Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Directing
Biography
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (b. 1975), a Norwegian writer and director, has studied film directing with focus on documentaries at FAMU - The National Film School of the Czech Republic and London International Film School. She has also studied Dramaturgy/Drama and Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. First time writer and director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen has previously directed documentaries with a great sense of humour. Turn me on is her first entry into fiction.
Known For
In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
Turn Me On, Dammit!
After witnessing a grotesque murder at a party in her new town, a teenager starts having strange visions and bizarre desires.
Viking Wolf
Robert moves from the Polish countryside to work on a fish processing factory on the coast of Norway. There he falls in love with Ivar who is openly gay and a member of the workers union. Robert is hiding his sexual orientation from the other Polish immigrant workers. When Ivar helps the Polish to start a strike for better working conditions at the factory, Robert has to choose between money or love.
Norwegian Dream
Former pro cyclist Kim Karlsen (39) holds a press conference admitting use of performance enhancing drugs in her career. Rather than accepting the consequences of her actions, our antiheroine sticks to her guns and refuses to alter her mindset.
110% Honest
Erlend and Alexander became friends in eighth grade. Now they are 34-year-old and still friends.
Scener fra et vennskap
A typical day for the two brothers who live by acting as juggling clowns between cars and exhaust in Guatemala City.
The Clown Children
The story of the East German puppet animation Unser Sandmannchen, known in Norway as Jon Blund from the TV series Jul i Skomakergata.
Sandmann - Historien om en sosialistisk supermann
A small protest film against the Fort Knox circumstances at the American Embassy in Oslo, Norway, after September 11th 2001.
War on Paranoia
A mystery about a photograph which went missing many years ago