Bjarte Hjelmeland

Dead Weight (2024)

Three men in a descending hot air balloon over an icy sea must get rid of weight. After a vote, they throw one out of the basket. The man clings to the long line under the balloon and refuses to let go. ...

Birk & Magna - The Dark Secret of the Mine (2023)

Magna is seeking answers to her father's mysterious disappearance many years ago. Birk is battling outside forces to save his mountain home. Their quests lead them on a trail of an insidious environmental crime. ...

Fools in the Mountains (2020)

Remake of Fools in the Mountains (1957). The young and overly service-minded hotel receptionist Poppe must suddenly and unexpectedly take responsibility for the entire hotel during the hectic Easter week. Chaos immediately ensues when demanding ski guests, ...

Ella Bella Bingo (2020)

Ella Bella Bingo and Henry are best friends, but one day a new boy moves into the neighbourhood and everything changes. ...

Louis & Luca: Mission to the Moon (2018)

In the international race to the moon, the Norwegian mission is led by brilliant inventor Reodor from the village of Pinchcliffe. With Luca the Magpie as the brave astronaut, what could possibly go wrong? ...

Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race (2015)

Two rival villages, Flåklypa and Slidre, decide to re-launch their traditional Cheese Race after years of inactivity. The boastful bird Luca, the anxious hedgehog Louis and the kind-hearted inventor Reodor are sure they'll come out on top in this adventur ...

Two Buddies and a Badger (2015)

A zany, musical road movie about two old friends and a badger who embark on an excessively grand adventure. Starring the musical duo Knutsen & Ludvigsen, world famous in Norway. ...

Hidden (2009)

Painful memories arise when Kai Koss inherits his dead mother's house and goes back to his childhood home after 19 years. ...

O'Horten (2007)

Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of di ...

Road Movie (2006)

About the search for love and brilliant film ideas. A meta-film where fiction becomes reality. ...

Svein and the Rat (2006)

Svein's best friend is a fancy rat named Halvorsen who goes missing during a pet contest, leading to chaos with newspapers reporting a rat invasion. To avoid losing both Halvorsen and the competition, Svein must work to keep his parents unaware of the situ ...

Black Seconds (2006)

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 ...

Bagasje (2005)

Jeppe on the Hill (2004)

A television broadcast of the National Theatre's performance Jeppe på Bjerget with Bjarte Hjelmeland's critically acclaimed and award-winning interpretation of Jeppe. ...

Trofast (2004)

Petter won't let go of his Frida, even though she weds another man. Gradually he acquires more and more features of a faithful dog. ...

Most People Live in China (2002)

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 ...

Scars (2002)

The film is about Viktor, an eleven year old boy who has only one hero in the world, his older brother. Viktor and his buddies, Roger and Arnor are trying to start a band to be cooler. Something that does not seem to work out. ...

Cabin Fever (2000)

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 sque ...

Ballen i øyet (2000)

While near sighted Denise plays football, she accidently gets a ball in her face, and her glasses break. When she wakes up in the hospital she's double sighted. ...

Desperate Acquaintances (1998)

Three twenty-something male friends in a non-descript Norwegian city seeking happiness. In the crazy 90s with the sexual confusion, substance abuse, and welfare-abuse prevalent, the quest often involves desperate acquaintances (prostitutes, crazy, wrong ch ...

Livredd (1997)

An aspiring writer in need of money gets himself involved in a drug deal gone bad. ...

Regnmåleren (1997)

About the weather unpredictability, truth's unreliability and the healthy human skepticism. ...

13 Never Again! (1996)

13-year old Rikke sees Bea, the new girl in her class, as a challenge. After an endurance test to find which of them can lie longer in a circle of flames, they become friends. However, as a result of some unfortunate truths and half-truths, the friendship ...

Det var en gang (1994)

Based on three classic Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe: The Little Boys Who Met the Trolls in Hedal Forest, Three Lemons and The Twelve Wild Ducks. ...

The Last Lieutenant (1993)

Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and ...

Rygg i rand, to i spann (1993)

Two very different crimes, a post office robbery and a murder, happens at the same time. Two detectives at the Bergen police station get each their case. But could there be a connection? ...

Svarte pantere (1992)

After a series of ever more daring raids on laboratories and farms to rescue what they believe are mistreated animals, a radical commune of animal liberationists find themselves under a vicious attack by the very groups they had expected the least trouble ...

Byttinger (1991)

Seven young people from the urban jungle are transported to an isolated mountain farm deep in the mountains. There are three girls and four boys. Since childhood, they have always been dealt the worst cards. They know more about prostitution, drugs, violen ...