There has been a long argument on how to define the border between documentary and fiction. Nordox Film Festival is a chance to watch some Nordic documentaries that moves close to this border.
The Norwegian films that will be shown are:
Raw Youth (Ungdommens råskap) by Margrethe Olin: It is a new Norway. A new Europe. The classroom is the actual United Nations. All the world religions are represented. Different cultures, vocabularies, mentalities, and interests meet every day and each build their own future. It is their last spring together. It is almost time for exams. The world is open, but different. This film follows 10th grade students at Hauketo junior high school during the last months before their exams. An observing documentary. A naked and unembellished meeting with Norwegian pupils' daily life. Lars von Trier's criteria make it even more powerful.
My Body (Kroppen min) by Margrethe Olin: A brilliant documentary about body and identity. "I have made a self-portrait. Not just to reflect mysel,. now that I finally dare to do so, but also my times. And there is a whisper. I can hear it. The look that also has a mouth. And it's saying that I've betrayed my own. But what I have done is to be honest. And I think there should always be room for honesty. We don't need to be protected from that. The total amount of truth that exists between us will grow if I add mine and you add yours. My truth is not the only one", the director Margrethe Olin comments.
All about my father (Alt om min far) by Even Benestad: This is a personal documentary about a well-respected doctor and transvestite in a small Christian town, directed by the one person most likely to convey his story with warmth, humour and irony: his son. Armed with a small video camera, and with the use of old nostalgic Super-8mm family footage, he set out to make a personal portrait of his transvestite father. The film has won several prestigious awards since it premiered, among them Teddy Award for Best Documentary in Berlin in 2002.
For more information about the schedule see Nordox homepage.