A delegation from Northern Norway attends the festival to connect with colleagues and international audiences and financiers. Meet our filmmakers. The delegation is hosted by Nordnorsk Filmsenter AS (NNFS) – Norway’s oldest regional film centre, established in 1981. We work closely with the filmmakers to develop the film industry in Northern Norway.
Meet the North Norwegian Delegation:
Aaslaug Vaa | Director and Producer
What is your favourite documentary of all time? ""The Seasons", Artavazd Peleshyan (1975)
What do you consider is the best documentary from your nation or region? "A Priest and a Nuisance!"/En prest og en plage", Fridtjof Kjæreng (2014)
In 2016 she debuted with the cinema documentary “Every song a story”. She has developed and produced short documentary films with and for children and youth.
Andrew Grant | Producer
Producer with Mattima Films in the north of Norway. Born in NYC, but living and working between Berlin & Mo i Rana, Norway for 10 years. Mattima Films is interested in docs that transcend the genre, and find new forms.
What is your favourite documentary of all time? Unfair question!
Bard Grape | Producer / Cameraman
Producer with a background as a cameraman working in all genres of independent filmmaking.
What is your favourite documentary of all time? Man of Aran
What film/s are you most looking forward to at this year's Sheffield DocFest? Gunda
What do you consider is the best documentary from your nation or region? Heftig og begeistret
Benedikte Bredesen | Producer
f(x) productions is an independent Norwegian production company established in 1995 to serve the film and TV market with innovative films. Benedikte Bredesen has worked as a producer in f(x) productions since 2009.
What is your favourite documentary of all time? The Act of Killing
Gørild Mauseth | Producer
Educated as an actress, her exceptional dramatic talent has since 28 years taken her to major roles in cinema, TV and theatre. KARENINA & I is the first documentary she produced starring Liam Neeson.
What is your favourite documentary of all time? The colt of the Earth
What film/s are you most looking forward to at this year's Sheffield DocFest? Summer of Soul
What do you consider is the best documentary from your nation or region? iHuman (by Tonje Hessen Schei)
Kalle Løchen | Consultant
Film critic, filmcommunicator, film moderator, film consultant
What is your favourite documentary of all time? Hoop Dreams
What do you consider is the best documentary from your nation or region? The Painter and the Thief/Gunda
Øyvind Nyborg Gregersen | Producer
Born and raised in Mo i Rana, Norway. Always been been both curious and creative. Works as a very hands-on producer for Mattima Films, actively participating in the creative process of the company’s projects.
Tales Maniçoba | Director
Tales is a director and screenwriter based in Norway, he's graduated in Law and worked in the Judicial system before studying films. His works have been exhibited on TVBrasil and at Kraków Museum of Contemporary Art.
Tommaso Mottola | Director, Writer, Producer
Director, screenwriter and producer. He was assistant to Milos Forman and Marco Ferreri, and, for many years, director of Capalbio IFF. His film debut was THE FLOATING ISLAND. He directed the award-winning KARENINA & I.
What is your favourite documentary of all time? Looking for Richard (by Al Pacino)
What film/s are you most looking forward to at this year's Sheffield DocFest? Summer of Soul
What do you consider is the best documentary from your nation or region? Cool & Crazy (by Knut Erik Jensen)
Eva Nilsen | Director
I am a photographer and editor educated in NRK. The last 30 years I have been making films in my own production company Rampelys
What is your favourite documentary of all time? The heart of a dog
What film/s are you most looking forward to at this year's Sheffield DocFest? Documentaries crossing to artfilm
What do you consider is the best documentary from your nation or region? Flunk pike
