THE DIRECTOR is a short film where issues related to gender, race and power structures are explored.
Graphic design : Ginevra Dondina
Written and Directed by Ingrid Liavaag & Linda Gathu
A newly graduated female director wants to put on an Afro-futuristic performance with her theater group at the National Theater. She is invited to pitch her project to the theater director, but the meeting does not go according to plan. She quickly understands that the artistic director is more interested in what she represents then what she has to say.
Using black humor and satire, we try to address the visible and invisible power structures that surround us both in the cultural industry and elsewhere in life.
Awards and nominations:
Winner of "The Norwegian film critics' award” 2022 Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad
Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad, competition section, nominated for The Golden Chair 2022
Minimalen short film festival NORDIC COMPETITION 2023
Tampere Film Festival International Competition 2023
ASFF - Aesthetica Short Film Festival York guest program, 2022.
BIFF - Bergen International Film Festival, youth program, 2022.
OsloPix filmfestival main program, 2022.
About the directors
Linda Gathu is an actress, director and scriptwriter based in Norway and the UK. She was educated at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Her work has been commissioned by the National Theatre of Norway and she is currently playwright in residence at the Norwegian Centre for new playwriting in Oslo. Lindas artistic practice spans from originating her own work, performing in other peoples work, to an interest in interdisciplinary collaborations.
Ingrid Liavaag is a Norwegian artist with a polyvalent practice based in Norway and France. She directs and acts, within the field of film, theater and performance. She was educated from Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris and at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has made short films shown national and international and her video work is part of the Southern Norway Art Museum collections. She currently working on her first feature film.
crew: Cinematography Mattias Pollak Additional cinematography Ingrid Liavaag Editor Brynjar Lien Aune Production sound mixer Valeria Munoz & Mattis Lauritzen Sound Design & mix Gunn Tove Grønsberg Script advisor Pipsa Enqvist Hair & make up Natalie Beckford Lighting Designer Peer Gynt Kyrre Heldal Karlsen Online & color Adrian Dark Subtittels Nicolai Herzog Actors: Semira: Selome Emnetu Julie: Samantha Lawson The Artistic Director: Per Frisch Martin: Petter Width Kristiansen Peer Gynt: Jonas Hoff Oftebro The Narrator: Ingri Enger Damon The Actors: Ellen Bendu & Patrick Hilmar Ingvaldsen The Scenographers: Silje Lindberg, Nikolai Lieblein Røsæg & Petra Casale Producer : Ingrid Liavaag / Peggy Høy Post producer: Siri Bråtveit / Peggy Høy Co-produced by: Barbosa Film Development producer: Nina Barbosa / Barbosa Film & Stine Blichfeldt /Them Girls Original music Niklas Sandahl
SUPPORTED BY:
Sørnorsk Filmsenter, Viken Filmsenter, KHIO - Oslo National Academy of the Arts