The Slowest Tango in the World
Spanish language feature film about an Italian emigrant to Buenos Aires in the 1920s who learns to dance the Tango to find his princess.
Il Postino meets Strictly Ballroom meets The Karate Kid.
Malecón
Norwegian language feature caper about a man who dreams of Cuba, although he has never left Oslo. He witnesses a murder and gets involved with a gang bosses girlfriend. Not a healthy situation. Shooting Fish meets Amélie from Montmartre.
Murphy’s Wedding – If it can go wrong…
A Norwegian language wedding catastrophe feature. Bachelorette Ingrid is a successful spin doctor in Oslo but gets called back to her roots when the bank wants to repossess the family farm. If she marries within a week, she can stave off the inevitable, but there are those who will do their best to sabotage her efforts. Bridesmaids meets The Wedding Singer meets Änglagård.
Murphys Divorce, Murphys Christmas, Murphys Vacation…
The series continues.
The Island
A stowaway lands on an island which doesn’t appear on any map. He learns to survive with his keen knowledge of alchemy and the art of distilling but soon finds himself I trouble with the Islands dictator and his security forces. Spanish and/or English language feature, drama/romance. Mosquito Coast meets Under the Volcano.
The Book of Forgotten Creatures
Based on the encyclopaedia written by Jan Vardøen cataloguing all the creatures in Norwegian Folklore, a 24 part series set in snowy Christmastime in the Norwegian mountains, this is fantasy adventure aimed at children of all ages. Live action, no CGI or AI. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe meets Troll and Kraken.
The Voyage of the Arrow
A 90 minute, no dialogue, black and white documentary on the construction and use of the Japanese longbow. Very high concept will appeal to those who like slow TV and mindfulness.
Summer on Shark Island
1940 and Norway is occupied by the German military. A family is forced to move to the country after their politician father is arrested and interred by the invaders. The mother and her three children, 8, 11, and 14, end up on an idyllic island on the south coast of Norway. Here they have to contend with the local occupation forces, a new and frugal lifestyle, shadowy going-ons in the night and how to get their father released. A feature film for children 8 to 16 about how to strive during adversity.
The Revenge Bureau
A procedural TV series in 2 x 8 episodes, each episode self-contained, but with an overreaching arc. A ragamuffin army of beautiful losers go into business as an agency that that right injustices through less-than-legal means for people who have been done wrong by and have no recourse through the usual channels.
