Film

The 35th Portland International Film Festival in February features three Norwegian films; Morten Tyldum's 'Headhunters', Marius Holst's 'King of Devil's Island', and Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's 'Turn Me On, Dammit!' Read more

Julie Engaas' short film "Sound Shadows" will be part of the annual ReelAbilities film festival. The documentary will be shown Saturday February 11 at 2 pm at Cullen Library and 4 pm at the JCC in Manhattan. Read more

The 2012 Nordic Lights Film Festival in Minneapolis shows a selection of Nordic films, including the Norwegian film 'King of Devil's Island' ('Kongen av Bastøy'). Read more

The Norwegian short film ”Tuba Atlantic” was nominated for an Oscar today, after being named best foreign student film at the 38th Annual Student Academy Awards last summer. Director Hallvar Witzø is ecstatic over being nominated for best short film, both for himself and for Norway as a film nation. Read more

The BAMkids Film Festival returns for its 14th year on February 4 and 5. With 73 films from 26 countries, the festival offers Q&As with filmmakers, music performances, puppet shows, kid friendly food and more for the little cinephiles in our lives. This year's program includes four Norwegian titles. The films will be screened at BAM Rose Cinemas near Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette... Read more

It is a Reprise for the director, who is the first Norwegian filmmaker to be selected twice for Robert Redford’s festival. Read more

The Norwegian children’s film Magic Silver is screening at The National Gallery of Art in Washington on January 7 and 8. The Gallery’s film program for children and teens is free of charge.

• National Gallery of Art Screening Norwegian Children's Favorite

King of Devil's Island opened at Cinema Village in New York on November 18th and is opening at West End Cinema in Washington, D.C., on December 16th. Actor Stellan Skarsgård will be participating in a Q&A via Skype with the audience after Sunday's 2 PM screening at West End Cinema. Read more

In the spirit of innovation and creative collaboration producers from the US and Norway announce: A Norwegian National Script Competition and International Development & Production Initiative. Read more

Live Action Puppets Shorts Program, featuring Rocket Monkey directed by Gwendolyn Warnock & Kirjan Waage, is a part of the BAMcinématek series Puppets on Film. Introduction by Moonfishing director David Michael Friend & Handmade Puppet Dreams artistic director Heather Henson. The program takes place at BAM in Brooklyn on Saturday Nov 12, at 4:30pm. Read more

Two Norwegian films will be featured at the 2011 AFI Fest in Los Angeles on November 6, 7 and 8, 2011. Read more

A charming fantasy adventure based on a popular Norwegian television series for children, Magic Silver is about a community of gnomes discovering the secret power of a shimmering silver liquid that bubbles deep within their mountaintop home. Read more

Honest to the point of painful embarrassment, Turn Me On, Goddammit! examines the tenuous social structure of teenagers and embraces the intricacies of a young woman's sexuality in a way that no film in memory has. Read more

Scandinavia House presents the film series 'Figures in a Landscape: Nature and Narrative in Norway' September 28 through December 9, 2011. Screenings are on Wednesdays at 6 pm and Fridays at 6:30 pm. Read more

The full-length motion picture “Happy, Happy” (“Sykt Lykkelig”) was recently selected as Norway’s 2012 Oscar entry. In 2011 it also won the World Cinema Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Read more

Enjoy a day of films about Antarctica, including documentaries with rare footage from the historic expeditions of 1911, plus the modern hit March of the Penguins! Read more

The most notorious modern espionage case in Norway, involving the diplomat Arne Treholt, undergoes an incredible transformation in the film Norwegian Ninja. Read more

The Norwegian film Max Manus: Man of War won six Norwegian Academy Awards and was released in limited U.S. Theaters last year. However, the film will now get its National U.S. debut with the DVD/Blu-ray release slated for June 28, 2011. Read more

The first Annual Scandinavian On Demand Film Festival debut to North American VOD audiences on May 1st. Read more

Nine Nation Animation presents Kajsa Næss' Deconstruction Workers and other animated short films from the festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Annecy & Clermont-Ferrand. At various locations in the US through June 4th. Read more