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Mikael Svartdahl

Kristoffer has made two videos previously for the excellent Young Dreams - most recently the tale of youth rebellion in the French suburbs for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/2012/11/20/young-dreams-fog-of-war-by-kristoffer-borgli/" target="_blank">Fog Of War</a>. Now for First Days Of Something, the drama edges more towards the documentary (or drama-doc) area of his short film Whateverest - which is also the Todd Terje video for Inspector Norse. There's even a sort of visual nod to Inspector Norse in this one...
"The story is almost an autobiographical tale of my previous winter, when after a break up I wanted to capture the feeling by forcing myself to listening to one song," explains Kristoffer. "Ed, who plays the part, added another layer to it when we made the story to be about an Australian stuck in Oslo. 
"We spent two long days shooting, plus one night out on a club, in the coldest days in January - we had -20 degrees both days - with the involvement and help of a lot of friends, and my production company Bacon. And Ed insisted on listening to the song while we were shooting, making it impossible for me to give him direction. Indie method acting from a non actor..."

Kristoffer Borgli

Håvard Byrkjeland

Bacon OSL

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Daniel de Vue

Stian Olberg

Young Dreams 'First Days Of Something' by Kristoffer Borgli

Young-Dreams-'First-Days-Of-Something'-by-Kristoffer-Borgli

Kristoffer Borgli's music video for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/2012/07/06/todd-terje-inspector-norse-by-kristoffer-borgli/" target="_blank">Todd Terje's Inspector Norse</a> won the best dance video (budget) category at the UK Music Video Awards last November. But that was actually the music video edit of Kristoffer's short film Whateverest, which tells the story of a guy from provincial Norway who goes by the internet alias of 'Inspector Norse' and inspired Todd Terje's smash hit dance tune. That film has been doing the rounds at international film festivals for the past few months, winning the special jury award at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles.
Now everyone can watch em&gt;Whateverest and discover what is not so apparent in the Inspector Norse video - that this is an affecting portrait of a real guy called Marius Solem Johansen: living in a small Norwegian town; a loner and failed musician with a predeliction for powerful home-cooked drugs, with quite frightening consequences; but also with a deep love for electronic music, and dancing. 
In short, a remarkable short doc - with great use of Todd Terje's music too. Unless its all fake - in which case it's just about the greatest fake doc ever made...

Daniel Angyal

Bacon

'Whateverest' by Kristoffer Borgli

'Whateverest'-by-Kristoffer-Borgli

The latest video by Krisoffer Borgli, for Oslo's disco master Todd Terje's track Inspector Norse features Marius Solem Johansen as the eponymous Inspector, happily grooving in Norwegian suburbia - apart from when he's consumed his home-cooked drugs...
Kristoffer has delighted previously with his videos for Casiokids, Young Dreams, The Golden Filter and more, and this video is actually an excerpt of a 15-minute short film called WHATEVEREST, written and directed by Kristoffer, with music by Todd, that's coming soon.

Daniel de Vue (Bacon)

Todd Terje 'Inspector Norse' by Kristoffer Borgli

Todd-Terje-'Inspector-Norse'-by-Kristoffer-Borgli

People and their cuddly toys - and the strange things they do to them. It's the new vid for Casiokids' Det Haster! by Kristoffer Borgli, where things start out quite dark, and just get steadily darker...
But is that really any way to treat Alf...

Magne Lyngner

Mari Grundnes Paus

Daniel De Vue, Ivar Rystad

Kamil Grzybowski

Sofie Borup, Bacon X

Casiokids 'Det Haster!' by Kristoffer Borgli

Casiokids-'Det-Haster!'-by-Kristoffer-Borgli

Beautifully shot by Håvard Byrkjeland, at a house in Oslo designed and built by architect Arne Korsmo (1900-1968), it begins dreamily but then develops a darker edge as the reality of this modern-day Hansel &amp; Gretel's situation kicks in. 
"The idea was inspired by a local news story," Kristoffer explains. "A mother left her young kids in the house and was gone for weeks. This happened in January, when I was writing the idea. I mixed that up with my own childhood, and a hint of something sinister."

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