Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

Life is Elsewhere

The Good Life - Over There

Det gode livet, der borte

Norway
2014 — 29' / Color

Synopsis

Sami is an illegal worker in Oslo that minds his own business and breaks his back to support a family in his home country. When forced to babysit the son of a boss he admires, and aims to become like, Sami faces the choice we all try to balance on a daily basis; family and work. Both require loyalty. Both want dedication. Both change us, but whichever we spend most time with changes us in its own direction.

Directors' Biography

Izer Aliu (b. 1982) graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2012. His exam-film To Guard a Mountain dubbed him one of ten Nordic directors to watch in a collaboration by the four largest Scandinavian film magazines. He has been nominated for the Student Academy Award and won several high-end, both national and international awards. Following his graduation he set out to make his first feature Hunting Flies in Macedonia, and the short The Good Life - Over There set in the cityscape of Oslo.

Directors

Izer Aliu

Producers

Yngve Sæther

Cinematographers

John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen

Editors

Izer Aliu

Sound

Rune van Deurs

Contact

Norwegian Film Institute
Dronningens gate 16
0152 Oslo, Norway
+ 47 22 47 45 00
post@nfi.no