Thomas Robsahm
The feature documentary Trust Me is about Waleed Ahmed. A charismatic young entrepreneur who started his own company at age 18, he emerged as a unique talent. Referred to in the media as "Norway's Mark Zuckerberg", he quickly gained access to politicians, diplomats, and royalty. How did this short-lived career with grandiose business deals in America lead to an arrest by the FBI and an 11-year sentence for international fraud. Trust Me is a youth portrait that depicts a larger narrative of belonging, identity, fraud, and dreams.
A film about the challenges in shared lives, but also about one woman's opportunity to become more aware of herself and adapt her dysfunctional patterns.
When "Take On Me" reached nr 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985, the dream came true. Or did it? The band was not prepared for what the success could bring, including tension between the three band members.
A group of friends vacation in a cabin close to a lake where local legends say a man disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It's not long until they start feeling the same dark force pulling them closer to the lake.
Kåre has a bank on wheels. He lives for the Bank bus and its customers, but soon it is over. A story of human presence in stark contrast to efficiency and profit.
There's 27 million slaves in the world today. We find them in the sex industry, as child soldiers, as unpaid housekeepers and in production and as shop workers. We have all a responsibility for this.
A feelgood documentary about two friends of 90 years who have known each other since they were five. A nice story about being much older on the outside than the inside.
A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dipping, a cow eats a cell phone, a lesbian couple loses a child, a blind girl sells dubious lottery tickets, a boy falls in love, a man picks up a hitchhiker, three girls get help from a man in pajamas, and nine old men find a young girl stuck in a swamp.
Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.
Angelo who live alone, compared with several women simultaneously. He keeps a log of his conquests with images of women and testimonials about their strengths and abilities. One day in his routine review of personals, he captures interest SOS from Alba. Alba reveals his way of life and puts his love to the test.
This film is a travel depiction from a Christmas celebration in Gran Canaria. About women seeking love on the island where frozen Norwegians "warm up".
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
After a series of ever more daring raids on laboratories and farms to rescue what they believe are mistreated animals, a radical commune of animal liberationists find themselves under a vicious attack by the very groups they had expected the least trouble from: other (more moderate) animal liberation groups. At the instigation of these more moderate groups, the only rich boy in the group is arrested, and he becomes subject to a smear campaign which has him bedding all the women in the group - a particularly damaging libel, because one of the girls is underage. This is the first film to be directed by Thomas Robsahm, the Norwegian son of the great Italian actor, Ugo Tognazzi (now deceased)
A young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen tries to save her from the drugs.
A musical documentary poems about animals - how they live and die - in the human world ....
A great crazy-comedy from Wam & Vennerød. Bryllupsfesten (English: The wedding party) is a 1989 Norwegian comedy film written by Petter Vennerød, and directed by Vennerød and Svend Wam, starring Knut Husebø and Eli Anne Linnestad. Businessman Carl Otto "Totto" Holm (Husebø) is on the verge of bankruptcy, and plans a staged robbery of the family's Munch engraving.
The lonely boy Rune at the egg packing house has trouble being accepted by the cool guys at the local rock club, because he copies the others instead of inventing his own identity. The solution comes when he takes the gun in his hand.
A 16 year old boy growing up in the 60's, experimenting with life, sex, drugs and alcohol.
A dark thunderstorm night hostel Julia optimistic hitchhiking along the highway. Barefoot and in the large master suit. She gets a ride with a white Rolls-Royce, which sways slowly toward the city that is dreamlike lit in front of her.
"The Silent Majority" - Young Øystein lives in a small apartment outside Oslo, where every day is filled with everyday habits, and he is constantly looking for someone to marry. Then he meets Britt, which hates conformity and traditional values.
Lasse & Geir, two suburban boys in their late teens, kick up a row on the bus into town, making the driver call the police. They get arrested and have to spend the night in jail. The next morning they are sent home - Geir to his alcoholic mother, Lasse to his disillusioned and abusive father.
Viveca is 31, divorced, and has a son of 6 years. She and her friend Aud have left the hectic everyday life and moved in with bohemians and artists. We follow these two women for five days, as they come in contact with many different people. One of Svend Wam's very first films.
Billy falls madly in love with Nilo, but discovers that her great love is polyamorous. Explosions in the heart studies the turbulent and impossible romantic relationship between two young women where one is polyamorous, and finding one’s own autonomy and power independently of others.
Julie (30) lives with Aksel (early 40s), a cult graphic novelist. Aksel is caring and their life in the Oslo art world is full of cocktails and events. But Julie feels she is mainly living Aksel’s life. Unable to bear the brunt of her family’s expectations or Aksel’s desire for a child, Julie keeps chasing ever-changing personal dreams. One evening, while desperately looking to rediscover a few lost sensations of her youth, Julie sneaks into a random wedding party, where she meets Eivind, a man her age…
