26/06/2007

Petter Næss’s new film Gone With the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen) with ‘the Bothersome Man’, Trond Fausa Aurvåg in the lead, has been chosen to open the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund on August 18.

Næss of Elling [+see also:
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This year’s Haugesund Film Festival will be inaugurated on August 17 with the Amanda Awards ceremony transmitted live by TV2 Norway. Members of the jury led by Sissel Benneche Osvold are filmmaker Erik Poppe, actresses Iram Haq, Trine Csango, and writer Hans Petter Blad. 13 awards will be handed out, including the newly reinstated Best Documentary Award. During the seven day’s festival which will close on August 24, several sections will complement the official programme such as Cinema Italia, the French Touch, the Critics’ Week and for film professionals, the 13th New Nordic Films (August 21-24) and the 2nd Co-production Forum (August 22-24). This year’s two days co-production event will focus on co-productions between Germany and Nordic producers.