A FILM BY EMIL TRIER
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The feature documentary Trust Me is about Waleed Ahmed. A charismatic young entrepreneur who started his own company at age 18, he emerged as a unique talent. Referred to in the media as "Norway's Mark Zuckerberg", he quickly gained access to politicians, diplomats, and royalty. How did this short-lived career with grandiose business deals in America lead to an arrest by the FBI and an 11-year sentence for international fraud. Trust Me is a youth portrait that depicts a larger narrative of belonging, identity, fraud, and dreams.

Waleed at Skaugum in company with the Norwegian Royal family

“Trust Me” is a stranger than fiction true story echoing “Catch Me If You Can.”

Justin Bieber Concert Fraudster Documentary Is Boarded By First Hand Films (EXCLUSIVE)
May 4, 2021
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“People just want to believe the scammer sometimes.”

They want to believe in a story about holidays in Dubai, where batteries kept losing their charge, rather than the one about a guy ordering stuff from China and sealing the deal on a napkin at McDonald’s.»
April 28, 2021
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Soner elleve år for svindel i USA – nå kommer filmen

Neste år har Waleed Ahmed (29) sonet ferdig en elleve år lang svindeldom i amerikanske fengsler og drar hjem til familien og en gjeld på minst 6,5 millioner kroner. Og rett ut på foredragsturné i Norge.
May 13, 2021
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Waleed fortalte et fantastisk eventyr folk ville høre

For å fortelle historien om den svindeldømte Waleed Ahmed fra Enebakk – en gang kalt «Norges Mark Zuckerberg» – måtte Emil Trier få både Trond Giske og FBI i tale. Samtidig iscenesatte filmteamet poetiske rekonstruksjoner av Waleeds liv.
May 13, 2021
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Waleed Ahmed-dokumentar fra Emil Trier: Se traileren til Stol på meg

Waleed Ahmed fra Skien og Ytre Enebakk ble kalt «Norges Mark Zuckerberg».
May 13, 2021
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Drøy historie om den norske Bieber-svindleren.

Som tilskuer blir man sittende å klø seg i hodet av hvordan landets medie- og maktelite lot seg blende av Ahmeds røverhistorier, men samtidig gir filmen oss en klar forståelse for hvordan det kunne skje.
June 9, 2021
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“Trust Me is a youth portrait that depicts a larger narrative of belonging, identity, fraud, and dreams.”
EMIL TRIER
Cast and crew:

EMIL TRIER

Is an internationally award-winning film director, best known for the documentaries "The Norwegian Solution" (2009), "Board Control" (2006) and "The Other Munch" (2018). His Amanda nominated short film High Point (2014) is a project that mixes fiction and documentary elements. Trier also directed the Torgny music video trilogy, which was awarded "Best Scandinavian music video" at BIFF. His films have been screened at international film festivals around the world.

NICOLAI MOLAND

A freelance producer and writer. His credits include Haunted (2017), The Other Munch (2018) by Emil & Joachim Trier, and the studio production Cold Pursuit (2019). He is currently in post-production with Emil Trier’s feature documentary Trust Me, and the dramedy Maxitaxi Driver was released earlier this year.

THOMAS ROBSAHM

Is a producer and director. He has produced more than 50 films for esteemed directors such as Joachim Trier, Margreth Olin, Maria Sødahl, Emil Trier, Sunniva Sundby, Solveig Melkeraaen, Unni Straume, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen and many more. He has won five Amanda- prizes, two as a director and three as a producer. He has also won Nordic Council Film Prize for Louder Than Bombs, which also was selected to compete for the Palme d´Or in Cannes, 2015. Hope by Maria Sødahl was nominated for two European Film Awards and was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2021.

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