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Halsnøy

The walls of Halsnøy Psychiatric Hospital are home to not only unstable minds, but many secrets, and a dark past.

  • Andrea Kjemperud
    Director
  • Eirik Daleng (Co-Director)
    Director
  • Eirik Daleng
    Writer
  • Andrea Kjemperud
    Writer
  • Siri Vågene
    Producer
  • Eli Hårklau
    Producer
  • Eirik Daleng
    Producer
  • Andrea Kjemperud
    Producer
  • Stig Ove Andersen
    Producer
  • Mariann Rørvik Ruud
    Producer
  • Marion Giskegjerde
    Producer
  • Olav Giskegjerde
    Producer
  • Chand Svare Ghei
    Producer
  • Michael Fishman (Executive Producer)
    Producer
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  • Martin Ravndal
    Producer
  • Bob Fransen - as Theo Pedersen
    Key Cast
  • Lisa Parker - as Sarah Knudsen
    Key Cast
  • Erik Rørvik Andersen - as Erik Ravn
    Key Cast
  • Eivind Jordal - as Morten Fallum
    Key Cast
  • Johan Gonzalez - as Henrik Gustavsen
    Key Cast
  • Paul Fransen - as Dr. Tom Helmer
    Key Cast
  • Eirik Daleng
    Cinematographer
  • Jørund Vedvik
    Sound Design
  • Eirik Daleng
    Sound Design
  • Eirik Daleng
    Editor
  • Eirik Daleng
    Visual Effects
  • Eirik Daleng
    Original Score Composer
  • Lisa Parker
    Costume Department
  • Eirik Daleng
    Costume Department
  • Lisa Parker
    Hair & MakeUp Department
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Halsnøy
  • Project Type:
    Student, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Thriller
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 31, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Norway
  • Country of Filming:
    Norway
  • Language:
    Norwegian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Sunscreen Film Festival West
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 3, 2015
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • UK Web Fest
    London
    United Kingdom
    October 25, 2015
    European Premiere
    The Industry Panel Award (500£ reward)
Director Biography - Andrea Kjemperud, Eirik Daleng (Co-Director)

Andrea was born on December 8, 1994, in the Norwegian city Fredrikstad.
She has always been interested in art, photography and traveling.
Instead of going to one of the public schools, Andrea went through her studies in a waldorf school, which focuses more on creative ways of learning.
In the fall of 2015, Andrea will travel to Guatemala as an exchange student.

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Director Statement

We were supposed to come up with ideas for a short film project, and we were all just throwing out ideas.
Suddenly, Eirik - one of the team members, comes up with this crazy idea about a mental hospital. At first I think everyone was a little skeptic about it, but eventually we decided to try.

After a while, Eirik asked the group "What if we just make a web series? How cool would that be?" and just out of the blue, I think pretty much everyone was like "Yes, sure. I'm in".
We had no idea what we just agreed to do...

When we wrote the first script, it was hard figuring out what to write. I mean, none of us had any experience or knowledge about mental hospitals, and writing about nurses and doctors - how this whole thing works, was difficult.
We watched different movies and series to gain knowledge, we did research online, called hospitals and did everything we could, to get as much information as possible.

This whole experience has been fun, hard, encouraging, and a big lesson. I mean, we basically went from a small, short film project, to a 5-episode web series. Most of the work has been done outside class, and there were days I just wanted to drop the whole thing, but I decided to continue - because of the team.
We've had an amazing journey, and I have seen some wonderful places. I never thought I'd walk around in an abandoned mental asylum, and I'll admit it: it was scary!

I'm super excited that we managed to complete the series, and that everyone worked so hard to make the story believable. I'm proud of the crew, and excited to hear what the audience think.