Ane Hjort Guttu, Ellen Ugelstad

Ane Hjort Guttu is a Norwegian artist and filmmaker based in Oslo. She works within several different media, but has in the last years focused on film- and video works. Guttu has made several explorative short films and video works that are genre-defying and has been presented at several film festivals and cultural institutions. Among these festivals are MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, CPH:DOX and Gothenburg International Film Festival.

Ellen Ugelstad is a Norwegian filmmaker and works with fiction film, documentary and film essays. Ugelstad has med har mark as an unafraid filmmaker exploring both fiction and documentary. She has always gone her own path for distribution of her films and mixes traditional and new platforms for her work. Her films often explore power and powerlessness, normality and madness, people and the vulnerability of the individual in the face of systems. Her films have been screened at several film festivals and art arenas through the years. The film Indian Summer – Du skal ha gode nerver for å være indianer (2011) were screened at DOK Leipzig and CPH:DOX, and was presented at the The Autumn Exhibition. Making Sense Together was shown at Oslo Pix Filmfestival in 2018 and is currently part of the National Museums opening exhibit. She is also the winner of two Gullstoler for her films Den grønne dalen and The Wonders Beneath the Sea.

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