There’s an article about Tarjei and the filmschool in Lillehammer at gd.no (I don’t seem to be able to paste in the link at the moment.) Here’s the first 10 screenshots.
Here’s the text translated in google translate. Too early to translate myself
«Skam» - Isak lives in Lillehammer: - Now I am very happy that I made that choice
Several students at the Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer have made a name for themselves in the film world. Tarjei Sandvik Moe, known as Isak in the TV series Skam, left his network to attend the popular school.
In 1997, the Norwegian Film School (DNF) opened its doors for the first time in the premises of the Olympic's old press centre. 25 years later, more than 350 students have graduated from the school and new lines have been established. Dean Eli Bø has big dreams for the school.
Bø took over as dean at DNF in March, after Karin Julsrud. She has worked in the film industry and within higher film education for many years, and at the same time observed how important the school has been to both the film and TV industry.
The students who go to school now are not like those who started 25 years ago. These are more used to using audiovisual language in everyday life, several thrive in front of the camera, others are used to photographing, cutting and adding sound - even those who apply to lines other than photography, cutting and sound. But everyone still has a lot to learn with us, says Eli Bø.
Will get closer cooperation
When Eli Bø became dean, she and Leif Holst Jensen, dean at the Faculty of Audiovisual Media and Creative Technology (AMEK), were tasked by the college's board to investigate how the two faculties could start a closer collaboration. Bø thinks that, among other things, the TV school and the film school should stay under the same roof without cooperating, to miss out on many opportunities. She also wants to include the play school in Hamar as part of the collaboration.
There is a lot of good expertise in both faculties, both at AMEK and here at the film school, which we can exchange and jointly benefit from, she says.
It is still early in the process, but she emphasizes that they have already started working together in some areas. They have appointed a joint vice-dean for research and are now advertising seven PhD positions in artistic development work. In addition, cooperation opportunities in technical and administrative areas are being investigated.
- If you are going to investigate room for closer collaboration, it is perhaps not at bachelor's level that you should start, since both faculties' bachelor's programs already have such very strong identities, histories and groups of applicants. In contrast, the master's and doctorate levels open up new and unexplored opportunities, says Eli Bø.
* 1997 Åpning av skolen
Filmskolen tar over presselokalene fra OL og åpner dørene for første gang.
* 2003 Stipendiatprogram blir opprettet
Stipendiatprogrammet for kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid ble opprettet og finansiert fra Kunnskapsdepartementet for å utvikle et kunstfaglig alternativ på linje med de vitenskapelige doktorgradsprogrammene. Filmskolen har vært med i programmet fra starten.
* 2015 Masterutdanning
Etter mange år med bachelorutdanning, startet Den norske filmskolen også med utdanning på masternivå.
* Februar 2022 Doktorgradsprogram blir godkjent
Den 10. februar 2022 vedtok NOKUT i styremøte å akkreditere det nye ph.d programmet "ph.d i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid i film og beslektede audiovisuelle kunstformer" på Den norske filmskolen ved Høgskolen i Innlandet.
* Mars 2022 Ny dekan
Eli Bø trer inn som dekan etter Karin Julsrud.
The future of the film school
Bø has clear goals for what she would like to achieve while she is dean.
- What is important to me is to run as good a national education as possible. Being able to pursue film education at the highest artistic level, with a bachelor's, master's and PhD programme, was the motivation for coming here, she says.
What will the film school look like in 10 years?
- Some things will be as they have been. We want to continue with line teaching and to train specialists within various disciplines – we will continue to have a photo line, directing line, cutting line and so on. This requires resources, but we are, after all, The Norwegian Film School! And I expect that more lines or professional fields will eventually be developed - not least inspired by the areas that AMEK represents.
A long-term goal is to achieve closer synergy between the various levels; bachelor's, master's and PhD. As long as the various courses are located at different study sites, in Oslo and Lillehammer, she sees that it is difficult to utilize the school's resources - both expertise, infrastructure and technical facilities - in the best possible way. As a rule, it is only the national film schools around that can afford to run line education, as it requires resources.
- In order for the students at the various levels to benefit as much as possible from each other, the film school must eventually be co-located.
She does not want to say anything about where the school could possibly be co-located.
Traveled from the network
One of the current students at the film school is star actor Tarjei Sandvik Moe. Among other things, he is known from the TV series Skam, Skitten snø and the film An Affair.
After several years in the industry, he chose to set aside three years to take a bachelor's degree in screenwriting.
- I had heard that this was the best film school in Norway, he says.
Among the people he met in the industry, several had attended the film school's various courses, and he inquired with them whether he should apply to the school.
- I heard mostly positive things, says Moe.
Has become fond of Lillehammer
The fact that the school was located in Lillehammer was initially a dilemma for Moe, as he did not quite know what he was getting himself into. Should he move from Oslo and the network to study in a small town, or stay and continue investing in what he had? Curiosity about studying became an important factor. He packed up his things and moved to Lillehammer.
Now I am very happy that I made that choice, he says.
When asked where the school should be located, Moe emphasizes that there are clear advantages to the school being located in Lillehammer and in Oslo.
- I have appreciated that the school is located in Lillehammer and notice that it has given an extra focus on my studies, with fewer distractions than what would perhaps be the case in a big city.
After living in Lillehammer for just over a year, he feels established and has become accustomed to living here.
- I have grown fond of Lillehammer.
Gathers former and new students
To mark 25 years of film school in Lillehammer, both old and new students will gather for a party, professional content and important conversations in the coming week. There are several students who have made a name for themselves in the film world who come to Lillehammer to celebrate. Among them are:
Linn-Jeanethe Kyed – Rådebank, Børning
Frederick Howard - Three Nuts for Cinderella
Eric Richter Strand – The Crown
Sara Johnsen – July 22 series
Roar Uthaug – Tomb Raider
Thomas Seeberg Torjussen – Zombie Lars
Amy Black Ndiaye – The World Is Mine
Will take inspiration from Denmark
Several of the students at the film school come from Denmark, and Bø believes this could be due to several things. One thing that distinguishes Danish and Norwegian students is that the Danes have often attended pre-school before starting a bachelor's degree. In Denmark, there are several one-year film schools that prepare them for their studies.
Perhaps this means that they have greater confidence to apply, says Eli Bø.
Bø believes this is something we can also look at here in Norway. Several years ago, there were pre-schools in Norway, but these eventually became independent bachelor's courses, and no longer building blocks for further education.
This summer, the film school received so-called seed funding from the college in Innlandet to run a summer school in collaboration with former film school teachers Hisham Zaman and Åse Drivenes in Snowfall Cinema. The summer school was particularly aimed at applicant groups that the film school has not been good enough to reach so far.
- Applying to film is very special. It is really a niche education. To understand that you want to seek it, you must be exposed to it and perhaps have experienced how exciting it can be.
Bø emphasizes that she believes there are many people in Norway who have important and good stories to tell.
This is DNF, it should cover the whole country both geographically and demographically and I think we have not always been good enough at that. We have probably been a film school for Eastern Norway a little too much, and I hope this will change, says Eli Bø.