Torkel Gjørv

One of Norway's most promising politicians is close to becoming the next prime minister, until scandalous stories of his past surface in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Director Håvard Bustnes sets out to make a film about him, but over time, he himself gets more and more drawn into Giske's publicity campaign.

El documental más impactante del año, una de esas producciones que trascienden la pantalla y tienen el potencial de cambiar un poco el mundo. Tras investigar la muerte del secretario general de la ONU Dag Hammarskjöld en su anterior obra, el director danés Mads Brügger infiltra a dos hombres en Corea del Norte para destapar un escándalo que pone en la picota al regimen de Kim Jong-Un y al popular diplomático Alejandro Cao de Benós. Los Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de Suecia y Dinamarca ya han llevado el documental ante el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas para solicitar nuevas sanciones para Corea del Norte. Dos hombres normales y corrientes se embarcan en una misión escandalosamente peligrosa durante diez años para penetrar en la dictadura más secreta y brutal del mundo: Corea del Norte.

From Japan to Copenhagen, and from the sophisticated to the grotesque. Opposites meet in the Japanese pianist Eriko Makimura, who now has to break with her past.

Documental que se centra en el boom de la industria de la inteligencia artificial, las oportunidades y los desafíos que supone y el impacto que tiene en el mundo.

Based on the award winning novel by Tarjei Vesaas, The Birds tells the tale of Mattis, a mentally disabled man cared for by his lonely older sister, Hege. Their everyday routine and isolated existence is interrupted when a lumberjack arrives at their lakeside cottage and falls in love with Hege, leaving Mattis fearful that he will lose his sister.

Before Aleppo's fall, Syrian/Norwegian director Nizam Najar explores the inside of the war. To him one of the reasons the rebellion has failed, stems from the Syrian society itself.

After her sister died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated with prescription antipsychotics, director Anniken Hoel begins a global investigation into the crimes of the pharmaceutical industry.

Max and Sofia have graduated from their kindergartens. Their first step into a more adult world is when they start primary school. This film captures intimate details of Norwegian children adjusting to the school system.

A group of highly motivated activists work for years with the goal of exposing the true face of the Nordic fur industry. They sneak into hundreds of fur farms. When their images are publicized it causes media feasts and public outrage, year after year. However, the industry always strikes back. Nothing changes. A new approach is needed. So, psychologist Frank Nervik tells the fur industry that he plans to become a fur farmer. He asks for training. Nervik is accepted as one of them, and starts learning the trade secrets. Without anybody knowing, he films his training with a hidden camera.

A character is passing time in a desolate beach town. Slowly, the loneliness and alienation she experiences in the foreign town makes her enter into an uncanny delusional realm, that blurs the memory of her own experiences with that of female protagonists from film history.

A documentary about the Norwegian Christian death metal band Extol.

An uncompromising and controversial short set in the Scandinavian suburbia on the hottest day of the summer. A sister reluctantly babysits her little brother. Two young boys catch her attention, and she makes a crucial decision.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to protect ourselves from extreme financial volatility. This feature documentary will examine the mechanics behind bubbles and crashes, and discuss trends and visions for the future.

In 1999, Serbian military forces and Albanian guerrillas were fighting in Kosovo. Serbs and Albanians lived separate lives. As their country verged on war, a group of brave students decided to meet their opponents for the first time.

A documentary about renowned Norwegian author Ingvar Ambjørnsen. Being one of Norways most-read modern authors, and having written over 30 books of which seven have been made into movies, he visits old places that mean something to him. From his childhood to his older life, many stations in his life are called to and he shares some of his thoughts about them with the audience.

In a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. Can war solve conflicts or create peace? The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire.

The Snøhetta architects, works hard to win the competition to make a brand new city for 350 000 people, in the desert of the Arabic emirate Ras Al Khaimah.

Molly visits her grandparents.

Meet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director. Filmmaker Elisabeth O. Sjaastad follows an eventful year in his quest to fulfill his dream.

A girl working as a hotdog server in a Scottish Highlands lay-by dreams of going to New York.