FILMS NEW NORDIC FILMS HAUGESUND 2013

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1 NORWEGIAN FILMS NEW NORDIC FILMS HAUGESUND 2013

2 front cover Aksel Hennie and Wes Bentley in Erik Skjoldbjærg s thriller Pioneer CONTACTS IN HAUGESUND STINE HELGELAND Executive Director, Dep. Of Promotion and International Relations stine.helgeland@nfi.no STINE OPPEGAARD Head of International Relations, feature films Cell: stine@nfi.no TORIL SIMONSEN Head of International Relations, short and documentaries Cell: toril.simonsen@nfi.no

3 NEW NORDIC FILMS Casper and Emma Best Friends We meet Emma about to celebrate her fifth birthday. What she wants most of all is a dog. But Emma s mom, who is a vet, says that one must be a little older to take care of a dog. But Emma insists that five years is more than old enough! Casper dreads to start a new daycare. But when he arrives in the kinder garden, he meets Emma. She also has a stuffed animal that comes alive, and from that day Casper and Emma are best friends. Tuesday, Aug Edda 2 Wednesday, Aug Edda 4 FAMILY FILM 76 min ORIGINAL TITLE Karsten og Petra blir bestevenner DIRECTOR Arne Lindtner Næss SCREENPLAY Line Fougner Christensen based on Karsten og Petra by Tor Åge Bringsværd and Anne G.Holt PRODUCERS Silje Hopland Eik and Tanya Badendyck for Cinenord Kidstory AS RELEASE February 15, 2013 SALES AB Svensk Filmindustri FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute Chasing the Wind Anna hasn t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to face her grandfather and the ones she left behind. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life. Monday, Aug Edda 4 Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 DRAMA 89 min ORIGINAL TITLE Jag etter vind DIRECTOR Rune Denstad Langlo SCREENPLAY Rune Denstad Langlo PRODUCERS Brede Hovland and Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS RELEASE March 15, 2013 SALES Memento Films FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute Detective Downs Robert runs his own detective office, but never gets any cases. No one believes he can accomplish anything. Even his father, who is a police investigator, rejects him. Then a mysterious woman shows up. The legendary skater Olav Starr is missing. Robert is perfect for the job, and soon he is entangled in Olav s secret life and not without danger. But when Robert reveals his investigation method everyone is in for a surprise. Tuesday, Aug Edda 4 Wednesday, Aug Edda 5 COMEDY 84 min ORIGINAL TITLE Detektiv Downs DIREC- TOR Bård Breien SCREENPLAY Bård Breien and Eske Troelstrup PRODUCERS Pål Røed and Asle Vatn for Friland Produksjon AS RELEASE Oct 25, 2013 SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute

4 NEW NORDIC FILMS Hocus, Pocus, Alfie Atkins! When he s not playing at pirates with his friends, 7 year-old Alfie Atkins dreams of having a dog of his own. A playful terrier. Just like the one the old magician has. And since magic is all in the mind, Alfie is convinced he can use it to make his dream come true. But it is not as easy as he thinks... even if, in the end, his dream does come true, in the most unexpected manner. Tuesday, Aug Edda 2 Wednesday, Aug Edda 4 I Am Yours Mina is a young single mother living in Oslo with her 6 year old son Felix. She is a Norwegian Pakistani with a troublesome relationship with her family. Mina is constantly looking for love and has relations to different men, however none of the relationships bearing any hope of lasting very long. So when Mina meets Jesper, a Swedish film director, she falls head over heels in love. Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 Market Access Only Wednesday, Aug Edda 2 Market Access Only It s Only Make Believe After serving 10 years in prison for murder, Jenny returns to society. She wants to live a quiet life and resume her responsibilities as a mother, but soon shadows from the past start to appear. It s Only Make Believe is a warm tale of love and longing, and a stunning return to form for Arild Østin Ommundsen, director of Monsterthursday. Monday, Aug Edda 4 Wedensday, Aug Edda 2 FAMILY, ANIMATION 72 min ORIGINAL TITLE Hokus Pokus Albert Åberg DIRECTOR Torill Kove SCREENPLAY Hans Åke Gabrielsson and Tora Berg based on Gunilla Bergström s books PRODUCER Kristin Ulseth for Maipo As RELEASE Sep 13, 2013 SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute DRAMA 98 min ORIGINAL TITLE Jeg er din DIRECTOR Iram Haq SCREENPLAY Iram Haq PRODUCER Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Films AS RELEASE August 16, 2013 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute DRAMA 92 min ORIGINAL TITLE Eventyrland DIRECTOR Arild Østin Ommundsen SCREENPLAY Arild Østin Ommundsen PRODUCER Gary Cranner for Chezville AS RELEASE March 22, 2013 SALES TBC FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute

5 NEW NORDIC FILMS festival OPENING FILM Kiss me You Fucking Moron Tale (17) leads a theatre group of teenagers, who are planning to set up a play by the famous Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. A professional actor, in the middle of a life crisis, agrees to direct them under certain conditions. He decides to cast the local hero, a great soccer player and a fucking moron, as the main male actor. The group soon discovers that the director s ambitions make the teenagers lives a living hell. Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 Wednesday, Aug Edda 2 ROMANTIC COMEDY 93 min ORIGINAL TITLE Kyss meg for faen i helvete DIRECTOR Stian Kristiansen SCREEN- PLAY Stian Kristiansen, Kamilla Krogsveen and Ravn Lanesskog PRODUCERS Yngve Sæther and Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS RELEASE Aug 9, 2013 SALES TBA FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute Pioneer Pioneer is set in the early 80 s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters.a professional diver, Petter is obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Along with his brother Knut he has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world s most dangerous mission. Monday, Aug Edda 1 Thursday, Aug Edda 5 THRILLER 106 min ORIGINAL TITLE Pionér DIRECTOR Erik Skjoldbjærg SCREENPLAY Hans Gunnarson, Katharina Valen Zeiner, Cathinka Nicolaysen, Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg PRODUCER Christian Fredrik Martin for Friland Film RELEASE Aug 30, 2013 SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute The Tough Guys 11-year old Modulf thinks he is a super hero. Every day he is bullied by the toughest guys at school. And that s fine. Because if Modulf is the one being bullied the other children won t be. One day a new girl moves in next door, Lise. Lise does not agree with Modulf s theories. She cares, and creates havoc in the ranks - and suddenly she is the one in the middle of the storm who must be saved. Modulf is forced to face his own situation and do something about it. Monday, Aug Edda 2 Tuesday, Aug Edda 2 Wednesday, Aug Edda 4 FAMILY COMEDY 74 min ORIGINAL TITLE De tøffeste gutta DIRECTOR Christian Lo SCREENPLAY Nick Hegreberg, Christian Lo and Arild Tryggestad based on De tøffeste gutta by Arne Svingen PRODUCER Trine Aadalen Lo for Filmbin AS RELEASE Sept 6, 2013 SALES AB Svensk filmindustri FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute

6 WORK IN PROGRESS Dirk Ohm The film is inspired by the real-life disappearance of German illusionist Dirk Ohm during a holiday in Grong, North Trøndelag, in 2003, Peers first feature is scripted by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, who has also written Wenders next film, Everything Will Be Fine. Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 Doctor Proctor s Fart Powder Doctor Proctor s Fart Powder is the story about two lonely (and a bit weird) children that who find friendship by helping Doctor Proctor to get his recognition. Based on the first book in acclaimed author Jo Nesbæ s series about Doctor Proctor. Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 Night to the 17th Sam loves his friends and said that he could die for them. But lately he has spent more time on his new girlfriend. The problem is that Thea is Sam s best friend s ex-girlfriend. We follow the youngsters from early morning through the night and into the morning hours on Norway s Independence Day, May 17th. A day where friendships are tested and hate meet love. Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 DRAMA ORIGINAL TITLE Dirk Ohm DIRECTOR Bobbi Piers SCREENPLAY Bjørn Olaf Johannessen PRODUCER Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Film AS RELEASE 2014 SALES Films Distribution FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute FAMILY ANIMATION 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Dokotor Proktors prompepulver DIRECTOR Arild Fröhlich SCREENPLAY Johan Bogaeus based on a novel by Jo Nesbø PRODUCERS Cornelia Boysen and Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo Film AS RELEASE 2014 SALES Trust- Nordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute DRAMA ORIGINAL TITLE Natt til 17. DIRECTOR Eirik Svensson SCREENPLAY Sebastian Torngren Wartin PRODUCERS Synnøve Hørsdal and Moa Liljedahl for Maipo Film AS RELEASE 2014 SALES TBA FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute

7 festival closing FILM Veil of Twilight A young lawyer, Vilhelm, returns home to Norway after several years in Paris. As a young boy he saw his little brother drown. After his return to Norway he learns that his elder brother has been accused for dealing with the devil and several grotesque murders. Vilhelm starts an investigation which forces him out on an adventure, opening wounds from his past and putting his life at risk. THE OPTIMIST Despite their weekly training sessions the volleyball ladies THE OPTIMISTS (66 98) have not played a match for 30 years. Now this is exactly the plan. But against whom? Rumours say there is a group of handsome Swedish gentlemen across the border. Goro (98) is the Queen of the team with her will power and purple Converse shoes. Laughter is their match strategy. Tuesday, Aug Edda 5 Tuesday, Aug Edda 1 NO SUBTITLES Tuesday, Aug LILLE Maritim Cinema FANTASY/THRLLER 84 min ORIGINAL TITLE Skumringslandet DIRECTOR Paul Magnus Lundø SCREEN- PLAY Paul Magnus Lundø and Ronnie M.A.G. Larsen PRODUCERS Daniel Henriksbø and Paul Magnus Lundø for Skumringslandet AS in co-production with Motlys AS SALES TBA FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute DOCUMENTARY 90 min ORIGINAL TITLE Optimistene DIRECTOR Gunhild Westhagen Magnor SCREENPLAY Gunhild Westhagen PRODUCERS Ingunn H. Knudsen, Hilde Skofteland Magnor for Skofteland Film SALES TBA FESTIVAL CONTACT Norwegian Film Institute

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