Maud Forsgren
69 articles available in total starting from 21/12/2012. Last article published on 21/08/2020.
Interview: Benjamin Ree • Director of The Painter and the Thief
“So many surprises I would never have dreamed of punctuated the creative process”
Norwegian director Benjamin Ree talks to us about his documentary playing at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, The Painter and the Thief, which is based on an unusual news item
Interview: Johanne Helgeland • Director of The Crossing
"Talking to children about important subjects and difficult issues is helpful"
Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Johanne Langeland whose first feature film The Crossing is full of action, courage and friendship, unfolding during the German occupation of Norway in 1942
Interview: Pål Øie • Director of Astrup – Catching the Flame
"Using Nikolai Astrup’s letters allowed us to be closer to him"
A biopic in Norwegian cinemas this week, Astrup – Catching the Flame the fourth feature from Norwegian director Pål Øie, paints the portrait of Nikolai Astrup, painter from the Fjord region
Interview: Jorunn Myklebust Syversen • Director of Disco
“I’m simply a witness. My film is more of an observation than a denunciation”
At our request, Norwegian director Jorunn Myklebust Syversen unpicks her second feature film Disco, a work presented in the Discovery section of the Toronto Film Festival
Interview: Benjamin Langeland • Director of Once Aurora
"I’m too impatient a person to work with fiction"
Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Benjamin Langeland on the occasion of the international Oslo Pix festival, where he was presenting his title Once Aurora in the Documentary section competition
