Joachim Rønning

Young Woman and the Sea

Joachim Rønning

Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey

This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England. In 1914 New York, Trudy Ederle, inspired by a ferry disaster, overcomes early setbacks to become a world record swimmer. After a disappointing Olympics, she trains to cross the English Channel. Despite sabotage from her guide, she successfully completes the crossing on her second attempt and is celebrated in New York. She later teaches swimming to deaf children and lives to 98.

Max Manus: Man of War

Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

Micro

Joachim Rønning

A group of graduate students are lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company — only to find themselves miniaturized and cast out into the rainforest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.

Kon-Tiki

Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Joachim Rønning

Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

Kubisten

Joachim Rønning

Espen Eckbo, Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen

Kubisten is the story of a man who is so rigid that all and everything square attracts him. One day he meets a woman and discovers that the shape of love is round.

Bandidas

Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek

Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

Young Woman and The Sea

Joachim Rønning

Daisy Ridley

The story of the record-making swimmer's successful 1926 crossing of the English Channel, offering insight into the significance of her accomplishment, the personal price she paid for her achievement, and her abrupt subsequent departure from the public eye.