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HOME GROUND 1-2 STATE OF

HAPPINESS

Award-winning State of Happiness is a Norwegian drama ALSO
series with a strong American relation and a universal theme. AVAILABLE
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In State of Happiness, we follow the story of four young people thrown into a whirlwind of opportunities
with the discovery of oil and its impact on Norwegian society.
It’s the summer of 1969 in the small coastal town of Stavanger, Northern Europe. International oil
companies have been test drilling for years, but nothing has been found and Phillips Petroleum are in the
process of leaving. Then something happens...
The stories of these four young people are being intertwined with each other, and they are all in one
way or another affected by the oil industry and the changes it brought with it: the development of the
welfare state, equal rights, immigration and prosperity.
State of Happiness had an impressive domestic average share of 32% when airing in Norway, with
great views in the other Nordic countries. State of Happiness won Best Screenplay at Cannes Series
Festival 2018 and triumphed at Norwegian TV awards, Gullruten, taking home no less than five awards.

Best screenplay Best music Best drama series Best screenplay Best actress Best directing Best Costume
Canneseries Canneseries Gullruten Gullruten Gullruten Gullruten Design
2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 Gullruten
2019

DIRECTORS: PETTER NÆSS (OSCAR PRODUCED BY: MAIPO FILM FOR NRK ORIGINAL TITLE: LYKKELAND
NOMINATED FOR ELLING), PÅL JACKMAN CAST: ANNE REGINE ELLINGSÆTER, FORMAT: 8 X 45 MIN.
(MAMMON, MONSTER) AMUND HARBOE, MALENE WADEL, RELEASE: 2018
HEAD WRITER: METTE M. BØLSTAD BART EDWARDS, PER KJÆRSTAD, MADS
(NOBEL) SJØGÅRD PETTERSEN, PIA TJELTA, VEGAR
Home Ground had its world premiere at the Berlinale Series ALSO PRODUCERS: SYNNØVE HØRSDAL, HOEL, MAX FOWLER, ADAM FERGUS,
ANASTASIOS SOULIS
ALES REE
Section in 2018. Both seasons are the most viewed family AVAILABLE
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drama in Norway in years with an average share of 30%. FORMAT
Home Ground is a drama series about Europe’s first female coach for a men’s team in the National
Premier League in Norway.
We follow Helena as she struggles with moving to a new town, balancing life as a single mother and
achieving optimal results on the football field as a coach.
Helena, played by Ane Dahl Torp, best known from the internationally acclaimed film The Wave (2015),
encounters strong resistance from several main characters, including Michael, a soccer pro played by
the former Premier League star John Carew, in a role that has parallels to his own life as a professional
footballer.
54% of viewers are between ages 40-69 and despite its football theme, the series was mostly viewed
by women. In Denmark, the series was also very well received.

Best TV-drama Best Manuscript Best sound design/ Best female actor Best male actor Best TV-drama Best editing Best graphical
of the year TV Drama sound production Gullruten Gullruten Gullruten TV-drama design/VFX
Nordic Series Days Gullruten Gullruten 2018 2018 2018 Gullruten Gullruten
2018 2018 2019 2019

Best original Innovation of the Best sound design Nominated Nominated Nominated 5th place Nominated
composed music Year Gullruten Best Mini-Series Best Director Best Screenwriter Best European TV Best non-English
Gullruten Gullruten 2019 Seoul International Seoul International Seoul International Fiction Series of language drama-
2019 2019 Drama Awards Drama Awards Drama Awards the Year series
2018 2018 2018 Prix Europa C21’s International
2018 Drama Awards
2018

DIRECTORS: YNGVE SÆTHER, ARILD CAST: ANE DAHL TORP, AXEL BØYOM, ANE DAHL TORP WAS NAMED SHOOTING
ANDRESEN, STIAN KRISTIANSEN, VEGARD MORTEN SVARTVEIT, EMMA BONES AND STAR AT THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL IN
STENBERG ERIKSEN, CECILIE MOSLI JOHN CAREW 2006.
(MAMMON), EIRIK SVENSSON ORIGINAL TITLE: HEIMEBANE
HEAD WRITER: JOHAN FASTING FORMAT: 10 X 50 MIN (S1), 8 X 50 MIN (S2)
PRODUCER: VILJE KATHRINE HAGEN RELEASE: 2018/2019
PRODUCED: BY NRK AND MOTLYS
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