Urban Hunters

A film about boys from Oslo making the Norwegian woods even «darker»

Zakaria (16) og Arjun (17), two boys with a minority background, miss excitement and suspense in their daily life and decide to explore the Norwegian nature. Through the Wild X project they get the chance to become hunters, but that is not as easy as they first believed. A feelgood film about two urban boys’ meeting with the part of Norway they find outside of the big city.

Jakten på det nye Norge

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Urban Hunters
Directed by Sidse Torstholm Larsen and Sturla Pilskog
Produced by Blåst Film

Original title: Jakten på det nye Norge
Country of origin: Norway
Year of production: 2011
Original language: Norwegian & Arabic
Subtitles: English
Length: 58 minutes

 

Festivals/screenings:

  • 2011: NRK 1 – Fakta på lørdag
  • 2011: The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival – Nominated Best Norwegian Documentary Film
  • 2011: The Norwegian Short Film Festival – Nominated Best Norwegian Documentary Film
  • 2011: Bergen International Film Festival – Nominated Best Norwegian Documentary Film
  • 2012: Eurodok