Anna Katrine Thuesen, is a Danish documentary filmmaker living in Switzerland. She has been an artist in residence at Nes since April. She has been taking the time in Iceland to develop her filmmaking style, going from a formulaic television approach to a more expressive approach.
Her subjects in Iceland have all been people who are personally connected with an ancient Norse legend or concept, such as rune reading or experts in Norse mythology. Usually, her films center around people and their traditions set in the mountains.
In June Anna Katrine will move on to another residency with ArtsIceland in Isafjördur in the Westfjords to meet and film people living in more extreme mountainous and remote conditions, exploring how their lives and practices and the legends they tell each other are influenced by the landscapes of dramatic mountains and rough seas around them. She has also spent her time in Skagaströnd to reconnect with her own Scandinavian and Norse heritage by studying Norse runes and learning how to knit local Icelandic patterns from the local knitting ladies.
PS: SHE WILL BE BACK 😉
You can see more of Anna Katrine Thuesen’s work at https://bellatolafilms.com/
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