De 7 dødssyndene
Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.
Lars Gudmestad
Lars Gudmestad
Margreth Olin
Maria Sødahl
Maria Sødahl
Harald Eia
Frank Mosvold
Frank Mosvold
Dag Johan Haugerud
Dag Johan Haugerud
Ørjan Karlsen
Ørjan Karlsen
Marit Åslein
Tony Spataro
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Margreth Olin
Six people meet in a room in order to discuss pornography, rape and Mother's Day.
In 2009 the Norwegian government introduced several measures to restrict immigration. One of the measures was to provide unaccompanied asylum seeking children temporary residence permits. They should be returned to their country of origin when they turn 18. In Norway child welfare custody of their children without close caregivers. This does not apply to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children between 15 and 18 years.
A drug addict becomes a mother and has to deal with responsibility and self-respect.
The movie follows students at Hauketo Continuation School the last months before the exams.
Award-winning documentary film about old age and the elderly. We meet residents and staff at a nursing home and take part in the madness, humor, desire, sorrow, hopes and the great love that this miniature society holds.
Which human skills are we trying to learn the forthcoming generations? Childhood is observing 6-year-olds in a pre-school in Nesodden outside Oslo in the Direkt Cinema-tradition, made to debate when children are put into a school situation.
A short documentary about a filmmaker's life and her relationship with her body.
Margreth Olin's documentary about her uncle who has Downs syndrome. Through depictions of Uncle Reidar's everyday life, flashbacks to childhood, and interviews with family, the film reveals what has been difficult to talk about
Margreth Olin has filmed 22 persons i their meeting with the well known voluntary healer Joralf Gjerstad. For 65 years more than 50.000 has gone to him to be healed from illnesses and ill-doings. He has never asked for a penny for this
We follow the workers at the end station of society. Their job is to take care of slaughterhouse waste.
Also Directed by Maria Sødahl
A couple with a large blended family has grown apart. When the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love.
A pitch black comedy about how blue a Monday morning can be.
Sonia arrives in Trinidad with her two children to join her husband Jo who is working as an oil engineer. On the surface she lives a life of luxury in a large houses with servants. The days are uneventful and blend together into an everlasting holiday, where the women nurse their superficial relationships over cocktails poolside – the perfect climate for self-delusion.
Also Directed by Frank Mosvold
Mads and Kristian spend a summer weekend with their girlfriends at a summerhouse by the sea. When Mads and his girlfriend have a fight we find that Mads may love someone else more.
On Christmas Eve while her mother obsesses about stuffing the turkey, Annie tells her family she is a lesbian.
When a new boy moves into the area Cecilie and Peter's friendship is changed.
Married gay couple, Henry and Martin live in Homolulu. Like all marrieds they have different opinions, and they certainly have on straight, heterosexual marriage. Clever twist of play on sterotypes with a not so hidden political message.
A boy is torn between love and religion.
16 year old Ole Petter does believe in God, but has serious doubts that God does not believe in him. He turns to a priest in order to settle the question.
Ella Bella Bingo and Henry are best friends, but one day a new boy moves into the neighbourhood and everything changes.
Bendik & the Monster is the story of a monster, who dreams of being a cabaret singer.
A young man learns that the size of one's heart matters more than the size of his endowment.
Also Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud
A film about finding something, sharing it with others, and using it to make something new. A film about found footage, and about the French artist and composer Arnaud Fleurent-Didier.
A girl experiences that her grandfather dies the same day she turns 15. It's time for a strange family gathering. The family personalities and the tensions between them will be expressed through choreographed movements and dance seen through the girls point of view.
A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
This movie is about at least two things: 1. Lies and self-deception often creates trouble. 2. Pride has never made anyone happy.
What would you say about a female teacher falling in love with a 15-year-old? What would you think when you heard her confession? How do you set borders for someone's love and feelings?
A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. A warm and nuanced film about people who all mean well, but end up hurting one another.
During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.
The day Clinton visited Norway, my girlfriend broke up with me.
Six ideas for movies that will never be made.
A sister and a brother and the fear of fornication.
Also Directed by Ørjan Karlsen
Documentary about british football supporters from Norway and Sweden
Documentary about the Scandinavian Star catastrophy. April 7, 1990 the ferry located between Oslo in Norway and Frederikshavn in Denmark burst into flames and 158 passengers died. The documentary explores the connection between the catastrophy and tax issues.
Pål and Catherine would like to have a baby, but their efforts are hampered by bureaucracy.
Also Directed by Marit Åslein
Norwegian sitcom about life on an idyllic street in Granli Norway, where the fences are low and neighborly relations close. Here we meet the residents who struggle with life's challenges big and small, trials all of us can relate to.