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Browse 31 movies from Mikrofilm
10 million euros go missing and the prime suspect is forced to flee and ends up in the city dump. In the search for the truth, two heads clash – but what price friendship?
Mar 2026
Time of Plenty is an essayistic documentary about man-made climate change, Easter Island, and our place in the universe. Written and directed by Robin Jensen Narrated by Renate Reinsve Produced by Mikrofilm AS
May 2026
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
Feb 2006
Contemporary tale of young forbidden love, inspired by Norwegian folklore and medieval gore. Set in Norway during The Black Death, the film turns on the pious noble girl Astrid (18) who falls in love with the pagan outlaw Eilev (18), whose blood is believed to hold a cure for the deadly disease. When Eilev is captured, Astrid faces a devastating dilemma: lose him or become the monster she fears most - Pesta - the plague itself.
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The orphan Jonna is longing for a mother. One day, an old car stops outside the orphanage and out steps a gorilla that picks Jonna for adoption. It soon becomes clear that they have more things in common than they initially thought. When they start becoming a family, Tord from the local authorities shows up and threatens to send Jonna back to the orphanage.
Apr 2021
A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
Jun 2005
A dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. Centred around neediness, intimacy and romance. Told through a series of loosely connected, tender and absurd scenes, the film follows people who are searching for closeness and acceptance. In a world that preaches self-control, the film explores the sides we try to hide, such as feeling needy and pathetic. The stories overlap and reappear, gradually forming a portrait of collective longing.
Jun 2026
When 17-year-old Anna Lorentz returns to Narvik in 1940 with her older sisters and brother, they find their town destroyed. They recover the family home, and survive the years that follow by running a hair salon. All this time, Anna nurtures her own dream.
Oct 2021
A young girl becomes instantly famous after she catches the most average-sized fish in the world.
Jan 2017
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What could possibly go wrong?
Jun 2024
August 6th 1945 a new sun rose over Hiroshima. Time froze as the atomic bomb Little Boy detonated.
Jun 2018
Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life.
Sep 2008
A marathonrace takes place in Lappland during the cold beutiful winter.
Jan 2015
A seven-year-old girl longs for a bicycle so that she can be more like the other kids in her Norwegian town, but her embarrassingly unconventional, modernist architect parents see things differently. Academy Award-winning animator Torill Kove weaves memory and fantasy together in this droll and charming look at the pain of childhood alienation.
Sep 2014
Five-year-old Mathilde will soon have guests, and her father asks her to clean his toy cars. But Mathilde would rather have a car race on the living room floor with her imaginary friends Morning Bird and Marmot.
Aug 2024
In this spellbinding hand-drawn odyssey by the celebrated Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove, a bustling urban habitat becomes an enchanting web of human connection. Threads explores how fundamental attachment is to the experience of being human.
Sep 2017
Who do you really want to please, your mother or an anthill? An animated film based on a poem by Hal Sirowitz.
Jan 1999
Two rabbits playing. One is running. The other falls.
Jan 2002
It's summer and the rain is pouring down. Mathilde feeling bored, wishing it was winter and snow. Then she could go on winter holiday right away. Mathildes imaginary friends Morningbird and Murmelton are small enough to go on winter holiday in the freezer and an big adventure awaits them all.
Aug 2014
A meteor shower occurs when Earth collides with particles and small stones from space. The dust grains in the Leonid meteor shower burn up as they enter the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 250,000 kilometers per hour. This is what we call shooting stars. Every 33 years, there is a chance that a meteor shower will cause at least 1,000 star shots per hour.
Jan 2004