Erik Andersson

Movies

The Night Dad Brought Us Home
Editor
A personal film by Steffan Strandberg about his adolescence with an alcoholic mother.
Dear Kid
Editor
During a swimming lesson a mother starts to feel uneasy about the coach's relation to one of the kids, but she has no proof. She faces a dilemma; to make an accusation of the worst kind, or to ignore a child who is possibly getting abused.
The Grenade Man
Editor
On July 22nd 2011, Norway experienced incomprehensible terror. However, it was not the first time one in our midst used extreme measures to create fear and panic.
Överlevarna - det tionde året
Editor
Four Swedish families, totaling 19 people, celebrated Christmas on the paradise beach in Khao Lak, 2004. At 10:45 on Boxing Day was only three adults and two children still alive. After the tsunami: how was it possible to live on - when all that is worth living for was gone? We get the surprising answer ten years later - in a gripping tale of deep friendship, love and the good in life.
Me and My Little Sister
Editor
Loving someone of the same gender is frowned upon in Sami communities. Sparrooabbán (Me and my little sister) shows what it’s like to be a minority within a minority. Suvi describes how her little sister Kaisa wishes to be accepted as she is. Like her sister, Kaisa is a Sami, but also in a relationship with a woman, and she also works as a deacon. There are obviously more constricting communities in the film than only one.
Ida's Diary
Editor
Ida's Diary is a film about hope and courage, about finding your own identity and daring to live. It's a personal film based on Ida's own video diary from the last eight years.
Club 7
Editor
Explores the life and times of an institution that has been described as 20 years of continuous improvisation.
Twin Sisters
Editor
In 2003, the infant Chinese twin sisters Mia and Alexandra were found in a cardboard box. They ended up in an orphanage and were put up for adoption, at which time the authorities apparently decided that it was a good idea to separate them, and to keep silent about the fact that they were twins. Twin Sisters tells their story from the perspective of both sets of adoptive parents: one from Sacramento, California, the other from a tiny village in picturesque Norway. Through a series of coincidences that they later attribute to fate, the parents meet each other during the adoption procedure in China and launch an investigation that reveals the little girls are sisters.
Pornopung
Editor
The story of Karl, Christian and Leo will forever change the way you view the relationship between men and women. In a world were women have the power and all the advantages, they've learned that there is only room for one kind of man - the kind that shaves his balls. In a competition to beat Casanova, they fall victim to their own most charming and destructive in a game all men and women are doomed to lose. Pornopung is a dark and entertaining journey through the forefront of modern seduction and sexuality. It will make the most ardent feminist admit that they've won the war of the sexes.
Sound of Silence
Editor
With only the television for company, an elderly woman is living alone since her husband died several years previously. One day she discovers a boy who has been subjected to serious abuse, and the captivity she is living in is falling apart.
The Act of Killing
Editor
Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating the crime.
Back to the Square
Editor
A year after the euphoria on Tahrir Square, the demonstrators' goals have not even come close to being reached. The country is ruled with an iron fist and there is still no democracy. The 'eye of the world' has moved elsewhere. How things have been in Egypt since 25 January 2011 is explained using five portraits of people from various walks of life.
Pushwagner
Editor
Behind the success of Hariton Pushwagner we find a dramatic story about a son of a wealthy family who became homeless, only to end up as a celebrated artist. Pushwagner himself says, "It's not true but it's a good story". Against this backdrop, the film reflects on what the reality of Pushwagner is, both as an artist and a human being.
Shadow of a Midsummer Night
Editor
A gentle and beautifully made story about a boy's grief and acceptance, and finding a way back.
The Orange
Electrician
When you die, life passes in revy. This is a revue of what never happened. A film about an old man who sees his life at the moment of death, passes revy, but not just what he lived, but also what he could have lived if he had only made other choices in life.
Rottenetter
Editor
Stavanger is no longer a small fishing town on the West Coast of Norway. People are wealthier, the cars more expensive and the houses more luxurious. In the middle of this materialistic everyday reality is Jonny Kristiansen, an up and coming 25 year old broker. Hungry for money and success, he is pulled into an unscrupulous financial world. Jonny takes off and aims at becoming the richest and most powerful at whatever cost.
Oljeberget
Editor
Jens Stoltenberg's two-year-long travel throughout Norway to regain Det norske Arbeiderparti's place in the Norwegian political landscape.
Monster Thursday
Jonny Utah
A quirky romantic drama set in remote coastal Norway takes the viewer on a tumultuous ride through surfing aspirations, extreme weather and love.
7th Heaven
Editor
Lars Kristian Gulbrandsen has made himself, his life and everything he is surrounded by into a living artwork. His abstract paintings are bought by some of the world's biggest galleries, but the local house wives and the bold fishermen see Lars Kristian as a nutcase, and view his paintings as meaningless dabs of colour and his house a chaotic garbage dump.
Hjemsøkt
Editor
A little boy sits in a small hotel and yearns for better times.
Shit Happens
Editor
Konrad and Roger robs a bank, but shit happens when Konrad discovers that Linda works there...
Mongoland
Editor
Pia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend, Kristoffer, who was supposed to have joined her on the trip, but backed out at the last minute. Finding him, however, is turning out to be quite a task. While searching, she meets several more or less disgruntled and dissatisfied people. And when Santa turns up things start happening...
Getaways & Dreams
Producer
During one spring day, nine people dreaming of life or running away from it, plus a dog on the run, either meet, pass or collide on a certain road. Each of them confronted with the randomness of life, they come to see the value and power of their own limited lives.