Awards and Festivals

 

Løvene ved elven Tigris / The Lions by the River Tigris (2025)

AWARDS
UNION OF THE UKRAINIAN FILM CRITICS` PRIZE OKO GLOBAL NON-FICTION COMPETITION PROGRAM
Honorary Mention - Regional Competition - Golden Apricot Film Festival
Honorary Mention - Norwegian Competition - Nordic Docs Film Festival
Honorary Mention -Norwegian Competition - Bergen International Film Festival 
Silver Tanit in Official Feature-Length Documentary Film Competition - Carthage Film Festival
Lina Ben Mhenni Human Rights Prize - Carthage Film Festival
Golden Leaf for Best World Documentary Film - Duhok International Film Festival

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
CPH:DOX Human Rights Competition - World Premiere
Arabic Film Days - Oslo - Norwegian Premiere
Doc Edge - New Zealand 
Golden Apricot - Armenia 
The Norwegian Film Festival - Haugesund 
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival - Kyiv 
Nordic Docs - Fredrikstad 
Middle East Now - Florence 
Architecture Film Festival - Rotterdam - Dutch premiere
Bergen International Film Festival 
DOK Leipzig 
Oran Film Festival - Algeria
Urban Eye - Bucharest
Movies on War - Elverum - Opening Film
DOC NYC - US premiere
Verzio Film Festival - Budapest
Doha Film Festival
This Human World - Vienna
Duhok International Film Festival - Iraqi Premiere
Carthage Film Festival - Tunisia
Cineme Verite Film Festival - Iran
Palinale - Berlin
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival - Oslo
Baghdad Film Institute 


 Tre fedre / Fatherhood (2022)

AWARDS
Winner of Best Documentary, MiX – International Festival of LGBTQ+ Cinema and Queer Culture in Milan 2025
Winner of the Audience Award, Oslo Pix 2025

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Thessaloniki Film Festival
BFI Flare London
Kashish Pride Festival, India
Haugesund Int Film Festival
QFFM | Queer Film Festival Munich
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (HIQFF)
MIX COPENHAGEN
Pink Screens Film Festival, Brussels
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
Kassel Dokfest
Queer Screen's 33rd Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney


 Veien Hjem / No Place Like Home (2022)

AWARDS
Winner of the Audience Award, Bergamo Film Meeting 2023

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

CPH:DOX
Docs Barcelona
Oslo Pix
Nordisk panorama
Al jazeera Balkan documentary film festival
Jeurusalem anthroplogy film festival 


Nattebarn / Young & Afraid (2021)

AWARDS
Amanda Best Documentary 2022
Gullruten ("Golden Screen") Profession Award Best Direction Single-Camera Documentary 2021
The Audience Award , The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund 2021
Jury Special Award, Nordic Docs 2021
The Gullfluge Award for Best Feature Documentary and The Audience Award, The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2022
Honorable Mention, Northern Character Film and TV festival 2021
Honorable Mention, HUMAN Int Documentary Film Festival 2022
THE SIGNS AWARD 2021, Festival internazionale Segni della Notte 2021
Honorable Mention, The New Nordic Voice, Nordisk Panorama 2021
WINNER Best Documentary Feature Film, OUTshine Film Festival Miami 2021

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Mirage 2021 (Norway)
8th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2021 (Hungary)
Ljubljana LGBT film festival 2022 (Slovenia)
Zagreb Dox 2022 (Croatia)


En gang Aurora / Once Aurora (2019)

AWARDS
Beste Nordiske Dokumentarfilm - Nordisk Panorama 2019
Beste Klipp Dokumentar - Gullrutens Fagpris 2019
Beste Foto Enkamera - Gullrutens Fagpris 2019
International DocFilm Music Award - Krakow International Film Festival
The Award of the Student Jury - Krakow International Film Festival
Grand Prix Documentaire musical - FIPADOC

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
CPH:Dox
Beldocs, International Feature Documentary Film Festival, Serbia
Beat Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
OsloPix
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Biografilm
Two Riversides
Galway Film Fleadh
IceDocs
Kitzbühel Filmfestival
SoundTrack_Cologne
Helsinki FF
Braunschweig IFF
Doc’n Roll Festival
Minsk
Kassel
IDFA
Black Nights Film Festival
Cinéma Vérité GZDoc
FAME


Røverdatter / My Heart Belongs to Daddy (2018)

AWARDS
Amanda Award for Best Documentary 2018
Honourable Mention, Göteborg Film Festival
Audience Award Nordic Docs
Natt&Dag Oslo Award 2018 Best Documentary

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Kosmorama
HUMAN International Documentary Festival 2018
DOKFILM The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2018
NORDIC/DOCS 2018
Kristiansand Children’s Film Festival 2018
Noordelijk Film Festival 2018, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Budapest International Documentary Film Festival 2019, Budapest, Hungary
Zagreb Docs 2019, Zagreb, Croatia
Bergamo Film Meeting 2019, Bergamo, Italy

Gartneren, Buddhisten & Spionen / The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy (2025)

AWARDS
HUMAN RIGHTS IN MOTION AWARD, Krakow Film Festival

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
CPH:DOX
DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival
It's All True – International Documentary Film Festival
Biografilm Festival
Doc Edge Festival
European Film Festival Palic
CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival
Nordisk Panorama
Nordic Docs
BIFF
Sedona Film Festival


Munch i helvete / Munch in Hell (2018)

AWARDS
Nordic Docs 2019, Audience Award

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
The International Festival on Films on Art 2019, Montreal


Natta pappa henta oss / The Night (2017)

AWARDS
Nordic Docs 2018, Hederlig omtale
CPH:DOX 2018, Hederlig omtale

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Bergen International Film Festival 2017, Bergen, Norway
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2017, Fredrikstad, Norway
DOCVILLE - Documentary Film Festival 2018, Leuven, Belgium
Shanghai International Film & TV-festival 2018, Shanghai, China
Nordic Film Days 2018, Lübeck, Germany


Jeg vil bo i mitt navn / I Want to Live in My Name (2018)

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Bergen International Film Festival 2018
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival 2019
Nordic/Docs 2019
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2019
Rome Independent Film Festival 2019


Arktisk superstjerne / Artic Superstar (2016)

AWARDS
Northern Character Film & TV Festival, Best Documentary Debut
Honorable Mention, Dok FilmVolda
Nomination Best TV documentary Gullruten 2017

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Tromsø International Film Festival 2016, Tromsø, Norway
Amandusfestival 2016, Lillehammer, Norway
The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2016, Volda, Norway
DOK München 2016, München, Germany
The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2016, Grimstad, Norway
Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Co. Meath, Ireland
Nordkapp Filmfestival, Honningsvåg, Norway
Love and Anarchy, Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Bergen International Film Festival, Berge, Norway
Arctic Moving Image & Film Festival, Harstad, Norway
58th Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK
Noordelijk Film Festival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Sound Unseen, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Rokumentti Rock Film Festival, Joensuu, Finland
Northern Character Film & TC Festival, Murmansk, Russia
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, MT, USA
Arctic Heat Film Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland
World Film Festival, Tartu, Estonia
Monopol Music Festival, Canary Islands, Spain
Athens Film & Video Festival, Athens, Georgia, USA
Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Tallgrass Film Festival, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA
The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/Scandinavia House 2016, New York, USA
Southbank Centre (UK)
Nordic Polar Festival 2019, Paris, France


Idas dagbok / Ida’s Diary (2014)

AWARDS
Bergen Internasjonale Film Festival, Hederlig omtale
Dokfilm Volda, Hederlig omtale
Gullruten Fagpris for beste orginalmusikk 2016
Gullruten Fagpris for beste klipp (2016

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
IDFA, Mid-Length competition 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zagreb Dox, Zagreb 2015, Croatia
The Norwegian Documentary Festival 2015, Volda, Norway
The Norwegian International Children’s Film Festival 2015, Kristiansand, Norway
Festival EDOC 2015, Quito, Ecuador
The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2015, Grimstad, Norway
The Norwegian International Film Festival 2015, Haugesund, Norway
Nordkapp Film Festival 2015, Honningsvåg, Norway
Kapittel Literature Festival, Stavanger, Norway
Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival 2015, Helsinki, Finland
Bergen International Film Festival 2015, Bergen, Norway
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2015, Inverness, Perth, Glasgow, Edinburgh, UK
Nordische Filmtage 2015, Lübeck, Germany
European Film Festival "Intergration You and Me" 2016
Nordkapp Film Festival 2016

Solistene / Kyiv Soloists (2025)

AWARDS
Best Documentary, HUMAN International Doc Film Fest 2025

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Göteborg Film Festival
Krakow Film Festival
Odessa Film Festival
Noorderlijk Film Festival
BIFF
Kosmorama Filmfestival
Den Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen i Volda
Festspillene i Bergen
Utekino Festspillene i Helgeland
Festspillene i Elverum
Olavsfestdagene i Trondheim


Ballettguttene / The Ballet Boys (2014)

AWARDS
Winner of the Audience Award, Tromsø International Children’s Film Festival
Children’s Jury 2prize, Documentary Feature Film, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Winner of Best Youth Film, Oulu Internatinal Children’s and Youth Film Festival
Winner of Best “Reportage”, International Festival of Films on Art in Montréal
Winner of Best Original Music at the Norwegian TV Award “The Golden Route”
Nominated to Best Original Score for a Documentary, IFMCA Award
Nominated to the Award SOS Kinderdörfer weltweit, DOK.fest in Munich
Official Selection - DOC U Competition - IDFA 2014 

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece
EURODOK 2014, Oslo, Norway
Amandus Film Festival 2014, Lillehammer, Norway
Dok.fest München 2014, München, Germany
Krakow Film Festival 2014, Krakow
Festroia International Film Festival 2014, Setúbal, Portugal
The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2014, Grimstad, Norway
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014, Edinburgh, UK
Scandinavian Film Festival 2014, Australia
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2014, Hong Kong, China
Kristiansand Children Film Festival 2014, Kristiansand, Norway
Bergen International Film Festival 2014, Bergen, Norway
Helsinki International Film Festival 2014, Helsinki, Finland
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2014, Reykjavik, Iceland
38′ Mostra International Film Festival 2014, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Nordic Film Days 2014, Lübeck, Germany
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2014, Chicago, USA
Oulu International Children’s Film Festival 2014, Oulu, Finland
IDFA, Kids&Docs program, DocU competition 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
26th Palm Springs International Film Festival 2015, Palm Springs, USA
Dance On Camera film festiva 2015, New York, US
Gøteborg International Film Festival 2015, Gøteborg, Sweden
Dansefestivalen Context 2015, Moskva, Russland
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2015, U.S.
Northern Lights Film Festival 2015, Japan
New York International Children’s Film Festival 2015, U.S.
Cacalorus International Film Festival 2015, U.S.
Trondheim Dokumentarfestival 2015, Norway
YOUNGABOUT International Film Festival 2015, Bologna, Italy
33rd International Festival of Films on Art 2015, Montreal, Canada
EPOS Film Art Festival 2015, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2015, Volda, Norway
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2015, Zlin, Czech Republic.
International Children’s Film Carnival 2015, Hong Kong, China
Verdens Beste – Tromsø Children’s Film Festival 2015, Tromsø, Norway
Nordic Docs 2015, Fredrikstad, Norway
Berkshire International Film Festival 2015, Berkshire, Massaschussetts USA
Prescott Film Festival, Prescott, Arizona, USA
Flahertiana, Perm, Russia
Ottawa International Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada


Club 7 (2013)

AWARDS
Dokfilm Volda, Hederlig omtale
Nordic/Docs, Hederlig omtale
Nominert til Beste Kortfilm Amanda 2015

OTHER FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Tromsø International Film Festival 2014, Tromsø, Norway
EURODOK 2014, Oslo, Norway
The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Volda, Norway
Nordic/Docs, Fredrikstad, Norway
The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2014, Grimstad, Norway
Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Konsberg, Norway
Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
Nordic Panorama, Malmö, Sweden
The Protest Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany
Minimalen Kortfilmfestival, Trondheim, Oslo


Pushwagner (2011)

AWARDS
11 nominations, including 4 Amanda nominations (Norwegian Oscars); Best Editing, Best VFX, Best Soundtrack and Best Feature of the Year/1 win - Amanda (Norwegian Oscar) for best visual effects).

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
The Norwegian International Film Festival 2011, Haugesund, Norway
The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2012, Volda, Norway
Hot Docs 2012 Toronto, Canada
Rio International Film Festival / Festival Do Rio 2012, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
CPH:DOX 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2012, Lübeck, Germany
Nordox – Nordic Documentary Film Festival 2012, Bejing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China
Brisbane International Film Festival 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Europe on Screen 2013, Indonesia
DocsDF 2013, Mexico City, Mexico
PERFORM Film festival on visual arts 2016, Moscow, Russia