Dandelion Mum
Norway2018documentary30'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2019)
“There are no impossible things”, says the documentary protagonist, who is the director’s mother. The woman has been struggling with cancer for many years. Despite her disease, she is full of passion and positive energy. Without hesitation, she accepts the proposal of guest lectures at Harvard University. Unfortunately, she has a relapse during her stay in the US and the treatment is extremely expensive. The protagonist does not give up, although her stay at the foreign university must be extended and her return to Norway is uncertain.
Awards
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2019 Short film competition
Don Quixote Award of the International Federation of Film Societies (FICC)Special Award
- directed by
- Barbora Hollan
She is one of the three first documentary directors to graduate from the Norwegian Film School. Originally trained as a photographer, she exhibited at the National Art Exhibition in 2014 (Høstutstillingen), only 25 years old. Barbora also has a BFA in art photography from the Academy of Arts Architecture and Design in Prague and has studied documentary photography under Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin at Volda University College. Her ambition is to combine a subtle visual language and an observational style of storytelling, creating personal, yet political films – aiming to make both
- cinematography
- Barbora Hollan, Annicken Aasheim
- script
- Barbora Hollan
- animated by
- Kawai+Okamura
- protagonists
- Svein Tvedten
- music
- Kawai+Okamura
- editing
- Anni Tiannen
- production
- Barbora Hollan (The Norwegian Film School)
- Photo
- Trailer