Filmmakers we work with
NEFISE ÖZKAL LORENTZEN
Producer | Director
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen is a Turkish-Norwegian writer, filmmaker and professor at The faculty of Audiovisual Media and Creative Technologies at Innland University, Norway. She received her B.A in Political Science at Bosphorus University in Istanbul and her M.A in Media and Communication at the University of Oslo. Over the past two decades she has produced and directed several controversial documentaries related to Islam. Her films have premiered in prestigious festivals such as IDFA, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, San Francisco FF, Göteborg FF, Hot Springs, One World and Movies That Matter among others. She was nominated for the History Makers Award in NYC.
REZAN ÆRDEM
Director | Sound Recordist
KARRAR AL-AZZAWI
Director
Rezan Ærdem is a Turkish-Norwegian writer, filmmaker, and painter. He has received Bachelor's degrees from the Faculty of Security Sciences, the Faculty of Law at Marmara University, and the Department of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University in Turkey. After completing his Bachelor's degree in Media and Communication at OsloMet University in Norway, he has professionally participated in various projects in documentary filmmaking. His vision is to contribute to changing the world by promoting greater understanding and solidarity among people without ifs and buts.
Karrar Al-Azzawi is an Iraqi filmmaker who lives in Norway. He is a BFA student at the TV School, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Bachelor of Film-Directing and he will finish Spring 2023. He works as an independent film director as well as working at Integral Film. His vision is to contribute to changing the world by fostering greater understanding and solidarity between people.
HUSSEIN EDDEB
Director
HÅKON IVERSEN
Composer
Hussein Eddeb – Libyan Filmmaker and Journalist with over a Decade of Media Experience Notable works include Ta3bir (2017), a short film on freedom of expression, showcased in Marseille, Milan, and Tunis. In 2018, his short film Leptis Magna was featured at the Amsterdam InAir Festival, advancing to the playoffs. That same year, Friend Bashir earned third place in the prestigious EU Migration Media Award. In 2019, Hussein received the Team Challenge Award in Journalism from the Thomson Foundation in London. He holds a Master’s degree in Media and Communication from Berlin (2024)
Håkon Iversen is a composer, arranger, musician and a professor in music production and composition at the Kristiania University College in Oslo, Norway. He has been a record producer and composer of music for film and theatre for almost 40 years, and have received a number of nominations and prices for his work. A Cup of covid is Håkon Iversens first project together with Integral Film.
ANDREA HELEN BERGLI STRØVREIDE
Director
ELLE WHITNEY
Director
Andrea Helen Bergli Støvreide is a Norwegian filmmaker, director and editor. Having won several awards for her music video editing in her youth, Andrea quickly realised that it was the storytelling aspect of filmmaking she liked the most. She graduated from The University of Winchester in England with a B.A with honours in Film Production in 2020. Since then she has worked on commercials, short films, features and in television in a broad array of key roles. She is now working on her first Documentary as a director here at Integral Films.
Elle Whitney is an American filmmaker with a special interest in telling queer stories across genres. She has studied film, playwriting and dramatic literature. Her previous works include personal explorations of trauma, memory and identity. Her current project is a conceptual documentary about processing internalized transphobia and exploring mutual transformation through communal dinners, staged encounters and alternative filmmaking practices.
Paul Tunge is a renowned Norwegian filmmaker whose career began with significant acclaim for his short documentary, “Ad Astra,” at Norway’s Autumn Exhibition. He won Best Film of the Year with “Demning” in 2015 by “Natt og Dag” magazine. Tunge has directed five feature films featured at international festivals such as Mostra São Paulo and Göteborg, and has made five cultural documentaries on architecture and art. His films are known for their artistic depth and compelling narratives, with his latest work, “Reharmonization,” showcasing his unique style and female-driven stories.
He studied BA in Film in Iran and has finished his master’s degree in fine arts at Bergen University in Norway. He works with analogue and digital photography, film, and video installation disciplines. He tries to investigate the relations in the states of being through the triangle of remembrance, vision, and memory as his main focuses of practice. He concentrates on the notion that he calls ‘In-betweenity,’ which refers to the intricate space including the viewer’s perception and the narrative.
PARVANA GULIYEVA
Director
Parvana Guliyeva is an independent Azerbaijani documentary filmmaker based in Norway. With a BA in Literature and an MA in Multimedia Journalism and Media Management, her work focuses on war, gender, and taboo subjects, amplifying the untold stories of marginalized voices, particularly women and children impacted by conflict and displacement. In 2024, she received the Best Documentary Story Idea award at the Sørnorsk Filmsenter Pitch Event. Additionally, her multimedia project, produced under the Prince Claus Fund Partnership Grant, was showcased at the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum. Parvana also earned a Special Mention Award as one of the directors at the GIPA DocU Festival in 2022.
ANDERS HOFT, FNF
Cinematographer | Director
DALIA AL KURY
Director
Anders Hoft is an experienced cinematographer who has worked in the industry for more than 10 years. He studied cinematography at the National Polish Film School in Łódź. Through collaborations with numerous award-winning directors, he has shot both feature and short form documentaries, fiction films, art films, commercials and TV.
Dalia Al Kury is an acclaimed film director whose work navigates cross-genre storytelling. With a keen eye on the Arab world, her films delve into the undercurrents of cultural taboos and societal intricacies.
SIAVASH KHEIRKHAH
Director
PAUL TUNGE
Director