Original Title
Dancing Queen
Genre
Family, coming of age
Production Year
2023
Country of Origin
Norway
Language Spoken
Norwegian
Length
90 mins
Festival
Berlin FF Generation Kplus (world premiere)
Director
Aurora Gossé
Scriptwriter
Silje Holtet
Cast
Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson
Anders Baasmo
Anne Marit Jacobsen
Andrea Bræin Hovig
Production Company
Amarcord
Producers
Thomas Robsahm
Release Date
March 10th 2023 by Scandinavian Film Distribution
Mina (12) gets her world turned upside down when the famous dancer Edvin moves to her town. She falls head over heels in love, and when he invites the local kids to an an audition for a new dance crew, Mina sees her chance and signs up. Intoxicated by love she throws herself into the excitement. But there’s one essential thing she has forgotten: She can’t dance!
director
Aurora Gossé, born in 1987 got her degree as director from The Norwegian Film School. Her graduation film We who see in the dark won the Critics Award at The Short Film Festival in Grimstad in 2015 and was nominated for the Students Academy Awards the same year. With the music video Echo she won This Years Talent at VidAwards in 2016 and got an honourable mention at The Short Film Festival in Grimstad. It was also shortlisted for the Nordic Music Video Awards. She has directed two family films and a tv-series of the popular Casper & Emma franchise. She has also directed the series Tainted, Countrymen and Super Hero Academy for NRK and TV2.
producer
Thomas Robsahm is a producer and director. He has produced more than 50 films for esteemed directors such as Joachim Trier, Margreth Olin, Maria Sødahl , Emil Trier, Lilja Ingolfsdottir and many more. He has won seven Amanda awards, two as a director and five as a producer. He has also won Nordic Council Film Prize for Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier, which was also selected to compete for the Palme d´Or in Cannes, 2015. Hope by Maria Sødahl was screened in Toronto and Berlin Film Festival and nominated for two European Film Awards. It was also shortlisted for the Oscars in 2021. The Worst Person in the World by Joachim Trier was selected for the main competition in Cannes, 2021 and Renate Reinsve won the award for best actress. It was also nominated for two Oscars, BAFTA and Cesar. It received 12 Amanda nominations, winning five including for best film and the Audience Award. In 2021 Robsahm won the Aamot Award for outstading contribution to the Norwegian film industry.
Mina
Dancing Queen is her first film. She has previously done roles at Hamar Theater.
Ove
Anders Baasmo was born on January 29, 1976 in Hamar, Norway. Attended the Norwegian National Academy of Dramatic Art 1997-2000. Named as one of European films’ Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion in 2010. He has done around 50 roles in films and tv-series. Best known for the Oscar nominated film KonTiki (2012), Welcome to Norway (2016), The Kings Choice (2016) In Order of Disapperance (2014), Børning (2014) and Exit (2019).
Grandma
Anne Marit Jacobsen is a legendary Norwegian actress born in 1946. She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Dramatic Art before being hired at The National Theatre in 1969. She has done more than 50 films and tv-series is and known for Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021), Norske byggekloser (2018), Herman (1990) and Vildanden by Henrik Ibsen (1970).
Anne Berit
Andrea Bræin Hovig was born in 1973 and attended the Norwegian National Academy of Dramatic Art 1995-98. Best known for Hope (2019) by Maria Sødahl which gave her a European Film Awards nomination. She has won the Norwegian Critics Award twice in two years. She also won an Amanda for Hope. Other films includes Beware of Children (2019) by Dag Johan Haugerud and An Affair (2018) by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken.
