Juries and Awards

Read more about the different awards at Films From the South, and who picks the winners this year.

The Silver Mirror

The main competition of the Films from the South festival this year consists of a great selection of fiction films competing for the festival's main prize, the Silver Mirror Award. 
 

Jury

Unnur Sande

Unnur Sande has a background spanning several areas of the film and cinema industry. At Arthaus, she began in 2013 the work to establish a venue in Oslo for quality film and new theatre. She served as managing director of Vega Scene Utvikling from 2014 to 2018, and has led Vega Scene since it opened its doors in 2018.

Julie Ova

Julie Ova has more than twenty years of leadership experience in Norwegian film culture, including work with festivals, cinematheques and museums. She has headed the audience and outreach departments at the Norwegian Film Institute, with responsibility for national funding schemes for film culture, the dissemination of Norway's film heritage, the development of digital platforms for film outreach, and strengthening film literacy among children and young people. Julie works at the intersection of strategic cultural policy and hands-on implementation. She brings a broad, international perspective on film culture, audience development, and the structures that enable films to reach their audiences.

Juan Ruiz Antón

Juan Ruiz Antón is the director of TILDE, an organization for the promotion of Ibero-American cinema in Norway founded in 2018. The institution promotes films and events that would rarely make it to the commercial circuit in the Nordic countries and organises ESCENA – Oslo Ibero-American Film Days, a yearly festival that showcases Ibero-American cinema from 2019. The festival aims to shed light on the cultural, social, political and artistic reality of the region in Norway and make these films accessible to a broad Norwegian audience.

Doc:South

The Doc: South Award is given to the best of a selection of films in the documentary competition section of the Films from the South Festival. More information will be announced closer to the festival dates. 
 

Jury

Kristian Dolsvaag

Kristian Dolsvaag (26) is from Kristiansand and is now in his third year at Documentary Direction at the TV school in Lillehammer. He has previously studied philosophy, relition and history, and is particularly interested in the human psyche and existential questions. 

Maja Bandsholm Fevang

Maja Bandsholm Fevang (22) is from Tønsberg and is soon finishing her Bachelor's degree in Documentary Direction at the TV school in Lillehammer. Themes that catch her interest are relationships and repression among people. 

Emil Iversen

Emil Iversen (23) is in his third year of TV and documentary production at the TV school in Lillehammer. He specializes in editing. 

The Audience Award

Film fra Sør is first and foremost a festival for its audience, so we want to know which film you think is the best. You can help choose this year's audience favourite by giving points to the films you love most. To vote for the Audience Award, scan the QR code at any of the festival venues or follow this link.

Votes must be cast by 23:59 on Sunday 15 November, and the winner of the Audience Award will be announced after the festival.