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NORDIC FILMMAKERS / EDITION 02

SUMMER 2026

EDITION 02

COMMUNITY AND OUR VOICES

Letters from festivals, late conversations, and the people who keep the camera moving. A closer look at the work happening around us.

02 / OPENING NOTE

THE WORK IS NEVER MADE ALONE.

This edition follows the people who make a scene feel like a place: the crews, collaborators, first-time visitors, and returning voices who keep finding each other through the work.

EDITION 02 / WORK IN MOTION

FIELD NOTES / SELECTED STORIES

EDITION 02 / FEATURE STORY

Emilie Beck on Escaping Bolivia, ten years of patience, and the psychology of pressure.

EDITION 02 / STORY

For some, this is common sense. But there was an honesty in that Discord question, a curiosity I want to champion.

EDITION 02 / STORY

Five days at the 49th Norwegian Short Film Festival, my first time in the small town where everyone starts.

EDITION 02 / STORY

I started making music when I was around eleven years old. What began as experimentation quickly turned into obsession.

EDITION 02 / STORY

Eleven days at the 79th Festival de Cannes, written between the screenings

EDITION 02 / STORY

For some, this is common sense. But there was an honesty in that Discord question, a curiosity I want to champion.

EDITION 02 / STORY

I started making music when I was around eleven years old. What began as experimentation quickly turned into obsession.

EDITION 02 / STORY

Five days at the 49th Norwegian Short Film Festival, my first time in the small town where everyone starts.

EDITION 02 / STORY

Eleven days at the 79th Festival de Cannes, written between the screenings

03 / SEASON 02 TALENT SPOTLIGHTS

FACES, HANDS, AND THE QUIET FORCE BEHIND A FRAME.

Season 02 stays close to the people shaping how Norwegian film looks, sounds, and feels — one practice at a time.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

To tell stories that can speak to a number of people is what drew me to movies in the first place.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

As a director, I'm very fascinated by human nature and the human condition.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

The most recent project I have written and directed is The Remaining Ones, which won awards at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Nordic International Film Festival in the United States. It is a project I’m particularly proud of.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

It's about making the audience feel something before they fully understand it, and leaving them with questions rather than clear answers.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

The most important thing for me as a director is emotional honesty.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

One of the latest projects I’m proud of is a commercial I shot for Chanel.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

When I am shooting, I feel my methodology is in many ways the same as when I am gaffing: finding the right balance.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

I started out doing theatre and commercials, and in 2019 I was cast as one of the leads in the Amanda-nominated feature film Den siste våren (Sister What Grows Where Land is Sick) by Fransicka Eliassen.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

For me, it all starts with sharing the same vision as the director and the rest of the crew.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

Last year, I finished a trilogy of music videos for Honningbarna that together make up the short film “The Social Aspect”.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

To tell stories that can speak to a number of people is what drew me to movies in the first place.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

One of the latest projects I’m proud of is a commercial I shot for Chanel.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

As a director, I'm very fascinated by human nature and the human condition.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

When I am shooting, I feel my methodology is in many ways the same as when I am gaffing: finding the right balance.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

The most recent project I have written and directed is The Remaining Ones, which won awards at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Nordic International Film Festival in the United States. It is a project I’m particularly proud of.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

I started out doing theatre and commercials, and in 2019 I was cast as one of the leads in the Amanda-nominated feature film Den siste våren (Sister What Grows Where Land is Sick) by Fransicka Eliassen.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

It's about making the audience feel something before they fully understand it, and leaving them with questions rather than clear answers.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

For me, it all starts with sharing the same vision as the director and the rest of the crew.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

The most important thing for me as a director is emotional honesty.

SEASON 02 / SPOTLIGHT

Last year, I finished a trilogy of music videos for Honningbarna that together make up the short film “The Social Aspect”.

END NOTE / EDITION 02

KEEP THE ROOM OPEN.

More conversations, more first takes, more work in progress.