All Norway articles – Page 17
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Features
Reaching outside Norway
With strong state support, Norway has ambitious goals to attract international partners.
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NewsNorway's Norsk Filmstudio and Chimney Pot merge
Major Norwegian production and facility houses Norsk Filmstudio (NF) and The Chimney Pot (TCP) will join forces in what they call “North Europe’s most modern and innovative full-service studio”.
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NewsSara Johnsen's Upperdog to open Norwegian Film Festival
The 37th Norwegian International Film Festival (NIFF) in Haugesund will open on August 23 with local title Upperdog.
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NewsNonStop sells Magic Silver ahead of first screening
NonStop Sales has closed a deal on Nowegian family drama Magic Silver despite not yet screening the film. The deal has been signed with Korean buyer Rich Entertainment.
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Zentropa recruits trio of Norwegian directors
Norwegian film directors Unni Straume, Petter Næss and Jens Lien have joined Zentropa International Norway, it was announced in Cannes yesterday (May 20).
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NewsJapan's Sion Sono summons Lords of Chaos for English debut
Hot Japanese director Sion Sono is set to make his English-language debut with Lords Of Chaos, about Norway’s black metal music scene, which has Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone lined up to star.
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NewsYellow Bird reveals dates for Millennium Trilogy release
The dates have been set for the release of the second and third instalments of Scandinavian box-office sensation, The Millennium Trilogy.
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NewsPrincipal photography starts on Norwegian WW2 thriller Deceit
Norwegian director Håkon Gundersen has started principal photography for World War 2 thriller Deceit (Svik) in Budapest, Hungary.
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NewsMax Manus scriptwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller dies aged 28
Norwegian scriptwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, who wrote Max Manus – Norway’s biggest cinema success since 1975 – died Tuesday (May 12) after a long illness. He was 28 years old.
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NewsNordisk Film & TV to support regional releases
Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fund is launching scheme to support the distribution of Nordic films in the region.
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NewsFilmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy
Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
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NewsNorway joins European co-production convention
Norway is set to join the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.
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NewsNonStop Sales picks up Norwegian thriller Hidden
Scandanavian sales company NonStop Sales has boarded Hidden (Skjult). It has acquired worldwide rights and will be introducing the film to buyers at Cannes.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute supports Chopin
Norway’s Storm Studios will co-produce Chopin, a $6.6m (NOK 43m) fully-animated feature from UK’s BreakThru Films, which will be released for composer’s 200th anniversary in 2010.
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Features
Accounts (Regnskap)
Ulrik is released from prison, having served 12 years for killing his wife’s lover. His son will have nothing to do with him; his former colleagues expect him to get back at the man who peached on him. What’s he to do?
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Features
King Of Bastøy
In the winter of 1915, a riot among the 8-18-year-old inmates of the boys’ detention centre of Bastøy, in the Oslo fjord, is crushed by Norwegian troops
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Features
Maskeblomstfamilien (literal translation: The Figwort Family)
Adrian is different. His father has killed himself, his mother is sick – an aunt takes care of him. It is difficult to sympathise with his behaviour; he doesn’t see himself as evil, he just doesn’t know what shame is