Film

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The movie Headhunters, based on Jo Nesbø’s best-selling thriller from 2008, is opening in New York and Los Angeles April 27, 2012. The following months it will be in theatres all around the country. It will open May 4th in the Bay Area; in Landmark's Clay Theatre in San Francisco and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley. Read more

Saturday 24, 10.30 at Scholastic Theater, Broadway. The Norwegian short film 'Shadow of a Midsummer Night' at New York International Childrens Film Festival. About: It's Midsummer’s Eve in Norway, the brightest night of the year. During the celebrations, Jon and Line escape to their secret hideout in the forest. However, the idyll passes as Line has to leave, and this is the last time Jon sees... Read more

Visual artist Heidi Sundby has made an unique documentary about her relationship with her autistic daughter, closely and lovingly observing five years' travel towards a communication on unknown terms. Read more

Jackpot (Arme Riddere), directed by Magnus Martens and written by Jo Nesbø, will be part of the Cinemania section of this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Read more

The film was awarded “Best Screenplay” at the Tribeca Film Festival as well as “Best Debut Film” at the Rome Film Festival. Laced with warmth and quirky humor, Turn Me On, Dammit! (Få meg på, for faen!) is a light-hearted take on a story that is told so often about boys and so rarely about teenage girls. The movie is now opening in upstate New York. It will also screen in Boston, San Diego and... Read more

Joachim Triers movie 'Oslo, August 31st' will be shown at this years New Films/New directors. Daylight lingers at the end of August in Oslo, but sunlight is not a friend to Anders, a semi-recovered addict, facing a new life which may not be appealing without former habits. J Read more

As the first Norwegian director, Thomas Østbye has been selected for this year's Documentary Fortnight with his film "Imagining Emanuel". MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film highlights the art of the documentary. "Imagining Emanuel" will be screened at 5:30 pm on Sunday February 19 and at 1:30 pm on Monday February 20. There will be a discussion with Thomas Østbye after the screeni... 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

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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

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. Read more

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

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

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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

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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

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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