Company Highlights

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QUISLING (IN POST-PRODUCTION)

Format:            Feature Film 

Genre:              Historical Drama

Director:          Erik Poppe

Screenplay:     Anna Bache-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen

Cast:                Anders Danielsen Lie, Gard B. Eidsvold, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Lisa Carlehed

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When the German occupation of Norway ends after five years on May 8, 1945. The rebuilding of the nation must begin, but the chapter of Nazi occupation must be closed for healing to start. VidkunQuisling, the Prime Minister of Norway and notorious Nazi collaborator, has made the greatest betrayal of all. Now he must be held accountable for his actions and the atrocities that the ideology of Nazism led to. Imprisoned Quisling asks for the church's supreme leader. The authorities send the priest Peder Olsen, who struggles with trauma after five years of war, to meet him. In a dark cell he faces a humiliated and monstrous Quisling, fighting for his life and legacy. During the ongoing trial is Olsen pressured to make him confess to his crimes. The pastoral counselling turns into a psychological battle about humanity, remorse, ideology, sin and salvation.Fear and the hat red is the arena.

 

IN THE NAME OF LOVE (IN DISTRIBUTION)

Format:            Series

Genre:              Comedy, Drama

Director:          Bård Breien

Screenplay:     Bård Breien

Cast:                Maria Bonnevie, Trond Espen Seim, Jakob Oftebro, Jonas Oftebro, Ingrid Gaever

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Balder and his wife welcome their entire family to their daughter’s baptism... well, almost the entire family. Balder’s father shows up uninvited and the family’s slightly questionable past is brought to light. This is a story about a family who has made their fortune from porn whilst living in the conservative Norway of the 1970s. Balder’s mother did everything she could to keep the source of income hidden while his father, ‘Norway’s secret porn king’ saw eroticism as political rebellion against the morality police. Will Balder’s wife still love him when she finds out about the unsavoury family secret? Based on the real and untold story of Bård Breien, the director’s own life, this is a story of opposites attracting and colliding, of freedom and decency, and of family conflict and resolution.

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THE COMMONER (HARALD OG SONJA) (IN POST-PRODUCTION)

Format:            Series

Genre:              Historical Drama

Director:          Vibeke Idsøe

Screenplay:     Vibeke Idsøe

Cast:                Anders Baasmo, Anneke von der Lippe, Sindre Strand Offerdal and Gina Bernhoft Gørvell

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When the Crown Prince Harald meets the confident Sonja at a private party in 1959 they are blissfully unaware that their ensuing romance will threaten to bring down the Norwegian monarchy. As the press exposes their non-traditional romance, King Olav refuses to give his son permission to marry a commoner and cause a constitutional disaster. He banishes Sonja from royal events and attempts to set his son up with several of Europe’s princesses to keep them apart. As the couple fall deeper in love, Harald discovers the supportive and accepting environment which Sonja’s non-royal home, and in particular her mother, Dagny provides. It’s a stark contrast to the formal and traditional royal household he is used to, and in this non-Cinderella-story, it becomes apparent that Harald needs Sonja more than she desires a royal. Over the next several years Harald is determined to pursue the relationship with Sonja against the wishes of his father, the political establishment, the press, and the public.​

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U – JULY 22 (UTØYA 22 JULI)  2018

Format:            Feature film

Genre:              Drama based on a true story

Director:          Erik Poppe

Screenplay:     Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Anna Bache-Wiig, Erik Poppe

Cast:                Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland

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On July 22 2011 more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed, right-wing extremist. Earlier that day he bombed a Government building in Oslo before making his way to Utøya island. In this first fictional movie about the attack, we get to know Kaja (18) and her friends. The movie starts when the youngsters, shocked by the bombing in Oslo, are reassuring their relatives that they are far away from the incident. Suddenly, the safe atmosphere is shattered when shots are heard. We then follow Kaja as she tries to survive – minute by minute.

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2018 European Film Awards, Carlo di Palma Award
European Cinematographer
Martin Otterbeck
2018, Amanda Awards
Best Actress
Andrea Berntzen
2018 Amanda Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Solveig Koløen Birkeland
2019 Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival, Kanonprisen
Best Sound Design
Gisle Tveito

 

THE KING'S CHOICE (KONGENS NEI) 2016

Format:          Feature film

Genre:            Drama, War 

Director:        Erik Poppe

Screenplay:   Alf R. Jacobsen, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg and Jan Trygve Røyneland

Cast:               Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo, Karl Markovics

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The Kings Choice is based on the true story of the three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway is presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: Surrender or die! With the German Air Force and soldiers hunting after them, the Royal Family is forced to flee from the capital. They decide to separate ways, without knowing if they’ll ever see each other again. The Crown Princess Märtha leaves Norway with the children to seek refuge in Sweden, whilst King Haakon and the Crown Prince Olav stay to fight the Germans. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, King Haakon makes his final decision. He refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family, and many Norwegians their lives.

2017 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Score
Johan Söderqvist (composer)
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Visual Effects
Arne Kaupang (visual effects supervisor)
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Film
Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Karl Markovics
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Production Design
Peter Bävman
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Editing
Einar Egeland
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Screenplay
Harald Rosenløw-Eeg and Jan Trygve Røyneland
2017 Amanda Awards
Best Sound Design
Christian Schaanning
2017, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award
Midnight Sun
Erik Poppe
2017 Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival, Kanonprisen
Best Producer
Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae
2017 Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival, Kanonprisen
Best Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jesper Christensen
2017 Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival,Kanonprisen
Best Original Screenplay
Harald Rosenløw-EegJan Trygve Røyneland
2017 Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival, Kanonprisen
Best Cinematography
John Christian Rosenlund
2017 GardenCity International Film Festival
Best Screenplay
Erik Poppe

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WELCOME TO UTMARK (VELKOMMEN TIL UTMARK) 2021

Format:          TV Series 

Genre:            Comedy, Drama 

Director:        Dagur Kári

Screenplay:   Megan Buchholz, Dagur Kári and Kim Fupz Aakeson

Cast:              Alma Günther, Marie Blokhus, Stig Henrik Hoff, Marius

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Everyone knows everyone in this secluded corner of the Nordic North. But the elements in Utmarkare strange and wild, and outsiders don’t always fare well. When an optimistic new schoolteacher rolls in, she is hopeful for a fresh start. But she will soon learn that the only person behaving remotely maturely in this town is a 12-year-old girl. Through Utmark’s struggling larger-than-life characters, the series is about finding one’s place-whether it is finding yourself after being left by your partner, trying to grow up, moving on after the death of a loved one or simply getting your dead husband’s soul out of your body through an exorcism. It’s about accepting all of life’s curveballs and touching upon all the aspects that make us human: love, death, and dressing.

2021 Camerimage, Winner Golden Frog
TV Series Competition
Andreas Johannessen (cinematographer)Dagur Kári (director)
Episode: "Eye for an Eye"

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