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- DirectorMarthe StokvikStarsOddvar EinarsonArild KristoLaila KristoA portrait of the Norwegian photographer, designer, screenwriter and filmmaker Arild Kristo (1939 - 2010). The son of a cabaret singer. Who made his first film only 11 years old. Worked as a piccolo at Hotel Bristol in Oslo . Took to the sea and was involved in the filming of "Windjammer" (1958). Freelance photographer in the US during the 60's. A man who lived a very different kind of life. In Paris or Berlin or Oslo.
- DirectorArild Kristo"The Underground" - A strong visual depiction of people and the environment on Kolsåsbanen and at the same time an exciting time frame with political overtones.
- DirectorArild KristoStarsSverre HorgeYvonne SparrbågePer-Axel AroseniusThe former convicted Eddie from Oslo meet Suzanne, the daughter of a tyrannic Swedish police chief, in a discotheque by coincidence. Together they run off to France. The father starts the hunt for them, thinking they're doing drugs.
- DirectorArild KristoStarsKjell BillingEd EpsteinBredo GreveKristoball can be seen as a unique expression of the time; 1960 heading towards 1968 - individuality and playful modernism, the Vietnam war and awakening political consciousness .. Kristoball was in 1995 named one of the 100 best short films made under the short film festival in Clermont- Ferrand.
- DirectorArild Kristo"The Miracle" - A Norwegian filmmaker apply for support from the public culture authority. The project is called "Historien om Terje Vigen" - an epic poem by Henrik Ibsen. A story about a sailor who suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. The applicant is turned down by an almost unanimous board. Arild Kristo reports the events through sketchy animations.
- DirectorOddvar EinarsonStarsBettina BanounJørn ChristensenSigrid HuunPhotographer John Gabriel, in his mid-twenties, coincidentally meets 13 year old Flora, who's run off from home and has nowhere to sleep. They start a love affair due to both of their need for affection.
- DirectorOddvar EinarsonStarsJan HårstadKjell KjærSossen KrohgA little group of non-violent protesters try to save the river environment around development of a hydroelectric power plant in 1970.
- DirectorOddvar EinarsonStarsGard B. EidsvoldPetronella BarkerPiotr BajorIn a room behind high walls to protect against the catastrophe, humans try to survive, closing the ruined Earth out of their lives. the disillusioned Heiki meets the broken angel Susanne trying to find hope.
- DirectorOddvar EinarsonStarsJon EikemoAmanda OomsHans Ola SørlieSara Philips is pressured into smuggling 2 kg heroin into Norway. She meets up with the narcotics agent Ted Hansen and lets him use her in a scheme to catch the powerful people in the drug cartel. While hiding in Ted's safe house, Ted himself tries to catch the badguys. Fatigued and frustrated with an inefficient police department, untouchable criminals and Sara's sexual provocations, he's on the verge on giving up. However, suddenly Ted gets a clue. A clue leading him to Karachi.
- DirectorPål SletauneStarsBjørn JensegRobert SkjærstadBjørn SundquistA black comedy about a holdup gone wrong in a rundown burger joint in bleak winter Oslo.
- DirectorPatrick VanZandtStarsJamie HundtP. JosephNick La MarcaAfter his relationship ends, Michael's friends try to set him up with a prostitute in an attempt to cheer him up.
- DirectorOddvar EinarsonStarsSturla EinarsonA young man takes the train to Oslo.
- DirectorEldar EinarsonStarsCarsten ByhringZienia MertonTor StokkeClinox Inc. sees their new red condom Ding-Dong as a hit, but the product is prohibited due to the political color. At the same time the mystical Lucy Ferner from a Hong Kong company seeks out where they can build their cosmetic empire.
- DirectorAaron AitesAudrey EwellStarsFenrizVarg VikernesEuronymousInterviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.
- DirectorArnljot BergStarsGrynet MolvigPer TofteArne Lindtner NæssIn a small society, close to our, though not quite, where people live hedonistic lives without emotions., two small groups of deviants fight against the society.
- DirectorThor BekkavikStarsLillian LydersenJo SkjønbergJeanett StaaleMore 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.
- DirectorEven BenestadAugust Baugstø HanssenStarsHariton PushwagnerA personal portrait of a small man with a great personality. The directors followed the artist Pushwagner for three years. He is an artist who is in danger of losing everything.
- DirectorSofia HauganStarsSofia HauganKjell Magne HauganTrude DidriksenSofia, a tough young director, reunites with her father. He has spent a lot of time in prison and his life is marked by addiction. His biggest sorrow is that he lost Sofia. Her biggest hope is that she can help him and repair broken bonds.
- DirectorKåre BergstrømStarsErling LindahlBjørg EnghHenny MoanA group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.
- DirectorErik Smith MeyerStarsKingsford SiayorEirik Junge EliassenBjörn GranathAnna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn colored child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.
- DirectorAksel HennieJohn Andreas AndersenStarsAksel HennieNicolai Cleve BrochBjørn FlobergUno is a story from inner-city Oslo about David, a twentyfive-year-old with few prospects for the future. His days are spent hanging around with petty criminals at an inner-city gym. Still, it's better than home: His father is terminally ill, his brother is mentally handicapped, and he's unable to connect with his mother.But then, as his father is on his deathbed, the gym is raided by the police. David chooses to betray his friends in the hope of reaching his father for a last farewell. But it's too late. With his father dead and his mother grief-stricken, he's also forced to take responsibility for his brother on top of fighting off his former underworld friends. The crisis makes David realize what's truly important in his life: his family. He starts assuming responsibility for both his past and his future. By losing everything, David is given a chance to start over from scratch and rebuild his life.
- DirectorJens LienStarsTrond FausaPetronella BarkerPer SchaanningIn a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.
- DirectorKnut Erik JensenStarsStig Henrik HoffBengt AltmannHarald AndersenWhen is an enemy not an enemy? When is an ally not an ally? The answer to these questions determines the fate of a man. Simon's struggle is played out against the rugged landscape of Northern Norway. Raised in a close-knit community, he bears the scars of a childhood haunted by rumors. During World War II, the Soviets and Americans become a presence in this remote landscape, which will have far-reaching consequences. Victimized by rumor and Norway's shifting political allegiances, Simon is denied the final reconciliation he longs for with his community and with himself. When the Berlin Wall falls, his life is once more turned upside down.
- DirectorSolvejg EriksenStarsAnne-May NilsenGrethe LillAtle MertonA scream and a shot is heard from an apartment in a large city. When the police break in, they find the body of a young woman.
- DirectorTor M. TørstadStarsVera HolteHelge JordalPer OscarssonOn the island of Senja in Northern Norway in 1877, Båremor, a 14-year-old girl is washed ashore almost dead. No-one knows her and she remembers nothing of her past. A poor family of fishermen take care of her, but she never feels at home among these coastal people. Soon she meets infamous Bårr.