It’s been little over a week since the young Nordic scriptwriters returned from the Northern Script Camp from the Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival and what an incredible week we had there!!! STORYTELLING WITH THE HELP OF A GAME CALLED ‘A WEREWOLF’ From the very first evening the participants hit it off and
This year Northern Script started something spectacular. With the help of the two cultural fundings by Nordic Culture Point and Nordic Kulturfond, Northern Script was able to spread its workshops all over the Nordic countries reaching young people in faraway places such as the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the Sapmi community. Besides the Nordic workshops,
Brage Norløff Grindeland, 23 (NO) My name is Brage Norløff Grindeland and I am a 23-year-old student from Stavanger, Norway. I applied for this year’s Northern Script Competition because I and fellow co-writer Kjetil submitted the year before and became one of the finalists back then. This experience was so great that it motivated me
Mimmi Riikonen, 22 (FI) My name is Mimmi Riikonen and I’m a 22 year old student from Finland. I’ve wanted to apply for Northern Script for a long time… but I suck at planning, and so I’ve always ended up forgetting to write a script before the application time closes. This year I took it
Emma Finot, 21 (DE) I applied to Northern Script because I love writing and I think it is a great stepping stone for young writers to try out the craft and get to learn from real experience! I have experience from writing fiction, poems and short stories, but I have only been writing scripts on
Inuk Jørgensen, an award-winning short film writer/director from Greenland, gave a short lecture to the Northern Script Youth Committee on Wednesday evening (26th of October) and he was very welcomed by the members of the Youth Committee. Inuk works and lives in Sweden as the Head of the film department of Nordiska folkhögskolan but he
Rebekka Rut Svansdóttir, 22 (IS) I went to the Icelandic film school. Majoring in Directing and Screenwriting. So I have written many scripts. In my school there was a lecture about Screenwriting where the Nordic Script competition was introduced. I applied because I have learnt to take every opportunity that comes up. I graduated from
Sølvi Næs Hoydal, 19 (FO) My name is Sølvi, and I am 19 years old living in the Faroe Islands. Filmmaking is a big passion of mine, and I greatly enjoy telling stories. I am planning on taking an education in scriptwriting, because writing the screenplay is perhaps the most fun part of the filmmaking
Anna Hirvi, 25 (FI) Age: 25 Pronouns: they/them Country: Finland I applied for Northen Script due to wanting more experience and confidence in my writing. I’m currently finishing my Bachelor Film & TV studies at Metropolia University of Applied Science, but I still feel there’s much to learn. Luckily I have managed to be a
Khali Hashi, 22, (DK) My name is Khali Hashi and I’m a 22-year-old aspiring screenwriter from Denmark. I applied to the Northern Script after hearing about it close to the deadline and saw making it in time as a way to challenge myself and my writing. My creative writing experience started when I spent one