Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film The Rebellion School
(Opprørsskolen)

In 1967 three teenagers started the Experimental High School of Oslo – EHO. They wanted to make a free and democratic school, where pupils and teachers governed the school together. EHO captured not only Norwegian, but also international attention, and inspired the creation of similar experimental high schools. Lycée Autogere de Paris is one of the schools that still exist.   

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-09-27
Production company:
Gaia Film AS
Co production company:
NRK
Producer:
Therese Naustdal

Director

  • Elsa Kvamme

    Elsa Kvamme (b. 1954) was born in New York, but grew up in Oslo. She started as an acting student at the Odin Theatre in Denmark, and then established one of Norway's first free theatre groups, Saltkompagniet, who played all over Europe for six years. She has studied Asian theatre and written over 20 plays, translated Jacques Brel to norwegian and released three CDs with her own songs.

    After attending film school at New York University (1992-1993) she wrote the screenplay for Maya Stoneface (directed by Lars Berg in 1996) and made the documentaries Students At War (1997) and A Lady with a Hat (1999). Her debut as a feature film director, Fia! (2003), received ten international awards at various festivals around the world, including at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2004 and the Golde Elephant in India in 2005.

    Elsa Kvamme

Festivals

2018:
BIFF - Bergen International Film Festival
2019:
The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
2019:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck

Crew

Director:
Elsa Kvamme

Technical information

Format:
DCP 2k
Colour:
Black and White
Length in min's:
62'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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