cannes 2011 films Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier

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1 norwegian cannes 2011 films Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier

2 competition

3 competition COLD Cold is a short film about 13 year old Jon, about winter, about being in love and losing your love and the nausea of a party the day after. And about falling snow. Official Screenings WED, MAY Salle Bunuel PREss Sat, May Salle Debussy SAT, MAY SALLE BUNUEL Drama/Youth 11 min Original Title Kjøttsår Director Lisa Marie Gamlem Screenplay Jørn Kurt Bergo Producer Bendik Heggen Strønstad for Yesbox Productions Sales Yesbox Productions Festivals Norwegian Film Institute

4 un certain regard

5 un certain regard Oslo, August 31st Anders will soon complete his drug rehabilitation in the countryside. As part of the program, he is allowed to go into the city for a job interview. But he takes advantage of the leave and stays on in the city, drifting around, meeting people he hasn't seen in a long while. Thirty-four-year-old Anders is smart, handsome and from a good family, but deeply haunted by all the opportunities he has wasted, all the people he has let down. He is still relatively young, but feels his life in many ways is already over. For the remainder of the day and long into the night, the ghosts of past mistakes will wrestle with the chance of love, the possibility of a new life and the hope to see some future by morning. Official screenings WED, MAY SALLE DEBUSSY PREMIERE THU, MAY SALLE BAZIN FRI, MAY SALLE DEBUSSY market screening THU, MAY ARCADES 3 Drama 96 min Original Title Oslo, 31. august Director Joachim Trier Screenplay Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier Producers Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Yngve Sæther, Sigve Endresen for Motlys Sales The Mach Factory Festivals Norwegian Film Institute

6 Marché du Film dark souls A young girl, Johanna, is attacked and seemingly murdered. Her father receives a phone call from the police pronouncing her dead as he sees her walk in the front door of their house. Strange things begin to happen to Johanna, she is disorientated and becomes pale and unresponsive. Similar attacks begin to happen and Johanna s father takes it on himself to find out the truth. He embarks on a dark thrill ride of lost memories, conspiracy and zombie-like symptoms. Finding the mysterious darkness within is the source of the bizarre world he has uncovered. Headhunters 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 an expensive house. But to keep his finances afloat Roger has taken up a sideline; stealing art, and a little bit too much of it. Claes Greve is another man, who s seemingly the perfect candidate to headhunt for one of Roger s clients. On top of that Greve is the proud owner of a valuable painting. Roger sees his chance to get out of debt for good and starts planning his final, big theft.. But he soon discovers that Greve is playing a game of his own... Market screening Sun, May Palais D Horror 90 min Original Title Mørke sjeler Directors César Ducasse, Matieu Peteul Screenplay César Ducasse, Matieu Peteul Producers Maria Havig-Gjelseth, César Ducasse, Matieu Peteul for Addict Films Sales DC Medias private screenings Fri, May Star 2 By invitation only, no press Mon, May Star 2 By invitation only, no press Thriller 97 min Original Title Hodejegerne Director Morten Tyldum Screenplay Lars Gudmestad, Ulf Ryberg based on Jo Nesbø's novel Hodejegerne Producers Asle Vatn, Marianne Gray for Friland, Yellow Bird Sales TrustNordisk Festivals Norwegian Film Institute

7 Marché du Film I Travel Alone Jarle Klepp is a 25-year-old student of literature with a passion for Adorno, Proust and grown-up women - and definitively not Tamagochi's and small kids. The news that he is the father of a seven year old girl and that she will come visiting next week enters his life like a nuclear bomb. A heartwarming drama about growing up, for real. King of Devil's Island The film is set in 1915 on the island Bastøy outside Oslo, a reformatory for boys between 11 and 18 years. The institution is governed by repression and the boys are being exploited as workers and both physically and mentally abused. Stellan Skarsgård plays the manager whose harsh methods eventually lead to a violent uprising. The Norwegian government responds by sending an armed ship with 150 soldiers. Market screenings Thu, May Palais D Tue, May Palais D Drama 94 min Original Title Jeg reiser alene Director Stian Kristiansen Screenplay Tore Renberg based on his novel Charlotte Isabel Hansen Producers Sigve Endresen, Yngve Sæther for Motlys Sales NonStop Sales Festivals Norwegian Film Institute Market screening Tue, May Riviera 3 Drama 120 min Original Title Kongen av Bastøy Director Marius Holst Screenplay Dennis Magnusson based on a story by Lars Saabye Christensen and Mette Marit Bølstad Producer Karin Julsrud for 4 1/2 Fiksjon AS Sales Les Films du Losange Festivals Norwegian Film Institute

8 Marché du Film Liverpool Goalie Winner of the Crystal Bear KPlus, Berlinale 2011 In The Liverpool Goaile both girls and boys play football and are frustrated by complicated friendships and young love. At the heart of the events, we find twelve year old Jo. Jo tries to avoid both potential girlfriends, mothers and football coaches, as he is hunting desperately for a rare football card which he believes will solve all his problems. The Mountain 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... Market screenings Fri, May Palais D Mon, May Palais B Comedy/Family 85 min Original Title Keeper'n til Liverpool Director Arild Andresen Screenplay Lars Gudmestad based on Keepern til Tunisia by Lars Mæhle Producers Håkon Øverås, Karin Julsrud for 4 1/2 Fiksjon Sales NonStop Sales Festivals Norwegian Film Institute Market screenings Thu, May Olympia 3 Sun, May Olympia 3 Drama 73 min Original Title Fjellet Director Ole Giæver Screenplay Ole Giæver Producers Karin Julsrud, Ole Giæver for 4 1/2 Fiksjon, Ferdinand Films Sales Bavaria International Sales Festivals Norwegian Film Institute

9 Marché du Film Turn me on, Goddammit Alma is a small-town teen with a big imagination. Horny and looking for love, she has only her lively imagination and a kindly phone sex operator to ameliorate her frustratingly lonely and chaste life. But Alma's active fantasy world and even more active libido only seem to get her into trouble. Twigson Ties the Knot Twigson is back and this time he meets the twig of his life! Get ready for action and romance with Junior and Twigson, as Twigson falls in love with Caroline - a very special birch wood twig. And it s not just Twigson s heart that s beating faster. Market screenings Wed, May Palais K Sat, May Gray 1 SUN, MAY OLYMPIA 9 Wed, May Gray 1 Comedy 75 min Original Title Få meg på, for faen Director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen Screenplay Jannicke Systad Jacobsen based on Olaug Nilsen's novel Få meg på for faen Producers Brede Hovland, Sigve Endresen for Motlys Sales Celsius Entertainment Festivals Norwegian Film Institute Market screening Mon, May Riviera 1 Family 78 min Original Title Knerten gifter seg Director Martin Lund Screenplay Birgitte Bratseth based Anne-Cath Vestly s novels Producers Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Sales Sola Media GmbH Festivals Norwegian Film Institute

10 short film corner A SELECTION OF NORWEGIAN SHORT FILMS COLD (In Competition) T the Last Norwegian troll Zakariassen must die Fiction 11 min Director Lisa Marie Gamlem Animation 13 min Director Pjotr Sapegin F fiction 20 min Director Magne Pettersen Leave a Message parasitoid From this day to Where Fiction 6 min Director Aleksandra Niemczyk F fiction 10 min Director Martin Lotherington F fiction 18 min Director Matias & Mathias FESTIVALS TORIL SIMONSEN, NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE

11 PRODUCER ON THE MOVE Norway s Producer on the Move in Cannes: Moves for More The winner of Norway s only Palme d Or for Bobbie Peers Sniffer (2006) Maria Ekerhovd is Norway s Producer on the Move 2011 Norwegian producer Maria Ekerhovd, who scooped Norway s so far only Palme d Or at Cannes for Bobbie Peers short, Sniffer, in 2006, will join the Producers on the Move programme, organised by European Film Promotion. Selected by the Norwegian Film Institute, Ekerhovd and 24 European colleagues will meet the international film industry and press to discuss ideas, planning and finance of international projects, and forge contacts for upcoming co-productions. A media production major from the Norwegian University of Science and Tecknology in Trondheim, Ekerhovd has produced two features Pål Jackmann s The Storm in My Heart (Jernanger/2009) and Gunnar Vikenes Vegas (2010) adding shorts and music videos. Having just opened her own production unit, MER FILM as (More Films), with offices in Tromsø and Bergen, she will tout new feature film projects from Peers and Ole Giæver (who was recently awarded a NOK 200,000 ($38,000) VIP grant from the institute). Former Norwegian Producers on the Move Turid Øversveen (2000), Edward Dreyer (2001), Bjørn Eivind Aarskog (2002), Bent Hamer (2003), Gudny Hummelvoll (2004), Jørgen Storm Rosenberg (2005), Christian Fredrik Martin (2006), Eric Vogel (2007), Silje Hopland Eik (2008), Yngve Sæther (2009), Asle Vatn (2010).

12 Stine Helgeland Executive Director, Dep. of Promotion and International Relations Knut Skinnarmo Senior Advisor, International Relations, feature films Design: Ingunn Cecilie Jensen Stine Oppegaard Head of International Relations, feature films Cell: Astri dehli Blindheim Head of Cultural Events Cell: Toril Simonsen Head of International Relations, short and documentary films Cell: Please visit us at the Scandinavian Terrace, 55 la Croisette from May