A group of randomly selected people are asked a simple question. A group of randomly selected people are asked a simple question. Their answers unfold into a playful and philosophical exploration of identity, self-perception and the masks we carry.
The studio Viken Filmsenter invited filmmakers to create visual mood reports from their own isolated life. This film is the result of a simple visual concept that captures fragments from filmmaker Lilja Ingolfsdottir's everyday life in a pandemic. The fragments from a family’s everyday life during the pandemic. Fragments of a family's daily life during the pandemic.
As tensions surface in her relationship, a woman confronts the fears and patterns shaping her inner life. A film about the challenges in shared life, exploring how intimate relationships can reveal hidden fears and emotional patterns. In facing these conflicts, a woman finds a moment of self-awareness that opens the possibility of breaking free from destructive cycles. Faced with the tensions of her married life, a woman embarks on a journey of introspection that reveals her fears and emotional habits.
In a hotel room in Oslo, a young woman meets her father. Their hesitant conversation unfolds through fragments of memory, silence and unspoken emotions, revealing the fragile intimacy and unresolved tensions that shape their relationship.
Rebekka is independent, ambitious, and full of initiative, yet behind this facade lies an insatiable need for attention and intimate relationships.
When the filmmaker’s childhood school in a small village in northern Norway was bought by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink program, it sparked a deep reflection on the stakes of technological infiltration. Both rural and intimate, Big Tech Blues offers an insider’s perspective on the subtle intrusion of the digital industry into isolated areas. It explores the complex "double bind" of technology: our growing dependence on it, even as we confront its consequences.
An Oslo-based filmmaker and theorist, Elisabeth Brun (b. 1977) explores the impact of technology on perception and territory. Holding a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Oslo and a degree from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, she directed documentaries for NRK for a decade before turning to the film essay. Her work, awarded the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment, has been presented internationally at venues such as Vienna Shorts, LIAF, the Seattle Art Museum, and Grimstad. Through film, installation, and writing, she investigates the entanglement between digital tools and lived experiences, often anchoring her visual research in her Norwegian origins.
Norwegian director and screenwriter Lilja Ingolfsdottir is a professor at the Norwegian Film School, where she teaches screenwriting. She made over 20 award-winning short films before directing her first feature, Loveable (2023), which had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won five awards.
