Amandus Blikkfang 2025 is just around the corner, and the nominated films are ready! Out of more than 250 submissions, we are now thrilled to present 38 nominated films!
It has been a true pleasure to review so many wonderful submissions, and many tough decisions have been made along the way. We are now left with 38 nominated films – all engaging, inspiring, and remarkable works!
Some of the films were produced at large, well-established educational institutions, others at smaller schools spread across the Nordic region. In addition, several films were made independently, outside of formal institutions. This mix provides great variety in both style and subject matter. It is inspiring to see how films with different budgets can reach the very top and tell powerful stories.
Among the nominated films, fiction is often the most dominant category – and that is also the case this year. At the same time, we received many impressive documentaries and animated works. The final program therefore consists of six animated films, ten documentaries, and twenty-two fiction films. With such a wide range of themes, genres, and cinematic expressions, audiences can truly look forward to exploring Blikkfang’s vibrant film universe!
We warmly welcome you to this year’s most delightful film festival, Amandus Blikkfang, taking place September 25–27 at Kulturhuset Banken in Lillehammer. We hope to see you there – step into our film universe and enjoy outstanding films, inspiring conversations, and days filled with everything about FILM!
- A message from Martha directed by Elia Biondi (Norway)
- AQUARIUM directed by Jonathan Guzmán Monet (Finland)
- Adult Child directed by Hugo Francker (Den norske filmskolen, Norway)
- All those memories I can't remember directed by Nikolaj Schou (Via Film & Transmedia, Denmark)
- Baby Baby Baby directed by Mathias Kartveit Mikalsen (Norway)
- Books Are Made of Trees directed by Julianna Jakubowska (The Animation Workshop, Denmark)
- By the oath of Princess Kristin directed by Hannah Nordanger (Universitetet i Innlandet, Norway)
- Confessions of Undecided Women directed by Milja Härkönen (ELO Film School Aalto University, Finland)
- DEATH directed by Ulvar Berg Gansum (Norway)
- Dumme menn og troll til kjerringer directed by Ilja Wallin (Noroff, Norway)
- HEADLESS directed by Roope Sorvo (Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
- Home sweet (home) directed by Amalie Brinck (Filmhøjskolen Møn, Denmark)
- Instructional Video No. 360 directed by Jakob Lebech Krog (Super8, Denmark)
- Invisible Sister directed by Nellie Rajala (Warsaw Film School, Finland)
- It's Hard to Be Iben directed by Jakob Ramberg (Westerdals Høyskolen Kristiania, Norway)
- Laniakea 2, Chapter 1 directed by Dima (Dmytro) Taran (Norway, Ukraine)
- Last Tram directed by Johannes Vang (Norway)
- Late Nights directed by Victor Quach (Norway)
- Light Bringer directed by Haeven Granholt (Høgskulen i Volda, Norway)
- Low Power Mode directed by Eric Norberg (Sweden)
- Monitor directed by Judit Elena Østern Lien (NTNU, Norway)
- My Dad Is Dead directed by Alva van Niekerk (Sundbybergs Folkhögskola, Sweden)
- My Ferrytale directed by Johannes Vang (Norway)
- My damn assignment directed by Julia Ammouri (Sweden)
- Off-piste directed by Caroline Topsøe-Jensen (Denmark)
- PARRADOX directed by Josva Amadeus Severinsen (Norway)
- People Watching directed by Malak AI-Amari (Nord Creative Camp, Norway, Sweden)
- Recollecting with a Wish for More directed by Johannes Toft (OsloMet, Norway)
- Relax Baby Be Cool directed by Kalle Waern (Katrinebergs Folkhögskola, Sweden)
- Retrograd directed by Malthe Boe (KBH Film- og Fotoskole, Denmark)
- Shoot directed by Elida Helgeland (Westerdals Høyskolen Kristiania, Norway)
- Spermatheca directed by Silje Baer (Norway)
- Stargazer directed by Juan Sebastian Rodriguez Diaz (Høgskulen i Volda, Norway)
- Sugar Papa directed by Filippa Lenth (Westerdals Høyskolen Kristiania, Norway)
- The Art of living directed by Lydia Diana Kok (Universitetet i Innlandet, Norway)
- The Deep End directed by Martin Hoftun Jæger (Universitetet i Innlandet, Norway)
- The Promise of Tomorrow directed by Elida Helgeland (Westerdals Høyskolen Kristiania, Norway)
- The swimming hall directed by Noora Kukkonen (Metropolia University of applied sciences, Finland)
The selection has been made by filmmakers film students, film critics and young film enthusiasts, in addition to the festival administration:
Eivind M. Nordengen, Line Øverli Andersen, Nora Kruse, Tiril Frisk Vinje, Eivind Giæver, Petter Holsbø Angvik, Daniela Scheuerova, Thomas Wist and August Woxmyhr.