Low Expectations
This year's opening film is Eivind Landsvik's LOW EXPECTATIONS. The film premiered in Cannes earlier this year.
UTSOLGTThis year's opening film is Eivind Landsvik's LOW EXPECTATIONS. The film premiered in Cannes earlier this year.
UTSOLGTThe director of LOW EXPECTATIONS, Eivind Landsvik, and main actor, Marie Ulven, will be present for a Q&A after the screening.
UTSOLGTOn Friday during the festival there will be breakfast screenings This means the films start early in the morning, and a light breakfast will be served beforehand.
UTSOLGTIn connection with the screening of LAVE FORVENTNINGER, the film's director, Eivind Landsvik, joins Abirami Logendran for a conversation.
UTSOLGTAge limit9 
Language Norwegian
Subtitles English
Runtime 1h 45m
Original title Lave forventninger
GenreDrama
Country Norway
Year 2026
Director Eivind Landsvik
Screenplay Eiving Landsvik
Cinematography Andreas Bjørseth
Producer Synnøve Hørsdal, Lotte Sandbu
Cast Marie Ulven, Tone Beate Mostraum, Embla Berntsen Stridbeck, Anders Danielsen Lie
Production Company Maipo
Distribution Nordisk Film Distribusjon
Format DCP
Links IMDb
The career of a successful young artist derails, and she has to move back to her hometown.
How far will you go to reach your dreams, when everything you do to succeed only makes you miserable? Several intense years after her breakthrough, Maja collapses. The acclaimed artist is forced to put her career and life on pause. Depressed and out of money, she moves back home to her mother, who has found her a part-time job at a high school. Maja faces a harsh encounter with ordinary everyday life and must figure out her life all over again.
LOW EXPECTATIONS is an emotional and intimate drama about how far you will go to reach your dreams, especially when everything you do to succeed only makes you miserable.
Age limit9
Language Norwegian
Subtitles English
Runtime 1h 45m
Original title Lave forventninger
GenreDrama
Country Norway
Year 2026
Director Eivind Landsvik
Screenplay Eiving Landsvik
Cinematography Andreas Bjørseth
Producer Synnøve Hørsdal, Lotte Sandbu
Cast Marie Ulven, Tone Beate Mostraum, Embla Berntsen Stridbeck, Anders Danielsen Lie
Production Company Maipo
Distribution Nordisk Film Distribusjon
Format DCP
Links IMDb
