NORWEGIAN FILMS | 2010 PREFACE 3 Varg Veum – Skriften på veggen FEATURE FILMS Varg Veum: The Writing on the Wall 36 Appelsinpiken The Orange Girl 4 Vegas Vegas 37 Asfaltenglene East End Angels 5 Vetle Vetle 38 Bastøy King of Devil’s Island 6 Yatzy Yahtzee 39 Bestevenner Rafiki 7 Yohan – barnevandreren Yohan – The Child Wanderer 40 Død snø Dead Snow 8 Elias og jakten på havets gull DOCUMENTARIES Elias and the Hunt for the Gold of the Sea 9 Gunnar Goes God Gunnar Goes God 42 En ganske snill mann A Somewhat Gentle Man 10 Intwari – håpets helter Intwari – Heroes of Hope 43 Engelen The Angel 11 Jakten på hukommelsen Hunting Down Memory 44 En helt vanlig dag på jobben An Ordinary Day at Work 12 Moderne slaveri Modern Slavery 45 Hjem til jul Home for Christmas 13 Robert Crumptons Shakespeare Jernanger The Storm in my Heart 14 Robert Crumpton’s Shakespeare 46 Julenatt i Blåfjell Magic Silver 15 Sannhetsjegeren Nemesis 47 Keepern til Liverpool The Liverpool Goalie 16 Strengt hemmelig Strictly Confidential 48 Knerten Twigson 17 Tears of Gaza Tears of Gaza 49 Kommandør Treholt og Ninjatroppen Norwegian Ninja 18 To brødre Brothers 50 Limbo Limbo 19 Maskeblomstfamilien Shameless 20 NOKAS NOKAS 21 IN PRODUCTION 51 Nord North 22 Fritt vilt III Olsenbanden jr. - Det sorte gullet Knerten gifter seg The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold 23 Olsenbanden jr. - Mestertyvens skatt NORWEGIAN CINEMA RELEASES 2000 – 2009 52 The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief 24 ADRESSES 55 ORPS – The Movie ORPS – The Movie 25 PAX PAX 26 Pelle politibil går i vannet Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash 27 Rottenetter Rat Nights 28 Sammen Together 29 Skjult Hidden 30 Snarveien Detour 31 Svik Betrayal 32 Sykt lykkelig Happy, Happy 33 Tomme tønner Smack! 34 Upperdog Upperdog 35 A GREAT START TO A PROMISING YEAR With Hans Petter Moland’s A Somewhat Gentle Man being selected for the films in Norway and it has so far reached 350.000 admissions domestically. Competition programme of the 60th Berlin International Festival, we could not A little wooden guy called Twigson has also hit the target with 357.000 have asked for a better start to the new film year. Norwegian children’s films admissions, and counting… are also making a mark with both Rafiki and Twigson selected to compete in Norway has kept up a long and strong tradition of cinema documentaries Berlin’s Generation Kplus, in addition to the animated short Angry Man. since the time of Roald Amundsen’s expedition films of the 20’s, and espe- We also have high expectations when it comes to the great auteur of cially after the Oscar winner Kon Tiki in 1950. Today we find some of the Norwegian cinema Bent Hamer and his next movie Home for Christmas, most original voices of Norwegian cinema in this genre, presenting to us following his previous successes in the international marketplace with Kitchen such powerful works as Hunting down Memory, Modern Slavery and the Stories and O’Horten. Another one to look forward to is King of Devil’s Island upcoming Strictly Confidential and Russian Lessons. from Marius Holst (Cross my Heart and Hope to Die, Mirush), featuring our Entering 2010 Norwegian films are doing robust business in the inter- favourite Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgaard. Erik Skjoldbjerg (Insomnia, Prozac national marketplace. Eva Dahr’s The Orange Girl and Rune Denstad Langlo’s Nation) will be ready with his heist movie Nokas in the fall and Hans Petter North are both enjoying successful runs in German cinemas, with Max Manus Næss (Elling) will present his family drama Maskeblomstfamilien, based on a and Erik Poppe’s Troubled Water next in line. novel by one of Norway’s most celebrated authors, Lars Saabye Christensen). Norwegian directors and producers have also successfully entered into 2009 brought us both artistic successes and strong box office achieve- genre films; with movies such as Dead Snow, Detour, Hidden, and the Cold ments. Two strong female directors made their mark with the rare combina- Prey sequel (number three coming up in 2010). These films have proven to tion of existential drama and box office success. The harrowing drug drama have an international cinema audience with a hunger for original stories The Angel, by Margreth Olin, and the sophisticated tale of social structure from the far North. and class in Sara Johnsen’s Upperdog, both prove to us the power of the film We hope you share our joy and expectations in a year where Norwegian medium in its ability to define reality and reach out to people. Espen Sandberg films looks set to reach new heights! and Joachim Roenning managed to reach out to 1.2 million Norwegians with their Second World War drama Max Manus, which is extraordinary consider- Oslo, January 25th, 2010 ing Norway’s total population of five million. Nina Refseth Norway has a long tradition of producing and distributing high quality CEO films for children. In 2009Magic Silver set a new standard for CGI animated Feature FILMS | 3 APPELSINPIKEN THE ORANGE GIRL Drama | 81 min | Colour | Scope | 5 reels | Dolby SR·D Director: Eva Dahr Screenplay: Andreas Markusson and Axel Helgeland based on Jostein Gaarder’s novel «Appelsinpiken» Director OF Photography: Harald Gunnar Paalgard Producer: Axel Helgeland for Helgeland Film AS in copro- duction with Tradewind Pictures (DE) and Jaleo Films (E) Cast: Mikkel Bratt Silset, Harald T. Rosenstrøm, Annie D. Nygaard, Rebekka Karijord, Emilie K. Beck Release date: February 27, 2009 Norwegian distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS SALES: Beta Cinema | Grünwalder Weg 28d | DE-82041 Oberhaching | Tel: +49 89 67 34 69 80 | Fax: +49 89 67 34 69 888 | Mail: [email protected] | www.betafilm.com Eva Dahr is one of Norway’s It could have been a perfectly normal day, if he had missed that streetcar... most prolific filmmakers these But Jan Olav just catches that streetcar, on a cold autumn day in Oslo. And on that exact streetcar, days. She was the conceptual on that exact day, there she is. A beautiful girl in a red coat,holding a large bag of oranges in her arms. director of the acclaimed TV She smiles, and as their eyes meet she drops the bag and the oranges roll all over the streetcar.She gets series Himmelblå, which set a off at the next stop, but Jan Olav cannot forget her. Who is she, what if he never sees her again? The ratings record for drama pro- quest for the girl with the oranges leads him through winter-cold Oslo and all the way to colourful Seville, ductions in Norway in 2008. where the air is warm and the trees are full of oranges. She also co-wrote and directed the feature film Twenty years later Georg receives a letter from his father, Jan Olav, about a mysterious girl he calls Mars & Venus. She has also directed a number of the Orange Girl. But what can a father who is no longer alive have to tell his 16-year-old son? Georg highly acclaimed short films for which she has starts reading the letter on his way to ski in the Norwegian mountains. On this ski trip he meets Stella. received a string of national and international Through his father’s letter and a magical encounter under the starry Easter sky, Georg realizes that he awards. and his father have something in common – the dream of true love. Does Georg dare take the chance? 4 | Feature FILMS ASFALTENGLENE EAST END ANGELS Family film | 77 min | Colour | 1:1,85 | Dolby SR·D Director: Lars Berg Screenplay: Vibeke Idsøe, Mette M. Bølstad 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 Release date: February 26, 2010 Norwegian distributor: Nordisk filmdistribusjon SALES: TrustNordisk ApS | Filmbyen 12 | DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel: +45 3686 8788 | Fax: +45 3677 4448 Mail: [email protected] | www.trustnordisk.com Lars Berg (1959) was educated Vacation time. The 12-year-olds Maja, Rikke and Ohna are lazing around Ohna’s family restaurant as a director at The American Saigon House. They have great ambitions; they’re planning to not lift a finger this summer. But then Film Institute and The San the police come around, and find drugs hidden in the restaurant’s cold storage room. Saigon House is Francisco Art Institute. He closed down, and Ohna’s elder brother is arrested. The girls know he is innocent, but he will not be debuted as a film director in released from prison before the drug ring is exposed. The East End Angels take on the case. They soon 1995 with Dangerous Waters. find themselves in the middle of a drama involving human trafficking, car chases, karate kicks, romance He has also had a number of and spring rolls. They find secret basement rooms, illegal refugees, a priest who is no priest, a church assignments for television. Berg received his first which is no church, a police woman who refuses to listen, and a villain who never gives up. Maja is smart, award at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival for his short Ohna knows karate, Rikke sings like a lark. Together, they balance on top of high fences, and on the edge film A Devil In The Closet. His children’s film Scars of the law, in order to solve the case. They get a helping hand from Orpham – a devil on bicycle, grandma has received over 20 international prizes, including Noi – a devil behind the wheel, and Fredriksen – a devil of a dog who thinks he is human.