Villmark (2003)

Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 85 mins
Length: 2311 metres
Format: 35mm/video
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Norsk Filmfond/Spleis A/S
Produced by: Jan Aksel Angeltvedt
Production Manager: Silje Hestevik
Production Coordinators: Jan Egil Ådland, Trude Refsahl

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Christopher Grøndahl
Story: Pål Øie

DIRECTION
Directed by: Pål Øie
Assistant Director/Script Supervisor: Njål Lambrechts

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Sjur Aarthun, Tore Vollan
Assistant Camera: Johan-Fredrik Bødtker
Gaffer: Erling Skåtun
Still Photographer: Helge Hansen
Lab: FilmTeknikk Norge

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Inge-Lise Langfeldt
Assistant Editors: Carl Eugen Johannessen, Thomas Lien, Are Syvertsen
On-Line Editor: Torulf Henriksen
Colour Timer: Jan Erik Nielsen

MUSIC
Music by: Trond Bjerknes
Music Supervisor: Hugo Ekornes
Music Producer: Yngve Sæther

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Lars Apneseth, Øyvind Rydland
Sound Post-Production: Egg og Bacon
Sound Recording Studio: Norsk Filmstudio
Sound Designers: Hugo Ekornes, Erik S. Watland
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gisle Tveito
Dialogue Editor: Erik Røed
ADR Editor: Elisabeth Monge

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Stina Thoresen
Make Up: Stina Thoresen
Hair Stylist: Tom Kjørsvik

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Erling Skåtun

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects: Bente Santi Helle

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Trygve Hov
Property Master: Trygve Hov
Storyboard Artists: Pål Øie, Sjur Aarthun
Graphic Artists: Øyvind Boska, Gaute Hatlem

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Kristian Berg, Inga Lund Bjørnsen, Christian Eriksen, Jesper Heiberg, Sturla Kollshaugen

LOCATIONS
Locations: Kaupanger, Norway
Location Managers: Cato Bach Christensen,Johnny Flaten

CAST
Kristoffer Joner (Lasse)
Marko Iversen Kanic (Per)
Eva Röse (Elin)
Sampda Sharma (Sara)
Bjørn Floberg (Gunnar)
Andreas Bjorøy (ghost)
Cecilie DeLange (The German's Wife)
Bjørn Jenseg (voice)
Torstein Løning (gatekeeper)
Simon Norrthon (German)
Ivar Nørve (policeman)
Sigbjørn Solheim (voice)

PLOT SUMMARY

The crew of hit TV show Real TV are preparing for a new reality show in which a group of people will be set loose in a wilderness and expected to survive. The production team retire to a remote cabin in the woods to get ready for the show but soon find themselves being killed one by one.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-15

Germany
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Singapore
Rating: R(A); PG (with cuts)

AWARDS

2003
Amanda Awards, Norway
Årets mannlige skuespiller (Kristoffer Joner) - nominated
Årets norske kinofilm (Pål Øie) - nominated

Cinénygma - Luxembourg International Film Festival
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver - Special Mention

TIMELINE

2003
February
21: Norway - theatrical release

May
15: France - shown at the Cannes Film Festival

August
17: Germany - shown at the Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest

September
24: Sweden - shown at the Fantastisk Filmfestival Lund

October
1: Denmark - shown at the Fantastisk Filmfestival Copenhagen
10: UK - shown at the Leeds International Film Festival

2004
January
18: Singapore - shown at the Nordic Film Festival
25: Czech Republic - shown at the Febio Film Festival

February
12: Singapore - theatrical release

March
19: Germany - DVD release
24: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

April
15: Netherlands - shown at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
29: Italy - shown at the Salerno Film Festival

August
27: Italy - television broadcast

POSTER TAGS

De skulle holdt seg unna det vannet

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dark Woods - English language title
Vildmark - Danish/Swedish title

KEYWORDS

cabins, reality television, television, woods

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008