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Browse 36 movies from Den Norske Filmskolen
The Comet follows 20-year-old Gustav and his search to find his father who mysteriously disappeared 12 years ago when a comet passed close to earth.
Dec 2017
Lea lives a protected life, traveling alongside her father on his business trips. During one night in Oslo, their tightly knit bond is tested when her father's business associate takes interest in her.
Aug 2014
A foreign ice skater moves to a very small norwegian village
Jan 2006
Ida bumps into her old music teacher from elementary school. This unexpected meeting sets off a journey through a city where many people speak, but few manage to express anything worthwhile.
Jun 2024
A constant journey from outer space to a town in Norway, where we encounter small pieces of people’s lives.
Sep 2022
Weekend-dad Kim-Andre is trying hard to be the perfect father for his daughter Mina, but must deal with his mother when she steals the trump card of his - a newly renovated Ford Mustang.
Dec 2016
Psykodramaterapauten Solveig comes to the secluded island "Nidøy" for trying out their methods on the island's amateur theater company. A seemingly simple task is shaping up to be a trip to the 'self' - and the beginning of a surreal, metaphysical and very Jungian trills fable.
Jun 2008
Dounia is in love with Norwegian Erik, which makes her cultural chameleon way of living challenging when he wants to get to know her Moroccan culture. Can her different worlds unite, and can love overcome the cultural differences?
Jun 2021
When Tyra returns to visit her family, on the 20th anniversary of her beloved father’s death, everything changes when her Dad comes knocking on the door that same evening - forcing the family to examine what grief has done to them.
Martin is going on a blinddate and in his internal government the ministers are preparing for a routine State visit. But then Nora is revealed and tactics need to be changed. Fast! Nora is not interested in foreign political smalltalk, she is after government secrets. The ridiculed Home Secretary is slowly coming to life, but in his way stands a paranoid Defense Secretary. Only a coup can save Martin now!
Jun 2002
An old farmer struggles to take care of his rundown farm alone, when a stranger appears and uninvited begins to help him.
Jun 2025
Anarchy emerges at a public pool birthday party when a group of small girls push the limits of their strength and power. Underdog Ronja challenges the girls' alpha female to battle for dominance. The game escalates quickly, and as the thirst for power grows, Ronja and the other girls lose control.
Aug 2018
Donor child Elin is given the chance to meet her biological father through customized therapy exercises to make up for lost time.
Aug 2020
Vebjørn (soon to be 30) has never had a girlfriend. He works as a mascot and ski instructor at a skiing resort. One day he crashes into the ski tourist, Polina, ruining her holiday. While he tries to make up for the accident, unexpected chemistry between the two arises. But Vebjørn's anxiety around girls soon catches up with him, as he struggles to get over the idea that no one can like him in a romantic way.
Aug 2022
A man and a prostitute are stuck in a hotel room when the whole hotel is put under quarantine
Jan 2010
A Norwegian woman and a woman - who is a victim of sex trafficking - are facing a troublesome night after accidentally killing a sex buyer.
Nov 2016
Joachim is 25 years old. His charming smile veils the daily battle he fights within himself as he struggles to manage a heroin addiction. He smokes everyday and tries to quit almost every other. He hates the drug and the control it has over him, but it removes his pain. His loneliness. After years locked in a cycle of abuse, Joachim is on the verge of a breakdown. He gets an unexpected call from his ex-girlfriend, Maria. She's been arrested and is worried about their 5-year-old son, Lukas. Joachim hasn't seen Lukas since he was born, and she begs Joachim to take care of Lukas until she's released. Without much of a choice and thinking it will only be for a few hours, Joachim agrees. To his own surprise Joachim wants to keep Lukas. He wants a reason to be the person he thinks he is - a responsible man. A sober man. A father.
Sep 2018
After being confronted with her fear of being too big, Sara, 181 centimeters tall and heavily built, begins to explore her perception of femininity, with her talkative vulva.
Between the darkness of her dying mother's hotel room and the heat of the sun outside, 17-year-old Fanny is split between grief and lust.
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We follow Renate, a boundary-pushing theater director who is fighting to keep her career alive. When she starts to encounter resistance, she takes extreme measures to fight her cause. But where is the line between artistic freedom and responsibility in creative art, and when is enough enough?
Sep 2024