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    Self Portrait

Directors:Margreth OlinKatja HøgsetEspen Wallin Country:Norway Year: 2020 Duration: 78'

Self Portrait

Lene (33) suffers from severe anorexia. Since the age of ten she has been hiding from the Norwegian Health Care System. Then she taught herself the art of photography. The film is a portrait of an artist and a portrait of a deadly disease. During the last years, Lene Marie Fossen became recognized as a world-class photographer. She has been suffering from severe anorexia since the age of ten. She had a unique photo-project, expose the shame, and confront the disease. Her photo art is naked and honest. In October 2019, Lene Marie died of anorexia. She watched the finished film before she passed away. Together with her parents, she decided that the film should be launched on schedule, as it was important for Lene Marie that her story could mean something to others. Self Portrait is a film about the power of art. It raises important questions about what treatment one who suffers from severe anorexia needs. The audience gets to meet an unusual girl in a raw and poetic film.

The directors Espen Wallin, Margreth Olin, and Katja Høgset have, through close cooperation, followed Lene Marie through ups and downs, severe illness, and her artistic journey.

The movie started when photographer Espen Wallin got to know Lene Marie through her photos. They developed a friendship, and Espen became so fascinated by Lene's vitality, work capacity, and artistic talent that he began filming her. He later contacted filmmakers Margreth Olin and Katja Høgset. They were deeply affected by Lene Marie's pictures and personality and wanted to help tell her story – a story about an extraordinary photo talent with a widespread and often misunderstood illness. Lene Marie hoped that her story could teach us something about psychiatry's most deadly disease.

  • Writers: Margreth Olin, Katja Høgseth
  • Producers: Margreth Olin
  • Cinematographer / DOP: Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo, Øystein Mamen
  • Editor: Helge Billing
  • Credits:
    • Director and Writer:  Katja Høgset, Margreth Olin, Espen Wallin
      Producer: Margreth Olin
    • Music by:Susanne Sundfør
    • Cinematography by: Øystein Mamen, Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo
    • Editing by: Helge Billing  

     

  • Awards
    • Amanda Best Documentary (Årets dokumentarfilm), Amanda Best Editing (Årets klipp), Best Film (Årets norske kinofilm) at Amanda Awards, Norway 2020
    • Audience Award Best Film at Biografilm Festival 2020
    • Audience Award Feature-Length Competition at Krakow Film Festival 2020
    • Human Values Award Best Documentary at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2020



     

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