Norwegian Director Rune Denstad Langlo named Best Emerging Filmmaker at the TriBeCa Film Festival 2009
5/4/2009 //
Rune Denstad Langlo was awarded Best Newcomer, at the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York, for his feature debut North scripted by Erlend Loe and produced by Sigve Endresen and Brede Hovland for Motlys.
Rune Denstad Langlo has worked both as a director and producer in the documentary genre for 10 years. He started his career as a production assistant and researcher for a historic documentary on Roald Amundsen. He has directed the feature-length documentaries Too Much Norway (2005) and 99% Honest (2008). Both received theatrical releases and critical acclaim.
North is a road movie without a road, North is a wry comedy about a former ski champ on a journey to start anew. Having just learned he has a five-year-old son, he hops on his snowmobile with a batch of moonshine, bound for ex-girlfriend’s home in Norway’s Far North. His oddball encounters along the way make this fresh and original debut both tender and amusing.
According to French sales agent, Memento Films International, the Berlin screening sparked off a ”real bidding war” between European buyers - the film has subsequently been licensed to almost 20 countries.
North have also won the international critics’ FIPRESCI prize and a shared Europa Cinemas Label at the recent Berlinale.
Please click here for an interview with Rune Denstad Langlo by Indiewire.com