NORWEGIAN FILMS IN BERLIN
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Screenings (official in bold)
Mon, Feb 19 09.00 Berlinale Palast (Press screening)
Mon, Feb 19 15.00 Berlinale Palast
Tue, Feb 20 09.30 Friedrichstadt Palast
Tue, Feb 20 12.30 Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Tue, Feb 20 18.00 Friedrichstadt Palast
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U- July 22
On the 22nd of July 2011, 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed right-wing extremist. We follow Kaja on her escape minute by minute. While hope survived, 69 victims did not. Read more...
DRAMA 92 min DIRECTOR Erik Poppe SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Screenings (official in bold)
Tue, Feb 20 10.00 Zoo Palast 2
Wed, Feb 21 13.30 CinemaxX 1
Thu, Feb 22 12.30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
Fri, Feb 23 13.00 HKW
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Hvalagapet
Hvalagapet is a little story of 12 year old Rikke’s first meeting with big feelings and this thing called love - a meeting that starts and ends within the hour. Read more...
DRAMA 12 min DIRECTOR Liss-Anett Steinskog SALES tbc FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Screenings (official in bold)
Sun, Feb 18 16.15 CineStar 1
Mon, Feb 19 13.00 HKW
Tue, Feb 20 12.30 CineStar 5
Tue, Feb 20 15.30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
Wed, Feb 21 13.30 CinemaxX 3
Fri, Feb 23 15.30 Zoo Palast
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Screenings (official in bold)
Sat, Feb 17 10.00 Zoo Palast 2
Sun, Feb 18 13.30 CinemaxX 3
Wed, Feb 21 11.30 Zoo Palast 1
Thu, Feb 22 09.30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
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Threads
As time flies by, the relationship between a mother and her daughter is transformed – yet it remains somehow the same. Holding tight and letting go, strengthening and loosening the invisible bonds of love and trust. Read more...
ANIMATION 9 min DIRECTOR Torill Kove SALES National Film Board Canada, SND Films FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Berlinale Special - Berlinale Series
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Screenings (official in bold)
Mon, Feb 19 15.30 Zoo Palast 3
Tue, Feb 20 15.30 Zoo Palast 2
Thu, Feb 22 12.00 Zoo Palast 3
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HOME GROUND
Helena Mikkelse's struggle to make it as Europe's first female coach for a men's football team in the National League in Norway. As a single mom to a teenager daughter, moving to a devoted football town is quite a challenge. Read more...
DRAMA SERIE 101 min, episode 1 and 2 CREATOR Johan Fasting SALES DR Sales FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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THE 12TH MAN
In Northern Norway a dramatic story of the young resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud unfolds. Jan is the only one out of twelve to escape the Germans. Will he make it to neutral Sweden before the Germans find him? Read more...
WAR DRAMA 136 min DIRECTOR Harald Zwart SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
Screenings
Fri, Feb 16 16.20 CineStar 4 (Closed - no press)
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ANCHORS UP
During a big storm, Elias gets an emergency call from the neighboring city, asking him to rescue a ship in trouble. Elias succeeds and is head hunted to Big Harbor leaving his friends behind. But soon he will need their help. Read more...
ANIMATION/CHILDREN’S FILM 75 min DIRECTORS Simen Alsvik, William John Ashurst SALES Sola Media FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
Screenings
Sat, Feb 17 14.50 CineStar 5
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THE ASH LAD
Espen "Ash Lad", a poor farmer's son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the mountain king – in order to collect a reward and save his family's farm from ruin. Read more...
FANTASY/ADVENTURE 104 min DIRECTOR Mikkel Brænne Sandemose SALES TrustNordisk FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Sun, Feb 18 17.15 MGB Cinema ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION
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CHRISTMAS BLOOD
A serial killer has been haunting Norway every Christmas eve for 13 years. Detective Rasch and Hansen are determined to catch the killer before he strikes again. Read more...
COMEDY/HORROR 104 min DIRECTOR Reinert Kiil SALES Reel Suspects FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Mon, Feb 19 15.00 MGB Cinema
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THE MONKEY AND THE MOUSE
One Muslim and one Hindu dedicate their lives to Norwegian rap with their band Karpe Diem and challenge freedom of speech in this extraordinary event film. Read more...
MUSIC FICTION FILM 100 min DIRECTOR Thea Hvistendahl SALES LevelK FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Sat, Feb 17 09.25 CinemaxX 12
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THE REGULARS
Joseph spent most of his life in prison. After his younger brother dies, he robs a bank and returns to prison and meets young naive Chris who he tries to tutor from criminal life. Will Josef be able to save Chris from the gangs? Read more...
ACTION/DRAMA 95 min DIRECTOR Leon Bashir SALES Eyewell FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Fri, Feb 16 18.05 Parliament Studio
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THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT SEASON
Searching for proof of a 20-year-old urban legend, a first-time director discovers not only a gripping tale of friendship, hardship and faded dreams, but one last chance to make things right. Read more...
DOCUMENTARY 111 min DIRECTOR Carl Christian Lein Størmer CONTACT Original Film FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
Screenings
Sun, Feb 18, 16.30 CinemaxX 19
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VALLEY OF SHADOWS
6-year-old Aslak ventures into the dark forest in a quest for answers following a tragic event. A gothic fable where reality collides with fantasy. Read more...
DRAMA 91 min DIRECTOR Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen SALES Celluloid Deams/Celluloid Nightmares FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Sun, Feb 18 14.10 CinemaxX 14
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WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY
An emotional and topical story about love, social control and a young girl finding her own way between Norway and Pakistan. Read more...
DRAMA 106 min DIRECTOR Iram Haq SALES Beta Cinema FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
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Fri, Feb 16 09.00 CinemaxX 16
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Shooting Star, NATIVe, Pitching & Talent
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Berlinale NATIVe
MY FATHER IS A DANISH CAVEMAN + SURVIVING SAPMIPRODUCTION Mathis Ståle Mathiesen for Rein Film
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CoPro Series Pitching
FURY CREATOR Gjermund S. Eriksen
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Talent Project Market
SÁVE - THE LAST OF THE FIRST. PRODUCTION Khalid Maimouni for The End
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Fri, Feb 16 09.00 Berlinale Palast (press screening)
Fri, Feb 16 15.30 Berlinale Palast
Sat, Feb 17 09.30 Friedrichstadt-Palast
Sat, Feb 17 13.00 Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Sat, Feb 17 20.00 HAU
Sun, Feb 18 09.20 CineStar 6
Mon, Feb 19 09.35 CineStar 6
Wed, Feb 21 12.00 CinemaxX 13
Sun, Feb 25 19.00 Haus der Berliner Festspiele
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THE HEIRESSES
Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asunción, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened and Chela is forced to face an intimate revolution.
(PY, UY, DE, BR, NO, FR) DRAMA 95 min DIRECTOR Marcelo Martinessi SALES Luxbox
Norwegian Co-Producer Hilde Berg for Norsk Filmproduksjon
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Sun, Feb 18 17.00 CineStar 7
Mon, Feb 19 22.30 CineStar 7
Tue, Feb 20 15.00 CineStar 3
Sat, Feb 24 22.30 CineStar 7
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KINSHASA MAKAMBO
Kinshasa Makambo tells the story of three young Congolese who demand that elections be held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
CD/FR, CH, DE, QA, NO) DOCUMENTARY 75 min DIRECTOR Dieudo Hamadi SALES Andana Films
Norwegian Co-Producer Johnny Holmvåg for Flimmer Film
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Fri, Feb 16 17.30 Akademie der Künste
Sat, Feb 17 15.00 Kino Arsenal 1
Mon, Feb 19 22.00 CineStar 8
Sat, Feb 24 20.00 Cubix 9
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WILD RELATIVES
Wild Relatives loosely links together different narratives and biographies, opening up a space to reflect on biodiversity, resilience, global justice and climate change, as well as disasters caused by human hand and the ambivalent efforts made to overcome them.
(DE, LB, NO) DOCUMENTARY 68 min DIRECTOR Jumana Manna
Norwegian Co-Producer Elisabeth Kleppe for Aldeles
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Sat, Feb 17 14.00 Akademie der Künste
Sun, Feb 18 20.00 Kino Arsenal 1
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DUG
In DUG, we follow the archaeologist and Petro, his friend and local looter, to several archaeological sites.
(DE,NO) DOCUMENTARY 31 min DIRECTOR Jan Peter Hammer
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Mon, Feb 19 15.30 Zoo Palast 1
Tue, Feb 20 16.00 CinemaxX 3
Wed, Feb 21 15.30 Cubix 8
Thu, Feb 22 15.45 CinemaxX 4
Sat, Feb 24 11.00 CinemaxX 3
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RETABLO
The 14-year-old son of a respected artistan has to wrestle with his father’s secret. A moving debut from the Peruvian director, which unflinchingly exposes the rigidity of a patriarchal village community.
(PE, DE, NO) DRAMA 101 min DIRECTOR Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L. SALES Catch of the Day
Norwegian Co-Producer Dag Hoel for Dag Hoel Filmprod
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Meet us at Scandinavian Office, Martin Gropius Bau, stand 26
Who is where Berlin 2018
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Toril Simonsen
Manager International relations Short and Documentary Films
Cell: +47 900 38 086
toril.simonsen@nfi.no
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Mia Lindrup
Manager International Relations Series and Games
Cell: +47 922 26 978
mia.lindrup@nfi.no
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Production and Co-Production contacts
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Tina Fagerheim
Production Adviser Incentive Scheme, Drama Series and Sørfond
Cell: +47 416 71 012
tina.fagerheim@nfi.no
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