLEHILL animation 62 min Klara is a young city calf with a big dream original title KuToppen of becoming a star. One day Klara receives director Lise Osvoll a letter from her father whom she has not screenplay Anne Elvedal heard from for many years. Klara travels production Ingvild Evjemo, immediately to the countryside to meet him, Ove Heiborg for Qvisten Animation and the journey changes entirely Klara’s release Oct 19, 2018 prospect of becoming a star. sales tba 3
Features THE COMET drama 72 min The Comet follows 20-year old Gustav and original title Kometen his search to find his father who mysteriously director Bård Røsseland disappeared 12 years ago when a comet screenplay Torben Bech passed close to earth. production Magnus Kristiansen, Gyda Velvin Myklebust for DNF Productions release Dec 8, 2017 sales tba CONGO drama app. 120 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Congo is based on the true story of two original title Mordene i Kongo Norwegian citizens, Joshua French and director Marius Holst Tjostolv Moland, who were sentenced to screenplay Nikolaj Frobenius, death in Eastern Congo after the death of Stephen Uhlander their hired driver in 2009. production Christian Fredrik Martin, Asle Vatn for Friland Produksjon release Oct 12, 2018 sales TrustNordisk DEMON BOX thriller 87 min Siblings Amalie and Emil visit their family’s original title Demon Box vacation home one last time before it’s put director Patrik Syversen up for sale. Their intent is to get rid of spe- screenplay Patrik Syversen cific traces of the past before the rest of the production Fredrik Pryser for Pryserfilm family arrives, but things spiral out of control release tba when an intrusive stranger shows up. sales tba GINA & THE DRAGON family adventure 90 min Gina & the Dragon is a warm Christmas original title Dragens hjerte adventure film about a young orphan girl director Thale Persen who befriends a magical dragon. screenplay Lars Gudmestad, Harald Rosenløw Eeg production Frederick Howard, Lars A. Hellebust for Storm Films release Nov 19, 2018 sales tba GOING WEST drama comedy 80 min An unemployed music teacher takes his original title Rett vest estranged transsexual father on a road trip director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken to the west coast of Norway, in order to screenplay Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken honor his late mother’s excellent quilting production FilmBros Production skills. release Jan 5, 2018 sales LevelK 4
HARAJUKU drama youth 82 min Fifteen-year-old Vilde has never met her original title Harajuku father. It’s the day before Christmas Eve at the director Eirik Svensson Oslo Central Station, and Vilde hangs with screenplay Sebastian Torngren Wartin the other cosplayers. She is going to meet her production Cornelia Boysen, Synnøve father for the first time. Hørsdal for Maipo Film release Nov 9, 2018 sales Charades HAUNTED horror mystery 71 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Cathrine inherits her father’s old estate and original title Hjemsøkt heads up alone. She just wants to expedite director Carl Chistian Raabe the sale and leave the past behind, but she screenplay Maja Lunde can’t escape before she has faced the secrets production Nicolai Moland for inside. Woodworks Film Company release Nov 24, 2017 sales LevelK LAKE OVER FIRE comedy 90 min An absurd story about greed, corruption, original title Vann over ild immigration, gun control, and how those director Joern Utkilen with a lust for power can get what they want screenplay Joern Utkilen via manipulation of ordinary folks. Lake over production Ruben Thorkildsen, Fire is a fairytale western where people rides Isak Eymundsson for Ape&Bjørn mopeds instead of horses. And it’s a quirky release Jun 8, 2018 vision of the time we live in. sales tba LOS BANDO family comedy 94 min Two best friends have always dreamed about original title Los Bando attending the annual Norwegian Champion- director Christian Lo ship of Rock. They have a band Los Bando screenplay Arild Tryggestad Immortale, but they lack a bass player and the production Trine Aadalen Lo, vocalist cannot sing. They embark on a crazy Nicholas Sando for Filmbin journey across Norway with the police and release Feb 16, 2018 their parents chasing them while trying to get sales Sola Media to the event of their lifetime. LOUIS AND LUCA – animation family 75 min MISSION TO THE MOON original title Solan og Ludvig The Louis and Luca-triology ends in a – Månelyst i Flåklypa spectacular trip to the moon, taking the director Rasmus A. Sivertsen Flåklypa-universe to new heights! screenplay Karsten Fullu production Cornelia Boysen, Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo Film release Sep 21, 2018 sales tba 5
Features THE MONKEY AND music/fiction film 99 min THE MOUTH original title Adjø Montebello Karpe Diem’s music album «Heisann director Thea Hvistendahl Montebello» revolutionised the way music is screenplay Thea Hvistendahl, launched and consumed, each song entering Chirag R. Patel, Magdi Ytreeide top 10 on Spotify in record speed and each production Kristin Emblem, Therese music video creating debate and controversy. Bøhn, Guri Neby for Drama Einar With «Adjø Montebello» Karpe Diem will con- release Dec 7, 2017 clude their solid visual and fictional project. sales LevelK MORTAL fantasy app. 120 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Fantasy adventure original story about a original title Torden young man discovering he has God-like director André Øvredal powers based on ancient Norwegian screenplay André Øvredal mythology. production John Einar Hagen for Nordisk Film Production release Nov 15, 2018 sales IM Global NOW IT’S DARK drama 125 min When a mystic meeting catapults a delicate original title Now it’s Dark suburbanite out of her comfort zone and director Arild Østin Ommundsen into a night of dark and dreamlike encoun- screenplay Arild Østin Ommundsen ters, she must face up to a trauma in her production Gary Cranner for Chezville past and fight her way. release Mar 2, 2018 sales tba OPERATION SHADOWMAN family 85 min Detective Agency No. 2 run by child original title Operasjon Mørkemann detectives Tiril and Oliver has a new case to director Grethe Bøe solve. Mysterious holes in the ground appear screenplay Grethe Bøe on the plains during the night, causing production John M. Jacobsen, Oliver’s bicycle to be destroyed. Who made Petter Borgli for Filmkameratene the holes and why? The clues lead to the release Mar 23, 2018 Shadowman. Operation Shadowman is like sales SF International an exciting «Sherlock Holmes» story for the whole family. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS comedy 99 min Opportunity Knocks is a comedy about reno- original title Norske byggeklosser vations – both material and emotional – and director Arild Fröhlich what might happen when ambitions outrun screenplay Atle Antonsen, ability. Arild Fröhlich production Kjetil Omberg, Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for 74 Entertainment release Feb 21, 2018 sales tba 6
THE OUTLAWS drama 85 min Set in the 1920s, two drifters are being original title De fredløse chased by the police after a failed train director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken robbery. screenplay Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken production FilmBros Productions release tba sales tba PHOENIX drama 90 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES From a far too young age, Jill has acted as the original title Føniks adult in her family. The news that their estran- director Camilla Strøm Henriksen ged father will be visiting provide the children screenplay Camilla Strøm Henriksen with much-needed hope. But, their mother production Gudny Hummelvoll cannot cope with her situation and makes a for Hummelfilm fatal decision. Determined to prevent anything release Fall 2018 from destroying the reunion with her father, sales tba Jill decides to conceal what has happened at home. THE QUAKE drama 110 min Based on a 1904 earthquake, which hit Oslo original title Skjelvet and surrounding areas. What if we have a signi- director John Andreas Andersen ficantly larger earthquake in wait, when Oslo is screenplay John Kåre Raake, significantly more vulnerable? Harald Rosenløw Eeg production Martin Sundland, Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon release Aug 31, 2018 sales TrustNordisk THE REGULARS action drama 92 min The Regulars is a film about a career criminal original title Gjengangere whose life unravels when he accidentally director Leon Bashir causes the death of his younger brother. screenplay Leon Bashir He ends up behind bars again and, in prison, production Wanted Film Mola P roductions he comes in contact with a new inmate – a release Oct 27, 2017 young boy. Their friendship triggers a trans- sales Many More Films formation in them both. THE RULES FOR drama comedy 87 min EVERYTHING original title The Rules for Everything A humorous and everyday surreal fable about director Kim Hiorthøy a mother and a daughter who tries to find a screenplay Ilse Gekhiere, Kim Hiorthøy way to live on after the great crisis has struck. production Yngve Sæther for Motlys release Jan 27, 2017 sales tba 7
Features SONJA – THE WHITE SWAN drama tba min Sonja – The White Swan is a film about one original title Sonja of the world’s greatest athletes and the director Anne Sewitsky inventor of modern figure skating, Sonja screenplay Mette M. Bølstad, Henie, who decides to go to Hollywood in Andreas Markusson 1936 to become a movie star. And she does, production Cornelia Boysen, but everything has a prize. Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo Film release Dec 25, 2018 sales TrustNordisk THEA (working title) drama 100 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Thea tells the story of a mother’s struggle to original title Tea understand her daughter’s crisis in the imme- director Tuva Novotny diate aftermath of her attempted suicide. screenplay Tuva Novotny production Elisabeth Kvithyll for Nordisk Film Production release Sep 14, 2018 sales tba THELMA thriller 110 min The story of a girl with frightening powers. A original title Thelma romantic supernatural thriller by Joachim Trier. director Joachim Trier screenplay Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier production Thomas Robsahm for Motlys release Sep 15, 2017 sales Memento Films International THE TOWER animation 80 min Warda is 11-years-old, but already a 4th original title The Tower generation refugee. Her dying great-grand- director Mats Grorud father gives Warda a task: To find your future screenplay Mats Grorud you must look at your past. This is the start production Frode Søbstad for Tenk.tv of Warda’s journey up The Tower, through the release Autumn 2018 different floors and generations of her family. sales Jour2fête THE TREE FELLER drama 80 min Anders is a 39-year-old man who decides original title Hoggeren to give up on his ordinary life in the city. director Jorunn Myklebust Syversen He moves to a quiet little farm and spends screenplay Jorunn Myklebust Syversen his days aimlessly chopping down trees. production Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Film However, his attempt to escape is soon release Apr 7, 2017 interrupted by the constant involvement sales Mer Film Sales of his pushy relatives who want to tell him what to do and how to do it. 8
TWIGSON THE EXPLORER family 76 min Twigson the Explorer takes Lillebror and original title Ekspedisjon Knerten Twigson on a snowy and emotional adventure. director Andreas J. Riiser screenplay Jan Trygve Røyneland production Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Film release Nov 17, 2017 sales tba U – JULY 22 drama 90 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES On July 22nd 2011, a car bomb exploded within original title Utøya 22. juli the Executive Government quarter in Oslo. director Erik Poppe Two hours later, the same terrorist attacked a screenplay Siv Rajendram Eliassen, political youth summer camp on the island of Anna Bache-Wiig Utøya. The main characters in the film are ficti- production Finn Gjerdrum, onal, but the film aspires to focus on recreating Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Film the drama close to how it happened, reflecting release Mar 9, 2018 the time it took and the feelings that unfolded sales TrustNordisk - in an as respectable manner as possible. VALLEY OF SHADOWS drama 90 min Valley of Shadows takes place in a small village original title Skyggenes dal in western Norway. Six-year-old Aslak and his director Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen mother Astrid experience a tragic event, which screenplay Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, Aslak cannot quite understand and Astrid Clement Tuffreau struggles to handle. production Alan Milligan for Film Farms release Oct 20, 2017 sales Celluloid Dreams WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY drama 106 min A gripping and moving story about growing original title Hva vil folk si up in between two cultures, identity and director Iram Haq belonging, and the turbulent journey of love screenplay Iram Haq and despair between one teenage girl and her production Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Film family. release Oct 6, 2017 sales Beta Cinema 9
In production THE ASH LAD: IN SEARCH fantasy/adventure tba min OF THE GOLDEN CASTLE original title Askeladden – I Soria Moria slott The film is a spectacular and heroic tale of the director Mikkel Brænne Sandemose Ash Lad and Princess Kristin, who set out to screenplay Aleksander Kirkwood Brown search for a fabled castle made of the purest production Synnøve Hørsdal, gold. When the King and Queen are poiso- Åshild Ramborg for Maipo Film ned, only the Water of Life in Soria Moria release Autumn 2019 Castle can save the kingdom – and maybe sales tba even the world. BETRAYED drama tba min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES On November 26, 1942, hundreds of original title Den største forbrytelsen Norwegian Jews were picked up in the middle director Marius Holst of the night by the police and taken to the screenplay Harald Rosenløw Eeg Oslo harbour, where a German cargo ship, the production Martin Sundland, Are Danube, is waiting. It left with 302 men, 188 Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon women and 42 children, whose destination release Aug 23, 2019 was Auschwitz. Among them were the sales TrustNordisk Braude family. CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH family app. 81 min AND THE MAGIC original title Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant DIAMOND (working title) directors Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Marit Two young pirates on the search for a lost Moum Aune brother, a vampire with heavy sunburns, screenplay Karsten Fullu a manipulative queen and a raging ape production Eirik Smidesang Slåen, Ove Hei- army - Captain Sabertooth will face plenty borg, Heidi Sandberg for Qvisten Animation of challenges when he sets out to find a lost release Sep 27, 2019 magic diamond. sales Sola Media DIANA’S WEDDING drama tba min Diana grows up in a small industrial town, original title Dianas bryllup with the world´s worst parents. Their marri- director Charlotte Blom age is a lifelong rollercoaster ride of abuse, screenplay Mette M. Bølstad, disgust, dirty dancing and secret moments Charlotte Blom of great love behind closed doors. Years production Synnøve Hørsdal after Diana moves out, she herself is about for Maipo Film to get married, but memories are pouring release Sep 20, 2019 back, and doubts start to arise. Does real sales tba love even exist? THE DOMESTIQUE The film follows former successful profes- satirical drama 90 min sional cyclist Kim Carlsen (39), who at a original title Hjelperytteren press conference admits her former use of director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen doping. In quick succession she loses her screenplay Jannicke Systad Jacobsen job, husband, children, home, credibility and production Isak Eymundsson, Ruben self-respect in her annus horribilis. Thorkildsen for Ape&Bjørn release Mar 1, 2019 sales tba 10
In production THE MIDDLE MAN drama 100 min Strange deaths and a relaxed loser as the original title Mellommannen towns beacon of bad news. A bizarre and director Bent Hamer absurd look upon Trump’s USA today. Dark screenplay Bent Hamer but humorous, with a touch of love and a production Bent Hamer for BulBul Film dash of hope. release May 15, 2019 sales The Match Factory OUT STEALING HORSES drama 100 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES November 1999. 67-year old Trond lives in original title Ut og stjæle hester new-found desolation and looks forward director Hans Petter Moland to spending New Year’s Eve 2000 alone. screenplay Hans Petter Moland As winter arrives, he discovers he has a production Turid Øversveen for 4 1/2 Fiksjon neighbor, a man Trond knew the summer release Feb, 2019 of 1948. The summer Trond turned 15. sales TrustNordisk PSYCHOBITCH drama 90 min Marius is a middle school pupil, tormented by original title Psychobitch the very thought of not being a success. When director Martin Lund the teacher teams him up with Frida, the screenplay Martin Lund outsider of his class, so begins a tumultuous production Ruben Thorkildsen, relationship that will truly test Marius’ character Isak Eymundsson for Ape&Bjørn and status. release Jan 11, 2019 sales tba THE SPY drama 100 min Scandinavia’s brightest movie star, Sonja original title Spionen Wigert, risks both life and love in her most director Jens Jonsson challenging role ever: as a double agent during screenplay Harald Rosenløw Eeg World War II. production Turid Øversveen for 4 1/2 Fiksjon release May 2019 sales TrustNordisk THE SECOND SEX drama/documentary 90 min The Second Sex is a film about a grandmother, original title Det annet kjønn a mother and a daughter – three humans director Katja Eyde Jacobsen and three generations from the post-war era screenplay Katja Eyde Jacobsen up until today. The film explores how being a production Maria Ekerhovd for woman affect choices, ambitions and the rela- Mer Film tionships with others. A film where the woman release Mar 8, 2019 protagonist is the universal human. sales tba 11
Documentary films 69 MINUTES OF 86 DAYS documentary 70 min This is the story of a three-year old girl’s original title 69 minutter av 86 dager journey through Europe. We meet her at director Egil Håskjold Larsen a busy Greek port, and follow her closely production Sant & Usant as she makes her way to her new home in release March 2017 Uppsala, Sweden. sales Taskovski Films Ltd ALEPPO’S FALL documentary 82 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Before the fall of Aleppo, the Syrian- original title Aleppos fall Norwegian director Nizam Najar travels back director Nizam Najar to his home town. Armed with his camera, production Fenris Film AS he follows a group of civilians who fight release Fall 2017 under the flag of the Free Syrian Army when sales DR Sales they defend themselves against their own government. THE ARCTIC CAMELS documentary 90 min The siblings Torarin and Svalin in Arctic original title De arktiske kamelene Norway wanted a horse to ride, but got director Karl Emil Richardsen two Mongolian camels instead. When dad production Relation04 Media seriously injures his hand, the kids have to release Spring 2018 contribute more, but the camels are stub- sales Autlook Filmsales GmbH born. They decide to go to Mongolia to find a skilled trainer. BETWEEN US documentary 68 min We share more and more through social original title Mellom oss media, but are we really getting to know each director Charlotte Røhder Tvedt other any better? Between Us is Norway’s first production Medieoperatørene documentary made entirely by its populace. release June 2017 sales Medieoperatørene BLUE CODE OF SILENCE documentary 90 min Forty years ago, policeman Bob Leuci and a original title Blue Code of Silence group of prosecutors brought down New director Magnus Skatvold York’s most corrupt police unit. The case co-director Greg Mallozzi launched the careers of the prosecutors but production Spætt Film made Leuci the most hated cop in America. release Autumn 2018 sales Sideways Films 12
CAUSE OF DEATH: documentary 85 min UNKNOWN original title Dødsårsak: ukjent After losing her sister to prescription director Anniken Hoel antipsychotics, the director begins an investi- production Manifesto Film gation into the crimes and corruption of the release March 2017 pharmaceutical industry. sales Rise and Shine World Sales CHILDHOOD documentary 90 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES A warm, soft-spoken and close encounter original title Barndom with the importance of play and fantasy in director Margreth Olin childhood, and how playing is vital for the production Speranza Film AS well-being of children. Childhood tells a release March 2017 crucial story about children’s needs, in a time sales tba when playing is increasingly marginalized. DACCA AND THE documentary 80 min REINDEER original title Dacca og reinsdyrene Reiulf Aleksandersen is an ethnic Norwegian. director Fridtjof Kjæreng He has dreamt of owning reindeer ever since production f(x) produksjoner he was a little boy, but only persons of Sami release Spring 2018 descent may head a reindeer herd. But a once sales tba in a lifetime opportunity presents itself when a Sami woman retires and offers Reiulf and his Sami wife, Risten, her reindeer herd. But not everybody wants him to succeed... EXIT documentary 85 min In Exit the director Karen Winther goes original title Exit sourcing for answers to the question: Why director Karen Winther did she and a group of previous violent production Sant & Usant extremists from Germany, France, USA and release 2018 Denmark leave violence and extremism sales Deckert Distribution behind? GOLDEN DAWN GIRLS documentary 93 min When the members of Neo-Nazi party original title Hatets vugge Golden Dawn are imprisoned accused of lea- director Håvard Bustnes ding a criminal organization, their daughters, production Christian Falch, wives, and mothers step up to lead the ranks Håvard Busnes for Up North Film and maintain its position as Greece’s fourth release April 6, 2018 largest political party in upcoming elections. sales DR Sales 13
Documentary films KARENINA & I documentary 86 min Norwegian actress Gørild Mauseth is challen- original title Karenina & I ged by the almost impossible task of playing director Tommaso Mottola Anna Karenina in a language she never production Orto Polare spoke and in the author’s home country. release Feb 24, 2017 She embarks on a journey to learn Russian sales Orto Polare and discover the real reasons why Tolstoy wrote the novel. KAYAYO documentary 32 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Bamunu (8) work as a carrier at the marked original title Kayayo in Accra, thousands of miles from home. director Mari Bakke Riise Every day she dreams about going back to production Integral Film AS her family again. release October 2016 sales DR Sales LETTERS documentary 77 min Jero lives in South Korea. Marte lives in Norway. original title Letters During a year they exchange video letters to directors Jero Yun, Marte Vold each other with moments from their everyday production Mer Film lives, which seems entirely different. Or is it? release Jan, 2018 sales tba THE MEN’S CHOIR documentary tba min “It’s harder to become a member of The Men’s original title Gutta Choir than Hells Angels”, say the members directors Petter Sommer, – a rowdy party of beer thirsty, middle aged Jo Vemund Svendsen ex-rockers. 15 years ago they promised to sing production Fuglene in each other’s funerals. But now the joke has release 2018 become reality. sales Wide House MOLDOVAN MIRACLE documentary 82 min Moldovan Miracle is a documentary about original title Mirakelet i Moldova a man who has a simple solution to a big director Stian Indrevold health problem. His dream is to establish a production Flimmer Film vision center in Moldova. He has the money release September 2017 and the skills, but due to corruption he faces sales DR Sales major problems. 14
MUNCH IN HELL documentary 70 min Adored abroad – ignored at home. The untold original title Munch i helvete story of Edvard Munch and a country too small director Stig Andersen for his genius. production Indie Film release Fall 2018 sales Films Transit MY HEART BELONGS documentary 90 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES TO DADDY original title Røverdatter A film about a young director who decides director Sofia Haugan to reconnect with her father, a notorious cri- production Indie Film AS minal addicted to amphetamine. After being release Mar 16, 2018 separated since she was 10, she finds him on sales Taskovski Films the edge of destruction and is determined to get him help. Thus both their lives are changed. THE NIGHT documentary 65 min The Night is a personal story about growing original title Natta pappa henta oss up with an alcoholic mother, until the night director Steffan Strandberg he and his little brother were rescued by production Indie Film their father. Through animation, live action release Oct 13, 2017 and old super-8 footage, Steffan recreates sales CAT&Docs the summer of 1980 as he remembered it as an 11 year-old. ONCE AURORA documentary 80 min Aurora is a pop sensation from a small town original title En gang Aurora in Norway. She was discovered at the age directors Benjamin Langeland, of 16, dropped out of school, and spent the Stian Servoss next years touring the world. At the age of production Flimmer Film 21 she is at a breaking point. Is this really release Fall 2018 what she wants, and if not, does she have sales tba any other option but to continue? PER FUGELLI – I DIE documentary 110 min The society was his patient, the whole country original title Per Fugelli – siste resept his desk, and the media was the consultation director Erik Poppe room. The iconic professor of social medicine production Paradox Rettigheter Per Fugelli was an independent critic of his release Jan 26, 2018 own profession. The terminally ill professor sales tba was followed closely the last year and a half by filmmaker Erik Poppe, and the result is a very personal, humorous and inspirational portrait. 15
Documentary films PICTURE PERFECT documentary 70 min Thomas Morel (28) has at a young age, original title Det perfekte bildet become one of Europe’s most successful director Ida Kleppe photographers by using light in an exceptional production Pandora Film way. However, at times his perfectionism drives release Apr 15, 2018 him into deep darkness. sales tba PRAY documentary 38 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Pray is a poetic and visual portrait of original title Bønn mankind’s conversation with the holy. From director Lars Petter Gallefoss the heat of the Sahara desert, to the moun- production Pandora Film tains of Himalaya, to the Atlantic coast of release Sep 29, 2017 Norway, Pray captures the shared spirituality sales tba of the world religions. What divides us, makes us alike. QUEEN OF THE documentary 52 min FROZEN SEA original title Dronning uten land An epic journey that reveals the struggle of director Asgeir Helgestad a polar bear mother and her cubs as the ice production Arctic Light melts under their pawns. release 2018 sales tba RECRUITING FOR JIHAD documentary 79 min For three years a well-known Norwegian original title Den norske islamisten extremist gives unique access to his everyday directors Adel Khan Farooq, life encouraging jihadists in Europe until Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen he is arrested for supporting terrorism by production Volt Film, Curry Film recruiting for ISIS. release April 2017 sales East Village Entertainment TOGETHER documentary 80 min Two twin brothers are willing to sacrifice original title Marcus og Martinus – everything for each other and the music. A Sammen om drømmen close and unvarnished portrait of Marcus director Daniel Fahre Magnussen and Martinus where we get to take part in production Fenomen TFS for Indie Film AS the defining moments in the boys’ journey release January 2017 towards stardom. sales Fenomen TFS 16
TONGUE CUTTERS documentary 90 min Small children, big knives. A youth doc about original title Tungeskjærerne young kids from the age of 5 working as cod director Solveig Melkeraaen tongue cutters in Northern Norway. production Medieoperatørene release Feb 24, 2017 sales CAT&Docs WAR OF ART documentary 90 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Autumn 2017: A group of Western artists original title War of Art is invited to North Korea and they plan a director Tommy Gulliksen daring art experiment. Their leader is Morten production Norsk Fjernsyn Traavik; a provoking artist with a unique release Spring/Summer 2018 access to the totalitarian regime. The goal is sales tba to challenge and inspire the North Koreans by forcing contemporary art upon them. 17
Shorts APPLE drama 18 min A young woman invites her literature teacher original title Eple to a discussion on a story about a man who director Yngvild Sve Flikke wants to freeze the moment. She suggests production Motlys that he is writing to disguise his own inner release Winter 2018 desires. They fall in love, and life takes an sales tba unexpected turn. BOG HOLE drama/youth 13 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Two young girls have to put their difficulties on original title Myrhull hold when one of them get stuck in a boghole. director Torfinn Iversen The beginning of a wonderful friendship. production EdelZek AS release Winter 2018 sales tba BROKE drama 36 min In Scandinavia’s most affluent suburb a original title Broke teenager’s millionaire father is declared ban- director Bjørn Erik Pihlmann Sørensen krupt, causing the family unit to collapse. production Pihlmann Films release Winter 2018 sales tba A DAY IN JULY drama 12 min Two years have gone by since Sofia lost her original title En dag i juli boyfriend at the Utøya-massacre, which she director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken herself survived. She is struggling to engage production Filmbros Productions with life; not knowing how to reignite her release 2018 passion for dance, interact with her friends sales tba or have a life not defined by this incident. One day, she meets Leo, a Brit in town for a dance audition. DRAWN TO TROUBLE children 17 min Siblings Theodor (8) and Villja (10) escape original title Theodors magiske revansj from the school’s bully and have no choice director Jim S. Hansen but to seek shelter in the house of the production Fabelfjord town’s strange artist. They discover that he release April 2017 has a magical paintbrush that brings dra- sales tba wings to life! Maybe they can use it to fight off the bully? 18
EVERYTHING BURNS drama/youth 17 min During her summer holidays, 12-year-old original title Alt brenner Anna volunteers to collect trash along the director Marianne Ulrichsen seashore of northern Norway. She falls for production Mer Film Aaron, the handsome, 17-year-old group release Jan 2017 leader. Something awakens in Anna that sales Mer Film Sales she’s never felt before. FANNY drama 29 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES Fanny is in her mid-twenties and has just original title Fanny moved back to her hometown to start at the director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel local University. During student orientation production Frokost Film week she struggles to bond with the other release April 2017 students. sales tba GIRL WITH A FISH drama 13 min NECKLACE original title Nieiddaš ja guollečikna A young girl adores her late father. Obsessed director Egil Pedersen with every little detail of how he was she production Rein Film envisions his clothes, hands, face, behavior release October 2017 and actions. An accidental meeting triggers sales tba doubt in her love for her father. THE GREEN VALLEY hybrid 25 min The Green Valley is a political short film that original title Den grønne dalen explores the connection between a man director Ellen Ugelstad setting himself on fire in the neighbourhood production Substans Film park and the installation of a seven-meter tall co-production Twentyone Pictures sculpture with the title No Name. It’s based on release April 2018 three real events that took place in 2014 in the sales tba multicultural neighbourhood Torshov in Oslo. THE HUNGER drama 21 min A teenage boy with an intense desire for original title Gutten er sulten recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to director Kenneth Karlstad prove his boundless grit. production Maipo Film release June 2017 sales Maipo Film 19
Shorts HVALAGAPET children 12 min Hvalagapet is a little story of 12 year old original title Hvalagapet Rikke’s first meeting with big feelings and director Liss-Anett Steinskog this thing called love – a meeting that starts production Gunhild Oddsen and ends within the hour. release Aug 2017 sales tba IN A FEW YEARS EVERYT- animation/essay 9 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES HING WILL BE DIFFERENT original title Om noen år er alt annerledes I miss nature, soil and the feeling that director Julie Engaas summer will last forever. That everything is production True Fiction possible, and the whole world lies before release June 2017 me, believing that it will be ok. sales True Fiction THE LOST DREAMS OF drama 25 min NAOKI HAYAKAWA original title The Lost Dreams Art director Naoki Hayakawa works 16 hours of Naoki Hayakawa every day. The pressure causes a mental con- director Ane Hjort Guttu dition between sleep and wakefulness where co-director Daisuke Kosugi he has strange and wonderful dreams. production Ane Hjort Guttu and Aldeles release January 2017 sales Aldeles MOBILE drama 10 min Whalid is a young Syrian who lives by himself original title Mobil at a refugee centre in Norhern Norway. One director Truls Krane Meby day he gets a desperate call from his mother production Mer Film and brother. They are fleeing through Europe, release Jan 2018 hoping to reunite with Waldi. Surrounded by a sales tba beautiful landscape and with only a cellphone, he tries to help them. MUM’S HAIR animation 5 min When Maja was 16, her mother got cancer. original title Mammas hår She and her three younger siblings did not director Maja Arnekleiv know what would happen, but they knew production Trollfilm their mother would lose her hair and look release March 2017 quite different. sales tba 20
MY SISTER drama 18 min My Sister is based on memories from the original title Min søster director and the producer’s childhood. Two director Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad sisters travel with their mother to visit her production Barbosa Blad Film friend Camilla who has just suffered a loss; release June 2017 her husband died of AIDS. This trip stirs up sales tba strong feelings; it’s their first memory of death and fear of dying. THE NAVIGATOR drama 16 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES The Navigator is an art house rally film about original title Kartleseren two brothers in the confinement of a car. director Mikal Hovland production Rollo Tomasi release April 2017 sales tba NO MAN IS AN ISLAND drama 28 min After a day of swimming and drinking by original title No Man is an Island the river, Erffan, Amir and Carlos are joined director Ali Parandian by a man who calls himself Jesus. He brings production Anicca Pictures a message of tolerance, reconciliation and release Sep 2017 brotherhood. sales tba NOORA drama 20 min Noora is raised in a strict religious sect on original title Noora the west coast of Norway. When she falls in director Tommy Næss love with Siv, she upsets her family’s plans to production Filmselskapet marry her with the much older Johannes. release June 2017 sales tba POMEGRANATE children 10 min Mina (8), a Kurdish girl raised in Norway, had original title Granateple indirectly become a victim of the war on terror. director Brwa Vahabpour Her mum has told her that dad is out of town to production Spætt Film buy new football shoes, but Mina knows more release June 2017 about the real situation than the adults think. sales tba 21
Shorts RECEPTION drama 10 min When a hotel staff member and a Roma original title Resepsjon woman find a wallet left behind in an aban- director Tove Undheim doned hotel room, their true values are put production Filmhuset Lillehammer to the test. release June 2017 sales tba RECONSTRUCTION drama 21 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES A director has made a short film about his original title Rekonstruksjon family. It is an attempt to get to know his directors Even Hafnor, father better, but the plan failed. He decides to Lisa Brooke Hansen try again. production Even Hafnor release June 2017 sales Even Hafnor THE RESTRICTOR drama 16 min Happiness is scarce, and must be monitored. original title Kontrolløren Each citizen is given a monthly ration of director Jade Hærem Aksnes liquid joy, intravenously. Excessive use is production Zarepta Film Production punished. release Autumn 2017 sales Zarepta Film Production SEMPER FI drama 13 min Semper Fi highlights the unpredictability of original title Semper Fi war. Who returns a hero, and who returns a director Iain Forbes monster? And what happens if this monster production Them Girls Film is a person you love? release September 2017 sales tba ST. ELLIOT children 10 min When a six-year-old boy discovers that dogs original title St. Elliot are not allowed in heaven, he makes a plan to director Tord Theodor Olsen reunite a sick dog with its dead owner. production Deadline Media release April 2017 sales tba 22
STRIM drama/dance 19 min Strim is a docufiction dance film that revolves original title Strim around the search for a missing cat. director Aleksander JohanAndreassen production Aleksander Johan A ndreassen release May 2017 sales tba THE WORLD’S animation/children 10 min NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES MIDDLEST FISH original title Verdens mellomste fisk A young girl happens to catch the most director Cathinka Tanberg medium sized fish in the world and receives production Mikrofilm instant fame. But what happens when the release April 2017 fish gains weight. sales SND Films THREADS animation 9 min In a universe where people are seeking conne- original title Tråder ctions with others, a woman and a small child director Torill Kove are brought together as mother and daughter. production Mikrofilm Inside the bubble of the mother’s protection, co-production National Film Board Canada the child learns about love and trust, and ulti- release June 2017 mately how to form her own attachments. sales NFB, SND Films TO MY CHILDREN documentary/experimental 21 min A film about risking everything for a better original title To my children future. Both brutal and beautifully poetic, director Shwan Dler Qaradak this short film tells a story about escaping production Kulturbyrået Mesén and starting a new life in Norway. Shwan release Nov 2017 Dler Qaradaki’s drawings opens up a sales Kulturbyrået Mesén dialogue around the historical and current issues in the Kurdish region. WATER BEARS drama 9 min A 6th grade’s discussion about power structu- original title Bjørnedyr res that also evolves between the 11-year-olds directors Yenni Lee in the group. The film studies the bystander- production Yenni Lee effect in different dimensions and almost release Feb 2018 breaking the barriers between the illustrative, sales tba hyper-realistic and fictive. 23
Drama series ABER BERGEN (3) original title Aber Bergen The separated partners Erik and Elea and the episodes 10x43 min rest of their colleagues at the law office in creator Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen Bergen are fighting with new problems and production ITV Studios Norway human conflicts. broadcaster TV3/Viaplay release Sep 2017 sales Global Entertainment BORDERLINER original title Grenseland NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES An honest cop decides to break the law to episodes 8x45 min save his brother’s children, and is dragged creators Megan Gallagher, down a slippery slope of justifiable crimes with Alexander Opsal increasingly unjustifiable consequences. production Monster Scripted broadcaster TV2 Norway release Nov 2017 sales DRG International COME AS YOU ARE original title En får væra som en er Come as you are is a warm, humorous musi- episodes 10x22 min cal series about life at a camping site, where creator Kjetil Indregaard the songs of ”Ole Ivars” constitute the series production Monster Scripted back drop and theme song. broadcaster TV2 release Autumn 2018 sales tba DEBUT (working title) original title Lovleg Gunnhild moves away from home at age 15 to episodes 10x20 min attend high school in a small town in western creator Kjersti Wøien Håland Norway. She moves into a big house full of production Rubicon TV teenagers and no adults. There she starts a broadcaster NRK crash course in being an adult while still being release August 2018 a teenager. sales tba HELIUM original title Helium The hunt for normality is pure insanity. Mar- episodes 13x14 min tin desperately wants to be normal and have creators Trond Morten Venaasen, a girlfriend, but is blessed with a crazy family. Morten Hovland When he falls in love with Dalia, his voice production Fabelaktiv sounds like he has inhaled helium. broadcaster tba release 2019 sales Beta Film 24
HENRIK UBER ALLES original title Henrik Uber Alles Henrik Uber Alles is a show about comedian episodes 8x22 min Henrik Thodesen and what happens when creator Karsten Fullu he decides to become an Uber driver, while production Nordisk Film TV making an effort to kickstart his career broadcaster TV3/MTG release Fall 2018 sales MTG/Banijay Rights HOME GROUND original title Heimebane NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES When Helena Mikkelsen is given the reins episodes 10x45 min to a struggling small-town football club, she creator Johan Fasting becomes the first ever woman to coach a production Motlys/NRK top division men’s team. broadcaster NRK release 2018 sales DR Sales I AM NOT WILLIAM original title Jeg heter ikke William (working title) episodes tba A fiction driven reality where we follow the creator Elise Christine Eide experienced actor Eivind Sander as he helps production The Oslo Company out the younger and inexperienced actor broadcaster TV3/MTG Thomas Hayes to move on after his enormo- release 2018 us break in the TV series «SKAM». Although sales tba the intentions are all good, the help does not go along as smoothly and successfully as anticipated. KIELER STREET original title Kielergata A perfect idyll prevails in one of Scandinavia’s episodes 10x45 min most law-abiding towns, but when a dead creator Patrik Syversen body appears, some of the inhabitants show production Anagram Norge hidden identities. broadcaster TV2 Norway release Fall 2018 sales ITV International MAGNUS original title Magnus Magnus is a former police investigator who episodes 6x30 min (Norwegian was known to solve even the most difficult and English version) cases, but with very unconventional and creators Øystein Karlsen, Kristopher Schau absurd methods – which eventually cost him production Viafilm/NRK his job with the police. The technically gifted broadcaster NRK and eccentric Magnus now works as a janitor release tba at police headquarters and secretly solves cases sales Viafilm in his spare time. 25
Drama series MATCH original title Match Stian is a 20-something guy with twen- episodes 20x14 min ty-something guy problems. The only thing creator Martin Lund different about him are the sports commen- production Ape & Bjørn tators giving a running commentary on every broadcaster NRK aspect of his life. He can’t see them but they release Jan 2018 can see him, and they are more than ready sales Red Arrow International whenever Stian has to tackle a challenge. MILK original title Melk NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES When two very different mothers manage to episodes 20x12 min, 10x30 min mix up their babies at the delivery room it is creator Julia Schacht the beginning of an awkward, but beautiful production Anagram Norway friendship. As single moms, they decide to broadcaster Viafree, TV3 move in together. release 2017 sales tba NEXT SUMMER (5) original title Neste sommer Next Summer is a comedy centred on the episodes 10x23 min Norwegian tradition of spending summer in creator Lars Gudmestad the family cottage by the sea, and plays on production Feelgood SFT the sometimes awkward situations that arise broadcaster TVN – Discovery when families gather with high expectations Networks Norway and low square footage. release Feb 2018 sales Feelgood SFT NORSEMEN (2) original title Vikingane Norsemen is a humorous drama series set episodes 6x30 min (Norwegian in the Viking age. Life in the Viking era is no and English version) picnic; even the most trivial choices could have creators Jonas Torgersen, Jon Iver Helgaker dramatic consequences. production Viafilm broadcaster NRK, Netflix release 2017 sales Nordic World OCCUPIED (2) original title Okkupert 2 If you had to choose between safety and episodes 8x45 min freedom – what would you choose? creators Erik Skjoldbjærg, Karianne Lund Occupied 2 starts with an armed conflict production Yellowbird Norge/ between the Norwegian Coast Guard and a Hummelfilm Russian Security Company, guarding an oil broadcaster Viaplay installation in Northern Norway. release 2017 sales Banijay Rights 26
THE OIL FUND original title Oljefondet What would you do if you had 964 717 451 episodes 10x23 min 842 US Dollars? The Norwegian Oil Fund creator Tom Gulbrandsen deals with this question daily. But how can production Zwart Arbeid/Motion Blur you be a tough capitalist, yet at the same broadcaster TVN –Discovery Networks time be a blue-eyed Scandinavian social Norway democrat? release 2018 sales tba ONE NIGHT original title En natt NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES One Night is a romantic comedy about two episodes 10x30 min (Norwegian people who first meet on a blind date – told and English version) in real time. This means that the last second creators Øystein Karlsen, Kristopher Schau of the first episode is the first second of production Viafilm episode 2. broadcaster NRK release Feb 2018 sales Federation Entertainment RECOIL original title Rekyl After being in prison for years, convicted of episodes 8x43 min smuggling a large party of cocaine to Norway, creators Arne Berggren, Kristine Berg they are now free men and women. They are production Shuuto dreaming of a fresh start, but first, the debt to broadcaster MTG/TV3 the Swedes must be paid. It’s time to find out release Spring 2018 what happened. It’s time to get revenge. sales tba ROENG original title Roeng Roeng is a comedy about a town that is hit episodes 10x24 min by a reversed financial crisis. When the Mayor creator Anne Bjørnstad discovers that the city pension funds have production Rubicon TV been placed in high-risk hedge funds, he fears broadcaster TV2 the worst. But instead of losing everything, it release tba turns out the town has struck gold in the stock sales Endemol Shine International market and takes home a billion dollar profit. STATE OF HAPPINESS original title Lykkeland It’s the summer of 1969 in the small coastal episodes 8x45 min town of Stavanger, Northern Europe. Interna- creator Mette M. Bølstad tional oil companies have been test drilling for production Maipo Film years, but nothing has been found and they broadcaster NRK are in the process of leaving. The town is in release 2018 crisis. The night before Christmas 1969, Phillips sales DR Sales Petroleum finds the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change. 27
Drama series TOTALLY PERFECT (8) original title Helt perfekt Famed stand-up comedian Thomas Giertsen episodes 10x22 min is successful and life should be easy. He has creator Thomas Giertsen, Arild Fröhlich a beautiful girlfriend, drives a nice car, fun production Feelgood SFT friends and plenty of money. If it hadn’t been broadcaster TVN –Discovery for all the little things that put him in awk- Network Norway ward situations, life would be totally perfect! release 2018 sales Feelgood SFT TWIN original title Twin NEW AND UPCOMING TITLES A cold-water surfing mecca, home to Erik, episodes 8x45 min a surfer bum who has not seen his identical creator Kristoffer Metcalfe twin Adam in 18 years. Adam is a successful production Nordisk Film Production businessman with a picture-perfect family. broadcaster NRK release 2018 sales tba ZOMBIELARS (2+3) original title Zombielars Zombielars is an exciting drama comedy episodes 13X15 min per season series for kids 8-12. Lars is twelve years old creators Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, and half zombie, or «living unliving» as the Gisle Halvorsen politically correct term goes. production Tordenfilm broadcaster NRK Super release 2017/2018 sales Global Screen 28
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