GRANTS
2012 (SINCE) GOVERNMENTAL GUARANTEE INCOME, NORWAY
2012 PROJECT GRANT, FUND FOR SOUND & IMAGE, NORWAY
2011 PROJECT GRANT, NBK - FUND FOR VISUAL ARTISTS, NORWAY
2011 1 YEAR WORK GRANT, NBK - FUND FOR VISUAL ARTISTS, NORWAY
2011, 2010 TRAVEL GRANTS, NORVEGIAN FILM FUND, NORWAY
2008 3 YEARS GOVERNMENTAL WORK GRANT, NORWAY
2007 PROJECT GRANT, NBK - FUND FOR VISUAL ARTISTS, NORWAY
2006-07-09 TRAVEL GRANTS, NORVEGIAN FILM FUND, NORWAY
2007 1 YEAR WORK GRANT, BKH, NORWAY
2003, 2006 PROJECT GRANTS, ART COUNCIL NORWAY
2000 PROJECT GRANT, ART COUNCIL OF ENGLAND
2000 PROJECT SUPPORT, THE BRITISH COUNCIL
1998 PROJECT SUPPORT, CENTRE CULTUREL FRANCAIS, OSLO
1987 FELLOWSHIP GRANT, ART COUNCIL OF ENGLAND
AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS
2021 BEST EDITING Award, (Le Chantier) 180' Berlin Short Film Fest
2021 WINNER of Synkroniciti Video contest,(Inconsolable), Houston (USA)
2021 BEST DIRECTOR for "miserere", FocusDoc IFF, L.A. (USA)
2021 BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY, for "miserere.." Serbian Int. Film Carnival
2020 BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, for "miserere", EURASIA IFF. Moscow
2015 VIDEO ARTIST IN FOCUS, D'KONSCHKËSCHT, Luxembourg
2013 SPECIAL MENTION for cinematography for "diving board",
D'KONSCHKËSCHT Intern. Videokunst Festival, Trier, Germany
2010 EXIS AWARD 2010 for "interstices", EXiS Int.Film & Video, Seoul
2010 ONDA CURTA AWARD, for "interstices", 18th Vila do Conde Int. Film Fest. Portugal
2008 3er PREMIO for “chronikon”, Santiago International short film festival, Chile
2008 VIDEO ARTIST IN FOCUS, Sao Paulo Intern. film Festival, Brazil
2007 DIPLOMA OF MERIT for "Travelling", Tehran Int. Short Film Festival, Iran
2007 European Short Film Academy award nominee for "exit",
35th ROTTERDAM International film festival, the Netherlands
2006 BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for "exit" "Sync 2006"
Moving Image & New Media International Festival, Athens, Greece
2006 BEST VIDEO AWARD for "travelling", Seoul International Film & Video
OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
(SELECTION)
TRAVELLING
- 34th ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2006
- RIO DE JANEIRO INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, BRAZIL 2006
- MEDFILM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROME ITALY 2007
- TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2007
EXIT
- 35TH ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2007
- SEOUL INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, KOREA 2008
- ANN ARBOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MITCHIGAN, USA 2008
- SAN FRANCHISCO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, USA 2008
- ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM, VIDEO & MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, 2006
CHRONIKON
- OBLO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, LAUSANE SWITZERLAND 2008
- EXIS INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, SEOUL, KOREA 2008
- BOLZANO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY 2009
- SANTIAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CHILE 2008
- VIDEOFORMES 2009, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE 2009
INTERSTICES
- 5TH ATHENS INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, GREECE 2011
- EXIS INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, SEOUL, KOREA 2010
- GO SHORT INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS 2009
- MEDIAWAVE INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL,GYOR, HUNGARY 2010
- 26TH HAMBURG INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, GERMANY 2010
- 18TH INTERNATIONAL ART FILM FESTIVAL, TRENCIN, SLOVAKIA 2010
- VIDEOFORMES 2010 CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
- 18TH VILA DO CONDE INTERN. FILM FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL 2010
1001 FAUX DEPARTS
-29th TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, IRAN 2012
-14TH INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA, PATRAS GREECE 2012
-VIDEOFORMES 2013, CLERMONT FERRAND, FRANCE
-5TH EXTREME SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, SEOUL, KOREA 2014
-CINEMA PERPETUUM FESTIVAL, MINSK, BELARUS 2015
APNEA
- COURTISANE INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, GENT, BELGIUM 2010
THE DIVING BOARD
- VIDEOFORMES 2011 CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
- D'KONSCHKESCHT INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, TRIER GERMANY 2013
- STOFF ART FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM 2021
SHADOWLANDS
- VIDEOFORMES 2012 CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
- 28TH HAMBURG INTERN. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, GERMANY 2012
THE BARBARIANS
- LACUNA INT. CONTEMPORARY ARTS FESTIVAL, SPAIN 2022
- VIDEOFORMES 2016 CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
- LAFIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2017
- MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2017
- FILM POETRY INT. FESTIVAL, ATHENS 2021
LE MURMURE DES CHOSES
- CIUDAD DE MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019
- SANTA CRUZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ARGENTINA 2019
- MOSCOW SHORTS, RUSSIA 2018
- MAGMART INT. FILM & VIDEO, NAPOLI , ITALY 2019
- THESSALONIKI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, GREECE 2020
- SIGNES DE NUIT, INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, PARIS 2020
- FISURA FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL MEXICO CITY 2022
BALLING-UP
- ALICANTE VIDEO ART FESTVAL, SPAIN 2022
- SUIKERZOET FILM FESTIVAL, SCHIEDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 2021
- MOSCOW SHORTS 2019
- AVANCA INT. FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL 2019 & 2021
- ADIS ABEBA ART FILM FESTIVAL 2019
- FISURA FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL MEXICO CITY 2022
MISERERE, THE BLESSING OF THE MOUNTAIN
- BLACKSPHERE INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, PRAGUE 2020
- MOSCOW SHORTS IFF 2020
- EURASIA INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, MOSCOW 2020
- FOCUSDOC, L.A. USA 2021
- FRESCO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, YEREVAN ARMENIA 2021
- SERBIAN INT. FILM CARNIVAL, 2021
- ESTO ES PARA ESTO, INT. FILM FESTiVAL, MONTERREY MEXICO 2021
LILITH
- SPHERE WORLD CINEMA CARNIVAL, MUMBAI INDIA 2021
- SIGNES DE NUIT INT. FILM FESTVAL, PARIS 2021
- SEGNI DE LA NOTE, URBINO ITALY 2021
- TRANAS AT THE FRINGE, INT. ARTS FESTVAL SUEDEN 2021
- SIGNOS DA NOITE, IFF LISBOA 2021
- PAADMAAN VIDEO EVENT, TEHRAN IRAN 2021
- 19TH SIGNES OF NIGHT IFF BERLIN 2021
- PEBBLES UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto Canada 2022
INCONSOLABLE
- ANN ARBOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MICHIGAN USA 2022
- SIGNES OF NIGHT INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, URBINO ITALY 2022
- SPLIT VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, CROATIA 2022
- MALDITO INT. POETRY FILM FESTVAL, ALBACETE SPAIN 2021
- SYNCHRONICITI VIDEO CONTEXT, HOUSTON USA 2021
- ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS INT. FESTIVAL, GREECE 2021
- LES INSTANTS VIDEO INT. FESTIVAL, MARSEILLE FRANCE 2021
- 15th INT. MOVING FILM FESTIVAL, ABADAN & KHORAMSHAHR, IRAN 2021
- CHAMBAL INT. FILM FESTIVAL, RAJASTHAN, INDIA 2023
THERE IS NO REVERSE METAMORPHOSIS
- TRAVERSES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES, TOULOUSE, FRANCE 2023
- DIMINUTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, MEXICO CITY 2022
- VIDEOFORMES 2023, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
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