Per Christian Ellefsen Movies

A 30th anniversary special celebrating the Norwegian sitcom Mot i brøstet. Actors Nils Vogt, Sven Nordin and Hilde Lyrån share their memories.

Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't...

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

Three years have passed since Elling moved to town together with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Elling now lives on his own in the apartment. Kjell Bjarne has moved up one floor, to Reidun and her little daughter Mojo. Elling feels...

Elias, a young rescue boat, signs on to a mission to find the Royal Ship. During the mission Elias has to prove his bravery.

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.

Seb and Teo loves action, though Seb is the risk taker. One day they steals his dad's classic motorcycle, a red Indian.

The controversial story about "Jesus", placed in Oslo today. Jesus drinks, curses and attends to prostitutes, to fit in to modern life.

Sixteen-year-old Ole Petter does believe in God but has serious doubts that God does not believe in him. He turns to a priest in order to settle the question.

A collection of gay short films. The 9 short films are: An Early Frost [Gelée précoce] (1999); Casualty (1999); Coming Out [Papa, faut que j'te parle...] (2000); Doors Cut Down [En malas compañías] (2000); Final Exams [Les résultats du bac] (2001); In and Out...

A collection of gay short films. The 10 short films are: Bikini (2004); Uproar [Vacarme] (2005); A Hard Blow [Le bon coup] (2005); The Homolulu Show (2004); Kissing Tigers [Embrasser les tigres] (2004); A Wonderful Day (2004); Boomerang [Comme un boomerang] (2...

When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a human life tr...

Hele familien skal på skiferie i Norge, da far brækker benet. Derfor tager onkel Erik af sted med de fem ældste børn. På færgen møder Amalie skiinstruktøren Dan og onkel Erik bliver meget søsyg. Det viser sig far har lejet en meget lille utæt hytte, men Jan og...

A billionaire invites a failed writer, a misogynistic psychiatrist, a cocaine-sniffing children's TV star, and a psychotic journalist to a haunted cabin for Easter. A thrilling detective game turns deadly when one is found beheaded. Trapped by a snowstorm, the...

On Christmas Eve while her mother obsesses about stuffing the turkey, Annie tells her family she is a lesbian.

Martin and Henry are a married gay couple. In the alternate world in which they live, they discuss an issue that has recently hit the news which is divisive not only within their household but in society in general: legalizing straight marriage.

At the age of 25, Hauge had an experience of God that changed both him and the whole of Norway. Through preaching, writing and publishing their own books, business start-ups, by hiring both the mentally and physically ill, and exalting the women as both preach...

John and Siri Lill are a couple who have been together for most of their forty something years, but are yet to be married. He works for a newspaper, and is a heavy drinker. She is a respected hairdresser, working for Birger, a commom friend. John, usually, bot...

A television broadcast of the National Theatre's performance Jeppe på Bjerget with Bjarte Hjelmeland's critically acclaimed and award-winning interpretation of Jeppe.