Norwegian Films offers a great opportunity to see contemporary (and sometimes classical) feature films, documentaries and shorts with English subtitles at the Norwegian film institute. The screenings will take place almost every Friday at 4.30 p.m in the renovated cinemas Tancred or Lillebil. Free tickets might be collected at Filmens Hus from Wednesday same week as the screenings.

Suggestions for future programmes or questions about current titles might be sent to Executive Editor Jan Erik Holst on E-MAIL

Se norsk film med engelske undertekster – gratis! Norwegian Films-visningene er så godt som hver fredag (se program) klokka 16.30 i Filmens hus, Oslo. Billetter kan hentes i billettluken/Filmbutikken på Filmens Hus fra og med tre dager forut for den aktuelle visningen.

Friday April 23 : MIRUSH
(2007, 1h 40 min)
Director : Marius Holst. Screenplay : Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad.  Production Company Spillefilmselskapet 4 ½ A/S.

The young boy Mirush leaves Kosova hoping to find his father again in Norway. The father abandoned the family when Mirush was very young. Now he runs a restaurant in Oslo, but he is also in deep debt to the Albanian Mafia. Mirush starts to work in the restaurant and gradually they learn to know each other. But  Mirush also discovers bad and painful things about the father,  that will have large consequences for both of them.
This is Marius Holst’s third feature film. It has participated at many International  festivals and  received the Main Award at the Mannheim Heidelberg Film Festival  in Germany.

Friday April 30: OLE BULL
(2006, 1 h 30 min)
Director : Aslak Aarhus. Screenplay : Siv. K. Lemika and Aslak Aarhus. Production : Ole Bernt Frøshaug for Visions A/S.

Ole Bull was Norway’s first superstar, as composer and violin viritous. His conquered the world while his wife and children were neglected. He was the violin King who seduced both women and audience, in Havana, New York and many European cities.  He was the great idol of his times, and struggled for the independence of Norway. This year we celebrate the 200 year’s Anniversary of Ole Bull.

Friday May 14: DEAD SNOW (Død snø) 
(2009, 1 h 31m)
Director : Tommy Wirkola
Cast : Charlotte Frogner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Jenny Skavlan, Bjørn Sundquist, Ane Dahl Torp.

The group of friends had all they would need for a sucsessful Easter vacation : Cabin, skis, snowmobile, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them had anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi – Zombie battalion haunting the mountains had other plans… The film has been sold to many countries after the premiere last year at the  Sundance/Slamdance Festival.

Friday May 21: TOGETHER
( 2009, 1h 45 min)
Director : Matias Armand Jordal
Cast : Fridtjov Såheim, Odin Waage, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Kristine Rui Slettebakken, Marianne Mørk Larsen.

A family of a father, a mother and their son is looking foreward to go on vacation. On the way they experience an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down. The film is a story about a father and his son’s journey through a landscape of sorrow. The son refuses to give up hope and fights bravely to get his father back to real life again. The film was selected for last year’s San Sebastian festival in Spain.

Friday May 28: DETOUR
(2009, 11h 17 min)
Director : Severin Eskeland
Cast : Marte Germaine Christensen, Sondre Krogtoft Larsen, Jens Hultén, Johan Hedenberg, Malin King, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Mikkel Gaup.

Lina and Martin are smuggling cheap booze from Sweden across the border. At a roadblock they are told to take a detour, due to an accident. Deep inside the Swedish woods their car suffers a tire blowout and they seek assistance….. The unreal world begins.

Friday June 4 : HIDDEN
(2009, 1h 40m)
Director : Pål Øie
Cast : Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie Mosli, Marco Kanic, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Eivind Sander, Karin Park.
1h 30 min

A small boy races through the woods. Blinded by fear he crosses a desert road without noticing the truck that speeds along it. A series of events are thus set in motion, events that will deprive another little boy his entire family. As the boy’s eyes meet in the woods, their destinies part.

Friday June 11: Prize winners in the Short Film Category


ANGRY MAN, (Sinna mann), Director : Anita Killi, 20 min Animation for children
Grand Prix and Audience Award, Clermont-Ferrand 2010 Best animated film, Aspen 2010

ELLA, (Ella),Director : Hanne Larsen, 24 min Drama
Jury’s Special Prize, Clermont-Ferrand 2010

LITTLE MISS EYEFLAP (Skylappjenta) Director Iram  Haq,  9 min Animation, Drama
The Ellen Award, Aspen 2010

TRAVELLING FIELDS (Travelling fields) Director : Inger Lise Hansen, 9 min  Experimental
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film, Ann Arbor Festival, USA 2010 

AMOR (Amor) Director : Thomas Wangsmo, 14 min Drama
Honorary mention, Lille short film festival, France 2010

DADDY’S GIRL (Daddy’s girl) Director : Helen Komini Olsen, 9 min Drama
Best short fiction film, Minimalen, Trondheim. 2010

Friday June 25: UPPERDOG
(2009, 1h 35 min)
Director : Sara Johnsen
Cast : Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Agnieszka Grochowska, Herman Sabado, Bang Chau, Ole Paus, Kjersti Holmen.

As young children, the half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo’s West side, she to an average family on the East side. In contrast to her younger brother, Yanne remembers their journey to Norway.  But she has no idea where he might be now. A beautiful multi-plot drama awarded at many festivals since the premiere last August.