Andrea Bræin Hovig

The movie puts forth how a mental illness is in fact an _illness_ and thus can happen to anyone, and argues how everyone's got problems, but some might have a more difficult time learning how to cope, for various reasons. (imdb)

What happens to us when people stop acting like they're supposed to? A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. (motlys.net)

A newspaper journalist revealing fraud in a large multinational company, finds his family involved, ruining his career, family relations, and entangles him in a following mystery.

The film follows Kove as a young girl who grows up with her two sisters and her unorthodox architect parents. Kove dreams of being just like the other kids and getting a bicycle just like the one the neighbor girl has.

Pål and Catherine would like to have a baby, but their efforts are hampered by bureaucracy. (imdb)

This film tells the true story of a 30-year-old female high school teacher who falls in love with a 15-year-old pupil and starts a relationship with him. Sonja Evang's script is based on interviews with the real life persons. (imdb)

Ten years after their breakup, Sarah agrees to visit bestselling author David at his cabin on the Norwegian coast and help with his latest opus, a raw and graphic play exploring their years as a couple. Though Sarah is now married to another man, old feelings linger and spark with a love story for the ages - full of passion, discontent, sensual pleasure and regret. (Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.)

A newly appointed teacher finds herself being followed, and soon discovers that one of her own students is obsessed with her. (imdb)

Unemployed performance artist Gritt struggles to make sense of life as she moves below the successful surface of Oslo.

Beware of Children traces the dramatic aftermath of a tragic event in a middle class suburb of Oslo. During break time 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician. (cinemateket.no)

Ingrid and a few of her acquaintances are trying to write a song for the wedding of their mutual friend. She is, however, more concerned with the death of her mother, which she accidentally may have caused. Or more precisely, whether she can be considered guilty or morally responsible. (Tromsø International Film Festival)

The relationship between artist-partners Tomas and Anja is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis.

Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy.

What happens when you abandon your traditional folk tale and run off to do something fun instead? When The Billy Goats Gruff go on a chaotic adventure to "Splash World" instead of the dull meadow, the irate troll under the bridge has other ideas and sets out to capture the brothers at any cost. Get ready for a maniacal version of our most famous folk tale.

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms. (imdb)

Jonas has started a new life and lives in Scandinavia's least criminal town. But the facade falls when Jonas realizes that other inhabitants are former criminals with dark secrets. They will do anything it takes to protect their new lives. (imdb)

We follow a group of friends from childhood when they get teenagers of their own in the house. As adults, they now meet their own youth at the door. (imdb)

Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What could possibly go wrong? (imdb)