Unni Straume (born 2 October 1955) is a Norwegian
film director
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and
screenwriter
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. Her film ''
Drømspel
''Dreamplay'' () is a 1994 Norwegian drama film directed by Unni Straume. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Ingvild Holm as Agnes
* Bjørn Willberg Andersen as Lawyer
* Bjørn Sundquist ...
'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
section at the
1994 Cannes Film Festival
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American fil ...
.
Filmography
Director
* ''
Kystkunst'' (1977)
* ''
Trubadur'' (1978). Documentary about the Norwegian musician
Jan Eggum
Jan Eggum (born 8 December 1951) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He has been characterized as a "face for the melancholy", and the themes in his songs often revolve around broken hearts, loneliness, and sorrow. Sometimes, his lyrics include s ...
.
* ''Kap Farvel'' (1981). Documentary about shrimps fishing in the Barent's sea.
* ''Hot House'' (1982). Documentary about
jazz
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in Oslo.
* ''
Bilete frå ei øy'' (1983)
* ''
Roma Con Amore'' (1984)
* ''
Way North. Fem norske kunstnere'' (1986)
* ''
Pjuska'' (1988). Documentary about a cat.
* ''
Til en ukjent'' (1990). Autobiographic, in black and white.
* ''
Avsporing'' (1993). Shortmovie, presented in
Cannes Film Festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
.
* ''
Drømspel
''Dreamplay'' () is a 1994 Norwegian drama film directed by Unni Straume. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Ingvild Holm as Agnes
* Bjørn Willberg Andersen as Lawyer
* Bjørn Sundquist ...
'' (1994). Presented at
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world.
Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
for ''
Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
''
* ''
T83'' (1995). 13 min, about a travel to
Orte
Orte is a town, ''comune'', former Catholic bishopric and Latin titular see in the province of Viterbo, in the central Italian region of Lazio, located about north of Rome and about east of Viterbo.
Geography
Orte is situated in the Tiber V ...
, Italy.
* ''
Thranes metode'' (1998). From
Thranes metode og andre noveller by
Øystein Lønn
Øystein Lønn (12 April 1936 – 10 January 2022) was a Norwegian writer. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the short stories ''Prosesjonen'', and followed up with the novel ''Kontinentene'' in 1967. He remained a relatively unknown write ...
.
* ''
Pappasøndag'' (1999). shortmovie directed in Italia.
* ''
Musikk for bryllup og begravelser'' (2002). Nominated for ''Nordisk RÃ¥ds filmpris'' (2002). Soundtrack by
Goran Bregović
Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the ...
. Presented at the
Venice Film Festival
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.
* ''
REMAKE.me'' (2014). Autobiographic movie with cuts from other of her own movies and scenes filmed in:
Fiksdal
Fiksdal or Fiksdalen is a village in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the Tomrefjorden, about northwest of the village of Tomra. Fiksdal Church is located in this village. Fiksd ...
,
Terracina
Terracina is an Italian city and ''comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity.
History Ancient times
Terracina appears in anci ...
, Oslo and Rome.
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Norwegian film directors
Norwegian women film directors
Norwegian screenwriters
Norwegian women screenwriters
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