22-25 AUGUST 2017 INTRODUCTION GREETINGS FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR IT’S A GREAT PLEASURE to wish you all a warm welcome Nordisk Film & TV Fond has since the very beginning of to Haugesund and the 23rd edition of the film market. New Nordic Films in 1995 been an important co-operative New Nordic films is an important part of the festival and partner for us. We would like to thank other important co- we are happy and honoured to see so many key industry operative partners, like Creative Europe, Norwegian Film representatives taking part in Haugesund to see the best Institute, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Filmkraft of the new Nordic films, sample of upcoming films or gain Rogaland, which all have contributed to our status as an insight into films in the planning stage. important arena to further Norwegian and Nordic cinema internationally. We are also excited to present our new industry initiative Books@Haugesund, and by bringing together literary New Nordic Films also enjoys a year-long friendship and agents and film producers, we hope some of the great professional exchange with our sister market, Nordic Film novels can get a second life by being adapted to the big Market, which is part of Göteborg Film Festival and we screen. want to extend a big thank you to all our professional net - work, film institutes and the international sales agents. Our aim is to lift the upcoming talents in our other new ini - tiative Scandinavian Debut as well as introducing you to I hope you all will come home from atmospheric Haugesund emerging filmmakers by our competition programme of with renewed professional refill, fine film memories and student films Next Nordic Generation. useful contacts. I wish you all some efficient days here in Haugesund! We are proud to be part of Eurimages’s initiative to lift up the daring and more experimental film, by hosting the Eurimage Lab Project Award, which shall reward the most promising cutting-edge entry of the Works in Progress Tonje Hardersen programme. Festival Director 2 INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO HAUGESUND! WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT a programme that reflect s Scandinavian Films for Beginners, a seminar made in high quality and a strong diversity of the Nordic film collaboration with Europa Distributors. production. So hold your breath, with a record number of participants, this year’s programme at New Nordic Films This year, we have also included TV series at New Nordic is quite extensive! Films. Four season premieres will be screened in the market (with the two first episodes of each), and there is During these four hectic days, we will screen 23 completed one TV drama project presented both in the Nordic Co- films in our market, of which 14 are market premiers. In Production Market and in Scandinavian Debut. our Works in Progress section we present samples from 20 films in post-production, in the Nordic Co-Production For the second year, we have the pleasure to reward a film Market we present 24 film projects in development, of that goes beyond the framework for traditional film making, which seven are part of the initiative Nordic Genre Boost through the Eurimages Lab Project Award. The eight nomi - from Nordic Film & TV Fund. In co-operation with the nated films are carefully selected because of their cutting Writers’ Guild of Norway six selected scriptwriters look - edge approach either in form or content. An inter national ing for directors and producers presents their screen - jury will give the award to the most promising film nomi - plays. nated to the award in the Works in Progress programme. Our new initiative Books@Haugesund is focusing on the We would also encourage you to use this opportunity to synergy between the book and film industry, and literary mingle, meet and get to know each other well. So please agents will pitch books suitable for the big screen. The pro - enjoy some pleasurable days together with new and old gramme includes an adaptation of books workshop, in acquaintances. collaboration with EAVE, by financing expert Linda Beath. We are here for you, so please get in touch with us. We will highlight the upcoming talents with pitches by Nordic feature film debutants in our new initia tive Scandi navian Debut, and we will this year as well screen the best graduation films from the Nordic countries in our programme Next Nordic Generation. We will look into Gyda Velvin Myklebust Aleksander Huser how the European distributors see the evolution of status E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: aleksander@ kino.no and the audience's taste of Nordic films and TV in Tel: +47 93 66 94 20 Tel: +47 91 85 35 52 3 CITY MAP CITY MAP ØVREGATA A T A G BREIDABLIKGATA Y B E S Å KIRKEGATA RÅDHUSGATA A E A T T T A A A J G A F D A G G T R A T S G A A E T A E U T G SKÅREGATA A M P G I A A G P G S E G I H I U R Y . K U E A A A Q A HC R N T T S K H E K O A D N N S SØRHAUGGATA G E Ø O G R S E G A A V K O T A A D G HARALDSGATA L PPEDEDEESTRIANSTRIAN SSTREETTREET G O R J N K O E T S L L S T STRANDGATA U N K T I U G N B K N P A. EDDA KINO F. VÅR FRELSERS KIRKE M. EDDA TENT Edda Cinema Center Church N. HØVLERIET SEA HOUSE B. MARITIM KINO G. SCANDIC MARITIM O. TO GLASS Maritim Cinema HOTEL P. SCANDIC MARITIM C. FESTIVITETEN H. THON HOTEL SAGA HARBOUR Cinema/Accreditation I. CLARION COLLECTION Q. JACKMANS BEDEHUS D RÅDHUSET AMANDA City Hall J. SCANDIC HAUGESUND E HAUGESUND K. HOTEL NEPTUN BILLEDGALLERI Haugesund Art Gallery L. HENDERSON CITY HOTEL 4 CONTENTS CONTENTS THE NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCTION 58 Uchronia 59 The Violin Player FILM FESTIVAL is owned by 2 Festival Directors Salute 60 The Way to Mandalay Film & Kino, The Municipality of 3 Welcome to Haugesund 4 City Map Haugesund 61 Wild Witch Haugesund and Rogaland County 5 Contents NORDIC CO-PRODUCTION 6 Day by Day AND FINANCE MARKET FESTIVAL BOARD SEMINAR 62 Programme Guttorm Petterson, Arild Kalkvik, 63 The Abduction of Europe 8 Books@Haugesund Simon Næsse, Arne-Christian Mohn 64 Breaking Surface 9 EAVE Presentation and Tonje Hardersen 65 Brooklyn King 9 German Focus 66 The Crystal Ark 0 1 Scandinavian Films for Beginners 67 The Empty House NEW NORDIC FILMS FILMS 68 Games People Play Supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, 12 3 Things 69 Gooseboy 3 Creative Europe, Norwegian Film 13 All In 70 The Human Part Institute, The Ministry of Foreign 14 Backstabbing for Beginners 71 The Huntresses of Kalmar Affairs and Filmkraft Rogaland. 15 Darling 72 Ibraham’s Journey 16 Demon Box 73 The Little Things 74 Morningbird and Murmelton FESTIVAL DIRECTOR 17 Drib 18 The Eternal Road 75 My Life as a Comedian Tonje Hardersen 19 I Remember You 76 My name is Olivia… 20 Man Divided and I can’t do anything about it NEW NORDIC FILMS 21 Miami 77 My Wife, My Replica and I Gyda Velvin Myklebust 22 Never Again a Tomorrow 78 The Northwoods Aleksander Huser 23 Pound for Pound 79 Riptide 24 Ravens NORDIC GENRE BOOST 25 The Regulars PUBLISHER 80 Introduction 26 The Rules for Everything The Norwegian International 81 Car:y 27 The Square 82 Cold Film Festival 28 The Swan 83 Eleanor 29 Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara 84 Lamb RESPONSIBLE 30 Tom of Finland 85 Prayer Gyda Velvin Myklebust 31 The Tree Feller 86 Pukk 32 Under the Tree 87 The Sex Trap 33 Valley of Shadows EDITOR NORDIC SCRIPT PITCH 34 Winter Brothers Aleksander Huser 88 Introduction TV DRAMA 88 Checkmate DESIGN 36 Norsemen 2 89 Freyja Roger Aasegg, Noe med film AS 36 Occupied 2 89 The Last of the Vikings 37 Prisoners 90 Midnight Sun’s Daughter 37 The Restaurant 90 Seili – Island of Souls CONTRIBUTORS 91 War, What If? Gyda Velvin Myklebust, WORKS IN PROGRESS Aleksander Huser, Tomas Dahl Velvin, 39 WIP – Introduction SCANDINAVIAN DEBUT 40 Eurimages Lab Project Award Tonje Hardersen, Martin Øsmundset 92 Introduction 42 Alma 92 Aniara and Lene Juliussen 43 Christian IV 92 Ebba & the Lover 44 Ego Ego 93 Fear COVER DESIGN 45 The Guardian Angel 93 Library of God Iversen Skogen Reklamebyrå 46 Harajuku 93 Lioness Daughter 47 History of Love 93 A Perfectly Normal Family PRINT 48 Holiday 94 Shorta 49 Impaled Rektum HBO, Haugesund 94 Sofia 50 Jimmie 94 Special Forces 51 Los Bando Immortale 94 Syden THANKS 52 Mihkel NEXT NORDIC GENERATION To the directors and producers of the 53 Opportunity Knocks 96 Competition programme, 54 Ploey - You Never Fly Alone films, the international sales agents Nordic Student Graduation Films and the film institutes of the five 55 The Return 56 The Second Sex PARTICIPANTS Nordic countries. 57 The Tower 100 Participants 5 DAY BY DAY DAY BY DAY TUESDAY 22 AUGUST WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST FILM SCREENINGS FILM SCREENINGS 09:15 10:45 The Rules for Everything E4 90 min 08:45 10:44 Miami E4 119 min 10:30 12:55 The Square E2 145 min 09:00 10:45 I Remember You E2 105 min 11:00 12:22 The Tree Feller E4 82 min 11:00 12:31 Valley of Shadows E5 91 min 11:00 12:45 I Remember You E3 105 min 11:00 12:30 The Rules for Everything E3 90 min 11:15 12:49 Winter Brothers E1 94 min 11:00 12:29 3 Things E2 89 min 13:00 14:47 Ravens E4 107 min 11:00 12:30 Under the Tree E4 90 min 13:00 14:33 DRIB E3 93 min 12:45 14:13 The Swan E4 88 min 13:15 14:55 Prisoners (TV) E2 100 min 12:45 14:25 The Eternal Road E3 100 min 15:15 16:45 Under the Tree E4 90 min 12:45 14:22 Pound for Pound E2 97 min 15:15 17:05 Occupied 2 (TV) E2 110 min 14:30 16:03 DRIB E2 93 min 15:15 16:45 Thick Lashes of 14:30 16:17 Ravens E4 107 min Lauri Mäntyvaara E3 90 min 14:45 16:12 Demon Box E3 87 min 17:00 18:40 The Eternal Road E4 100 min 16:15 17:58 Darling E2 103 min 17:15 18:58 Darling E2 103 min 16:30 18:00 Thick Lashes of 19:15 21:14 Miami E2 119 min Lauri