(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
The Ocean Rider
Directed by Sébastien Devirient
Sveits
The mountain film festival at Gjendesheim in Jotunheimen offers great and dramatic nature experiences, also on large canvas, 7. – 9. September. Lead actor in the movie The Ocean Rider it's hard not to be impressed. Yvan Bourgnong is an experienced sailor who has won major competitions. He makes a bold bet: to be the first to sail around the world on a catamaran without a cabin, alone and without GPS. 220 days and 55 km at sea without being able to seek shelter from the weather and wind, and with a sextant as the only navigation equipment. With the camera as his only travel companion, he faces challenges such as storms, pirates, cold, lack of sleep and heat, but also experiences fantastic and memorable moments. See www.fjellfilm.no.
We Are the Nation
Directed by: Håvard Holme
Norway
This is Holmes' first full-length documentary, and the action is set in Kenya. 25-year-old Billian Okoth lives in Mathare outside Nairobi, one of the largest slums in Africa, constantly haunted by riots and violent conflict. Half of the population is children – many of them orphans. To help them, 25-year-old Okoth has started the "Billian Music Family" – a music collective that rapes, sings and dances to survive. Under the resourceful father figure, the young talents develop creativity and confidence on both a musical and personal level. We Are the Nation is described as a beautiful and important film about doing everything one can to help those who need it most. The film is shown during the Protest Festival in Kristiansand 10.-16. September (which also has a "prelude" in Oslo on September 6), and at the Bergen International Film Festival at the end of the same month. See www.protestfestivalen.no and www.biff.no.
Girl
Directed by: Lukas Dhont
Belgium
Film Girl is shown during the festival Oslo Fusion (formerly Skeive Filmer), which takes place in the capital 19-23. September. This is the debut film of Belgian Lukas Dhont, who has received brilliant criticism for the film, including at Cannes in May. Main character i Girl is Lara, teenager and trans, and the latter makes it easier to be 15 years old. It is not primarily from the surroundings that she encounters resistance, but from within. Lara's big dream is to become a ballerina, and together with her father and brother she moves to the big city to attend one of Belgium's most prestigious dance academies. The lead role is played by Victor Polster, who received the award for best starring role in the Un Certain Regard program in Cannes. See www.oslofusion.no. See pages 16–17.
Little Boy
Directed by Kristian Pedersen
Norway
The five minutes long, or short, Little Boy premiered during the Hiroshima Animation Film Festival in late August. At the end of September, the film will be shown in Ottawa. In the festival program for the latter, the following is said about the film: «6. August 1945, two suns shone over Hiroshima. One was the start of a new day, the other was the nuclear bomb Little Boy. "
