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january 15-20 2008

FROZEN LAND, MOVING PICTURES

på kanten living on the edge Det kjennes ut som et jubileumsår. Tenk å kunne åpne årets festival med den største filmsatsing fra Nord-Norge noen sinne – en film som bare kunne ha blitt laget i Nord-Norge, en film som betyr noe for nasjonens sjølforståelse, en film som kommer til å vekke oppsikt i utlandet. Årets åpningsfilm oppsummerer dermed filmfestivalens essens: TIFF er lokal, nasjonal og internasjonal på én og samme tid. Dette er uttrykk både for en geografisk sannhet og en mental tilstand, og det er nedfelt i hele programmet. Når vi feirer nabolandet Russland med et retrospektiv som ser tilbake på 100 år med fiksjonsfilm. Når vi byr på noen filmer som utforsker den universelle tiltrekningskraften som ligger i jordklodens polare ytterpunkter, og andre filmer av og om folket som faktisk bor der, og deres virkelighet. Når vi pakker ut et knippe filmer laget av frekke filmskapere fra Malaysia som utfordrer etablerte sannheter om hvordan en spillefilm skal se ut, hvordan den skal lages og av hvem. Når vi tjuvtitter på en film som de kinesiske myndigheter ikke vil vite om fordi den dokumenterer det tibetanske folkets lengsel etter å få tilbake lederen sin og landet sitt. Alt dette og mye mer. Det er stort. Det er på grensa til det umulige. Akkurat der TIFF skal være, og du med den. God festival!

It feels like an anniversary. Imagine being able to open this year’s festival with the biggest production ever to come from Northern Norway – a film that could only have been made in this region, a film that has significance for the Norwegian national identity, a film that will be noticed far beyond the nation’s borders. This year’s opening film sums up the festival’s essence: TIFF is local, national, and international, all at the same time. This expresses both an actual geographical position as well as a state of mind, and it is integrated in every fiber of the film program: When we honor our neighbor Russia with a retrospective that celebrates 100 years of dramatic film production. When we show some films that explore the universal appeal of the polar regions to our imagination, and other films by and about the people who actually live there. When we offer a handful of films from Malaysia that challenge established truths not only about how a film should look, but how it should be made and by whom. When we go to a clandestine screening of a film that the Chinese authorities wish didn’t exist because it documents the painful longing of Tibetan people for their leader and their independence. All this and more. This year’s festival borders on the extreme, and that’s exactly where we want to be, and you with us. Have a good festival!

Martha Otte Festival Director

OFFISIELLE SAMARBEIDSPARTNERE

Universitetet i Tromsø i og for nordområdene

Jo Jorem Aarseth

TIFF08 – Med fokus på nordområdene TIFF08 – Focus on the High North Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival (TIFF) er en nasjonal begivenhet som setter fokus på nordområdene. Jeg er stolt av at Norges største filmfestival arrangeres i Nord-Norge, og at den har et internasjonalt perspektiv, samt høy kunstnerisk kvalitet på programmet. At TIFF holder internasjonal standard er årets åpningsfilm et godt eksempel på. KAUTOKEINOOPPRØRET er regissert av finnmarkingen Nils Gaup, en av få norske filmregissører med internasjonal erfaring. Filmen setter fokus på urfolk og beskriver noen av de mest dramatiske hendelsene i nordnorsk historie. Dette er en svært viktig film. Jeg er glad for at TIFF i år har fokus på polarområdene gjennom filmer med tema fra urfolks liv og kultur i polare strøk, og fiksjonsfilmer som forteller om mytene rundt polarområdene. Årets program har også sterkt fokus på Russland, vår nabo i øst, gjennom det tilbakeskuende programmet 100 ÅR MED RUSSISK FILM, og med nye moderne russiske filmer i programmet HORISONT ØST. Film er et medium som evner å berøre sterkt, og et medium som kan sette andres levesett og kulturer i kontakt med oss. Kulturutveksling m ellom Norge og Russland innenfor filmuttrykket er derfor svært viktig. Jeg syns det er flott at TIFF kan være et visningsvindu for film skapt i nordområdene. Sideprogrammet Film fra Nord viser for sjuende gang dokumentar- og kortfilmer fra det nordlige Norge, Sverige, Finland, Russland og Canada. Programmet gir oss et godt bilde av hva som rører seg på disse breddegradene. TIFF har i år premiere på flere nordnorske filmproduksjoner som KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET, SOMMERHUSET OG ISKALDT. Den britiske produksjonen FAR NORTH er også spilt inn i Nord-Norge og på Svalbard. Det å ha et profesjonelt og internasjonalt visningsvindu som TIFF stimulerer derved til økt filmproduksjon i nord, og TIFF blir på denne måten en viktig del av norsk filmsatsing.

Helga Pedersen The minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) is a national event that focuses on the High North. I am proud that Norway’s biggest film festival is held in Northern Norway, and that its program has an international perspective, and holds a high artistic quality. This year’s opening film is a good example of the international standard of TIFF. KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET is directed by Nils Gaup from Finnmark, who is one of the few Norwegian directors with international experience. This film focuses on indigenous peoples and describes some of the most dramatic events in the history of Northern Norway. It is a very important film. I am happy that TIFF focuses on the Polar Regions this year, through film about the life and the culture of the indigenous peoples there, and through fictional films telling the myths of these regions. This year’s program also has a strong focus on Russia, our neighbour in the East, through the retrospective program 100 YEAS OF RUSSIAN FILM, and with contemporary Russian films in the program HORIZON EAST. Film is a medium which moves us all strongly, and which can provide a link between us and other peoples’ culture and way of life. Cultural exchange between Norway and Russia expressed in film is therefore very important. I think it is great that TIFF can function as a display window for films created in the High North. The 7th edition of the side dish FILMS FROM THE NORTH presents documentaries and shorts from Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Canada. This program gives us a good impression of what is going on in these areas. TIFF presents the premiere screenings of several Northern Norwegian movies this year, like KAUTOKEINOOPPRØRET, SOMMERHUSET and ISKALDT. The British production FAR NORTH is also shot in Northern Norway and on Svalbard. Having a professional and international display window like TIFF thus stimulates an increase in film production in the North, and TIFF this way becomes an important part of the Norwegian film industry. 5

MEDIEPARTNERE PARTNERE MEDIEPARTNERE

PARTNERE

Tromso

GUOVDAGEAINNU SUOHKAN KAUTOKEINO NOMMUNE

innhold contents • AURORA – FILM&KINOs importpris / AURORA – FILM&KINO’s import prize 9 • FIPRESCI – Den internasjonale kritikerprisen / FIPRESCI – The International Critics’ Award 10 • FICC – Don Quijote-prisen / FICC –The Don Quijote Prize 11 • Norwegian Peace Film Award 12 • Prisen Tromsøpalmen / The Tromsø Palm Prize 13 • Åpningsfilm KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET / Opening Film THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION 15 • Avslutningsfilm NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN / Closing Film NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 17 • Konkurranseprogrammet / The Competition Program 19 • Horisonter / Horizons 33 • Horisont Øst / Horizon East 59 • 100 år med russisk film / 100 Years of Russian Film 67 • Kritikeruka / Critics’ Week 75 • Focus Malaysia: The New Wave of Independent Filmmakers 81 • Overdrive 89 • Film fra Nord / Films from the North 95 • Polare myter, polare virkeligheter / Polar Myths, Polar Realities 111 • Rett på video & Spesialvisninger / Straight to video & Special Screenings 119 • Blått lerret / Blue screen 134 • Seminarer / Seminars 135 • Indeks regissører / Index Directors • Indeks festivaltitler / Index Festival Titles

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Troms Kraft er en aktiv samarbeidspartner innenfor lokal idrett, kunst, kultur og foreningsliv.

Peder Norbye Grafisk AS, Tromsø

Beste lokale hovedrolle!

importpris AURORA Film&Kinos Film&Kino’s importprize

12 av de mest utsøkte og ettertraktede spillefilmer fra den internasjonale arenaen konkurrerer om Aurora-prisen. Blant disse velger juryen én film de mener bør gjøres tilgjengelig for det norske kinopublikummet i 2008. Prisen på kr 100 000,- er sponset av Film&Kino, og går til den norske distributøren som sørger for at filmen blir importert til Norge. Alle filmene i konkurranseprogrammet har sin skandinaviske premiere under TIFF08, og alle er fra 2006–2007.

An exclusive selection of 12 feature films from the international arena compete for the Aurora prize. Among these films the jury selects the film they think deserves to be seen in Norwegian cinemas in 2008. The prize of NOK 100 000 is sponsored by Film&Kino, the main organisation for the cinema and video industries in Norway, and goes to the Norwegian distributor who can ensure the import of the film. All the films have their Scandinavian premiere at TIFF08, and all of them are produced in 2006-2007.

AURORA JURY TIFF 2008 VIGDIS LIAN Avtroppende direktør, Norsk Filminstitutt BENT HAMER Filmregissør. Hamer har blant annet regissert EGGS, SALMER FRA KJØKKENET og FACTOTUM. PETTER BENESTAD Kinosjef, Kristiansand Kino, og Leder, Norske Kinosjefersforbund

TIDLIGERE VINNERE:

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2002 OG MORA DI OGSÅ / AND YOUR MOTHER AS WELL, Mexico 2003 ENGELEN PÅ DEN HØYRE SKULDEREN / ANGEL ON THE RIGHT, Tadsjikistan 2004 ETTER AT OTAR DRO / SINCE OTAR LEFT, France, Belgium, Georgia 2005 SKILPADDER KAN FLY / TURTLES CAN FLY, Iran 2006 TAPAS, Spain 2007 BUENOS AIRES 1977 / CHRONICLES OF AN ESCAPE, Argentina

DEN INTERNASJONALE KRITIKERPRISEN FIPRESCI THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ AWARD FIPRESCI (Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) er betegnelsen på den internasjonale paraplyorganisasjonen av profesjonelle filmkritikere og filmjournalister, etablert i 1930. FIPRESCI består av nasjonale organisasjoner av filmkritikere, og har som formål å fremme filmkultur og beskytte profesjonelle interesser.

Founded in 1930, FIPRESCI (Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) is the name of the international umbrella organisation of professional film critics and film journalists. FIPRESCI consists of national organisations of film critics, and works to promote film culture and safeguard professional interests.

FIPRESCI er best kjent for sitt engasjement i juryer på ulike filmfestivaler, og organisasjonen har i dag nærmere 70 juryer internasjonalt. FIPRESCI-juryen deler ut “Den internasjonale kritikerprisen”, som i noen tilfeller blir vurdert som like viktig som de offisielle juryprisene. FIPRESCI-prisen tildeles ut fra et kriterium om “å fremme filmkunsten og å oppmuntre den nye og unge filmen”.

FIPRESCI is best known for its involvement in juries at film festivals. Presently there are FIPRESCI juries at almost 70 international film festivals. The FIPRESCI jury awards “The International Critic’s Award”, which in some cases often is regarded as equally important as official jury prizes. The critierion for the FIPRESCI award is “to promote film art and to encourage new and young cinema”.

FIPRESCI JURY TIFF 2008 KATHARINA DOCKHORN, GERMANY Filmecho/Filmwoche (specialist magazine) Welt (daily newspaper) Blickpunkt Film (specialist magazine) EERO TAMMI, FINLAND Filmihullu (bi-monthly magazine) Film-o-holic.com ØYVOR DALAN VIK, NORWAY Dagens Næringsliv (daily newspaper)

TIDLIGERE VINNERE:

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2002 SENT BRYLLUP / LATE MARRIAGE, Israel, Frankrike 2003 SALMER FRA KJØKKENET / PSALMS FROM THE KITCHEN, Norway 2004 STILLHETEN MELLOM TO TANKER / SILENCE BETWEEN TWO THOUGHTS, Iran 2005 EN MIDTVINTERNATTS DRØM / MIDWINTER NIGHT’S DREAM, Jugoslavia 2006 OLJEBERGET / THE RICH COUNTRY, Norway 2007 STILL LIFE, Kina 10

FICC

DON QUIJOTE-PRISEN THE DON QUIJOTE PRIZE

FICC (Federation internationale des cineclubs) ble grunnlagt 1947 under Filmfestivalen i Cannes, og er en paraplyorganisasjon for filmklubber og ikke-kommersielle kinoer. Den kjente italienske regissøren Gianni Amelio er ærespresident av FICC. Et av FICCs mål er å øke publikums interesse for kvalitetsfilm. FICC-juryer deltar på utvalgte filmfestivaler, som Forum i Berlin, Cottbus, Karlovy Vary og Locarno, hvor de deler ut Don Quijote-prisen. Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival har årlig siden 2000 hatt æren av å stå som vertskap for en FICC-jury. Tromsø er også den eneste norske festivalen som har en FICC-jury.

Founded in 1947 during the Cannes Film Festival, FICC/IFFS is an international umbrella organisation for film societies and non-profit cinemas. The Italian film director Gianni Amelio is the honorary president of the FICC. One of the aims of FICC is to promote outstanding films, and FICC juries participate at selected film festivals, such as Forum in Berlin, Cottbus, Karlovy Vary and Locarno, where they award the Don Quijote prize. Tromsø International Film Festival had the honour of hosting a FICC-jury for the first time in 2000. Tromsø is also the only Norwegian festival with a FICC-jury.

FICC JURY TIFF 2008 HEGE KRISTIN WIDNES, NORWAY Tromsø Film Society ADA GUILÀ PUIG, SPAIN Fed. Catalana de Cineclubs, Barcelona DAVID MILLER, UK British Federation of Film Societies

TIDLIGERE VINNERE:

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2002 SØSTRE / SISTERS, Russia 2003 ENGELEN PÅ DEN HØYRE SKULDEREN / ANGEL ON THE RIGHT, Tadsjikistan 2004 VODKA LEMON, Armenia, France, Italy, Switzerland 2005 BLIKKET / LE REGARD, Norway, Morocco 2006 RYNA, Romania, Switzerland 2007 LONGING / SEHNSUCHT, Germany

DEN NORSKE FREDSFILMPRISEN THE NORWEGIAN PEACE FILM AWARD Den norske Fredsfilmprisen skal gis til en film som setter søkelyset på direkte, strukturelleller kulturell vold, og på en kreativ og kunstnerisk måte bidrar til forebygging eller reduksjon av vold og krig. Tromsø I nternasjonale Filmfestival samarbeider med Senter for fredsstudier ved Universitetet i Tromsø og Studentnettverk for fred om prisen fordi vi mener det ligger mye makt i filmen og fortellingen. Vi tror at film som tar opp tema som undertrykking og maktmisbruk kan gjøre en forskjell.

The Norwegian Peace Film Award is given to a film spotlighting direct, structural or cultural violence, and which in a creative way contributes to the prevention or reduction of violence and war. Tromsø International Film Festival, together with Centre for Peace Studies (CPS) at the University of Tromsø, and the Student Network for Peace (SNF), has established this prize because of the power in film and storytelling. We believe that films focusing on oppression and abuse of power can make a difference.

KANDIDATENE FOR ÅRETS PRIS ER:

THE NOMINEES ARE:

AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS THE BAND’S VISIT DRY SEASON EDUART GUBRA KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET LA ZONA LITTLE MOTH MUNYURANGABO NANKING WHAT REMAINS OF US

Germany Israel, France, USA France, Chad Greece, Germany Malaysia Norway Mexico China Rwanda, USA USA Canada

2007 2007 2006 2007 2006 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2004

THE NORWEGIAN PEACE FILM AWARD JURY

TIFF 2008

EFRAT BEN-ZE Ruppin Academic Center and Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

UNNI A.B. SØRENSEN Student Network for Peace, Tromsø HISHAM ZAMAN Film Director, Oslo

TIDLIGERE VINNERE:

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2004 IN THIS WORLD, UK 2005 BEAUTIFUL CITY, Iran 12

2006 SHOOTING DOGS, UK 2007 THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI, USA

TROMSØPALMEN THE TROMSØ PALM

FILMS FROM THE NORTH

Tromsøpalmen gis til beste film i sideprogrammet Film fra Nord som presenterer nye kort- og dokumentarfilmer fra Barentsregionen og andre polare områder. Dette er sjuende gang denne prisen deles ut. Regissøren av vinnerfilmen får 5000 Euro – gitt av Nordkalottens fire ressurssentre for film:

POEM Film Foundation Filmpool Nord Film i Vasterbotten Nordnorsk Filmsenter

FILM FRA NORD

The Tromsø Palm is awarded to the best film in the sidebar Films from the North, a program that presents shorts and documentaries from the Barents Region and other polar areas. This is the seventh edition of the prize. The director of the winning film is given 5000 Euros – offered by the four resource centres for film on the North Calotte:

Oulu, Finland Lulea, Sweden Umea, Sweden Honningsvåg, Norway

THE TROMSØ PALM JURY

TIFF 2008

MIKA RONKAINEN, Finland Director & producer, Klaffi Productions ENDRE LUND ERIKSEN, Norway Author of several books and screenplays. TORUNN NYEN, Norway Festival Director of the Norwegian Short Film Festival

TIDLIGERE VINNERE:

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

SKÅRUNGEN / THE ROOKIE ONE CHRISTMAS MORNING HUUTAJAT – SCREAMING MEN FRAGILE CREDO PRIRECHNY (shared award) TOMMY (shared award)

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007

Per Ivar Jensen Patrik Eklund Mika Ronkainen Jens Jonsson Stein Elvestad Tone Grøttjord Ole Giæver

Norway Sweden Finland Sweden Norway Norway Norway

Åpningsfilm Opening FILM

NOMINERT TIL NOMINEE FOR

THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION

NORWAY 2008 director: Nils Gaup screenplay: Nils Isak Eira, Nils Gaup, Reidar Jönsson, Pelone Wahl cinematography: Philip Øgaard

cast: Mikael Persbrandt, AnniKristiina Juuso, Mikkel Gaup, Michael Nyqvist, Bjørn Sundquist, Sverre Porsanger, Nils Utsi, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Andersson, Asle Mathis Gaup, Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup, Ole Niklas Mienna Guttorm, Jørgen Langhelle, Silje Holtet, Stig Henrik Hoff running time: 1t 40m sales: Norwegian distribution: Sandrew Metronome

I århundrer har de forblåste viddene lengst nord i NordNorge vært bebodd av samefolket og reinsdyrene deres. Men moderne tider er i ferd med å innta den avsides landsbyen Kautokeino, som styres av den velstående og brutale handelsmannen Ruth (Mikael Persbrandt). En av de samiske gruppene (siidaene), ledet av den unge kvinnen Elen, nekter å betale en urettferdig gjeld til Ruth. Uten rettssak sørger Ruth for å fengsle de fleste i Elens siida, og hun blir alene om å ta vare på reinsdyrene. Elen får hjelp til å få i stand en rettssak som bidrar til å løslate de fleste mennene. Men Ruth tar beslag i siidaens reinsdyr for å dekke kostnadene til rettssaken. Uten livsgrunnlag har ikke Elen og siidaen noe annet valg enn å gå imot Ruths krav. Dette fører til en av de mest dramatiske hendelser i nordnorsk historie. For centuries the windswept mountain plateau of northern Scandinavia has been inhabited by the native Sami population and their reindeers. But modernisation is about to enter the desolate village of Kautokeino where the authority is held by the prosperous and ruthless liquor dealer Ruth, staring Mikael Persbrandt. One of the native tribes, led by the young woman Elen, refuses to pay their unjust debt to Ruth. Without a trial, Ruth manages to imprison most of Elen’s tribe, leaving Elen alone to take care of the reindeers. Elen gets help to set up a trial in which the men are released, but Ruth claims ownership of the tribe’s reindeers to cover the cost of the trial. Loosing the basis of their lives, Elen and her tribe have little choice but to oppose to Ruth’s claim, leading to one of the most dramatic episodes in northern Scandinavian history.

ÅPNINGSFILM OPENING FILM

KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET

regissøren: Nils Gaup ble født i Kautokeino i 1955. Etter å ha utdannet seg ved Statens Teaterhøgskole, var han med å starte opp Beaivvas Sami Teahter, før han fikk sitt gjennombrudd som filmskaper med VEIVISEREN (1987), som ble nominert til Oscar. Det er en gammel drøm som nå blir realisert når han endelig kan presentere KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET. the director: Nils Gaup was born in Kautokeino in 1955. After drama school, he helped start the Beaivvas Sami Teahter, before he made his breakthrough as a filmmaker with PATHFINDER (1987), which was nominated for an Oscar. Being able to make THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION is an old dream of his that has now come true.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1987 OFELAS / PATHFINDER / VEIVISEREN 1990 HÅKON HÅKONSEN / HAAKON HAAKONSEN 1993 HODET OVER VANNET / HEAD ABOVE WATER 1996 TASHUNGA 1999 MISERY HARBOUR 2008 KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET / THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION 15

Avslutningsfilm Closing FILM

På grensen mellom Texas og Mexico nærmest faller Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin) over restene av en mislykket narkosmugling: En mengde meget blodige lik og en veske full av penger.

USA 2007 director: Ethan & Joel Coen screenplay: Ethan & Joel Coen cinematography: Roger Deakins

cast: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald running time: 2t 2m sales: Norwegian distribution: UIP

regissørenE: Coen-brødrene har i over 20 år regissert mange suksessfulle filmer – fra screwballkomedier O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, RAISING ARIZONA, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY) til film noir (MILLER’S CROSSING, BLOOD SIMPLE, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE), og filmer som kombinerer de to genrene (FARGO, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, BARTON FINK). Brødrene skriver, regisserer og produserer filmene sammen. I filmbransjen er de kjent som “den to-hodede regissøren”, fordi de har en så felles visjon om hva filmene deres skal være. the directorS: The Coen Brothers have, for more than 20 years, directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, RAISING ARIZONA, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY) to film noir (MILLER’S CROSSING, BLOOD SIMPLE, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE), to movies where those two genres blur together (FARGO, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, BARTON FINK). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly. They are known in the film business as “the two-headed director”, as they share such a similar vision of what their films are to be.

Uten å tenke nærmere over konsekvensene, tar Llewellyn og hans naive kone (Kelly MacDonald) pengene. Men når man stjeler penger fra den meksikanske underverdenen og en korrupt forretningsmann fra Texas, har det livstruende konsekvenser. Llewellyn befinner seg raskt på meget dypt vann, og tingene utvikler seg snart i helt gal retning når han oppdager en sporingsanordning i vesken. Han har nå både den lokale sheriffen (Tommy Lee Jones) og den notoriske leiemorderen Chigurh (Javier Bardem) etter seg. Filmen er basert på Cormac McCarthys krimroman med samme navn, og liksom romanen, bryter filmen på en kreativ måte med de forventinger vi har til krim-genren. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law – in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) – can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers – in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Javier Bardem) – the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines.

AVSLUTNINGSFILM CLOSING FILM

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

The film is based on Cormac McCarty’s crime novel by the same name.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1984 BLOOD SIMPLE 1987 RAISING ARISONA 1990 MILLER’S CROSSING 1991 BARTON FINK 1994 THE HUDSUCKER PROXY 1996 FARGO 1998 THE BIG LEBOWSKI 2000 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? 2001 THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE 17

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KONKURRANSEPROGRAMMET THE COMPETITION PROGRAM 12 av de mest utsøkte og ettertraktede spillefilmer fra den internasjonale arenaen konkurrerer om Aurora-prisen, som gis ut i samarbeid med Norsk filminstitutt. Juryen velger en film som vil bli tatt inn i norsk kinodistribusjon. Alle filmene i konkurranseprogrammet har sin skandinaviske premiere under TIFF08, og alle er fra 2006–2008.

An exclusive selection of 12 feature films from the international arena compete for the Aurora award, the prize is sponsored by the Norwegian Film Institute. Among these films the jury selects the film they think deserves to be seen in Norwegian cinemas in 2008. All the films have their Scandinavian premiere at TIFF08, and all of them are produced in 2006–2008.

FILMER I KONKURRANSEPROGRAMMET:

FILMS IN COMPETITION:

AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS DARLING EDUART FAR NORTH JELLYFISH LITTLE MOTH THE OTHER HALF A PARTING SHOT PREMONITION THE REBIRTH THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN WATERLILIES

Robert Thalheim Johan Kling Angeliki Antoniou Asif Kapadia Etgar keret, Shira Geffen Peng Tao Ying Liang Jeanne Waltz Jean-Pierre Darroussin Masahiro Kobayashi Abdellatif Kechiche Celine Sciamma

Germany Sweden Greece, Germany UK Israel China China France, Switzerland France Japan France France

De internasjonale juryene FICC og Fipresci vil, i tillegg til de tolv filmene i konkurranseprogrammet, også vurdere følgende norske film: In addition to the thirteen films that compete for the Aurora prize, the international juries FICC og FIPRESCI will also consider the Norwegian entry: KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET / THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION

Nils Gaup

Norway

Konkurranseprogram Competition Program

A PARTING SHOT PAS DOUCE For sykepleieren Frédérique er det ikke lett å finne lyspunkter i den lille fjellandsbyen ved den fransk-sveitsiske grensen. Hun trives ikke med sin hverdag, har brutt med sin far, og når kjæresten hennes finner en annen, blir det for mye. Fred bestemmer seg for å skyte seg selv i skogen, men i et impulsivt øyeblikk kommer hun i skade for å skyte en tenåringsgutt i stedet. Marco overlever, og havner på Freds avdeling på sykehuset.

FRANCE, SWITZERLAND 2007 director: Jeanne Waltz screenplay: Jeanne Waltz cinematography: Hélène Louvart

cast: Isild Le Besco, Lio, Steven de Almeida, Yves Verhoeven, Christophe Sermet running time: 1t 24m sales: Pyramide International

regissøren: Jeanne Waltz ble født i 1962 i Bale, Sveits. I perioden 1981-88 studerte hun japansk og drev en liten kino i Berlin. Siden 1989 har hun bodd i Portugal hvor hun jobber som scenograf, manusforfatter og regissør. Hun har regissert flere kortfilmer. A PARTING SHOT er hennes andre spillefilm. the director: Jeanne Waltz was born in 1962 in Bale, Switzerland. In 1981-88, she studied Japanese and ran a small cinema in Berlin. Since 1989, she has been in Portugal where she works as a chief stage designer, scriptwriter and director. She has directed several short films. A PARTING SHOT is her second drama feature. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2003 FROM HERE TO JOY / DAQUI P’RÁ ALEGRIA 2007 A PARTING SHOT / PAS DOUCE

Scenen er satt for et intenst psykologisk drama, om å plutselig finne meningen med livet, fordi man må ta ansvar for sine handlinger. Isild Le Besco er formidabel som Fred, og Jeanne Waltz skildrer med herlig uforutsigbarhet hvordan Fred og Marco innleder et merkelig vennskap som får stor betydning for dem begge. For Fred, a nurse in a small mountain town by the FrenchSwiss border, it is hard to see the positive sides of life. She doesn’t like her work, she has broken all ties with her family, and when her boyfriend meets someone else, it all gets too much. Fred decides to shoot herself in a forest, but a freak impulse makes her shoot an unruly teenage hiker who crosses her path. The teenager survives and is treated in Fred’s ward at the hospital. The stage is thus set for an intense psychological drama that shows what it’s like to suddenly find a meaning in life as a result of having to own up to ones actions. Isild le Besco is formidable as Fred, and Jeanne Waltz’s drama has a wonderful element of unpredictability, as Fred and the injured boy start a peculiar friendship that ends up being important for both of them.

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AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS AM ENDE KOMMEN TOURISTEN

GERMANY 2007 director: Robert Thalheim

cast: Alexander Fehling, Ryszard Ronczewski, Barbara Wysocka, Piotr Rogucki, Rainer Sellien, Lena Stolze

screenplay: Robert Thalheim

running time: 1t 25m

cinematography: Yoliswa Gärtig

sales: Bavaria Film International

regissøren: Robert Thalheim er født i Berlin i 1974. Han utførte siviltjenesten sin på ungdomssentret ved Auschwitz. Fra 2000 til 2006 studerte Thalheim ved Høgskolen for film og fjernsyn i Potsdam Babelsberg. Etter flere kortfilmer og teaterarbeid, regisserte han sin første spillefilm, NETTO (2005). AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS er hans andre spillefilm. the director: Robert Thalheim was born in Berlin in 1974. He accomplished his alternative civil service at the Youth Meeting Center of Auschwitz. From 2000 to 2006 Robert Thalheim studied film directing at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf in Potsdam Babelsberg. AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS is his second feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2005 NETTO (TIFF 2006) 2007 AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS / AM ENDE KOMMEN TOURISTEN

Auschwitz var ikke det den unge tyskeren Sven ønsket seg da han skulle utføre siviltjenesten sin i utlandet. For ham er Auschwitz en liten by i Polen, et merkelig språk, en konsentrasjonsleir, og den triste gråheten han husker fra historietimene på videregående. For å gjøre vondt verre, må han jobbe sammen med en tidligere fange som aldri forlot leiren, og som nå gir vitneforelesninger og reparerer kofferter. Krzeminskis verden dreier seg rundt koffertene som ble beslaglagt fra jødene da de ankom konsentrasjonsleiren. Sven må holde ut med Krzeminskis selvhøytidelighet og enkelte lokale individers dårlig skjulte forakt. Heldigvis har han Ania, en ung guide som Sven bor hos ... Ettersom ukene går, begynner Sven å oppdage Auschwitz og byen Oswiecim, samt turistindustrien som har vokst fram der. Regissør Thalheim sier, “med AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS har jeg forsøkt å formidle de konflikter og problemer som dagens Oswiecim opplever, og hvor vanskelig det er å hanskes med fortiden. Filmen handler ikke om de historiske hendelsene, som har vært behandlet i utallige dokumentarer og spillefilmer, men om de effekter som fortiden har på de menneskene som bor der idag”. Auschwitz wasn’t what Sven, a young German, had in mind when he signed up to do his civil service abroad. To make matters worse, he’s got to care for an unpleasant old man, Stanislaw Krzeminski, a former inmate who never left the camp and now spends his time either giving contemporary-witness lectures or repairing suitcases. Krzeminski’s world revolves around the suitcases taken from the Jews as they arrived at the concentration camp from all over Europe. Besides having to endure Krzeminski’s haughty, gruff manner, Sven also has to put up with the barely concealed contempt of various locals. Luckily, there’s Ania, a young guide who lets Sven stay at her place ... As the weeks go by, Sven begins to discover Auschwitz and the town Oswiecim, the memorial to inhumanity and the tourist industry that has sprung up around it. Director Thalheim says, “in AND ALONG CAME THE TOURISTS I have attempted to use a fictional story as a means of giving an idea of some of the conflicts and contradictions of present-day Oswiecim and of how difficult it is to deal with the past. The heart of the film is not constituted by the historical events, which have been treated in countless documentaries and feature films, but by a look at the effects of the past on the everyday life of the people who live there”. 21

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DARLING DARLING er en mørk samfunnskomedie om selvopptatt overklasse, og om vanlige hyggelige mennesker. Filmen bruker humor, men er slett ikke uten moral. Vi møter Eva, en ung, vakker og smått likegyldig overklassekvinne, som lever sitt overfladiske liv i området rundt Stureplan og Karlavägen. Hun beveger seg blant vakre og velkledde unge mennesker i eksklusive butikker, dyre barer og store leiligheter – helt til alt en dag forandres. En banal utroskapshistorie sender henne på rutsjebane nedover den sosiale rangstigen, og muliggjør et uventet vennskap med den godhjertede og arbeidsløse 61 år gamle ingeniøren Bernhard. SWEDEN 2007 director: Johan Kling screenplay: Johan Kling cinematography: Geir Hartly Andreassen

cast: Michelle Meadows, Michael Segerström, Richard Ulfsäter, Jenny Cassel, Mikael Lindgren running time: 1t 33m sales: Nonstop Sales, Stockholm

regissøren: Johan Kling ble født i Stockholm i 1962. Han har produsert, skrevet og regissert flere serier for svensk tv, som “Stockholmare” (2001), som regnes som en forløper for britiske “The Office” og “Spacer” (2002). I 2003 skrev og regisserte han kortfilmen JAG, som var et slags utkast til hans spillefilmdebut, DARLING – vinner av prisen for beste nordiske film på Göteborg Filmfestival 2007. the director: Johan Kling was born in Stockholm in 1962. He produced, wrote and directed several series for Swedish television which have had a remarkable impact in that country, such as “Stockholmers” (2001), considered as a precedent for the British “The Office” and “Spacer” (2002). In 2003, he wrote and directed the short JAG, which was a draft for his feature debut, Darling, winner of the Nordic Film Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival 2007. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 DARLING

Darling is a dark comedy about the arrogant and seemingly indifferent young upper class woman Eva, who engages in a banal infidelity affair. This incident will turn out to be the starting point of a slow but relentless descent down the social ladder allowing the unexpected but doomed friendship with Bernhard, a good-hearted, unemployed 61 year-old engineer.

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EDUART Filmer som foregår i Albania har vi ikke sett for mange av under TIFF og filmer som stort sett foregår i et albansk fengsel har vi sett enda færre av. EDUART er en slik film. Filmen viser hvordan Eduart først flykter fra Albania for så å komme tilbake, hvor han av ulike grunner ender opp i fengsel. I fengselet finner han muligheten til å slutte fred med seg selv - men vil han ta denne muligheten? Basert på en sann historie, og med en intens og dyktig hovedrolleinnehaver er det blitt en nærgående film om hva det er som får oss mennesker til å handle som vi gjør. GREECE, GERMANY 2007 director: Angeliki Antoniou screenplay: Angeliki Antoniou cinematography: Jürgen Jürges

running time: 1t 45m

Eduart, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character leads him to commit a murder in Athens. Because of an old robbery he gets imprisoned in Albania under the harshest conditions. Eduart, assisting the German doctor of the prison, learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime.

sales: MDC International

Like the Dostoïevskian hero Raskolnikov, Eduart passes from crime to punishment. Can Eduart be redeemed?

cast: Eshref Durmishi, Adrian Aziri, Gazmend Gjokaj, André Hennicke

regissøren: Angeliki Antoniou ble født i Aten i 1956. Hun har studert arkitektur i Hellas og filmregi i Tyskland (DFFB – Deutsche Film- und Fersehakademie Berlin), og jobber nå i begge land som manusforfatter og regissør. I 2006 underviste hun i filmregi ved Thessalonikiuniversitetets filmskole. Hun har regissert kortfilmer, dokumentarer og spillefilmer.. the director: Angeliki Antoniou was born in Athens in 1956. She studied Architecture in Greece and film direction in Germany (DFFB – German Film and Television Academy in Berlin), now working as a scriptwriter and director in both countries. In 2006 she taught film direction at the Film School of the University of Thessaloniki. She has directed feature films, short films and documentaries. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1991 GEFANGENE DES MEERES (doc) 1992 DONUSA 1997 VERSPIELTE NÄCHTE / NIGHTS GAMBLED AWAY 2007 EDUART 23

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FAR NORTH

GREAT BRITAIN 2007 director: Asif Kapadia screenplay: Asif Kapadia, Tim Miller, Sara Maitland (short story)

cast: Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean, Michelle Krusiec running time: 1t 29m sales: Celluloid Dreams

cinematography: Roman Osin regissøren: Asif Kapadia ble født i London i 1972. Hans eksamensfilm fra Royal College of Art, novellefilmen THE SHEEP THIEF (1997) vant flere priser. Det gjorde også spillefilmdebuten THE WARRIOR (2001). Begge disse ble skutt i India. Kapadia har laget dokumentarer for BBC, og han regisserer reklamefilmer parallelt med spillefilmkarrieren. FAR NORTH er hans tredje spillefilm. the director: Asif Kapadia was born in London in 1972. His student film from the Royal College of Art, the 25-minute short drama THE SHEEP THIEF (1997), won him many awards, as did his feature debut, THE WARRIOR (2001). Both films were shot in India. Kapadia has directed documentaries for the BBC and he continues to direct commercials. FAR NORTH is his third feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2001 THE WARRIOR 2006 THE RETURN 2007 FAR NORTH 24

Saiva lever under en forbannelse. Sammen med datteren Anja må hun leve langt fra sivilisasjonen, hvor hun tror de vil være trygge. Hun er den eneste overlevende etter at reindriftsstammen hennes ble slaktet av en tropp med omstreifende soldater. Etter massakren villedet hun soldatene på en isbre hvor de møtte sitt endelikt. Slik fikk hun hevnet Ivar, den eneste mannen hun noensinne har elsket. De strever for å overleve på det lille de kan oppnå av fangst. En dag ser de en figur på isen som kollapser. Til tross for sin egen redsel og tvil, tar Saiva seg av mannen og redder livet hans. Loki, rømlingen, kommer til hektene og slår seg sammen med de to kvinnene for vinteren. Saiva og Anja konkurrerer om hans oppmerksomhet. Da Asif Kapadia gjestet TIFF 02 med debutfilmen THE WARRIOR, ble han så imponert av landskapet at han fikk lyst å lage en film i Nord-Norge. Seks år etterpå kan vi se resultatet, som bl.a. ble filmet på Svalbard og på FilmCamp i Målselv. Saiva, a woman living under a curse, and Anja, her adopted daughter, are in a remote land far from civilization where she believes they will be safe. Saiva is the sole survivor of an indigenous tribe of reindeer herders slaughtered by a troop of marauding soldiers. After the massacre, Saiva leads the men to their death on a glacier avenging Ivar, the only man she ever loved. They struggle to survive, living off the scarce prey they can kill. One day a figure appears on the horizon and collapses. Despite her fears and doubts Saiva takes him in and nurses him back from the brink of death. Loki, the fugitive, recovers and settles in with the two women as the snow arrives and the long winter nights close in. Saiva and Anja compete for his attention. When Asif Kapadia attended TIFF 02 with his debut feature THE WARRIOR, he was so taken by the landscape that he decided to make a film in Northern Norway. Six years on, we get to see the result, which was filmed on Svalbard and at FilmCamp in Målselv.

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JELLYFISH MEDUZOT Tel-Aviv, idag. På bryllupsfesten sin, brekker Keren en fot. Ferien til Karibien går i vasken. En underlig pike kommer opp fra havet og følger etter Batya som en skygge – helt til Batyas liv forandres for alltid. Joy er en filippinsk hushjelp. Hun arbeider for en streng gammel dame. Utilsiktet forsoner hun sin matrone med hennes datter. Dette er en sammensatt film, laget av bruddstykker av menneskelighet, som små flaskeposter, på grensen til det absurde ... Et portrett av en rotete verden hvor alle gjør som best de kan, mens de leter etter kjærlighet, etter noe å huske eller glemme ... Slik er livet i Tel-Aviv. ISRAEL 2007 director: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen

cast: Sara Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller, Ma-nenita De Latorre, Zharira Charifai

screenplay: Shira Geffen

running time: 1t 18m

cinematography: Antoine Héberlé

sales: Pyramide International

regissørenE: Etgar Keret er født i 1967 i Tel-Aviv. Hans bøker er blitt oversatt til tretti språk, og har blitt overført til scene og lerret verden over. Med kortfilmen SKIN DEEP (1996) vant han flere priser, bl.a. en israelsk Oscar i 1997. Shira Geffen er født i 1971 i Israel. Hun er kjent for sine barnebøker og for sine teaterstykker som hun selv regisserer. Geffen er også skuespiller og manusforfatter.

JELLYFISH vant Gullkameraet for beste debutfilm i Cannes 2007. Tel-Aviv, today. At her wedding reception, Keren breaks her leg. And bang goes the Caribbean honeymoon. A strange little girl comes out of the sea and follows Batya like a shadow until Batya’s life changes forever. Joy is a maid from the Philippines. She works for a though old lady and unintentionally reconciles her with her daughter. This is a composite film, made of scraps of humanity, like so many messages in a bottle, verging on the absurd ... A portrait of a messy world in which everyone scrapes by as best they can, looking for love, for something to remember or to forget ... Such is life in Tel-Aviv. JELLYFISH was awarded the Caméra d’or at the Cannes festival 2007.

the directorS: Etgar Keret was born in 1967 in Tel-Aviv. His books have received international acclaim and a number of his stories, translated in thirty languages, have also been adapted for the stage and the screen all over the world. His first short movie, SKIN DEEP (1996), won prizes at several international film festivals, and was awarded the 1997 Israeli Oscar. Shira Geffen was born in Israel in 1971. She is one of the most creative artists nowadays in Israel. She has been especially recognized for her children’s books and her plays and stage directions on tour in Israel and abroad. Geffen is also an actress and script writer. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 JELLYFISH / MEDUZOT 25

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LITTLE MOTH XUE CHAN Luo Jiang og Guihua er et fattig middelaldrende par på den kinesiske landsbygda. De kjøper en 11 år gammel jente, Xiao Ezi (Lille Møll), som lider av en blodsykdom som gjør at hun ikke kan gå. Planen er å bruke henne som tigger: Guihua sitter med henne på fortauet og tar imot småpenger fra forbipasserende, mens Luo lusker rundt og holder øye med dem. Problemer oppstår når de ved et uhell trenger inn på tiggerterritoriet til den mystiske Mr. Yang og hans enarmede gutt Xiao Chun. Når Xiao Chun og Xiao Ezi finner tonen, tar historien en uventet vending. CHINA 2007 director: Peng Tao

cast: Hong Qifa, Han Dequn, Zhao Huihui, Zhang Lei, Gao Yuanbing, Xu Zelin, Zeng Xiaorong

screenplay: Peng Tao

running time: 1t 39m

cinematography: Huang Yi

sales: Peng Tao / New Youth Independent Film Studio

regissøren: Peng Tao ble født i Beijing i 1974. Han studerte ved Art Department of Beijing Film Academy, hvor han gikk ut i 2004. Her lagde han de prisbelønte kortfilmene STORY IN THE WINTER og GOODBYE CHILDHOOD. LITTLE MOTH er Peng Taos debut som regissør. the director: Born in 1974 in Beijing, Peng Tao studied film in the Art Department of Beijing Film Academy and graduated in 2004. While he was still a student, he made STORY IN THE WINTER which won the Best Short Film prize at the Beijing Student Film Festival. Still at school, he made GOODBYE CHILDHOOD, a 35mm short which also won an award. LITTLE MOTH is Peng Tao’s debut as a director. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 LITTLE MOTH

I stedet for å falle i melodramatiske feller, overbeviser regissør Peng med sin naturalistiske og ultrarealistiske sensibilitet, og bringer oss veldig nært karakterene sine gjennom sitt digitale håndholdte kamera. Scenene er delvis improvisert fram hos skuespillerne, som alle er amatører. Luo Jiang and Guihua are a poor middle-aged rural couple with few prospects. They spend about $140 to buy an 11-year-old girl, Xiao Ezi (aka Little Moth), who suffers from a blood disease that makes her unable to walk. Their plan is to use the girl to beg for them: Guihua sits with the girl on a sidewalk, accepting cash from passersby, while Luo skulks around monitoring them. Complications arise when, fleeing extortionists, they accidentally infringe on the begging territory of the mysterious Mr. Yang and his one-armed boy Xiao Chun. When Xiao Chun and Xiao Ezi hit it off, the plot heads in an alarmingly unexpected direction. Far from exploiting the situation for melodrama, Peng’s cool, naturalistic, ultra-realist sensibility draws us even closer to the characters. The performances, partly improvised by exclusively non-professional actors, are simply astonishing. Luo Jiang is a glorious, naturalistic incarnation of everything admirable and repulsive to be found in the increasingly unmoored Chinese nether-lands. Xiao Ezi says very little, but her tough, silent, all-seeing eyes speak worlds.

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THE OTHER HALF LING YI BAN

CHINA 2006 director: Ying Liang screenplay: Ying Liang, Peng Shan

cast: Zeng Xiaofei, Deng Gang, Zhao Ke running time: 1t 51m sales: Ying Liang

cinematography: Li Rongsheng, Ying Liang regissøren: Ying Liang (f. 1977) studerte ved Department of Directing ved Chongqing Film Academy og Beijing Normal University. Etter å ha hatt suksess med sine kortfilmer, f.eks. THE MISSING HOUSE (2003), gjorde han sin spillefilmdebut med TAKING FATHER HOME, som ble vist på mer enn 30 festivaler, inkludert TIFF 2007. the director: Ying Liang (b. 1977) graduated from the Department of Directing at the Chongqing Film Academy and Beijing Normal University. After the success of his short films, most notably THE MISSING HOUSE (2003), he directed his first feature film, TAKING FATHER HOME (2005) which was selected for more than 30 festivals, including TIFF 2007.

Xiaofen jobber som kontordame på et advokatkontor i industribyen Zigong. Hennes endeløse daglige rutine er å registrere kundekrav, klager og krangler i saker som varierer fra skilsmisser til konevold; fra sykehustabber til arbeidsulykker. Xiaofens liv har sine egne kriser: kjæresten hennes, Deng Gang, blir løslatt fra fengsel, men han gir fort etter for den spillegalskapen som sendte ham i kasjotten; moren hennes presser henne til et stevnemøte med en beiler som bare er interessert i å vise henne kjedelige bilder på PC-en sin; etter hvert møter hun også en mann hun ikke kjenner - sin egen far. Disse, i seg selv løsrevne, hendelsene bygger seg opp mot et klimaks når Deng Gang blir mistenkt for mord og forsvinner, mens byen er truet av alvorlig forurensing etter en eksplosjon i en kjemisk fabrikk. Med sin deadpan-humor, følsomhet og sosiale engasjement, befester regissør Ying Liang den filmatiske signaturen han har etablert i sine kortfilmer og i sin første spillefilm, TAKING FATHER HOME (TIFF 2007): Her blander han store og små kriser, personlige og politiske dilemmaer, og resultatet blir en besnærende refleksjon over livet idag. Xiaofen works as a clerk in a law office in the industrial city of Zigong. Her unending daily routine is to record clients’ claims, complaints and arguments in cases ranging from divorces and spousal abuse to medical malpractice and industrial accidents. Xiaofen’s life has its own crises: her boyfriend, Deng Gang, is released from prison but quickly gives in to the gambling bug that put him there; her mother pressures her into a date with a suitor whose main interest is showing bland business photos on his laptop computer; and she finally meets her estranged father. All these incidents build to a momentum when Deng Gang is suspected of murder and disappears, and the city is threatened by toxic pollution after an explosion in a chemical plant. With deadpan humour, deeply felt sensitivity and social commentary, director Ying Liang establishes the authorial voice promised in his short films and first feature, TAKING FATHER HOME (TIFF 2007). Here, he cleverly mixes major and minor crises, personal and political dilemmas, to create a chilling reflection on life today.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2005 TAKING FATHER HOME / BEI YAZI DE NANHAI (TIFF 2007) 2006 THE OTHER HALF / LING YI BAN

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PREMONITION LE PRESSENTIMENT I sin debut som regissør spiller Darroussin advokaten Charles Bénesteau, som har forlatt sin overklassefamilie og prestisjefulle sosiale status for å leve et enkelt liv i et fattig flerkulturelt kvarter av Paris. Her håper han å bli en ny mann, og å kunne omskrive sin egen historie. En hendelse i boligblokka der han bor gjør at han plutselig sitter med midlertidig foreldreansvar for en tenåringsdatter av østeuropeiske immigranter. Men hans ansvarstaken og omsorg for jenta blir etter hvert møtt med skrå blikk og mistenksomhet fra flere av hans naboer. FRANCE 2006 director: Jean-Pierre Darroussin screenplay: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valérie Stroh, Emmanuel Bove (novel)

cast: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Didier Bezace, Valérie Stroh, Anne Canovas, Hippolyte Girardot, Nathalie Richard running time: 1t 37m sales: BAC Films, Paris

cinematography: Bernard Cavalié regissøren: Jean-Pierre Darroussin ble født i 1953 i Courbevoie, en liten forstad nordvest for Paris. Han studerte ved Teaterakademiet i Paris. Darroussin har spilt i 80 filmer, og er kjent for sitt lange og fruktbare samarbeid med regissøren Robert Guédiguian. PREMONITION er hans regidebut. the director: Jean-Pierre Darroussin was born in 1953 in Courbevoie, a small north-western suburb to Paris. He studied at the Dramatic Arts Academy of Paris. Darroussin has acted in some 80 films, and is known for his long and fruitful collaboration with director Robert Guédiguian. PREMONITION is his first feature as director. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 PREMONITION / LE PRESSENTIMENT

PREMONITION kombinerer sosialt engasjement med en Camus-aktig sjelevandring. Darroussin kombinerer distanse og varme i sin fremstilling av hovedpersonen som også er filmens sentrale enigma. In his first feature as director, Darroussin plays Charles Bénesteau, a lawyer who has left behind his well-heeled family and prestigious social standing to lead a solitary existence in a multi-racial, impoverished neighbourhood of Paris. Here he seeks to become a new man and rewrite his history. An incident in his block of flats leaves Bénesteau with parental responsibility for the teenage daughter of Eastern European immigrants, but his attempts to do the right thing lead to further social isolation. PREMONITION combines social concern with a dash of Camus-esque soul searching. Darroussin combines distance and warmth as the protagonist who is also the film’s central enigma.

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THE REBIRTH AI NO YOKAN Junichi bor i en skyskraper i Tokyo sammen med sin datter. Han jobber i en avis. Hans kone døde av kreft for mange år siden. Så skjer det: Hans datter blir stukket ihjel av en klassevenninne. Når han nå har mistet både sin kone og sin datter, har Junichi ikke noe å leve for. Han slutter i avisen og trekker seg tilbake fra verden.

JAPAN 2007 director: Masahiro Kobayashi screenplay: Masahiro Kobayashi cinematography: Koichi Nishikubo

cast: Masahiro Kobayashi, Makiko Watanabe running time: 1t 42m sales: Monkey Town Productions, Tokyo

regissøren: Masahiro Kobayashi er født i Tokyo i 1954. Han startet sin karriere som folkesanger, før han begynte som manusforfatter. Etter debutsuksessen etablerte han Monkey Town Productions og gjorde tre filmer på tre år, som alle vant priser i Cannes: BOOTLEG FILM (1999), KOROSHI (2000) and MAN WALKING ON SNOW (2001). Gjennomgangstemaer i Kobayashis filmer er savn og ensomhet. the director: Masahiro Kobayashi was born in Tokyo in 1954. He began his career as a folk singer, and then turned to scriptwriting. In the wake of its success, he founded Monkey Town Productions and made three films back to back which won prizes in three consecutive years at Cannes: BOOTLEG FILM (1999), KOROSHI (2000) and MAN WALKING ON SNOW (2001). Recurring themes in Kobayashi’s films are absence and solitude.

Ett år senere tar han seg arbeid i et smelteverk i Hokkaido og bor på et slags herberge. Her jobber det en kvinne, Noriko, som viser seg å være moren til jenta som drepte Junichis datter. De ser hverandre hver dag, men de hilser aldri, og utveksler ikke et eneste ord. Likevel blir Norikos nærvær viktig for Junichi. En dag kjøper Junichi to mobiltelefoner med forhåndsbetalte tellerskritt, og gir den ene til Noriko... A young woman called Nokiro is being interrogated. Her teenage daughter has killed one of her classmates. A man, Junichi, played by the filmmaker himself, is also interrogated, as it was his daughter who was killed. A year later, in a small industrial town in the Hokkaido region, Junichi is now shuttling between his lodgings at an inn and his job at a foundry. Every day he sees Noriko who works as a cook at the inn. They never speak or exchange looks but recognise one another. Each repeats the same daily routine. He enjoys bathing in very hot water; she is very good at making omelettes. Each lives in a very small space, turned inwards, blank-eyed, isolated in their own world. The camera stays close, feels their pain, their thinness and the contraction of their bodies. Junichi and Noriko have given up. Prostrate with grief, they no longer feel anything. Outside, the air is icy cold, the light dazzling. Companions in adversity, they share the same painful past, which cannot be erased. Suddenly he decides to buy her a present.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1996 CLOSING TIME 1999 BOOTLEG FILM 2000 KOROSHI 2001 MAN WAKING ON SNOW 2003 AMAZING STORY 2004 FLIC 2005 BASHING 2006 THE HAPPINESS 2007 THE REBIRTH / AI NO YOKAN 29

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THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN LA GRAINE ET LE MULET

FRANCE 2007 director: Abdellatif Kechiche screenplay: Abdellatif Kechiche cinematography: Lubomir Bakchev

cast: Habib Boufares, Bouraouia Marzouk, Faridah Benkhetache, Hafisa Herzi running time: 2t 31m sales: Pathé International, France

regissøren: Kechiche (f. Tunis i 1960) vant Lion of the Future (debutantprisen) i 2000 på filmfestivalen i Venezia med sin film VOLTAIRE’S FAULT, som ble vist på TIFF i 2001. Han vant 3 Césars (franske “Oscars”) for sin andre film L’ESQUIVE. THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN var nominert for en Golden Lion i Venezia i år, og vant juryens spesial pris. the director: Born in Tunis in 1960, Kechiche won the Lion of the Future prize for best debutant in 2000 at the Venice Film Festival with his film VOLTAIRE’S FAULT, which was screened at TIFF 2001. He won 3 Césars (French “Oscars”) for his second film L’ESQUIVE. THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN was nominated for the Golden Lion in Venice this year, and it won the jury’s special prize.

Livet begynner å by på en del motstand for seksti-år gamle Slimane, en sliten havnearbeider som blir permittert etter 35 år med hardt arbeid. Først kjemper han imot, men så ser han dette som en mulighet til å realisere sitt livs drøm: å åpne sin egen fisk-og cous-cous-restaurant. Dette vil han gjøre sammen med hele familien, som omfatter både eks-kona og hans nye kjæreste, men først må han overtale dem, så må han overtale myndighetene, så er det vennene. Historien er lagt til en del av Sør-Frankrike som turist brosjyrene ikke bryr seg om, fra et innvandrermiljø med vanlige hverdagsmennesker, om deres vanskeligheter og gleder, om vennskap og familieliv i en arabisk storfamilie – og om hemmeligheten bak god cous-cous. Til slutt utgjør denne tilsynelatende utflytende skildring et intimt portrett av et samfunn og en kultur, og skildrer menneskets søken etter lykke med stor innsikt og varme. Life is getting a bit rough for sixty year old, care-worn Slimane. Losing his job after 35 years of working on the docks, he first puts up a fight, then realises this is actually a chance to realise his dream of opening his own fish couscous restaurant. This can only be done with the help of the whole family, including his ex-wife and his new girlfriend. First he has to convince them, then he has to convince the authorities, then his friends. The story takes place in a part of Southern France that tourist brochures don’t bother about, telling a story from a North-African immigrant community, about everyday people with everyday problems, about friendship and family life in an extended family – and about the secret of making good cous-cous. This sprawling story is actually an intimate portrait of a society and a culture, and the search for happiness, painting it with great insight adds warmth, the whole adding up to much more than a sum of its parts.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2000 VOLTAIRE’S FAULT / LA FAUTE À VOLTAIRE 2003 GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE 7 L’ESQUIVE 2007 THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN / LA GRAINE ET LE MULET 30

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WATER LILIES LA NAISSANCE DES PIEUVRES En ny forstad i Paris. Det er sommer, og du er 15. Ingenting annet å gjøre enn å stirre i taket. Tre jenter: Marie, Anne, Floriane. De møtes i svømmehallgarderobens hemmelige verden. Lysten eksploderer. Førstegangsopplevelser lystrer ikke regler. Det er dét som gjør dem uforglemmelige.

FRANCE 2007 director: Céline Sciamma screenplay: Céline Sciamma

cast: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, Adèle Haenel running time: 1t 25m sales: Films Distribution

cinematography: Crystel Fournier regissøren: Céline Sciamma er født i 1980 i CergyPontoise, Val-d’Oise i Frankrike. Hun studerte fransk litteratur, før hun kom inn på Paris’ prestisjetunge filmskole FEMIS. Hun skrev manus til kortfilmene LES PREMIÈRES COMMUNIONS (2004) og CACHE TA JOIE (2006), før hun spillefilmdebuterte med WATER LILIES. the director: Céline Sciamma was born in 1980 in Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d’Oise, France. She studied French Literature before she went to the prestigious FEMIS film school in Paris. She wrote the script for the shorts LES PREMIÈRES COMMUNIONS (2004) and CACHE TA JOIE (2006), before directing her first feature film: WATER LILIES.

WATER LILIES beskriver de første gnister av kvinnelighet og seksualitet. På spørsmål om hvordan hun har tilnærmet seg temaet homoseksualitet, har regissør Sciamma følgende å si: “Filmer snakker ofte om kvinner, men de er ofte full av fantasi. Det er gjerne menn som snakker, og jeg ønsket å gi et kvinnelig perspektiv på disse tre jentene. Jeg ville gjøre det motsatte av det som oftest gjøres – å unngå nostalgi og myter rundt førstegangsopplevelser. Jeg ville være i øyeblikket, i den alderens nådeløshet, og heller jobbe med følelser enn med å gjenskape mentale bilder.” A new suburb of Paris. It’s summer, and you are 15. Nothing to do but look at the ceiling. Three girls: Marie, Anne, Floriane. Their destinies meet in the secretive world of the locker rooms at the local swimming-pool. Then desire erupts. First times do not obey laws. That’s what makes them unforgettable. Engaging in a spectrographic analysis of the first sparks of femininity, and approaching the theme of homosexuality with a sense of decency, the filmmaker had this to say: “Cinema often talks about women but it’s also full of fantasy. Often men do the talking, and I wanted to give a woman’s perspective on these three girls. I wanted to do the opposite of what’s usually done, avoiding nostalgia and the wonder of first times. I wanted to be in the present, in the cruelty of that age, and work on feelings rather than reproducing frames of mind.”

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 WATER LILIES

SPILLES PÅ ET TEATER NÆR DEG!

HORISONTer HORIZONS Utvid horisonten din! Dette er programmet for deg som er på utkikk etter de gode perlene – uansett sjanger. I denne programbolken finner man prisbelønte filmer fra både norske og utenlandske festivaler, samt noen få premierer på kvalitetsfilmer på vei inn i norsk distribusjon. I motsetning til KONKURRANSEPROGRAMMET er disse filmene ikke underlagt et krav om aktualitet, men kriteriene er rett og slett at de er gode filmer, og at de som regel ikke er tatt inn i norsk distribusjon. Vi mener bestemt at de dog bør finne sitt publikum også her til lands. Her kan det også dukke opp fine filmperler av litt eldre årgang som vi mener ikke fortjener å gå i glemmeboken.

Broaden your HORIZONS! This is the program for festival-goers seeking the hidden gems, regardless of genre. Here you will find award-winning films from both Norwegian and foreign festivals, in addition to a few sneak previews of quality films on their way into Norwegian distribution. In contrast to the COMPETITION program, it is not required that the films are new/ current here, the only criterion is that they are good quality films. Also films that are a few years of age can find their way into this program. HORIZON EAST is a special sidebar in the HORIZONS program (see page 59).

Som en fast serie under HORISONTvignetten finner vi også HORISONT ØST (se side 59).

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THE BAND’S VISIT BIKUR HA-TIZMORET En gang, for ikke så veldig lenge siden, kom det et egyptisk politiband til Israel. De kom for å spille på åpningen av et arabisk kultursenter, men på grunn av byråkrati, uflaks, eller noe lignende, var det ingen som kom og møtte dem på flyplassen. De prøvde å greie seg på egen hånd, men etter en rekke misforståelser havnet de i en bortglemt liten israelsk by, et eller annet sted i ørkenen. Et forlatt band i en gudsforlatt by. Det er ikke så mange som husker dette. Det var ikke så viktig. ISRAEL, FRANCE, USA 2007 director: Eran Kolirin screenplay: Eran Kolirin cinematography: Shai Goldman

cast: Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai, Uri Gavriel, Imad Jabarin, Ahuva Keren, Rinat Matatov, Rubi Moskovitz, Khalifa Natour running time: 1t 27m sales: Bleiberg Entertainment

regissøren: Eran Kolirin er født i 1973 i Tel Aviv. Hans første filmarbeid var manuset til spillefilmen TZUR – HADASSIM (1999), som vant prisen for beste manus ved den internasjonale filmfestivalen i Jerusalem. Han har skrevet flere manus for TV, og har regissert TV-filmen THE LONG JOURNEY (2004). THE BAND’S VISIT er hans første spillefilm som regissør. the director: Eran Kolirin was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv. His first film work was the script for the feature film TZUR – HADASSIM (1999), which won him the award for best screenplay at the Jerusalem International Film Festival. He has written several TV-scripts and has directed the TV film THE LONG JOURNEY (2004). THE BAND’S VISIT is his directorial feature debut. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 THE BAND’S VISIT / BIKUR HA-TIZMORET

Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. They came to play at the initiation ceremony of an Arab cultural centre, but due to bureaucracy, bad luck, or for whatever reason, they were left stranded at the airport. They tried to manage on their own, only to find themselves in a desolate, almost forgotten, small Israeli town, somewhere in the desert. A lost band in a lost town. Not many people remember this. It wasn’t that important.

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BENEATH THE ROOFTOPS OF PARIS LES TOITS DE PARIS Når dine barn ikke lenger lar høre fra seg, er det fint å ha en venn. En venn du kan dra til svømmehallen med, eller spise lunsj på brasseriet. Da kommer man seg gjennom den alt for varme sommeren. Men når vennen svikter, blir livet skummelt. Du blir eldre, du er sårbar og ensom, og du bor i Paris... under takene. Men hjertet banker fortsatt. Mens man venter på at kraften skal ebbe ut – på dagen hvor man ikke lenger orker å åpne døren – kan man fortsatt håpe på nye møter, og på kjærligheten. FRANCE 2007 director: Hiner Saleem

cast: Michel Piccoli, Mylène Demongeot, Maurice Bénichou, Marie Kremer, Rudi Rosenberg

screenplay: Hiner Saleem

running time: 1t 38m

cinematography: Andréas Sinanos

sales: Wild Bunch

regissøren: Hiner Saleem ble født i 1964 i Aqrah, irakisk Kurdistan. Som 17-åring flyktet han fra Saddam Husseins undertrykkende regime, og bosatte seg i Italia hvor han gikk på skole og universitet. Han har bodd i Paris de 12 siste årene. Saleems memoarer – “My Father’s Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan” er utgitt på fransk og engelsk. the director: Hiner Saleem was born in 1964 in Aqrah, Iraqi Kurdistan. At 17 he fled to Italy to escape the oppression of Saddam Hussein. After finishing school and university in Italy, he moved to Paris where he has lived for the past 12 years. His memoirs – “My Father’s Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan” has been published in French and English.

When you hear no more from your children, it is good to have a friend. Somebody to accompany you to the swimming pool, or having lunch with at the café. It helps you get through that too hot summer. But when your friend leaves, life gets dangerous. You get older, you are fragile and lonely, and you live in Paris... underneath the rooftops. But your heart is still beating. While you are waiting for the end of your strengths – the day when you choose to no longer open your door – you can still hope for new encounters, for love.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1997 LONG LIVE THE BRIDE... AND THE LIBERATION OF KURDISTAN / VIVE LA MARIÉE... ET LA LIBÉRATION DU KURDISTAN 2000 BEYOND YOUR DREAMS / PASSEURS DE RÊVES 2003 VODKA LEMON (TIFF 2004) 2005 KILOMÈTRE ZÉRO (TIFF 2006) 2007 DOL 2007 BENEATH THE ROOFTOPS OF PARIS / LES TOITS DE PARIS 35

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COMRADES IN DREAMS I denne dokumentaren møter vi fire personer som er adskilt av politikk og geografiske avstander - men deres kjærlighet til film og kino binder dem sammen.

GERMANY 2006 director: Uli Gaulke screenplay: Uli Gaulke and Jeanette Eggert cinematography: Axel Schneppat

cast: Penny Tefertiller, Lassane Badiel, Lamoussa Luc Kabore, Zakaria Gnegnie, Anup Jagdale and Han Yong-Sil. running time: 1t 42m sales: Flying Moon Filmproduktion, Berlin

regissøren: Uli Gaulke (f. 1968 i Schwerin, Tyskland) studerte regi ved “Konrad Wolf” filmskole i Potsdam-Babelsberg. Han har bakgrunn som kinomaskinist, og var med å starte Balasz Cinema i Berlin. Hans film HAVANNA, MI AMOR vant flere prestisjefylte priser, blant annet Lola-prisen i Tyskland for beste dokumentar, og Joris-IvensAward på Cinema du Reel i Paris. the director: Uli Gaulke (b. 1968 in Schwerin, Germany) studied Film Direction at the “Konrad Wolf” Film School in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Gaulke is co-founder of the Balasz Cinema in Berlin. His film “HAVANNA, MI AMOR” won a string of prestigious awards, including the Lola Award for Best Documentary and the JorisIvens-Award at Cinema du Reel in Paris. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2000 HAVANNA MI AMOR (DOC) 2003 HEIRATE MICH / CASATE CONMIGO (DOC) 2006 DIE LEINVANDFIEBER / COMRADES IN DREAMS (DOC) 36

Han Jong Sil i Nord-Korea dras mellom politisk propaganda og sine egne drømmer. Hun ønsker å forbedre andre menneskers liv gjennom å vise dem film. Aktivisten Penny Tefertiller fra Wyoming, USA, driver Flick Theater i en ombygd låve. Her får alt fra tenåringer til ensomme eldre se underholdende filmer. I et av verdens fattigste land, Burkina Faso, har Lassane og hans venner satset alt på å starte en utendørs kino. I den indiske landsbyen, Shingnapur har Anup funnet en måte å kombinere hobby og karriere på. Han viser de nyeste Bollywood-filmene i et sirkustelt. De beste historiene utspiller seg i og rundt kinoene – og personene i filmen deler anekdoter om sitt publikum med stor fortellerglede. Mens livene til disse “kinosjefene” er svært ulike, møter de samme typen utfordringer i sine virksomheter, og de deler alle den samme lidenskapen for god film. Four persons are separated in politics and geography in this documentary – only one common thing unites them – their love for their cinemas. Han Jong Sil in North Korea is torn between propaganda and her own dreams. She wants to improve the quality of other people’s existence by showing them films. Penny Tefertiller from Wyoming, USA, is a community activist who also runs the Flick Theater, a converted barn where she brings entertainment to everyone from bored teenagers to lonely elders. In one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, Lassane and his friends have risked everything to set up an open air cinema. In the Indian village, Shingnapur, Anup has found a way to turn his hobby into a career by showing the latest Bollywood hits to eager audiences in an old circus tent. The best stories are maybe happening outside around the cinemas, and anecdotes describing their audiences are told with great passion by this film’s characters. While the lives of these cinema makers are completely different, they all face the same kind of problems in their businesses – and share their passion for good movies.

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DRY SEASON DARATT Tsjad, 2006. Regjeringen har gitt amnesti til alle krigsforbrytere. 16-årige Atim får en revolver av sin bestefar for å drepe mannen som drepte hans far. Han reiser til hovedstaden Ndjamena, og lokaliserer raskt sitt mål: Nassara er nå en gift mann og driver et lite bakeri. Fast bestemt på å gjennomføre sitt oppdrag, tar Atim seg jobb i bakeriet for å komme nærmere innpå sin fars morder. Nassara liker Atim, tar ham under sin vinge og lærer ham brødbakingens hemmeligheter. Et merkelig forhold utvikler seg mellom dem ettersom ukene går. Til tross for sitt hat, ser Atim ut til å finne en farsfigur i Nassara, mens Nassara ser på Atim som en mulig sønn. En dag foreslår han adopsjon ... FRANCE, CHAD 2006 director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

cast: Ali Bacha Barkaï, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Djibril Ibrahim, Fatimé Hadje, Khayar Oumar Defallah

screenplay: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

running time: 1t 35m

cinematography: Abraham Haile Biru

sales: Pyramide International

regissøren: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun er født i Abéché, Chad, i 1960. Han studerte film i Paris før han flyttet til Bordeaux for å studere journalistikk. Han jobbet flere år som journalist, før han vendte tilbake til sin første kjærlighet... I 1994 regisserte han sin første kortfilm MARAL TANIÉ. Fem år senere signerte han sin første spillefilm BYE BYE AFRICA, som vant to priser i Venezia, bl.a. for beste debutfilm. Hans andre spillefilm, OUR FATHER (2002), ble valgt ut til Quinzaine des Réalisateurs i Cannes. DRY SEASON er hans tredje spillefilm. the director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was born in Abéché, Chad, in 1960. He studied film in Paris, then journalism in Bordeaux. He worked for several years as a journalist before returning to his first love... In 1994, he directed his first short film MARAL TANIÉ. Five years later, he signed his first feature-length film BYE BYE AFRICA, which was awarded two prizes at the Venice Film Festival, including that of Best First Film. In 2002, he directed OUR FATHER, selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. DRY SEASON is his third drama feature.

Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father. Atim leaves his village for the capital Ndjamena, seeking a man he does not know. He quickly locates him: former war criminal Nassara has now married and settled down as the owner of a small bakery. With the firm intention of killing him, Atim gets closer to Nassara under the guise of looking for work, and is hired as an apprentice baker. Intrigued by Atim’s attitude toward him, Nassara takes him under his wing and teaches him the secrets of making bread. Over the weeks, a strange relationship evolves between the two. Despite his disgust, Atim seems to recognise in Nassara the father figure he has always needed, while Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son. One day, he suggests adoption ...

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1999 BYE BYE AFRICA 2002 OUR FATHER / ABOUNA 2006 DRY SEASON / DARATT 37

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FULL METAL VILLAGE Tenk deg at du bor i en liten søvnig by i Tyskland. Ungdommene flytter stort sett vekk for å komme seg til større og bedre byer, og du er mest opptatt av å sørge for at jordbruket som dere har levd av i alle år fremdeles overlever, til tross for økende industrialisering. Høres det ut som ett typisk landsbyliv? Hva hvis du også én gang i året må tåle at 40 000 lærkledde, langhårede ungdommer, som sannsynligvis er satanister, kommer til landsbyen din?

GERMANY 2006 director: Sung-Hyung Cho screenplay: Sung Hyung Cho cinematography: Marcus Winterbauer

cast: Uwe & Lore Trede, Klaus H. Plahn, Irma Schaack, Eva Waldow, Ann-Kathrin & Malena Schaack, Norbert Venohr, Birte Veohr, Henning Halver running time: 1t 30m sales: Flying Moon Filmproduktion

regissøren: Sung-Hyung Cho er født i Busan i SørKorea, 1966. Hun studerte kommunikasjon i Seoul, før hun dro til Tyskland i 1989 for å studere kunsthistorie, medievitenskap og filosofi ved universitetet i Marburg. Hun har laget dokumentarer og musikkvideoer, og har også virket som frilans klipper og tekniker. FULL METAL VILLAGE er hennes første fullengder. Den vant SchleswigHolsten-prisen og Hesse-prisen i 2006, og Max Ophüls-prisen i 2007.

Dette er i store trekk temaet for denne debutdokumentaren som handler om landsbyen Wacken i Tyskland og den kjente metall-festivalen som sparkes i gang én gang i året. Det er blitt en varm, morsom og åpen film som stiller noen små, men viktige, spørsmål. Once a year, on the first weekend in August, the tiny village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein bids farewell to the peace and tranquillity that normally characterize this community of two thousand souls. It is then that the Wacken Open Air Festival takes place. This all started 17 years ago in a barn full of a couple of hundred “headbangers”, with their numbers growing to a few thousand in the years which followed. The Wacken Open Air Festival has now become something of a place of pilgrimage for 40,000 heavy metallers from all over the world. FULL METAL VILLAGE examines the curiously amiable clash between these two cultures. Through its focus on the temporary music event, however, the film documents a picture of a rural community whose sense of identity and cohesion would now be practically unimaginable without the heavy metal festival.

the director: Sung-Hyung Cho was born in Busan, South Korea in 1966. She studied Communications in Seoul, followed by Art History, Media Studies and Philosophy in Marburg, Germany in 1989. She has made documentaries and music videos, and has also worked as a freelance editor and technician. FULL METAL VILLAGE is her first feature-length film; it won the Schleswig-Holstein and Hesse film awards in 2006 and the Max Ophüls Award in 2007. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 FULL METAL VILLAGE 38

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THE GIRL BY THE LAKE LA RAGAZZA DEL LAGO Liket til en ung jente blir funnet ved en innsjø i det nordøstre Italia. Inspektør Giovanni Sanzio blir satt på saken. Han vikler seg inn i et innfløkt nettverk av familiebånd og landsbyhemmeligheter som kompliserer etterforskningen. I tillegg kjemper han med sitt personlige drama; hans kone er alvorlig syk, og kjenner ham ikke lenger igjen. Filmen er basert på Karin Fossums krimroman “Se Deg ikke tilbake”. Historien er blitt tilpasset dagens Italia, og handlingen flyttet fra Norge til Dolomittene. ITALY 2007 director: Andrea Molaioli screenplay: Sandro Petraglia, Andrea Molaioli, Karin Fossum (novel)

cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Gifuni running time: 1t 35m sales: Intramovies Srl, Italy

The body of a young girl is found beside an alpine lake. Inspector Giovanni Sanzio is brought in to investigate. He stumbles into a complex web of family ties and village secrets that muddy the waters of his inquiry, in addition to Sanzio’s own personal pain; his ill wife does not recognize him anymore. The film is based on Norwegian crime author Karin Fossum’s novel “Don’t Look Back”. The story has been adapted to modern Italy and relocated to the Dolomites.

cinematography: Ramiro Civita regissøren: Andrea Molaioli er født i Roma i 1967. Han har jobbet som regiassistent for regissører som Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti og Mimmo Calopresti. Av Morettis filmer har han jobbet på KJÆRE DAGBOK (1993), APRIL (1998) og SØNNENS ROM (2001). THE GIRL BY THE LAKE er hans første spillefilm som regissør. the director: Andrea Molaioli was born in Rome in 1967. He has been working as an assistant director to filmmakers such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti and Mimmo Calopresti, and on films such as DEAR DIARY (Moretti, 1993), APRIL (Moretti, 1998) and THE SON’S ROOM (Moretti, 2001). The Girl by the Lake is his feature directorial debut. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 THE GIRL BY THE LAKE / LA RAGAZZA DEL LAGO

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HEROES HÉROS Pierre Foret er morsom, og det er hans personlige tragedie. Det er også jobben hans å være morsom; han varmer opp publikum for TV-produksjoner. Pierre Foret er morsom, men han vil heller se bra ut. Eller være en skuespiller. Eller en sanger. Noe som gir kred. Pierre Foret har fått nok. Han har ikke sovet på seks døgn. Han har kidnappet Clovis Costa, sangeren og idolet, og isolerer ham i leiligheten han vokste opp i. Uten utvei.

FRANCE 2006 director: Bruno Merle screenplay: Emmanuelle Destremau, Bruno Merle cinematography: Georges Diane

cast: Michaël Youn, Patrick Chesnais, Raphaël Benayoun, Elodie Bouchez, Jackie Berroyer running time: 1t 56m sales: Coach 14, Paris

regissøren: Bruno Merle regisserte sin første kortfilm i 1997, LA FILLE DES ETOILES. I tillegg til å regissere kortfilmer har han laget mange reklamefilmer og musikkvideoer sammen med Olivier Abbou mellom 1999 og 2000. HÉROS er hans første spillefilm.

Bruno Merles spillefilmdebut er full av filmreferanser, og den våkne publikummer drar fort kjensel på ovenfornevnte setting fra Martin Scorseses “King of Comedy”. Historien og selve rammen rundt filmen tar en rekke uventede vendepunkter, og er gåtefull på lik linje med filmene til David Lynch. Pierre Foret is funny and that is his tragedy. That is also his job; he warms up the audience on a TV set. Pierre Foret is funny but he would rather be good-looking. Or an actor. Or a singer. A matter of credibility. Pierre Foret cannot take it any more. He has not slept in six nights.He has kidnapped Clovis Costa, the singer, the idol, and sequesters him in the apartment he grew up in. With no way out. Bruno Merle’s debut feature abounds in cinematic references, and if the above mentioned setting reminds you of Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy”, that’s precisely what’s intended. The story and the mechanics of the film itself twists and turns throughout the film – and is also enigmatic as the films of David Lynch.

the director: In 1997 Bruno Merle directed his first short film, LA FILLE DES ETOILES. He had directed several shorts and co-directed many commercials and videos with Olivier Abbou between 1999 and 2000. HEROES is his first feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1997 LA FILLE DES ETOILES (SHORT) 1998 IMMORTELLE (SHORT) 1999 LE TOMBEUR (SHORT) 2000 PLUS QUE PARFAIT (SHORT) 2006 HÉROS

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KID SVENSK THAT SPECIAL SUMMER Hva gjør man om man heter Kirsi og skjemmes over sin finske mor som aldri har lært seg svensk? Man blir sur og forbannet og lærer seg å hate Finland. Og man bytter navn til Kid Svensk. Året er 1984. Det er sommer og Kid, en rebellsk 12-årig, vil bli igjen i Göteborg. Men moren har andre planer. Sommerferien i Finland blir imidlertid ikke så ille som Kid har trodd. I løpet av noen varme uker oppdager hun sin spirende seksualitet og opplever sin første forelskelse. Samtidig drives Kid og moren lenger og lenger fra hverandre i en virvel av løgner og misforståelser. SWEDEN, FINLAND 2007 director: Nanna Huolman screenplay: Nanna Huolman cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen

cast: Mia Saarinen, Jim Rautiainen, Milka Ahlroth, Mari Rantasila, Timo Tuominen running time: 1t 25m sales: Nordisk Film International Sales

regissøren: Nanna Huolman (født 1970) ble uteksaminert fra filmregiprogrammet ved Högskolan för Fotografi og Film ved Göteborgs Universitet i 2000. Hun har regissert og skrevet prisbelønte dokumentarer og kortfilmer, bl.a. novellefilmen FLAMINGO. KID SVENSK er hennes langfilmdebut. the director: Nanna Huolman (b. 1970) studied film at the College for Photography and Film at the University of Gothenburg. She has written and directed award-winning documentaries and short films, including the medium-length FLAMINGO (2003). THAT SPECIAL SUMMER is her first drama feature. filmografi (utvalg/selection): KID SVENSK / THAT SPECIAL SUMMER

Sommeren 1984 kommer til å forandre dem begge – for alltid. En film om å komme fra to ulike kulturer og ikke kjenne seg hjemme i noen av dem. Gothenburg, 1984. To be a Finn in Sweden isn’t always easy. With humour and affection, Nanna Huolman tells the story of Kid, whose greatest dream is to become Swedish. Kid wins a competition where the first prize is getting to be a radio reporter in Gothenburg for the entire summer. But she has to go on summer holiday to Karelia in Finland! It’s a place she doesn’t want to be, in a country she doesn’t want to go to. The trip signals the beginning of a summer full of challenges and explorations of friendships in change. Kid’s relationship with her mother is also put to the test when hitherto concealed information is revealed. A film about that special summer everyone remembers; when you are no longer a child but not quite a grown-up – the summer when you find out who you are and where you belong in this world.

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LA ZONA Alejandro tilhører den privilegerte minoriteten i Mexico. Tenåringen bor hos sine foreldre i La Zona – et beskyttet og kameraovervåket nabolag. Drevet av redsel har beboerne så å si gitt opp sitt privatliv og latt seg mure inne i et eksklusivt fengsel. Når en gruppe med fattige ungdommer bryter seg inn i La Zona, får vi se hvor langt beboerne er villig til å gå for å beskytte sitt samfunn.

MEXICO 2007 director: Rodrigo Plá screenplay: Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo cinematography: Emiliano Villanueva

cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Maribel Verdú, Daniel Tovar, Carlos Bardem, Alan Chávez running time: 1t 37m sales: Norwegian distribution: Arthaus / International: Wild Bunch

regissøren: Rodrigo Plá er født i Montevideo, Uruguay. Han studerte ved Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica i Mexico City. Han har bl.a. regissert kortfilmene NOVIA MÍA (1996) og EL OJO EN LA NUCA (2000). LA ZONA er hans første spillefilm. the director: Rodrigo Plá was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and studied at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. He went on to direct short films including NOVIA MÍA (1996) and EL OJO EN LA NUCA (2000). LA ZONA is his feature debut.

En av inntrengerne, Miguel, kommer seg ikke ut av La Zona, og frykter for sitt liv. Alejandro finner ham i familiens kjeller, og uventet nok føler han sympati for rømlingen. Et bånd utvikles mellom de to tenåringene, og Alejandro blir nødt til å revurdere sitt syn på det “perfekte” samfunnet han lever i, og sin far – en prominent og respektert figur i La Zona. Alejandro is part of the privileged minority in Mexico. The teenager lives with his parents, in La Zona, an enclosed neighbourhood monitored by closed-circuit cameras. Ruled by fear, the residents have essentially renounced their privacy and trapped themselves in an exclusive prison. However, when a group of disadvantaged teenagers manages to break into La Zona, that security blanket is threatened and the residents reveal how far they will go to protect their community. One of the teenaged burglars, Miguel, discovers himself trapped in La Zona, fearing for his life. Alejandro finds the fugitive hiding in his family’s basement and, unexpectedly, soon finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and friends and his empathy for a poor petty thief and suspected murderer. As the film progresses, a bond develops between the two boys that forces Alejandro to question his picture-perfect community and his father, a prominent and respected figure in La Zona.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 LA ZONA

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MUNYURANGABO Etter å ha stjålet en machete i Rwandas hovedstad, Kigali, legger Munyurangabo og hans venn, Sangwa, ut på en reise for å gjøre opp med fortiden. Munyurangabo vil hevne sine foreldre som ble drept i folkemordet, og Sangwa vil oppsøke det hjemmet han forlot for mange år siden. De to blir hos Sangwas familie lenger enn planlagt, og deres vennskap blir satt på prøve når Sangwas foreldre avviser Munyurangabo og sier at “Hutuer og Tutsier skal være fiender”. RWANDA, USA 2007 director: Lee Isaac Chung screenplay: Samuel Gray Anderson, Lee Isaac Chung cinematography: Lee Isaac Chung

cast: Jeff Rutagengwa, Eric Ndorunkundiye, Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka, Jean Pierre Harerimana, Narcicia Nyirabucyeye, Edouard B. Uwayo running time: 1t 37m sales: Umedia, Paris

regissøren: Lee Isaac Chung er født i 1978 i USA. Hans kortfilmer HIGHWAY (2004), SEX AND COFFEE (2005) og LOS COYOTES (2005) er alle historier om amerikanere med nyere immigrantbakgrunn. MUNYURANGABO er hans første helaftens spillefilm. the director: Lee Isaac Chung was born in 1978, USA. His shorts HIGHWAY (2004), SEX AND COFFEE (2005) and LOS COYOTES (2005) are all stories about Americans with recent immigrant backgrounds. MUNYURANGABO is his first feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 MUNYURANGABO

After stealing a machete from a market in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa’s home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa’s wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that “Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.”

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MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD MIO FRATELLO E FIGLIO UNICO Accio er sine foreldres mareritt; en impulsiv bråkmaker med kort lunte, som utkjemper enhver kamp som om den var en krig. Broren, Manrico, er pen, karismatisk, elsket av alle, men like farlig ... De vokser opp i den lille byen Latina på 60- og 70-tallet. De har motsatte politiske overbevisninger, Accio er fascist, Manrico er kommunist, og de er forelsket i den samme jenta. I stadig konfrontasjon lever de et lidenskapelig berg-og-dalbane-liv. Vi følger dem gjennom 15 år, og samtidig får vi et panorama av denne turbulente perioden i italiensk historie. ITALY 2007 director: Daniele Luchetti screenplay: Sandro Petraglia, Antonio Pennacchi (novel) cinematography: Claudio Collepiccolo

cast: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Diane Fleri, Alba Rhorwacher running time: 1t 48m sales: Nonstop Entertainment, Stockholm

Accio is his parents’ desperation, irritable and a troublemaker, impulsive and explosive fighting every battle like a war. His brother Manrico is handsome, charismatic, loved by all, but just as dangerous... In the Italian small town life of the 60’s and 70’s, the two brothers have opposite political beliefs, are in love with the same woman and through an endless confrontation, they live a period of their lives made of escaping, returning, fighting and great passions. It is a story about growing up where fifteen years of Italian history pass by across the adventures of Accio and Manrico, two brothers, very different, yet alike

regissøren: Daniele Luchetti er født i Roma i 1960. Han jobbet som assistent for Nanni Moretti før han gjorde sin debut som spillefilmregissør i 1988 med IT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW. I tillegg til spillefilmer har Luchetti gjort teater, dokumentarer og reklamefilmer. the director: Daniele Luchetti was born in Rome, 1960. He worked as an assistant to Nanni Moretti, before he made his directorial debut in 1988 with IT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW. Other work includes plays, documentaries and advertisements. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1988 IT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW / DOMANI ACCADRÀ 1990 LA SETTIMANA DELLA SFINGE 1993 ARRIVA LA BUFERA 1998 LITTLE TEACHERS / I PICCOLI MAESTRI 2000 12 POMERIGGI 2007 MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD / MIO FRATELLO E FIGLIO UNICO 45

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NANKING

USA 2007 director: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman screenplay: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, Elizabeth Bentley cinematography: Stephen Kazmierski, Buddy Squires

cast: Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Stephen Dorff, Jürgen Prochnow, Michelle Krusiec running time: 1t 31m sales: Fortissimo Films

regissøren: Bill Guttentag ble født i Brooklyn og fikk sin filmutdannelse ved American Film Institute. Han har to ganger vunnet Oscar for beste korte dokumentar: i 1989 for YOU DON’T HAVE TO DIE, om en gutts kamp mot kreften; og i 2003 for TWIN TOWERS, om fire personers heltedåder den 11. september. Dan Sturman ble født i 1967 i Cleveland, Ohio. NANKING er hans første film som regissør, men har jobbet som produsent for Guttentag på bl.a. TWIN TOWERS og tv-serien “Crime & Punsishment” the director: Bill Guttentag was born in Brooklyn, and studied film at the American Film Institute. He has been awarded two Oscars; in 1989 for YOU DON’T HAVE TO DIE, about a boy’s fight against cancer; and in 2003 for TWIN TOWERS, about four heroes from September 11th. Dan Sturman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1967. He has worked as a producer for Guttentag, before he made his directorial debut with NANKING.

NANKING er en sterk påminnelse om den smerten som påføres uskyldige sivile under krig. Filmen forteller historien om den japanske invasjonen av Nanking i Kina, tidlig i 2. verdenskrig. Som et ledd i å erobre hele Kina, bombet japanerne datidens hovedstad gjennom flere måneder, og når byen hadde falt, ble det satt i gang en vanvittig orgie av voldtekt og drap. Midt oppi grusomhetene etablerte en liten gruppe vestlige personer en sikkerhetssone hvor over 200 000 kinesere søkte tilflukt. Dette var ubevæpnede misjonærer, universitetsprofessorer, leger og forretningsfolk – inkludert nazisten John Rabe. Disse menneskene ble vitner til hendelsene, samtidig som de risikerte sine egne liv for å beskytte flyktningene. Historien fortelles gjennom intervjuer med kinesiske overlevende, arkivfilm, fotografier, og vitnesbyrd fra tidligere japanske soldater. Sentralt i filmen er også dramatiserte lesninger av de vestliges brev og dagbøker. A powerful, emotional and relevant reminder of the heartbreaking toll war takes on the innocent; NANKING tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early days of World War II. As part of a campaign to conquer all of China, the Japanese subjected Nanking – which was then China’s capital – to months of aerial bombardment, and when the city fell, the Japanese army unleashed murder and rape on a horrifying scale. In the midst of the rampage, a small group of Westerners banded together to establish a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Unarmed, these missionaries, university professors, doctors and businessmen – including a Nazi named John Rabe – bore witness to the events, while risking their own lives to protect civilians from slaughter. The story is told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, chilling archival footage and photos of the events, and testimonies of former Japanese soldiers. At the heart of Nanking is a filmed stage reading of the Westerners’ letters and diaries. filmografi (utvalg/selection): Bill Guttentag (selected): 1988 YOU DON’T HAVE TO DIE (doc) 1991 DEATH ON THE JOB (doc) 1998 THE LAST DAYS OF KENNEDY AND KING (doc) 2003 TWIN TOWERS (doc) 2007 NANKING (doc) 2007 LIVE!

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ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS SWOPNODANAY Hva gjør du hvis dagliglivet ditt stort sett består i å selge tigerbalsam, noe som ikke gjør deg rik, og så tror du at du plutselig er blitt rik? Hva gjør noe sånt med familielivet ditt? Og hva når du egentlig ikke vet om du er blitt rik – du vet bare at du har noe som ser ut som mye penger... ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS er en bittersøt komedie om en familie som tror de får oppfylt drømmene sine, før det viser seg at det kanskje er det motsatte som skjer. Den foregår i et land få av oss kjenner, men formidler noe allmenneskelig som vi alle kan kjenne oss igjen i. BANGLADESH 2007 director: Golam Rabbany Biplob screenplay: Golam Rabbany Biplob, Anisul Huque cinematography: Mahfuzur Rahman Khan

cast: Mahmuduzzaman Babu, Rokeya Prachi, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Momena Choudhury, Shamima Islam Tusti, Ratan, Shamoli, Shoma, Golam Rasul Babu, Shah Alam Kiran running time: 1t 28m sales: MDC International, Berlin

Fazlu and his 10 year old son Ratan sell ointments and herbal medicines in the village market. One evening Fazlu returns home with a pair of second-hand trousers with a number of pockets for his son Ratan. His wife finds some foreign currency notes in its pocket while she is washing the trousers. They believe these currency notes to be of great value, but they don’t know how to exchange them, so they seek help from Fazlu’s childhood friend Siraj. As Fazlu and Siraj ride around on a ramshackle motor bike, looking for somewhere to cash in the notes, greed and high ambitions begin to creep up on them.

regissøren: Golam Rabbany Biplob er født i 1974. Han er grunnlegger og festivalsjef for Bangladesh Internasjonale Filmfestival. Biplob er også generalsekretær for Den internasjonale føderasjonen for filmklubber (FICC). ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS er hans første film. the director: Golam Rabbany Biplob was born in 1974. He is the founder Director of the Bangladesh International Film Festival. Biplob is also the Secretary General of the International Federation of Film Societies (FICC), the global umbrella of cine-clubs. ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS is his first film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS

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THE ORCHESTRA OF PIAZZA VITTORIO L’ORCHESTRA DI PIAZZA VITTORIO Dette er historien om hvordan Piazza Vittorios Orkester ble dannet på initiativ fra Mario Tronco og Agostino Ferrente. I en bydel i Roma som er dominert av innvandrere samlet de to amatører og profesjonelle musikere fra alle stilarter og verdenshjørner, for å skape et virkelig unikt ensemble. 5 år med dokumentasjon, 30 musikere, 15 nasjonaliteter, 4 klippere, 3 lydmenn, 1 bydel, 1 gammel kino å redde, 1 kulturforening, 1 dirigent og en filmskaper – alle går de sammen om å forme en smeltedigel av menneskelige historier og musikk. For de fleste av dem er det ikke bare en drøm som går i oppfyllelse, men begynnelsen på et helt nytt liv. ITALY 2006 director: Agostino Ferrente screenplay:

cinematography: Greta De Lazzaris, Alberto Fasulo, Simone Pierini, Giovanni Piperno, Sabrina Varani

cast: Mario Tronco, Agostino Ferrente, Dina Capozio, Mohammed Bilal, Houcine Ataa, Carlos Paz, Rahis Bharti, Ziad Trabelsi, Omar López Valle, Pap Yeri Samb, Raul Schebba, John Maida, Pino Pecorelli running time: 1t 34m

This is the filmed diary of the famous Piazza Vittorio’s Orchestra coming into being. This group was formed on Mario Tronco and Agostino Ferrente’s initiative. In the Roman district where most immigrant workers concentrate, two men create a band with musicians from the street (or not), originating from every corner of the world. 5 years of documentation, 30 musicians, 15 nationalities, 4 editors, 3 sound engineers, 1 district, 1 movie theatre to save, 1 cultural association, 1 conductor and a filmmaker put together for an extraordinary melting-pot of stories, humanity and music. Most of them do not only fulfil a dream, but choose a new way of life.

sales: Wide Management, Paris

regissøren: Agostino Ferrente (f. 1971) studerte ved Faculty of Arts, Music and Performance ved Bologna University før han sluttet seg til Ermanno Olmi’s gruppe Ipotesi Cinema. In 1993 regisserte han sin første kortfilm. I samarbeid med Giovanni Piperno, lagde han to dokumentarer før han grunnla gruppen Apollo 11 som drev en kino ved samme navn som ble et viktig kulturelt møtested i Roma. the director: Agostino Ferrente (b. 1971) studied at the Faculty of Arts, Music and Performance at Bologna University; then joined Ermanno Olmi’s group Ipotesi Cinema. In 1993, he directed his first short film. In collaboration with the director Giovanni Piperno, he made two documentaries, then founded the Apollo 11 group who ran a cinema of the same name which became a hub for Roman culture.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2000 INTERVISTA A MIA MADRE (doc) 2001 IL FILM DI MARIO (doc) 2006 THE ORCHESTRA OF PIAZZA VITTORIO / L’ORCHESTRA DI PIAZZA VITTORIO (doc)

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PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND

USA 2007 director: John Gianvito screenplay: John Gianvito

running time: 0t 58m

PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND er en eksperimentell politisk dokumentar. Filmen er basert på Howard Zinns bok A People’s History of the United States som tar for seg amerikanske immigranters og minoriteters historie. Filmen er en reise gjennom USA via kirkegårder, monumenter og avsidesliggende historiske minnesmerker. Vi besøker hvilestedene til både kjente personer som Malcolm X og Cesar Chavez, og mer ukjente, fritenkere og radikaler som har stått for avgjørende streiker, protester og massakre. I PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND følger vi en kronologisk sti gjennom amerikansk venstresides historie. Filmen har ingen fortellerstemme eller narrativ, stort sett ingen forklarende tekster, og kamera beveger seg knapt nok. I stedet har Gianvito skapt et ukonvensjonelt landskap. Lydbildet består av fuglesang, summingen av trafikk, og suset fra vinden som en tilbakevendende element. Det hele gir deg en ide om en stemme, ånd eller idé båret gjennom vinden. Fortiden er bokstavelig talt tilstede i nåtiden, synlig og usynlig på samme tid.

sales: Traveling Light Productions

Dette er en vakker og poetisk film – et radikalt kunstverk som klarer å motivere gjennom skjønnhet og intellekt.

cinematography: John Gianvito, Mary-Helena Clark, Lesley Gall and Tatiana McCabe

regissøren: John Gianvito fra New York er filmskaper, kurator, kritiker og professor i film ved Emerson College i Boston. Han har undervist i filmproduksjon og filmhistorie ved Universitetet i Massachusetts/Boston, Rhode Island School of Design og Universitetet i Boston. I fem år arbeidet han som filmkritiker ved Harvard Film Archive. the director: John Gianvito, born in New York, is a filmmaker, curator, critic and professor of film at Emerson College in Boston. He has taught film production and film history at the University of Massachusetts/Boston, Rhode Island School of Design, and Boston University, and was film curator for 5 years at the Harvard Film Archive. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2001 THE MAD SONGS OF FERNANDA HUSSEIN 2007 PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND

PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND is an experimental political documentary. The film is loosely based on Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the Unites States describing the history of immigrants and minorities in the US. The film takes us on at tour through the United States via cemeteries, minor monuments, and out-of-the-way historical markers. The resting places of such famed figures as Malcolm X and Cesar Chavez stand alongside some unfamiliar, but just as important freethinkers, radicals, and markers of crucial strikes, protests and massacres. In PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND we are tracing a chronological path through the American Left. There is no voiceover narration, virtually no explanatory on-screen text, and very little camera movement. Instead, Gianvito has created an unconventional landscape. You hear the twitter of birds, the hum of distant traffic, the near-constant sound of wind, giving you an idea of a voice or a spirit or an idea alight on the wind. In a sense it is the past literally embedded in the present, visible and invisible at the same time. This is a lean, beautiful and poetic film. A radical work of art which manages to motivate through both beauty and intellect. 51

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TRICKS SZTUCKI Det er sommerferie. Stefek bor med sin mor og søster i en liten by i Polen. Faren hans forsvant for mange år siden. Alt Stefek har å huske ham fra, er et lite krøllete fotografi som han alltid har med seg. En dag bestemmer Stefek seg for at en mann som bestandig tar det samme toget som han hver morgen, er faren hans. Hver dag håper Stefek at faren skal kjenne ham igjen. Når det ikke skjer, bestemmer han seg for å utfordre skjebnen med noen triks.

POLAND 2007 director: Andrzej Jakimowski

cast: Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak, Rafal Guzniczak, Tomasz Sapryk, Iwona Fornalczyk

screenplay: Andrzej Jakimowski

running time: 1t 35m

cinematography: Adam Bajerski

sales: Norwegian distribution: Arthaus. International: Zjednoczenie Artystow i Rzemieslnikow

It’s the summer holidays. Stefek lives with his mother and sister in a small town somewhere in Poland. His father disappeared years ago. All Stefek has to remember him by is a creased photograph covered with scribbles; he always has it with him. One day Stefek decides a man he sees getting on the same train as him every morning is actually his father. Every day, the boy sits on the platform waiting for the man to recognize him in return. When watching and hoping doesn’t do the trick, Stefek decides it’s time to prompt fate with a few tricks of his own.

regissøren: Andrzej Jakimowski er født i Warszawa i 1963. Han har studert filosofi ved Universitetet i Warszawa og regi ved Universitetet i Silesia i Katowice. Hans første spillefilm SQUINT YOUR EYES vant flere priser. Den handlet om en ti år gammel jente som rømmer fra sine rike foreldre og finner en alternativ farsfigur i en noe falmet eks-lærer. TRICKS er hans andre spillefilm. the director: Andrzej Jakimowski was born in Warsaw in 1963. He graduated from the Warsaw University in Philosophy and from University of Silesia in Katowice in Directing. His debut feature SQUINT YOUR EYES (2002) won numerous awards: A ten-year-old girl runs away from home and finds an alternative father-figure in a failed teacher. TRICKS is his second feature. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2002 SQUINT YOUR EYES / ZMRUZ OCZY 2007 TRICKS / SZTUCKI 53

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TUYAS TO EKTEMENN TUYA’S MARRIAGE (TUYA DE HUN SHI) Tuya bor i det veldige mongolske landskapet, hvor hun gjeter sauer for å forsørge sin uføre ektemann og deres to barn. Men en dag når hun hjelper sin nabo, blir hun selv skadet og kan ikke arbeide like hardt mer. Den eneste måten familien hennes kan overleve på, er at hun på papiret skiller seg fra sin mann, og skaffer seg en ny ektemann som kan ta seg av hele familien. En rekke beilere presenterer seg, men selv om Tuya er både vakker og driftig er det ikke lett å finne en mann som er villig til å ta på seg oppgaven.

CHINA 2006

cast: Yu Nan, Bater, Sen’ge, Zhaya

director: Wang Quanan

running time: 1t 36m

screenplay: Lu Wei

sales: Norwegian distribution: Arthaus

cinematography: Lutz Reitemeier regissøren: Wang Quanan er født i 1956 i Yan’an, Shaanxi, Kina. Han gikk på filmhøgskolen i Bejing. Etter endt utdanning begynte han å jobbe for Xi’an Film Studios og skrev filmmanus på fritiden. the director: Wang Quanan was born in 1956 in Yan’an, Shaanxi, China. He attended film school in Beijing. After graduating in 1991, he began working for Xi’an Film Studios and also wrote screenplays in his spare time. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1999 LUNAR ECLIPSE / YUE SHI 2004 THE STORY OF ERMEI / JING ZHE 2006 TUYAS TO EKTEMENN / TUYA’S MARRIAGE / TUYA DE HUN SHI

Levevilkårene har forverret seg for folkene som bor i det nordvestre Mongolia. Kinas industri ekspanderer – selv inn i landets mest ugjestfrie klimaområder – og kinesiske myndigheter presser mongolske gjetere til å gi opp sitt nomadeliv, og flytte til omkringliggende byer og slå seg ned som bønder. På bakgrunn av dette har regissør Quanan laget et sterkt og rørende drama hvor Yu Nan er glimrende i hovedrollen som Tuya. Filmen vant fjorårets Gullbjørn i Berlin. NB: Denne filmen har kinesisk tale og norske tekster. Tuya lives in the vast Mongolian wilderness, herding sheep to support her sick husband and two children. But one day she gets hurt while helping a neighbour and can’t work anymore. The only way for the family to survive is for her to divorce her husband on paper and look for a new spouse who can take care of the whole family. A series of suitors lines up, but it’s not easy to find a man who is willing to take care of the family, especially, her ex-husband. Living conditions are deteriorating for those who lead a rural existence in north-western Mongolia. China’s industry is expanding – even into this inhospitable region – and the government is pressing Mongolian shepherds to give up their nomadic way of life, move to the nearby towns and settle down as farmers. TUYA’S MARRIAGE won the Golden Bear in Berlin last year. Please note: This film is in the original language version with Norwegian subtitles.

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WHAT REMAINS OF US CE QU’IL NOUS RESTE Dalai Lama regnes fortsatt som en trussel mot den nasjonale sikkerheten til Kina. Han har bodd i eksil i India i over 50 år, og har ikke hatt muligheten til å snakke direkte til sine landsmenn i Tibet hele denne tiden. Kalsang Dolma, en tibetansk flyktning i Quebec, forserer Himalaya-fjellene og entrer verdens største fengsel. Hun har med seg en video-hilsen fra tibetanernes spirituelle og politiske leder. Familier samles foran den lille skjermen. Budskapet de mottar gjør et sterkt inntrykk. CANADA 2004 director: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost screenplay: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost

cast: Kalsang Dolma (herself, and narrator), Dalai Lama (himself) running time: 1t 17m sales: National Film Board of Canada

cinematography: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost regissørenE: François Prévost, født i 1965 i Montmagny, Quebec, deler sin tid mellom sin lege gjerning i Nord-Canada og dokumentar produksjon. Dokumentaristen Hugo Latulippe reiste verden rundt med Prévost i 1994-95 i forbindelse med TV-serien “La Course destination monde”. Det var på denne reisen at fascinasjonen for Tibet oppsto. De to vennene deler en felles bekymring for verdens tapte menneskelighet. the directorS: François Prévost was born in 1965 in Montmagny, Quebec. He divides his time between his physician practice in the Far North and documentary film making. The documentary filmmaker Hugo Latulippe travelled around the world with Prévost as part of the Radio-Canada competition “La Course destination monde” in 1994-95. This is where their fascination with Tibet started. The two friends share the common concern of the world’s loss of humanity.

WHAT REMAINS OF US ble filmet under en rekke reiser til Tibet mellom 1996 og 2004, uten at kinesiske myndigheter hadde kjennskap til det. Forced to seek refuge in India and still viewed by China as a threat to national security, the Dalai Lama had never returned to Lhasa. For 50 years, he had been prevented from crossing the mountains separating him from his homeland. For 50 years, he had not spoken directly to Tibetans inside the country. Kalsang Dolma, a young Tibetan refugee in Quebec, crosses the Himalayas. Into the largest prison in the world, she carries a video message recorded by the spiritual and political leader of Tibetans. Families gather around the tiny screen, transfixed, and for one of the first times, the voices of this fragile people under the yoke of suffering reach us from across the distance. This film was shot without the knowledge of the Chinese authorities, using small digital cameras, during nearly a dozen secret forays into Tibet between 1996 and 2004.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2004 WHAT REMAINS OF US / CE QU’IL RESTE DE NOUS (doc) 55

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XXY Alex er en 15-årig hermafroditt. Hun bor sammen med sine foreldre, hvis reaksjon på hennes annerledeshet har vært et frivillig eksil i et lite øysamfunn.

ARGENTINA 2007 director: Lucía Puenzo screenplay: Sergio Bizzio, Lucia Puenzo cinematography: Natasha Braier

cast: Ricardo Darin, Valeria Bertucelli, German Palacios, Carolina Peleritti

Tiden har kommet for å bestemme seg for om Alex skal bli mann eller kvinne. For å få hjelp til avgjørelsen inviterer moren en kirurgvenn med familie på helgebesøk. Deres tenåringssønn er helt uvitende om Alex’ historie, men blir svært fascinert av guttejenta. Guttens seksuelle tilnærminger til Alex skaper forvirring og splid hos foreldregenerasjonen og det er ungdommene som, på hver sin måte, må utvise klokskap og fleksibilitet i forhold til sin seksualitet og fremtid. XXY vant Kritikeruken i Cannes 2007. NB: Filmen har spansk tale og norske tekster.

running time: 1t 26m sales: Norwegian distribution: Arthaus

regissøren: Lucía Puenzo er født i Buenos Aires i 1976. Hun studerte ved manus-linja til ENERC, INCAA, og hun har en PHD i argentinsk litteratur og kritisk teori ved Universitetet i Buenos Aires. Hun har skrevet romanene “El Niño Pez” (2004), “9 minutos” (2005) og “La maldición de Jacinta Pichimahuida” (2007). Hun har skrevet flere manus, og har regissert kortfilmer, dokumentarer og TV-serier. XXY er hennes første spillefilm.

Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a secret. Soon after her birth her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to make a home out of an isolated wooden cabin tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. XXY begins with Alex’s parents receiving a couple of friends and their 16-year-old son Álvaro from Buenos Aires. Alfaro’s father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for their friend’s daughter. The inevitable attraction between both teenagers forces them all to face their worst fears. Rumours are spreading around town. Alex gets stared at as if she were a freak. People’s fascination with her can become dangerous. XXY won the Critic’s Week in Cannes 2007.

the director: Lucía Puenzo was born in Buenos Aires, in 1976. She majored in screenwriting (ENERC, INCAA), and did a PHD in Argentine Literature and Critical Theory at the Universidad de Buenos Aires). She has published the novels “El Niño Pez” (2004), “9 minutos” (2005) and “La maldición de Jacinta Pichimahuida” (2007). In addition to her screenwriting, she has directed short films, documentaries and TV series. XXY is her first feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 XXY

Please note: This film is in the original language version with Norwegian subtitles.

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YELLA Den ambisiøse Yella bestemmer seg for å forlate småbyen og sitt feilslåtte ekteskap, til fordel for en spennende ny jobb og et nytt liv. Etter et profesjonelt feilskjær snur vinden for Yella når den unge direktøren Pillipp tar en sjanse på henne som sin assistent. Selv om hun ikke har noen erfaring fra høyrisk-kapital, oppdager hun at hun har et talent for å takle hensynsløse forretningsmenn. Forhandlinger blir et spennende spill, hvor Yella drar store fordeler av sitt utseende og kalde beteende.

GERMANY 2007 director: Christian Petzold screenplay: Simone Baer, Christian Petzold cinematography: Hans Fromm

cast: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klausner, Barbara Auer, Christian Redl running time: 1t 29m sales: The Match Factory, Germany

regissøren: Christian Petzold er født i Hilden, Tyskland i 1960. Han studerte ved Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin (1988-94). Petzold regnes for å være en av de ledende regissørene i “Berlin-skolen” – en gruppe av unge tyske filmskapere som lager ambisiøse uavhengige produksjoner. Han fikk en pangstart med sin spillefilmdebut THE STATE I AM IN (DIE INNERE SICHERHEIT), om Roter Armee Faktion. Petzold samarbeider jevnlig med YELLA-skuespiller Nina Hoss. the director: Christian Petzold was born in Hilden, Germany in 1960. He studied at the German Academy of Film and Television in Berlin (1988-94). Petzold is considered one of the leading directors of the Berlin School – a movement of young German filmmakers, shooting ambitious independent movies. He shot to fame in 2000 with his debut feature THE STATE I AM IN, about the Roter Armee Faktion. Petzold has a regular collaboration with YELLA-star Nina Hoss.

Yella ser en potensiell framtid med Phillipp. Han er seriøs, målbevisst, og hans mål kunne bli felles prosjekter. Det kan se ut som at Yella vil oppnå alt hun har ønsket seg... Men merkelige lyder og hendelser begynner å plage Yella. Ting fra fortiden hjemsøker henne. Var det hele for godt til å være sant? The ambitious Yella has decided to leave her small town for a promising job and new life, leaving behind her failed marriage and broken dreams. After a humiliating professional setback, the winds change for pretty Yella when young executive Philipp takes a chance on her as his assistant. Although she has no experience in high risk venture capital, coincidence lends a hand and Yella soon discovers she has a knack with ruthless businessmen. Negotiations become a thrilling game of quick wits in which Yella’s looks and icy demeanour are major assets. Yella sees a potential future with Philipp. He is serious, determined, and his goals could become shared projects. It seems Yella could finally get everything she ever wanted But strange sounds and events plague Yella. Truths from her past come back to haunt her. Her new life could be too good to be real.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2000 THE STATE I AM IN / DIE INNERE SICHERHEIT 2003 WOLFSBURG 2005 GESPENSTER 2007 YELLA 57

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HORISONT ØST HORIZON EAST Som en fast serie under HORISONTvignetten finner vi også HORISONT ØST, hvor vi ønsker å videreføre de nære båndene det gjennom tidene har vært mellom Tromsø og våre naboland i øst. Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestivals ambisjon er å være Norges kikkehull inn i den finske, russiske og baltiske filmproduksjonen, og på denne måten fremme kulturutveksling mellom Norge og disse landene.

HORIZON EAST is a special side dish in the HORIZONS program. In the spirit of the historically close ties between Tromsø and our neighbours in the east, we present our favourites from the Finnish, Russian, and Baltic film productions. Tromsø International Film Festival has the ambition to be an essential window to the east, and thereby promote cultural exchange between our countries.

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A MAN’S JOB A MAN’S JOBMIEHEN TYÖ En trebarnsfar i slutten av trettiårene, Juha, får sparken fra sementfabrikken, men beslutter å holde dette skjult for sin deprimerte kone. Han forsøker å skaffe seg småjobber, men det er vanskelig. Så engasjeres han av en eldre kvinne, som til hans store overraskelse ber ham om å kle seg naken og børste håret hennes. Heretter selger Juha kroppen sin. Slik kan han på to timer tjene det han pleide å tjene på to dager. Hans nettverk av løgner vokser.

FINLAND 2007 director: Aleksi Salmenperä

cast: Tommi Korpela, Maria Heiskanen, Jani Volanen, Konsta Pylkkönen, Stan Saanila, Sara Paavolainen

screenplay: Aleksi Salmenperä

running time: 1t 37m

cinematography: Tuomo Hutri

sales: MDC International, Berlin

regissøren: Aleksi Salmenperä (f. 1973) studerte arkitektur før han begynte på filmskolen ved the University of Art and Design i Helsinki, hvor han gikk ut i 2003. Hans første kortfilm RAJATAPAUS (1998) ble vist på mange festivaler og vant priser. A MAN’S JOB er hans andre spillefilm. the director: Aleksi Salmenperä (b. 1973) studied architecture before he moved on to the Film Department of the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, majoring in directing and screenwriting (2003). His first short film RAJATAPAUS (1998) has been screened at many festivals and has won prizes. A MAN’S JOB is his second drama feature. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2004 PRODUCING ADULTS / LAPSIA JA AIKUISIA 2007 A MAN’S JOB / MIEHEN TYÖ

I følge manusforfatter og regissør Aleksi Salmenperä handler A MAN’S JOB om skam. På en måte føyer filmen seg inn i den tunge finske dramatradisjonen til størrelser som Risto Jarva og Mikko Niskanen, men her serveres også burlesk og absurd humor gjennom hovedpersonen og hans besynderlige standhaftighet. Thirty-something family father Juha has been fired from the concrete factory, but decides to keep this fact from his depressed wife. He tries to work as an odd job man, but the going is tough – until he gets a job working for an older lady. When he arrives, the woman unexpectedly asks him to get completely naked and brush her hair. Gaining confidence, Juha, the father of three small children, begins to sell his body. This way he can earn in two hours what he used to earn in two days at his old job. His web of lies starts to grow. According to director and screenwriter Aleksi Salmenperä, A MAN’S JOB is a story about shame. On the one hand, the film continues in the tradition of heavy-set realism in the vein of Risto Jarva and Mikko Niskanen, but on the other hand it also contains touches of burlesque and absurd humour in the protagonist’s curious way of trying and persisting.

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AUTUMN BALL SÜGISBALL Vi møter seks beboere i noen høyblokker fra Sovjet-tiden som alle deler en følelse av ensomhet. Den unge forfatteren, Mati, lusker rundt utenfor vinduet til sin ekskone, og gjør mislykkede forsøk på å tilnærme seg andre kvinner. August Kask er barberer og ungkar. Han tilnærmer seg en liten jente, men det blir feiltolket som pedofili. Alenemoren Laura følger med på en dårlig TV-såpe, og avviser beilere fordi hun ikke kan stole på dem. Maurer, arkitekten, bekymrer seg for menneskeheten, men forsømmer sin kone, som på sin side søker trøst i garderobevakten Theo. Theo har draget på damene, men med sin lave sosiale status, blir han ikke tatt seriøst. ESTONIA 2007 director: Veiko Õunpuu screenplay: Veiko Õunpuu, Mati Unt (novel) cinematography: Mart Taniel

cast: Rain Tolk, Taavi Eelmaa, Juhan Ulfsak, Tiina Tauraite, Maarja Jakobson, Sulevi Peltola, Mirtel Pohla running time: 2t 3m sales: Kuukulgur Film, Tallinn

regissøren: Veiko Õunpuu (f. 1972) har bakgrunn som kunstmaler og som sosialkritisk skribent i ukesmagasinet Eesti Ekspress. Han hadde suksess med kortfilmen EMPTY / TÜHIRAND (2006) som etablerte hans særegne poetisk-humoristiske stil. AUTUMN BALL er hans første spillefilm. the director: Before becoming a film director, Veiko Õunpuu (b. 1972) wrote socio-critical articles in the weekly Eesti Ekspress and was also a painter. His first short film, EMPTY / TÜHIRAND (2006), won the hearts of the Estonian critics as well as the cinema public with its uniqueness. The film won the prize for best prize in the Orizzonti program at the Venice film festival. AUTUMN BALL is his debut feature.

AUTUMN BALL handler om menneskelig isolasjon og mangel på kommunikasjon. Men her er også absurd humor, og har du riktig innstilling kan du komme til å le riktig høyt. Hvis jeg skulle definere filmen, vil jeg si at det er en bekmørk komedie om ensomhet, fortvilelse og håp. – Veiko Õunpuu AUTUMN BALL presents us with six inhabitants of Sovietera tower blocks whose lives intertwine, and who all share a feeling of loneliness. The young writer, Mati, lurks outside the window of his ex-wife and unsuccessfully approaches other women. August Kask is a bachelor barber living a drab life. He approaches a little girl, but it is misconstrued as paedophilia. The single mom, Laura, watches a silly soap opera on TV and pushes away men’s advances because she cannot trust them. Maurer, the architect, thinks about the wellbeing of humanity, but has forgotten his own wife, who, in turn, looks for solace in the coat room attendant Theo. Theo is popular with women, but due to his low social status, they don’t take him seriously. AUTUMN BALL tells a tale of human seclusion and the incapability to reach others. But you also find humour and the absurd, and the properly attuned viewer might even find himself laughing out loud. If I were to define the film, I would say that AUTUMN BALL is a pitch black comedy about loneliness, despair and hope. – Veiko Õunpuu

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 AUTUMN BALL / SÜGISBALL

Horisont Øst Horizon East

FORVIST THE BANISHMENT (IZGNANIE) I en film med mye poetisk pusterom og dristige fortellergrep drives intrigen frem av en plutselig krise i et ekteskap mens familien er på ferie på landet. Men Zvyagintsevs horisont er bred, der flere verdener manes fram med rolig og dvelende blikk; den kvinnelige og den mannlige, den lovlydige og kriminelle, den barnlige og den voksne, samt den siviliserte og naturlige verden. Forvist bekrefter Andrey Zvyagintsevs stilling som Europas kanskje aller fremste unge auteur i dag. Som regissørens forrige film går tankene til den store russiske mesteren Tarkovskjis filmer. RUSSIA 2007 director: Andrey Zvyagintsev screenplay: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin cinematography: Mikhail Krichman

cast: Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Aslexander Baluev, Mxcim Shibaev

Bonnevies mannlige motspiller Konstantin Lavronenko vant prisen for beste mannlige skuespiller i Cannes 2007. NB: Filmen har russisk tale og norske tekster.

running time: 2t 30m sales: Norwegian distribution: Arthaus

regissøren: Andrey Zvyagintsev er født i 1964 i Novosibirsk. Han er utdannet skuespiller fra Novosibirsk Drama School (1984). Etter flere år som fattig skuespiller i Moskva, ble han tilbudt å regissere episoder av den populære TV-dramaserien “Chyornaya komnata”. Den jobben gjorde han så bra at han fikk regi-jobben på lavbudsjettsfilmen TILBAKE (2003), som gikk hen og vant Gulløven i Venezia 2007. FORVIST er hans andre spillefilm. the director: Andrei Zvyagintsev was born in 1964 in Novosibirsk. He graduated from the Novosibirsk Drama School in 1984. After years as a struggling actor in Moscow, he got his break when offered to direct episodes the of popular TV drama series “Chyornaya komnata”. Having proven himself, he was given the directing job for THE RETURN (2003) which won him the Golden Lion in Venice 2003. THE BANISHMENT is his second feature film.

A husband, wife and two children (a boy and a girl) come from an industrial city to the countryside, to the husband’s birthplace, to stay in his father’s old house. In contrast to the old setting (the city that brightens up the relations between the characters, that smoothes the rough edges, and even creates some illusion of happiness and love), the new setting is Nature. It is a setting of breathtaking rolling hills, the bottom of a prehistoric sea, and fertile land, all lying in the ruins of dislike. It is sad even though it is proud. It doesn’t let on. It will demand great sacrifice. And no one will hold back the hand the father raises against his son. The voice crying out will not be heard. The son will not be replaced by the lamb. For the one who raises the knife has ears that can not hear, eyes that can not see, and a heart that can not feel. Yet his belief in the “law” of human pride is vehement and inexhaustible, as vehement as his remorse. The seed has been planted and the harvest must follow. Main actor Konstantin Lavronenko won the prize for Best Actor in Cannes 2007. Please note: This film is in the original language version with Norwegian subtitles.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2003 TILBAKE / THE RETURN / VOZVRASHCHENIYE 2007 FORVIST / THE BANISHMENT / IZGNANIE 62

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FREE FLOATING SVOBODNOE PLAVANIE Leonid, en fabrikkarbeider i en landsby ved Volga, mister jobben sin når selskapet han arbeider for blir kjøpt opp av amerikanere. Han driver rundt, uten mål og mening, mens han tar småjobber som veiarbeider eller skoselger. En dag møter han en gammel klassevenninne, og selv om møtet starter med syrlige ordvekslinger, viser det seg at det likevel er følelser i bildet. Khlebnikovs fokus ligger ikke i selve historien, men i å skape et absurd univers og stemning, hvor humoren ligger i beskrivelsen av små banale detaljer; som hvordan en kvinne tar skallet av et egg, eller lyden av en dør som knirker. RUSSIA 2006 director: Boris Khlebnikov screenplay: Boris Khlebnikov cinematography: Shandor Berkeshi

cast: Boris Petrov, Evgenii Sytyi, Darya Yakamasova, Aleksandr Yatsenko running time: 1t 41m sales: Print source: Central Partnership

regissøren: Boris Khlebnikov er født i 1972 i Moskva. Han studerte filmkritikk ved filmskolen VGIK i Moskva, og lagde siden to filmer sammen med kompisen Aleksei Popogrebsky; først kortfilmen PASSING BY (1994), og så spillefilmen ROADS TO KOKTEBEL (2003). FREE FLOATING er hans andre spillefilm.

Leonid, a factory worker in a hamlet on the Volga River, gets laid off when the Americans arrive and take over his company. He then drifts aimlessly from one job to another, from road repairman to market-based shoe salesman to plasterer. In time, Leonid meets a female schoolmate, and though their exchanges begin acerbically (laden with insultswapping), the encounter eventually reveals a softer side. Khlebnikov’s focus here is not on story, but on developing and heightening a sense of utter absurdity, drawing the film’s flyspecks of humour from the utterly banal, such as a woman’s method of peeling a boiled egg and the sound of a door creaking.

the director: Boris Khlebnikov was born in 1972 in Moscow. He studied film criticism at the Moscow Film School (VGIK), and then ventured into directing with two joint adventures with friend Aleksei Popogrebsky; first the short PASSING BY (1994), and then the feature-length ROADS TO KOKTEBEL (2003). FREE FLOATING is his second feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2003 ROADS TO KOKTEBEL / KOKTEBEL 2006 FREE FLOATING / SVOBODNOE PLAVANIE

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ROADS TO KOKTEBEL KOKTEBEL

RUSSIA 2003 director: Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksei Popogrebski screenplay: Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksei Popogrebski

cast: Gleb Puskepalis, Igor Csernyevics, Evgenii Sytyi, Vera Sandrykina running time: 1t 45m sales: Celluloid Dreams

cinematography: Shandor Berkeshi regissørenE: Alexey Popogrebsky (f. 1972) studerte psykologi ved Moscow State University. Gjennom studiene møtte han Boris Khlebnikov som han lagde kortfilmen PASSING BY (1994) sammen med. I 2003 debuterte de begge med KOKTEBEL. the directorS: Alexey Popogrebsky (b. 1972) studied psychology at Moscow State University. During his studies, he teamed up with Boris Khlebnikov to make the short film PASSING BY (1994). In 2003, they both debuted with the award-winning film KOKTEBEL. He completed his independent debut SIMPLE THINGS in 2006. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1994 PASSING BY (SHORT) 2003 ROADS TO KOKTEBEL / KOKTEBEL

En ingeniør i aerodynamikk opplever både at kona dør og at han mister jobben. Sammen med sin 11 år gamle sønn drar han fra Moskva for å besøke sin søster i Koktebel ved Svartehavet. Med hverken penger eller transportmiddel vandrer de to gjennom det store og hynotiserende landskapet i Russland på lykke og fromme. Faren er fornøyd med å få et avbrekk hvor han kan få tilbake sin selvrespekt, prøve å forbedre et liv som har gått i oppløsning og prøve å få sønnens tillit tilbake igjen. Samtidig er sønnen utålmodig etter å nå den mytiske kysten hvor han kan starte et nytt og frigjørende liv med glidefly som seiler gjennom vinden. Når faren møter, og faller for, en vakker ung lege, opplever gutten det som det kommer en inntrenger i det eneste nære forholdet han har, så han bestemmer seg for å fortsette reisen alene. After his wife’s death and the loss of his job, an aerodynamics engineer sets off from Moscow with his 11 year old son for his sister’s house in Koktebel by the Black Sea. With no money or means of transport, they drift through the expansive and mesmerising landscapes of Russia at the mercy of chance. The father is content to meander as he tries to rebuild his self-respect, piece together his broken life and win back the trust of his son. Meanwhile, the boy impatiently dreams of reaching the mythic coastal resort to start a new life of emancipation and gliders flying in the wind. When the father meets and falls for a beautiful young doctor, the boy sees her as an intrusion on the only loving relationship in his life, so he sets off to complete the journey by himself.

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SIMPLE THINGS PROSTYE VESHCHI Sergei Maslov er en underbetalt anestesilege. Han er lei av å dele husrom med en georgisk sjåfør og en gammel ufør kvinne. På toppen av det hele, mister han sertifikatet, og datteren vil flytte hjemmefra. Det hjelper litt på økonomien at han har begynt å yte private legetjenester til en aldrende skuespiller. Men den gamle berømtheten er en vanskelig pasient med sine halvsenile innfall. En dag kommer skuespilleren med et fristende tilbud. Han vil bytte et verdifullt maleri mot at Maslov hjelper ham med å begå selvmord.

RUSSIA 2007 director: Alekseij Popogrebskij screenplay: Alekseij Popogrebskij cinematography: Pavel Kostomarov, Marina Gornostaeva

cast: Sergey Puskepalis, Leonid Bronevoy, Svetlana Kaminina running time: 1t 50m sales: Koktebel Film Company, Moscow

regissøren: Alekseij Popogrebskij (f. 1972) studerte psykologi ved Statsuniversitetet i Moskva. Mens han studerte teamet han opp med Boris Khlebnikov og gjorde kortfilmen PASSING BY (1994). I 2003 co-regisserte de den prisvinnende spillefilmen ROADS TO KOKTEBEL.

Denne historien, som egentlig har en optimistisk grunntone, beskriver vanlige folks grå hverdag, men også deres evne til å tilpasse seg når de stilles overfor ubehagelige dilemmaer. Sergei Maslov is a badly paid hospital anaesthetist. He is being worn down by his wretched accommodation which he shares with a Georgian driver and an infirm old woman. To make matters worse, he loses his driving licence and has to cope suddenly with his daughter leaving home. He is only slightly placated by the income he gets for caring privately for an aging actor. Having only just gained his trust, his famous patient starts overburdening him with his senile whims. One day, the actor makes him an enticing offer. He wants to exchange a valuable painting, against assistance in committing suicide. This essentially optimistic story highlights the bleak side of the daily life of ordinary people, and in particular, their ability to adapt themselves when faced with unpleasant dilemmas.

the director: Alexey Popogrebsky (b. 1972) studied psychology at Moscow State University. During his studies, he teamed up with Boris Khlebnikov to make the short film PASSING BY (1994). In 2003, they both debuted with the awardwinning film KOKTEBEL. He completed his independent debut SIMPLE THINGS in 2006. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2003 ROADS TO KOKTEBEL / KOKTEBEL 2007 SIMPLE THINGS / PROSTYE VESHCHI

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TRAVELLING WITH PETS PUTESHESTVIE S DOMASHNIMI ZHIVOTNYMI

RUSSIA 2007 director: Vera Storozheva screenplay: Arkadij Krasilschtschikow cinematography: Oleg Lukitschew

cast: Ksenija Kutepowa, Dmitrij Djuschew, Anna Michalkowa, Michail Jefremow running time: 1t 37m sales: Sabina Jeremejewa / Studio Slon, Moscow

regissøren: Vera Storozheva er født i 1958 i Troitsk, Chelyabinsk-provinsen, Russland. Hun gikk ut fra Moscow State Institute of Culture i 1983, og i 1993 fullførte hun Higher Courses for Directors and Scriptwriters. Parallelt med studiene, jobbet hun som skuespiller og manusforfatter. Som ble vist i Venezias hovedprogram i 2002. Storozheva har laget mer enn 25 dokumentarer og flere TV-filmer. the director: Vera Storozheva was born in 1958 in Troitsk, the Chelyabinsk province, Russia. She graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Culture in 1983 and proceeded to the Higher Courses for Directors and Scriptwriters, from where she graduated in 1993. Parallel to her studies, she worked as an actress and scriptwriter. Vera Storozheva is the author of more than 25 documentaries and the director of several TV films.

En gudsforlatt jernbanestasjon et sted i Russland. Dette er hjemmet til Natalia og hennes mann. De er de eneste menneskene på mils avstand. En dag dør plutselig mannen, og Natalia arver en flokk med husdyr og en overraskende stor sum kontanter. Slik begynner denne poetiske historien om en ung kvinne som plutselig vekkes til live etter mange år i et ensomt og avsondret liv med en mann hun aldri elsket. Ektemannen hadde hentet henne fra et barnehjem da hun var 16. Nå må hun lære seg å navigere en verden full av utfordringer og fristelser, muligheter og begrensninger. Hun blir forelsket i unge Sergeij, men også i dette forholdet må hun vurdere hva som virkelig er viktig for henne ... TRAVELLING WITH PETS vant hovedprisen ved 2007-utgaven av filmfestivalen i Moskva – Golden Statue of St. George. A godforsaken train station somewhere in the vast expanses of Russia. Home to Natalia and her husband, a linesman who works the points for the bypass route. They are the only human souls far and wide. Then her husband dies unexpectedly, and she inherits a yard full of small livestock and a surprising amount of cash. So begins this poetic tale of a young woman suddenly awakened to life after long years of a hermetic existence with a man she never loved, trapped in the loneliness peculiar to unhappy couples. Her husband had taken her away from the children’s home where she grew up, and his world was the only one she got to know after her marriage at 16. She now has to negotiate her way through a new planet full of temptations and pressures, possibilities and constraints. Love enters her life after she meets young Sergey. But in this relationship, too, she must still decide what is really important to her... TRAVELLING WITH PETS took home the 2007 Moscow Film Festival’s main award, the Golden Statute of St. George.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2002 SKY. PLANE. GIRL. / NEBO. SAMOLYOT. DEVUSHKA. 2005 GREEK HOLIDAY / GRECHESKIYE KANIKULY 2007 TRAVELLING WITH PETS / PUTESHESTVIE S DOMASHNIMI ZHIVOTNYMI 66

100 years of russian film Moscow, 1908. Russia’s first dramatic film production flickers across the big screen: STEN’KA RAZIN by director Vladimir Romashkov. Lasting a mere ten minutes, the film tells the story of a bandit leader who falls madly in love with a foreign princess captured by his band of thieves, and the great concern this causes among his comrades-in-arms, who then plot to change his mind. Thereby the cornerstone is laid for one of the most stimulating and influential national film industries the world has known. One hundred years packed with historical drama, melodrama, romance, propaganda, experimental films, and ultimately blockbusters. The duality of art and popular taste inherent in all cinema collides with even greater resonance in Russian film history and industry. This is just one of many reasons it is impossible to sum up the essence of Russian cinema in a few words, or do justice to a centennial of film production with a selection of just a few films. This is one man’s choice of films he considers defining in the history of the Russian film industry: STRIKE / STACHKA Sergei M. Eisenstein 1925 IVAN THE TERRIBLE PARTS 1 AND 2 / IVAN GROZNYY I and IVAN GROZNYY II: BOYARSKY ZAGOVOR Sergei M. Eisenstein 1944 og 1958 THE CRANES ARE FLYING / LETYAT ZHURAVLI Mikail Kalatazov 1957 BALLAD OF A SOLDER / BALLADA O SOLDATE Grigori Chukhrai 1959 THE MIRROR / ZERKALO Andrei Tarkovsky 1975 MAGNETIC STORMS / MAGNITNYJE BURJI Vadim Abdrashitov 2003 The curator of this program is Sergei Lavrentiev, Moscow-based film scholar, critic, and festival programmer. He has also chosen a package of newer Russian films for the Horizons East sidebar, with the collaboration between young filmmakers Boris Khlebnikov and Aleksey Popogrebsky as a starting point. These two close friends came almost coincidentally to write and direct their first film together, but it was no coincidence that ROADS TO KOKTEBEL garnered prizes and critical praise as well as an international audience. Each has followed up by writing and directing his own feature film, and both are now achieving success on the international festival circuit as well as at home. ROADS TO KOKTEBEL / KOKTEBEL Boris Khlebnikov and Aleksey Popogrebsky 2003 FREE FLOATING / SVOBODNOE PLAVANIE Boris Khlebnikov 2006 SIMPLE THINGS / PROSTYE VESCHCHI Aleksey Popogrebsky 2007

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STREIK STRIKE (STACHKA) STREIK var den første spillefilmen fra den store sovjetiske filmskaperen Sergei M. Eisenstein. Dette bestillingsverket skulle hylle den feilslåtte Bolsjevikrevolusjonen i 1905. Historien settes i gang med en rekke urettferdigheter og ydmykelser som påføres arbeiderne på et smelteverk. Tsar-regimet hjelper fabrikkeierne i undertrykkelsen av arbeiderne. Til slutt går arbeiderne til generalstreik.

SOVIET UNION 1925 director: Sergei M. Eisenstein screenplay: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Ilya Kravchunovski, Valeryan Pletnyov

cast: Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Antonov, Yudif Glizer, Mikhail Gomorov, I. Ivanov, Ivan Klyukvin, Anatoli Kuznetsov running time: 1t 35m sales: Print source: NFI

cinematography: Vasili Khvatov, Vladimir Popov, Eduard Tisse regissøren: Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898 - 1948) arbeidet som ingeniør for den Røde Armé etter 1917. Senere jobbet han som designer og regissør ved Moskva Proletkult Teater. Eisenstein ville lage filmer for menigmann, men hans utstrakte bruk av symboler og metaforer gjorde at han ofte mistet sitt publikum. the director: Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898 - 1948) worked as an engineer for the Red Army after 1917. In the following years, Eisenstein joined up with the Moscow Proletkult Theater as a set designer and then director. Though Eisenstein wanted to make films for the common man, his intense use of symbolism and metaphor sometimes made him lose his audience.

Eisenstein anvendte her for første gang sin teori om “attraksjonens montasje”. Eisenstein var den første som virkelig forsto verdien av å bruke plutselige sjokkbilder (et blodig ansikt, et våpen som avfyres, et sleggeslag) for å gi kraft til sine dramatiske og sosiologiske poenger. Filmen fikk blandet mottakelse i Sovjet og ble sett av få mennesker, men den ble en suksess i resten av verden – noe som sikret Eisenstein kunstnerisk frihet på sitt neste prosjekt – den udødelige PANSERKRYSSEREN POTEMKIN (1925). The first full-length feature project of pantheon Soviet filmmaker Sergei M. Eisenstein, STRIKE is a governmentcommissioned celebration of the unrealized 1905 Bolshevik revolution. The story is set in motion by a series of outrages and humiliations perpetrated on the workers of a metal works plant. The Czarist regime is unsympathetic to the workers, characteristically helping the plant owners to subjugate the hapless victims. Finally, the workers revolt, staging an all-out strike. Here is where Eisenstein’s theory of “the montage of attractions” was given its first major workout. Eisenstein was the first to fully understand the value of using suddenshock images (a bloody face, a fired weapon, a descending club) to make his dramatic and sociological points. Playing to mixed reviews and small audiences in Russia, STRIKE proved a success worldwide, assuring Eisenstein complete creative freedom on his next project, the immortal THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925). filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1925 STREIK / STACHKA / STRIKE 1925 PANSERKRYSSEREN POTEMKIN / BRONENOSETS POTYOMKIN / THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN 1928 OKTOBER / OKTYABR / TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD 1944 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART I / IVAN GROZNYY I 1958 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART II: THE BOYARS’ PLOT / IVAN GROZNYY II: BOYARSKY ZAGOVOR

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IVAN DEN GRUSOMME, DEL 1 & 2 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART I & II (IVAN GROZNYY I & II) Med IVAN DEN GRUSOMME satte Sergei Eisenstein et grandiost punktum for sitt virke som filmskaper. Filmen, som forteller den blodige historien om tsar Ivan på 1500-tallets Russland, er et majestetisk, stilisert og ekstravagant stykke filmkunst. Her beveger han seg bort fra den dynamiske montasjestilen han utviklet i filmer som STREIK, POTEMKIN, og OKTOBER og konsentrerer seg i stedet om storslåtte komposisjoner og dramatisk lyssetting, skuespill og musikk.

SOVIET UNION 1946 director: Sergei M. Eisenstein

cast: Nikolaj Tsjerkasov, Ludmila Tselikovskaja, Serafima Birman, Pjotr Kadotsjnikov, Mikhail Nazvan

screenplay: Sergei M. Eisenstein

running time: 3t 7m

cinematography: Andrei Moskvin, Eduard Tisse

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regissøren: Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898 - 1948) arbeidet som ingeniør for den Røde Armé etter 1917. Senere jobbet han som designer og regissør ved Moskva Proletkult Teater. Eisenstein ville lage filmer for menigmann, men hans utstrakte bruk av symboler og metaforer gjorde at han ofte mistet sitt publikum. the director: Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898 - 1948) worked as an engineer for the Red Army after 1917. In the following years, Eisenstein joined up with the Moscow Proletkult Theater as a set designer and then director. Though Eisenstein wanted to make films for the common man, his intense use of symbolism and metaphor sometimes made him lose his audience.

Eisenstein satte seg som mål å gjøre et annerledes og mer nyansert portrett av den beryktede tsaren, heller enn å la brutaliteten og grusomheten i hans handlinger overskygge den store visjonen som styrte ham - visjonen om et samlet Russland. IVAN DEN GRUSOMME, del I ble sluppet i 1945 til rungende kritiker- og publikumsjubel. IVAN DEN GRUSOMME, del II ble stoppet av politiske årsaker (Ivan ble her fremstilt som tvilende og nølende), og den ble ikke frigitt før i 1958. IVAN THE TERRIBLE tells the bloody story of Tsar Ivan in 16th century Russia – a majestic, stylized and extravagant work of film art. Here, he moves away from the dynamic style of montage he developed in films such as STRIKE, POTEMKIN and TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. Instead, he focuses on grandiose compositions and dramatic lighting, acting and music. Eisenstein decided to make a different and more nuanced portrait of the notorious Tsar, downplaying the brutality of his actions, and highlighting the vision that moved him – the vision of a unified Russia. Part I was released in 1945 to the general applaud of both critics and audiences. The second part of the trilogy was however stopped by political censorship (Ivan was portrayed as doubting and hesitant), and not released until 1958.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1925 STREIK / STACHKA / STRIKE 1925 PANSERKRYSSEREN POTEMKIN / BRONENOSETS POTYOMKIN / THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN 1928 OKTOBER / OKTYABR / TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD 69

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OG TRANENE FLYR THE CRANES ARE FLYING (LETYAT ZHURAVLI) Veronica og Boris lever velsignede kjærlighetsdager, før 2. verdenskrig skiller dem. Boris blir sendt til frontlinjen, men så hører Veronica ikke mer fra ham. I mellomtiden forsøker Veronica å holde motet oppe, mens Boris’ fetter blir stadig med slitsom og pågående.

SOVIET UNION 1957 director: Mikhail Kalatozov

cast: Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova

screenplay: Viktor Rozov

running time: 1t 37m

cinematography: Sergei Urusevsky

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regissøren: Mikhail Kalatozov (1903 - 1973) begynte sin karriere som skuespiller og filmfotograf, før han begynte å skrive og regissere sine egne filmer. Han gjorde mange sovjetiske dokumentarfilmer, i tillegg til sine poetiske spillefilmer. I tillegg til OG TRANENE FLYR, regnes også I AM CUBA (1964) som et mesterverk.

Kalatozovs patriotiske ode til falne soldater og hjemmefronthelter er et unektelig sentimentalt melodrama, formidlet med frodige bilder og lyriske sekvenser – en filmisk poesi man ikke hadde sett i Sovjet siden den eksperimentelle og optimistiske stumfilmperioden. Filmen ble laget under “opptiningen” som fulgte etter Stalins regime, og den vant Gullpalmen ved Cannes-festivalen i 1958. Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love, until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. Boris is sent to the front lines... and then communication stops. Meanwhile, Veronica tries to ward off spiritual numbness while Boris’ draft-dodging cousin makes increasingly forceful overtures. Kalatozov’s patriotic ode to fallen soldiers and home-front heroes is an undeniably sentimental melodrama suffused with lush images and lyrical sequences, a kind of cinematic poetry unseen in Soviet cinema since the experimentation and optimism of the silent movie days. Produced during the “thaw” following Stalin’s repressive reign, it won the Palme d’Or prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

the director: Mikhail Kalatozov (1903 - 1973) began his career as an actor and cinematographer, before he started writing and directing his own films. He made several Soviet documentaries, in addition to his poetic fiction features. In addition to THE CRANES ARE FLYING, his 1964 feature I AM CUBA is considered a masterpiece. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1941 WINGS OF VICTORY / VALERIY CHKALOV 1953 HOSTILE WHIRLWINDS / VIKHRI VRAZHDEBNYE 1958 OG TRANENE FLYR / LETYAT ZHURAVLI / THE CRANES ARE FLYING 1959 THE UNSENT LETTER / NEOTPRAVLENNOYE PISMO 1964 I AM CUBA / SOY CUBA 1969 THE RED TENT / KRASNAYA PALATKA 70

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BALLAD OF A SOLDIER BALLADA O SOLDATE En ung soldat, Vladimir Ivashov, har på egen hånd stoppet to tanks, og blir belønnet med permisjon til å besøke sin mor. Reisen hjem blir en odyssé gjennom Sovjetstatens idealer under 2. verdenskrig. Han gjør en rekke omveier hvor han stopper for å hjelpe lojale kamerater, medsoldater, bønder og andre som han møter på veien. Det oppstår til og med søt musikk, når han møter en pen blindpassasjer på et godstog.

SOVIET UNION 1959 director: Grigori Chukhrai screenplay: Grigori Chukhrai, Valentin Ezhov cinematography: Vladimir Nikolayev, Era Savelyeva

cast: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Yevgeni Urbansky running time: 1t 29m sales: Print source: NFI

regissøren: Grigori Chukhrai (Ukraina 1921-2001) var en dekorert veteran fra 2. verdenskrig, og hans filmer tok ofte sine temaer fra krigen. Etter å ha gått den Sovjetiske Statsfilmskolen, lærte han filmhandverket videre ved Kiev Filmstudio. Han fikk internasjonal oppmerksomhet med sin andre spillefilm, THE FORTY-FIRST (1956), da den deltok i Cannes i 1957. Enda større oppsikt vakte han ved den samme festivalen i 1960, da han fikk juryens spesialpris for BALLAD OF A SOLDIER, for dens “humanisme og høye kvalitet”. the director: Grigori Chukhrai (Ukraine 1921-2001), a decorated World War II veteran, he often based his films on events from the war. After attending the Soviet State Film School, he developed his craft at the Kiev Film Studio. He first drew international attention at Cannes 1957 with THE FORTY-FIRST (1956), and then again at Cannes in 1960 with BALLAD OF A SOLDIER which was awarded a special jury prize for its “high humansim and outstanding quality”.

Vakkert fotografert og med en behagelig rytme, skamløst romantisk og Soviet-patriotisk – likevel er denne road movien mer enn politikk, med sine levende karakterer og fine miks av komedie, melodrama og romantikk. Grigory Chukhrai’s poetic odyssey of an accidental hero on a six-day pass is a sentimental journey through the ideals of the Soviet state in World War II. Vladimir Ivashov is the fresh-faced signalman whose trip from the Russian front to visit his white-haired mother becomes a series of detours as he stops to help the loyal comrades, fellow soldiers, and saltof-the-earth civilians (as well as a few shirkers and scoundrels) he meets along the way. On a transport train he even falls in love with a pretty young stowaway, a feisty blond girl-next-door on her way to visit a wounded boyfriend. Delicately photographed and gently paced, this deliriously romantic road movie is undeniably Soviet in its celebration of patriotism and collectivism, but Chukhrai transcends politics with delightfully vivid characters and a deft mix of comedy, melodrama, and romance.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1955 NAZAR STODOLYA 1956 THE FORTY-FIRST / SOROK PERVYJ 1959 BALLAD OF A SOLDIER / BALLADA O SOLDATE 1961 CLEAR SKIES / CHISTOYE NEBO 1966 PEOPLE! 1978 UNTYPICAL STORY / TRYASINA (UNTYPICAL STORY) 1984 I’LL TEACH YOU TO DREAM / YA NAUCHU VAS MECHTAT 71

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SPEIL THE MIRROR (ZERKALO) Alexei, en døende mann i 40-årene, minnes sin fortid – sin barndom, sin mor, krigen, viktige menneskelige møter og personlige øyeblikk. Opplevelser av kunst, død, frykt, lykke. De personlige minnene blandes med historisk arkivmateriale, hvorigjennom SPEIL også blir en refleksjon over det russiske samfunnet og dets historie.

SOVIET UNION 1975 director: Andrei Tarkovsky

cast: Philip Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovsky, Nikolai Grinko, Alla Demidova, Anatoly Solonitsin, L. Tarkovskaya

screenplay: Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Misharin

running time: 1t 46m

cinematography: Georgy Rerberg

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Alexei, a dying man in his forties, remembers his past – his childhood, his mother, the war, important encounters and personal moments. Reminiscences of art, of death, of feat, of happiness. The personal memories are interspersed with archival footage, through which THE MIRROR also reflects upon Russian history and society.

regissøren: Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) studerte ved den Sovjetiske filmskolen VGIK. Hans første spillefilm, IVANS BARNDOM, gjorde ham til et internasjonalt navn da den vant Gulløven ved filmfestivalen i Venezia i 1962. Han etablerte raskt sin umiskjennelige filmatiske signatur, og trollbandt publikum med bilder av dvelende skjønnhet og refleksjoner over menneskelig spiritualitet. the director: Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) studied at the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to fame with his first feature, IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (1962), which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962. Throughout his filmography, he developed a truly personal cinematic signature, captivating audiences with poetic images of lingering beauty and reflections on human spirituality.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1962 IVANS BARNDOM / IVANO DETSTVO / IVAN’S CHILDHOOD 1966 ANDREJ RUBLJOV / ANDREY RUBLYOV / ANDREI RUBLEV 1972 SOLARIS / SOLYARIS 1975 SPEIL / ZERKALO / THE MIRROR 1979 STALKER 1983 NOSTALGHIA 1986 OFFERET / THE SACRIFICE

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MAGNETIC STORMS MAGNITNYE BURI Et stålverk i en moderne provinsiell by. Autoriteter deler eiendom i kontorene, mens arbeiderne sloss mot hverandre i fabrikken. Valera står midt oppi hendelsene. Hver slåsskamp påfører ham et tap: leiligheten hans, hans beste venn, osv. Hva er det som foregår? Og hvor vil det ende?

RUSSIA 2003 director: Vadim Abdrashitov screenplay: Aleksandr Mindadze cinematography: Yuri Shajgardanov

cast: Maksim Averin, Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Lyobava Aristarkhova, Sergei Pokrovsky, Rushana Ziafitdinova running time: 1t 33m sales: Print source: Mosfilm

regissøren: Vadim Abdrashitov er født i 1945 i Kharkov, Ukraina, i en tatar-familie. Han flyttet over hele Sovjet på grunn av sin fars jobb i militæret. Abdrashitov studerte kjernefysikk ved Moskvas Institutt for fysikk og teknologi, men han utviklet en interesse for film og begynte å regissere på begynnelsen av 70-tallet. Han har laget mange av sine filmer i samarbeid med forfatteren Aleksandr Mindadze. the director: Vadim Abdrashitov was born in 1945 in Kharkov, Ukraine in a Tatar family. He moved all over the Soviet Union with his father’s military assignments, and moved to Moscow to study nuclear physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He developed an interest in film, and began making films in the early 1970s. Many of his films are the result of a long collaboration with the writer Aleksandr Mindadze.

Filmen ble av bransjebladet Variety beskrevet som en blanding av Eisensteins STREIK og David Finchers FIGHT CLUB – “stilistisk hypnotiserende, som et slag i magen, men så å si uforståelig” (Ronnie Scheib). Hvis filmen har en logikk, så er det logikken til et mareritt. Men temaet har sin rot i virkelige hendelser på slutten av 80-tallet, da industriledere initierte uro blant arbeidere, for å unngå privatisering. A big metallurgical factory in a modern provincial city. Authorities divide property in the offices; workers fight each other in the workshops. Valera is in the middle of the events. Each fight brings a loss: he loses the apartment, then his close friend, etc. What is going on? And where will it end? The industry paper Variety described the film as a mixture between “the communal purposefulness of Sergei Eisenstein’s STRIKE and the individualistic implosiveness of David Fincher’s FIGHT CLUB - stylistically mesmerizing, viscerally powerful, yet virtually incomprehensible” (Ronnie Scheib). If the film has logic, it is that of a bad dream. But the subject matter has its root in real events of the late 1980s, when bosses instigated worker unrest in a ploy to discredit proposed privatization.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1976 SPEECH FOR THE DEFENCE / SLOVO DLIA ZASHCHITY 1982 THE TRAIN HAS STOPPED / OSTANOVILSYA POYEZD 1988 THE SERVANT / SLUGA 1995 A PLAY FOR A PASSENGER / PYESA DLYA PASSAZHIRA 1998 TIME OF THE DANCER / VREMYA TANTSORA 2003 MAGNETIC STORMS / MAGNITNYE BURI 73

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KRITIKERUKA CRITICS’ WEEK I samarbeid med Norsk Filmkritikerlag presenterer TIFF en serie filmer valgt og presentert av 5 uavhengige filmkritikere. Filmene er valgt utelukkende på subjektivt grunnlag. Det eneste kriteriet er at filmene ikke ellers er tilgjengelig for det norske kinopublikummet.

In cooperation with the Norwegian Film Critics’ Association, TIFF presents films chosen by independent film critics. Their choices are entirely based on personal preference. The only criterion is that the films should not otherwise be available to the cinema audience in Norway.

ÅRETS FILMVELGERE:

THIS YEAR’S CRITICS ARE:

Tony Rayns – britisk forfatter, filmkritiker og programmerer for filmfestivaler. Rayns skriver for British Film Institute sitt magasin Sight & Sound, og er kjent for sine kunnskaper om øst-asiatisk film. Filmvalg: MID-AFTERNOON BARKS

Tony Rayns – British writer, film critic and film festival programmer. He writes for the British Film Institute’s magazine Sight & Sound, and is known for his expertise in East Asian cinema. Chosen film: MID-AFTERNOON BARKS

ANNE HOFF – journalist og filmkritiker i NRK. Filmvalg: DYKKERKLOKKEN OG SOMMERFUGLEN

ANNE HOFF – journalist and film critic in NRK. Chosen film: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

PER HADDAL – har vært Aftenpostens filmkritiker i over 30 år. Filmvalg: ERIK NIETZSCHE – DE UNGE ÅR

PER HADDAL – Aftensposten’s film critic for more than 30 years. Chosen film: ERIK NIETZSCHE – THE EARLY YEARS

TERJE EIDSVÅG – kulturjournalist i Adresseavisen. Filmvalg: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

TERJE EIDSVÅG – culture journalist in Adresseavisen. Chosen film: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

JON INGE FALDALEN – frilans filmkritiker Filmvalg: HANA

JON INGE FALDALEN – free lance film critic Chosen film: HANA

Kritikeruka Critics’ Week

MID-AFTERNOON BARKS XIAWU GOU JIAO Zhang Yuedong’s stillfarne debutfilm er delt i tre segmenter, der hver del handler om et individ som på sett og vis har mistet retningen: en gjeter som har mistet flokken sin; en reparatør som ikke har noe å reparere; en bonde som drar til byen for å selge vannmeloner fra ei vogn. Det skjer ikke noe spesielt dramatisk med noen av dem; de har bare rare små samtaler og kommer over noen mystiske påler som er stukket ned i bakken. De surrealistiske og “uferdige” møtene tyder på at de (og vi!) befinner seg i en slags drømmetilstand – muligens Freudiansk, men ikke Dalisk – som i essensen er en stilisert versjon av dagliglivet. CHINA 2007 director: Zhang Yuedong screenplay: Zhang Yuedong cinematography: Dong Jinsong

cast: Han Dong, Chu Chen, Zhang Yuedong, Gu Qian, Quan Ke, Xiao He, He Wenzhao running time: 1t 17m sales: Zhang Yuedong

regissøren: Zhang Yuedong ble født i 1975 i Shandongprovinsen. Han studerte oljemaling ved Shandong Fine Arts College (1994-98), og filmregi ved Beijing Film Academy (1999-1002). Før han spillefilmdebuterte med MID-AFTERNOON BARKS, regisserte han kortfilmen SWAMP LAKE (2002), teaterstykket “Interrogation” (2003) og dokumentarfilmen STEEL FACTORY (2004). the director: Zhang Yuedong was born in 1975 in the Shandong province. Between the years 1994 and 1998 he studied Oil Painting at the Shandong Fine Arts College. Between 1999 and 2002 he majored in Film Direction at the Beijing Film Academy. During 2003 and 2004 he worked at China Central Television as a director and during 2004 and 2006 as an independent director, involved in theatre, advertising and documentaries. His main works were the direction of the short SWAMP LAKE (2002), actor and theatre production of “Interrogation” (2003) and direction of the documentary film STEEL FACTORY (2004). filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 MID-AFTERNOON BARKS / XIAWU GOU JIAO 76

Valget av typer i denne filmen er briljant (ikke minst regissøren selv, som spiller gjeteren og som også dukker opp i de to andre segmentene), og den spesielle humoren gjør dette til en opplevelse med en helt egen varme. Den flotte lydmiksen inneholder både bjeffing og andre forstyrrende lydkilder, men som hele tiden holdes utenfor bildet. Til slutt viser det seg at alt her leder fram til en aldri så liten aha-opplevelse. – Tony Rains Zhang Yuedong’s quietly rapturous debut feature is in three parts, each one featuring an individual who has somehow lost his bearings: a shepherd who has wandered away from his flock; a repairman who seems to have nothing to repair; a farmer who ventures into town to sell watermelons from a cart. Nothing particularly dramatic happens to any of them; they just have angular little conversations and come across mysterious poles set upright in the ground. But the hyper-reality of the colours and the “unfinished” nature of the encounters suggests that they (and we!) are slipping in and out of a dream state – possibly Freudian but not at all Dali-esque – which is essentially a slightly heightened version of everyday life. Brilliantly chosen faces (not least the director’s own; he plays the shepherd and pops up in the other two parts as well) and an ineffable line in deadpan humour generate a one-of-a-kind warmth. Everything here turns out to be leading up to a small climactic epiphany which is disproportionately affecting; barks and other disturbing noises are present in the extraordinary sound-mix, but kept safely off-screen. – Tony Rains

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DYKKERKLOKKEN OG SOMMERFUGLEN THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON) Da Elle-redaktør Jean-Dominique Bauby var 43 år, hadde han alt han kunne ønske seg. Men så skjer det ubegripelige: Et slag sender ham i 20 dagers koma. Når han våkner opp er han helt lam, og han kan ikke snakke. Det eneste han kan bevege på, er den venstre øyevippen. Og dette blir hans eneste kommunikasjonsredskap. Med hjelp fra sin sykepleier, begynner han en langsom og omstendelig prosess med å forfatte sine livsbejaende memoarer. Filmen vant prisen for beste regi i Cannes 2007. FRANCE, USA 2007 director: Julian Schnabel screenplay: Ronald Harwood, JeanDominique Bauby (novel) cinematography: Janusz Kaminski

cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, MarieJosée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankolé, Emma de Caunes running time: 1t 52m sales: Norwegian distribution: Scanbox

regissøren: Julian Schnabel er født i New York i 1951. Han ble en stjerne i New Yorks kunstscene på 80-tallet, med sine storskala neo-ekspresjonistiske malerier, parret med hans eksentriske persona. I 1996 regisserte han sin første spillefilm, BASQUIAT, som beskrev kunstneren Jean-Michel Basquiats (Jeffrey Wright) vei til berømmelse. Nok et kunstnerportrett kom i 2000 med BEFORE NIGHT FALLS. the director: Julian Schnabel was born in New York in 1951. He became a star on the New York art scene in the eighties with his big-scale neoexpressionist paintings, coupled with his eccentric persona. In 1996, he directed his first feature film, BASQUIAT, chronicling the rise to fame of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright). Another artist’s portrait came in 2000 with BEFORE NIGHT FALLS.

At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the rakishly successful and charismatic editor in chief of French Elle was a man defined by his passion for life. On December 1995, he suffered a massive stroke and his brain stem was rendered inactive. In these few bewildering moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma, he awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare locked-in syndrome mentally alert but permanently deprived of movement and speech. Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby determined to escape the paralysis of his diving bell and free the butterflies of his dreams and imagination. The only way he could express his frustration, however, was by moving his left eye. These movements and blinking a code representing letters of the alphabet became his sole means of communication. Slowly – painstakingly – words, sentences, paragraphs and finally an affecting and life-affirming memoir emerged. The film won the prize for Best Director in Cannes 2007.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1996 BASQUIAT 2000 BEFORE NIGHT FALLS 2007 DYKKERKLOKKEN OG SOMMERFUGLEN / THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY / LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON 2007 LOU REED’S BERLIN (concert film) 77

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ERIK NIETZSCHE – DE UNGE ÅR ERIK NIETZSCHE – THE EARLY YEARS

DENMARK 2007 director: Jacob Thuesen

cast: Jonatan Spang, David Dencik, Søren Pilmark, Troels Lyby, Dejan Cukic, Bodil Jørgensen, Lars von Trier (narrator)

screenplay: Lars von Trier

running time: 1t 30m

cinematography: Sebastian Blenkov

sales: Trust Film Sales

regissøren: Jacob Thuesen er født i København i 1962. Han studerte filmklipping ved Den Danske Filmskole. Han klippet bl.a. Lars von Triers miniserie RIKET (1994), før han gjorde sin regidebut med dokumentaren UNDER NEW YORK (1996). I 2005 gjorde han sin første spillefilm: ANKLAGET med Sofie Gråbøl. the director: Jacob Thuesen was born in Denmark and studied editing at the National Film School of Denmark. He edited several works, including Lars von Trier’s miniseries THE KINGDOM (1994), before making his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary UNDER NEW YORK (1997). In 2005, he made his first drama feature: ACCUSED. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1994 UNDER NEW YORK (doc) 2005 ANKLAGET 2005 FREEWAY (doc) 2007 ERIK NIETZSCHE – DE UNGE ÅR / ERIK NIETZSCHE – THE EARLY YEARS 78

ERIK NIETZSCHE – DE UNGE ÅR er en underholdende, utleverende dannelsesfortelling om en intelligent, men på mange måter uerfaren og usikker ung mann, som likevel ikke er i tvil om at han skal bli filmregissør. Under forunderlige omstendigheter kommer Erik Nietzsche inn på Den Danske Filmskole i 1979 og trer inn i en filmverden av koleriske, ubehjelpsomme lærere, merkverdige medstudenter, innbilske filmarbeidere og uskrevne regler. Til tross for Eriks fascinasjon med det tekniske utstyret og hans møter med pene, selvbevisste kvinner, er det en angstfremkallende tid for ham. Han kjemper med hyppige toalettbesøk og motstand fra skolens ledelse, som ikke forstår hans visjoner. Erik innser at han må gå på kompromiss med seg selv og manipulere sine omgivelser, dersom han skal lykkes. Filmen er Lars von Triers egen beskrivelse – både nostalgisk og sadomasochistisk – av sine dannelsesår. Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. It is both an exhilarating and angst-provoking period and Erik feels increasingly like a foreigner in the film industry. Frequently, he is merely an observer of the absurdities that surround him. He encounters trade union disputes, falls in love and experiences self-assured empowered women who refuse to make a commitment. It is a drama full of comedy a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision. ERIK NIETZSCHE – THE EARLY YEARS is Lars von Trier’s own account – both sentimental and sadomasochistic – of his formative years.

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CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ NESFARSIT US Marine Capt. Jones har fått i oppdrag å eskortere et NATO-tog som er på vei til Jugoslavia under Kosovo-krigen. Oppdraget blir forsinket av Doiaru, en tilsynelatende pedantisk stasjonsmester i en gudsforlatt landsby, som behersker alle byråkratiske forskrifter og har makt til å holde toget tilbake. Det lokale samfunnet anstrenger seg imidlertid for å ønske amerikanerne velkommen, fordi de håper på å profittere på deres uventede nærvær. Soldatene er etterhvert med på leken, og når Doiarus egen datter utvikler et godt øye til en av amerikanerne, tilspisses situasjonen ytterligere. Samtidig blir Capt. Jones mer og mer utålmodig og vurderer å ta saken i egne hender. ROMANIA 2007 director: Cristian Nemescu screenplay: Cristian Nemescu, Catherine Linstrum, Tudor Voican cinematography: Liviu Marghidan

cast: Armand Assante, Razvan Vasilescu, Jamie Elman, Marina Dinulescu, Ion Sapdaru, Alex Margineanu running time: 2t 35m sales: Mediaprodistribution, Bucharest

regissøren: Cristian Nemescu ble født i Bucuresti i 1979. Han gikk ut fra Academy of Theatre and Film i Bucuresti i 2003. Etter å ha laget fem kortfilmer, spillefilmdebuterte han med CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’. Nemescu døde i en bilulykke i Bucuresti i august 2006, mens filmen var i post-produksjon.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ vant hovedprisen i programmet “Un Certain Regard” under Cannes-festivalen 2007. US Marine Capt. Jones is assigned to escort a train carrying NATO equipment headed for Yugoslavia during the war in Kosovo. His mission is held back by Doiaru, apparently a very thorough station master in a godforsaken village, who halts the train over a paperwork technicality. The community makes ridiculous efforts to welcome the Americans, intending to profit from their unexpected presence. The troops join the game - and Doiaru’s own daughter has a brief affair with Sgt. McLaren. Tired of waiting to get help from higher up, Capt. Jones considers taking matters into his own hands. CALIFORNA DREAMIN’ won the main prize in the “Un Certain Regard” program at Cannes 2007.

the director: Cristian Nemescu was born in Bucharest in 1979. He graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest in 2003. After five short films, he made his feature debut with CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’. Nemescu died in a car crash in Bucharest in August 2006, while his film was in post production.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

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HANA HANAYORI MO NAHO Japan, 1702: Den unge samuraien Aoki Sozaemon har forlatt den lille hjembyen sin og dratt til Edo (dagens Tokyo), for å finne sin fars morder. Han bor i en sliten leiegård i byens fattige kvarter. Sozaemon blir venner med et helt galleri av elskverdige naboer, han underviser de fattige barna, og han forelsker seg i den vakre enken Osae. Han glemmer ikke hevnen han skylder sin familie, men den roen og harmonien han føler blant sine nye venner, får ham til å tvile på hva som er riktig å gjøre. Å gå bort fra en “hevnhandling” (”adauchi”), vil regnes som en stor feighet, og det ville bringe hele hans familie i vanære. Noen premie fra Shogunen ville det i hvertfall ikke bli. JAPAN 2006 director: Hirokazu Kore-eda screenplay: Hirokazu Kore-eda

cast: Junichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Tadanobu Asano running time: 2t 7m sales: Schochiku Co Ltd.

cinematography: Yutaka Yamasaki regissøren: Hirokazu Kore-eda er født i Tokyo i 1962. Etter avsluttet utdannelse ved Waseda universitet, begynte han å jobbe for TV. Hans spillefilmdebut ILLUSJONER / MABOROSI (1995) turnerte mer enn 50 filmfestivaler, inkludert TIFF i 1996. Kore-eda behandler ofte temaer knyttet til livet og døden; minner og savn, i sine filmer. Han har også regissert flere dokumentarfilmer. the director: Hirokazu Kore-eda was born in Tokyo in 1962. After he completed his degree at the Waseda University, he started working for TV. His feature debut MABOROSI (1995) toured more than 50 festivals, including TIFF in 1996. Kore-eda’s films often have themes like life and death; memory and loss. He has also directed several documentaries.

HANA gir et lekent blikk på en tid hvor samuraien har utspilt sin rolle – litt som en vimsete post-western. Sozaemon, med sin klumsete håndtering av sverd og sitt fredelige lynne, er da heller ikke noen mønster-samurai. Japan, 1702: The young samurai, Aoki Sozaemon, has left his little countryside hometown and gone to Edo (today’s Tokyo), to locate his father’s murderer. He lives in a rundown tenement building in the poor area of the city. Sozaemon befriends a whole gallery of idiosyncratic and lovable people; he teaches the children; and he falls in love with the beautiful widow, Osae. He never forgets his mission of revenge that he owes to his family, but this peace and harmony that he experiences with his newfound friends, make him doubt what the right thing to do is. To walk away from a “revenge act” (“adauchi”), would be considered a serious act of cowardice, and would bring his whole family into dishonour. And there would certainly not be an award from the Shogun. Set in a period of peace and tranquillity, this playful take on the redundancy of the samurai (akin in some ways to a whimsical post-Western) is underscored by the fact that its bumbling hero Sozaemon is rather clumsy with the sword, and a bit of a coward.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1995 ILLUSJONER / MABOROSI / MABOROSHI NO HIKARI (TIFF 1996) 1998 ETTER LIVET / AFTERLIFE / WANDAFURU RAIFU (TIFF 1999) 2004 NOBODY KNOWS / DARE MO SHIRANAI 2006 HANA / HANA YORI MO NAHO 2008 EVEN IF YOU WALK AND WALK

FOCUS Malaysia: the new wave of independent filmmakers

WHAT ARE YOU?

Malaysian filmmakers have swept up loads of important prizes at international festivals in the past few years. Not the high profile ones like the Golden Palm, the Golden Bear, or the Golden Lion, which mostly go to films with big budgets and well-known production companies. For independent filmmakers, particularly Asian ones, there are other prizes that carry more prestige, like the Tiger Award in Rotterdam or the New Currents award in Pusan. These are prizes that emphasize talent and promise, both of which the new wave of filmmakers in Malaysia have in abundance. Malaysia is a multi-cultural society, with its own set of problems and virtues connected to the country’s particular historical, political, and social situation. The population falls roughly into three ethnic groups, the largest being the Malay, the next largest being those with Chinese (mandarin) background, and the third, people with Indian background. The society is highly race conscious, without necessarily being racist. The most typical question upon meeting a new person is What are you, rather than What language do you speak, or Where do you come from. The digital revolution in filmmaking has had a genuine impact on Malaysian cinema (which has a history at least as complex as the country itself). With the democratization of film production, independent filmmakers have grabbed the opportunity to tell their own stories in their own way. More correctly: in their own ways. The diversity in the new Malaysian cinema can in part be ascribed to the strong presence of Chinese and Indian filmmakers, but it is perhaps less related to ethnic differences than it is to aesthetic diversity. One of the most important characteristics of this new wave of filmmakers is their collective way of working. In addition to being “multi-cultural”, “multi-lingual” and “multiethnic”, this group can be described as “multi-talented” and “multi-skilled. In addition to directing their own films, James Lee, Tan Chui Mui, Amir Muhammed, Yasmin Ahmad, Ho Yuhang and Liew Seng Tat all competently produce, write and act in each other’s productions. They are, it would seem, also good friends, which certainly doesn’t seem to hurt the creative atmosphere! One factor that affects media and culture in Malaysia strongly is censorship, and foreign films are regularly banned, mostly for offending religious sensitivities. This doesn’t seem to phase the new wave of filmmakers, who tolerate banning as well as sladding. Some Malaysian films have been totally banned at home (The Last Communist and Village People Radio Show by Amir Muhammed), and many others have certain scenes “scrambled” by the censorship board. These independent filmmakers continually challenge what is generally considered a senseless, oppressive system. This selection of films merely scratches the surface of the rich diversity of talent, culture, and creative expression that the new wave of Malaysian independent filmmakers stands for. And in case there is any doubt, the answer to the question What are you? would have to be: Some of the most exciting filmmaking in the world today! Martha Otte Festival Director 81

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THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE MEI LI DE XI YI JI Når Teoh blir dumpet av sin samboer, forlater hun ham med alt hun eier, inkludert vaskemaskinen. Han står ribbet tilbake, ute av stand til å ta vare på hverken seg selv eller klesvasken. Han kjøper en brukt vaskemaskin som viser seg å være mildt sagt temperamentsfull. Den slår seg selv av og på som den vil, som om den levde et eget liv. Når maskinens kvinnelige sjel (Amy Len) våkner opp, begynner Teoh å utnytte henne til å gjøre det øvrige husarbeidet. Etter hvert leier han henne også ut til andre, som for eksempel den fetisjistiske enkemannen Wong. Dette til sønnens begeistring og datterens sorg. MALAYSIA 2004 director: James Lee screenplay: James Lee cinematography: Teoh Gay Hian

cast: Loh Bok Lai, Yuhang Ho, Teoh Kah Yong, Berg Lee, Amy Len running time: 1t 53m sales: Redfilms

When young Teoh is dumped by his live-in girlfriend, she takes most of her possessions including the washing machine, leaving him unable to cope with life and the laundry. He buys a second-hand one that turns out to have more temperament than any warranty deal ever warned you about. It turns itself on and off whenever it wants to, as though it had a life of its own. When the female soul (Amy Len) hiding within the appliance wakes up, Teoh begins to exploit it for every household chore, and even rents it to strangers. One of these people, the old fetishist widower Wong (Patrick Teoh), welcomes it into his home, to the enthusiasm of his son and the dissent of his daughter.

regissøren: James Lee (Lee Thim Heng) er født i 1973 i byen Ipoh i staten Perak i Malaysia. Han er en av pionerene i “Malaysian Digital Film”-bevegelsen. Med THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE vant han prisen for beste asiatiske film, samt FIPRESCI-prisen, ved Bangkok internasjonale filmfestival i 2005. Gjennom sitt produksjonsselskap Doghouse73, har han produsert de første filmene til malaysiske regissører som Amir Muhammad og Ho Yuhang. the director: James Lee (Lee Thim Heng) was born in 1973 in the city of Ipoh in the state of Perak, Malaysia. He is one of the pioneers of the Malaysian Digital Film movement. His film THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE won the Best Asian Feature Award and FIPRESCI Prize at the Bangkok International Film Festival 2005. Besides directing, he has also produced the early films of other Malaysian filmmakers, namely, Amir Muhammad and Ho Yuhang, under his production house, Doghouse73 Pictures.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2001 SNIPERS 2001 AH BENG RETURNS 2002 ROOM TO LET 2004 THE BEAUTIFUL WASHING MACHINE 2006 BEFORE WE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 2007 THINGS WE DO WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE

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THE BIG DURIAN Natt til 18. oktober 1987, gikk en soldat amok med en M16 rifle i Chow Kit-distriktet i Kuala Lumpur. Dette skjedde på en tornefull tid i et etnisk minefelt. Derfor satte hendelsen i gang rykter om raseopptøyer, og panikken spredte seg over hele byen. Hvorfor gjorde soldaten dette? Hvorfor var malaysierne så på tuppa den gangen? Og hva skjedde videre? Filmskaperen snakker med flere malaysiere (noen virkelige, noen fiktive) for å få svar på disse spørsmålene. MALAYSIA 2003 director: Amir Muhammad

cast: Amir Muhammad (narrator), Ghafir Akbar, Soh Boon Tat, Teoh Kah Yong, Jo Kukathas, Erna Mahyuni

screenplay: Amir Muhammad

running time: 1t 15m

cinematography: Woo Ming Jin

sales: Redfilms

On the night of October 18th, 1987, a soldier ran amok with an M16-rifle in the district of Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and place, his frenzy triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots. Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? The filmmaker speaks to several Malaysians (some real, some fictional) to find out.

regissøren: Amir Muhammad er født i Kuala Lumpur i 1972. I tillegg til å være filmskaper, er han også journalist og skribent. Han regisserte Malaysias første spillefilm skutt på DV i 2000: LIPS TO LIPS. To av hans siste filmer er blitt forbudt i Malaysia: THE LAST COMMUNIST (2006) og VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW (2007). the director: Amir Muhammad was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1972. A journalist, writer and independent filmmaker, he directed Malaysia’s first DV feature in 2000: LIPS TO LIPS. Two of his films have been banned in Malaysia: THE LAST COMMUNIST (2006) and VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW (2007).

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2000 LIPS TO LIPS 2003 THE BIG DURIAN (docu-drama) 2005 THE YEAR OF THE LIVING VICARIOUSLY (doc) 2005 TOKYO MAGIC HOUR 2006 THE LAST COMMUNIST / LELAKI KOMUNIS TERAKHIR (doc) 2007 VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW / APA KHABAR ORANG KAMPUNG (doc) 2007 SUSUK 83

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NOMINERT TIL NOMINEE FOR

GUBRA Den unge malaysiske jenta Orked er gift med den mye eldre Arif. De to ser ved første blikk ut til å ha et lykkelig forhold, men ting kommer til overflaten når Orkeds far havner på sykehus og hun møter broren til sin tapte k jærlighet – Jason.

MALAYSIA 2006 director: Yasmin Ahmad

cast: Sharifah Amani, Harith Iskander, Nam Ron, Alan Yun, Norkhiriah , Adlin Aman Ramlie, Ida Nerina

screenplay: Yasmin Ahmad

running time: 1t 49m

cinematography: Keong Low

sales: Lighthouse Pictures, Singapore

GUBRA, sier regissøren, utforsker et vanlig fenomen: det enkle hverdagslige faktum at når vi opplever svik, er det som oftest begått av mennesker som elsker oss; ikke av mennesker som hater oss. The young Malaysian girl Orked is married to the much older Arif. They are, apparently, a match made in heaven, but when Orkeds father is hospitalized, she has a chance meeting with the brother of her lost love – Jason.

The story of Orked’s interracial love affair with Jason was told in writer/director Yasmi Ahmad’s previous film, SEPET (2004), but GUBRA is more than just a sequel. This meditation on forgiveness portrays the variations of familial love and malice through the stories of four families: the happy marriage of a muezzin and his wife, the two prostitutes they befriend, Orked’s boisterously affectionate Malaysian family and Jason’s working class Chinese family.

the director: Yasmin Ahmad has a BA in Psychology from the UK, and she has for several years worked within marketing – presently as Creative Director for Leo Burnett, Kuala Lumpur. In Malaysia, she is known for her corporate ads for Petronas – the national oil and gas company.

GUBRA, says the director, is intended to examine one common phenomenon: the simple everyday fact that when we experience betrayal, it is more often than not, committed unto us by people who love us; not people who hate us.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2003 RABUN 2004 SEPET 2006 GUBRA 2007 MUKHSIN

Historien om Orkeds kjærlighetsforhold til den kinesiske Jason ble fortalt i Ahmads forrige film, SEPET (2004), men GUBRA er mer enn en oppfølger. Denne meditasjonen over tilgivelse portretterer variasjoner av kjærlighet og ondskap gjennom fire familier: det lykkelige ekteskapet mellom en muslimsk bønneroper (muezzin) og hans kone; to prostituerte jenter; Orkeds malaysiske familie; og Jasons kinesiske arbeiderklassefamilie.

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LOVE CONQUERS ALL MO SHI MO WANG Ah Peng, en kinesisk-malaysisk jente fra provinsen, kommer til hovedstaden Kuala Lumpur for å jobbe for sin tante. I begynnelsen virker det som hun hverken har tid eller interesse for storbyens fristelser. Men en dag i telefonboksen, når hun har sine sedvanlige telefonsamtaler med sin familie og sin kjæreste hjemme, møter hun John. Han følger etter henne overalt, og gir seg ikke før hun til slutt gir etter. Men plutselig en dag forsvinner John... Regissøren, som selv er kinesisk-malaysisk, tegner et levende og tandert kjærlighetsportrett fra den moderne smeltedigelen Kuala Lumpur. MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS 2006 director: Tan Chui Mui screenplay: Tan Chui Mui

cast: Stephen Chuah Jyh Shyan, Coral Ong Li Whei, Leong Jiun Jiun running time: 1t 30m sales: Da Huang Pictures

cinematography: James Lee regissøren: Tan Chui Mui er født i 1978 i Kuatan, Pahang, Malaysia. Siden hun var ganske ung har hun vært spaltist for diverse aviser og magasiner. Hun lagde fem kortfilmer før hun spillefilmdebuterte med LOVE CONQUERS ALL (New Currents Award in Pusan 2006 and WPRO Tiger Award at the IFF in Rotterdam 2007).

Ah Peng, a young Chinese-Malay girl from the provinces, comes to the capital Kuala Lumpur to work behind her aunt’s stall. At first she seems to have neither time nor interest in the joys and dangers of the big city. But at the public phone booth while making her ritual calls to her family and boyfriend back home, she soon encounters John. He follows Ah Peng everywhere, pursuing her fervently until she finally succumbs to him. When John suddenly disappears, we watch helplessly as Ah Ping’s fate, like that of many others, is inexorably sealed. The young Chinese filmmaker from Malaysia creates a vivid, yet fragile image of love, poor communication and shifting relationships in contemporary Kuala Lumpur. Using apparently simple film devices, she evokes the emotions, silences and uncertainties lurking within the changing landscape of a modern city.

the director: Tan Chui Mui was born in 1978 in Kuatan, Pahang, Malaysia. She has shown a talent for writing since she was young, working as a columnist for local newspapers and magazines. She has directed five short films. LOVE CONQUERS ALL is her feature debut (New Currents Award in Pusan 2006 and WPRO Tiger Award at the IFF in Rotterdam 2007). filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2006 LOVE CONQUERS ALL / MO SHI MO WANG

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SEPET SEPET er en historie om kjærlighet på tvers av raseskillelinjer: den kinesiske Jason, som selger piratvideoer, og Orked, en malaysisk skolejente som liker Hong Kong-filmer. “Sepet” er malaysisk for “snittet øyelokk” – et nedsettende kallenavn på kinesere. Filmen titter bakom rase-stereotypiske fordommer, for å utforske dette komplekse flerkulturelle malaysiske samfunnet, hvor den malaysiske rasen og Islam dominerer. Ahmads film er både et credo for den nye malaysiske uavhengige filmen, og en hjertefølt oppfordring til toleranse. MALAYSIA 2004 director: Yasmin Ahmad

cast: Choo Seong Ng, Sharifah Amani, Linus Chung, Mei Ling Tan, Ida Nerina, Harith Iskander, Adibah Noor

screenplay: Yasmin Ahmad

running time: 1t 55m

cinematography: Low Keong

sales: Lighthouse Pictures, Singapore

regissøren: Yasmin Ahmad har en BA i psykologi fra Storbritannia, og hun har jobbet flere år innen markedsføring og reklame. Parallelt med sin filmkarriere, er hun kreativ direktør i Leo Burnett i Kuala Lumpur. I Malaysia er hun kjent for sine reklamefilmer for Petronas – det nasjonale olje- og gasselskapet. the director: Yasmin Ahmad has a BA in Psychology from the UK, and she has for several years worked within marketing – presently as Creative Director for Leo Burnett, Kuala Lumpur. In Malaysia, she is known for her corporate ads for Petronas – the national oil and gas company. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2003 RABUN 2004 SEPET 2006 GUBRA 2007 MUKHSIN

GUBRA (2006), oppfølgeren til SEPET, blir også vist ved årets festival. SEPET is a story of interracial teenage love, between Chinese Jason, a peddler of pirated videos, and Orked, a Malay schoolgirl who likes Hong Kong movies. “Sepet” is Malay for “slit eye” and is used pejoratively about the Chinese. The film penetrates stereotypes of race and narrative to explore the complexities of a multiracial society that has institutionalized the superiority of the Malay race and Islamic religion. Ahmad’s film stands as a signal work, both of the new Malaysian independent cinema, and as a heartfelt plea for tolerance. GUBRA (2006), the follow-up film to SEPET, is also screened at this year’s festival.

Fokus Malaysia Focus Malaysia

VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW APA KHABAR ORANG KAMPUNG VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW tar oss med til landlige omgivelser i Sør-Thailand, hvor vi møter et samfunn av malaysisk-muslimske kommunister som har trukket seg tilbake i eksil. Mellom vekselvise innslag fra en fiktiv thailandsk radio-såpeopera minnes de gamle dagers geriljakamper mot den malaysiske regjeringen. Filmen har et rolig og kontemplativt tempo, og unngår polemiske pekefingre – et sjelfullt dypdykk i marginale historier.

MALAYSIA 2007

cast: Bront Palarae (radio actor)

director: Amir Muhammad

running time: 1t 12m

screenplay: Amir Muhammad

sales: Da Huang Pictures, Kuala Lumpur

cinematography: Albert Hue regissøren: Amir Muhammad er født i Kuala Lumpur i 1972. I tillegg til å være filmskaper, er han også journalist og skribent. Han regisserte Malaysias første spillefilm skutt på DV i 2000: LIPS TO LIPS. Sammen med sin faste produsent, James Lee, etablerte Muhammad nylig produksjonsselskapet Da Huang Pictures i Kuala Lumpur. the director: Amir Muhammad was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1972. A journalist, writer and independent filmmaker, he directed Malaysia’s first DV feature in 2000: LIPS TO LIPS. Along with his regular producer, James Lee, Muhammad recently established the production company Da Huang Pictures in Kuala Lumpur.

VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW er oppfølgeren til Muhammad’s dokumentar THE LAST COMMUNIST (2006). De to filmene er de første malaysiske filmene som er blitt forbudt på hjemmebane. VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW takes place in a rural community of retired Malay-Muslim communists. Although of Malaysian origin, they now live across the border in South Thailand. Recollections of their decades-long guerrilla warfare against the Malaysian government are interspersed with a fictional Thai radio soap opera. Shot in a tranquil manner that privileges sensory immediacy over factual didacticism, Village Radio is a soulful immersion in marginal histories. VILLAGE PEOPLE RADIO SHOW is the sequel to Muhammad’s documentary THE LAST COMMUNIST (2006). They are the first two Malaysian films to be banned at home.

OVERDRIVE OVERDRIVE Overdrive lover mye godt for de av dere som er ute etter det litt spesielle! Sideprogrammet som er litt tøffere, litt morsommere, litt mer crazy – og i noen tilfeller litt sykere enn det vi ellers er vant til å se på festivalen. Filmer som tar han helt ut.

The Overdrive program is especially designed for those of you looking for something extra special! A bit tougher, a bit crazier, a bit funnier – and in some cases, a bit sicker than the average festival film. So buckle up, and hang on for your life!

Navnet på programmet er hentet fra det engelske språket; alle filmene er satt i “overdrive: An additional speed-increasing gear in a motor”. Her kjører vi på for full guffe! Så fest setebeltet, og heng med!

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ATTWENGER ADVENTURE I 17 år har Markus Binder (vokal/trommer) og Hans-Peter Falkner (trekkspill/vokal) vært på veien som “Attwenger”. Bandet er kjent for sine personlige tolkninger av tradisjonelle sanger og melodier. De har alltid vært trofaste mot sitt helt personlige konsept, og har aldri gitt etter for mekanismene i den kommersielle musikkverdenen. Filmen er satt sammen av over 100 timer med nytt materiale, samt privat arkivmateriale. Vi følger bandet på konserter i Østerrike (Linz, Wien, Pettenbach, Ebensee), Sveits (Zürich, Bern) og Tyskland (München). Resultatet er en fornøyelig og mangefasettert road movie. AUSTRIA 2007 director: Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker

cast: Markus Binder, Hans-Peter Falkner, Alexander Jöchtl, Fred Frith, I-Wolf, Erich Falkner, Pauline Falkner

screenplay:

running time: 1t 30m

cinematography: Roman Weinzettl, Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker, Markus Binder

sales: KM Film

regissøren: Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker har studert kulturadministrasjon i Steyr, sosiologi i Wien og Multimedia i Salzburg. Han lager musikkvideoer og dokumentarer. ATTWENGER ADVENTURE er hans første helaftens dokumentarfilm. the director: Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker has studied Cultural Management in Steyr, Sociology in Vienna and Multimedia Art in Salzburg. He makes music videos and documentaries. ATTWENGER ADVENTURE is his first feature-length documentary. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 ATTWENGER ADVENTURE

For 17 years Markus Binder (vocals/drums) and HansPeter Falkner (accordion/vocals) have been on the go as “Attwenger”. The band is known for their translation of traditional songs and melodies into an exciting contemporary form. True to their very personal concept, they have never yielded to the conventional mechanisms of commercialism. The film is edited from over 100 hours of newly acquired footage, as well as from the rich Attwenger private archives collected over nearly 20 years of artistic work. We travel with the duo to concerts in Austria (Linz, Vienna, Pettenbach, Ebensee), Switzerland (Zürich, Bern) and Germany (Munich). The result is a humorous and multi-faceted road movie.

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DASEPO NAUGHTY GIRLS DASEPO SONYO Poor Girl har akkurat begynt på Dasepo (“ubrukelig”) High School. Hun er forelsket Anthony, men han er forelsket i Double Eyes, søsteren til One Eye, skolens kyklop. – Første problem: Double Eye er egentlig en gutt. – Andre problem: En kult bortfører elever og tvinger dem til å danse for Erotic Goddess. – Tredje problem: Rektor hypnotiserer elever og installerer en “Instant Virgin Chip” som forandrer dem til nerder og kirkegjengere. For kidsa på Dasepo High, som til stadighet skulker for å gå til kjønnssykdomsklinikken eller til en horekunde, så er dette den ultimate fornærmelse. Hvem kan redde disse perverterte ungdommene fra å bli mønsterelever? SOUTH KOREA 2006

cast: Kim Ok-bin, Lee Kyun, Park Jin-woo

director: E. J-yong

running time: 1t 43m

screenplay: E. J-yong

sales: Mirovision Inc.

cinematography: Chung Jung-hong regissøren: E. J-yong (f. 1966) studerte ved Seoul Film Academy, etter å ha studert tyrkisk. Han er kjent for å behandle tabu-områder med visuell virtuositet i sine filmer. the director: E. J-yong (b. 1966) went to the Seoul Film Academy, after having studied Turkish. He is known to bring gorgeous visuals to taboo subject matter in his films. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1998 AN AFFAIR 2000 ASAKO IN RUBY SHOES 2003 UNTOLD SCANDAL 2006 DASEPO NAUGHTY GIRLS

DASEPO NAUGHTY GIRLS er en musical (!) basert på en populær internett-tegneserie. Til tross for all corny og horny humor, er det en komedie med hjerte av gull, som proklamerer at de største fiendene for verdensfreden er et lukket sinn, mangel på stil, og mangel på glidemiddel. Poor Girl is a new girl at Dasepo (”no use”) High School. She’s in love with “the transfer student from Switzerland” Anthony, but he’s in love with Double Eyes, the sister of One Eye, the class Cyclops. One problem: Double Eyes is actually a boy. Another problem: a cult is abducting students and forcing them to dirty dance for the Erotic Goddess. Third Problem: the headmaster is hypnotizing students and installing an “Instant Virgin Chip” that turns them into church-going nerds. For the kids of Dasepo High, who are constantly ducking out of class to hit the VD clinic or meet a customer, this is the ultimate insult. Who will save these perverted pupils from being transformed into model students? DASEPO NAUGHTY GIRLS is a musical (!), based on a popular web comic. Despite all the corny and horny humour, underneath it’s a comedy with a heart of gold and it proclaims that the biggest enemies to world peace are a closed mind, a lack of style and a lack of lubricant.

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FUNUKE SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS! FUNUKE DOMO, KANASHIMI NO AI WO MISERO To søstre som elsker å hate hverandre; en stebror og hans nye kone i kryssilden. For den dysfunksjonelle familien vil livet aldri bli det samme etter denne sommeren. Traumatiske hendelser, krangler, skrekk-manga, blodige familiefeider, er alle ingredienser i dette lidenskapelige dramaet.

JAPAN 2007 director: Daihachi Yoshida screenplay: Daihachi Yoshida, Yukiko Motoya (novel)

cast: Eriko Sato, Aimi Satsukawa, Hiromi Nagasaku, Masatoshi Nagase running time: 1t 52m sales: Phantom Film, Tokyo

cinematography: Shoichi Ato, Atsushi Ozawa regissøren: Daihachi Yoshida er født i 1963 i Kagoshima. Han har jobbet med reklamefilm i Japan i nesten tjue år. I tillegg har han regissert musikkvideoer, tv-dramaer og kortfilmer. FUNUKE SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS! er hans spillefilmdebut. the director: Daihachi Yoshida was born in 1963 in the Kagoshima prefecture. He has been working as a commercial director in Japan for nearly twenty years. In addition, he has directed music videos, television dramas, and short films. FUNUKE SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS! is his feature debut. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2007 FUNUKE SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS!

Sumika, en aspirerende skuespillerinne i Tokyo, reiser hjem til landsbyen til hennes foreldres begravelse. Lillesøsteren Kiyomi er tilsynelatende redd henne. Den eldre stebroren Shinji er fanget i midten. Han har en hemmelighet som han ikke kan fortelle sin nye “arrangerte” kone, Machiko, som er noe forvirret over forholdet mellom de tre søsknene, men hun er glad for å ha sin svigersøster på besøk. Sumika kjeder seg i hjembyen, så for å få tiden til å gå, skriver hun et fan-brev til en filmregissør hvor hun ber ham om en rolle i hans neste film. Kiomi har et talent for manga-tegning, men det er dette som er kilden til konflikten med søsteren, så hun må la det være. Selv om ekteskapet er arrangert, er Machiko lykkelig med Shinji. Hvert av familiemedlemmene forsøker å finne meningen med livet og kjærligheten på sin egen måte... Two sisters who just love to hate each other; a stepbrother and his new wife caught between the two. This dysfunctional family will experience a life-changing summer. Traumatic incidents, quarrels, horror-manga, bloody family feuds, are all a part of this passionate drama. Sumika, an aspiring actress, returns from Tokyo to her rural home town to attend the funeral of her parents. Upon Sumika’s return, her younger sister Kiyomi seems to be afraid of her. The older stepbrother, Shinji is caught in the middle. He’s got a secret that he cannot tell his new arranged-marriage wife, Machiko, who is puzzled by the relationship between the three, but happy to have her sisterin-law home. Sumika is bored in her home town, so to kill time, she starts writing a fan letter to an up-and-coming film director, asking him to cast her in his film. Kiyomi has talent in drawing manga, but this is what caused the conflict between the two, so she must stay away from it. Although the marriage is an arranged one, Machiko is happy to be with Shinji. Each member tries to find the meaning of life and love in their own way ...

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THE MATSUGANE POTSHOT AFFAIR MATSUGANE RANSHA JIKEN Freden i Matsugane, en (fiktiv) liten fjellby, brytes av ankomsten til den tvilsomme Nishioka og hans kjæreste Miyuki. De er lokket av ryktet om en bag med gull som skal befinne seg på bunnen av en frossen innsjø. De presser kyllingbonden Hikaru til å losjere dem, og vekker oppmerksomheten til Hikarus tvillingbror Kotaro, den lokale politimannen. Kotaro har sine egne problemer; hans senile bestefar, hans mannssjåvinistiske far, og hans ulykkelige mor. Men når alvorlig kriminalitet dukker opp i byen, representerer det en helt ny utfordring. JAPAN 2006 director: Nobuhiro Yamashita screenplay: Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kosuke Mukai, Kumiko Sato cinematography: Takahiro Tsutai

cast: Hirofumi Arai, Takashi Yamanaka, Miwa Kawagoe, Tamae Ando, Hyoei Enoki, Setsuko Karasuma running time: 1t 52m sales: Bitters End

regissøren: Nobuhiro Yamashita er født i 1976 i Aichi, japan. Den produktive unge filmskaperen er kjent for sin bitende svarte humor, minimalistiske fortellerkunst, og karakterdrevne historier om dagdrivere – ofte sammenlignet med regissører som Richard Linklater, Wim Wenders og Aki Kaurismäki.

I denne svarte komedien skaper Yamashita et herlig galleri av eksentriske karakterer og et intrikat plott, krydret med regissørens helt særegne humor. Filmtittelen blir forresten ikke forklart før i filmens aller siste bilde. The peace of Matsugane, a (fictitious) mountain town, is shattered by the arrival of the no-good Nishioka and his slovenly girlfriend Miyuki, lured by the rumour of a bag of gold sunk in a frozen lake. They blackmail poultry farmer Hikaru into providing them with a place to stay, and come to the attention of his twin (utterly dissimilar though) brother Kotaro, the local cop. Kotaro has problems of his own; his senile granddad, his womanising dad and his unhappy mum, but the arrival of serious crime in the community presents a whole new challenge. In this black comedy, Yamashita creates a range of deliciously eccentric characters and an intricate plot, spiked with his idiosyncratic humour. The title, incidentally, is explained only in the very last shot.

the director: Nobuhiro Yamashita was born in 1976 in Aichi, Japan. The prolific young indie filmmaker is known for his biting black humor, minimalist storytelling, and character-driven tales about slackers – often compared directors like Richard Linklater, Wim Wenders and Aki Kaurismäki. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1999 HAZY LIFE 2003 NO ONE’S ARK 2003 RAMBLERS 2004 CREAM LEMON 2005 LINDA LINDA LINDA 2006 THE MATSUGANE POTSHOT AFFAIR 2007 A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE 93

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RYMDINVASION I LAPPLAND SPACE INVASION OF LAPLAND Et glødende romskip lander i snøen nord for polarsirkelen i svensk Lappland. Et geolog-team tror det er en meteor, og legger av gårde for å finne den. Vel fremme, blir de angrepet av en lodden kjempe som ser ut som en full Chewbacca. Skapningen vralter rundt, ødelegger en samisk landsby, og konsentrerer seg så om den amerikanske isdans-mesteren Barbara Wilson. Filmen har engelsk dialog og er uten tekst.

SWEDEN, USA 1959 director: Virgil W. Vogel screenplay: Arthur C. Pierce cinematography: Hilding Bladh cast:

Barbara Wilson, Sten Gester, Robert Burton, Bengt Blomgren, Åke Gönberg, Gösta Prüzelius running time: 1t 12m

A glowing white spaceship lands in the snow above the Arctic Circle in the Lapland region of Northern Sweden. Believing it to be an unusual meteor, a team of geologists race to the site just in time to be menaced by a giant, furry, monster-faced something-or-other that looks like a drunken Chewbacca. The creature waddles around, wrecks a Sami village, and then directs his attention to American figure skating champion Barbara Wilson. The film has an English dialogue; no subtitles.

sales: Print source: Klubb Super 8, Stockholm

regissøren: Virgil W. Vogel (f. 1919, d. 1996) jobbet som klipper på 40- og 50-tallet hos Universal. Han misbrukte ikke sjansen da han fikk prøve seg på regi med skrekkfilmen THE MOLE PEOPLE (1956), og fikk deretter flere regioppdrag hos studioet. Senere regisserte Vogel mange TV-filmer, samt episoder for TV-seriene “Bonanza” (1959), “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1974), “Mission: Impossible” (1966), “Magnum, P.I.” (1983), “Miami Vice” (1987-88), “Quantum Leap” (1989), og mange fler. the director: Virgil W. Vogel (b. 1919, d. 1996) worked as an editor in the 40s and 50s at Universal. His successful attempt at directing in 1956, with the horror film THE MOLE PEOPLE, led to other directing assignments at the studio. Vogel later directed many made-for-television movies as well as episodes of TV’s “Bonanza” (1959), “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1974), “Mission: Impossible” (1966), “Magnum, P.I.” (1983), “Miami Vice” (1987-88), “Quantum Leap” (1989), and many others.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1956 THE MOLE PEOPLE 1957 THE KETTLES ON OLD MACDONALD’S FARM 1957 THE LAND UNKNOWN 1959 RYMDINVASION I LAPPLAND / SPACE INVASION OF LAPLAND 1965 THE SWORD OF ALI BABA

FILMS FROM THE NORTH short and doCumentary films from the barents REGION and other polar areas Film fra Nord presenterer de beste nye kort og dokumentarfilmene fra det nordlige Norge, Sverige, Finland, Russland og C anada. Slik vi i de andre programmene viser perler fra hele verden, viser vi her det beste fra vår egen utvida nærregion. Tromsøpalmen gis til beste film i konkurranse.

Films from the North presents the best of new shorts and documentaries made in the northern parts of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia and Canada. Following the logic of the festival we present regional films one would often not be able to see if not screened at TIFF. The Tromsø Palm is awarded to the best film in competition.

Dette året har vi også et særlig fokus på temaer knyttet til et internasjonale polaråret 2007–2008.

This year we also have a special focus on themes related to the International Polar Year of 2007–2008.

This year’s programME: > OPENING NIGHT > SHORTS IN COMPETITION > DOCUMENTARIES IN COMPETITION > POLAR FOCUS > YOUNG FILMMAKERS / STUDENT FILMS > SPECIAL SCREENINGS

opening night FILMS FROM THE NORTH This year Films from the North for the first time hosts an Opening Night. Ceremonies will be followed by a world premiere!

OPENING FILM Sommerhuset (Summers Past) Dir: Ole Giæver / Spillefilmkompaniet 4½ / Norway 2008 / 40m Cast: Maria Bock, Marte Solem, Kim Sørensen Contact: Karin Julsrud: karin@fourandahalf.no

Renate is afraid of loosing control if she allows herself to grieve after her mother’s death. When she realizes that the oppression of her feelings is about to destroy the relationship with her younger sister, she understands that she is in fact already about to lose control. Sommerhuset is a road movie set in the northern landscape of Norway. It’s a film about longing for closeness and all that was and no longer exists. The Director:

Ole Giæver (1977) is born in Tromsø. He has studied at Nordland Art and Film School and Konstfack in Stockholm. He has made several short films, and last year he won the Tromsø Palm in the Films from the North competition with his acclaimed short TOMMY.

FFN – shorts 1 short films in competition Situation Frank Dir: Patrik Eklund / Direktörn & Fabrikörn / Sweden 2007 / 28 min Cast: Jacob Nordenson, Göran Forsmark Contact: Sirel Peensaar-Miell: sirel@fpn.se

Frank finds himself disillusioned after his wife’s unexpected suicide. Frank’s best friend Lars tries his best to cheer him up with various results. It’s a bittersweet story about life, death and two grown men’s inability to communicate feelings.

Zoom de Temps Dir: Magne Pettersen / Retriever Film / Norway 2008 / 7m Cast: Hege Aga Edelsteen, Håkon Mathias Vassvik Contact: Magne Pettersen: kreatorium@post.com

A woman pulls a heavy technical device across a vast landscape. Her passing through a remote shore sets off irregular occurrences with time and space. Why did she come here in the first place?

Sommerhuset (Summers Past) Dir: Ole Giæver / Spillefilmkompaniet 4½ / Norway 2008 / 40m Cast: Maria Bock, Marte Solem, Kim Sørensen Contact: Karin Julsrud: karin@fourandahalf.no

FFN – shorts 2 short films in competition En sak som hände på Öbacka (Flashback) Dir: Linnea Widén / Linnea Widén Produktion / Sweden 2007 / 6m Cast: Ulrika Hansson, Mikael Ahlberg Contact: Botnia Film: botniafilm@filmfest.se

When Mia is jogging near the river, a man exposes himself to her.

Brutte kretser (Broken Circuits) Dir: Tom Daniel Reiersen / Norway 2007 / 9m Cast: Nina Biong, Steinar Bang Contact: Tom Daniel Reiersen: tomreiersen@gmail.com

Broken Circuits takes us to Norway, a country of cardboard and robots. We meet the divorced couple Roger and Matilde. They tell their Romeo and Juliet-story of love and deceit. It’s a story of intercultural dialogue and xenophobia, manifesting itself in the differences between city and village culture. Roger’s friends and family in Finnmark reject the city girl Matilde, causing difficulties for them both.

Oktober (October) Dir: Birk Bjørlo / Nordland kunst- og filmskole / Norway 2006 / 1m Contact: Birk Bjørlo: birkbjorlo@gmail.com

October is a one-minute slapstick animation with beer, bratwurst, native costumes and brass music as central elements.

FFN – shorts 2 short films in competition Ensimmäinen Eskelinen (Visitor) Dir: Mika Hotakainen / Oktober / Finland 2007 / 15m Cast: Samuli Punkka, Raimo Grönberg, Emilia Ikäheimo Contact: Niko Liinamaa: niko.liinamaa@ses.fi

Ensimmäinen Eskelinen is a drama comedy, influenced by dark humour, about the relationship between father and son. Joona arrives at his childhood home in Lapland from Helsinki to visit his father, Antto. Antto is living alone in a corrosion-ruined house on the steep banks of a river in Lapland. The scraggy meeting between father and son takes a bizarre twist as a young female arrives at Antto’s hut. The men have insuperable problems when it comes to solving things by talking. Many misunderstandings can occur. Forechecking Morfar (Forechecking Grandpa) Dir: Per Hanefjord / Röde Orm Film AB, Filmpool Nord / Sweden 2007 / 14m Cast: Gösta Bredenfeldt Contact: Sirel Peensaar-Miell: sirel@fpn.se

Martin and Gerd take their grandson Olle to a hockey game. It’s the district championship finals and Olle is about to break in the skates his grandpa gave him for Christmas. Olle doesn’t enjoy playing hockey very much anymore and would rather stay at home and draw all day long. But it is a championship game, and grandpa Martin has his aim set for victory.

Bortreist for anledningen (Moving Time) Dir: Solveig Melkeraaen / Exposed Film Productions / Norway 2007 / 31m Cast: Joachim Calmeyer, Gerdi Schelderup Contact: Morten Daae: morten@exposed.no

Gregor and Agathe are living happily together in their own little world. Gregor perceives the world through a stuffed raven and an old radio. He has even begun to make food. The two of them are having a good time reading commercial adds in newspapers, and are celebrating their wedding anniversary in June even though it is in September. Maybe Gregor is right when he says that there is a time for everything?

FFN – shorts 3 short films in competition Ruter 8 (8 of Diamonds) Dir: Martin Loïc Lotherington / JAB film / Norway 2007 / 8m Cast: Joachim Rafaelsen Contact: Martin Loïc Lotherington: martin@lotherington.com

Locked up in himself, Joachim Rafaelsen is trying to get out.

Null – Null (Nil – Nil) Dir: Gaute Johnsen / Fiksjon / Norway 2007 / 4m Cast: Silje Torp Færavaag, Anders Baasmo Christiansen Contact: Gaute Johnsen: gaute@fiksjon.no

They have been together for a long time, but their relationship is not as it should be. They have stopped communicating, and both feel neglected by the other.

Mellan oss (Between You and Me) Dir: Per Hanefjord / Dramatiska Institutet / Sweden 2007 / 20m Cast: Björn Bengtsson, Ruth Vega Fernandez Contact: Hanna Lundmark: hanna.lundmarks@gmail.com

Is it possible to suddenly stop loving someone? If so, have you ever truly loved? Jonas and Annie have split up. While Jonas is clearing out their old apartment Annie turns up with her new boyfriend, unaware that Jonas is there. While her new boyfriend leaves with their old TV set, Annie stays. It appears that the apartment isn’t the only thing that needs clearing.

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FFN – shorts 3 short films in competition Kainuulaisia (Woodsmen) Dir: Timo Korhonen / Road Movies / Finland 2006 / 10m Cast: Reijo Kela, Aimo Korhonen, Timo Korhonen Contact: Niko Liinamaa: niko.liinamaa@ses.fi

KAINUULAISIA is a film about the collision between man and nature. It is a tale about two woodsmen who encounter a wolf-like creature in a beautiful forest. The woodsmen are doing their everyday job, felling trees and piling up logs, but is there something more in the forest? It looks like the woodsmen do not notice the existence of the wolf-like creature. Still it is there and interferes with events. Or does it?

Iskaldt (Dead Cold) Dir: Erik Smith Meyer / JAB film / Norway 2007 / 39m Cast: Jørgen Langhelle Contact: John Arvid Berger: john@jabfilm.no

The Gulf Stream is disappearing. Northern Europe is being evacuated. While people are moving south, Eric goes north to help his family.

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FFN – shorts / DOC 2 shorts and 2 docs in competition Bestemor (Grandma) Dir: Guro Saniola Bjerk / Saniola Productions / Norway 2008 / 6m Contact: Guro S. Bjerk: guro.bjerk@gmail.com

“Grandma”. The Norwegian term describes them as the “best mothers”. This is a celebration of the persons we all have a relationship to. Some of us have even been blessed with the greatest grandma of them all: A true “Best Mother”!

Nina Dir: Maria Bock / Tvibit, Runaround Film / Norway 2007 / 10m Cast: Nina Andreassen, Kari Simonsen, Anders Mordal Contact: Joachim Lyng: joachim@tvibit.net

What do you do when your father takes ill and your mother fall madly in love with her neighbour, and at the same time you are planning to move 200 km away? It’s no wonder Nina starts questioning her own relationship.

Den gamle mannen (The old Man) Dir: Gustav Kvaal / Kvaal Ans / Norway 2007 / 9m Contact: Hans Petter Kvaal: hans.p.kvaal@hitos.no

This is a story about an old man and his escape from reality. We join him in his bathtub and in his dream world. We are introduced to the amorous old man who can’t fall asleep. His less than affectionate wife wants peace and quiet. After repeatedly trying to get her attention in the bedroom, he walks to the bathroom in disappointment. He runs a bath and lets himself sink down in the hot water. Then something starts happening underneath him. To his shock and amazement he starts to sink. He sinks down into a deep, dark ocean.

Nattens häxor (Night Witches) Dir: Gunilla Bresky / Röda läppar / Sweden 2008 / 58m Contact: Gunilla Bresky: gunilla.bresky@sr.se

This is the true story about the only regiment in the world where all the combat pilots were women. They were around twenty years old when they volunteered. The Germans called them the Night Witches. They learnt how to fly during the night, how to load the plane with bombs, and how to bomb German troops. They did even more combat missions than their male colleagues. The pilots, navigators, mechanics, technicians, all were women. They had Ten Commandments. The first was: Be proud you are a woman. 102

FFN – DOC 1 DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION Alt skal vekk (Clearance) Dir: Anniken Hoel / Manifestofilm / Norway 2008 / 8m Contact: Anniken Hoel: anniken.hoel@gmail.com

Clearance: 1. The removal of obstructions or unwanted objects, for example, dilapidated buildings or overgrown bushes, before building or cultivating. 2. A sale of goods at reduced prices in order to clear stock 3. The forcible removal from an area of land of the people who have traditionally lived there.

Processen (The Process) Dir: Jonas Augustsén / Bokomotiv - Freddy Olsson Filmproduktion / Sweden 2007 / 12m Cast: Stefan Sundström Contact: Freddy Olsson: freddy.olsson@bokomotiv.se

After a party, five young writers miss the last ferry home. They borrow a rowing boat, which leads to unexpected consequences. On the opposite shore, the police are waiting with drawn weapons. This incident happened in 1945, but it can also happen in our time. Processen is inspired by Stig Dagerman and Franz Kafka.

Jord (Earth) Dir: Toivo Burlin, Jon Johansson, Per-Arne Sträng / Sweden 2007 / 5m Contact: Toivo Burlin: toivo.burlin@musikvet.gu.se

In the Middle Ages the Swedish province of Västerbotten was a frontier to Russia and a no mans land: North of the Skellefte River Russia began. This short is inspired by our common feeling of a cultural relation or similarity between Northern Sweden and Russia, a feeling of something like an arctic identity. It is also inspired - and based on - cine-films of a journey from Southern to Northern Sweden and Blåliden during 1973.

A Beautiful Tragedy Dir: David Kinsella / Faction Film / Norway 2007 / 52m Contact: Dag Hoel: dag@factionfilm.no

A Beautiful Tragedy is the story of Oksana who follows her mother’s dream to see Oksana become a prima ballerina. She spends nine years at a ballet school in Russia, sacrificing her youth and becoming anorectic. She is only allowed to see her mother twice a year, and during her studies Oksana’s mood changes from hope to despair. She wants to give up, but pulls herself together every morning after nights of crying, desperate to fulfil her mother’s dream. 103

FFN – DOC 2 DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION Sámi Nieida Jojk (Sami Daughter Yoik) Dir: Liselotte Wajstedt / LittleBig Productions / Sweden 2007 / 58m Contact: Anna G. Magnúsdóttir: anna.g@littlebig.se

Sámi Nieida Jojk is a road movie into Sameland. Armed in a Kolt (Sami costume) and with a summer language course, the director intends to take her place among the people she belongs to. It’s an exciting trip filled with expectations and fear of rejection. The story is told through humoristic documentary narration, imaginative animation and musical editing. How much a Sami can you be living in the city without reindeers? Will she be accepted in Sameland?

Kesän Lapsi (Summerchild) Dir: Iris Olsson / University of Art and Design Helsinki / Finland 2007 / 59m Contact: Saara Toivanen: foffice@taik.fi

Svetlana, an 11-year-old girl from a children’s home in Russia, is the sponsored child of a couple from Finland. Living only 60km from the border to Finland, Svetlana has never visited her neighbouring country. After a long wait Svetlana finally gets an invitation to have a look at life on the other side of the border. Kesän Lapsi is a documentary film about a Russian orphan, and her summer vacation in the west and meeting with a new family.

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FFN – DOC 3 DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION Aydaygooay Dir: Mary Code / Nah Ho Productions Inc. / Canada 2007 / 6m Contact: Allan Code: code@northwestel.net

The caribou have been disrespected and have not returned on their migration. Aydaygooay, who has powers no one knows about, will try to bring them back and make things right. This ancient Sayisi Dene legend reflects a fundamental philosophical division between hunter and herdsman.

Konst i skogslandet (Art in the Forestland) Dir: Ann-Christine Haupt / Hans-Olof Utsi AB / Sweden 2007 / 28m Contact: Ann-Christine Haupt: ac.haupt@telia.com

In the summer of 2007 the seventh annual art exhibition took place in Parkalombolo, a little Forest Sami village in Northern Sweden. We follow artist Outi Pieski working in her father’s home village, Dalvadas in Finnish Lapland, and her visit to Parkalombolo. In Parkalombolo, four cultures come together: The Forest Sami, the Mountain Sami, the Finnish, and the Swedish. Here Outi meets reindeer herder Katarina Sevä. They are both in different ways trying to find a place within the Sami culture.

Huuto tuuleen (A Shout into the Wind) Dir: Katja Gauriloff / Oktober Oy / Finland 2007 / 55m Contact: Joonas Berghäll: joonas@oktober.fi

The fate of an entire culture lies in the hands of a few determined individuals. The film follows them in their struggle against the threats of modern-day life, as they try to keep alive the traditions and memories of the Skolt Sami people. The documentary HUUTO TUULEEN is the debut film of the Skolt Sami director Katja Gauriloff. It portrays the present-day reality of the Skolt Sami people in which modern life and old traditions converge in perfect harmony.

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FFN – polar focus 1: True north

DOCUMENTARY FILMS from Norway, svalbard and russia

9175 Sveagruva Dir: Roger Mandal / Norway 2007 / 26m Contact: Roger Mandal: rogermandal@mac.com

9175 Sveagruva is a portrait of the small Norwegian mining community on the island of Spitsbergen. It is a personal and warm story, told in a young and rough style.

Vàrit leat seammat (And the Mountains are the same) Dir: Gjert Rognli / Norway 2007 / 6m Contact: Gjert Rognli: gjert.rog@gmail.com

During the Second World War German soldiers burnt most of the buildings in Finnmark and Northern Troms to the ground. In recent years Norwegian policy has led to a severely reduced fishing industry and farming in the same areas. The consequences of this have been emigration, decay of buildings and an overgrowing of the cultural landscape.

From Vardø with Love Dir: Dmitrij Ischenko, Hilde Korsæth / Tundra Film AS / Norway, Russia 2006 / 51m / Contact: Hilde Korsæth: hilde@tundrafilm.no

In 1959 a small Norwegian brass band makes an adventurous trip. Without any visas, exuberantly defying bureaucracy and the Cold War, Vardø Town Band sets off in a fishing boat to visit their Soviet neighbours in Murmansk. It turns into a trip they will never forget, and it will have major consequences. A Russian-Norwegian film about neighbours living on the top of Europe during the Cold War, when mutual suspicion and power games ruled international politics and relations between East and West. 106

FFN – polar focus 2: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY

Documentary films about the minorities in Northern Norway

The Language of my Heart Dir: Sirkka Seljevold / University of Tromsø / Norway 2007 / 36m Contact: Sirkka Seljevold: sirkka.seljevold@c2i.net

What does it do to your identity when you loose the right to speak your mother tongue? What does it do to your feeling of belonging in a society? The Kven minority population of Northern Norway has been a target of a strong assimilation policy for over 100 years. As a result their language is now dying out. We meet Solgunn and Terje, two inhabitants of a Kven village in Northern Norway. Each in their own way, they take up a fight for the right to use their own language – the right to a complete identity.

Firekeepers Dir: Rossella Ragazzi / Sonar Film / Norway 2007 / 57m Contact: Rossella Ragazzi: ragazzi@tmu.uit.no

In Firekeepers we meet Sara Marielle Gaup and Lawra Somby, two young performers of yoik. They are born in the North and the South of Sápmi, respectively, and they have come together through a musical project called “Adjágas”. The two musicians express different ways of life and concerns, also related to being young artists with indigenous backgrounds. The film shows how yoik brings together everyday life, politics and spirituality, and becomes a language capable of healing the pain from a colonial past.

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FFN – young filmmakers / student films See the best from talented new directors Egen Seksualitet (Own Sexuality) Dir: Camilla Fagerli, Marie Askeland / Nordland kunst- og filmskole / Norway 2007 / 6m / Contact: Camilla Fagerli: midskills@gmail.com

Egen seksualitet is a brutal-realistic documentation of one girl’s Sunday morning alone in your apartment. NB: This film does not have English subtitles.

Koiraan elämää (Male Life) Dir: Heikki Rönty / Kemi-Tornion ammattikorkeakoulu / Finland 2007 / 8m Contact: Janne Idström: janne.idstrom@tokem.fi

Not everything goes according to plan when a jealous man decides to get rid of his competitor. A drama-comedy about trying to kill a dog.

Second Run Dir: Sid Noormohamed / Canada 2006 / 7m Contact: Sid Noormohamed: sidinyukon@hotmail.com

Twelve-year-old Kiara Adams had a dream of running the “Yukon Quest” known as the toughest sled dog race in the world. In 2006 she finally entered the race, only to find herself lost in a blizzard on an Alaskan mountaintop. Her dream was destroyed. Will she run the Quest again?

Franz Frisør (Franz the Hairdresser) Dir: Øyvind Solberg, Aleksander Andreassen / Nordland kunst- og filmskole / Norway 2007 / 1m Contact: Øyvind Solberg: oyvindsol@hotmail.com

This is an animated story about a hairdresser with some very strange habits.

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FFN – young filmmakers / student films Vilde - en researchassistent i et nettbasert livsstilsmagasin (Vilde - a Research Assistant at a Net-Based Lifestyle Magazine) Dir: Anne E. H. Bergseng / Nordland kunst- og filmskole / Norway 2007 / 16m Cast: Anki Gerhardsen, Jon Kristian Gaare Blix, Knut Rottem Contact: Anne E. H. Bergseng: annebergseng@gmail.com

Vilde, a research assistant at a net-based lifestyle magazine, is sent on a mission from Oslo to Lofoten. The day before her scheduled return she gets stuck with the talkative Simen and his grandfather, due to bad weather. Vilde gradually realizes that she will have to stay in Lofoten longer than she first expected. NB: This film does not have English subtitles.

Pape-rip (Paper-rip) Dir: Juho Malanin / Kemi-Tornion ammattikorkeakoulu / Finland 2007 / 5m Contact: Janne Idström: janne.idstrom@tokem.fi

Pape-Rip shows us the production process of newspapers from forest trees to finished print and beyond. Through formal rigor a poetic vision of its variety of applications in daily life are shown.

Appelsiinihanki Dir: Heidi Siikaluoma / Kemi-Tornion ammattikorkeakoulu / Finland 2007 / 11m / Contact: Janne Idström: janne.idstrom@tokem.fi

In a relationship that holds a past time tragedy, planting orange trees in the snow becomes a mad obsession. But can hope blossom out of tragedy?

Det visner (It Fades) Dir: Petter Napstad / Nordland kunst- og filmskole / Norway 2007 / 10m Contact: Petter Napstad: petternapstad@hotmail.com

“He wanted to be the branch, swaying in the treetops, and the wind that made it sways. He wanted to be the deep forest and the blue ocean. He wanted to be the waves, washing in upon the beaches and the sand being washed to and fro”.

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FFN – special screenings

special screening 1: In the aftermath of the Kautokeino rebellion: GIVE US OUR SKELETONS

GIVE US OUR SKELETONS (OAIVVESKALDJUT) Dir: Paul-Anders Simma / Saamifilmi Oy / Finland 1999 / 49m Contact: Marja Pallassalo: marja.pallassalo@ses.fi

Niillas Somby is fighting an almost Kafkaesque battle against the Norwegian authorities, trying to release the skull of his ancestor. Mons Somby and Alask Hetta were executed in 1854 following the Kautokeino rebellion. Their bodies were claimed by the State for scientific research, and their skulls held as part of a collection of 900 skulls at The Anatomical Institute in Oslo. Oaivveskaldjut documents, with disturbing archival footage, how research into racial classification was common, and how racist legislation and persecution of the Sami continued well into the 20th Century.

special screening 2: NRK and TIFF presents a sneak premiere of the TV series REINLYKKE

REINLYKKE (BOAZOLIHKKU) Dir: Gunnar Hammer, Halvard Jakobsen / NRK Program riks Tromsø / Norway 2008 / 39m Contact: Halvard Jakobsen: halvard.jakobsen@nrk.no

The Eira family is in possession of “boazolihkku” – the reindeer fortune. But what does it take to maintain such fortune in modern Norway? Meet Johan Mathis Eira (67), commonly known as Junnan. He is the patriarch of the Eiras in Kautokeino, Northern Norway, who throughout generations has built one of the largest reindeer herds in the country. This is part one in a series of eight to be shown on NRK1 this winter, documenting a year of a sami family who’s life is – literally – to follow the herd. 110

POLARE MYTER, POLARE VIRKELIGHETER POLAR MYTHS, POLAR REALITIES The Earth comes equipped with two poles; one in the north and one in the south. As humans we live our lives in the tension created between these two opposites. The magnetic force tethered to the two poles strongly influences the physical existence of Man on the planet. In addition to this, the poles exert enormous power on our imaginations. There is a strong attraction in the poles, a force felt very strongly by some. It begins with a tickle, then it pulls, and finally it calls on you with such power that some people leave safety, warmth, family – everything – to get to the ice. But most of us travel through imagination, literature, film. The beautiful and dramatic film THE RED TENT / Krasnaya palatka by Mikhail Kalatozov deals with Nobile’s disastrous expedition, and shows how fiction is capable of relaying the drama of the actual expedition while simultaneously feeding our imagination and strengthening the myths of the Polar. CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE by Gillies M acKinnon starts off at the opposite end, using the expedition as a metaphor. The film tells the story of a group of unemployed Scottish men that pass time by reenacting Amundsen’s expedition to the South Pole – a striking metaphor for mastering our lives in general. Filmmakers Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio move away from the actual poles, but stay in an arctic landscape with SEVEN SONGS OF THE TUNDRA / Seitsemän laulua tundralta about the Nenets people in Siberia. Seven stories about life on the tundra are interwoven with seven folk songs, forming a stunning poetic-documentary picture of a threatened people. A beautiful dance film from Norwegian Samí territory uses choreography to tell the story of the creation of the Samí people and

their presence on the tundra: THE WIND WHISPERS THERE IS SOMEONE BEHIND THE TUNDRA / Biegga savkala ahte duoddariid duohken lea soames by Ken Are Bongo and Elle Sofe Henriksen. The destiny of the Chukchi people of Siberia is represented with IT’S ME – SERGEY, by Philipp Abryutin, a young filmmaker from Chukotka portraying the hard social realities with great tenderness in this portrait of bone carver Sergey. From Nunavut in Canada comes ISSAITTUQ / Waterproof by Bruce Haulli, that deals with the social realities of the Inuit people. The filmmaker has chosen a docu-dramatic perspective that comes across as merciless at first, but ends up conveying both knowledge and hope. The documentary film THE PRIZE OF THE POLE by Staffan Julén throws light on the theme of western arrogance and how cultural imperialism is disguised in the apparent thirst for knowledge of these explorers and scientists. The film takes a revealing look at Robert Peary’s relationship to Greenland and the Eskimos, and one particular woman among them. THE CINEMA AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Annalisa Vozza takes us quite simply to the world’s southernmost cinema, located on the Antarctic peninsula. Beyond all reason we also find a film with an arctic theme in the Overdrive program: RYMDINVASJON I LAPPLAND / Space Invasion of Lapland by Virgil W. Vogel, that shows how polar themes are used to heighten tensions to the point of unintentional comic effect, and how ethnic e lements can be distorted beyond recognition and meaning.

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Polare myter, polare virkeligheter Polar Myths, Polar Realities

THE RED TENT KRASNAYA PALATKA

Italy / Soviet Union 1969 Director: Mikhail Kalatozov Screenplay: Richard L. Adams, Ennio De Concini Cinematography: Music: Ennio Morricone Cast: Peter Finch, Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale Running time: 2h 1m Print source: Paramount Pictures

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Dette er historien om Umberto Nobiles andre ekspedisjon til Nordpolen i luftskipet “Italia”. Etter å ha nådd polpunktet, havarerte luftskipet. Det var det ingen som fanget opp mannskapets nødrop, og de ble liggende på isen under et stykke rød seilduk og vente på å bli reddet. Historien er i sin helhet fortalt fra Nobiles ståsted førti år etter, når han sitter alene i sin stue i Roma og forestiller seg et møte mellom alle som mistet livet sitt på denne ekspedisjonen, samt én som aldri kom tilbake fra redningsaksjonen: Roald Amundsen (genialt spilt av Sean Connery). Peter Finch gjør en fantastisk flott figur som den ensomme Nobile. Bruken av flashbacks gjør filmen til noe mye mer enn en spennende action film fra det høye nord – men det er det også. THE RED TENT er en refleksjon over hybris og ledelse, den frie viljen og skjebnen, mot og feighet. Leonid Kalashnikovs foto er overveldende, og Ennio Morricones musikk briljant. Filmen er ikke bare tro mot de historiske fakta, den er også spilt inn i polar strøk, under tilnærmet autentiske forhold. Regissør Mikhail Kalatozov er anerkjent som mester på å skildre det emosjonelle landskapet. I THE RED TENT viser han til fulle at han mestrer det arktiske landskapet også, med et gripende resultat. This is the story of Italian General Umberto Nobile’s ill-fated 1928 expedition to the North Pole in a dirigible, which stranded its entire crew. No one responded to their desperate SOS calls, and the survivors huddled within their makeshift red canvas shelter in hope of being saved. The story is told entirely from Nobile’s point of view, forty years later, as he sits alone in his living room and envisions all the participants of the expedition, who lost their lives because of his decisions. The use of flashbacks makes the film much more than an exciting adventure from the far north – even though it is that as well. THE RED TENT is a meditation on hubris and leadership, free will and destiny, heroism and cowardice, with breathtaking cinematography by Leonid Kalashnikov, a brilliant score by Ennio Morricone, and great acting by Peter Finch as Nobile and Sean Connery as Roald Amundsen. Not only faithful to the historical facts, the film is also shot in near-authentic locations. Director Mikhail Kalatozov’s reputation as a master at describing and defining the emotional landscape cinematically is matched in THE RED TENT by his ability to master the arctic landscape, and the combination is enthralling.

Polare myter, polare virkeligheter Polar Myths, Polar Realities

CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE

UK 1988 Director: Gillies MacKinnon Cast: Stevan Rimkus, Leonard O’Malley, Ewen Bremner, Alastair Galbraith Running time: 1h 32m Print source: British Film Institute

Inspirert av Roald Amundsens nedtegnelser kommer en gjeng arbeidsledige ungdommer i Scotland på en vill idé: De skal gjenskape den første vellykkede ekspedisjon til Antarktis! Dette er delvis for å få tiden til å gå, men også for holde følelsen av maktesløsheten på avstand. Det er nesten ikke til å unngå at prosjektet vokser dem over hodet. De må skaffe utstyr, bygge opp isbreer, leite opp pingviner, finne polarhunder og det er ikke lenge før gjengens samhold begynner å rakne. Filmen er spilt inn på et forfallent havneområde i Leith, og greier både å være tro mot sitt opphav (et teaterstykke skrevet av Manfred Karge for Berlinerensemblet i 1986) og en visuelt spennende film samtidig. Om filmen bærer i seg en nokså mørk klangbunn, er den til tider også både morsom og øm. Regissøren G illies MacKinnon har laget en hyllest til fantasien, og den avgjørende rollen den spiller i ungdommens fantastiske reise mot selv-innsikt. Inspired by Roald Amundsen’s memoirs, a group of unemployed Scottish youths decide to fill their time – and fend off fears of failure – by recreating the first successful trip to the Antarctic in their home town. Almost inevitably, the task takes on epic proportions. Glaciers, equipment, huskies and penguins must be found – and the group steadily splinters over strategy and purpose. Shot among the docks and tenement blocks of Leith, the film is at once faithful to the original theatre piece and a visually stimulating piece of cinema. The bleak conclusion does defeat the film’s wit and tenderness. Director Gillies MacKinnon celebrates the crucial role played by the imagination in the youth’s fantastic voyage of self-discovery.

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THE PRIZE OF THE POLE

SWEDEN / DENMARK 2006 DIRECTOR: Staffan Julén SCREENPLAY: Staffan Julén

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Camilla Hjelm Knudsen, Torben Forsberg RUNNING TIME: 1h20m SALES: Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm

In 1897 polar explorer Robert Peary invited six Inuit people from Greenland, including Minik, a six year old boy, and his father, to the Museum of Natural History in New York. As exotic research objects, Inuits were an attractive exhibition at the museum. Unfortunately the Inuits had no resistance to the diseases of New York and soon they all died, except for Minik. His father’s body was preserved in the name of science. Staffan Julén’s fascinating film, THE PRIZE OF THE POLE, tells the stories of three men marked by a colonial past and struggling with their own identity. Through archive material Julén explores Peary’s life with families in both Greenland and America, Minik’s hardships as the prodigal son returns to the life of a hunter in Greenland, and one hundred years later Peary’s great grandchild, half-Inuit Robert Peary II, who follows Julen back to Greenland in an attempt to rediscover the connections between himself, his great grandfather and Minik. Julén’s film explores the eternal themes of identity, ethnicity, western arrogance and human rights in the long gap between The Big Apple and the icy plains of the Far North.

THE CINEMA AT THE END OF THE WORLD IL CINEMA ALLA FINE DEL MONDO

ITALY 2007

SCREENPLAY: Cuini Amelio Ortiz

DIRECTORs: Cuini Amelio Ortiz and Annalisa Vozza

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ariel Ludin RUNNING TIME: 0h28m

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En reise til den antarktiske halvøy for å dokumentere verdens sørligste kino. En gruppe mennesker drar fra sted til sted med Hercules-fly og en isbryter for å få vist filmene de har med seg på denne kinoen. Det utarter til et kollektivt eventyr i en del av verden som kan være både storslått og ugjestmild. A journey to the Antarctic Peninsula to visit and document the southernmost cinema of the Austral Hemisphere. Moving from place to place by military planes and an ice-breaker, a group of people with a box of 35 films want to reach the cinema and know more about its function. It will turn out to be a great collective adventure in a breath-taking but also isolated and inhospitable zone.

Polare myter, polare virkeligheter Polar Myths, Polar Realities

THE WIND WHISPERS THERE IS SOMEONE BEHIND THE TUNDRA BIEGGA SAVKALA AHTE DUODDARIID DUOHKEN LEA SOAMES The choreography in The Wind Whispers… is an abstract description of evolution, inspired by Synnøve Persen’s poem of the same name. The dancers travel through time and space, on rough land, enjoying the wonders of the sky. During their journey they come across objects related to the history of the Sámi people.

Norway 2006 Directors: Ken Are Bongo & Elle Sofe Henriksen

Cast: Jos Baker, Nanina Kotlowski Running Time: 10 min. Print Source: KABongo Productions

SYV SANGER FRA TUNDRAEN Seven songs from the tundra (Seitsman laulua tundralta)

Finland 2000

Running time: 1h 25 m

Director: Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio

Print source: Finnish Film Foundation, Helsinki

Cast: Vitalina Hudi, Hatjako Yzangi, Gergory Anaguritsj, Nadeshda Wolodejeva

SEVEN SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA is the first feature film about the life of the Nenets, a nomadic people living in the tundra of northern Russia, made entirely in their own language and in their own region. The film took a year and a half to make, under extreme conditions in areas plagued by swarms of flies and sub-zero temperatures. The Nenets still live as they have done for centuries, surviving on reindeer meat, fish and berries. The film is structured around traditional folk songs, and shows how different sides of the soviet communist rule interfere with the traditional Nenets family life. The first and seventh “songs” of the film are documentary scenes. All the others are fictional. The Nenets, who have no knowledge of theatre or experience of professional acting, played all 70 roles in the film, for which no fewer than 450 auditioned. SEVEN SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA gives a rare look into an Arctic minority culture, shifting from breathtaking panoramas to intimate meetings with individuals. Filmmaker Anastasia Lapsui is herself Nenet, and was born on Russia’s Yamal peninsula. The film won a Jussi (Finnish “Oscar”) for best film in 2001, and a Nordic Amanda for best Nordic film in 2000. 115

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IT’S ME – SERGEY Sergey is a Chukchi bone carver in Chukotka. He lives in an abandoned mining town that is decimated by poverty and alcoholisme.

RusSIA 2006

Running time: 0h14 m

Philipp Abryutin, born 1986 in Chukotka, in the northeasternmost part of Russia, is a student at VGIK, the prestigious Russian Federation State Institute of Cinematography (Moscow).

Director: Philipp Abryutin

WATERPROOF

ISSAITTUQ After a young Inuk loses his love, he tumbles headlong into a downward spiral of alcohol and violence. Sentenced by his community to an outpost camp, he grudgingly follows the simple, traditional life imposed upon him by elders until the past hunts him down, pulling him hauntingly in and out of history.

Canada 2007

Screenplay: Bruce Haulli

Director: Bruce Haulli

Running time: 0h45 m

Inuit filmmaker Bruce Haulli is from Igloolik, N unavut. He wrote, directed and starred in ISSAITTUQ, which was executive-produced by Isuma Productions ( ATANARJUAT, THE FAST RUNNER, JOURNALS OF KNUD RASMUSSEN).

KIVIUQ

CANADA 2007

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DIRECTOR: John Houston

CAST: Annie Peterloosie, Henry Evaluardjuk, June Shappa, Laila Hansen

WRITER: John Houston

RUNNING TIME: 1h12 m

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dave Albiston

PRINT SOURCE: Drumsong Communications, Inc., Halifax, Canada

Canadian director John Houston, known worldwide for his films about Inuit culture, relates the ancient tale of the legendary hero Kivuiq as told to him by Inuit elders. In a unique performance piece, spoken in Inuktitut and filmed in one room, Houston lets the Inuit arts of music, dance, song and storytelling reveal a timeless story about bravery, betrayal and survival. Not only does this intriguing work preserve a rich history in danger of being lost, it also instructs viewers which paths to take and which paths to avoid, no matter what century they live in. The screening of KIVIUQ will be connected to a presentation of the filmmaking community in Nunavut, and the co-production agreement between Norway and Canada. See www.tiff.no for a complete presentation, and the pocket program for time and place.

www.nnfs.no Nordnorsk Filmsenter ønsker lykke til med visningene for de nordnorske filmene som deltar i programmet ”Film fra Nord ” under TIFF 2008. NORDNORSK FILMSENTER A·S Øvergata 1 - Postboks 94 N-9751 HONNINGSVÅG www.nnfs.no

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spesiaLvisninger special screenings Spesiell: bestemt, egent, ekstraordinært, individuelt, eiendommelig, karakterisk, særlig, særskilt, unntak. På TIFF er alle visninger og alle filmer spesielle. Utgangspunktet vårt er at vi skal trekke fram filmer du ellers ikke får sett. Det er i seg sjøl spesielt. Men under rubrikken SPESIALVISNINGER kommer det i tillegg ekstra-spesielle grunner til å vise enkelte filmer som er særdeles spesielle. SPESIELT: UNNTAK Ta for eksempel et knippe filmer som finner veien til det norske publikummet, men de skal ikke på kino. De skal nemlig ut på video. På TIFF presenteres de for første (og eneste!) gang på film. Disse filmene går under betegnelsen RETT PÅ VIDEO, og presenteres i samarbeid med bransjeorganisasjonen FILM&KINO. SPESIELT: EKSTRAORDINÆRT Det er spesielt når en skuespiller “spiller” med stemmen inne i salen mens filmen går. Det passer perfekt når filmen er laget på et språk som ikke alle forstår, for eksempel japansk, og spesielt når publikummet er norske barn som er for små til å lese engelske undertekster. PORCO ROSSO presenteres også i samarbeid med FILM&KINO. SPESIELT: KARAKTERISTISK I samarbeid med Norsk Filmklubbforbund presenterer vi hvert år en ny-importert klassiker som er karakterisk for de norske filmklubbenes programprofil, en film som kommer til å være tilgjengelig for filmklubbene rundt om i det ganske land. Tromsø Filmklubb har også en spesialvisning av en film som er karakteristisk for sin programprofil. SPESIELT: EGENT I samarbeid med Turner Classic Movies presenterer vi en skuespiller som var egen, og skapte sin egen plass i filmhistorien: Marlon Brando. SPESIELT: BESTEMT En spesiell film for en spesiell person. Hvert år viser vi en film for å hedre en spesiell mann som har betydd spesielt mye for TIFF: Hans Henrik Berg. Årets film er en tsjekkisk film som vi mener passer spesielt godt i HHBs ånd. Den vises på en minnevisning på et bestemt tidspunkt og bestemt sted hvert år: søndag kl 18 på Verdensteatret. SPECIAL SCREENINGS A special screening is not like other screenings, to point out the obvious. A special screening is either bigger, or more, or maybe it is even better! We present a whole range of unique film experiences under this title, most of them in cooperation with others. Check them out on the following pages. A special screening is not like other screenings. Especially at TIFF! 119

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings HANS HENRIK BERGS MINNE

EMPTIES VRATNÉ LAHVE

CZECH REPUBLIC, UK, DENMARK 2007 director: Jan Svěrák screenplay: Zdeněk Svěrák cinematography: Vladimír Smutný

cast: Zdeněk Svěrák, Daniela Kolářová, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Jiří Macháček, Pavel Landovský, Jan Budař, Miroslav Táborský, Nela Boudová running time: 1t 44m sales: Portobello Pictures Ltd., London

regissøren: Jan Svěrák er født i Tsjekkia i 1965. Han har studert ved FAMU (Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts) i Praha og er en av Tsjekkias mest etablerte nåværende regissører. Han har tidligere bl.a. laget filmer som AKKUMULATOR 1 (1994) og KOLYA (1996) som vant Oscar for beste fremmedspråklige film. the director: Jan Svěrák, born 1965 in the Czech Republic, studied documentary filmmaking at the Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. He is one of the Czech Republic’s most renowned directors with films such as ACCUMULATOR 1 (1994), and KOLYA (1996), which won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.

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Da Josef Tkaloun innser at han ikke lengre forstår sine elever, slutter han på dagen som lærer i den videregående skole. Men hva skal han nå ta seg til? For hans kone gjennom 30 år kommer det som et sjokk å få en småirritert mann gående hjemme i huset hele dagen. Men Josef føler fortsatt at han har noe å bidra med, og etter noen mislykkede forsøk finner han en deltidsjobb på et supermarked i pantedisken. Med en mindre ansvarsfull jobb blomstrer hans kreativitet og naturlige anlegg for å blande seg i andres saker – særlig andres kjærlighetsliv. Men samtidig drømmer han seg ofte vekk, og nyter forbudte fantasier. Hans kone blir mer og mer lei av hans manglende tilstedeværelse. Til slutt må han prøve å ta seg sammen for at hans eget ekteskap ikke skal rakne. EMPTIES er en frodig komedie om en mann som nærmer seg pensjonsalderen og samtidig opplever sin andre ungdom. Josef Tkaloun is a high-school teacher who, realizing one day that he no longer understands his pupils, promptly quits his job. This comes as a shock to Eli ka, his wife of thirty years, who now has her cranky husband at home all day. But Josef is a man full of playful energy and decides he still has a lot to contribute to society. After trying various positions he eventually finds a part-time job in a supermarket at the counter for returnable bottles. In this job he creates his own small but meaningful world over which he is in full control, but from which he gradually excludes his wife. Josef is a natural-born meddler, especially when it comes to other people’s love lives, but his new freedom seems to make him even more eccentric and his wife more estranged. EMPTIES is a light comedy, with a certain amount of substance, about an aging man for whom going into retirement means a challenge to finally come of age.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1991 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1994 ACCUMULATOR 1 (TIFF 1996) 1996 KOLYA 2007 EMPTIES

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings RETT PÅ VIDEO

EXILED FONG JUK 1998, Macao. Alle hopper på enhver sjanse til å tjene raske penger før den portugisiske kolonien blir underlagt kinesisk styre. Slitne leiemordere lurer på hva fremtiden vil bringe. To leiemordere kommer fra Hong Kong for å ekspedere en avhopper som prøver å starte et nytt liv med kona. Men jobben blir mer komplisert enn de hadde trodd når to tidligere kollegaer dukker opp, fast bestemt på å stoppe dem.

CHINA 2006 director: Johnnie To screenplay: Tin-shing Yip, Kam-yuen Szeto

cast: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung, Josie Ho running time: 1t 50m

The year is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. The jaded hit men wonder what the future has in store for them. Two hit men come from Hong Kong to take out a renegade colleague trying to start a new life with his family. But when two of their former associates show up intent on stopping them, the job becomes much more difficult.

sales: Nonstop Entertainment

cinematography: Siu-keung Cheng regissøren: Johnnie To er født i Hong Kong i 1955. Han er en av de mest respekterte og allsidige regissørene i Hong Kong. Hans THE HEROIC TRIO (1993) og oppfølgeren EXECUTIONERS (1993) var kultklassikere. To etablerte seg internasjonalt med filmer som THE MISSION (1999) og FULLTIME KILLER (2001). BREAKING NEWS (2004), ELECTION (2005) and ELECTION 2 (2006) var alle i Cannes-festivalens offisielle program. the director: Johnnie To was born in Hong Kong in 1955. He is one of the most respected and versatile directors in Hong Kong. His THE HEROIC TRIO (1993) and its sequel EXECUTIONERS (1993) were cult classics. To then established himself in the international film arena with films such as THE MISSION (1999) and FULLTIME KILLER (2001). BREAKING NEWS (2004), ELECTION (2005) and ELECTION 2 (2006) were Official Selections at the Cannes Film Festival.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1993 THE HEROIC TRIO 2001 FULLTIME KILLER 2004 BREAKING NEWS 2005 ELECTION 2006 ELECTION 2 2006 EXILED 2007 MAD DETECTIVE 121

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings RETT PÅ VIDEO

MY KID COULD PAINT THAT I 2004 ble den amerikanske kunstverdenen rystet av en rekke nonfigurative malerier laget av en fire år gammel jente: Marla Olmstead. Hun ble sammenlignet med størrelser som Kandinsky, Pollack, og til og med Picasso. Historien om Marla ble plukket opp av New York Times, noe som satte i gang en mediestorm og tiltrakk oppmerksomheten til kunstsamlere med god råd. Men et innslag i “60 Minutes” skapte tvil om hvorvidt det virkelig var Marla som var kunstneren. Det ble i alle fall påstått at faren Mark, som selv er en ivrig amatør-maler, hadde gitt henne betydelig hjelp. Like fort som Marla ble berømt, ble foreldrene beskyldt for å utnytte sin datter for å oppnå berømmelse og rikdom. USA, UK 2007 director: Amir Bar-Lev screenplay: Amir Bar-Lev cinematography: Matt Boyd

cast: (as themselves) Amir Bar-Lev, Anthony Brunelli, Elizabeth Cohen, Michael Kimmelman, Laura Olmstead, Mark Olmstead, Marla Olmstead running time: 1t 22m sales: Sony Pictures

regissøren: Amir Bar-Lev er født i 1973 i Berkeley, California. Han gikk ut fra Brown University i 1994, og har også studert ved filmskolen i Praha. I tillegg til å undervise ved New York University, har han skrevet og regissert flere TV-prosjekter. Hans første helaftens dokumentarfilm kom i 2000 med FIGHTER, et portrett av to tsjekkiske holocaust-overlevende. MY KID COULD PAINT THAT er hans andre helaftens dokumentar.

Regissør Amir Bar-Lev fulgte familien Olmstead gjennom ett år. Det er ikke bare blitt et portrett av et mulig barnegeni, men også en refleksjon over sannhet, foreldreansvar, mediespekulasjon og verdien av kunst. In 2004, four-year-old Marla Olmstead rocked the American art world when a series of her paintings, exhibited initially in a family friend’s coffee house, drew comparisons with the work of Kandinsky, Pollack and even Picasso. The Marla story was taken up by the New York Times, launching a media explosion and attracting collectors willing to spend sizeable sums on these works from an inordinately gifted child. But a “60 Minutes” program raised doubts about the authenticity of the paintings, suggesting that she was at the very least being heavily directed by her father Mark, himself a keen amateur artist. As quickly as Marla had been celebrated, her parents were accused of exploiting their daughter for money and fame. Director Amir Bar-Lev filmed the Olmstead family over the course of a year. More than a study of a possible child prodigy, it is an absorbing study of truth, parental responsibility, media exploitation and the value of art.

the director: Amir Bar-Lev was born in 1973 in Berkeley, California. He graduated from Brown University in 1994 and also studied at the Prague Film Academy. In addition to teaching at New York University, he has also written and directed television projects. His feature documentary debut came in 2000 with FIGHTER, a portrait of two Czech holocaust survivors. MY KID COULD PAINT THAT is his second feature-length documentary. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2000 FIGHTER (doc) 2007 MY KID COULD PAINT THAT (doc) 122

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings RETT PÅ VIDEO

TELL NO ONE NE LE DIS À PERSONNE Barnelege Alex Beck er fortsatt preget av det bestialske mordet på sin kone Margot, som skjedde for åtte år siden. En dag mottar han en anonym e-post. Når han klikker på lenken, ser han en kvinne i en folkemengde som filmes i “real time” – det er Margots ansikt. Lever hun fortsatt? Og hvorfor instrueres han til å “ikke fortelle noen”?

FRANCE 2006 director: Guillaume Canet screenplay: Guillaume Canet, Philippe Lefebvre, Harlan Coben (novel) cinematography: Christophe Offenstein

cast: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussolier, Kristin Scott Thomas, François Berléand, Nathalie Baye, Jean Rochefort, Marina Hands, Gilles Lellouche

Pediatrician Alex Beck, still devastated by the savage murder of his wife Margot in the early days of their marriage eight years ago, receives an anonymous e-mail. When he clicks on the link he sees a woman’s face standing in a crowd and being filmed in real time – Margot’s face. Is she still alive? And why does she instruct him to “tell no one”?

running time: 2t 5m sales: Star Media Entertainment / Europacorp

regissøren: Guillaume Canet er født i 1973 i Boulogne Billancourt utenfor Paris. Etter en avbrutt sprangridningskarriere etablerte han seg som skuespiller i begynnelsen av tjueårene. Parallelt med skuespillerkarrieren regisserte han flere kortfilmer, før han i 2002 kunne spillefilmdebutere med komedien WHATEVER YOU SAY / MON IDOLE. TELL NO ONE er hans andre spillefilm. the director: Guillaume Canet was born in 1973 in Boulogne Billancourt, outside Paris. After an aborted career in show jumping, he established himself as an actor in his early twenties. In parallel with his acting career, he directed a string of short film, until he made his feature debut in 2002 with the comedy WHATEVER YOU SAY / MON IDOLE. TELL NO ONE is his second feature film. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2002 WHATEVER YOU SAY / MON IDOLE 2006 TELL NO ONE / NE LE DIS À PERSONNE 123

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings RETT PÅ VIDEO

VARG VEUM - TORNEROSE Varg Veum drar til København for å oppspore Lisa, en seksten år gammel pike fra Bergen som har rømt hjemmefra. Han finner henne i armene på en horekunde på et lurvete hotellrom. Hun er ensom og ulykkelig med nålestikk oppover armene. Å overtale henne til å bli med hjem er bare en liten del av oppgaven. Ikke alle forsvunnede ungdommer kan reddes. Ikke alle blir funnet i live. Noen omkommer på grunn av en overdose. Andre blir til og med drept NB: Filmen er ikke tekstet. Digital visning. cast: Trond Espen Seim, Kathrine Fagerland, Bjørn Floberg, Endre Hellestveit, Julie Rustie

NORWAY 2008 director: Erik Richter Strand screenplay: Lars Skorpen, Gunnar Staalesen (novel)

running time: 1t 30m sales: SF Norge

cinematography: Johan-Fredrik Bødtker regissøren: Erik Richter Strand er født i Bergen i 1974. Etter kortfilmene SPORLØS (2001), CIRKUS (2003) og KJELL UNIVERSELL (2003), spillefilmdebuterte han i 2006 med det prisbelønte dramaet SØNNER. the director: Erik Richter Strand was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1974. After the shorts VANISHED (2006), CIRKUS (2003) and UNIVERSAL KJELL (2003), he made his feature debut in 2006 with the award-winning drama SONS. filmografi (utvalg/selection): 2006 SØNNER / SONS 2007 VARG VEUM – TORNEROSE (tv)

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Private investigator Varg Veum goes to Copenhagen to track down Lisa, a sixteen-year-old girl from Bergen who has run away from home. He finds her in bed with a customer in a cheap hotel room. She is lonely and unhappy, and has needle marks on her arms. Persuading her to come back home is only a small part of what lies ahead for Veum. Please note: The film has Norwegian dialogue and is not subtitled. Digital screening.

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings BARNEFILM

PORCO ROSSO KURENAI NO BUTA I Italia i begynnelsen av 30-årene herskes luftrommet av dusørjegere, luftpirater og andre slags luftakrobater. Den smarteste og dyktigste av disse pilotene er Porco Rosso (“den røde grisen”), en mann som har fått grisehode etter å ha blitt forhekset av synet av pilotsjeler på vei til himmelen. Nå lever han blant annet av å redde folk som er blitt kidnappet av luftpiratene. Porcos rival både i luften og når det gjelder kvinner, Donald, utgjør en konstant utfordring for helten – noe som kulminerer med en fantastisk actionpakket finale. JAPAN 1992 director: Hayao Miyazaki screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki cinematography: Atsushi Okui

cast: (voices) Shuichiro Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Sanshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akemi Okamura, Akio Otsuka, Hiroko Seki running time: 1t 34m sales: Norwegian distribution: Oro Film

regissøren: Hayao Miyazaki (f. 1941) har regissert en rekke mesterlige animasjonsfilmer. Han begynte karrieren allerede i 1963 og etter suksessen med filmen NAUSICAÄ (1984) ble Ghibli-studioet opprettet. Han nådde for alvor et vestlig publikum da CHIHIRO OG HEKSENE vant Gullbjørnen i Berlin i 2001, samt etter at Disney kjøpte rettighetene til det amerikanske markedet. the director: Hayao Miyazaki (b. 1941) has directed several animation masterpieces. He started his career in 1963, and after the success of his film NAUSICAÄ (1984), THE Ghibli studios were established. He reached the Western audience when SPIRITED AWAY won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2001, and Disney bought the distribution rights for the American market.

Filmen vil bli vist med live dubbing til norsk ved skuespiller Trine Kallevig. Filmen egner seg for 7 år og oppover. In Early 1930’s era Italy, air pirates, bounty hunters and high flyers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso, a man cursed with the head of a pig after watching the spirits of the pilots killed in the last air battle he fought in, rise to the heavens. He now makes a living taking jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco’s rival in the air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action packed finale. The film will be screened with live Norwegian voice-over by actress Trine Kallevig. Please note: The film is in the original version with no English subtitles.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1988 MIN NABO TOTORO / MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO 1989 KIKIS BUDSERVICE / KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE 1992 PORCO ROSSO 1997 PRINCESS MONONOKE 2001 CHIHIRO OG HEKSENE / SPIRITED AWAY 2004 DET LEVENDE SLOTTET / HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE 2008 PONYO ON A CLIFF 125

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings TCM PRESENTER:

EN SPORVOGN TIL BEGJÆR A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Blanche DuBois, en falmet lærerinne, søker tilflukt hos sin søster, Stella Kowalski, i en forfallen leilighet i New Orleans. Søsterens mann, Stanley, finner hennes nærvær ubehagelig og påtrengende og legger etter hvert ikke skjul på at han vil ha henne ut av huset.

USA 1951 director: Elia Kazan screenplay: Tennessee Williams (original play & screenplay), Oscar Saul (adaptation)

cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis running time: 2t 5m sales: Print source: NFI

cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr. regissøren: Elia Kazan ble født i Istanbul i 1909 av greske foreldre. Han var en tilhenger av Stanislavskis “metodeskuespill”, både i sine sceneoppsetninger og sine filmer. Han fikk Oscar for beste regi for filmene MELLOM GENTLEMEN (1947) og STORBYHAVNEN (1954). Han har skrevet mange filmer om greske immigranter, basert på sine egne romaner. the director: Elia Kazan, known for his creative stage direction, was born in Istanbul in 1909 to Greek parents. He was a proponent of the method approach to acting, developed by Konstantin Stanislavski. Kazan received two best director Academy Awards, for the films GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947) and ON THE WATERFRONT (1954). He has written many films about Greek immigrants, based on his own novels.

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Tennessee Williams skrev det prisbelønte teaterstykket, og Elia Kazan regisserte det, både for scenen og for filmen. Marlon Brando spiller den slemme Stanley som plager sin fintfølende svigerinne Blanche Kowalski når hun trenger et sted å bo, og han stjeler showet fra Vivien Leigh i denne brennhete klassiker. Filmen ble nominert til tretten Oscars, og vant fire. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE centers on a desolated woman named Blanche DuBois. Reared in Old South aristocratic traditions, she lived elegantly in the family homestead, married a man she adored, and pursued a career as an English teacher. But then something happened ... She goes to stay with her sister, Stella, and her crude, outspoken husband, Stanley Kowalski. Though scarred by her past, Blanche still tries to lead the life of an elegant lady and does her best, even lying when necessary, to keep up appearances. Marlon Brando steals the show from Vivien Leigh in this blistering classic. Tennessee Williams wrote the Pulitzer prize-winning play while Elia Kazan directed it on stage and screen. Brando plays the brutish Stanley Kowalski who torments his affectedly genteel sister-in-law Blanche (Leigh) when she needs a place to stay. It won fire out of twelve Oscar nominations although, shockingly, both Brando and Kazan walked away empty-handed.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): 1947 MELLOM GENTLEMEN / GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT 1951 EN SPORVOGN TIL BEGJÆR / A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1952 VIVA ZAPATA! 1954 STORBYHAVNEN / ON THE WATERFRONT 1955 ØST FOR EDEN / EAST OF EDEN

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings TCM PRESENTER:

BRANDO

USA, FRANCE, SPAIN, UK 2007 director: Leslie Greif, Mimi Freedman

cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Johnny Depp, John Travolta and Jane Fonda. running time: 2t 46m

screenplay: Mimi Freedman cinematography: Randy Krehbiel

sales: TCM

REGISSØRENE: Leslie Greif (f. 1960 i Hollywood) har etablert seg som en allsidig regissør, produsent og manusforfatter for både film og TV innen mange sjangere. Mimi Freedman (f. 1961 i Ohio) er en amerikansk dokumentarfilmskaper som har spesialisert seg på filmer om Hollywoods historie. the directors: Leslie Greif (b. 1960 in Hollywood) has established a reputation for producing, directing and writing motion pictures and television in virtually every genre and for every audience’s taste. Mimi Freedman (b. 1961 in Ohio) is an American documentary filmmaker who specializes in films about Hollywood history. filmografi (utvalg/selection): Leslie greif 1997 KEYS TO TULSA 2001 SMASH (TV) 2006 FUNNY MONEY 2007 BRANDO (TV)

Han hadde en karakteristisk stemme, flott utsteende og eksentrisk personlighet – denne TCM-dokumentaren avmystifiserer en av Hollywoods store stjerner, Marlon Brando. Hvordan kunne den ensomme sønnen av alkoholiserte foreldre fra Nebraska bli en av Hollywoods mest innflytelsesrike skuespillere, og en av de største ikoner i det 20. århundre? Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Johnny Depp, John Travolta og Jane Fonda gir oss innsikt i Brandos personlighet. Denne dokumentaren som er laget i to deler tar for seg de utfordringene Brando møtte i både personlige og profesjonelle relasjoner. Hans vanskelige opptreden på filmsettene i 60-årene førte til at de største filmstudioene holdt ham på avstand, helt frem til hans comeback med GUDFAREN (1972). Her fikk han sterke reaksjoner fordi han sendte en representant for å takke nei til pris for beste skuespiller på Oscar-utdelingen – årsaken var at han mente Hollywood drev med forfølgelse av amerikanske urinnvånere. På visningen vil det bli en kort pause mellom de to delene av dokumentaren. The unmistakable voice, striking good looks and eccentric personality – this TCM documentary sifts through the mystery behind one of Hollywood’s greatest stars, Marlon Brando. How could the lonely, neglected son of alcoholic parents in Nebraska become one of Hollywoods most influential actors and one of the greatest cultural icons of the 20th century? Insight is offered into Brando’s character by Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Johnny Depp, John Travolta and Jane Fonda. This two-part documentary investigates the challenges he faced in almost every personal and working relationship throughout his life: the disagreeable on-set behavior in the 1960s that led almost every major studio and prominent filmmaker to reject him until he staged a comeback with The Godfather (1972), and the rift he caused with the Academy when he sent a representative to reject his Best Actor win at the annual awards ceremony because of what he considered Hollywood’s persecution of Native Americans. This two-part documentary is screened with a pause inbetween the two parts.

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Spesialvisninger Special Screenings NORSK FILMKLUBBFORBUND PRESENTERER:

KAMPEN OM ALGERIE THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGIERI)

ALGERIE / ITALIA 1966 director: Gillo Pontecorvo screenplay: Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas cinematography: Marcello Gatti

cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El running time: 2t 1m sales: Print source: Norsk Filmklubbforbund

regissøren: Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006) var alltid politisk i sitt arbeid, enten han lagde dokumentarfilmer eller spillefilmer for underholdningsmarkedet. Det mest vellykkede eksemplet på Pontecorvos kombinasjon av underholdning og politisk engasjement var kanskje den amerikanske produksjonen BRENN QUEIMADA (BURN!) med Marlon Brando. Hans kompromissløshet førte til en relativt kort filmografi, som i all hovedsak ble rundet av med spillefilmen OGRO (1979), som indirekte kritiserte datidens sosiopolitiske klima i Italia. the director: Gillo Pontecorvo (1919– 2006) was always political in his work, be it in his documentaries or in his feature films. The Marlon Brando film BURN! (1969) is perhaps the most significant example of Pontecorvo’s successful format of political commitment coupled with entertainment. Pontecorvo’s cinema was sophisticated, little inclined to make concessions to please the movie-going public. His film career was essentially rounded off with OGRO in 1979 – a film with clear allusions to the Italian socio-political climate. 128

KAMPEN OM ALGERIE beskriver hendelsene i nøkkelåret for Algeries uavhengighetskamp mot Frankrike, 1957, da oberst Mathieu og hans fallskjermtropper uskadeliggjorde FLN i Alger for en tid. Filmen er skutt i Algers gater i dokumentarisk stil. Etter som volden eskalerer på begge sider, torturerer franskmennene sine fanger for informasjon, mens algerierne tyr til terrorisme i sin kamp for frigjøring. Barn skyter soldater på kloss hold; kvinner planter bomber i kafeer. Franskmennene vinner kampen, men taper til slutt krigen mot et algerisk folk som forblir tydelige om at de ikke lenger vil akseptere undertrykkelsen. KAMPEN OM ALGERIE er en av de mest innflytelsesrike bidragene til den politiske filmhistorien, og den er kjent for sin upartiske beskrivelse av krigens parter. Med dagens “war against terror” er filmen fortsatt like relevant. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria’s struggle for independence from France. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film vividly recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war, as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS is one of the most influential films in the history of political cinema, the film is known for its unbiased depiction of the adversaries. Decades later, the advent of the “war against terror” has only intensified the film’s relevance.

filmografi (utvalg/selection): (drama features): 1957 DEN STORE BLÅ VEGEN / THE WIDE BLUE ROAD / LA GRANDE STRADA AZZURRA 1959 KAPÒ 1966 KAMPEN OM ALGERIE / THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS / LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGIERI 1969 BRENN QUEIMADA / BURN! / QUEIMADA 1979 OPERATION OGRE / OPERACIÓN OGRO

Spesialvisninger Special Screenings TROMSØ FILMKLUBB PRESENTERER:

THE TRIP

USA 1967 director: Roger Corman screenplay: Jack Nicholson cinematography: Arch R. Dalzell

cast: Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Salli Sachsa

Tromsø Filmklubb byr i år på en real kultklassiker. I THE TRIP får vi møte den frustrerte reklameregissøren Paul Groves, som opplever et behov for litt dyptpløyende selvutforskning etter et nyhavarert ekteskap. Inn i mannens miserable tilværelse kommer John, og stiller seg til disposisjon som guide for en LSD trip. I hallusinasjonene konfronteres hans middelklasselivsstil av en mystisk mannsperson i rettsakslignende sekvenser. Med manus av selveste Jack Nicholson på basis av egne erfaringer er dette en aldeles utsøkt og uovertruffen filmopplevelse som dere med sansen for det noe aparte og obskure simpelthen ikke kan gå glipp av. Og etter denne opplevelsen tropper du selvsagt opp på den obligatoriske, legendariske og beryktede FILMKLUBBFESTEN. Lokale DJs og dekormestere byr på KULTFEST av ypperste sort i fjerde etasje på Driv. FREDAG 18. JANUAR, se lommeprogram for flere detaljer.

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regissøren: Roger Corman (f. 1926) er en svært profilert amerikansk produsent og regissør. Mang en, i ettertid, berømt regissør har blitt belært av ham, deriblant Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese og James Cameron. En svært produktiv og økonomibevisst mann, med rundt 300 filmer som produsent og over 50 i registolen. Selvbiografien har den megetsigende tittelen “How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime“. the director: Roger Corman (b. 1926) is a practically inexhaustible American with 380 titles behind him as a producer, and 55 as a director. Quite a few famous directors were apprenticed by him, among them Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorcese and James Cameron. The emphasis was always on tight budget and schedule. His autobiography is aptly titled “How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime”.

This year Tromsø Filmklubb is proud to present a true cult classic. In THE TRIP we will meet the frustrated director of commercials, Paul Groves, who experiences a need for a deep plunge into self exploration after the wrecking of his marriage. Into his miserable existence comes John, offering to be at disposal as a guide for an LSD trip. In his hallucinatory world his middleclass values more or less literally stands trial. With Jack Nicholson’s screenplay, based on his own experiences, this is an exquisite and unprecedented experience anyone with an appreciation of the somewhat strange and obscure should not miss. And after this experience you will of course come to enjoy the mandatory, the legendary TROMSØ FILMKLUBB PARTY in the fourth floor of Driv. The CULTPARTY where local DJs and dexterous decorators keeps it swinging all night long. FRIDAY JANUARY 18, see daily program for further information.

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SPESIALVISNINGER SPECIAL SCREENINGS visual cultural studies presents::

GUIMBA THE TYRANT GUIMBA, UN TYRAN, UNE ÉPOQUE GUIMBA tells the timeless tale of a tyrant’s hybris and his downfall at the hands of his people. The film is set in legendary times, but has obvious parallels to the 1991 overthrow of Malian dictator Moussa Traore. “GUIMBA is a political film, a fable about power, its atrocities and its absurdities. I was personally influenced by what I experienced not long ago in Mali, but the ravages of power are, unfortunately, universal.”

MALI 1995 DIRECTOR: Cheick Oumar Sissoko SCREENPLAY: Cheick Oumar Sissoko CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lionel Cousin

CAST: Falabo Issa Traore, Bala Moussa Keita, Habib Dembele RUNNING TIME: 1h 33m SALES: Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Burkina Faso

THE DIRECTOR Cheick Oumar Sissoko (b. in 1945 in San in Mali) is a film maker and politician. He is the former Minister of Culture and Minister of National Education. Sissoko studied film and social studies in Paris and is former leader for the National Film Center in Mali. FILMOGRAFI 1986 NYAMANTON / LA LECON DES ORDURES 1989 FINZAN 1992 ETRE JEUNE A BAMAKO (DOK) 1995 GUIMBA, UN TYRAN, UNE EPQUE 1999 LA GENESE 2000 BATTU 2001 SCENARIOS FROM THE SAHEL

The film uses traditional Malian storytelling styles and folk music sung in old dialects using ancient instruments, as well as plenty of slapstick comedy. GUIMBA has been acclaimed as one of the most ravishing African films ever made. It won the grand prize at FESPACO, the most prestigious film festival on the African continent. MEET THE DIRECTOR Cheick Omar Sissoko will be attending the festival. In connection with the screening he will have an introduction to West-Africa’s political and social history from a cultural political point of view, and through the film’s devices. The lecture will focus on African film production, and there will be a discussion about the importance of telling stories through photography and film. This screening is a cooperation between TIFF and Visual Cultural Studies at the University of Tromsø. See schedule for more information. SEMINAR – FILM AS A TOOL FOR DEMOCRACY AND PEACE Trough examples from Mali and West-Africa, the filmmaker and politician Cheick Omar Sissoko will share his experiences with us. Introduction by Lisbeth Holtedahl, professor in social anthropology at the University of Tromsø. FRIDAY JANUARY 18 at 10.15–12.00 AM University of Tromsø, kino 6.222 This seminar is open. Arranged by Visual Cultural Studies at University of Tromsø.

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nuff AT tiff 2008 Film program NUFF 2008: Nordic Youth Film festival (NUFF) is a festival for young filmmakers in the Nordic countries and the entire world. Each summer youth from different countries with an interest in film gather in Tromsø for one week of watching films, seminars and workshops led by international film professionals. The festival will be held in 2008 for the 6th time from June 7th to 15th. Deadline for film entries is April 1st and for workshop participation is May 1st. NUFF is planned and driven by youth, and cooperates with Tromsø International Film Festival and TVIBIT. THE BLUE BIRD Dir./Screenplay: Erik Ek / Animation / Sweden 2006 / 0’31 Producer: Filmpool Jämtland Erik Ek (16) Contact: stefan.ek@jll.se

A blue bird blind of love. THOMAS LARSSON – DEN STORE FÄRGSÄTTAREN (THOMAS LARSSON – A LIFE IN COLOURS) Dir/Music: Robin Woo Söderberg (22) / Documentary /Sweden 2007 /15’00 Producer: Robin Woo Söderberg Contact: funkyrobbin@hotmail.com

In the middle of beautiful, peaceful Österlen in the Southeast of Sweden, lives artist Thomas Larsson. He has chosen a life outside the mechanical society, in order to devote himself to his great passion, painting. THE GOLDFISH (GULDFISKEN) Dir: Jon Ones&Fredrik Persson / Music: Covox / Comedy / Sweden 2006 / 03:50 Cast: Jon Ones Contact: jon@fantasmagori.se

A lonely, alienated man goes about his daily business in his crappy, little room - harassed by a never ending stream of images from the TV. ADRIAN – CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR Dir/screenplay: Niklas Nannebro (20) / Music: freeplay.com / Documantary / Sweden 2006 / 20’00 Producer: Niklas Nannebro Contact: nannebro@gmail.com

Adrian worked as a a civilian contractor in Iraq for less than a year. His task was to transport and protect important people. This film shows us the challenges he faced and how he mannaged to solve them.

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nuff AT tiff 2008 Film program AWAITING DEATH Dir/screenplay: Andreas Öhman (22) / Music: Jonathan Fjellström & Joakim Svarlin / Animasjon, Sverige 2005, 3’00 Producer: Andreas Öhman Contact: andreas@splinterarts.com

Here I am, wrinkled and bald. Waiting for death, to be pallid and cold.

NUFFGlobal vinner: THE FRIDGE Dir: Lucie Stamfestová / Screenplay: Lucie Stamfestová, Pavel Sobek / Animation / Czech Republic 2007 / 6’42 Producer: Martin Hulovec, Jakub Tlapák, Punk Film

A man forgets to close the door of a fridge. Therefore the micro climax inside changes. Vegetables start sprouting, chickens start hatching out of the eggs. The light bulb is heating. The groceries are getting spoiled and dry. The cans are blowing out; mould is sprawling round the fridge. Grilled chickens are turning into skeletons. The freezer is getting dry. The Fridge stops working. FROM THE CAMP Dir: Ahmed Mashharawi / Screenplay: Raid Dawoud / Documentary / Palestine 2007 / 15’00

The documentary film tells of the Palestinian refugees in Gaza Strip, who were forced to immigrate for political reasons in 1948. The refugees now face a new immigration, but this time the power of nature is their enemy. Abu Ahmed had a part of his home destroyed by the sea. Fuad and his poor family can hardly scrape by. They represent the miserable life of the refugees in their battered camp and the doubled suffering that the poor may have when they face the force of nature. It is a story of a sea and refugees.

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Blått lerret – unike møter mellom filmskapere og publikum!

På årets festival vil TIFF i samarbeid med Norsk filminstitutt presentere Blått Lerret – et eget «filmbad» med unike møter mellom festivalpublikum og aktuelle filmskapere i en hyggelig og sosial ramme. Arrangementet finner sted torsdag og fredag under årets festival. Åpen bar & film-dj begge kvelder. Blått Lerret er et månedlig filmarrangement som til vanlig finner sted i Oslo på P arkteatret Scene. Også i år lages det en spesialutgave av arrangementet under TIFF, hvor filmer og gjester fra selve festivalprogrammet blir presentert. Vi vil også presentere kommende filmprosjekter med forankring i og utenfor nordområdene. Det vises lengre sekvenser fra alle prosjektene. TORSDAG 17. JANUAR OG FREDAG 18. JANUAR KL. 18.00 Sted: Rådstua. Billettpris: kr 50,Programleder: Kjetil Lismoen, Rushprint Prosjektleder: Arild Støfring, Zoomin’ Blått Lerret på TIFF08 er et samarbeid mellom Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival, Norsk Filminstitutt, Rushprint og Zoomin’. Se festivalavisa og lommeprogrammet for mer informasjon. 134

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REGIONAL OG INTERNASJONAL FILMPRODUKSJON – felles utfordring i den nasjonale filmpolitikken I Filmmeldinga sier regjeringen at den både vil reorganisere og styrke norsk filmpolitikk gjennom å ta hele landet i bruk. Det skal satses sterkere på regional filmutvikling og trekke internasjonale filmproduksjoner til Norge. Økt regional og internasjonal filmproduksjon vil styrke norsk film og få stor betydning for den samlede utvikling av norsk filmbransje. Er “systemene”, virkemidlene og strategiene på plass? Er Norge klar for en reell regionalisering – og internasjonalisering – av filmbransjen, selv om det kan være store gevinster å hente? Hvilke muligheter og utfordringer står vi overfor?

Hollywood-stjernene Michelle Yeoh og Sean Bean i en sentral scene under innspillingen av “Far North” i og rundt FilmCamp i oktober ifjor. Norsk premiere på 56 mill.kr-filmen under TIFF 2008. (foto: FilmCamp/Svein Andersen)

ONSDAG 16. JANUAR KL. 12.00–16.00 Sted: Rica Hall, Rica Ishavshotell Åpent for alle Arrangør: Troms Fylkeskommune, FilmCamp og Den norske filmkommisjonen, TIFF

ALTERNATIVT DIGITALT INNHOLD PÅ KINO Begrepet “Other digital stuff” (ODS) er de siste årene blitt ett etablert begrep i internasjonal kinodrift-sammenheng, men har ikke fått så stort gjennomslag her til lands enda. TIFF driver Verdensteatret Kino, og har satset mye på alternativt innhold i året som har gått. Vi har blant annet hatt live satelittoverføringer i HD fra The Metropolitan Opera i New York og Dramaten i Stockholm.

TIFF og Verdensteatret kino er alene i Norge om live satelittoverføringer i HD-kvalitet.

På dette seminaret presenteres disse prosjektene. Dette er også relevant i forhold til digitaliseringen av norske kinoer. Vi mener det er viktig å utvikle innholdet samtidig som man jobber med teknologien, og vi tror mange er åpne for innspill på dette feltet. På seminaret vil vi ta opp praktiske løsninger og inntjeningspotensial, samt presentere ulike aktører på denne arenaen og hva de kan tilby. I tillegg presenteres en del praktiske løsninger for profesjonell videoavvikling som Aurora kino, teknisk arrangør av filmfestivalen, har utviklet. Aurora kino har tilegnet seg mye kunnskap på området som også vil være interessant for ordinær kinodrift. TORSDAG 17. JANUAR KL. 11.00–13.00 Sted: Verdensteatret kino og Fokus kino Arrangør: Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival, Verdensteatret kino og Aurora kino Se festivalavisa og lommeprogrammet for mer informasjon. 135

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MINI-ROADSHOW Video 4 stiller med mini-roadshow og viser de nyeste kort-baserte HD kameraene fra Sony (XDCAM EX1) og Panasonic. Her presenteres arbeidsflyter med Apple Final Cut Studio 2, Avid Media Composer og Xpress Pro, og mye annet. Video 4 viser deg sine verktøy og deler sin kunnskap med deg. FREDAG 18. JANUAR KL. 12.00–14.00 Sted: Rica Ishavshotell Åpent for alle Arrangør: Video 4 og TIFF

HVA STÅR DE FOR? – fire filmkritikeres bekjennelser I Filmkritikerlagets åpne seminar i år kan du høre fire profilerte filmkritikere – Anne Hoff (NRK), Øyvor Dalan Vik (Dagens Næringsliv), Einar Aarvig (Filmmagasinet) og Kjetil Lismoen (Rush Print/Morgenbladet) – presentere sine egne innfallsvinkler til filmkritikk og kulturformidling. Hva motiverer dem, hva ser de etter når de skal skrive om en film? Hva er utfordringene? Og ikke minst: Hva er målet? Hva synes de filmkritikk bør inneholde – og være? FREDAG 18. JANUAR KL. 15.00–17.00 Sted: Rica Ishavshotell Åpent for alle Arrangør: Norsk Filmkritikerlag

Anne Hoff i NRK innleder om hva målet med filmkritikk er.

UTEN SJARKEN PANELDISKUSJON ”Sjarken” og “støa” var tidlige ikoner for kunstnere plassert på en nordnorsk kunstplattform. Den nye generasjonen nordnorske filmmakere ha ikke kjent behovet for slike ikoner. Betyr dette at det i dag ikke finnes noen særegen nordnorsk identitet på film, og har begrepet nordnorsk film i det hele tatt noen berettigelse? Paneldeltakerne har sett dagens og gårsdagens film fra Nord-Norge og diskuterer framtidas nordnorske film.

Wenche Viktorsdatter Paulsen og Magnar Mikkelsen diskuterer sjarken og støa

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TIFF-forum – pitcheseminar Filmskapere trenger å argumentere for sitt filmprosjekt på et tidlig stadium. Dette mener PeÅ Holmquist, uavhengig filmskaper og professor i dokumentarfilm ved Dramatiska Institutet i Stockholm. PeÅ og Kikki Engelbrektson fra Norsk filmutvikling holder endagskurs med påfølgende pitch dagen etter. De to er kjent fra “Veier til Nordisk Forum”. Seks nye dokumentarfilmprosjekter er utvalgt til å delta, med regissør og produsent. Mandag er det intensivkurs i presentasjon av prosjekt som er i utviklingsfasen. Tirsdag skal deltakerne pitche for Filmfondet, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, TV-kanaler og andre som kan gi økonomisk støtte. Målet er å videreutvikle gode prosjekter, samt å trene nordnorske filmskapere i “the art of pitching”. Beste pitch vil premieres med et tilskudd for å jobbe fram mot produksjonssøknad.

PeÅ Holmquist fra Dramatiska Institutet i Stockholm.

MANDAG 14. JANUAR KL. 10.00-12.00 TIRSDAG 15. JANUAR KL. 10.00-12.00 Sted: Rica Ishavshotel Arrangør: Nordnorsk Filmsenter, Norsk Filmforbund avd. Nord-Norge og Norsk Filmutvikling Kontaktpersoner: Hans E. Voktor, Annikken Hoel og Ivar Hartviksen.

KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET – populærvitenskapelig blikk på årsaker og virkninger Filmen KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET er basert på sanne hendelser fra Kautokeino i 1852. Innledere med kjennskap til filmen, historien og bakgrunnen for opprøret vil på dette seminaret bidra til en dypere forståelse av hva som var årsaken til det som skjedde i Kautokeino november 1852, og hvordan dette har påvirket Kautokeinosamfunnet etterpå. Vi får blant andre besøk av Nellejet Zorgdrager, sosialantropolog fra Nederland. Zorgdragers doktorgradsavhandling “De rettferdiges strid” som kom på norsk i 1997, er det mest omfattende verket om opprøret og årsakene til det. Hun var og en viktig bidragsyter da filmens manus ble skrevet. Forøvrig vil historiker ved UiTø, Bård A. Berg, religionsviter ved UiTø, Roald Kristiansen og pedagog ved Sámi Allaskuvla, Asta Balto bidra med innlegg. FREDAG 18. JANUAR KL. 11.00–13.00 Sted: Rådhuset, kommunestyresalen Åpent for alle Arrangør: Samisk Arkiv, Statsarkivet i Tromsø, TIFF Se lommeprogram, festivalavis og www.tiff.no for mer informasjon. 139

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Tromsø International Film Festival P.O. Box 285 N-9253 Tromsø NORWAY Street address: Verdensteatret Storgt. 93 b 9008 Tromsø Tel. +47 77 75 30 90 Fax: +47 77 75 30 99 E-mail: info@tiff .no Web: www.tiff .no TIFFS STYRE / THE MEMBERS OF TIFF’S BOARD Gerd Bjørhovde, chair Gunn Sissel Jaklin, vice chair Gry Paulgaard Kjell Olav Pettersen Magne Amundsen Bård Gudmund Hansen PROGRAM MANAGER Martha Otte PROGRAM CONSULTANTS Henning Rosenlund Sergey Lavrentiev Neil Young Reuben Sletten CATALOGUE Martha Otte (editor) Lisa Hoen (project coordinator) David Moen (film- and photo editor) Henning Rosenlund Mats Larsen Kristine Bentzen Hans Bjella FILMS FROM THE NORTH PROGRAM COMMITTEE Henning Rosenlund Martha Otte Rachel Andersen David Moen

FESTIVAL PAPER Håvard Stangnes (editor) Marie Smedsrød Andreas B. Høyer Tale Severina Halsør Anders Søvik THE FESTIVAL TEAM Martha Otte, Festival Director Reuben Sletten, Festival Producer Hans Augun Parmann, Producer Assistant Henning Rosenlund, Program Coordinator Lisa Hoen, Marketing and Public Relations Manager Kari Helene Skog, Office Manager Frode Henriksen, Volunteer Coordinator Gunnar Wilhelmsen, Marketing Consultant Håvard Stangnes, Editor and Press Coordinator Runa Hald, Information Coordinator Johannes Fjell Hojem, Transport Coordinator Dragica Vidovic, Print Traffic Hans Bjella, Event Coordinator Geir Martin Jensen, Technical Producer Julie Ulvsdatter Dalland, Video Coordinator Øystein Kristiansen, Computer Resources John Arne Mathisen, Marketing Assistant Cathrine Thune, Administration Secretary Julie Brannfjell Eliassen, Jury Coordinator Elisabeth Rasmussen, Guest Coordinator Liv Ragnhild Kjellman, Films From The North assistant Marita Solberg, Assistant Video Coordinator Frank Skog, Rådstua Coordinator Viktor Enoksen, Tvibit Coordinator Tromsø Event, Festival Coordinator

AURORA KINO Rune Karolius Knut Erik S. Evensen Frank Bakkemo Raymond Nordahl Ruth Rørvik Julie Dalland Ståle Hagen Alf Tore Abrahamsen Erica Restoften Guri Sæther Margrethe Rabås Ole-Christian Rochmann Daniel Fjellestad Hansen Tord Nygreen Eivind Bårdsen BILLETTEN AS Guri Møller Øystein Kristiansen Anne-Lise Hansen Hans Oscar Aase Beate Sørensen Odd Jarle Strand Hans Oscar Aase Og resten av Billetten AS’ salgskorpset TROMSØ INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL WISHES TO THANK We also wish to thank the following companies, organisations and individuals for their most appreciated contributions: Anne Berit Figenschau, Telenor Arthaus, Oslo Bjørn-Petter Hernes, Canadian Embassy, Oslo Dagmar Forelle, Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Eliane Hagedorn, Internationale Hofer Filmtage Eirin Gjelsås, Troms Fylkeskommune Ellen Øvergård, Goethe Institut, Oslo Erik Zmuda, Film&Kino FILM KINO Frédéric Bridier and Claire Cammarata, Le Centre culturel francais, Oslo

Frida Ohrvik, Sandrew Metronome GRUS-redaksjonen Hans Eirik Voktor, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, Honningsvåg Inger Warendorph, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Norway Insomnia Festival Jochen Peters John D. Breivoll Jon Paulsen, Hålogaland Teater Karstein Jensen, IT-Partner Katrin Schafroth, Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Kjell Billing, Norsk Filminstitutt Kristine Bentzen Lill Casslind, Film i Västerbotten, Umeå Markku Flink, POEM Film Foundation Midnight Sun Film Festival Mosfilm Ole Henrik Kristiansen, Hjalmar Wilhelmsen AS Per-Erik Svensson, Filmpool Nord, Luleå Perspektivet Museum Pål Kreim, OroFilm Reidun Jordan, Nordlys Rolv Gjestland Roman Boresevich Sara Møllebakken, Nordlys Silja Somby Simon Kvame, UIP Steinar Sørensen, Nor-Cargo, Tromsø Tank Design Tone Lein, Hålogaland Teater Tonje Hardersen Tromsø Bibliotek Tromsø Filmklubb Tromsø Kommune Yngvild Andreassen, Rådstua A SPECIAL THANKS TO The visiting staff from all over the country. The staff at KulturHuset, Driv and Hålogaland Teater. The more than 250 first-class volunteers.

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19th Tromsø International Film Festival

January 13-18, 2009 www.tiff.no

TIFF presenterer franske filmer i samarbeid med Det franske kultursenter:

KONKURRANSEPROGRAMMET: Premonition / Le Pressentiment Jean-Pierre Darroussin Water Lilies / La naissance des pieuvres Céline Sciamma The Secret of the Grain / La graine et le mulet Abdellatif Kechiche

HORISONTER: Beneath the Rooftops of Paris / Les toits de Paris Hiner Saleem SPECIAL SCREENINGS: Tell No One / Ne le dis à personne Guillaume Canet

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Le scaphandre et le papillon Julian Schnabel

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DIRECTOR Abdrashitov, Vadim Abryutin, Philipp Ahmad, Yasmin Ahmad, Yasmin Antoniou, Angeliki Bar-Lev, Amir Bongo, Ken Are Canet, Guillaume Cho, Sung-Hyung Chui Mui, Tan Chukhrai, Grigori Chung, Lee Isaac Cohen, Ethan Cohen, Joel Corman, Roger Darroussin, Jeanne-Pierre Eisenstein, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Sergei M. Ferrente, Agostino Freedman, Mimi Gaulke, Uli Gaup, Nils Geffen, Shira Gianvito, John Greif, Lesie Guttentag, Bill Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh Haulli, Bruce Henriksen, Elle Sofe Houston, John J-Young, E. Huolman, Nanna Jakimowski, Andrzej Julén, Staffan Kaiser-Mühlecker, Markus Kalatozov, Mikhail Kalatozov, Mikhail Kapaida, Asif Kazan, Elia Kechiche, Abdellatif Keret, Etgar Khlebnikov, Boris Khlebnikov, Boris Kling, Johan Kobayashi, Masahiro Kolirin, Eran Kore-eda, Hirokazu Lapsui, Anastasia Latulippe, Hugo Lee, James Lehmuskallio, Markku Liang, Ying Luchetti, Daniele MacKinnon, Gillies Merle, Bruno Miyazaki, Hayo Molaioli, Andrea Muhammed, Amir Muhammed, Amir Nemescu, Christian Ortiz, Cuini Amelio Õunpuuv Veiko Petzold, Christian Plá, Rodrigo Pontecorvo, Gillo Popogrebsky, Aleksey Popogrebsky, Aleksey Prévost, François Puenzo, Lucía Quanan, Wang Rabbany Biplob, Golam Richter Strand, Erik Saleem, Hiner Salmenperä, Aleksi Schnabel, Julian Sciamma, Céline Sissoko, Cheikh Oumar Storozheva, Vera Sturman, Dan Sverák, Jan Tao, Peng Tarkovsky, Andrei Thalheim, Robert Thuesen, Jacob To, Johnnie Vogel, Virgil W. Vozza, Annalisa Waltz, Jeanne Yamashita, Nobuhiro Yoshida, Daihachi Yudedong, Zhang Zvyagintsev, Andrey

FESTIVAL TITLE Magnetic Storms It’s Me – Sergey Gubra Sepet Eduart My Kid Could Paint That Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra, The Tell No One Full Metal Village Love Conquers All Ballad of a Soldier Munyurangabo No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men Trip, The Premonition Streik Ivan den grusomme, del 1 & 2 Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio, The Brando Comrades in Dreams Kautokeino-opprøret Jellyfish Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind Brando Nanking Dry Season Waterproof Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra, The Kiviuq Dasepo Naughty Girls Kid Svensk Tricks Prize of the Pole, The Attwenger Adventure Red Tent, The Og tranene flyr Far North En sporvogn til begjær Secret of the Grain, The Jellyfish Free Floating Roads to Koktebel Darling Rebirth, The Band’s Visit, The Hana Syv sanger fra tundraen What Remains of Us Beautiful Washing Machine, The Syv sanger fra tundraen Other Half, The My Brother Is a Only Child Conquest of the South Pole Heroes Porco Rosso Girl by the Lake, The Big Durian, The Village People Radio Show California Dreamin’ Cinema at the End of the World, The Autumn Ball Yella La Zona Kampen om Algerie Roads to Koktebel Simple Things What Remains of us XXY Tuyas to ektemenn On the Wings of Dreams Varg Veum - Tornerose Beneath the Rooftops of Paris A Man’s Job Dykkerklokken og sommerfuglen Water Lilies Guimba the Tyrant Travelling With Pets Nanking Empties Little Moth Speil And Along Came the Tourists Erik Nietzsche - de unge år Exiled Rymdinvasjon i Lappland Cinema at the End of the World, The A Parting Shot Matsugane Potshot Affair, The Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! Mid-Afternoon Barks Forvist

ENGLISH TITLE Magnetic Storms It’s Me – Sergey Gubra Sepet Eduart My Kid Could Paint That Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra, The Tell No One Full Metal Village Love Conquers All Ballad of a Soldier Munyurangabo No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men Trip, The Premonition Strike Ivan the Terrible, Part I&II Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio, The Brando Comrades in Dreams Kautokeino Rebellion, The Jellyfish Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind Brando Nanking Dry Season Waterproof Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra, The Kiviuq Dasepo Naughty Girls That Special Summer Tricks Prize of the Pole, The Attwenger Adventure Red Tent, The Cranes Are Flying, The Far North A Streetcar Named Desire Secret of the Grain, The Jellyfish Free Floating Roads to Koktebel Darling Rebirth, The Band’s Visit, The Hana Seven Songs from the Tundra What Remains of Us Beautiful Washing Machine, The Seven Songs from the Tundra Other Half, The My Brother Is a Only Child Conquest of the South Pole Heroes Porco Rosso Girl by the Lake, The Big Durian, The Village People Radio Show California Dreamin’ Cinema at the End of the World, The Autumn Ball Yella La Zona Battle of Algiers, The Roads to Koktebel Simple Things What Remains of us XXY Tuya’s Marriage On the Wings of Dreams Varg Veum – Tornerose Beneath the Rooftops of Paris A Man’s Job Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Water Lilies Guimba the Tyrant Travelling With Pets Nanking Empties Little Moth Mirror, The And Along Came the Tourists Erik Nietzsche - the Early Years Exiled Space Invasion of Lapland Cinema at the End of the World, The A Parting Shot Matsugane Potshot Affair, The Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! Mid-Afternoon Barks Banishment, The

PROGRAM 100 Years of Russian Film Polar Myths, Polar Realities Focus Malaysia Focus Malaysia Competition Special Screenings Polar Myths, Polar Realities Special Screenings Horizons Focus Malaysia 100 Years of Russian Film Horizons Closing Film Closing Film Special Screenings Competition 100 Years of Russian Film 100 Years of Russian Film Horizons Special Screenings Horizons Opening Film Competition Horizons Special Screenings Horizons Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities Polar Myths, Polar Realities Polar Myths, Polar Realities Overdrive Horizons Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities Overdrive Polar program 100 Years of Russian Film Competition Special Screenings Competition Competition Horizons East Horizons East Competition Competition Horizons Critics’ Week Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Focus Malaysia Polar Myths, Polar Realities Competition Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Special Screenings Horizons Focus Malaysia Focus Malaysia Critics’ Week Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons East Horizons Horizons Special Screenings Horizons East Horizons East Horizons Horizons Horizons Horizons Special Screenings Horizons Horizons East Critics’ Week Competition Special Screenings Horizons East Horizons Special Screenings Competition 100 Years of Russian Film Competition Critics’ Week Special Screenings Overdrive Polar Myths, Polar Realities Competition Overdrive Overdrive Critics’ Week Horizons East

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indeks festivaltitler index festival titles FESTIVAL TITLE A Man’s Job A Parting Shot And Along Came the Tourists Attwenger Adventure Autumn Ball Ballad of a Soldier Band’s Visit, The Beautiful Washing Machine, The Beneath the Rooftops of Paris Big Durian, The Brando California Dreamin’ Cinema at the End of the World, The Comrades in Dreams Conquest of the South Pole Darling Dasepo Naughty Girls Dry Season Dykkerklokken og sommerfuglen Eduart Empties En sporvogn til begjær Erik Nietzsche - de unge år Exiled Far North Forvist Free Floating Full Metal Village Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! Girl by the Lake, The Gubra Guimba the Tyrant Hana Heroes It’s Me – Sergey Ivan den grusomme, del 1 & 2 Jellyfish Kampen om Algerie Kautokeino-opprøret Kid Svensk Kiviuq La Zona Little Moth Love Conquers All Magnetic Storms Matsugane Potshot Affair, The Mid-Afternoon Barks Munyurangabo My Brother Is a Only Child My Kid Could Paint That Nanking No Country for Old Men Og tranene flyr On the Wings of Dreams Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio, The Other Half, The Porco Rosso Premonition Prize of the Pole, The Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind Rebirth, The Red Tent, The Roads to Koktebel Rymdinvasjon i Lappland Secret of the Grain, The Sepet Simple Things Speil Streik Syv sanger fra tundraen Tell No One Travelling With Pets Tricks Trip, The Tuyas to ektemenn Varg Veum - Tornerose Village People Radio Show Water Lilies Waterproof What Remains of Us Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra, The XXY Yella

ENGLISH TITLE A Man’s Job A Parting Shot And Along Came the Tourists Attwenger Adventure Autumn Ball Ballad of a Soldier Band’s Visit, The Beautiful Washing Machine, The Beneath the Rooftops of Paris Big Durian, The Brando California Dreamin’ Cinema at the End of the World, The Comrades in Dreams Conquest of the South Pole Darling Dasepo Naughty Girls Dry Season Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Eduart Empties A Streetcar Named Desire Erik Nietzsche - the Early Years Exiled Far North Banishment, The Free Floating Full Metal Village Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! Girl by the Lake, The Gubra Guimba the Tyrant Hana Heroes It’s Me – Sergey Ivan the Terrible, Part I&II Jellyfish Battle of Algiers, The Kautokeino Rebellion, The That Special Summer Kiviuq La Zona Little Moth Love Conquers All Magnetic Storms Matsugane Potshot Affair, The Mid-Afternoon Barks Munyurangabo My Brother Is a Only Child My Kid Could Paint That Nanking No Country for Old Men Cranes Are Flying, The On the Wings of Dreams Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio, The Other Half, The Porco Rosso Premonition Prize of the Pole, The Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind Rebirth, The Red Tent, The Roads to Koktebel Space Invasion of Lapland Secret of the Grain, The Sepet Simple Things Mirror, The Strike Seven Songs from the Tundra Tell No One Travelling With Pets Tricks Trip, The Tuya’s Marriage Varg Veum - Tornerose Village People Radio Show Water Lilies Waterproof What Remains of Us Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra, The XXY Yella

PROGRAM Horizons East Competition Competition Overdrive Horizons East 100 Years of Russian Film Horizons Focus Malaysia Horizons Focus Malaysia Special Screenings Critics’ Week Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities Competition Overdrive Horizons Critics’ Week Competition Special Screenings Special Screenings Critics’ Week Special Screenings Competition Horizons East Horizons East Horizons Overdrive Horizons Focus Malaysia Special Screenings Critics’ Week Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities 100 Years of Russian Film Competition Special Screenings Opening Film Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Competition Focus Malaysia 100 Years of Russian Film Overdrive Critics’ Week Horizons Horizons Special Screenings Horizons Closing Film 100 Years of Russian Film Horizons Horizons Competition Special Screenings Competition Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Competition Polar program Horizons East Overdrive Competition Focus Malaysia Horizons East 100 Years of Russian Film 100 Years of Russian Film Polar Myths, Polar Realities Special Screenings Horizons East Horizons Special Screenings Horizons Special Screenings Focus Malaysia Competition Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Polar Myths, Polar Realities Horizons Horizons

DIRECTOR Aleksi Salmenperä Jeanne Waltz Robert Thalheim Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker Veiko Õunpuu Grigori Chukhrai Eran Kolirin James Lee Hiner Saleem Amir Muhammed Lesie Greif / Mimi Freedman Christian Nemescu Cuini Amelio Ortiz / Annalisa Vozza Uli Gaulke Gillies MacKinnon Johan Kling E. J-Young Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Julian Schnabel Angeliki Antoniou Jan Sverák Elia Kazan Jacob Thuesen Johnnie To Asif Kapaida Andrey Zvyagintsev Boris Khlebnikov Sung-Hyung Cho Daihachi Yoshida Andrea Molaioli Yasmin Ahmad Cheikh Oumar Sissoko Hirokazu Kore-eda Bruno Merle Philipp Abryutin Sergei M. Eisenstein Etgar Keret / Shira Geffen Gillo Pontecorvo Nils Gaup Nanna Huolman John Houston Rodrigo Plá Peng Tao Tan Chui Mui Vadim Abdrashitov Nobuhiro Yamashita Zhang Yudedong Lee Isaac Chung Daniele Luchetti Amir Bar-Lev Bill Guttentag / Dan Sturman Ethan /Joel Cohen Mikhail Kalatozov Golam Rabbany Biplob Agostino Ferrente Ying Liang Hayo Miyazaki Jeanne -Pierre Darroussin Staffan Julén John Gianvito Masahiro Kobayashi Mikhail Kalatozov Boris Khlebnikov / Aleksey Popogrebsky Virgil W. Vogel Abdellatif Kechiche Yasmin Ahmad Aleksey Popogrebsky Andrei Tarkovsky Sergei M. Eisenstein Anastasia Lapsui / Markku Lehmuskallio Guillaume Canet Vera Storozheva Andrzej Jakimowski Roger Corman Wang Quanan Erik Richter Strand Amir Muhammed Céline Sciamma Bruce Haulli Hugo Latulippe / François Prévost Ken Are Bongo / Elle Sofe Henriksen Lucía Puenzo Christian Petzold

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