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Yusuf is a teenage boy growing up in the suburbs of Oslo with close friends and a loving mother, but something is haunting him that will force him to face his darkest feelings.
14-year-old Asgaut struggles to adjust to life in the small village where he and his mother have settled. After one day receiving unexpected help from the farmer Kjell, Asgaut starts working as a farm hand during the lambing season. The lonely Kjell appreciates having Asgaut on the farm, while Asgaut longs for care and security. A close friendship evolves, but is challenged when the people of the village jump to conclusions about their relationship.
Summer break is here and it is time for the annual trip to the island. Everything is perfect, the party is starting and Ida is feeling great. Mixed feelings, looks, and innocent flirt lead to big misunderstandings with huge consequences. The group of friends are put to the test. They are forced to take sides. Who is telling the truth? Where is the limit drawn? And not least, what happened?
Alma is old with a life based on the same routines. All of the sudden the days don't carry that much joy and spontaneity anymore. She feels like the world spins to fast without her being able to pay attention. But one day someone knocks on her door and will turn her routine up side down.
Six strangers in an elevator each hold a black box, containing stories of shame and violence. But what will they do when they arrive at their respective floors?
After a lifetime of conflict in Iraq, 20-year-old Tiba joins the October 2019 protests. She is amazed to see so many young men and women gathering from across the nation. Regardless of class and religion, the youth stand side by side in a fight to reclaim their country. Tiba forms new friendships, ideas and dreams. When the peaceful protests are met with violence, she becomes a medic tending to the wounded. But she could never have imagined the heartache one fatality brings.
Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Journalist Jørgen Lorentzen was in Turkey when the coup attempt happened in 2016 and followed the event the whole evening. In the middle of the night one neighbour said: “This is not a real coup, I have experienced many coups and know what a coup is”. From that moment Lorentzen started the investigation of the event and its aftermath. This documentary is a critical analysis of the coup attempt in Turkey throughout the night between the 15th and 16th of July 2016.
Anjelica loves everything old-fashioned and vintage, but when she buys an antique bathtub from a dead person's estate, she learns that some old things have more soul than others.
In August 2015, skydiver Dennis Kakis is doing his 260th jump when a sudden gust makes him lose control and crash-lands; he breaks his back and is paralyzed from the waist down. Refusing to accept his new limited life, he reacts by documenting his own journey toward his next role: to get back on his feet to jump again.
Tom is released from prison after serving a 2-year-sentence and wants to get back at the man responsible for his arrest. He convinces his long-time friend Arne to assist him, but Arne doesn't know the extent of Tom's planned revenge.
As a young urban couple on a working holiday hopes to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever.
