02/10/2013 - €25,000 cheques for Norwegian directors Iram Haq, Arild Østin Ommundsen, Eva Sørhaug og Rune Denstad Langlo to get started with a new project

Norwegian-Pakistani director Iram Haq, whose feature debut I Am Yours [+see also:
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“The programme should support established directors who want to explore and challenge their artistic standpoint, and this way develop the artistic expression and diversity of Norwegian cinema,” said the institute.

It didn’t take long for Haq – also an actress – to become established; I Am Yours is only her second film after Little Miss Eyeflap, which was awarded at the Aspen Short Film Festival in 2009. Her first feature had its international premiere in the Discovery section of last month’s Toronto Film Festival.

Also awarded €25,000, Norwegian director Arild Østin Ommundsen had made four features, when he wanted to return to a more intimate production with a smaller cast and crew, It’s Only Make Believe, about a young woman’s return to everyday life after spending 10 years in prison for murder. The film was selected for the Focus on World Cinema at last month’s 37^th World Film Festival in Montreal.

Norwegian directors Eva Sørhaug, whose latest feature 90 Minutes [+see also:
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