Nils Nordberg

Filantropen

A recreation of the period when the bubonic plague reigned over Norway.

On July 22nd 2011, Norway experienced incomprehensible terror. However, it was not the first time one in our midst used extreme measures to create fear and panic.

Many Norwegians went to America to find happiness, but not all of them found the promised land where many created themselves a new future. This is the story of some of those who became part of poverty America and who, in the 1920s and 30s, had to settle on a rubbish dump in Brooklyn, NY.

Gomp: Tales of surveillance in Norway 1948-1989 is a film from a staged hearing focusing on the surveillance of dissidents during the Cold War. Through its unique set of characters, the film depicts a complex image of Post War Norway as well as various aspects and consequences of being surveilled. Produced as a live event, it is simultaneously a documentary, a work of fiction and a piece of political theater.

Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play?

Documentary about the spectacular but little known Viking ship burial find in 1874 at Nordfjordeid, Norway.

A Norwegian genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.