Marlene Emilie Lyngstad
Directing
Biography
Marlene Emilie Lyngstad (born 1997) is a Norwegian director and scriptwriter living in Denmark. She graduated as a director from the National Film School of Denmark with the film Norwegian Offspring, which has won awards at Cannes Film Festival and Nordic Panorama. In her work she tries to evoke a conflicting mixture of empathy, disgust, humor and melancholy. She lost her virginity in a loft in central in the centre of Oslo on 22 July, and woke up the next morning to the sight the eyes of her pet turtle 'Shelley' and learning that that 69 of her comrades had been killed on an island overnight. For a while, she thought this was a direct consequence of her (too? consequence of her (too?) early start and that the tortoise had seen through her. Later, she acknowledged she's an insignificant part of a larger incomprehensible plot, and is trying to deal with it by laughing and crying with seamless transitions.
Known For
After a bed bug infestation at her shared flat, Emilie becomes temporarily homeless. Rejecting every offer of help out of pride and fear of rejection, she instead gets entangled with the other so-called parasites of society.
Bed Bugs
Silje wants to leave her boyfriend, but when she finds him in a half-hearted attempt to hang himself she has to reconsider, in fear of acting reckless.
Dog Eat Dog
The evening before Christmas eve, Vilde is hanging out with her friends at the central station, when she learns that her mother has been in an accident. She is forced to contact her biological father, but wants to run away to Tokyo.
Harajuku
A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own.
Norwegian Offspring
Two people play hide-and-seek as a form of foreplay during a one-night stand. The morning after, they have different ideas of when the game is over.
Hideaway
A group of girls seek out a height with a view. Slightly intoxicated, they snap romanticizing pictures of themselves and the beautiful surroundings. Suddenly, they discover they are not the only ones to “romanticize” the moment.
Unobjectified Masturbators
The daily routine of a funeral home in a film where a floating camera spies on the employees and their clients.
Finale
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