Penelope Film AS
About Penelope
Penelope Films was founded by Grete Salomonsen and Odd Hynnekleiv in 1980.
Since then Penelope Films has become a well known and established production company based in Kristiansand, The production company has worked on more than 40 film- and TV- productions worldwide.
Penelope Films are well known in Norway for producing "Kamilla and the Thief", a family film starring 80's pop-star Morten Harket, Dennis Storhei and Agnete Håland.
The feature was a great success in Norway and wom several international film awards like the Giffoni film festival og Chicago international festival of childrens film.
In July 2007, Penelope Films received financial support from The Norwegian Film Fund for a new feature: "Yohan", an action/adventure film about child labour in Norway and emigration to the USA. The feature will star several norwegian actors as well as international stars and will be filmed in both Norwegian and English.
