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Sigve Endresen
Sigve Endresen (born November 12, 1953 in Stavanger) is a producer and director of documentary films. Career In 1998, Sigve Endresen received the Aamot statuette. In 2009, Sigve Endresen and Brede Hovland jointly received the Kanon Award in the Best Producer category for their work on the film '' North'' . In 2021, he co-directed the documentary ''Generasjon Utøya'' which focused on the experiences of survivors of the Utøya massacre. The film was awarded the Human prize and was nominated for the Amanda award 2021 in the category best Norwegian cinema film and best documentary film. Endresen founded the production company Motlys, which has been operational for over four decades. Partial filmography * 1986: ''Mama Tumaini'' * 1989: ''For harde livet'' * 1991: ''Byttinger ''Byttinger'' ( en, Changelings}) is a 1991 Norwegian drama film directed by Sigve Endresen, starring Bjarte Hjelmeland and Stig Henrik Hoff. A group of seven inner-city youths are given the cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage. This has caused the town center and inner city to retain a small-town character with an unusually high ratio of detached houses, and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger. The city's population rapidly grew in the late 20th century due to its oil industry. Stavanger is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing. The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development. Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a screenwriter and oversees the script's development. These activities culminate with the pitch, led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is "greenlighted". The producer also supervises the pre-production, principal photography and post-production stages of filmmaking. A producer is also responsible for hiring a director for the film, as well as other key crew members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Early documentary films, originally called "actuality films", lasted one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length, and to include more categories. Some examples are Educational film, educational, observational and docufiction. Documentaries are very Informational listening, informative, and are often used within schools as a resource to teach various principles. Documentary filmmakers have a responsibility to be truthful to their vision of the world without intentionally misrepresenting a topic. Social media platfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanon Award
The Kanon Award is one of the movie awards of Norwegian film festival Kosmorama. Every year during ''Kosmorama'', the Kanon Award is given to a selected individual within a category. The categories include Best Actor, Best Director and Best Producer. Categories Best Director Best Producer Best Main Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Cinematographer Best Writer Best Editing Best Sound Design Best Soundtrack Best Innovation People's Choice Award The Kanon Award 2005 Best Director: Hans Petter Moland - The Beautiful Country Best Writer: Aksel Hennie - Uno Best Editing: Einar Egeland - Hawaii, Oslo Best Cinematographer: ''John Andreas Andersen'' - Uno Best Main Actor: Aksel Hennie - Uno Best Supporting Actor: Stig Henrik Hoff - "Hawaii, Oslo" Best Producer: ''Jørgen Storm Rosenberg'' - Uno People's Choice Award: Uno The Kanon Award 2006 Best Director: Sara Johnsen - Vinterkyss Best Sound Design: ''Christian Schaanning'' - Naboer Best Cinematographer: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North (2009 Film)
''North'' is a cinema of Norway, Norwegian film from 2009 written by Erlend Loe and directed by Rune Denstad Langlo. Anders Baasmo Christiansen plays the main role of "Jomar Henriksen". Summary Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up north, he sets on a strange and poetic journey through Norway on a snowmobile, with 5 liters of alcohol as sole provisions. On this trip through amazing arctic landscapes, Jomar seems to do everything in his power to avoid reaching his destination. He meets other tender and confused souls, who will all contribute to push Jomar further along his reluctant journey towards the brighter side of life. Achievements ''North'' participated in the Berlin Film Festival where it won the award "Europa Cinemas Label ex aequo". The film shared the award with a French film called ''Welcome''. The film won the main award "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Tumaini
''Mama Tumaini – Tumaini betyr håp'' (Mother Hope) is a Norwegian–Tanzanian drama film and family film from 1986. It was directed by Martin Mhando and Sigve Endresen. The story takes place in Tanzania and Norway. The film is based on an African script, and it mostly features African actors and an African crew. The film was produced with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. The film was not released in commercial theaters in Norway, but screened at the Norwegian International Film Festival, held in Kristiansand in 1986. Plot Two women, one black and one white, meet in Dar es Salaam in East Africa in 1986. Both are there because of their men. The white woman is a professional's wife, and the black woman is leaving her village because her husband is taking a job in the big city. Across the racial divide and major social and economic barriers, a friendship develops between the two women. The plot is based on a real event that happened in the 1970s. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byttinger
''Byttinger'' ( en, Changelings}) is a 1991 Norwegian drama film directed by Sigve Endresen, starring Bjarte Hjelmeland and Stig Henrik Hoff. A group of seven inner-city youths are given the choice between prison and a rehabilitation camp in the countryside. The two social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...ers who follow them there believe that the fresh air and beautiful scenery will have a positive influence on the kids. During an excursion to a glacier the group gets trapped, and the kids have to use all their street smarts to get out. External links * * ''The Changelings (Byttinger)''at the Norwegian Film Institute 1991 films 1991 drama films Norwegian drama films {{Norway-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo, August 31st
''Oslo, August 31st'' ( no, Oslo, 31. august) is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It is the second film, along with ''Reprise'' (2006) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), in Trier's "Oslo Trilogy". The film is a homage to, and loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel ''Will O' the Wisp'' (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film ''The Fire Within'' (1963). The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best Film and Best Cinematography awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival (SIFF). It received widespread critical acclaim, and was one of three films on the Norwegian shortlist for submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On his first opportunity to take an overnight trip from the rehab centre, he meets an old girlfriend and then attempts suicide by filling his pockets and walking into a lake. Unable to go through with i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind (2014 Film)
''Blind'' is a 2014 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Eskil Vogt. The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 19 January. Vogt received the Screenwriting Award for ''Blind'' at Sundance. The film was later screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. Plot Forsaken in a brand-new apartment in Oslo, frail authoress Ingrid is trying to come to terms with losing her eyesight in mid-life. Fearful of venturing out on her own, Ingrid retreats into an elaborate fantasy bubble, on the verge of convincing herself that her architect husband is spying on her. A faint tapping or an unfamiliar sound are enough to incite her paranoia while reality and imagination begin to blur. Cast * Ellen Dorrit Petersen as Ingrid * as Morten * Vera Vitali as Elin Reception ''Blind'' received positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
