Mona J. Hoel

After living in Oslo for many years, Lena moves back to Sápmi in northern Norway with her young son, to explore Sami gender in an art project. While researching in the wintry tundra, she falls in love with reindeer herder Máhtte, whose mother, the head of the family, disapproves of the relationship. As decisions from the past come to haunt her, Lena struggles to find out whether her and Máhtte’s lifestyles can ever be compatible.

The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.

Gerda runs a farm in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. She has just been widowed. For the first time in 15 years, her sister Marie comes to visit. Much is unsaid between them, and dark memories emerge as the hours pass.

A young woman hires two painters to paint her apartment. The painters don't get along.

On a day in April 1996, four stories play out in the confines of a flat in the heart of Oslo.

Emma is told she has cancer and two months to live and must clean up her life before she dies, to prevent the children from falling into the hands of her abusive ex-husband.

After living in Oslo for many years, Lena moves back to Sápmi in northern Norway with her young son, to explore Sami gender in an art project. While researching in the wintry tundra, she falls in love with reindeer herder Máhtte, whose mother, the head of the family, disapproves of the relationship. As decisions from the past come to haunt her, Lena struggles to find out whether her and Máhtte’s lifestyles can ever be compatible.

The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.

The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.

The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.

Gerda runs a farm in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. She has just been widowed. For the first time in 15 years, her sister Marie comes to visit. Much is unsaid between them, and dark memories emerge as the hours pass.

Gerda runs a farm in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. She has just been widowed. For the first time in 15 years, her sister Marie comes to visit. Much is unsaid between them, and dark memories emerge as the hours pass.

A young woman hires two painters to paint her apartment. The painters don't get along.

A young woman hires two painters to paint her apartment. The painters don't get along.

A young woman hires two painters to paint her apartment. The painters don't get along.

On a day in April 1996, four stories play out in the confines of a flat in the heart of Oslo.

Emma is told she has cancer and two months to live and must clean up her life before she dies, to prevent the children from falling into the hands of her abusive ex-husband.

Emma is told she has cancer and two months to live and must clean up her life before she dies, to prevent the children from falling into the hands of her abusive ex-husband.

Emma is told she has cancer and two months to live and must clean up her life before she dies, to prevent the children from falling into the hands of her abusive ex-husband.

Two young people - a girl and a boy - on a beautiful summer's day at the public swimming pool. A film about a close but 'impossible' relationship.

This brutal and beautiful children’s drama, mixed with arctic magic, succeeds to take us into the world of the tangled up and hurt mind of a big sister. Moreover, to show what consequences parental ignorance in a hectic everyday life can have for little brothers.

This hilarious short film Covid side effects shows how pandemic and physical distancing times can be helpful when trying to break up with a partner with whom one hasn't had strong passionate feelings in long time.

On a hot summer's day, pregnant single mom and fishing disc clerk Maria needs a lot of money. She robs Jesus, and nothing becomes the same in the small community.

On a hot summer's day, pregnant single mom and fishing disc clerk Maria needs a lot of money. She robs Jesus, and nothing becomes the same in the small community.

Inheriting a piece of land with a really old oak of which they are very attached, a family believes the grandmothers soul lives in the old tree. When losing his job, the family father has to decide if he is to keep land and oak.

Inheriting a piece of land with a really old oak of which they are very attached, a family believes the grandmothers soul lives in the old tree. When losing his job, the family father has to decide if he is to keep land and oak.

Iris, a single mother is rushing home from the night shift at the hospital to get the kids off to school. She's caught speeding, and gets fined with a considerable amount of money she absolutely doesn't have.

Iris, a single mother is rushing home from the night shift at the hospital to get the kids off to school. She's caught speeding, and gets fined with a considerable amount of money she absolutely doesn't have.

Poetic documentary highlighting the contrast between forestry using machines and horses.

Poetic documentary highlighting the contrast between forestry using machines and horses.

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Sara is seventeen and lives with her parents in a house by the sea. She has a dark secret.

Modern forestry is predatory exploitation of the forest, but in Finnskogen there are some who practice forestry the old way.