Marit Pia Jacobsen

A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dipping, a cow eats a cell phone, a lesbian couple loses a child, a blind girl sells dubious lottery tickets, a boy falls in love, a man picks up a hitchhiker, three girls get help from a man in pajamas, and nine old men find a young girl stuck in a swamp.

Annesiyle yaşayan orta yaşlı adamdır Elling. Onu kaybedince durumla başedemez ve zaten zengin Norveç hükümeti bu tür insanlar için her an 'yardıma' hazır olduğu için kahramanımız kendini bir kliniğe yatırılmış olarak bulur. Oda arkadaşı Kjell, orta yaşlı, kafayı sekse takmış ancak hayatında bir kadınla birlikte olamamış bir adamdır. İkili en sonunda serbest kalırlar. Bir gözetmenin kontrolünde Oslo'da bir apartman dairesinde yaşamaya başlarlar. Kjell üst kattaki komşularına âşık olur. Elling'in en büyük korkusu ise tekrar kliniğe kapatılmaktır. Sonunda kendisini şiir yazmaya verir. İki asosyal kahramanın sosyal yaşama geçme çabalarıyla bireysel yalnızlığı ve dostluk ilişkisini anlatan film en iyi yabancı film dalında Oscar adayı olmuştu.

Three years have passed since Elling moved to town together with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Elling now lives on his own in the apartment. Kjell Bjarne has moved up one floor, to Reidun and her little daughter Mojo. Elling feels like an outsider, and he isolates himself more and more. He observes humankind with astonishment, and wonders at how everyone else seems to be adjusting so well. Finally, Kjell Bjarne takes care of the situation. Elling protests, but he is still pretty happy as he is transformed into a new man, clean, fully rested and well dressed. Deep inside, he also knows what's lacking, and one evening he finally finds the woman he knows is able to fill the void in his life. He's willing to do anything to win her trust and conquer her love. But when he is invited home to his new girlfriend for dinner, a few objections appear to Elling, and the story doesn't end quite the way he had thought it would.

Short film about the misadventures of a young single dad.

Margrethe have served fish casserole in her local diner for years. One day the lovely Julia unexpectedly opens a Sushi Bar next door to the diner, and Margrethe takes up the fight against this strange new way of eating fish.

The smoking corner at school. Here some teachers stand and smoke, some come, some leave, the days go by. Some words are said, but mostly they stand there and smoke. And out of this we get the story of the old man, the couple in love, the hopeful man and the relationship between them.

Helga Joner's daughter Ida leaves home bound for the local shop riding a yellow bicycle and wearing a red cycle helmet. Helga is shown to be an over-anxious mother who worries excessively about her daughter. She even resorts to calculating the approximate time Ida will take to reach the shop. As night starts to fall, and Ida doesn't return, Helga becomes worried about her daughter, going so far as to phone the shop to see if Ida is there, but she is told that Ida never arrived. Helga and her sister Ruth search for Ida but to no avail. Finally they call the police.