8.5.2009 MODERN SLAVERY ON TV2 FROM MAY 18TH
Modern Slavery by Thomas Robsahm & Tina Davis will be shown on TV2 in three episodes, strating on May 18. at 22.30.
23.4.2009 MODERN SLAVERY AT THE NORWEGIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Modern Slavery by Thomas Robsahm & Tina Davis will have its first screening tonight at Den Norske Dokumentarfestivalen in Volda.
The film will be shown as a series on TV from May 18th and is also in competition at Kortfilmfestivalen in Grimstad in June.
27.2.2009 NEW FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FROM MARGRETH OLIN
The Others by Margreth Olin will be her first feature documentary since Raw Youth and it will premiere in 2011.
18.12.2008 NEW DOCUMENTARY FROM JANNICKE SYSTAD JACOBSEN
Read more HERE
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3.12.2008 THOMAS ROBSAHM TAKES A BREAK FROM SPERANZA
On March 1st 2009 Thomas Robsahm will be working for NFI as feature film consultant. This means he will take a break from his job in Speranza and Margreth Olin will replace him as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board.
16.10.2008 BUILDING THE COUNTRY - OUT ON DVD
The NRK-series is now out on DVD. Order it HERE
NB: Unfortunatly no English subtitles.
1.10.2008 STATISTICS WON AN AWARD AN NORDIC PANORAMA
Statistics by Solveig Melkeraaen won the award for best short documentary at this years Nordic Panorama in Malmø. The film is one of six in the series Buidling The Country.
17.9.2008 WHITE LORD JESUS - NEW ALBUM!
WHITE LORD JESUS, Thomas Robsahm and Arvid Skancke-Knutsens band, is back with a new album 24 years after the debut Amen.
The new CD "...into that good night" feautures contributions from Haddy N´jie, Rebekka Karijord, Maja Ratkje, Hild Sofie Tafjord (Spunk/Fe-mail), Arve Henriksen (Supersilent), Martin Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist/The National Bank), Nils Økland, Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger), Geir Emanuelsen (The Beat Tornados), Bengt Hansen (The Colors Turned Red/Wholy Martin), Koret Oslo Ø and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
4.6.2008 BUILDING THE COUNTRY
The doc-series Building the country had many viewers on NRK this spring. A total of 2 247 000 (+ reruns) saw it and the last epsisode had the best
(456 000).
The series will be out on DVD in autumn.
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26.2.2008 FIRST FEATURE FILM BY MARGRETH OLIN
The shooting of Margreth Olin´s first feature The Angel starts April 22nd.
The film will open in Norway in 2009.
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17.9.2007 IT´S HARD TO BE A ROCK´N ROLLER PÅ TV2
It´s Hard To Be A Rock´n Roller by Gunhild Asting will be shown on TV2 Monday September 24th at 22.30.
17.4.2007 BIGGER THAN BARBIE
Bigger Than Barbie by TIna Davis will be shown on NRK2 April 19th at 20.05.
26.9.2006 SPECIAL MENTION FOR LULLABY
Lullaby by Margreth Olin got a special mention tonight at Nordisk Panorama in Aarhus, Denmark.
5.9.2006 IT´S HARD TO BE A ROCK´N ROLLER IN THEATRES NOW
It´s Hard To Be A Rock´n Roller by Gunhild Asting won "Gledessprederen" at The Filmfestival in Haugesund and has received great reviews. Now in theatres all over the country.
25.8.2006 AWARD FOR IT´S HARD TO BE A ROCK´N ROLLER
It´s Hard To Be A Rock´n´Roller by Gunhild Asting won the Gledessprederen award at the Filmfestival in Haugesund.
4.7.2006 IT´S HARD TO BE A ROCK´N ROLLER IN THEATRES FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST
It´s Hard To Be A Rock ´n Roller by Gunhild Asting opens all over the country on September 1st. First official screening will be at The Filmfestival in Haugesund August 22nd.
5.4.2006 NEW DOCUMENTARY SERIES FROM SPERANZA
Those who build the country is a documentary series about working people.
Some of Norways best documentarists will be involved, including Margreth Olin, Even Benestad, Steffan Strandberg, Solveig Melkeraaen, Gunhild Asting and Thomas Robsahm.
18.1.2006 MARGRETH OLIN TO MAKE NEW SHORT FILM
Margreth Olin will make a short film called Lullaby this spring. Hopefully the film will premiere at The Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad.
15.11.2005 GOOD REVIEW FOR WHITE LORD JESUS
Thomas Robsahm´s band White Lord Jesus gets 5 of 6 in the daily newspaper VG for their comeback-CD. Last night they did their first gig in 20 years for a packed Mono in Oslo. VG-REVIEW THE BANDS WEBSITE ORDER CD
25.10.2005 WHITE LORD JESUS - BACK AFTER 20 YEARS!
Before he started in the film industry in the eighties, Thomas Robsahm was a member of the band White Lord Jesus togheter with Arvid Skancke-Knutsen. They started in 1983 as one of the first Norwegian Goth-bands, inspired by The Birthday Party (with Nick Cave), Bauhaus, Suicide, Virgin Prunes and more.
After the cassette-only release "Amen" in 1984 and concerts in Norway, the band split in 1985.
After 20 years they have now reformed and release their debut-CD on November 14th through Kong Tiki Records/Playground. On the same night there will be a releaseparty at Café Mono in Oslo.
18.10.2005 RAW YOUTH NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS!
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin is nominated for the European Film Awards.
The winner will be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 3, in Berlin.
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2005 - PRIX ARTE:
NOMINATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE DOCUMENTARY JURY
The European Film Academy has announced the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2005 - PRIX ARTE. There is a total of eleven documentary films nominated. This year's documentary jury will now convene in Berlin to screen the nominated films and decide on the winner of the EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2005 - PRIX ARTE.
Appointed by the European Film Academy and Arte, the members of the documentary jury are:
Jacques Laurent - producer (Belgium)
Alessandro Signetti - president Associazione Documentaristi Italiani (Italy)
Noemi Schory - producer/director/head of Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (Israel)
In association with the prestigious French-German culture channel Arte, the winner will be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 3, in Berlin.
The nominated documentaries are:
AM SEIDENEN FADEN (Stroke)
by Katarina Peters, Germany
THE DEVIL'S MINER - BERG DES TEUFELS
by Richard Ladkani & Kief Davidson, Germany
LEIPUTRIJA (Dreamland)
by Laila Pakalnina, Latvia/Germany
MELODIAS
by François Bovy, Switzerland
PRIES PARSKRENDANT ? ZEM? (Before Flying Back to the Earth)
by Arunas Matelis, Lithuania/Germany
REPETITIONER (Rehearsals)
by Michal Leszczylowky & Gunnar Källström, Sweden
THE SWENKAS
by Jeppe R¢nde, Denmark/Sweden
UN DRAGON DANS LES EAUX PURES DU CAUCASE (The Pipeline Next Door)
by Nino Kirtadzé, France
UNGDOMMENS RÅSKAP (Raw Youth)
by Margreth Olin, Norway/Denmark
VIVA ZAPATERO!
by Sabina Guzzanti, Italy
WORKINGMAN'S DEATH
by Michael Glawogger, Austria/Germany
Berlin, October 18, 2005
12.10.2005 SUPPORT FOR MODERN SLAVERY
Modern Slavery by Thomas Robsahm has received support from Norwegian Film Fund.
11.10.2005 THE JONAS AWARD TO MARGRETH OLIN
Margreth Olin received the Jonas Award today from The Institute for Special Needs at The University of Oslo. Pervious award winners include Wenche Foss, Arne Næss and Ingvar Ambjørnsen. Olin is the youngest person having received the award. READ MORE
15.8.2005 MARGRETH OLIN NOMINATED FOR THE PEOPLES FILM AWARD
Margreth Olin is nominated for the Peoples Film Award initiated by The Norwegian FIlm festival in Haugesund and VG.
If you want to vote for Margreth, send an SMS to 1985 with the code VGFILM 6 Your name and adress.
Nok 1,- for each SMS.
15.8.2005 RAW YOUTH ON NRK 1 TONIGHT!
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin, which is nominated for an Amanda, will be screened on NRK 1 tonight at 21.30.
10.8.2005 RAW YOUTH AT NORDIC PANORAMA
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin will be shown at Nordisk Panorama in Bergen in September. Only two Norwegian documentaries where chosen for competition this year.
Margreth Olin and Thomas Robsahm are also celebrating their ten year anniversary at the festival ;-)
20.6.2005 RAW YOUTH - NOMINATED FOR AMANDA
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin has been nominated for Amanda as best theatrical release.
Olin has been nominated for all of her films: My Uncle, In The House Of Angels, Gluttony, My Body and now also Raw Youth.
She has won the award twice. For In The House Of Angels and My Body.
19.6.2005 AWARD FOR RAW YOUTH
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin won the award for best documentary at the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad. The award was shared with From different worlds by Christine Tobiesen and Susann Østigaard.
This was Margreth Olin´s fifth award at the festival in Grimstad.
25.5.2005 RAW YOUTH - NOW ON DVD
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin is now out on DVD with the following bonus material: Deleted scenes, interview with Margreth Olin, music video with Gatas Parlament and theatrical trailer.
If you want to, you can order it from our webshop.
23.5.2005 MARGRETH OLIN ON NRK
Tuesday at 22.30 you can watch the programme Nærbilde about Margreth Olin. MORE
And on Wedensday Raw Youth is out on DVD.
13.5.2005 THE GOLDEN SCREEN TO MY BODY
My Body by Margreth Olin won The Golden Screen for best tv-documentary 2004.
22.4.2005 SPERANZA 10 ÅR!
On Sunday April 24th Speranza Film have existed for 10 years. In the period there has been 8 theatrical releases and many tv-documentaries and short films. Around 30 awards, including 3 Amandas, and partecipation at over 100 festivals around the world.
The most famous titles are: Raw Youth, My Body and In The House of Angels by Margreth Olin. S.O.S. and The Greatest Thing by Thomas Robsahm, Thrane´s Method by Unni Straume and Crime & Punishment by Maria Warsinski.
Speranza are now producing two documentaries; The Boundary Stones by Gunhild Asting and Modern Slavery by Thomas Robsahm, while Margreth Olin is developing her feature film debut The Angel.
Speranza means hope, so let´s hope for another 10 years!
20.4.2005 NEW DOCUMENTARY FOR THEATRICAL RELEASE
The Boundary Stones by Gunhild Asting received NOK 2 000 000 in financial support from Norwegian Filmfund today. Shooting will be finished this spring and theatrical release is planned early next year.
11.4.2005 SPERANZA IN GRIMSTAD
Speranza partecipates at the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad with two films this year. Raw Youth by Margreth Olin partecipates in the documentary competition, while Lovebirds by Elisabeth Sjaastad partecipates in the short film programme.
1.4.2005 MY BODY NOMINATED FOR GULLRUTEN
My Body by Margreth Olin, which had it´s theatrical release in 2002 and was shown on NRK in 2004, is nominated for Gullruten for best documentary.
The award ceremony takes place at Greghallen in Bergen Saturday 14th May at 20.00, and will be transmitted live on TV2.
15.3.2005 RAW YOUTH SEEN BY 50 000!
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin has now been seen by more than 50 000 people at theatres in Norway, and is the fourth most seen Norwegian documentary (after Cool & Crazy, For Your Life and All About My Father).
18.1.2005 RAW YOUTH AT GØTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin will be shown in the Nordi Light program at Gøteborg Filmfestival 28. January - 7. February.
23.12.2004 MERRY X-MAS!
Also this christmas NRK are showing The Greatest Thing by Thomas Robsahm.
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10.12.2004 THIS YEARS CHRISTMAS SINGLE!
Eighties bandTHE COLORS TURNED RED are back with their first recording since 1988! Back by Christmas is brilliant. Check it out HERE
8.12.2004 THE SINGLE IS OUT
Ungdommes Råskap by Gatas Parlament with Flexi and Jester is now in the shops. NB! Limited edition.
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22.11.2004 MY BODY - ON THE NET
Since Filmarkivet.no opened on thursday November 18th, 25 000 Norwegian feature films, short films and commercials have been downloaded.
Most downloaded amongst Norwegian films is My Body by Margreth Olin.
22.11.2004 FOURTH POSISTION AT THE BOX-OFFICE - SEEN BY 5000
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin has had 5 000 admissions in the first weekend (including pre-screenings). This is a much better opening than her previous film My Body from 2002, which ended with 40 000 admissions.
21.11.2004 WHERE TO WATCH RAW YOUTH
Oslo (Saga and Eldorado), Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Drammen, Tønsberg, Fredrikstad, Lillehammer, Ski og Sandvika.
19.11.2004 OPENS TODAY!
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin opens today in Oslo (Klingenberg and Eldorado), Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Drammen, Tønsberg, Fredrikstad, Lillehammer, Ski and Sandvika.
we have a few free tickets left for tonights show at Klingenberg in Oslo at 18.30. If you´re interessted, send a mail.
18.11.2004 GOOD REWIEVS EVERYWHERE
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin gets lots of good reviews today. Almost everyone give it 5. Also the few giving it 4 are very positive about the film which opens Oslo Filmfestival tonight.
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16.11.2004 GOOD REVIEWS FOR RAW YOUTH
The first reviews of Raw Youth by Margreth Olin are out. Spirit, Plan B and Natt & dag are positive, giving it 5.
12.11.2004 MARGRETH OLIN ON FØRST & SIST
Tonight at 21.25 you can see Margreth Olin on Først & Sist on NRK.
Scenes from her latest film Raw Youth will also be shown.
1.11.2004 FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR NEW DOCUMENTARY
Today Speranza received financial support for a new documentary series called Modern Slavery by Thomas Robsahm.
More: http://www.frittord.no
28.10.2004 MARGRETH OLIN ON BLÅTT LERRET TONIGHT
Come and hear Margreth Olin tell about the special process behind her lst film, produced by Lars Von Trier´s company Zentropa Real. With 120 hours of material Olin has made a 80-minute film about youth as they are and not how we want them to be. On Blått Lerret you can see scenes from the film and hear Olin talk about her process based on Lars Von Trier´s dogma rules for documentaries; Dogumentary. The film opens on November 19th, but you can see parts of the film already tonight.
Rockefeller 20.00
21.9.2004 RAW YOUTH OPENS OSLO FILMFESTIVAL
Raw Youth by Margreth Olin opens Oslo Filmfestival on November 18th.
The day after it opens all over Norway.
More: http://www.speranza.no/films/dogumentar/
16.9.2004 THOMAS ROBSAHM ON FILMPLANETEN
Tonight Filmplaneten on NRK 2 is about football films and The Mosquito by Thomas Robsahm is one of them At 22.55.
More on nrk.no
24.8.2004 SUPPORT FOR MARGRETH OLINS NEW DOCUMENTARY
Olins dogumentar på kino i november
UNGDOMMENS RÅSKAP
”Ungdommens råskap” er en av seks filmer produsert etter Lars von Triers dokumentarmanifest Dogumentar. Etter å ha formulert manifestets ni regler i 2001, inviterte Zentropa Real regissørene Michael Klint, Klaus Birch, Bente Milton, Sami Saif, Pål Hollender og Margreth Olin til å lage hver sin Dogme dokumentar. I manifestet heter det blant annet at dokumentarfilmen og tv-virkeligheten i økende grad blir manipulert av fotografer, klippere og regissører. Dogumentar skal gjenopplive ”det rene, det objektive og det troverdige”, blant annet ved å forby manipulering med lyd og bilde og ved å markere alle klipp i filmene med noen tidels sekunder med sort.
- Dette er i utgangspunktet en 58-minutters tv-film, men materialet er såpass sterkt og viktig at jeg mener det bør klippes en kinoversjon. Stoffet er nakent og liketil og von Triers dogumentar-regler forsterker effekten, sier langfilmkonsulent Erlend Loe.
TV-versjonen av ”Ungdommens råskap” lanseres sammen med de fem andre filmene i dogumentar-prosjektet på Copenhagen International Documentary Festival 5-14.11.04. Opptakene og TV-versjonen av Olins dogumentar ble gjort på video, men filmen skal nå ferdigstilles i en lengre kinoversjon som får norsk premiere 19. november. Speranza Film ved produsent Thomas Robsahm fikk i dag et tilskudd på 675.000 kroner fra Norsk filmfond til å fullføre kinoversjonen. Prosjektet har tidligere mottatt kr. 500.000 fra filmfondet ved langfilmkonsulent Harry Guttormsen, totalt 1.175.000 kroner av et totalbudsjett på 2,7 millioner kroner.
UNGDOMMENS RÅSKAP
Regissør: Margreth Olin
Manuskript: Margreth Olin
Produksjonsselskap: Speranza Film as
Anvsarlig produsent: Thomas Robsahm
Co-produsent: Zentropa Real
Distribusjon: Oro Film AS
Lengde: 90 min.
Premiere: 19. november 2004
Støtte fra Norsk filmfond: NOK 1.175.000
Kontaktpersoner:
Distributør Kjetil Omberg, Oro Film
Tlf. 97 15 79 23, e-post: kjetil@orofilm.no
Produsent Thomas Robsahm, Speranza Film AS
Tlf. 95 24 04 18, e-post: speranza@speranza.no
23.5.2004 PALME D´OR TO MICHAEL MOORE!
More: http://www.michaelmoore.com/
29.4.2004 THOMAS - 40 YEARS!
http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/film/article783936.ece
23.4.2004 NEW FILM ABOUT DRUG ADDICTED FRIEND
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2004/04/23/396502.html
22.4.2004 NEW AWARD TO MY BODY
Tonight My Body by Margreth Olin won the award for best short documentary at the One World Human Rights Festival in Prague, Czech Republic.
Jury members where: Jean Pierre Rehm (director of Marseille Documentary Festival), Ally Derks (director of IDFA), Kerstin Hagrup (Swedish Filminstitutt), John Anderson (director of Human Rights Watch) and Stefan Uhrik (Karlovy Vary film festival).
The Mayor of Prague Award for the best short documentary:
My Body, directed by Margreth Olin, Norway
The Short Forms Competition films exhibited a broad array of styles, lengths and formats that collectively made a strong statement for how issues of human rights can be expressed in every style of filmmaking. The Mayor of Prague Award Jury worked together in a very positive and fluid manner, reaching consensus on three finalists which we then discussed at greater length. The jury has decided to give the Mayor of Prague Award to a film with gifted cinematography, expert editing and perfect storyline development. The film presents an important message of the damage that western society has done to the individual’s self image, physical as well as mental. The filmmaker’s command of a wide variety of film and video formats, and their expert layering combined with a pointed sense of humor and a daring self-exposure, qualify her for the award. The jury is happy to give the award for Best Short in the 2004 edition of One World Festival to the Norwegian filmmaker Margreth Olin for her film, „My Body“.
More: http://www.oneworld.cz/
5.2.2004 DOX
The documentary film magazine has launched a special issue celebrating its 10 year anniversary. It introduces50 different documentaries written about by 50 different documentary directors, critics, festival organisers and others.
Margreth Olin is the only Norwegian partecipant, writing about Stefan Jarl´s A Decent Life (1979)
Order from http://www.edn.dk
8.1.2004 HABANA LIBRE ON NRK
Habana Libre by Ståle Sandberg will be shown on NRK Monday 12th January, at 23.10 on NRK 1
Sunday 18th January, at 21.20 on NRK 2.
6.1.2004 VIEWERS
The Greatest Thing by Thomas Robsahm was seen by 563 000 on NRK at christmas.
22.12.2003 THE GREATEST THING ON NRK THIS CHRISTMAS
The Greatest Thing by Thomas Robsahm, starring Herborg Kråkevik will be shown on NRK1 on Christmas Day at 21.15.
On the same day In The House of Angels by Margreth Olin is shown on TV2 at 13.30.
15.12.2003 IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS ON TV FOR CHRISTMAS
In the House of Angels by Margreth Olin will be shown on TV2
on the 25th December at 13.30.
2.12.2003 46664
http://46664.com
5.11.2003 ENTER THE MEATRIX!
http://www.bancruelfarms.org/meatrix
13.10.2003 NEW AWARD FOR MY BODY
My Body by Margreth Olin has won the main award at the
DokumentART in Neubrandenburg, Germany tonight. The award is 3000 Euro.
More: http://home.media-n.de/medienwe/dokart/
6.10.2003 MORE FESTIVALS FOR MY BODY
My Body by Margreth Olin will be shown at the following festivals in October:
DokumentART, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Murphy's CORK Int. Film Festival, Ireland
Sheffield Int. Documentary Film Festival, England
Festival of European Films, Turkey
Kalamata Documentary Film Festival, Greece
Festival of Festivals, Århus, Denmark
3.9.2003 MY BELOVED CHILD AT NORDIC PANORAMA
My Beloved Child by Brit Jorunn Hundsnes will be in the documentary competition at Nordis Panorama in Malmø 23-28 september.
16.8.2003 MARGRETH OLIN ON P2
Tonight at 2300 you can hear Margreth Olin on the programme Barbeint on NRK P2. She has been at Lilla Filmfestivalen in Båstad where Stefan Jarl and Lukas Moddysons documentary "Terrorists - a film about the convicted" was shown.
14.7.2003 ANOTHER AWARD FOR MARGRETH OLIN
My Body by Margreth Olin won The prize of the Museum of New Art
at Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival in Estland this weekend.
More: http://www.chaplin.ee/english/filmfestival/default.htm
It also got a special mention at the 38th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. More: http://www.kviff.com/
17.6.2003 SPECIAL MENTION FOR MY BELOVED CHILD
My beloved child by Brit Jorunn Hundsnes got a special mention from the documentary jury at the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad.
3.6.2003 THE AAMOT-PRIZE TO MARGRETH OLIN
Margreth Olin received the Aamot Prize today for her achievements in Norwegian cinema during the annual congress of Film&Kino, the local cinema organisation. Olin has received numerous awards for her shorts and documentaries, most recently for Kroppen min (My Body), which won an Amanda, Norway’s Oscar, for Best Documentary, as well as the prize for Best Short at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad. Released theatrically, the film took almost 37,000 admissions, to become No 5 on the 2002 list of Norwegian box office attractions.
25.4.2003 MY BELOVED CHILD
My Beloved Child by Brit Jorunn Hundsnes will partecipate in the Documentary competition at The Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad 12-17 June.
22.4.2003 MORE FESTIVALS FOR MY BODY
Hot Doc's, Toronto, April 25 - May 4
Tribeca Filmfestival, New York, May 3-11
Crakow Filmfestival, May 28 - June 1
17.3.2003 INGENKRIG.NO
All we are saying...
http://www.ingenkrig.no
13.3.2003 MY BODY AT FESTIVALS
My Body by Margreth Olin continues to partecipate at festivals all over the world in 2003. Here´s a few:
Cinema delle donne, Torino, Italy March 7-15
Infinity Film festival, Torino Italy April 5-12
Festival du Filmes de Femmes, Creteil, France March 21-30
It's All True, Sao Paulo Doc. FF, Brazil, April 3-13
Samisk Filmfestival, Kautokeino, Norway April 12-15
Hot Doc's, Toronto, Canada April 25 - May 4
24.2.2003 MY BODY ON DVD/VHS
My Body by Margreth Olin is being released on DVD/VHS May 16th.
DVD will include all of Olin´s documentaries with english subtitles.
17.2.2003 GOOD REVIEWS IN SWEDEN FOR MY BODY
My Body by margreth Olin received good reviews this weekend when the film opened in five Svedish cities. Here are some:
Svenska Dagbladet
http://www.svd.se/statiskt/kultur/film/Kroppen_min.asp
13.2.2003 VALENTINE´S DAY!
Tomorrow we celebrate Valentine´s Day and the release of My Body by Margreth Olin in Sweden.
Enjoy this gem from our archive:
http://www.speranza.no/valentine.asp
29.1.2003 INGENKRIG.NO
War. What is it good for?
http://www.ingenkrig.no
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9.12.2002 BY DEMAND
By popular demand you may now buy T-shirts and posters from the film My Body. We have also made som new changes on the site.
3.12.2002 35 000
My Body has now been seen by 35 000 at Norwegian theatres. On February 14. next year it will open in Sweden.
1.12.2002 SO CLOSE...
My Body did not win the Silver Wolf-award in Amsterdam Friday night, but got a special mention, which means it was the runner-up. The jury said it wished to split the award, but IDFA´s rules stopped them from doing so.
At Docs for sale My Body was the second most viewed film (of 400 titles). The festival sold 97 000 tickets this year.
During the days in Amsterdam My Body was invited to 12 festivals all over the world.
28.11.2002 MY BODY NOMINATED
The film "My Body" is participating at the worlds largest documentaryfilmfestival IDFA in Amsterdam. The film is competing with 19 other short documentary films from all over the world for the Silver Wolf award. Late last night the film was nominated as one of three films for the award which is 10 000 Euro.
The award will be announced friday night.
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17.11.2002 FIVE FILMS ON DVD
On November 20th Speranza Film releases five titles on DVD through Scanbox, including Margreth Olin´s price-winning documentary In The House Of Angels.
The other titles are: Thrane´s Method by Unni Straume, Crime & Punishment by Maria F. Warsinski, Rebels With A Cause by Thomas Robsahm and The Mosquito - Portrait Of A Footbal Artist by Thomas Robsahm.
All titles have lots of bonus material including short films and documentaries by the directors.
Order from http://www.speranza.no/shop.asp
1.11.2002 30 000!
My Body has reached 30 000 admissions in Norwegian theatres. This means the film has been seen by more people than Margreth Olin´s previous film House of Angels.
30.10.2002 LARS VON TRIER´S DOGUMENTARY
On Thursday 31. October at 10.00 am in Filmbyen, Copenhagen Lars Von Trier will present his new dogme-project Dogumentary, aiming to bring documentaries back to reality.
Six Nordic directors have been invited to partecipate, including Margreth Olin from Norway.
More: Producer Carsten Holst, Zentropa Real, tel + 45 36 86 87 67 or Peter Sikker, DR TV Presse, tel + 45 35 20 40 84.
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18.10.2002 HEROES
Our heroes Everything But The Girl have been in buisness for 20 years. Thomas has followed them faithfully all the time and Margreth joined 7 years ago. Now the band have just released a personal best-of compilation including hist and rarities. "Like The Deserts Miss The Rain". Recommended!
More: http://www.ebtg.com
15.10.2002 GO AND SEE LILJA 4-EVER
That´s our message today
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2.10.2002 MY BODY TO STOCKHOLM
My Body will open the Tempo Documentary Festival in Stockholm 11. -19.
October.
The film will open in Sweden in january/february.
More: http://www.tempofestival.nu
1.10.2002 MY BODY IN COMPETITION AT IDFA
My Body by Margreth Olin has been chosen for the main programme at
IDFA in Amsterdam November 21. - December 1st.
IDFA is one of the worlds most important and prestigous festivals for documentaries.
My Body will be shown in the competition for short documentaries. The main prize is 10 000 Euro.
More: http://www.idfa.nl
In Norway the film has now been seen by more than 20 000 so far.
20.9.2002 MY BODY AT FESTIVALS
My Body is now beginning its festival-tour
It will be shown at Nordic Panorama in Oulu, Finland between the 24th and 29th September.
In October it will be shown in competition at 21. Uppsala International Short Film Festival between 21-27 October.
More festivals will follow later this year and next year.
At home it kept it´s position in the Top 10 last week and has now been seen by almost 20 000.
18.9.2002 15 000
My Body has now been seen by 15 000 at theatres in Norway
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10.9.2002 MY BODY - SEEN BY 10 000
Margreth Olin´s short film My Body has already been seen by 10 000 and is the most visited Norwegian film this autumn. An the debate goes on...
2.9.2002 NICE BOX-OFFICE FOR MY BODY
My Body by Margreth Olin had a nice opening weekend at the box-office,
considering it´s a 26 minute short film. It opened at number 10, beating films like The Man Without A Past, Weightless and Music For Weddings And Funerals. This means My Body will probalby be the most visited Norwegian film so far this autumn and the most seen short film in Norwegian history.
31.8.2002 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
If you´ve seen My Body and want to comment on it directly to Margreth Olin, you may do so by clicking here:
http://www.speranza.no/films/kroppen/
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30.8.2002 MEET MARGRETH OLIN ON DAGBLADET.NO
Now you may send questions to Margreth on Dagbladet.no
Read an interview in Bergens Tidene:
http://bergenpuls.no/cityguides/nav/news.jhtml?id=5325&printVersion=false&context=movie
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26.8.2002 MARGRETH OLIN ON TABLOID
Tonight you can see Margreth Olin on Tabloid on TV2 20.30.
Watch the programme: http://www.tv2.no/tabloid/
Read more:
Krangler om nakenbilder http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2002/08/25/346929.html
Forsiden er hellig
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2002/08/25/346928.html
«Naken Olin på forsiden ville vært en bragd»
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2002/08/26/347001.html
18.8.2002 AMANDA!
My Body won the Amanda-award for best documentary on Saturday. The film has now received four awards in less than two months. This was Margreth Olins second Amanda-award. She won the first one for In The House of Angels in 1999. She has also been nominated twice without winning.
Read an interview with Margreth Olin in Magasinet:
http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2002/08/18/346185.html
Read about Amanda:
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2002/08/17/346294.html
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2002/08/18/346327.html
12.8.2002 SOON AT THE CINEMAS
My Body will be screened in the following cities from August 30th: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Sandvika, Kristiansand, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Tønsberg, Tromsø, Hamar, Haugesund, Moss, Arendal, Bodø, Porsgrunn, Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Ålesund
Read an interview with Margreth Olin from Aftenposten August 12th
http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article.jhtml?articleID=378879
7.8.2002 MY BODY IN SWEDEN
My Body by Margreth Olin will be distributed in Sweden through distributor Folkets Bio. The deal was cut during Lilla Filmfestivalen in Båstad last weekend. The festival is directed by legendary documentarist Stefan Jarl (Mods-triology) and he introduced the film by calling it a complete masterpiece". He also said Olin is "one of Europes leading documentarists". The film received the audience award and has won three prizes so far.
Release in Norway on August 30th.
27.6.2002 DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY BODY?
then you´ll have to wait until August 30th..!
The much talked about documentary My Body by Margreth Olin will premiere August 30th on 20 screens.
The film has already received the main prize and the audience award at the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad, an Amanda-nomination for best documentary and been given 6/6 in a review in VG.
Before the premiere, the film will partecipate at the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund in mid June.
22.6.2002 NOMINATED FOR AMANDA
My Body by Margreth Olin is nominated for the Amanda-award as best documentary. The Greatest Thing by Thomas Robsahm is also nominated
for beste actress Kirsti Stubø.
Margreth Olin has been nominated for all of her films, while Speranza Film is nominated for the 6th consecutive year, and has received 11 nominations.
18.6.2002 THE DOUBLE FOR MY BODY
Margreth Olin´s film My Body won both the jurys main price The Golden Chair and the public´s prize at the 25th Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad. The film will open in cinemas this fall and will later be shown on NRK.
11.6.2002 MY BODY IN GRIMSTAD
During the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad My Body by Margreth Olin will be shown Saturday 15th at 12.00 and Sunday 16th at 10.00.
Read more about the film: http://www.speranza.no/films/kroppen/
28.5.2002 MOST PEOPLE GO TO THE MOVIES
On June the 7th the film Most People Live In China opens. It´s directed by no less than 9 directors and Thomas Robsahm is one of them.
Check it out on http://www.folkflestborikina.com
13.5.2002 MARGRETH OLIN ON STEREO
Last Friday Margreth had to cancel her appearance at Først & sist because of an accident in her family. Instead you can see her tonight on Stereo, NRK2.
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2.5.2002 MARGRETH OLIN ON FØRST & SIST
Tomorrow you can see Margreth as a guest at Fredrik Skavlan´s Først & sist where she will talk about her latest film My Body. Some scenes from the film will be shown. The official premiere is at The Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad in June. For more info: http://www.speranza.no/films/kroppen/
25.4.2002 MY BODY TO GRIMSTAD
Margreth Olin´s new film My Body is selected for the shortfilm program at
The Norwegian Shortfilmfestival. Speranza partecipates at the festival for the 7. year running.
Habana Libre by Ståle Sandberg co produced by Speranza and Big Noise Films is also selected and will partecipate in the documentary program.
The festival runs from June 13. to 18.
For more info: http://www.kortfilmfestivalen.no
12.4.2002 FIRST SCREENING OF MY BODY
Margreth Olin´s new film My Body was shown during European Documentary Festival at Cinemateket in Oslo on Friday 12th April. The film will probably have its official premiere at the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad in June.
4.4.2002 GLUTTONY ON DVD
Margreth Olins Amanda-nominated shortfilm Gluttony is one of the film on the DVD Norsk stil - 22 norske kortfilmer gjennom 15 år (Norwegian Style -
22 Norwegian Shorts From The Last 15 Years). Order from nfi.no
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31.1.2002 OLIN TO MAKE FILM WITH VON TRIER
Margreth Olin has been invited by Lars von Trier and his company Zentropa Real to join a new dogma. Six Scandinavian directors will make one DOGumentary each. Olin is chosen from Norway. In addition four Danish and one Swedish director will try to folow von Trier´s nine dogmarules meant to help regain trust in documentaries.
The films will be shot during 2002 and will be shown in 2003.
28.1.2002 WELCOME TO NEW SPERANZA.NO!
Our pages are updated with new design and some new things.
We have opened a WEBSHOP with our own films, CD´s, posters etc.
You can also join our mailinglist which keeps you updated on the new films by Margreth Olin, Thomas Robsahm and other directors working with us.
23.1.2002 THE GREATES THING - SEEN BY 230 000
Thomas Robsahms film has been seen by 230 000 at Norwegian cinemas. It´s now out on VHS/DVD which you may order directly from our WEBSHOP.
15.7.2001 NOMINATED FOR THE FIFTH TIME
The short film Sloth by Margreth Olin is nominated for the Amanda award. This is the fifth time Speranza Film is nominated and the third time for Olin, which means all her film have been nominated except for her exam-production. Margreth is now working on a new short documentary called My Body.
Thomas Robsahm´s film The Greates Thing will open the Norwegian Filmfestival in Haugesund August 27th.
20.6.2001 PIA´S WORLD STOPPED
Speranza Film have decided toghether with Audiovisual Production Fund to stop the production of the documentary Pia´s World by Margreth Olin. The film is about Margreth`s friend Pia, who is a drug addict. While they were shooting the documentary Pia got clean. She has now a better life and wishes to avoid the high media exposure the film release will lead to. The project is now being reworked for a feature film based on Pia´s true story and will probably be Margreth Olin´s first feature film.
15.8.2000 SIXTH AWARD FOR IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS
In The House Of Angels by Margreth Olin won its sixth prize at the Little Filmfestival in Båstad, Sweden. Olin won an improvised prizes presented by Stefan Jarl.
24.7.2000 7 DEADLY SINS
7 Deadly Sins is being released August 11th. The film consists of seven short films, directed by seven young promising directors: Ørjan Karlsen, Margreth Olin, Maria Sødahl, Frank Mosvold, Lars Gudmestad, Marit Åslein og Dag Johan Haugerud.
20.7.2000 NOMINATED AGAIN
Speranza Film are nominated for the Amanda awards for the fourth year in a row. The show is on September 2nd.
1.5.2000 CUBA
Speranza Film are currently co-producing the documentary Children of the revolution with Big Noise Films. The film is about the youth of Cuba and is directed by Ståle Sandberg. Shooting has already started and the film will be ready in August.
18.4.2000 SPERANZA IN ROME
Speranza Film is participating with no less than four films at the Norwegian Film Week in Rome in June. S.O.S by Thomas Robsahm will close the festival and in addition In The House Of Angels by Margreth Olin, Thrane´s Method by Unni Straume and Robsahm´s short All You Need Is Love is being shown.
S.O.S. is now out on DVD as one of the first norwegian films.
14.2.2000 THOMAS ROBSAHM MAKING A FILM WITH ETTORE SCOLA
Legendary Italian director Ettore Scola has offered Thomas Robsahm to direct his idea about a newly divorced couple going on vacation in Norway on the Hurtigruta-boat along the Norwegian coast. The film will be a new Italian-Norwegian co-production. The script is now being written by Siri Senje (The Greatest Thing).
6.1.2000 7 DEADLY SINS
Speranza Film are now shooting three shorts in the series 7 Deadly Sins: Wrath by Maria Sødahl, Sloth by Margreth Olin and Envy by Marit Åslein. Other directors in the series include: Dag Johan Haugerud, Frank Mosvold, Ørjan Karlsen og Lars Gudmestad. Planned cinema release is
in August.
15.12.1999 THOMAS ROBSAHM TO DIRECT FILM FOR NORSK FILM AS
Thomas Robsahm will direct the film "The Greatest Thing", based on Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons novel The Fishermans Daughter in autumn 2000 for Norsk Film as in co-production with Speranza Film. It will open in Norway in October 2001. This means that his planned project "Chocolate" is postponed until 2002.
27.9.1999 AWARD AND SPECIAL MENTION FOR IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS
In The House Of Angels received the Audience award at the 10th Nordic Panorama in Reykjavik. It also got an honorary mention from the documentary jury.
13.9.1999 S.O.S OPENED WELL
S.O.S opened on ten screens in Norway and is in 5. position after one week, only beaten by Star Wars, Notting Hill, The Matrix and Sofies World.
9.9.1999 NEW DOCUMENTARY BY MARGRETH OLIN
Margreth Olin´s new documentary is now fully financed with support from Audiovisuelt Produksjonsfond, TV2 Norway, YLE Finland, DR Denmark and SVT Sweden. The shooting has already started and the film will open in Norwegian cinemas in 2000 or 2001.
26.8.1999 AMANDA FOR IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS
In the House of Angels won the Amanda-award (Norwegian Oscar) for best documentary.
19.8.1999 S.O.S - SOUNDTRACK
"S.O.S - music from the motion picture" featuring D´SOUND, THE CARDIGANS, PREFAB SPROUT, THE YUM YUMS, THE WATERBOYS, POOR RICH ONES & MELT will be released August 23rd on Universal Music Norway.
20.6.1999 IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS SELECTED FOR YAMAGATA
In The House Of Angels has been chosen to participate at the Yamagata Film Festival in Japan in October. Of almost 750 films submitted, only 15 were chosen for competition. Amongst other participants are "Life Amongst Lions" by Sigve Endresen (also from Norway) and a new film by Frederick Wiseman.
15.6.1999 ANOTHER AWARD FOR IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS
Margreth Olin´s In The House Of Angels won its second award in three days when it received the prize as best documentary at the Shortfilmfestival in Grimstad on June 15th.
15.6.1999 GULLRUTEN FOR IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS
Margreth Olin´s In The House of Angels won the Gullruten TV-award.
Crime & Punishment by Maria Warsinski was also nominated.
28.5.1999 MARIA WARSINSKI ON CNN
In connection with the screeings of Crime & Punsihment at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York, Maria Warsinski will be interviewed by CNN.
18.5.1999 GULLRUTEN - THE NORWEGIAN TV-AWARDS
Speranza Film is nominated for two out of three films in the documentary
section. TV2 saturday June 12th.
15.5.1999 TV-SERIES FOR NRK
Speranza Film are currently negotiating with NRK for the production of a TV-series with the working title "The Team". The story is set in Svartlamon in Trondheim and the script is written by Erlend Loe and Yngve Sæther, based on an idea by the two plus Thomas Robsahm.
7.4.1999 ANOTHER FESTIVAL FOR IN THE HOUSE OF ANGELS
In The House Of Angels will be in competition at the Edinburgh Filmfestival in August.