Lars Arentz-Hansen

Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (imdb)

During a live broadcast of a debate programme on channel ABC, a group of armed Chechens take several hostages. The terrorists demand that the hostage drama be broadcast live all over the world. Behind the scenes, the police negotiator and the police special unit are working to rescue as many as possible out of Studio 2 alive. We follow the drama from moment to moment, until it all ends in a bloody shootout underway to the airport, where an airplane is awaiting the terrrorists. (nfi.no)

A quirky, moving and very funny tale of two friends that set out on a heroic trip to the North Pole only to discover that before they can become heroes, they must first become men. (imdb)

Accidentally, three sibling children are left alone in a winter storm on the island of Spitsbergen. No-one on the main land, an ocean apart, knows where they are. It's a dramatic fight for survival. (imdb)

Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love. (imdb)