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Stories of youth - a portrait of a generation

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“Stories of youth - a portrait of a generation” is a multimedia portrait of an entire generation of young people from all over Norway in the years after 22. July 2011. 

Ranked by the UN as the best country in the world to live in, Norway had not experienced a single act of terror since WWII. Then, 22nd july 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 62 youths on a summer camp.
“Stories of youth – a portrait of a norwegian generation” consists of 35 biographical stories of young Norwegians, each presented with both photography, video and text.
The project is searching for their uniqueness through documenting their everyday lives, values and ideals, but puts them in a broader context through timeless themes such as rebellion, illness, love, drugs and dreams. “Stories of youth - a portrait of a generation” is an insight into the diversity that you will find without looking, which shapes the future, right now, day by day. So who are they really? They are children in care, asylum seekers, single mothers, musicians and criminals. They are popular, lonely, anxious and dreamy. Together they are the next generation of adults. 
The project is published as a printed and a digital book, a TV-series at the norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten, and a exhibition.

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00:58:35
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Directors: Martin Slottemo Lyngstad, Aleksander Andersen, Lars Andreas Ellingsgard Øverli

Writers: Martin Slottemo Lyngstad, Lars Andreas Ellingsgard Øverli, Aleksander Andersen

Producers: Martin Slottemo Lyngstad, Lars Andreas Ellingsgard Øverli, Aleksander Andersen, Anton Ligaarden, Katinka Hustad

 

Director: Paragon Features

Paragon Features is a mobile reportage agency based in Norway.

The agency consists of the three multimediajournalists; Lars Andreas Ellingsgard Øverli (27) Aleksander Andersen (24) and Martin Slottemo Lyngstad (23). 
Since August 2011, Paragon Features have travelled around Norway working on a documentary project on the aftermath of the 22 July terror attack on Utøya and the Prime Minister’s office in Oslo.

 

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Screenings / Awards: 
  • Melbourne Webfest 2015

    Melbourne
    July 10, 2015
    Official selection
    Best documentary

  • Dok:15

    Fredrikstad
    June 1, 2015
    Exhibition

  • Trondheim Documentary festival 2014

    Trondheim
    November 13, 2014
    Official selection

  • Bilbao Webfest 2015

    Bilbao
    October 14, 2015
    Official selection

  • Picture of the year, Norway 2015

    Oslo, Norway
    March 13, 2015
    Best documentary/documentary series 2014

  • Norwegian Media Businesses' Association 2014

    Bergen, Norway
    May 7, 2015
    Program series of the year, 2014

Information for theatres: 

student project: No
completion date: 2015-01-01
shooting format: DSLR
aspect ratio: 2.35:1
film color: Color
first-time filmmaker: Yes

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