Morten Hovland

Morten Hovland

Birth : 1969-01-27,

Death : 2017-12-31

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Morten Hovland

Movies

TRIO - The Hunt for the Holy Shrine
Writer
The curious Nora, Simen and Lars decide to start the hunt for the sacred Olav shrine in or around the medieval church Nidaros Dome, which has been gone for hundred of years. But they are not the only ones interested in finding the treasure.
Sæterbakken skriver Sauermugg
Director of Photography
In 1998, the Norwegian author, Stig Saeterbakken decided to write a novel in one week. Neighbor and director Morten Hovland was allowed to film the project, which became not just about the act of writing the novel Sauermugg, but also involves the authors thoughts on philosophy, literature, art and life in general. Stig Saeterbakken died on January 25Th 2012, and as such this film serves as a rare portrait of one of the most assured and uncompromising voices of contemporary Norwegian literature.
Sæterbakken skriver Sauermugg
Writer
In 1998, the Norwegian author, Stig Saeterbakken decided to write a novel in one week. Neighbor and director Morten Hovland was allowed to film the project, which became not just about the act of writing the novel Sauermugg, but also involves the authors thoughts on philosophy, literature, art and life in general. Stig Saeterbakken died on January 25Th 2012, and as such this film serves as a rare portrait of one of the most assured and uncompromising voices of contemporary Norwegian literature.
Sæterbakken skriver Sauermugg
Director
In 1998, the Norwegian author, Stig Saeterbakken decided to write a novel in one week. Neighbor and director Morten Hovland was allowed to film the project, which became not just about the act of writing the novel Sauermugg, but also involves the authors thoughts on philosophy, literature, art and life in general. Stig Saeterbakken died on January 25Th 2012, and as such this film serves as a rare portrait of one of the most assured and uncompromising voices of contemporary Norwegian literature.
Idyll
Director
Two tourists on a beach suddenly witness our indifference wash ashore. A film with a different perspective on the anxiety we feel and the dilemma we're faced with when confronted with other people's suffering.
Rafiki
Screenplay
Three friends - Julie, Mette and Naisha - are enjoying the first snow in the village. They have snowball fights with the boys and look forward to Christmas. One day Naisha suddenly disappears. With a secret address written in invisible ink as their only clue, they sneak onto the night train to the city. They need to find Naisha before the police do.
Detour
Assistant Director
Driving back to Norway, Lina and Martin reach a roadblock where a policeman tells them to take a detour deep into the Swedish forest. But soon one creepy incident after another leaves them stranded in the dark woods and everything seems much too bizarre to be accidental.
Supernova
Writer
A boy and his father spend a day at the beach and discuss life, death and the exploding sun.
Supernova
Director
A boy and his father spend a day at the beach and discuss life, death and the exploding sun.
Medium Raw
Writer
A gray man enters a steak house. He is caught in a sizzling jealousy drama between the chef and the waitress.
Medium Raw
Director
A gray man enters a steak house. He is caught in a sizzling jealousy drama between the chef and the waitress.
Shit Happens
Director
Konrad and Roger robs a bank, but shit happens when Konrad discovers that Linda works there...
Red Indian
Writer
Seb and Teo loves action, though Seb is the risk taker. One day they steals his dad's classic motorcycle, a red Indian.
Red Indian
Director
Seb and Teo loves action, though Seb is the risk taker. One day they steals his dad's classic motorcycle, a red Indian.
Ottar Gladtvet - en norsk filmpioner
Director
Ottar Gladtvet (1890-1962) was included in the film's first blooming at the turn of the century. He decided early on to become a movie man, and he was a projectionist and theater director before he was twenty. The family bought their first cinema in 1906 and ran for a while two cinemas in Oslo. Later Gladtvet also became a cinematographer and film director, and he was the country's largest producer of commercials before World War II. This film tells about Gladtvets life as a film man, and his film making between 1910 and 1940.