Film Festival

Earlier this year I made a short film called "En Hjelpende Hånd" ("A Helping Hand"). It was a non-budget film, with no public or private funding and I was only able to make it thanks to the help of some very talented friends. We shot it over two days back in May and spent the better parts of the summer putting it together. Then I got my favorite band from my hometown to give us a couple of awesome rock tunes for it, and bam - there was the movie.
The goal when you make a movie like this is to be able to show it to as many people as possible, so as soon as it was finished I started sending it around to various film festivals. And a few days ago I learned that it had been selected for competition at the Tromsø International Film Festival. It will be screened as part of a programme called "Films From The North". I had my previous film shown at this festival two years ago and it was truly a terrific experience. It's something very special to have your work shown in your hometown, in front of a massive audience including your friends and family. The festival takes place in January and has rapidly grown to become the biggest film festival in Norway, when you look at the number of visitors. I will travel up north and be there for the screenings and I expect it to be another great experience.
The entire programme will be announced towards the end of the year and I will post more info on the time and place of the screenings if anyone is interested in checking it out.