Solvorn
Solvorn is a meaningful and melancholic collage of old family pictures taken by Anja Breien’s grandmother between 1908 and 1913 in Solvorn, Norway. Breien ponders over the past, exposes details, and attempts to divine the future fate of places, items, and family members’ faces. She also approaches the essence of photography as revealed in the form of another person’s memories recorded over the years.
Anja Breien
Anja Breien was born in Oslo in 1940. After her college exams she travelled to France, where she first studied French and then from 1962 to 64 attended IDHEC, the French film school. She has approached film making from various angles: production manager, continuity, assistant director. Her debut as director was the short film Vokse opp in 1967. Breien's feature film debut was in 1971 with Rape (Voldtekt). Since then she has directed several short and seven feature films, among them Next of Kin (1979) and the two outstanding comedies Wives (1975) and Wives Ten Years After (1985), the latter awarded an Amanda for best film in 1986. She also wrote the script for Second Sight (1994), and her films have represented Norway in numerous international festivals.
Selected filmography
1967 Dorastanie / Vokse opp / Growing Up
1967 Jostedalsrypa (short)
1969 17 maja – film o rytuałach / 17. Mai – En film om ritualer / 17. May – A Film about Rituals (doc., short)
1970 Dni z tysiąca lat / Dager fra 1000 år / Days From A Thousand Years (short)
1971 Gwałt / Voldtekt / Rape
1971 Twarze / Ansikter / Faces (short)
1972 Więzienne mury / Murer rundt fengslet / Walls round the Prison (doc., short)
1973 Bezdomni / Herbergistene / Homeless (doc., short)
1974 Witaj, mój bracie! / Mine søsken, goddag / Hello, My Sibling
1975 Starsi / Gamle / Old (doc., short)
1975 Żony / Hustruer / Wives
1977 Godziny miłości / Den allvarsamma leken / Games of Love and Loneliness
1979 Spadek / Arven / Heritage
1981 Polowanie na czarownice / Forfølgelsen / The Witch Hunt
1984 Papierowy ptak / Papirfuglen / Paper Bird
1985 Żony dziesięć lat później / Hustruer – ti år etter / Wives – Ten Years Later
1989 Góra / Fjellet / Mountain (doc., short)
1990 Złodziej klejnotów / Smykketyven / Twice Upon a Time
1996 Żony III / Hustruer III / Wives III
1997 Solvorn (doc., short)
2001 Zobaczyć łódź kołyszącą się na falach / Å se en båt med seil / To See a Boat in Sail (doc., short)
2005 Bez tytułu / Uten tittel / Untitled (short)
2009 Kontur / Riss / Etching (doc., short)
2009 Jazydzi / Jezidi / Yezidi (doc., short)