From March 11 it is again a great opportunity to see contemporary (and sometimes classical) feature films, documentaries and shorts with English subtitles at the Norwegian film institute. The screenings will take place almost every Friday at 4.30 p.m in the renovated cinemas Tancred or Lillebil. Free tickets might be collected at Filmens Hus from Wednesday same week as the screenings.

Suggestions for future programmes or questions about current titles might be sent to Executive Editor Jan Erik Holst on E-MAIL

Se norsk film med engelske undertekster – gratis! Norwegian Films-visningene er så godt som hver fredag (se program) klokka 16.30 i Filmens hus, Oslo. Billetter kan hentes i billettluken/Filmbutikken på Filmens Hus fra og med tre dager forut for den aktuelle visningen.

Friday March 26: TROUBLED WATER 
( 2008, 2 h)
Director : Erik Poppe. Screenplay : Harald Rosenløw Eeg. Production Company : Paradox spillefilm A/S

The film tells in different ways the story of two young men becoming murderers, a mother loosing her child, and the difficult attempts to reconsile oneself after  strong events in the past. Troubled water is the third part of the director’s  Oslo trilogy, made after Schpaaa in 1998 and Hawaii Oslo in 2004. Poppe received the prestigious Arne Skouen Honorary Award last December for these films.

Friday April 9: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
( 2010, 1h 47 min)
Director  and screen writer: Benedicte Maria Orvung. Production Company : Orvung Film.

At the age of 30, director Benedicte Orvung discovers that her family is hiding a dark secret. The discovery leads her to a shocking story : Her grandfather’s brother, Karl Marthinsen, was one of the most prominent Nazi police leaders in Norway during WW II. He was executed just before the end of the war by the resistance movement. This led to terrible retaliations.

Friday April 16: THE ANGEL
(2009, 1 h 37 min)
Director and screen writer Margreth Olin. Production company:  Speranza Film A/S

The Angel is a story about women. About inheriting and enduring Mummy’s pain.  About the fact that dependence determines every decision you make. In a documentary  style you meet the  character Lea who wants to take care of her daughter Sonja, get cleen from drugs and start a new life.
Director Margreth Olin is a leading lady within Norwegian documentary films and has received many  awards for her films at leading festivals abroad.

Friday April 23 : MIRUSH
(2007, 1h 40 min)
Director : Marius Holst. Screenplay : Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad.  Production Company Spillefilmselskapet 4 ½ A/S.

The young boy Mirush leaves Kosova hoping to find his father again in Norway. The father abandoned the family when Mirush was very young. Now he runs a restaurant in Oslo, but he is also in deep debt to the Albanian Mafia. Mirush starts to work in the restaurant and gradually they learn to know each other. But  Mirush also discovers bad and painful things about the father,  that will have large consequences for both of them.
This is Marius Holst’s third feature film. It has participated at many International  festivals and  received the Main Award at the Mannheim Heidelberg Film Festival  in Germany.

Friday April 30: OLE BULL
(2006, 1 h 30 min)
Director : Aslak Aarhus. Screenplay : Siv. K. Lemika and Aslak Aarhus. Production : Ole Bernt Frøshaug for Visions A/S.

Ole Bull was Norway’s first superstar, as composer and violin viritous. His conquered the world while his wife and children were neglected. He was the violin King who seduced both women and audience, in Havana, New York and many European cities.  He was the great idol of his times, and struggled for the independence of Norway. This year we celebrate the 200 year’s Anniversary of Ole Bull.