Author: Mad in Norway
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Open Dialogue & the ODDESSI Trial
Documentary 2026 United Kingdom 25 minutes Language: English Director: Emma Goude Producer: www.greenlanefilms.co.uk Synopsis from the producer OPEN DIALOGUE & THE ODDESSI TRIAL follows the journey of Emma Goude, author of My Beautiful Psychosis, who spent three years filming the Peer Supported Open Dialogue training in the UK. Following the progress of the ODDESSI trial, which…
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Espen Thuv
Espen is passionate for art and creative media. Five years of film studies, including bachelor from INN University – Lillehammer. Interested in having sensitive or taboo topics be more open for communication.
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Help us fund the festival Rethinking Mental Health
We have put a great deal of time and effort into applying to relevant foundations and organizations for financial support. Unfortunately, we have been turned down time and time again.We have therefore decided to launch this crowdfunding campaign. www.spleis.no/510454?s=c The festival will go ahead, but we are currently short NOK 150,000 to cover the remaining…
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What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About TRAUMA
A film about Complex PTSD by Adam Laity 9 minutes Adam Laity is a cinematographer, filmmaker and researcher. Alongside his work as a professional director of photography and producing his own award-winning moving image work, his practice-led research re-conceptualises the notion of the sublime as eco-sublime to reflect the pervasive nature of the climate crisis…
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Daniel Miranda Risan
A 24 years old cinematographer based in Larvik, Norway. Studied TV and Documentary Production at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, with a particular interest in visual storytelling and how a person’s personality can shape the visual language of a documentary. Responsible for the cinematography of “The Art of Living”.
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Small Dogs Bark Loud
Documentary 2025 Norway 70 minutes Language: NorwegianSubtitles: English Director: Nora Nivedita Tvedt Producer: Lillian Løvseth A family documentary about Tuni and her best friend, the dog Salto. In September 2021, Tuni’s half-brother took his own life, and her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Because of the difficult circumstances, Tuni finds it challenging to talk…
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Eivind M. Nordengen
Eivind M. Nordengen (1991) is the festival director of The Amandus Film Festival and Amandus Blikkfang in Lillehammer. He has worked in film communication for almost 15 years, first as head of the Lillehammer Film Club and later with the Norwegian Student Film Festival, before joining Amandus. He holds a master’s degree in Film and…
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Traumality: The Link Between Trauma and Mental Health Diagnoses
Documentary 2026 UK 96 minutes Language: English Subtitles: English Director: Ton Mazzone The films website: https://www.traumality.com/ Rent film here: https://film.traumality.com/checkout/traumality-2026/purchase «Traumality: The Link Between Trauma and Mental Health Diagnoses» is an exceptional, paradigm-shifting documentary that comprehensively explores trauma’s impact through expert interviews and research-based insights. They praise its transformative reframing from “what’s wrong with you” to “what…
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Beatrice Birch
Beatrice Birch, executive director, and founder of Inner Fire, is a Hauschka Artistic Therapist and has worked in integrative clinics, rehabilitation centers and prisons in England, Holland and the USA. Her approach calls upon the whole human being: body, soul and spirit. Beatrice’s belief in the creative human spirit and the choice to be proactive…
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Marcello Macario
Marcello Macario is a psychiatrist who has worked in Community Mental Health Centers of the Italian NHS from 1987 to 2025. He was one of the founders of the Italian Hearing Voices Network (www.intervoiceitalia.it) and is very much involved in introducing the Open Dialogue approach in the public services, especially for young people. He’s also…