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3 Happy New Film Year PREFACE 5 feature films Appelsinpiken The Orange Girl 4 De gales hus House of Fools 5 De usynlige Troubled Water 6 Den siste revejakta The Last Joint Venture 7 Død snø Dead Snow 8 Engelen The Angel 9 Fatso Fatso 10 Fritt vilt 2 Cold Prey 2 11 I et speil, i en gåte Through a Glass, Darkly 12 Iskyss Icekiss 13 Jernanger Shooting the Sun 14 Kautokeino-opprøret The Kautokeino Rebellion 15 Knerten 16 Kurt blir grusom Kurt Turns Evil 17 Lange flate ballær II Long Flat Balls II 18 Lønsj Cold Lunch 19 Mannen som elsket Yngve The Man Who Loved Yngve 20 Max Manus Max Manus 21 Nord North 22 O Horten O Horten 23 Olsenbanden jr. og det sorte gullet The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold 24 ORPS 25 Respekt Respect 26 Rottenetter 27 Rovdyr Manhunt 28 Sammen Together 29 Skjult Hidden 30 Snarveien Shortcut 31 SOS Svartskjær SOS Summer of Suspense 32 Ulykken The Accident 33 Ulvenatten Night of the Wolf 34 Upperdog 35 Varg Veum Falne engler Fallen Angels 36 Vegas Vegas 37 Yatzy Yatzy 38 Yohan barnevandreren Yohan the Child Wanderer 39 documentary films 99% ærlig 99% Honest 40 Blod & ære Big John 41 Jakten på hukommelsen Hunting Down Memory 42 Moderne slaveri Modern Slavery 43 Prøvetid Trying Freedom 44 Robert Crumptons Shakespeare 45 Sannhetsjegeren Nemesis 46 Snøhulemannen The Snow Caveman 47 To brødre Brothers 48 Yodok Stories Yodok Stories 49 in production 08:17 50 Bastøy King of Devil s Island 50 Bestevennen 51 Nytt norsk håp 51 Pax Pax 52 Pelle politibil går i vannet 52 norwegian films addresses will be a year of great challenge for the Norwegian film industry. Last year s high audience numbers for Norwegian films in Norwegian cinema theatres create a desire for more, and a number of films are presently ready to be launched internationally. The grand-scale film Max Manus, which at the time of writing has been seen by 900,000 people, deals with the Norwegian resistance struggle during the Second World War, and represents a new, modern style within the comprehensive occupation drama genre in Norwegian film history. The Kautokeino Rebellion also reached great box office numbers in 2008 (350,000), and in addition to Long Flat Balls II, The Last Joint Venture, Fatso, Kurt turns Evil, and Troubled Water, it constitutes a solid base for the high market share (22.5%) of Norwegian films in Norwegian cinema theatres. In addition, DVD sales are among the highest in Europe. This year s new Norwegian films are met with great expectations. The Orange Girl is based on Jostein Gaarder s novel of the same title. Gaarder has previously written the international success Sophie s World, which has later been filmed for the cinemas and made into a TV series. The genre-transcending Nazi-zombie film Dead Snow was selected for this year s Sundance Festival, and is expected to be in great demand at festivals around the world, along with other scary movies like Cold Prey 2 and Manhunt. We are also looking forward to Shooting the Sun, which opened the Tromsø International Film Festival in January, and which is expected to become a sought-after film within the more artistic film genres. Among last year s premieres, O Horten, Cold Lunch and The Man Who Loved Yngve are among the films in demand at leading festivals. The Norwegian film wave, which started in 2001 after reorganizations of the State support system, has elevated Norwegian film to a higher level, both regarding quality and quantity. This includes many important elements. A great number of films, a star team made up of younger actors, writers who write directly for film, The Norwegian Film School, and a deliberate focus on children s film, documentaries for the cinema, and a high number of short films, are the major components. The Government s focus on culture, media and film production is a good basis for this. In the new film policy, which a reorganized Film Institute has been set to execute, some of the central elements will be women on both sides of the camera, and the importance of the regions, not least for the presentation of locations and co-productions. In view of all this, we welcome you to a fruitful engagement with Norwegian film at international festivals and markets. Oslo, January 20, 2009 Nina Refseth CEO

4 Appelsinpiken De gales hus the orange girl House of Fools 4 Drama 81 min Colour 5 reels Scope Dolby SR D director: Eva Dahr screenplay: Andreas Markusson and Axel Helgeland based on Jostein Gaarder s novel Appelsinpiken director of photography: Harald Gunnar Paalgard producer: Axel Helgeland for Helgeland Film AS cast: Mikkel Bratt Silset Harald T. Rosenstrøm Annie D. Drama 102 min Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Eva Isaksen screenplay: Åse Vikene based on Karin Fossum s novel De gales hus director of photography: Harald Gunnar Paalgard cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Thorbjørn Harr Fridtjov Såheim Rolf Lassgård Andrea Bræin Hovig Hildegunn 5 Nygaard Rebekka Karijord Emilie K. Beck Riise Rolf Kristian Larsen Anneke von der Lippe release date: February 22, 2009 producers: Hilde Berg and Bent Rognlien for Norsk norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Filmproduksjon contact: Beta Cinema Grünwalder Weg 28d DE release date: September 12, 2008 Oberhaching Tel: norwegian distributor: Norsk Filmproduksjon Fax: Mail: [email protected] contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvi- dovre Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] It could have been a perfectly normal day, if he had missed that streetcar... But Jan Olav just catches that streetcar, on a cold autumn day in Oslo. And on that exact streetcar, on that exact day, there she is. A beautiful girl in a red coat, holding a large bag of oranges in her arms. She smiles, and as their eyes meet she drops the bag and the oranges roll all over the streetcar. She gets off at the next stop, but Jan Olav cannot forget her. Who is she, what if he never sees her again? The quest for the girl with the oranges leads him through winter-cold Oslo and all the way to colourful Seville, where the air is warm and the trees are full of oranges. Twenty years later Georg receives a letter from his father, Jan Olav, about a mysterious girl he calls the Orange Girl. But what can a father who is no longer alive have to tell his 16-year-old son? Georg starts reading the letter on his way to ski in the Norwegian mountains. On this ski trip he meets Stella. Through his father s letter and a magical encounter under the starry Easter sky, Georg realizes that he and his father have something in common the dream of true love. Does Georg dare take the chance? Eva Dahr is one of Norway s most prolific filmmakers these days. She was the conceptual director of the acclaimed TV series Himmelblå, which set a ratings record for drama productions in Norway in She also cowrote and directed the feature film Mars & Venus, which obtained 130,000 admissions in Norwegian theatres and was nominated as Norwegian Movie of the Year in She has also directed a number of highly acclaimed short films for which she has received a string of national and international awards. Aina wants to get away from it all, but the house of fools is certainly not a peaceful place to be. After throwing herself through a shop window, Aina is taken in to the institution Varden for treatment. Reluctantly she joins therapy groups, riding lessons and cleansing conversation with those who wants to help her. At Varden, Aina meets with both anxiety, pain, laughter and mad humour life in its wide range of shades and colours. Through the eyes of twentyfour year old Aina, we meet a crazy group of both patients and helpers, all together bringing back the spark of life and wish to go on. In the house of fools, Aina learns that sheer madness usually makes a lot of sense! After having studied theatre and film at the University of Oslo (1982), Eva Isaksen (1956) made her debut in 1985 with the feature film Burning Flowers (in co-directing with Eva Dahr Death at Oslo Central (1990) was a block-buster, and the comedy Stork Staring Mad was released in 1994, also with a large audience. From 2000 to 2007 Eva directed a large number of mini-series for NRK. In 2003 she directed Mother s Elling. Eva Isaksen has received numerous awards, both nationally and internationally.

5 De usynlige Den siste revejakta Troubled Water The Last Joint Venture 6 Drama 121 min Colour 1:1,85 7 reels Dolby SR EX director: Erik Poppe screenplay: Harald Rosenløw Eeg director of photography: John Christian Rosenlund producers: Finn Gjerdrum Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Rettigheter AS cast: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen Ellen Dorrit Petersen Comedy 84 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen screenplay: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and Mette M. Bølstad based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen s novel Den siste revejakta director of photography: Gaute Gunnari producer: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo Film & TV-produksjon AS cast: Kristoffer Joner Nicolai Cleve Broch Kåre Conradi 7 Trine Dyrholm Trond Espen Seim Bjørn Sundquist Marte Germaine Christensen release date: September 26, 2008 release date: August 29, 2008 norwegian distributor: Scanbox Entertainment norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon sales: Bavaria Film International Bavariafilmplatz 7 contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre DE Geiselgasteig Tel: Fax: Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected] How do you find light, joy and purpose in life after the worst imaginable tragedy hits you? Jan Thomas is released from prison after having served eight years for murder. He is a divinely gifted organist, and gets a deputyship in a church. Here he meets Anna, a single mother and priest. As his relationship with Anna becomes stronger, he also develops a close relationship to her son. One day, Jan Thomas picks up the little boy in the kindergarten. For one short moment, he is distracted, and suddenly the boy is gone... Agnes is married to Jon. Agnes is a teacher on a school visit to the church. She recognizes the organist as the young boy who was convicted of the murder on their son. She decides not to tell her husband about it, and is increasingly drawn towards Jan Thomas life and away from her own. Troubled Water are two potent stories about people who try to come to terms with the past and with their own fate. Troubled Water is the third film in Erik Poppe s trilogy which started with Schpaa,a story about a gang of criminal boys, and continued with Hawaii, Oslo, five potent stories about love. Erik has won a number of awards for his first two feature films, among them several Critics Awards for Best Film at various international festivals, and an Amanda for Norwegian Feature Film of the Year in Erik was educated as a film photographer at the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm. The hippie decade is coming to an end, and the eighties are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two slacker characters who live in harmony with the world around them, and let life pass them by in a perpetual hash high. They earn a little dough on minor sales of pot, in their own opinion providing essential stimulus to a suffering population. After the worst drought of all times in the streets of Oslo, they are now ready for their last great scoop. Their dream of a hippie community in the countryside will finally become a reality! Enter Glenn, a financial backer with ambitious yuppie plans. Carl and Robert awake from their hazy harmony, and are forced to fight back. They re about to enter a wild, dramatic and hysterically funny trip through the Oslo underworld and all the way to Finnskogen. The Last Joint Venture is based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen s cult novel about the transition from the innocent idyll of the seventies to the tough individualism of the yuppie era. The film is directed by Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, who has formerly been behind films like Izzat and Bitter Flowers.

6 Død snø Engelen dead snow the angel 8 Black comedy 91 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby Digital director: Tommy Wirkola screenplay: Stig Frode Henriksen and Tommy Wirkola director of photography: Matt Weston cast: Charlotte Frogner Stig Frode Henriksen Vegar Hoel Jeppe Beck Laursen Evy Kasseth Røsten Jenny Skavlan Bjørn Sundquist Ane Dahl Torp Lasse Valdal Drama 120 min Colour 1:1,66 Dolby SR D director: Margreth Olin screenplay: Margreth Olin director of Photography: Kim Hiorthøy cast: Maria Bonnevie Gunilla Röör Antti Reini producer: Thomas Robsahm for Speranza Production AS norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS 9 Ørjan Gamst release date: August 2009 producers: Tomas Evjen and Terje Strømstad for Miho Film contact: Speranza Production AS Waldemar norwegian distributor: Euforia Film Thranes gt. 84 C N Oslo Tel: release date: January 9, 2009 Fax: Mail: [email protected] sales: Elle Driver 66 rue Miromesnil F Paris Tel: Fax: The group of friends had all they would need for a successful Easter vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them had anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains surrounding the aptly named Øksfjord (Axefjord) had other plans... Tommy Wirkola (1979) is the director and scriptwriter of Dead Snow. From Alta, Northern Norway. Student of media at the Finnmark University College and a student of Film Science at the Lillehammer University College. Bachelor in Film & Television at the Bond University in Australia. Motion picture debut as director/ scriptwriter of Kill Buljo - The Movie in 2007 (sold movie tickets and DVDs), and has also made short films. Together with Stig Frode Henriksen he has made Project Adonis and The Kill Buljo Show. Margreth Olin graduated from Volda University College and the Universities of Bergen and Oslo. She made her debut as documentary film maker with her graduation film In the House of Love in In 1998, her first full feature documentary In the House of Angels premiered in Norwegian cinema theatres, and won a number of prizes. Her breakthrough came with the film My Body (2002), which won several awards nationally and internationally. Her latest film was Raw Youth. The Angel is a story about women. About carrying and inheriting Mummy s traumas. When addiction rules all your decisions. Lea grows up in a home characterized by a lack of protection. From being a cheerful, curious little girl, Lea changes dramatically when her mother Madeleine returns to her ex-husband Ole. The death dance between two adults harms the child growing up between them. Dope enables Lea to hold out everyday life with her family. Then Lea gives birth to her daughter Sonja. She wishes to break with her family and start a new life. She wants to take care of her child and give her the protection she herself never got. But Lea soon realizes that she lacks the ability to do so. Consequently, she has to make an impossible decision.

7 Fatso Fritt vilt 2 Fatso COld Prey 2 10 Comedy 94 min Colour 1:1,66 6 reels Dolby SR EX director: Arild Fröhlich screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Arild Fröhlich based on the novel Fatso by Lars Ramslie director of photography: Askild Vik Edvardsen cast: Nils Jørgen Kaalstad Josefin Ljungman Kyrre Hellum Thriller 91 min Colour scope 5 reels dolby sr d director: Mats Stenberg screenplay: Thomas Moldestad director of photography: Anders Flatland fnf producers: Martin Sundland and Kristian Sinkerud for Fantefilm AS cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Marthe Snorresdatter Rovik 11 producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Para- Kim Wifladt Johanna Mørck Fridtjov Såheim Per dox Rettigheter AS Schaanning release date: October 24, 2008 norwegian distributor: Nordisk filmdistribusjon norwegian distributor: Scanbox release date: October 10, 2008 contact: Paradox Rettigheter AS Maridalsvn. 89 contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvi- N-0461 Oslo Tel: dovre Tel: Fax: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected] Rino lives in the apartment he has taken over from his grandmother. He is thirty years old. He eats Nugatti chocolate spread straight from the box. He daydreams on teenagesluts.com, and chats all night under his alter ego Knullegutt. He has one friend, Filip. Rino lives a deplorable life. But at least he lives his pathetic life in peace. Without witnesses. Until Rino s father decides that one of the rooms should be rented out. He has already found a tenant. She is Swedish, his father says. She? Says Rino. Yes, she, his father says. She will move in the next weekend. Rino s pitiful existence is about to be exposed. He is about to be stripped naked. And before him stands a sexy, Swedish 19-year-old, with the coolest gang of friends in Oslo. Fatso is not the story of a horny fat guy who has wanked himself into a corner. It is a story of someone who wants to be just like everyone else. And about how hard it is to be big and soft. Arild Fröhlich made his feature film debut with the success film and Amanda award winner Pitbull Terje (2005). As director of popular NRK series, Arild s specialty has for many years been humour on film. He graduated from Volda University College in Since then, he has worked as a freelance director of documentaries, short films, commercials and music videos. In 2002, he also directed one of the contributions to the episode film Utopia Nobody s Perfect in the Perfect Country. Cold Prey II is Mats Stenberg s feature film debut. He has a long experience from directing commercials starting as early as 1990, collaborating with companies in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. He begun working in Fantefilm in During the winter of 2006 five youth faced a brutal tragedy in the Norwegian mountains. Only one girl survived. Cold and weak she struggles back to civilization. A bloody and beaten Jannicke is brought to the local hospital. When she slowly awakes in her bed the hospital is dark and silent, without a living soul around. She steps out in the corridors... Is the nightmare not over?

8 I et speil, i en gåte Iskyss 12 Through a Glass, Darkly Youth drama 100 min Colour Scope Dolby SR D director: Jesper W. Nielsen screenplay: Jesper W. Nielsen based on Jostein Gaarder s novel I et speil, i en gåte director of photography: Philip Øgaard producer: Turid Øversveen for Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS cast: Marie Haagenrud Aksel Hennie Liv Ullmann Mads Ousdal Trine Wiggen Espen Skjønberg Maria Sundell Alex Batllori release date: October 17, 2008 norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: Fax: icekiss Drama 83 min Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Knut Erik Jensen screenplay: Knut Erik Jensen and Alf R. Jacobsen based on Jacobsen s novel Iskyss director of photography: Svein Krøvel producer: Egil Ødegård for Filmhuset Produksjoner AS cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen Aleksandr Bukharov Per Egil Aske Yevgeny Sidikin Vladimir Chernyshov Morten Traavik release date: September 3, 2008 norwegian distributor: SEG Distribusjon contact: Filmhuset Produksjoner AS Riddervoldsgt. 10 N-0258 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] 13 Mail: [email protected] Through a Glass, Darkly is a film for children and youth based on Jostein Gaarder s book of the same title, a novel which has sold two million copies worldwide. It s short before Christmas. Cecilie (13) is seriously ill, and spends most of her time in bed, dreaming about Sebastiano whom she fell in love with on a trip to Southern Europe last summer. One night, a weird little guy called Ariel turns up in her room and tells her he s an angel. They make a pact; they will tell each other the secrets of earth and heaven. The film s director and scriptwriter, Danish Jesper W. Nielsen, has, among other films, directed The Last Viking, Little Big Sister, Okay and Big Plans. He has also written the TV series Sommer, and written and directed The Bouncer. Knut Erik Jensen (1940) started his career as a documentary film maker for TV in the early 70 s, and has since directed 3 feature films and countless documentaries both for the screen and for television. His documentary Cool & Crazy reached a large audience nationally as well as internationally. My own mother country I could betray, but never you and our love Norway s only known female spy, Gunvor Galtung Haavik, was willing to do anything for love. She had to pay an agonizing price. Icekiss gives us her moving story about love and espionage in the chilliest period of the Cold War. The film is a tribute to great, all-consuming love, and demonstrates how fateful one single decision may be for an individual. What would have been your decision in such an extreme situation?

9 Jernanger Shooting the Sun Kautokeinoopprøret 14 Drama 93 min Colour Scope Dolby SR D director: Pål Jackman screenplay: Pål Jackman Eigil Jansen Hans Erik Voktor based on an idea by Pål Jackman and Marianne Kleven director of photography: Jakob Ingimundarson cast: Bjørn Sundquist Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen Mary Sarre Rikke Lie Nils Utsi producers: Maria Ekerhovd and Torleif Hauge for Kong Film AS norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS release date: January 16, 2009 contact: Kong Film AS Tollbodallmeningen 1 B N-5004 Bergen Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] The Kautokeino Rebellion Drama 96 min Colour 1:2,35 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Nils Gaup screenplay: Nils Gaup Tone Pelone Wahl Reidar Jönsson Nils Isak Eira director of photography: Philip Øgaard producers: Börje Hansson Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for Rubicon TV AS cast: Anni-Kristiina Juuso Aslat Mathis Gaup Mikkel Gaup Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup Mikael Persbrandt Bjørn Sundquist Mikael Nyqvist Jørgen Langhelle release date: January 18, 2008 norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS sales: NonStop Sales AB Döbelnsgatan 24 SE Stockholm Tel Fax: Mail. [email protected] Pål Jackman (b 1967) made his feature debut with Detector in This was a huge success both with critics and at the box office. It has been claimed that Detector created a new wave in Norwegian film, a kind of film that was embraced by the audience. In addition to directing and acting, Jackman has enjoyed great success with his orchestra, Wunderkammer, which has released two critically acclaimed albums. Shooting the Sun is a tale about the ill-tempered Eivind who isn t scared of anything except love. Eivind lives aboard a boat in Southern Norway. The boat lies low and lopsided in the water. Thirty years ago, Eivind left his homestead and his teenage sweetheart behind, and he has not been back since. He meant to return when everything was honky-dory, only that never happened. Then young Kris appeared. He wanted to travel the world, but never made it further than to the lifeboat in Jernanger. The two men hit it off, and together they hatch a great plan. For centuries the windswept mountain plateau of northern Scandinavia has been inhabited by the native sami population and their reindeers. But modernisation is about to enter the desolate village of Kautokeino where the authority is held by the prosperous and ruthless liquor dealer Ruth, staring Mikael Persbrandt. One of the native tribes, led by the young woman Elen, refuses to pay their unjust debt to Ruth. Without a trial, Ruth manages to imprison most of Elen s tribe, leaving Elen alone to take care of the reindeers. Elen gets help to set up a trial in which the men are released, but Ruth claims ownership of the tribe s reindeers to cover the cost of the trial. Loosing the basis of their lives, Elen and her tribe have little choice but to oppose to Ruth s claim, leading to one of the most dramatic episodes in northern Scandinavian history. Nils Gaup is back with a story from the Sami community. His first feature film, The Pathfinder which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1987, was based on a Sami legend. In the period between these two films, he has made several feature films in Norway and abroad, such as Haakon Haakonsen, Head above Water, Tashunga and Misery Harbour.

10 Knerten Kurt blir grusom English title tba Kurt turns Evil 16 Children s film 75 min Colour 1:1,85 dolby sr ex director: Åsleik Engmark screenplay: Birgitte Bratseth based on the novel Lillebror og Knerten by Anne Cath. Vestly director of photography: Ari Willey cast: Adrian G. Smith Petrus Andreas Christensen Jan Gunnar Røise Pernille Sørensen producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Rettigheter AS norwegian distributor: Scanbox release date: November 6, 2009 contact: Paradox Rettigheter AS Maridalsvn. 89 Children s animation 74 min Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Rasmus Sivertsen screenplay: Karsten Fullu and Per Schreiner based on Erlend Loe s novels about Kurt producers: Cornelia Boysen for Nordisk Film and Ove Heiborg for Qvisten Animation release date: October 31, 2008 norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] 17 N-0461 Oslo Tel Fax: Mail: [email protected] Rasmus A. Sivertsen is a second generation anima- The film Knerten is all about a tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave boy. Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend the wooden twig Knerten appears in the middle of a pile of firewood. When Lillebror s mum gets a job in a store while Dad is out travelling as an underwear salesman, Lillebror has to manage on his own most of the day. With Knerten in his hand, he encounters a new everyday life filled with excitement and drama. But can a pine twig be a real friend and can the family afford to stay in the run-down house? The film Knerten is based on the first book in Anne Cath Vestly s classical children s book series about Lillebror and Knerten. Åsleik Engmark makes his debut as film director with Knerten. Engmark is known as an actor and stand-up comedian, and throughout the past 20 years, he has been working in most fields within entertainment - music, theatre, opera and film. He was one of the driving forces behind establishing the show and cabaret group Lompelandslaget in Kurt is a clever guy. He is an incredibly good truck driver, but not everyone sees Kurt as he really is. One day, someone tells Kurt that doctors are more important than truck drivers. Kurt s self confidence is deeply injured, and the same goes for his moustache. Together with his son Bud, Kurt does everything to become important. But Kurt turns evil. tor. He made short cartoon films already as a 9-yearold. After two years of animation studies at Volda University College, he worked as main animator with Gurin with the Foxtail. In 1997, he became a joint owner of Qvisten Animation. His short film debut, Guggen The Big Cheese, was nominated for the Amanda Award in The last few years in Qvisten, he has worked on the children s TV series 5 Friends on Cattlehill and the feature film Kurt turns Evil.

11 Lange flate ballær ii Lønsj Cold Lunch 18 Long Flat Balls II Comedy 95 min Colour Scope 6 reels Dolby SR D director: Harald Zwart screenplay: Pål Sparre-Enger director of photography: Geir Hartly Andreassen producers: Espen Horn and Harald Zwart cast: Jan Edgar Fjell Anders Fjell Petter Jørgensen Eirik Stener Tobiassen Kai Helge Hansen Henrik Morken Nielsen Frode Lie Don Johnsen release date: March 13, 2008 norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS contact: Zwart Arbeid Kirkegt. 27 N-1632 Gamle Fredrikstad Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Drama 90 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Eva Sørhaug screenplay: Per Schreiner director of photography: John Andreas Andersen Producers: Håkon Øverås and Aagot Skjeldal for Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ cast: Ane Dahl Torp Aksel Hennie Pia Tjelta Bjørn Floberg Anneke von der Lippe Jan Gunnar Røise Ingar Helge Gimle Nicolai Cleve Broch Birgitte Victoria Svendsen Kyrre Haugen Sydness release date: February 1, 2008 norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] 19 Eva Sørhaug (1971). got her BA in Social Science at Oslo University. A Harald Zwart ascended into the Hollywood elite as director of Pink Panther 2. He has also directed the films One Night at McCool s, and Agent Cody Banks, the Swedish film Hamilton, as well as having produced and directed the Norwegian success films Long Flat Balls and Long Flat Balls II. As the only Norwegian, he is a member of the Directors Guild of America. In this sequel to the Norwegian 2006 blockbuster, Hollywood director Harald Zwart presents the most action packed comedy ever made in Norway. The hilarious story of its predecessor is taken to a new level as the six beer-bellied guys from the EdGarage find their plans for the imminent week totally changed by a draft for a national guard maneuver. After an accidental meeting with a U.S. Admiral (Don Johnsen), we find our six misfits being the only ones between us and a nuclear holocaust Cold Lunch is a multi-plot drama about five people who all live in the same neighbourhood in Oslo. While Christer is down in the basement laundry room, he suddenly remembers he s got his houserent money in the shirt pocket. In an attempt to save the money, he disconnects the main fuse in order to stop the washing machine. As the caretaker puts in a new fuse, an old man is fumbling with the fuses in a fuse box upstairs and dies instantly. His daughter, Leni is now alone for the first time in her life. As the fresh mother Heidi is in the washroom to get her laundry, she discovers that the machines have stopped. She is in a hurry, and has to bring with her the wet clothes. Without being aware of it, Christer has set unavoidable processes in motion. few years later she left Norway for studies abroad and enrolled at The San Francisco Academy of Art College where she got her MFA in filmmaking in She lived in the US for a total of 5 years. She moved to Stockholm and went to Stockholm Dramatic Institute for one year as a part of completing her Master degree in Filmmaking. Cold Lunch is her first feature film after having directed several short films since 2000.

12 Mannen som elsket Yngve Max Manus Max Manus 20 The Man who Loved Yngve Drama 99 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby digital director: Stian Kristiansen screenplay: Tore Renberg based on his own novel director of photography: Trond Høines producer: Yngve Sæther for Motlys AS cast: Rolf Kristian Larsen Ida Elise Broch Arthur Berning Ole Christoffer Ertvaag release date: February 15, 2008 norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS sales: NonStop Sales Döbelnsgt. 24 SE Stockholm Tel: Fax: Drama 118 min Colour Scope Dolby SR D directors: Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning screenplay: Thomas Nordseth based on Max Manus own books director of photography: Geir Hartly Andreassen producers: John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS cast: Aksel Hennie Kyrre Haugen Sydness Mads Eldøen Christian Rubeck Nicolai Cleve Broch Agnes Kittelsen Ken Duken Victoria Winge Knut Joner release date: December 19, 2008 norwegian distributor: Nordisk filmdistribusjon contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] 21 Mail: [email protected] November The Berlin wall collapses. In Stavanger town, Jarle Klepp (17) has no idea that everything is about to change. So far he has got everything; the best girlfriend in the world, and the world s coolest buddy. Together they will soon launch Stavanger s toughest punk band, Mathias Rust Band. But then the new boy in class, Yngve, appears. He is not like anyone else, and Jarle is confused. He does not know what to do. All he knows is that he cannot stop meeting Yngve, even if it involves doing things he really hates. Slowly but steadily Jarle lets everyone around him down, and finds out what it means to stand alone. Stian Kristiansen (1972) has studied directing in Stavanger, and graduated as a director from The Norwegian Film School in He has worked for several years as an actor at Rogaland Teater, and acted in films such as Benny and Mongoland. He has previously directed the short films Adam and Eve, Blindsight, Kiss me, god damn it!, Bad Investment and Hidden. The man who loved Yngve is his feature film debut as director. Max Manus is the true story of the resistance fighter of the same name, who in spite of being one of the most wanted men by the Gestapo in Norway, participated in some of the most daring sabotage attacks during the Second World War. After having fought as a volunteer in the Finnish-Russian Winter War, Max Manus returns home to a Norway occupied by the Germans, in the spring of Before long, he and his buddies Gregers Gram and Gunnar Sønsteby start making trouble for the Germans. They build up a resistance network, collect weapons and explosives, and undergo training in England. From their safe apartment in Oslo, they carry out sabotage attacks against important Nazi targets, and they become increasingly more scheming. But the Gestapo investigator Siegfried Fehmer works determinedly and patiently to stop Max, and soon he starts to unravel the network around him. Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning graduated from Stockholm Film School, Sweden, in Under their professional name Roenberg, they are credited with hundreds of outstanding commercials made all over the world. Sandberg and Rønning s first feature film was Bandidas, starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek, for producer Luc Besson and Europa-corp in Mexico.

13 Nord O Horten NORth O Horten 22 Drama 79 min Colour scope 5 reels director: Rune Denstad Langlo screenplay: Erlend Loe director of photography: Philip Øgaard producers: Sigve Endresen and Brede Hovland for Motlys AS cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen Drama 90 min. Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Bent Hamer screenplay: Bent Hamer director of photography: John Christian Rosenlund producer: Bent Hamer for BulBul Film AS cast: Bård Owe Espen Skjønberg Ghita Nørby Kai Remlov Per Jansen 23 release date: February 6, 2009 release date: December 26, 2007 norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS norwegian distributor: Scanbox sales: Memento Films 6 Cité Paradis F Paris sales: The Match Factory, Balthasarstr , Tel Fax DE Köln Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected] North is an antidepressive offroad film about the former athlete Jomar, who has isolated himself in a sad and lonely existence after a mental breakdown. On a snowmobile, with pills and moonshine as provisions, he embarks on a strange and poetic journey towards the north to meet his unknown son. On this journey through amazing arctic landscapes, Jomar seems to do everything in his power to avoid reaching his destination. On his way he meets other tender and confused souls, who all contribute to push Jomar further along his reluctant journey, and towards facing reality. North is Rune Denstad Langlo s first full feature film, but Rune made his cinema debut with the documentary film Too Much Norway, and also premiered with his second cinema documentary 99% Honest in Through his documentaries, Langlo has proved himself to be a skilfull storyteller, and has shown that he is able to depict characters in a credible manner. Odd Horten has spent his whole working life as a train engineer on the Bergen line. He will make one last journey over the mountain before he retires. But when the train leaves the station without Horten on board, he realizes that the remainder of the journey will take place without printed timetables and familiar stations. Odd Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place to remain. O Horten is a melancholy comedy about engineer Odd Horten s first arduous days and nights en route from his working life to his post-retirement existence. Through warmly humorous and absurd situations, we become acquainted with the somewhat timid Horten. This portrait of him becomes a captivating depiction of an elderly man losing his sense of direction and refinding it. Bent Hamer (scriptwriter, producer, director) is regarded as one of Norway s most exciting and distinctive film makers. His films have won many awards worldwide. Eggs and Kitchen Stories (2003) were both awarded an Amanda as Best Cinema Film. Kitchen Stories also won the European Distribution Award in Cannes in His films have been screened in cinema theatres in more than 40 countries, and have been selected for the Cannes Film Festival four times.

14 Olsenbanden jr. og det sorte gullet ORPS English title tba 24 The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold Children s film 90 min Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Arne Lindtner Næss screenplay: Peder Halmdahl Næss and Arne Lindtner Næss director of photography: Kjell Vassdal Children s film 85 min Colour 1:1,66 Dolby SR D director: Atle Knudsen screenplay: Kjetil Indregard and Atle Knudsen director of photography: Theodor Vogt Kristensen fnf cast: August Ekanger, Ann Kristin Sømme, Cecilie Mosli, Henrik Mestad, Elisabeth Sifsdatter Larsen, 25 producer: Roy Anderson for Nordisk Film og TV Moin Deljou, Oriana Brut-Christensen cast: Oskar Øiestad Fridtjof Tangen Jonas Hoff Oftebro producer: Olav Øen for Monster Film AS Jan Grønli Lina Sørlie Strand norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS release date: January 30, 2009 release date: March 6, 2009 norwegian distributor: Nordisk filmdistribusjon contact: Monster Film AS, Tullinsgt. 4C, N-0160 contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Oslo Tel: Fax: Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] www. monstersite.no Mail: [email protected] Orps is about the group of friends Ikko, Amalie, Babb, Murmel and Ling, who all play in the Gamle Tomter Brass Band. The annual great event is approaching: The Norwegian Championships. The band is going travelling! And there s a chance to get a sweetheart! At least this is the goal of the gabby, impatient and bub- 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 screenplay writer for several TV series. The story is set in the early 1960 s. Egon Olsen persuades his friends to buy oil shares in order to take part in the approaching oil adventure. At the same time, Egon gets on the trail of some sinister crooks who try to intercept tests showing there is oil in the North Sea. The Junior Olsen Gang want to convey the news to the authorities, but it doesn t turn out quite as planned. Valborg is kidnapped and kept prisoner in the Cheops Pyramid. The Junior Olsen Gang travel to Egypt as stowaways on a ship in order to set Valborg free. But finding the way through the labyrinth in the pyramid proves to be a tough challenge. First, the gang has to solve the Sphinx riddle. And if they manage, a major problem remains: The ghost of the Pharaoh... Director Atle Knudsen (born 1971) has directed several TV series for children. ORPS was originally a TV series for children. This is Knudsen s feature film debut. He has also worked as a director for Teater Grimmsborken. bling Amalie. Meanwhile, Ling hopes that her great talent will finally be discovered and Ikko hopes that Ling will discover HIM. Murmel will possibly manage to play one entire tune without fainting, and maybe the quiet, modest Babb will manage once and for all to tell everyone her opinion about bullying? But one great obstacle, or rather a person, stands in their way: Their conductor, the famous cornetist Elsebeth Bull. Elsebeth is an extremely evil, manipulating lady, who in a treacherous way decides to push the gang out of the band. She is determined to win the Championships, and she won t let anything stand in her way. The friends decide to start their own band, Orps. Together with the tomboy Jannik and the band s former conductor the eccentric Morris they take up the fight for the Norwegian Champion title. And despite great obstacles, the friends stick together because this is what good brass band spirit is all about! With great eagerness, enthusiasm and genuine joy of music, they inspire all the other bands in the Norwegian Championship because sometimes, it s enough if you play from the heart.

15 Respekt Rottenetter RESPEcT English title tba 26 Youth drama 74 min Colour Scope director: Johannes Joner screenplay: Johannes Joner based on Nigel Williams theatre play director of photography: Anders Flatland producer: Aage Aaberge and Per Jørgen Østby for Nordisk Film AS drama 100 min color scope dolby sr ex director: Arild Østin Ommundsen screenplay: Arild Rein and Arild Østin Ommundsen director of photography: Trond Tønder cast: Christian Rubeck Fridtjov Såheim Silje Salomonsen Kristoffer Joner producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Para- 27 cast: Fredrik Stabenfeldt Daniel Karlsson Mikael Dis- dox Rettigheter AS eth Israel Jesus Elias Haroldo Vikram Kee Damslora release date: August 28, 2009 Svend Von Krogh Erichsen Knut Joner norwegian distributor: Scanbox release date: March 7, 2008 contact: Paradox Rettigheter AS Maridalsvn. 89, norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon N-0461 Oslo Tel: Fax: contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK Mail: Hvidovre Tel: Fax: Mail: The class room fills up, but no teacher arrives. The boys in 3F are left on their own. Mikael never lets go of his bat. He needs his daily dose of smashed windows. Svend hates everyone, and likes to bully people. Especially Knut, who actually tries to be nice. Kee wants to throw out all foreigners, particularly the Paki who dumped his mother. David is sick to death of being bullied for the colour of his skin. While Jesus lives in his own world, and the world does not understand Jesus. In this youth film, we meet 12 boys. The bad guys who are left alone in the class room when no teachers dare teach them. What happens when the students start teaching each other? Respect plays with alternative reality techniques, and offers unique insight into students school days, which are all about solidarity and the fight for respect from both fellow students and the world. Johannes Joner graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Performing Arts in Subsequently, he has been associated with Rogaland Teater, Nordland Teater, TV teatret, Chat Noir, The National Theatre and Oslo Nye Teater. Joner was last seen on the silver screen in Hilde Heier s Second Half, and on stage as Charlie in the production of The Foreigner at Oslo Nye. Respect is Joner s first film as a director. We re in Stavanger is no longer a small fishing town on the West Coast. The town may pride itself on titles like oil capital and culture capital. People are wealthier, the cars more expensive and the houses more luxurious. The old wooden houses are demolished to give way to large residential complexes and gigantic food festivals. French acrobats dominate the cultural life. And behind it all, the global financial crisis is looming. In the middle of this materialistic everyday reality, we meet Jonny Kristiansen, an up-and-coming 25 year old broker. Hungry for money and success, he is pulled into an unscrupulous financial world. With cigars, champagne and exclusive escort girls, Jonny takes off and aims at the top of the finance pyramid. Jonny s goal is to become best, richest and most powerful, whatever the cost. But if someone wins, others will have to lose. Is the price worth paying? Arild Østin Ommundsen s first full feature film was the audience success and Gullklapper winner Mongoland in In 2005, his second feature film Monstertorsdag was selected, as the first Norwegian film ever, to participate in a competition at the Sundance Film Festival. It won the Audience Award at the Mannheim International Film Festival, and has been screened at a number of festivals around the world. Arild Østin Ommundsen has also made music videos, commercial films, and a number of short films.

16 Rovdyr Sammen manhunt together 28 Thriller 78 min Colour Scope 4 reels Dolby SR D director: Patrik Syversen screenplay: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen director of photography: Håvard Byrkjeland producer: Torleif Hauge for Fender Film AS cast: Henriette Brusgaard, Nini Bull Robsahm, Lasse Valdal, Jørn-Bjørn Fuller-Gee drama 100 min colour scope Dolby SR D director: Matias Armand Jordal screenplay: Matias Armand Jordal director of photography: Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen producer: Tom Rysstad for Mirmar Film Production AS cast: Fridtjov Såheim Pål: Odin Waage Evy Kasseth Røsten Kristine Rui Slettebakken Marianne Mørk Lar- 29 release date: January 11, 2008 sen Torbjørn Eriksen norwegian distributor: Euforia release date: January 23, 2009 sales: NonStop Sales Döbelnsgt. 24 SE norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Stockholm Tel: Fax: contact: Mirmar Film Production AS Nestoppen 21B Mail: [email protected] N-1344 Haslum Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] The summer of Four young people; Camilla, her boyfriend Roger and the siblings Mia and Jørgen, are on their way to a relaxing long weekend in the woods. They drive through the wilderness, it s a long car ride, and tensions between the four of them are surfacing. During a break at a remote roadside café, the four youngsters provoke some of the locals. When leaving the café, the gang picks up an unknown hitch hiker. They have not been driving very far when the hitch hiker wants them to pull over. She appears to be frightened. There s somebody out there. Somebody who is after them. Suddenly, the four of them are assaulted, knocked unconscious, and carried off. Soon after, they wake up deep inside the forest. There s no one in sight. Only dark trees. Then they hear the sound of a hunting horn. Someone s conducting a gruesome chase. And they are the prey. Manhunt is Patrik Syversen s feature film debut. He is a typical film fanatic, and loves horror film just as much as character drama. He combines the two in this character-driven horror film. He graduated from Oslo Film and TV Academy, and has formerly made the novella film Utkant, among others, in collaboration with Nini Bull Robsahm. Matias Armand Jordal (b. 1970) in Stockholm, Sweden. He has over the last 8 years directed commercials and short films and has won several awards for his films. Together is his feature film debut. A father, a mother and their son are looking forward to their vacation. On their way, they are caught in an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down. This is a story about the journey of a father and son through a landscape of sorrow, after they tragically lose the one person they love the most. The film depicts how they deal with their new everyday life without her, and their struggle to gain control over the new situation. The deceased woman was the glue that kept the family together, and without her they feel like they have to make a new start, a situation which wears them both out. They realize that they haven t spent much time together, and have a hard time communicating with each other. Even simple things like making a meal becomes a challenge. The father feels the loss of this woman so strongly that he isn t able to pull himself together and take responsibility for his own and his son s life. In pure desperation he meets with Childcare, and when his son is temporarily sent to an orphanage, he isolates himself from his surroundings and rejects every attempt of contact, even from his own son. But the son refuses to give up the hope that they can become a family again, and fights bravely to get his father back to life.

17 Skjult Snarveien hidden shortcut 30 Thriller 90 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Pål Øie screenplay: Pål Øie director of photography: Sjur Aarthun producer: Jan Aksel Angeltvedt for Alligator Film cast: Kristoffer Joner Cecilie Mosli Marco Kanic Bjarte Hjelmeland Eivind Sander Karin Park Thriller 90 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Severin Eskeland screenplay: Severin Eskeland director of photography: Bjørn Eivind Aarskog cast: Marte Germaine Christensen Sondre Krogtoft Larsen Jens Hultén Inga Didong Harrie Mikkel Gaup producer: Bjørn Eivind Aarskog for Exposed Film 31 release date: April 3, 2009 Prods AS norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS contact: Alligator Film Georgernes Verft 12 N-5011 release date: September 9, 2009 Bergen Tel: Fax: sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri SE Stockholm Mail: [email protected] Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Pål Øie (1961) has extensive experience in film making, both as scriptwriter and director. He has made several awardwinning shorts, but his great breakthrough came with Dark Woods in Dark Woods was recently elected the scariest Norwegian movie ever, and positioned Øie as Norway s leading horror director a film maker with a strong sense of the dark side of human nature, and a solid conveyor of disturbed emotions and ambiances. A small boy races through the woods. Blinded by fear he crosses a desert road without noticing the truck that speeds along it. A series of events are thus set in motion, events that will deprive another little boy of his entire family. As the boys eyes meet in the woods, their destinies part. KK (Kristoffer Joner) returns to his hometown a small, remote place with an enormous wild waterfall, surrounded by a dense, dark forest the place he ran away from years ago. Now the hated mother he ran from is dead, and has left him a house deep in the forest. With his heritage comes the burden of dark secrets, and his return to the sordid place of his past brings to life all the evils he has spent years surpressing. Shortcut is Severin Eskeland s debut as a full feature film director, but he has previously directed and edited several short films and novella films, among them The Cabin and The Chamber. Eskeland was educated at the Norwegian Institute for Stage and Studio (NISS), and at Westerdals School of Communication. Lina and Martin are smuggling cheap booze from Sweden across the border to a wedding in Norway. At a roadblock, they are told to take a detour, due to an accident. Deep inside the Swedish woods, their car suddenly suffers a tire blowout, and they seek assistance at an abandoned gas station. Soon after, they encounter a girl screaming for help. They assist a policeman in returning the now unconscious girl to a spooky house in the middle of the woods, unaware that they are under constant video surveillance. Without their knowledge they have landed leading roles in an Internet film

18 SOS Svartskjær Ulvenatten SOS Summer of Suspense Night of the Wolf 32 Family film 87 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR director: Arne Lindtner Næss screenplay: Arne Lindtner Næss director of photography: Sjur Aarthun producer: Rune H. Trondsen for Nordisk Film cast: Amina Hegvold Sanca Øyvind Haugland Vaktskjold Sander Berglund Francis Ragnhild M. Gudbrandsen Banthata Mokgoatsane Christian Rubeck Bjørn Vilberg Andersen Action 83 min Colour 1:1,78 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Kjell G. Sundvall screenplay: Tom Egeland based on his novel Ulvenatten director of photography: Harald Gunnar Paalgard producers: Kaare Storemyr for Nordisk Film cast: Dejan Cukic Anneke von der Lippe Jørgen 33 release date: February 15, 2008 Langhelle Christian Skolmen Ingar Helge Gimle norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon release date: February 29, 2008 contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: Fax: norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon Mail: [email protected] contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Arne Lindtner Næss has worked on the Junior Olsen Gang series since it bean in 2001 as creative producer and director of the TV series The Junior Olsen Gang s First Haul. Since then he has written and directed four Junior Olsen Gang-films. In addition he has directed Finding Friends, with a child, a dog and a bull in the leading roles. The film won the Amanda prize for the best children s film in 2005 and has appeared in festivals all over the world. In high winds a large ship ploughs northwards. From a lighthouse they receive the agreed signal, and two red buoys are thrown overboard. A small boat sets off from land. They only find one buoy. At the same time a baby seal is separated from its mother in the high waves at cormorant reef. Noora (12) lives on the island together with her family. She discovers the baby seal in a bay. The seal is playing with a buoy. Staying on the island are a German couple and three youths. The German Dieter mainly hunts seals on the reefs around the island. At the same time some of the other visitors have started an intense search along the beaches for the missing package. Noora s mother, who is 8 months pregnant, slips and falls. Her father has to take her to the hospital. The children are left alone on the island with both the seal hunters and drug smugglers. A storm blows up again. Finally they are abandoned in the big lighthouse, with the night approaching.. The veteran Kjell Gösta Sundvall has directed 10 feature films, and 21 TV productions in Sweden, among them The Guy in the Grave Next Door and The Hunters. For the latter, he received the Swedish film award Guldbaggen in the film year He was also recently appointed Honorary Doctor at Luleå University of Technology. During a live broadcast of a debate programme on channel ABC, a group of armed Chechens take several hostages. The terrorists demand that the hostage drama be broadcast live all over the world. Behind the scenes, the police negotiator and the police special unit are working hard to rescue as many as possible out of Studio 2 alive. We follow the drama from moment to moment, until it all ends in a bloody shootout underway to the airport, where an airplane is awaiting the terrorists.

19 Ulykken Upperdog the accident Upperdog 34 drama 72 min Colour 1:1,85 4 reels Dolby SR D director: Marcelino Martin Valiente screenplay: Marcelino M. Valiente and Morten Thomte director of photograpy: Rolv Håan producer: Torleif Hauge for Fender Film AS cast: Rune Temte Sven Nordin Lars Arentz-Hansen Trine Wiggen Hassan Briany Drama/Comedy 95 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR D director: Sara Johnsen screenplay: Sara Johnsen director of photography: John Andreas Andersen producers: Christian Fredrik Martin and Asle Vatn for Friland AS cast: Mads Sjøbård Pettersen Agnieszka Grochowska 35 release date: April 2009 Hermann Sabado Bang Chau norwegian distributor: Scandinavian Entertainment norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Group release date: September 18, 2009 contact: Fender Film AS, Kongleveien 18, N-0875 Oslo contact: Friland AS Torggt. 33 N-0183 Oslo Tel: Mail: [email protected] Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Marcelino Martin Valiente studied at the International Theatre School Jacques Lecoq (Paris), Charles Dullin s School of Dramatic Art (Paris) and the University of Reims; (psychology and drama). He has attended several theatre and dance workshops in London, Paris and Oslo. He established B. Valiente Contemporary Dance Company in 1997 (Oslo, Norway). He works as choreographer, film and theatre director, and teaches various forms of art direction (drama, dance, performance etc.) He has made the short films Touched (2006) and Cargo (2005). This is his feature film debut. The Accident is the story of the car dealer Jonas, who has achieved the good life ; success at work, a large house and a successful family. However, in the course of a few days, he is deprived of all these things, one by one, and he becomes entangled in a net of misfortune. It all starts when a boy is hit by a car. A witness tells the police that the car was a black Audi. Jonas is linked to an identical car in connection with his last sale, and becomes the principal suspect. Jonas attempts to prove his innocence, but thereby only makes himself look more suspicious. By and by he loses his job, the confidence of his family, and the freedom to move about. He initiates his own investigation in order to clear his name, but the more he tries to find the truth, the more he ruins the relationship with his loved ones and his surroundings. Suddenly Jonas finds himself in solitude, beyond his familiar settings. In 2005 Sara Johnsen made her feature film debut with Kissed by Winter. The film won many national and international awards. In addition to directing, Johnsen worked as a teacher in dramaturgy, visual storytelling and in screen acting. She has also written two novels published by Gyldendal. The first one, in 2005, was titled He Knows Something She Should Try, the second, White Man, was published in In her employer s house, Maria discovers a photograph taken at the airport the day Axel and Yanne were adopted away. She has seen the picture before, in Yanne s apartment. But here, someone has removed Yanne from the photo. This is how Maria discovers that the adopted Asian son in the house in which she is a maid is Yanne s brother, and that he has no knowledge of his half-sister. Yanne does not want her kid brother to remember the past, and Maria promises her to keep silent. But Maria falls in love with the handsome, cheeky younger brother, and she initiates a turbulent relationship with Axel. Maria thinks Axel s fear of love stems from a yearning for the sister he doesn t know he has. Per settles in Oslo, and gets acquainted with Yanne. She falls in love with this tormented man, whom Maria nicknames Mr. I Hurt So Much. One day as Per dines at Yanne s restaurant, he discovers that a photo of him as a soldier serving in Afghanistan is being used in an anti-war campaign. He wants revenge, and seeks out the photographer.

20 Varg Veum Falne engler Vegas Vegas 36 Fallen Angels Action 95 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Morten Tyldum screenplay: Thomas Moldestad based on Gunnar Staalesen s novel Falne engler director of photography: John Andreas Andersen Drama 93 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR D director: Gunnar Vikene screenplay: Gunnar Vikene and Torun Lian director of photography: Marek Wieser producers: Tanya N. Badendyck Silje Eik Maria Ekerhovd for Cinenord Spillefilm and Kong Film cast: Karoline Stemre Jørgen Hausberg Nilsen Sindre 37 producers: Jonas Allen and Peter Bose for SF Norge Kvalvåg Jacobsen Ellen Birgitte W. Johannessen and Miso Film Kyrre Haugen Sydness Anders Baasmo Christiansen cast: Trond Espen Seim Bjørn Floberg Endre Hel- Helge Jordal Eindride Eidsvold lestveit release date: September 25, 2009 release date: April 4, 2008 norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS norwegian distributor: SF Norge AS sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri SE Stockholm sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri SE Stockholm Tel: Fax: Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected] The director of the film, Morten Tyldum, made his debut as a feature film director with the success Buddy in He has made a number of short films, novella films and commercial films. Among others, he directed the film about the conservative political party Høyre in Utopia Nobody is Perfect in a Perfect World. Fallen Angels will be Tyldum s second feature film. Fallen Angels is the second cinema film in the series about the private investigator Varg Veum. A chance meeting with an old class mate takes Varg Veum back in time, for instance to the popular Bergen rock band Angel Anatomy in the late 1980 s. Then a murder occurs, and Veum starts unravelling a thread leading him all the way back to his own childhood and adolescence. It s late summer. Thomas has to move to the grey zone a depository for youth who no longer have a home. His younger brother has also been sent away, but no one will tell Thomas where he is. Thomas sneaks away at night to look for him. Thomas meets Marianne and Terje in the grey zone. Marianne is the craziest and wildest person Thomas has ever met. She changes boyfriends every week and foster homes four times a year. Terje accidentally pushed his mother into the open sea on a boat trip to Denmark. She has been missing ever since, and Terje believes she is waiting to be found in Denmark. A friendship evolves, and the bond between them grows stronger as they fight to get away from the grey zone. It s a battle filled with hope and expectations, a journey of life and death where no one ends up where they planned, but everyone finds a home.. Gunnar Vikene (1966) is one of the few Norwegian filmmakers who have succeeded both as a scriptwriter and as a director. In 2002 he directed his first feature film Falling Sky. The film was both critically acclaimed, a success at the box-office, and has won a number of awards at national and international film festivals. In 2006, Vikene directed Trigger. The film was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival 2007.

21 Yatzy Yatzy Yohan barnevandreren 38 youth drama 80 min colour 1:1,85 director: Katja Eyde Jacobsen screenplay: Harald Rosenløw Eeg director of photography: Øystein Mamen producer: Karin Julsrud for Spillefilmkompagniet 4 1/2 AS cast: Kastriot Kastrati Hanna Maria Khalid Fredrik Thorjussen Yohan The Child Wanderer drama 90 min colour director: Grete Salomonsen screenplay: Grete Salomonsen director of photography: Odd Hynnekleiv cast: Robin Pedersen Daniel Mathilde Berg Adam Eftevaag 39 norwegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Dennis Storhøi Agnete Haaland release date: March 20, 2009 producer: Odd Hynnekleiv for Penelope Film contact: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre release date: September 4, 2009 Tel: Fax: norwegian distributor: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon Mail: [email protected] Contact: Penelope FIlm Box 618 N-4665 Kristiansand S Tel: Fax: Mai: [email protected] A newcomer in the world s tiniest community. In love with the wrong woman. Persecuted by a past which proves that however fast you re running, you can never run away from yourself. Daggi is sent away from Oslo to a tiny community in the countryside. All he wants is to escape. The problem is he has nowhere to go. Everything he came from is ruined. As he gets to know his classmate Gloria, he is finally brought to see the possibility of a better life. But the secrets of his video camera, the memories no one is allowed to see, mess up everything. Whatever Daggi attempts to do, Dennis always finds him. Little Gustav in Daggi s new foster family has wanted an elder brother for a long time,and Gloria dreams of extraordinary events. For both of them, Daggi represents a new opportunity, but is he able to accept them? Yatzy is a film about being 15 and enduring everything except oneself. Katja Eyde Jacobsen makes her debut as a full feature film director with this project. She was educated at the Lillehammer Film School, and has previously made a name for herself within short film. To the Moon has won a number of international awards, and Interlude was nominated for the Amanda Award. Youth is the subject matter of both these films. Writer and director Grete Salomonsen and producer Odd Hynnekleiv created the classic Kamilla and the Thief, and are once more ready to make an unforgettable film about love, hardships, struggles and family. This is going to be a rollercoaster ride through time and history, with the greatest smallest adventurer: Yohan The Child Wanderer! The child wanderer, ten year old Yohan, tackles life s hardships with optimism and inventiveness. But is it enough to save the hard-working 8 year old Anna at the neighbouring farm? Yohan is challenged by the tough life in the Norway of a hundred years ago. He is sent away to work on a farm miles away from home, and finds himself in an adventure battling wolves and bears. Yohan The Child Wanderer tells the story about the period during which a lot of Norwegians emigrated to America, when a dream was a necessary incentive in order to survive. This is a story about never giving in.

22 99% ærlig Blod & ære 99% honest Big John 40 documentary films documentary 70 min Colour 1:1,85 4 reels Dolby SR D director: Rune Denstad Langlo screenplay: Khalid Maimouni director of photography: Anna Myking producer: Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS cast: Amina Sewali Haji Saleem Assad Arif Emir Mulasmanovic release date: August 18, 2008 norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge documentary 86 min Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR D director: Håvard Bustnes screenplay: Bjørn-Erik Hanssen director of photography: Nils Petter Devold Midtun producer: Dag Hoel for Faction Film AS release date: August 22, 2008 norwegian distributor: Coriander Film contact: Faction Film AS Box 2093 N-7411 Trondheim Mail: [email protected] 41 documentary films contact: Motlys AS Sagveien 18 N-0459 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Emir, Amina, Haji and Assad are all members of the hip hop group Forente Minoriteter (United Minorities). The film follows them through their musical process, with its ups and downs. The film crew has followed the band for two years, resulting in an intimate encounter with some very charming and open young people. They are all different but still find common ground through their passion for music and, not least, in finding their own space and identity amid conflicting demands from friends, family and Norwegian society. Rune Denstad Langlo (1972) works as producer and director at the production company Motlys. In 2009, his first feature film North will be released. He has earlier directed Too Much Norway (feature length documentary, 2005) and Did You Leave Us, Blake? (short, 2002). Big John is a documentary about a father that loves his son above everything in the world. His way of loving him is to train him and get him mixed up with one of the world s most dubious sports: professional boxing. Ole Lukkøye is just a hair s breadth from becoming World Champion. But success has a price. Who s living Ole Lukkøye s life? Håvard Bustnes (1973) studied TV directing at the Lillehammer University College and NTNU. He started the production company Klapp Media in 1998 and helped establish Faction Film in Today he is a full-time producer and director.

23 Jakten på hukommelsen Moderne Slaveri MODERN SLAVERy 42 documentary films Hunting Down Memory documentary 90 min Colour 1:1,85 5 reels Dolby SR director: Thomas Lien director of photography: Patrik Säfström producer: Petter Vennerød for Merkur Film Produksjon AS release date: February 20, 2009 norwegian distributor: CCV/Oro Film contact: Merkur Film Produksjon AS Sofiesgt. 60 documentary colour director: Thomas Robsahm screenplay: Thomas Robsahm and Margreth Olin producers: Thomas Robsahm and Margreth Olin directors of photography: Gaute Gunnari and others release date: Autumn 2009 contact: Speranza Film Waldemar Thranesgt. 84C N-0157 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] 43 documentary films N-0168 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Who are you if you do not know yourself? Who am I if my whole past is gone? What is identity? In which way is identity connected to memory? Imagine waking up tomorrow without recalling today. All recollections are deleted. Imagine living without a background history, without recognizing those who know you. Imagine encountering the world as if it were for the first time. And finally, imagine this happening to you while travelling alone on a train in China. Hunting Down Memory is a true story about Øyvind Aamodt, who suddenly lost 27 years of his memory. He remembered nothing from his life. NOTHING! For most people, this would have been a dreadful experience, an ominous and frightening event in their life. For Øyvind, it was an adventure. He is neither traumatized nor paralyzed, he is just curious. He wants to know what happened, but he would also like to know what cottage cheese and blueberry pie taste like. Thomas Lien (1971) has worked in the film industry since 1991 in various capacities (production and camera assistant on a number of feature films; assisting editor on two feature films and editor of several short films and commercials). From 1996 to 2003 he was captain on a cruise around the world. He made his directorial debut in 1995, with the shortfilm Depth Solitude (co-directed with Joachim Solum). Thomas Robsahm (1964) made his first feature film debut in 1992 (Rebels with a Cause). He has also made the Amanda-winning S.O.S. (1999) and The Greatest Thing (2001) in addition to several shorts and documentaries. He is also a producer in his own company Speranza Film, who have produced films by Margreth Olin, Unni Straume, Maria Fuglevåg Warsinski, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Solveig Melkeraaen, Vibeke Ringen and more. An encounter with people living under extremely restricted conditions, in Uganda, India, Moldova, Kambodia and France. The film is also a critical investigation of the negative consequences of neoliberal economical politics. The project examines the claim that it s in the interest of certain economical and social forces to preserve modern slavery, and that these forces are supported by corrupt authorities and indirect participation by multinational companies. With a powerful political message and intense human portrayals, this may turn out to be an important political film from two of our most distinguished documentary film makers.

24 Prøvetid Trying Freedom Robert Crumptons Shakespeare 44 documentary films documentary 80 min colour 4 reels director: Thor Bekkavik director of photograhpy: Nils Petter Midtun producer: Carsten Aanonsen for Indiefilm release date: October 3, 2008 contact: Indiefilm Ostadalsveien 35 N-0753 Oslo Tel: Fax: [email protected] Robert Crumpton s Shakespeare documentary colour director: Jørgen Friberg director of photography: Svend Even Herra producer: Kjell Eriksen for AS Videomaker cast: Robert Crumpton, Petter Amundsen 45 documentary films release date: August 2009 contact: AS Videomaker, Maridalsvn. 87, N-0461 Oslo Tel: Mail: [email protected] More than 12,000 people are released from Norwegian prisons every year. Trying Freedom is a documentary about four ex-cons trying to break a vicious cycle and not ending up behind bars again. Together they struggle against their own worst enemy; themselves. Three drug addicts, and a man convicted of attempted murder are released from prison. Through a theater group, they are given an opportunity to show a different side of themselves. They are used to standing alone, but now they are forced to work together in order to complete a shared goal - the opening night. Full of ambition, they begin by making a pact. Not long after, the battle begins with cheating, deceit and self-betrayal. In order to act you have to know who you are; you have to be ruthlessly honest. Opening night steadily approaches and slowly but surely they discover that they all are struggling against the same enemy themselves. Some fall. Some give up. A few stand tall and fight on. Thor Bekkavik (1967) has since completing his studies at Brooks Institute of Photography and The London International Film School, worked as freelance director and scriptwriter. He has directed several short films, among them Solitaire which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Trying Freedom is Bekkavik s first feature documentary. This is the film about the organist Petter Amundsen, who believes that he can prove that Francis Bacon and not William Shakespeare wrote the greatest plays and sonnets in the English Language. The story will be told by a young ambitious actor and academic Robert Crumpton who in turn is a staunch Stratfordian. Crumpton travels to Norway to confront Petter and together they embark on an extraordinary voyage of discovery.. Robert Crumpton s Shakespeare will be the definitive account of the centuries old debate did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? In examining both the lives of William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon it will delve into an exciting and dangerous period in our history. Juxtaposing the historical story and driving the narrative forward are the two compelling characters of Petter and Crumpton their journey into the past becomes for both men a personal odyssey. As they travel around the UK in search of the truth, their opposing viewpoints form the basis of Jørgen Friberg graduated from Lillehammer University Collage 2001, (Documentary Directing). From 2001 untill 2004 he participated on several productions in NRK, and has worked as a freelancer since Trying freedom shows how difficult it is to trust anyone, when you deep inside don t trust your- an unlikely friendship. Despite vehemently disagreeing with one-another s arguments they are forced self. Tears, laughter and excitement a strong and entertaining tale about creativity, lies, enemies to respect the other s scholarship but which one will finally be convinced that everything they ve and friendship, but most of all an exciting film about the importance of having someone believe you build their reputation on is false; and could history be changed forever? can do it breaking the vicious cycle

25 Sannhetsjegeren Snøhulemannen Nemesis The Snow Caveman 46 documentary films documentary colour 90 min 1:1,85 5 reels director: Erlend E. Mo director of photograhpy: Bjørn Eivind Aarskog producers: Bjørn Eivind Aarskog for Exposed release date: March 2009 contact: Exposed Film Production as Møllergt. 28 N-0178 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] documentary 80 min colour 1:1,85 4 reels Dolby SR D director: Fridtjof Kjæreng director of photograhpy: Fridtjof Kjæreng producers: Egil Ødegård fro Filmhuset as, Fridtjof Kjæreng for f(x) produksjoner release date: March 2009 contact: Filmhuset as Riddervoldsgt 10 N-0258 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] 47 documentary films In the 70 s, the university city of Trondheim is shocked by the gruesome rape and murder of two young female students. The young TV journalist Tore Sandberg reports on the investigation which ultimately leads to severely disabled Fritz Moen serving close to 19 years in prison. 30 years later: Tore Sandberg is now a successful private investigator, who specialises in solving miscarriages of justice. But this case has been nagging him for years. He digs ever deeper: exposing lies and criminal negligence all the way up to the Supreme Court. But Fritz is a broken man. Can Tore clear his name before he dies? Erlend E. Mo has primarily made documentary films, but enjoys the grey zone between fiction and documentary. His fiction film Forbidden Love was awarded the Terje Vigen prize in 1999, Welcome to Denmark received the prize for Best Documentary Film at Odense International Film Festival in 2003, and the children s film Can You Die in Heaven? has won a number of awards. Fridtjof Kjæreng (1964), has worked 12 years as an independent producer/director in the film and television industry in Norway. He has background from studies of philosophy from the University in Tromsø, Norway. After a year of Film- and TV studies in Australia he completed his film and TV education in Kjæreng has varied TV experience. In 1995 he founded f(x) productions AS to concentrate on developing progressive documentary content for national TV. The Snow Caveman has lived in snow caves high up in the icy Norwegian mountains for 20 years. Like Nietzsche s Zarathustra, he has developed his own morale code and a biting sense of humour. His life is far from the bourgeois materialistic life of the modern Scandinavian welfare state. He is a true environmentalist, but in his own way, living among the blizzards and reindeer high up in the Norwegian mountains. The Snow Caveman is shocked to receive the news that his mother has died. She leaves behind a clear message to him in the form of an ultimatum: In her last will and testament he inherits her apartment in the city, valued at , but on the condition that he lives in the apartment or uses the money to purchase permanent housing and settles down like a normal person. What will The Snow Caveman do? Give up his life as a free spirit in the mountains - or forfeit the money from his inheritance? The film about the Snow Caveman centres on the quest for liberty and the human cost of complete freedom.

26 To brødre Yodok Stories Brothers Yodok Stories 48 documentary films documentary 90 min colour director: Aslaug Holm directors of photography: Aslaug Holm and Kjell Vassdal producer: Tore Buvarp for Fenris Film AS norwegian distributor: Euforia Film release date: Spring 2010 contact: Fenris Film AS Sagvn. 23A N-0459 Oslo Tel: Fax: documentary 75 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby Stereo director: Andrzej Fidyk screenplay: Andrzej Fidyk and Torstein Grude directors of photography: Tore Vollan Torstein Grude and Marcin Koszalska producers: Torstein Grude and Bjarte Mørner Tveit for Piraya Film AS release date: October 2008 norwegian distributor: Tour de Force 49 documentary films Mail: contact: Piraya Film AS Lervigsveien 22 N-4014 Stavanger Tel: Fax: Mail: A film about the close relationship between two brothers. Markus (10) and Lukas (7) live in an old, yellow townhouse in the middle of Oslo. The river runs close to their home. A paradise in the heart of a big city. Here the brothers grow up with their dreams and longings for the future. Markus loves soccer, and wants to be a professional. He has played soccer since he was five, and Liverpool is the only and best team. In the film we experience his struggle and passion for achieving his goals. Lukas is the philosophic one, and likes to think all kinds of thoughts. About the world, him self and what the all is about. Mummy, what happens with my dreams after I`m dead, will they still be alive? This close and personal documentary is filmed by their mother. Aslaug Holm is both a director and photographer, and wants to go in to the childrens authentic world and discover the truth and original life. In a period of three years she films her boys, and the result will turn into a unique document about childhood and brotherhood and life, for a grown up audience. Aslaug Holm has directed about ten documentary films and photographed approximately 30 films, of which several have received awards. She was documentary film photographer and film editor for Norway s fifth most successful theatrically released film, Cool & Crazy. Her latest project was the film The Rich Country about Jens Stoltenberg before him being elected Prime Minister in North Korea is a country where human rights are non-existent. Dictator Kim Jung Il holds all of North Korea s inhabitants as hostages; they are observed, brainwashed and threatened into total submission. In short all dissidents disappear, and today more than men, women and children are locked up in North Korea s concentration camps. They are systematically starved and tortured. The film follows a 36 year old North Korean defector, Jung Sung San, who has managed to escape through China to South Korea. Here he organizes a controversial theatre play about his experiences as prisoner in the concentration camp Yodok in North Korea. He inspires eight other refugees to recreate the past, and together they work to develop a musical about the concentration camps. The film follows the characters through this difficult process. Yodok Stories is their only chance to get their story told. Andrzej Fidyk has directed more than 40 documentary films for Polish and British television, and has been awarded a number of prizes for his work. Many regard Fidyk as one of Poland s best documentary film directors, and his filmography includes favourites like Battu s Bioscope (aka Mobile Cinema of Dreams, 1998) and The Parade (1989). He is now working on two films for Piraya Film; Yodok Story and Belarusian Waltz.

27 50 in production 08:17 Drama director: Erik Skjoldbjærg screenplay: Christopher Grøndahl producer: Jan Aksel Angeltvedt for Alligator Film release date: February 2010 contact: Alligator Film Georgernes Verft 12 N-5011 Bergen Tel: Mail: In the morning of the 5 th of April 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The day everyone was waiting for finally arrived. 08:17 is the story of the NOKAS robbery, which took place at the central cash service in Stavanger. The film traces the development of the robbery from early morning on until the fatal shot which took police officer Klungland s life. The story is credibly narrated through minor details in a non-dramatic, everyday manner. Routines and daily activities at the police station and the cash service centre, the unaffected civilians at the Cathedral Square who politely ask the heavily armed robbers if they may pass with their pram, and the robbers who restlessly get dressed, take a leak, kid around, and wait for the great event. And when the robbery is carried out, it s totally unreal for everyone. Even if it s actually taking place. 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. Drama, thriller and action, balancing throughout between reality and fiction. One day, Mette and Julie s best friend Naisha runs away from the refugee centre where she lives. She and her mother have been told that their refugee application has been rejected, and that they will be sent back home. Mette and Julie decide they will find Naisha and her mother, and help them so they can stay in Norway. The problem is only that Julie s dad is a policeman; that Julie and Mette are only nine years old, that Oslo is a long way from home, and that Christmas is approaching. Mette and Julie embark on a dramatic journey. They find Naisha, but her mother is apprehended by the police, and the three girls have to manage on their own. With courage and ingenuity, they manage to enter a question time session in Parliament, and Julie creates hullabaloo when she poses a direct question about why Naisha is not allowed to stay in Norway. The girls are thrown out of the Parliament building. Naisha is sent to the police, and Mette and Julie return home and grieve the loss of their friend. But at the end-of-term Christmas celebration at school, it turns out that Julie s petition has been heard by the authorities anyway. Naisha and her mother are allowed to stay in Norway, and Christmas turns out to be a joyful season for the three best friends. Bestevennen english title tba director: Christian Lo screenplay: Morten Hovland producer: Trine Aadalen Lo for Filmbin release date: October 30, 2009 contact: Filmbin Fabrikken Løkkegt. 9 N-2615 Lillehammer Tel: Mail: [email protected] 51 in production Bastøy Nytt norsk håp king of Devil s Island English title tba Drama 110 min Colour Scope director: Marius Holst screenplay: Dennis Magnusson Lars Saabye Christensen Mette Marit Bølstad director of photography: John Andreas Andersen producer: Karin Julsrud for 4 ½ Film norwegian distributor: Euforia Film release date: August 2010 sales: Les Films du Losange, 22 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie FR Paris Winter in Norway, early 20 th century. On the island Bastøy, in the Oslo Fjord, a group of young outcast boys live under a sadistic regime. Mental and physical abuse is employed by the guards and the superintendent to castigate the boys. Instead of being educated, the boys are exploited as cheap manual labour. Aged 11 to 18, the boys survive by adapting to these inhumane conditions. They are rough, they negotiate and they buy and sell. One day Erling, another young outcast, arrives at the island, but he has a different agenda. In self-defence, he has beaten a military police officer to death, and will be transferred to an adult prison next spring, leading to his certain death. Time is running out for Erling, he must accomplish the impossible escape from Bastøy Devil s Island. This is the story of commander Arne Treholt and his ninja group who saved Norway during the Cold War and shows a different version of our latest history than what most people experienced Arne Treholt is the commander of the tiny, enthusiastic ninja group which uses Gressholmen islet as its base. They are directly under King Olav s command, and report to him, but also to the shadow cabinet, which is formed by paranoid USA worshippers. The shadow cabinet collaborates with the warmonger guerilla organization Stay Behind (SB) on operations which are meant to resemble Russian sabotage. For the most part, Treholt and his ninjas manage to avert and limit the damages, since they have supreme insight into the SB operations, and have foreseen most of their plans. Therefore, Treholt carries out special training of the young ninja Bumblebee, the new Norwegian hope, whom Treholt has great plans for: Operation Saga Night.. director: Thomas Malling Cappelen screenplay: Thomas Malling Cappelen based on his novel Kommandørkaptein Arne Treholt Ninjateknikk II Usynlighet i strid 1978 producer: Eric Vogel for Tordenfilm release date: August 2010 norwegian distributor: Euforia Film contact: Tordenfilm AS Marstandgata 9 N-0566 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected]

28 Pax Pax NORWEGIAN cinema releases director: Annette Sjursen Seven people are on their way from Stockholm to Oslo, a heart is on its way from one body to title director production company release date title director production company release date 53 in production screenplay: Annette Sjursen another, and a piece of music is in the process of being composed. A conductor, a physician, a nun, a producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Svein B. Kvae for journalist, a photographer, a publisher and a ten year old girl are among the passengers on board a Paradox Film AS fully booked airplane. One of the plane s engines explodes, the cabin pressure falls, and the plane has cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen Samuel Fröler Marika to descend to a lower altitude, with turbulent weather conditions. The next day, nothing is like it used Lagerkrantz Kyrre Haugen Sydness Ida Elise Broch to be. Kristoffer Joner Anneke von der Lippe 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. release date: February 2010 norwegian distributor: Scanbox Pax, the Latin word for peace, is also flight terminology for flight passengers. When flying in an contact: Paradox Rettigheter AS Maridalsvn. 89, airplane, we are all pax. N-0461 Oslo Tel: Fax: Mail: [email protected] Pelle Politibil går i vannet english title tba Children s animation 70 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR D In a powerful autumn storm, the power line providing Bodø town with electricity is cut off. Pelle director: Rasmus Sivertsen Politibil acts responsibly and pulls a new cable across the mountain against the wind, so that the screenplay: Arthur Johansen based on a character by town can have light and heating back again. But when the job is finished, Pelle backs into the severed Åge Magnussen cable, and is jolted by a powerful electric shock. Everyone in Bodø fears that the strain was too much producer: Aage Aaberge for Neofilm for little Pelle, but once again a miracle occurs. Pelle comes back to life now as an electric car! Full norwegian distributor: Nordisk filmdistribusjon of pure energy, Pelle puts up a fight against the Badger brothers. The brothers bottle the water and release date: December 26, 2009 sell it at a high price in the excruciating summer heat. In addition, they endanger the fauna when sales: TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre they build a huge, monstrous dam above the peaceful little town. Together with his little girl friend Tel: Fax: Oda Otter, Pelle exposes their plan, but a long, hard battle is fought before Pelle is finally able to Mail: [email protected] settle the score with the two environmental criminals Lime Nathilde Overrein Rapp Norsk Film AS Mongoland Arild Østin Ommundsen Muz AS, Deadline Film, : Thirst Crimes of Karoline Frogner, Norsk Film AS Tres Cojones the Future Maria Fuglevaag Warsinski, The Greatest Thing Thomas Robsahm Norsk Film AS Nathilde Overrein Rapp You Really Got Me Pål Sletaune 4 ½ Absolute Hangover Petter Næss Monolith Prod. AS Eva s Eye Berit Otto Nesheim Northern Lights AS Fumblebody in a Petter A. Fastvold Yellow Cottage AS Cat-astrofic Jam All About my Father Even Benestad Exposed Film Misery Harbour Nils Gaup Motlys AS Productions AS Olsenbanden Knut Bohwim Nordisk Film & TV Coastal Life Øyvind Sandberg Øy-Film The Prompter Hilde Heier wildhagen Prod. AS Cool & Crazy on the Road Knut Erik Jensen Barentsfilm AS Sophie s World Erik Gustavson NRK Drama Falling Sky gunnar Vikene Motlys AS, S.O.S. Thomas Robsahm Speranza Film Alligator Film, Final Cut Hold my Heart Trygve Allister Diesen Norsk Filmproudksjon AS I am Dina Ole Bornedal Northern Lights AS, Aberdeen Hans Petter Moland Norsk Film AS Nordisk Film AS, Felicia Film AB, germini Film & Televisjon, Cabin Fever Mona Hoel Dis Film AS Mandarin Film, Apollo media Detector Pål Jackman Christiania Film AS Karlsson on the Roof Vibeke Idsøe Filmkameratene AS, Eye Ball Catrine Helle Norsk Film AS AB Svensk Filmindustri Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced Espen Eckbo, Nordisk Film &TV Music for Weddings and Funerals Unni Straume Christiania Film AS Henrik Elvestad, My Body Margreth Olin Speranza Film Mathis Fürst Pelle the Police Car Thomas Kaiser Yellow Cottage AS Gifted Beauties Anne Kjersti Bjørn Ragg Film Scars Lars Berg Paradox AS Odd Little Man Stein Leikanger Nordic Screen AS The Smile in the Eye Piotr Kuzinski Frameline Film AS Passing Darkness Knut Erik Jensen Barentsfilm AS Utopia Nobody is perfect Martin Asphaug, Arild Frølich, Motlys AS The Seven Deadly Sins Lars Gudmestad, Dag Johan Kool Productions AS in the perfect country Sara Johnsen, Magnus Martens, Haugerud, Ørjan Karlsen, Frank Medieoperatørene AS Hans Petter Moland, Terje Rangnes, Mosvold, Margreth Olin, Maria Motlys AS Thomas Robsahm, Ingebjørg Sødahl, Marit Åslein Speranza AS Torgersen, Morten Tyldum The Wedding Leidulv Risan NRKDrama Weightless Sigve Endresen Motlys AS Welcome Home Trond Kvist Piraya Film Cool & Crazy Knut Erik Jensen Norsk Film AS Dragonflies Marius Holst Motllys AS, 4 ½, Final Cut th Heaven Steffan Strandberg Exposed Film Production AS Elling Petter Næss Maipo Film- og Bázo Lars Göran Petterson Filbmagoahti AS TV-produksjon Beast of Beauty Hilde Heier Paradox Produksjon The Black Lapp Erik Smith Meyer Filmfalken AS Buddy Morten Tyldum Happy Endings AS 29.08

29 title director production company release date title director production company release date title director production company release date title director production company release date 54 Captain Sabertooth Stig Bergqvist Seven Seas Production An Enemy of the People Erik Skjoldbjærg Nordisk Film & TV AS Reprise Joachim Trier 4 ½ AS Fatso Arild Fröhlich Paradox Films AS Dark Woods Pål Øie Spleis AS Factotum Bent Hamer BulBul Film/Stark Sales The Rich Country Aslaug Holm Fenris Film AS House of Fools Eva Isaksen Norsk filmproduksjon AS Destination Moscow Jo Strømgren/Runar Hodne Nordisk Film Production AS Finding Friends Arne Lindtner Næss Nordisk Film & TV AS Sons Erik Richter Strand Tordenfilm AS Icekiss Knut Erik Jensen Filmhuset produksjoner AS Disa Moves to Japan Benedicte M. Orvung Benedicte Orvung Film The Giant Hallvard Bræin/Arne B. Rostad Paradox AS Svein and the Rat Maipo Film & The Kautokeino Rebellion Nils Gaup Rubicon TV AS Fia! Elsa Kvamme Dinamo Story AS Grandpa is a Raisin Pjotr Sapegin Kinopravda TV-produksjon AS Kurt Turns Evil Rasmus Sivertsen Nordisk Film and Gunnar Goes Comfortable Gunnar Hall Jensen Agitator AS Import Export Khalid Hussain Filmhuset Produksjoner AS Trigger gunnar Vikene Cinenord Qvisten Animation The Junior Olsen Gang Arne Lindtner Næss Nordisk Film Production AS Izzat Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen Filmkameratene AS Uro Stefan Faldbakken Friland AS The Last Joint Venture Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen Maipo Film- og goes Submarine Kissed by Winter Sara Johnsen Friland AS TV-produksjon AS Jonny Vang Jens Lien Maipo Film &TV Prouksjon Le Regard Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Filmhuset Produksjoner AS Long Flat Balls II Harald Zwart Zwart Arbeid AS Kitchen Stories Bent Hamer BulBul Film AS Loop Sjur Paulsen Sub Productions Lies Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen Viafilm AS The Man Who Loved Yngve Stian Kristiansen Motlys AS The Man Who Loved Haugesund Jon Haukeland, Tore Vollan Medieoperatørene Love Me Tomorrow Petter Næss Maipo Film & TV Elias and the Royal Yacht Espen Fyksen/Lise I. Osvoll Filmkameratene AS Manhunt Patrik Syversen Fender Film AS Mother s Elling Eva Isaksen Maipo Film & TV Produksjon Produksjon AS Girls Hanne Myren Medieoperatørene Max Manus Espen Sandberg Filmkameratene AS Play John Sullivan Dinamo Story AS Next Door Pål Sletaune Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Gone with the Woman Petter Næss Monster Film and Joachim Rønning United Magnus Martens 4 ½ AS Pitbullterje Arild Fröhlich Paradox AS The Junior Olsen Gang Arne Lindtner Næss Nordisk Film AS Night of the Wolf Kjell Sundvall Nordisk Film Wolf Summer Peder Norlund Nordisk Film Production AS The Professor and Dag Johan Haugerud Mikrofilm AS The Silvermine Mystery Respect Johannes Joner Nordisk Film The Woman of My Life Alexander Eik Filmkameratene AS the Story of the Origami Girl Kill Buljo Tommy Wirkola Yellow Bastard Productions SOS Summer of Suspense Arne Lindtner Næss Nordisk Film Sinus Jeremy Robøle Bastard Film Man Woman Coffee Carl Eugen Johannessen Filmkollektivet AS Summers Past Ole Giæver Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Tommy s Inferno Ove Raymond Gyldenås Friland AS Mars & Venus Eva Dahr Cinenord AS Through a Glass, Darkly Jesper W. 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John Sullivan Navillus Film Hawaii, Oslo Erik Poppe Paradox Film AS The Bothersome Man Jens Lien Tordenfilm AS The Radio Pirates Stig Svendsen Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS Just Bea Petter Næss Maipo Film & TV Produksjon Comrade Pedersen Hans Petter Moland Motlys AS Second Half Hilde Heier Paradox AS Just Working Kjell Hammerø Dreamfactory AS Cold Feet Alexander Eik You Are Here/Nordisk Film Svein and the Rat and Vibeke Ringen Maipo Film- og Little Grey Fergie Trond Jacobsen Fantasi-Fabrikken Cold Prey Roar Uthaug Fantefilm AS the UFO Mystery TV-produksjon AS the Secret on the Farm Free Jimmy Christopher Nielsen Storm Studio Switch Ole Martin Hafsmo Rubicon Film AS MonsterThursday Arild Østin Ommundsen Muz Film The Junior Olsen Gang Arne Lindtner Næss Nordisk Film The Ten Lives of Titanic the Cat Grethe Bøe Nordisk Film AS My Jealous Barber Annette Sjursen Maipo Film & TV Produksjon at the Circus USA vs Al-Arian Line Halvorsen Dalchows verden Raw Youth Margreth Olin Speranza AS Hearts Øyvind Sandberg Øy-Film AS Varg Veum Bitter Flowers Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen SF Norge/Miso Film The Junior Olsen Gang Rocks It Arne Lindtner Næss Nordisk Film Production AS It s Hard to be a Rock n Roller Gunhild Asting Speranza Film AS Winterland Hisham Zaman Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS This is the Song You Need Tore Rygh Motlys AS The Lion Henrik Ibsen Alexander Wisting Tellus Works Tradra Karoline Frogner Integritet Film Long Flat Balls Bjørn Fast Nagell Zwart Arbeid AS Uno Aksel Hennie Tordenfilm Maria s Men Vibeke Ringen Maipo Film & % Honest Rune Denstad Langlo Motlys AS TV-produksjon AS Big John Håvard Bustnes Faction Film AS Miracle Thomas Kaiser Nordisk Film Cold Lunch Eva Sørhaug Spillefilmkompaniet 4 ½ AS and a Half Vibeke Idsøe Filmkameratene Ole Bull Aslak Aarhus Visions AS Cold Prey II Mats Stenberg Fantefilm AS % Human Trond Winterkjær/Jan Dalchow Dalchows Verden Prirechnyy Tone Grøttjord Motlys AS Fallen Angels Morten Tyldum SF Norge and Miso Film 04.04

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