В доме на окраине города живут мать, отец и трое детей. Дом окружён высоким забором, за который дети никогда не выходили. Они растут, развлекаются, учатся и играют так, как считают нужным их родители, не испытывая никакого влияния со стороны. Они верят, что самолёты, пролетающие над ними, игрушечные, а «зомби» – это название желтого цветочка.
Войти в дом из внешнего мира может только Кристина. В компании главы семейства она работает охранником. Её приглашают для того, чтобы сын с её помощью удовлетворял свои сексуальные потребности. Взрослые дети знают главный закон семьи: «нельзя покинуть дом, до тех пор, пока у тебя не выпадет правый клык».
Конец IX века, небольшой остров в Северной Атлантике. Король Орвандилл с серьёзным ранением возвращается из похода к жене Гудрун и юному сыну Амлету. Мечтая отправиться на очередное сражение и умереть на поле боя, он передаёт трон сыну, но тут же погибает от руки брата Фьолнира — тот отрубает монарху голову и забирает королевство и Гудрун себе. Мальчику удаётся сбежать.
Спустя десятилетия Амлет вырастает в крепкого безжалостного викинга и однажды в очередной разорённой деревне встречает ведьму, которая наставляет его на пусть мести. Узнав, что Фьолнир с Гудрун поселились в Исландии, Амлет отправляется туда с партией славянских рабов. На борту его внимание привлекает Ольга из Березового леса.
When married couple Egon and Maren lose their adult son, their family, which includes their daughter Lily, is paralyzed with grief. As it turns out, the three of them have very different ways of coping with grief and soon find themselves slipping apart. Now the three of them need to find their way back to life and to reconstitute the family.
A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future, traditions, nature, concrete, gardens and high-tech, KOCHUU tells us how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. Interviews with, and works by, Japanese architects Tadad Ando, Kisho Kurokawa, Toyo Ito and Kazuo Shinohara and Scandinavian architects Sverre Fehn, Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa.
Rebekka and Aatos, stuck in the past, meet for the first time since their painful breakup at their treasured poetry slam. It’s easier to sing about longing than to talk about it.
The short film Ragnarok takes on the story of Liv and Livtrase, the last two humans that survives Ragnarok, the end of the world in Norse mythology. Why they survive and the sacrifices made.
A short film based on an Inuit folktale. From Darkness tells the story of a lonely fisherman who drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for.
Recorded live at the Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, Norway, this concert features 17 of Rolf Løvland and Fionnuala Sherry’s greatest hits including “You Raise Me Up” – made famous in the States by Josh Groban; and “Nocturne” – the song that launched their career with a victory at the Eurovision Song Contest on 1995. The event celebrates the Norwegian-Irish duo’s two decade career that includes eight studio albums with sales in excess of 5 million copies. The concert features the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra along with special guest artists such as Ole Edvard Antonsen, Tracey Campbell, Cathrine Iversen and Espen Grjotheim.
The director goes back to her roots in Pangnirtung, amongst her family and community. It leads her to another journey: to Qipisa, the outpost camp from where they were uprooted.
Nobody can understand you when you're 14. Except possibly a monster. A bullied teenager meets a stranger from out of town and they form an unusual relationship.
Loki's Daughter is the story about Loki and how he brought dark magic to the humans to challenge gods and create chaos.
In this unique show, recorded live in recorded in Lillehammer in Norway, the talented duo of Secret Garden (Rolf Løvland and Fionnuala Sherry) perform songs that combine Celtic and Nordic influences to celebrate the past and create promise for our future through haunting ballads, spirited arrangements and sensuous rhythms. Also featuring Ireland's Anúna Choir. This offers a rare look at the music and personalities of this dynamic musical team.
Keratin is a collaboration with the London Sinfionetta, visually responding to Gavin Higgins' Seven Welsh Folk Songs: I. Dacw 'Nghariad i. The film tells the journey of a mating of elements, two bodies grieve over a lost third: a child separated from their womb. The three bodies bound by their keratin, regain connection in a wombic journey which spiritually networks the three into a fused collective body.
Involved in criminal activities, Josef finds himself in a helpless and overwhelming state of anxiety. After preparing for a big heist he heads home and prepares himself for sleep, knowing how the darkness inside of him will haunt him through the night.
Having a really bad day Yolner grabs a sledgehammer and starts a rampage tour, living out his fantasies of Nordic adventures.
Nordic skating is the art of long-distance skating on natural ice and, on the spellbinding frozen fjords and lakes of Norway, Per Sollerman has found his calling. A former action sports fan, Per now uses all of his senses to journey safely over the ice and feel part of the landscape. An enticing portrayal of this little-known sport.