International premiere

Storm

Local title
Storm
Director
Erika Calmeyer
Country
Norway
Year
2022
Programme
First Feature Competition
Genre
drama
Subject
love, children, grief, death

What does dying mean? Ten-year-old Storm and his younger brother Ulrik know the answer. It is something that happened to their father. After the death of her husband, Elin is trying to maintain family traditions as a single mother, and these include going fishing at a certain spot, which the three of them undertake on one fine day. Only mother and daughter return.

Little brother Ulrik drowned in front of his sister who does not remember anything of the incident due to the trauma. The mother has to carry the memory images in their destructive pain alone in her heart to protect her daughter and herself from the truth. Elin simply does not ask herself or others the questions behind which the truth is hiding. She only gives answers. The right ones – the ones which Storm can give to police investigators.

“Storm” maps the boundaries of innocence and irresponsibility, and with raw honesty places the breaking points of unconditional love under a magnifying glass. Director Erika Calmeyer’s debut film flings her in a high arc up to the arena of star filmmakers. This original and powerful film, created as a very strong integral whole, is striking in all its creative aspects, from the script that relentlessly runs at the edge of tension to the excellent actor performances, which in turn are brought to the viewers through deeply meaningful camera direction that opens the psychological state of the characters.

Elise Jagomägi

Director
Erika Calmeyer
Screenwriter
Johan Fasting
Cast
Modou Bah, Ella Maren Alfsvåg Jørgensen, Ane Dahl Torp
Producer
Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae, Thea Østvold
DoP
Torbjørn Sundal Holen
Editor
Margareta Lagerqvist
Production
Paradox
Distributor
Reinvent International Sales
Runtime
Language
Norwegian
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Erika Calmeyer

Filmograafia Storm (2022)

Best Film Award, grant of 5000 euros from National Geographic

Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070201 / Storm
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsErika Calmeyer (Film Director), Jan Petter Dickman (Producer)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
Hall Athena Center, Tartu
Screening092103 / Storm
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening130504 / Storm
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker