BLIND SPOT

By Tuva Novotny

FACTS

Title: BLIND SPOT
Original title: BLINDSONE
Director: Tuva Novotny
Cast: Pia Tjelta, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Per Frisch, Oddgeir Thune, Marianna Krogh, Nora Mathea Øien
Genre: Drama
Duration: 98 min
Language: NORWEGIAN
Country of origin: Norway
Scriptwriter: Tuva Novotny
Cinematographer: Jonas Alarik
Production Company: Nordisk Film Production A/S
Producers: Elisabeth Kvithyll
Production year: 2018
Executive producers: Aage Aaberge, Henrik Zein
Local release: 24-08-2018
Film status: Internationally Premiered

BLIND SPOT is the deeply heartrending story of a mother’s struggle to understand the capacity of her teenage daughter’s mental illness. With extreme sensitivity the film explores the grey zones, or blind spots, in mental illness that are hard to discover as a parent or society, while simultaneously problematizing present day ideals that seem only to be built around happiness and success. How do we open up about difficult thoughts and problems, when perfection is the only thing one is expected to project to the outside world?

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San Sebastian International Film Festival 2018
Award: Best Actress to Pia Tjelta

CPH:PIX 2018
Award: New Talent Grand Prix

International Film Festival Bratislava 2018
Award: Best Fiction Film

Göteborg International Film Festival 2018
Award: FIPRESCI Award

The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2018

Toronto International Film Festival
2018

Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2018

Thessaloniki International Film Festival
2018

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2018

Würzburg International Film Weekend
2019

Dublin International Film Festival
2019

Glasgow Film Festival
2019

Stockholms feministiska festival
2019

Scandinavia House, New York
2019

Portland International Film Festival
2019

Febiofest - International Film Festival Prague
2019

Costa Rica International Film Festival
2019

Female Film Festival, Malmö
2019

Lecce Film Fest
2019

Jazzahead!
2019

Young Film Fest, Prague
2019

Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
2019

Molodist - Kiev International Film Festival
2019

International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
2019

Zerkalo International Film Festival
2019

FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival
2019

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
2019

Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2019

B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes
2019