SATURDAY JUNE 14th AT 4 PM / PAN
In 2024, Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s feature film debut Lovable exploded in Norwegian cinemas, to high praise from both critics and audiences. In the eyes of Kortfilmfestivalen, Lilja is a very experienced filmmaker with dozens of short films under her belt before finally making her feature film debut.
The road from short film to feature film is not an easy one, and if you are to succeed, you need people around you who believe in you, who stick with you, and who lift you up. Producer Thomas Robsahm is just that person, and we look forward to talking to Lilja and Thomas about their collaboration on Lovable, and about their future projects. What is the most important thing a producer and a filmmaker can do for each other, and how can they ensure that the collaboration grows while maintaining good energy across projects and calendar years?
This event will be in Norwegian.
Lilja Ingolfsdottir is a screenwriter and director educated at The London Filmschool and FAMU, the Czech film school in Prague. Her debut feature film Elskling had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary Festival in 2024 where it won five awards. She has also written and directed around 20 short films that have been screened at a number of A-festivals, and have had wide distribution both nationally and internationally.
Thomas Robsahm is a producer, director, musician and former actor. He has produced films for a wide range of directors, including Joachim Trier, Margreth Olin, Maria Sødahl, Aurora Gossé, Emil Trier, Lilja Ingolfsdottir, Solveig Melkeraaen, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Gunhild Asting and Ole Jakob Andersen. Recent titles include Ingolfsdottir’s Lovable, Gossé’s Dancing Queen and Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World. The films have been screened at festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Sundance, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, London, New York, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Gothenburg, IDFA Amsterdam, CPH:DOX, and others.