Private Project

When ordinary life shackles me

Dream and realism appears in a sensuous film about a young woman who's searching for her own nature. A desire to find freedom, far away from the ordinary life.

  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Student
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 1 second
  • Completion Date:
    April 24, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Norway
  • Country of Filming:
    Norway
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 25fps Prores 422
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography

Debutant Andrea Tank-Nielsen (22) from Norway, has a Bachelor in Fine Arts from The Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer, Spring 2020.
She has been studying Creative Documentary Filmmaking.
Andrea has a dance background in contemporary dance and ballet.

For a long time she has wanted to use dance as an expression in her exam student film.

She has always been intrigued by performance art and the way the performers are using themselves to tell stories and touch lives in an expressive way.

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Director Statement

When ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another.