Movies: August B. Hanssen

Young film director Even Benestad tells the story of his own father Espen Benestad who is a transvestite and seeks his son's acceptance....

Behind the success of Hariton Pushwagner we find a dramatic story about a son of a wealthy family who became homeless, only to end up as a celebrated artist. Pushwagner himself says, "It's not true but it's a good story". Against this backdrop, the f...

Ida's Diary is a film about hope and courage, about finding your own identity and daring to live. It's a personal film based on Ida's own video diary from the last eight years....

Sofia, a young director fresh out of film school, reunites with her father who has spent most of his life in prison. He lives a life marked by addiction and criminality, and Sofia's biggest hope is that she can help him on his feet and repair broken ...

Tempus Fugit is the story of a psychiatrist caring for an apparently schizophrenic patient. The patient claims to know the exact time of his own death, being in possession of an object, the "Deathcrawler", which can foretell when the user will die. W...

Explores the life and times of an institution that has been described as 20 years of continuous improvisation....

On July 22nd 2011, Norway experienced incomprehensible terror. However, it was not the first time one in our midst used extreme measures to create fear and panic....

An imaginative and partly animated story told from an eight year old boy's perspective. The audience is taken on an adventure with the boy, his little brother and the girl next door, in a mix of dreams, nightmares and fantasies. The film explores how...