Norwegian actress and director Janicke Askevold is currently in post-production on Solomamma. The film comes four years after the premiere of her debut feature, Together Alone, a micro-budget production shot during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Solomamma follows Edith, a journalist in her forties who chose to become a single mother through an anonymous sperm donor, believing she could build a life on her own terms. Now the happy mother of a five-year-old son, Edith begins to feel the emotional weight of parenting alone, and doubts start to creep in. When she unexpectedly discovers the identity of the donor, a successful game developer named Niels, who lives nearby, her curiosity leads her to arrange a meeting under the pretext of a feature interview about him and his tech company. What begins as a calculated encounter gradually deepens into a genuine connection, pushing Edith further into lies and threatening the fragile balance of the life she has built.

Lisa Loven Kongsli and Herbert Nordrum lead the cast. Kongsli, known for her roles in Force Majeure [+leggi anche:
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Solomamma was filmed in Oslo over five weeks from early September to mid-October 2024 and was lensed by Norwegian cinematographer Torjus Thesen. The editing is handled by Patrick Larsgaard, with production design by Mette Haukeland and the soundscape crafted by Bent Holm. The original score features compositions by Lithuanian musicians Paulius Kilbauskas and Vygintas Kisevičius, with additional contributions from Latvian cellist Kārlis Auzāns.

The movie is a co-production between Norway, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland, staged by Rebekka Rognøy, Magne Lyngner, Magnus Nygaard Albertsen and Gary Cranner, of Bacon Pictures Oslo and Danish Bacon Pictures Copenhagen, in co-production with Gints Grūbe and Inese Boka-Grūbe through Latvia’s Mistrus Media, Gabija Siurbytė and Viktorija Rimkutė for Vilnius-based Dansu, and Jani Pösö through Helsinki-based It’s Alive Films.

Funding and support have been provided by several national and regional bodies, including the Norwegian Film Institute, the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia and YLE, in partnership with Post Control Helsinki.

Distribution rights for Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland have been secured by Scanbox Entertainment, which will oversee the film’s theatrical release across the region. International sales rights, excluding Latvia and Lithuania, are handled by French outfit Playtime. Solomamma is slated for release in the second half of 2025.