Naboer (2005)

Country of Origin: Denmark/Sweden/Norway
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times: 75 mins
Length: 2060 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors A/S / Produksjon 4 ½ / Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2 AS
In association with Memfis Film & Television/Zentropa Entertainments
With the participation of Norsk Filmfond
Executive Producers: Marius Holst, Håkon Øverås
Co-Executive Producers: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Lars Jönsson
Producer: Pål Sletaune
Producer for Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2: Turid Øversveen
Co-Producers: Anna Anthony, Hans Bitsch, Ib Tardini
Line Producer: Bent Rognlien
Associate Producers: Hugo Hagemann Føsker, Aagot Skjeldal
Production Manager: Bjørn Fjærestad

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Script: Pål Sletaune

DIRECTION
Directed by: Pål Sletaune
Assistant Director: Erik Settemsdal
Script Supervisor: Aslaug Konradsdottir

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Andreas Andersen
Focus Puller: Eirik Holst Aagård
Clapper Loader: Kristoffer Aamot
Gaffer: Nicholas Messel
Best Boy Electric: Jon Arne Jørgensen
Electrician: Karsten Heidar
Grip: Anders Eide
Still Photographers: John Andreas Andersen, Agnete Brun

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: John Andreas Andersen, Darek Hodor
Assistant Editor: Christian Siebenherz
Negative Cutters: Thor-Ole Aagedal, Ann-Karin Aasgård
Colour Grader: Andrzej Kiwala

MUSIC
Music: Simon Boswell
Conductor: Terry Davies
Music Mixer: Geoff Foster
Music Editor: Christian Schaanning

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Ad Stoop
Boom Operator: Hans Møller
Sound Designer: Christian Schaanning
Dialogue Editor: Roy Fenstad
Foley Recordist: Gunnar W. Meidell
Foley Artist: Roy Fenstad
Foley Editor: Hugo Ekornes

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Ingvild Eiring
Costume Assistant: Cecilie Windt
Make Up Supervisor: Linda Sande
Hair Stylists: Stine Monsen, Erik Thorsen

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Artist: Veslemøy Fosse Ree

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jack Van Domburg
Set Decorator: Karen Søndrol
Decorators: André Henriksen, Olivier Marcouiller, Anne Karin Omsted
Assistant Decorator: Ann-Kristin Talleraas
Set Dresser: Øyvind Grev Møgster
Property Master: Kari Skjolden
Props: Marius Haugan, Åsmund Stemme
Construction Manager: Geir Opheim
Carpenters: Bjørn Grønnerud, Rolf Kise, Kristian Lie, Pål Tohje
Graphic Artist: Kjerand Nesvik

MISCELLANEOUS
Budget Consultant: Eirik Kaasa Eliassen
Production Secretary: Mette Waaberg
Production Assistants: Ingvild Evjemo, Tone Belden Haver, Linn Landewall
Assistant to Director: Christian Siebenherz

LOCATIONS
Locations: Jar, Norway
Assistant Location Manager: Karl Kristian Meidell

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jeppe Laursen
Stunts: Trine Sneisen

CASTING
Casting: Ellen Michelsen

CAST
Kristoffer Joner (John)
Cecilie Mosli (Anne)
Julia Schacht (Kim)
Anna Bache-Wiig (Ingrid)
Michael Nyqvist (Åke)
Øystein Martinsen (Peter)
Odd Arno Midtsjø (gammel mand)
Magne Kipperrud (kollega)

PLOT SUMMARY

John has just been dumped by his girlfriend but things don't seem so bad when his beautiful neighbours, Anne and Kim, come calling. But they soon start to behave in a disturbibgly obsessive manner and John finds that his real problems are only just beginning.

AVAILABILITY

Finland
Theatrical Distributors: Bio Rex Distribution

France
DVD Distributors: Bio Rex Distribution

International
International Sales: Nordisk Film International Sales

Norway
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors A/S

USA
DVD Distributors: Danger After Dark/TLA Releasing

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-18

Germany
Rating: 18

Norway
Rating: 18

Singapore
Rating: M18

UK
Rating: 18

AWARDS

2005
Amanda Awards, Norway
Årets mannlige skuespiller (Kristoffer Joner) - winner

TIMELINE

2004
June
8: Sweden - filming begins

July
20: Sweden - filming ends

2005
March
10: Norway - shown at the Oslo Filmport Film Festival
11: Norway - theatrical release

October
1: Iceland - shown at the Reykjavik International Film Festival
12: Poland - shown at the Warsaw Film Festival

November
19: Greece - shown at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival

2006
February
2: Greece - theatrical release

March
16: France - shown at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival
29: Germany - DVD release

April
8: Germany - shown at the Berlin Fantasy Filmfest
14: Singapore - shown at the Singapore International Film Festival
22: Netherlands - shown at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

June
23: Mexico - theatrical release

August
23: Finland - shown at the Espoo Film Festival

September
1: France - shown at the L'Étrange Festival

October
3: USA - DVD release (Danger After Dark/TLA Releasing)
6: Finland - theatrical release
27: Denmark - theatrical release

November
27: France - television broadcast

2007
July
13: Spain - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Noen dører bør aldri åpnes

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

I Diplani porta - Greek title
Naapuri - Finnish title
Next Door - Manche Türen sollten nie geöffnet werden... - German DVD title
Next Door - English language title

KEYWORDS

flashbacks, nose bleeds, sex, strangulation, voyeurism

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008