Marte Germaine Christensen is the winner of OsLOpitch 2025!
Marte Germaine Christensen came out on top with “Makt og hjelp” and is awarded a prize of NOK 100,000 for the development of the project. The prize is presented by SpareBank 1 Østlandet.
The Jury’s Statement:
“This year’s winning presentation stands out with a rare combination of genuine insight and emotional complexity. The pitcher’s ability to convey a personal and credible story about transgression and power dynamics – within care professions – deeply impressed the jury. The story feels necessary.”
The award ceremony took place at Ingensteds on Wednesday evening. Marte Germaine Christensen shared the background for her project, which currently carries the working title Makt og hjelp:
“In the wake of the Viaplay collapse in the spring of 2023, which brought two drama series I was working on to a halt, I started a job at a low-threshold housing facility for people struggling with addiction in Oslo. There, I was thrown into a raw reality, close to people in deep life crises. The relationships I built – especially as a primary contact – revealed a complex dynamic between helper and user. The tension between care and control, support and dependency, became a theme that stuck with me. Now, I want to explore these power structures through fiction and film.”
High standard
Today we heard 15 pitches. A total of 84 entries were submitted, and 15 of them were pre-selected by the Writers’ Guild of Norway.
“This has been a rich experience for all of us on the jury,” says jury member Maria Sødahl, adding that the pitches maintained an impressively high standard. “We’ve had the chance to experience a wide range and great variety of film ideas under the main theme of working life.”
A big thank you to all the pitchers!
The jury consisted of filmmakers Maria Sødahl and Johan Fasting, Marianne Gylthe Karlsson from SpareBank 1 Østlandet, and Julie Lødrup from LO.
OsLOpitch is a collaboration between the Writers’ Guild of Norway, LO, SpareBank 1 Østlandet, and Oslo Pix Film Festival.