14/09/2006

Stefan Faldbakken’s directorial debut Uro [+see also:
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The film, released by Sandrew Metronome on August 25, just after having opened the Haugesund Film Festival, is still second at the domestic box office with a total of 115,000 attendances, after the football comedy Playing Wide [+see also:
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Co-written by Faldbakken and Harald Rosenløw Eeg (Hawaii, Oslo [+see also:
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Uro’s strong performance at home is yet another success for Friland Film, who also scored last year with Tommy’s Inferno, the directorial debut of Ove Raymond Gyldenås and produced last year’s Norwegian Oscar entry Kissed by Winter [+see also:
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Last Sunday in Toronto, both Martin and Vatn celebrated their selection among this year’s “10 producers to watch” in trade magazine Variety.