Tore Buvarp

The Block

In central Oslo, Egil (78) and his neighbors in an apartment block are threatened with losing their rented flats to a billionaire raiding such old apartment blocks around Oslo, just as he has done all over Northern Europe. We face the harsh reality of living on the wrong side of the shiny welfare state in one of the world’s wealthiest countries. The film portrays what happens when a group of people constantly live in fear of being thrown out of their homes in an affluent society.

Dreaming Arizona

Where does the dream begin and reality end? In Dreaming Arizona, this is the question both for the central figures and for the viewer. Known for his staged documentaries, Danish director Jon Bang Carlsen has five American teenagers from a small town in Arizona reenact their own lives—past, present and future.

Generasjon Utøya

Four young women who survived the atrocious right-wing terror attack at Utøya Island have chosen to continue their political engagement. They were all severely wounded, but had to deal with losing so many of their friends.

Aleppo's Fall

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.

Granny Squatters

Two elderly women take on the battle to save their elderly home.

Livs liv

At the age of 57, award-winning author Liv Køltzow was diagnosed with Parkinson's. She had realized then that something was wrong, but had never thought it was Parkinson's. One year ago, she began documenting her own life on a mobile phone camera. This was meant for her neurologist. But the footage intrigued her to do more and longer footage.

Taliban Oil

Taliban Oil investigates an unknown story - the secret negotiations between the Taliban and US about the rights to transport gas from Turkmenistan through Afghan territory and to drill for the vast oil resources in North Afghanistan.

Brothers

A film about the close relationship between two brothers. Markus (10) and Lukas (7) live in an old, yellow townhouse in the middle of Oslo. The river runs close to their home. A paradise in the heart of a big city. Here the brothers grow up with their dreams and longings for the future.

Sarajevo Ricochet

Documentary about the effects of 9/11 on the post-war radical Islamism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Oljeberget

Jens Stoltenberg's two-year-long travel throughout Norway to regain Det norske Arbeiderparti's place in the Norwegian political landscape.

Fotballens Urkraft

Documentary following legendary football coach Nils Arne Eggen in his final season coaching Rosenborg BK in 2002.