norwegian films 2011
Front cover: People in the Sun
Contents PREFACE 5 Feature films Amors baller Cupid s Balls 7 Asfaltenglene East End Angels 8 Babycall Babycall 9 Bambieffekten The Bambi Effect 10 Blåfjell 2 Magic Silver 2 11 Brev til kongen A Letter to the King 12 Brødrene Dal og Vikingsverdets forbannelse The Dal Brothers 13 and the Viking Sword s Curse Elias og jakten på havets gull Elias and the Treasure of the Sea 14 En ganske snill mann A Somewhat Gentle Man 8 En helt vanlig dag på jobben Just Another Day at the Office 16 Fjellet The Mountain 17 Fritt vilt III Cold Prey III 18 Få meg på, for faen Turn Me On, Goddammit 19 Gråtass får en ny venn Little Grey Fergie and his New Friend Clunky 20 Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen 21 Hjelp, vi er russ Graduates 22 Hjem til jul Home for Christmas 23 Hodejegerne Headhunters 24 Jeg reiser alene I Travel Alone 25 Jørgen + Anne = sant Totally True Love 26 Keepern til Liverpool The Liverpool Goalie 27 Knerten gifter seg Twigson Ties the Knot 28 Knerten i knipe Twigson in a Pinch 29 Kommandør Treholt & Ninjatroppen Norwegian Ninja 30 Kong Curling King Curling 31 Kongen av Bastøy King of Devil s Island 32 Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki 33 Limbo Limbo 34 Maskeblomstfamilien Shameless 35 Mennesker i solen People in the Sun 36 Mørke sjeler Dark Souls 37 NOKAS NOKAS 38 Olsenbanden jr. Mestertyvens skatt The Junior Olsen Gang 39 and the Master Thief Oslo, 31. August Oslo, August 31st 40 PAX PAX 41 Pelle politibil går i vannet Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash 42 På bølgelengde Tying the Knot 43 Rødt hjerte Red Heart 44 Sykt lykkelig Happy, Happy 45 Sønner av Norge Sons of Norway 46 Tomme tønner 47 Tomme tønner 2 Det brune gullet 48 Trolljegeren The Troll Hunter 49 Umeå4ever Umeå4ever 50 Varg Veum Dødens drabanter Consorts of Death 51 Varg Veum Skriften på veggen The Writing on the Wall 52 Varg Veum Svarte får Black Sheep 53 Wide Blue Yonder Wide Blue Yonder 54 Yohan Barnevandrer Yohan The Child Wanderer 55 DOCUMENTARIES Gazas tårer Tears of Gaza 58 Gunnar Goes God Gunnar Goes God 59 Konger av Oslo Kings of Oslo 60 Pushwagner 61 Strengt hemmelig Strictly Confidential 62 To brødre Brothers 63 IN PRODUCTION Arme riddere 66 Det viktigste er forbi All That Matters is Past 66 Gåten Ragnarok 66 Hjelp Help 67 Kompani Orheim The Orheim Company 67 Pioner Pioneer 67 Reisen til julestjernen 68 Theresienstadt Requiem 68 Varg Veum De døde har det godt 68 Varg Veum I mørket er alle ulver grå At Night All Wolves are Grey 69 Varg Veum Kalde hjerter 69 COPRODUCTIONS 71 NORWEGIAN CINEMA RELEASES 2001 2010 72 ADRESSES 77
A new spring for Norwegian Films After a record breaking year in 2010, where Norwegian productions took a 23.4% share of the cinema market, there is a great optimism and energy in the Norwegian film industry. The talent pool and diversity in expressions and genres have never been bigger. More filmmakers are able to realize their projects, which raises the level of competence. Norwegian films have already made their mark at the international festival circuit this year. André Øvredal s The Troll Hunter continue to dazzle US audiences with strong reviews and sold out festival screenings at Sundance. Anne Sewitsky s painfully funny feature debut Happy, Happy also made its way into the hearts of the Park City festival crowd and was awarded with the World Cinema Jury Price. The director won two prizes in Berlin s Generation Kplus in 2009 for her short Oh My God!, and she is now set to open the Berlinale Generation competition with her second feature Totally True Love. Martin Lund s Twigson Ties the Knot last year s biggest local success, exceeding 400,000 admissions in the cinemas, will have its international premiere in the same section, together with Arild Andresen s The Liverpool Goalie and the two shorts Jenny, by Ingvild Søderlind and The Last Norwegian Troll, by acclaimed animator Pjotr Sapegin. Ole Giæver is also an upcoming director to watch, and his debut feature film The Mountain has been selected for the Panorama section this year. The Norwave has also finally hit Sweden, where Marius Holst s King of Devil s Island is leading a Norwegian invasion at the Göteborg International Film Festival this year. And there is more to come. In the fall we will see Joachim Trier, who received critical praise and awards for his debut Reprise, return with a much awaited second feature in the existential drama Oslo, August 31 st. Junk mail director Pål Sletaune will be ready with his thrilling drama Babycall, featuring Sweden s international film star Noomi Rapace. Buddy director Morten Tyldum will be back with the sophisticated thriller Headhunters, based on author Jo Nesbø s international bestseller by the same name. And finally The Bothersome Man director Jens Lien presents Sons of Norway, a coming of age story about identity, rebellion and punk rock. The Norwegian Film Institute recently handed out 100 million NOK in production grants to films from well known directors like Nils Gaup, Sara Johnsen, Vibeke Idsøe, Erik Skjoldbjærg, all to be premiered in 2012. In the year to come we will see big changes in distribution and consumption patterns. Norway will be the first fully digitalized cinema market in the world and it is more important than ever to have a national film production that offers quality, diversity and strength. In order to achieve this we will have to continue to work with an international focus and strengthen the ties with producers and talent everywhere. Oslo, January 2011 Nina Refseth CEO Norwegian Film Institute Stine Helgeland Executive Director, Promotion and International Relations
FEATURE FILMS
AMORS BALLER cupid s balls Youth film 77 min Scope Dolby digital Director: Kristoffer Metcalfe ScreenplAY: Frederick Howard, Kristoffer Metcalfe, Peder Fuglerud and Stian A. Eriksen Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Harald Paalgaard Producer: Frederick Howard for SF Norge AS Cast: Fridtjov Såheim, Kåre Hedebrant, Harald Weedon, Isak Nicolai Solli, Eira K. Stuedahl, Jana Opsahl Goli Release DAte: March 25, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: SF Norge AS ContACt: SF Norge AS Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls soccer team. He becomes acquainted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan for winning Susanne s heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity. Cupid s Balls is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent conflicts both off and on the soccer field. Kristoffer Metcalfe (1978) has earlier been working with documentaries and short films. He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2008. Cupid s Balls is his first feature film. feature films 7
ASFALTENGLENE EAST END ANGELS Children s film 77 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR D Director: Lars Berg ScreenplAY: Vibeke Idsøe and Kjersti Ugelstad based on an idea by Ellen Jacobsen Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Gaute Gunnari Producer: Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo AS Cast: Emma Høgh Åslein, Nini Bakke Kristensen, Helene Nybråten, Kristin Skogheim, Edward Schultheiss, Linghou Yu Spalder, Jeff Rana Release DAte: February 26, 2010 NoRWegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Lars Berg (1959) was educated as a director at The American Film Institute and The San Francisco Art Institute. He debuted as a film director in 1995 with Dangerous Waters. He has also had a number of assignments for television. Berg received his first award at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival for his short film A Devil In The Closet. His children s film Scars has received over 20 international prizes, including two First Prizes at the Berlin Film Festival. Vacation time. The 12-year-olds Maja, Rikke and Ohna are lazing around Ohna s family restaurant Saigon House. They have great ambitions; they re planning to not lift a finger this summer. But then the police come around, and find drugs hidden in the restaurant s cold storage room. Saigon House is closed down, and Ohna s elder brother is arrested. The girls know he is innocent, but he will not be released from prison before the drug ring is exposed. The East End Angels take on the case. They soon find themselves in the middle of a drama involving human trafficking, car chases, karate kicks, romance and spring rolls. Maja is smart, Ohna knows karate, Rikke sings like a lark. Together, they balance on top of high fences, and on the edge of the law, in order to solve the case. They get a helping hand from Orpham a devil on bicycle, grandma Noi a devil behind the wheel, and Fredriksen a devil of a dog who thinks he is human. 8 feature films
BABYCALL BABYCALL Drama/Thriller 95 min Colour Director: Pål Sletaune ScreenplAY: Pål Sletaune Director of PhotoGRAPHY: John Andreas Andersen Producer: Turid Øversveen for 4 ½ AS Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring Release DAte: March 11, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: The Match Factory An over-protective mother, who moves to a secret address with her eightyear-old son after a difficult divorce. She buys a babycall to better watch over him, which seems to be activated from other apartments in the block. One day she overhears what she thinks is the murder of a child. Director and screenwriter Pål Sletaune (1960) has degrees in literature, photo and art history from the University of Oslo. Sletaune has directed three feature films and several short films. Babycall is his fourth feature film. All his feature films have been chosen for major festivals, like Cannes, Venice and Toronto. His first feature, Junk Mail (1997), won the prestigious Critic s Week at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1997. His features sold very well internationally, with two of his feature films also selling remake rights to the US and Australia. feature films 9
Bambieffekten the bambi effect Mockumentary 85 min HD Director: Øystein Stene ScreenplAY: Øystein Stene and Linda Gabrielsen Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Øystein Lundstrøm Producers: Ravn Wikhaug and Johan Kaos for Feil Film Cast: Viktoria Winge, Julia Schacht, Kristoffer Joner, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Knut Joner, Ane Dahl Torp Release DAte: May 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Europafilm AS ContACt: Feil Film Veronica and Cecilie have met each other on the Internet, and have decided to commit suicide together. They travel to a cabin in a remote place out by the ocean in order to carry out their plan. Instead of leaving a suicide letter behind, the girls have brought along a camera in order to film the last days of their lives. However, they soon discover that their needs during these final days differ greatly. And to complicate it all, the boys in the next door cabin turn up. Øystein Stene (1969) holds a Master s degree in literature from the University of Oslo. He works as a teacher at the National Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2003, he published the novel The Waiting Master. This is his feature film debut. 10 feature films
BLÅFJELL 2 MAGIC SILVER 2 Family film 80 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR D Director: Arne Lindtner Næss ScreenplAY: Thomas Moldestad based on an idea by Gudny Hagen Producers: Lasse Greve Alsos and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg for Storm Rosenberg AS Cast: Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Toralv Maurstad, Per Christian Ellefsen, Elsa Lystad, Geir Morstad Release DAte: November 18, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: NonStop Sales Magic Silver became a big success after its domestic premiere in Norway 2009 with over 350 000 admissions. Following up the success, Magic Silver2, will premiere in Norway around Christmas 2011, it is the first Norwegian and family film to be produced in 3D. The story is set high up in the Blue Mountain, where young queen Blue rose finds it more and more difficult to live within the boundaries of the Blue Gnome community. When she becomes aware that a dangerous glacier is threatening the Blue Mountain valley and the Red Gnomes living there, she sets out on a journey to find the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can change the weather. With this instrument she can maybe save the Red Gnomes... Arne Lindtner Næss has worked with all the Junior Olsen Gang films. In 2005, he directed Finding Friends, and in the winter of 2008, he worked with the family success SOS Summer of Suspense. Arne Lindtner Næss has worked as an actor on several Norwegian theatre and cabaret stages, as well as in feature films and TV series. Since 1985, he has been working as a stage director, and later as a screenplay writer for several TV series. feature films 11
BREV TIL KONGEN A LETTER TO THE KING Drama 105 min Colour Dolby SR D Director: Hisham Zaman ScreenplAY: Hisham Zaman Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen Producer: Alan Milligan for Film Farms and Hisham Zaman for Zaman Film Cast: Ivan Anderson, Nazmi Kirik, Ali Bag Salimi, Raouf Saraj Release DAte: Autumn 2011 (TBA) ContACt: Film Farms Hisham Zaman (1975), graduated from The National Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer in 2004. Zaman has made several award winning shorts during and after his studies at Lillehammer, most notably Bawke (2005) which has received more than 20 national and international awards. With A Letter to the King he once again captures the unique experiences of outsiders travelling in foreign lands with warmth, drama and humour. A Letter to the King follows a group of refugees on a bus bound for Oslo visiting the capital city in a land promising new beginnings. But for five people living on the outskirts of society, it s a day to rectify the past and justify a new future. Beritan has a name, face and eight hours to avenge her husbands death. Akhbar must collect the money he is owed to buy a passport or face deportation. Zirek goes to great lengths to meet a girl and perhaps for just a moment, feel like a normal teenager. And Mirza, an 82 year old man, hopes to return to Iraq to bury his children found in one of Saddam s mass graves. The King of Norway is his last hope in granting him his final wish. Though director Hisham Zaman s characters may be foreigners in a new land, they are people with desires that live within us all. A Letter to the King will show us the streets of Oslo from a side unknown to most, by people unknown to all. 12 feature films
BRØDRENE DAL OG VIKINGSVERDETS FORBANNELSE The Dal Brothers and the Viking SWORD s Curse Family film 92 min Colour Director: Wayne McKnight, Mikkel Magnus Producer: Mikkel Magnus for MagCat Produksjoner AS Cast: Trond Kirkvaag, Lars Mjøen, Knut Lystad, Tom Mathisen, Sigve Bøe, Benedicte Adrian, Ketil Høegh, Sigmund Sæverud, Dag Vågsås Release DAte: September 10, 2010 Distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS ContACt: MagCat Produksjoner AS At home in their living room, the Dal Brothers are fixing up the new Time Machine they bought on TV Shop. But suddenly something goes terribly wrong, and the machine evaporates with Gaus and Roms on board. The machine resurfaces in the Viking age, after a journey 1000 years back in time, close to where the amusement park Tusenfryd outside Oslo is situated today. Gaus and Roms have to settle a blood-spilling conflict between the two Viking clans Badejarlene and Granbarkebirkebeinerne. The dispute is all about which clan should get hold of the sword Tyrfing, a magical and invincible sword which guarantees its owner nearly unlimited wealth and power. But the sword is also inflicted with a terrible curse All this is taking place while Brumund holds the fort at home, and communicates with his brothers over the Time Telephone, a kind of fancy video phone. feature films 13
ELIAS OG JAKTEN PÅ HAVETS GULL ELIAS AND THE TREASURE OF THE SEA Children s animation 87 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR D Director: Lise I. Osvoll ScreenplAY: Anne Elvedal and Lise I. Osvoll based on an original concept by Alf Knutsen and Sigurd Slåttebrekk Producers: John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo for Filmkameratene AS Release DAte: December 10, 2010 NoRWegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri Lise I. Osvoll was educated as a graphic designer, and was employed by Filmkameratene AS in 2004. She gradually advanced to screenplay writer and codirector of the Elias TV-series 2. She was co-director of the animation film Elias and the Royal Yacht. In 2003 and 2004, LIse Osvoll animated and directed the two short films One Second and A Newborn Nightmare. In this second film about the brave little rescue boat Elias and his friends Elias and the other fishingboats of Cozy Cove have looked forward to the annual Winter Fishing Season. It s the start of the winter fishing season, and Cozy Cove s future is threatened they have to bring in a good catch this year in order to avoid being closed down. As soon as they put to sea, they are overwhelmed by a huge fleet of ultra-modern trawlers. The fleet belongs to the evil Polar Queen who has secretly built a brandnew fishing harbour just north of Cozy Cove in order to drive them out of business. But what she really wants is to find a sunken treasure and suspecting that Elias might know something of its whereabouts, she sends her reluctant assistant, Gaddy the mini-sub, to spy on him. 14 feature films
EN GANSKE SNILL MANN A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN Comedy 103 min Colour 1:1,85 Dolby SR Director: Hans Petter Moland ScreenplAY: Kim Fupz Aakeson Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Philip Øgaard Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Produksjoner AS Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Jannike Kruse Jåtog, Bjørn Floberg, Gard Eidsvold, Jan Gunnar Røise, Julia Bache Wiig, Jorunn Kjellsby, Bjørn Sundquist, Jon Øigarden, Kjersti Holmen Release DAte: March 19, 2010 NoRWegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. He has killed some people and crippled a few. But this sort of stuff is part of the job when working in the criminal world. Just like doing time in prison. Now Ulrik is out again. Reluctantly And Jensen is waiting on the outside. He s a thug with professional pride. He takes care of his people and is concerned with keeping things in order. It is important for the boss that Ulrik settles his account by shooting the guy who ratted him out. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. He has no special wishes and makes no demands. He does not give too much thought to what he does either. He just does it. Whether this be a little affection or a killing. Then he looks up his son who has now become a grown man. A good man with an education, a girlfriend, and a future. But the son has a father who s a murderer. His girlfriend doesn t like it. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man but how gentle can he be? A film graduate from USA s Emerson College, Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland was awarded prizes for his commercials before he made his feature debut in 1993 with The Last Lieutenant. He followed up with Zero Kelvin (1995), Aberdeen (1999), Comrade Pedersen (2006). The Beautiful Country (2004), as well as A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) were selected for Competition in Berlin. feature films 15
EN HELT VANLIG DAG PÅ JOBBEN JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE Drama 85 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR Director: Terje Rangnes ScreenplAY: Erlend Loe based on Håvard Melnæs novel En helt vanlig dag på jobben Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Philip Øgaard Producer: Ørjan Karlsen for Folk Flest Film Produksjon AS Cast: Jan Gunnar Røise, Ingar Helge Gimle, Jon Øigarden, Jeppe Laursen, Nils Ole Oftebro Release DAte: March 12, 2010 NoRWegian distributor: SF Norge AS Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri Terje Rangnes (1966) has been scriptwriter, actor and director for television series for almost two decades before his debut as feature film director with this film. A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he ends up as a reporter for the celebrity magazine «Se og Hør». We are observing a man who gradually loses all inhibitions in order to reach the top in the country s largest weekly magazine. He participates in the media s intense chase on future Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and enters a close relationship with her father. This friendship is exploited for all it s worth, providing «Se og Hør» with the best and most controversial source in the magazine s history. Week after week, the young journalist is able to deliver unique material for the front page, and he quickly becomes the great star among the editorial staff. Just Another Day at the Office is a humorous film, but will also relate the story of the dirty methods, fat cheques, and generous portions of false flattery behind the best stories. A film without great heroes, in a reality the dimensions of which most of us do not grasp. 16 feature films
FJELLET THE MOUNTAIN Drama 73 min Colour Scope Dolby SR Director: Ole Giæver ScreenplAY: Ole Giæver Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Øystein Mamen Producers: Ole Giæver for Ferdinand Films and Karin Julsrud for 4 ½ Fiksjon AS Cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Marte Magnusdotter Solem Release DAte: February 28, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Euforia Film AS Sales: Bavaria Film International Nora and Solveig are hiking through a snow covered, rough but beautiful scenery on a tour of several days that will take the two young women to the top of a mountain. Solveig, three months pregnant, seems incapable of doing anything the way Nora wants her to. The further the women advance on their trip, the closer they come to the place where a tragic incident happened two years earlier; one that changed their lives completely... Ole Giæver was born and raised in Tromsø. He graduated from the Nordland Art and Film School in Lofoten, and the Konstfack in Stockholm. He has been nominated for the European Film Awards for Best Short Film (Tommy) in 2007, and the Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (Summers Past) in 2008. feature films 17
FRITT VILT III COLD PREY III Thriller 97 min Colour Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose ScreenplAY: Lars Gudmestad and Peder Fuglerud Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Ari Willey Producers: Martin Sundland, Kristian Sinkerud and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon AS Cast: Ida Marie Bakkerud, Kim S. Falck Jørgensen, Pål Stokka, Julie Rusti, Arthur Berning, Sturla Valdal Rui Release DAte: October 15, 2010 NoRWegian distributor: Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS Sales: TrustNordisk ApS Cold Prey III is the sequel to the thrillers Cold Prey and Cold Prey II, which both became great box office successes. This film relates the astonishing, dramatic and frightening previous history of the Stehøe mountain hotel during the years before the events taking place in the first film. Mikkel Brænne Sandemose is one of the country s most experienced film directors in the field of commercials. He has won both national and international awards for his work. He has also made several awardwinning music videos. Cold Prey III is his debut as a feature film director. 18 feature films
FÅ MEG PÅ, FOR FAEN TURN ME ON, goddammit Youth comedy Colour Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen ScreenplAY: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen based on Olaug Nilsen s novel Få meg på for faen Producers: Brede Hovland and Sigve Endresen for Motlys AS Cast: Helene Bergsholm, Matias Myren, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring, Henriette Steenstrup Release DAte: September 2, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS ContACt: Motlys AS Alma, a teenage girl in small-town Norway, is horny and on the look-out for love. She becomes an outcast after claiming to have had an encounter with the private parts of the school s heartthrob Artur. Her world is turned upside down and she desperately want to get out of town and on with her life. Turn Me On, Goddammit is a humorous, bittersweet and tender tale of teen angst and horniness set among the mountains and fjords of Norway. Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (1975) has studied film directing with focus on documentaries at FAMU The National Film School of the Czech Republic and London International Film School. She has also studied Dramaturgy/Drama and Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. First time writer and director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen has previously directed documentaries with a great sense of humour. Turn me on, Goddammit is her first entry into fiction. feature films 19
GRÅTAss FÅR EN NY VENN LITTLE GREY FERGIE and his NEW FRIEND clunky Family film app. 80 min Colour 1:1,85 Director: Trond Jacobsen ScreenplAY: Morten Myklebust Directors of PhotoGRAPHY: Morten Andreassen and Joachim Nordström Producer: Anne Amalie Thowsen for Fantasi-Fabrikken AS Cast: Tiril Heide-Steen, Dan Robert Thorsen, Ole-Kristian Lima, Dag Vågsås, Heljar Berge, Joachim Berg Release DAte: February 18, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: NonStop Sales Trond Jacobsen (1967) has studied TV directing at Lillehammer College. The past 15 years, he has worked as a director of films, TV series and animation for children. He is also a producer and photographer of international documentary films. He has both been nominated and won awards for his work in Norway and abroad. This is his second feature film. Little Grey Fergie is thriving on the farm, but at times he feels lonely. Therefore, he gets Goggen to build the fully automatic, electric, self-propelled Clunky! However, when Clunky surpasses him in popularity, Fergie becomes jealous and does some foolish things to prevent Goggen from presenting Clunky at an invention competition at the annual fair in the village. As the scrap dealers Hubert and Hieronemus kidnap Clunky, and Fergie realizes that it makes Goggen very sad, he regrets what he did and sets out to get the scoundrels. 20 feature films
HJELP, VI ER I FILMBRANSJEN! English title tba Comedy 100 min Colour Directors: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen ScreenplAY: Nini Bull Robsahm and Patrik Syversen Producers: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Kjetil Omberg for Tappeluft Pictures AS Cast: Henrik Thodesen, Odd Magnus Williamson, Stig Frode Henriksen, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Marte Germaine Christensen, Jenny Skavlan, Christian Rubeck, Julia Schacht Release DAte: July 29, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Euforia Film AS ContACt: Euforia Film AS Glenn has been dumped by his girlfriend. He is lonely, and terribly difficult to deal with. He lives in a commune with three other slackers in their late twenties. To cheer him up, his buddies get a brilliant idea. How about organizing a fake audition for a non-existing feature film? The role to be advertised will include all the qualities Glenn is looking for in a girl, and maybe he will find a new girlfriend during the audition rounds. After a series of unsuccessful auditions, they find Linda, a girl that Glenn falls for immediately. So much so that he offers her the part in order to be able to hang out with her. Not the smartest move ever. As a relationship starts developing between the two, questions arise. Like, when will shooting start? What s the budget like? Who will play the other roles? It all culminates when it turns out that Linda s mother is a wealthy investor who insists on providing capital for the production. To keep up appearances and to save what may potentially develop with Linda, Glenn and the boys have to start their production and actually make the film. Patrik Syversen s feature film debut was Manhunt. He is a typical film fanatic, and loves horror film just as much as character drama. He graduated from Oslo Film and TV Academy, and had formerly made the novella film Elsewhere, in collaboration with Nini Bull Robsahm. They have now continued their collaboration with this new comedy. feature films 21
HJELP, VI ER Russ! GRADUATES Comedy 90 min Colour Director: Kenneth Olaf Hjellum ScreenplAY: Stig Frode Henriksen and Kenneth Olaf Hjellum Director of PhotoGRAPHY: Øystein Lundstrøm Producers: Terje Strømstad, Benedicte Aubert Ringnes and Kjetil Omberg Cast: Erlend Fougner, Bjørnar Nilsen Øksenvåg, Marte Aunemo, Even Vesterhus, Kristi-Helene Engeberg, Kristoffer Gustavsen, Vinh Duy Nguyen, Are Kalvø, Kristoffer Joner, Aslag Guttormsgaard Release DAte: April 15, 2011 NoRWegian distributor: Euforia Film AS ContACt: Euforia Film AS After graduating from London Film School in 2006, Kenneth Olaf Hjellum (1974) has been behind a string of short films and music videos, many of which have participated at festivals and won awards. He has also worked as script supervisor on feature films like Norwegian Ninja, Tomme tønner, Detour and Dead Snow. Graduates is Kenneth s debut as a feature film director, it is frighteningly inspired by his own graduation period Markus and Robert have finally reached their goal. 12 years of schooling are nearly over, and everything they ve learned is to be washed away in an unprecedented celebration. Their only problem is that they reside in Ødvåg, Norways tiniest and most windswept dump, and that the money they saved up for the celebration is nowhere to be found. So the challenge is to get together the greatest graduation celebration ever, without cash. And of course to get laid. Markus target is Caroline. The most attractive broad at school. Together with Truls, Kjell Arne and Vigdis or Owlis as Kjell Arne calls her, they dig out a wreck of a minibus from an abandoned barn. And with a minor financial contribution from the Chinese exchange student Yao Ming, it looks like they might even get it on the road. The road to Nirvana: The graduate gathering in Stavanger! 22 feature films
HJEM TIL JUL HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Drama 90 min Colour Scope 5 reels Dolby SR D Director: Bent Hamer ScreenplAY: Bent Hamer based on the novel Bare mjuke pakker under treet by Levi Henriksen Director of PhotoGRAPHY: John Christian Rosenlund Producer: Bent Hamer for BulBul Film AS Cast: Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Fridtjov Såheim, Reidar Sørensen, Ingunn Beate Øyen, Nina Andresen-Borud, Joachim Calmeyer, Sarah Vintu Sakor, Morten Ilseng Risnes release DAte: November 12, 2010 NoRWegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS Sales: The Match Factory Bent Hamer s sixth feature film Home for Christmas is based on several stories from the Norwegian writer Levi Henriksen s collection of short stories Bare mjuke pakker under treet. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions. Director, scriptwriter, producer, and owner of the film production company BulBul Film AS (est. 1994) Bent Hamer, was born in Sandefjord, Norway. He was educated in Film Theory and Literature at Stockholms Universitet and Stockholms Filmskola. His latest feature film, O Horten, had its international premiere in Un Certain Regard in 2008. His other feature films include Factotum (2005), Kitchen Stories (2003) and Eggs (1995). feature films 23