
Paul Tunge
2021Ad Astra
Paul Tunge, Egil Håskjold Larsen
A visual journey through Norwegian modernist church architecture. A short documentary film that pays tribute to the Norwegian church and post-war postmodernist architects for its daring reform of the 50-70's innovative church building. Raw concrete and cold clean lines in a functionalist style were in line with society's development, but in stark contrast to what the church had previously represented. The film portrays 25 of these churches from all over the country
Ad Astra
Fountain of Youth
Paul Tunge
Jørgen Hausberg Nilsen, Mattis Herman Nyquist
Olav Astrup is a failed entrepreneur in his mid-twenties who has recently been refused contact with his newborn child. Without family or any form of social network, he turns to an eccentric gestalt therapist for guidance, and through their unconventional therapy sessions we get a glimpse into his innermost thoughts and feelings.
Fountain of Youth
Demning
Paul Tunge
Jørgen Hausberg Nilsen, Joachim Kvamme
Two young men, J and Jo, just had a one night stand. The following day they go for a hike in the mountains. J is brimming with unresolved self hatred. Jo desperately wants to be loved. Their trip soon becomes a psychological battle of wills that can only find release in an act of violence.norg
Demning
DU
Paul Tunge
Maria Grazia Di Meo, Jørgen Hausberg Nilsen
A persona inspired, close to Dogme95 ruled circular narrative. A young couple from the middle class avoids relationship issues and will rather discuss their first world problems in their minimalist architect cabin in Fjord Norway.
DU
Kano
Paul Tunge
Gjøran Dørheim, Lena Falch
In a last attempt to save a sinking relationship, Daniel and Yvonn chooses to move to a new city together. They have both applied for the most prestige art education, but only Yvonn was accepted. Its impossible to find an apartment to rent, so they find an abounded warehouse to build up a simple home and art studio in. Soon Daniels bitterness,loneliness and egoism drags him into a destructive journey with Yvonn in the front seat.
Kano
Bauta
Paul Tunge, Egil Håskjold Larsen
Bauta is a short documentary that explores public, monumental buildings in Norway - stone and concrete buildings. By the public they have the desire to be torn down, or are not given particular aesthetic value. But what about when people are out of the buildings and they get to stand for themselves? Bauta provides a new experience of space and architecture.
Bauta
Mind of Modernism
Paul Tunge
Mind of Modernism brings you on a meditative and smooth journey through Norwegian architecture. In this film, Paul Tunge and photographer Egil Håskjold Larsen venture out into the public and into rooms, to explore modernist buildings in Norwegian society. This audiovisual journey is composed of three short films: Ad Astra, Bauta and Platform. In Ad Astra you will see brutalist church architecture, which is in stark contrast to the traditional church we all know. In Bauta you will soar around Oslo and observe concrete public buildings, while in Platform you will enter modern villas. Sound and image exist in a calm (but also chilling) symbiosis in this portrait of modernistic buildings.
Mind of Modernism