Torfinn Iversen

Torfinn Iversen (b. 1985 Sortland, Norway) was shortlisted to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best-Live action short with The Kicksled Choir. He started to make short films at the age of 11. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Culture (film and television) from Lillehammer University College, including a semester at Hawaii Pacific University, and graduated from Nordland College of Art and Film in 2009. He participated at Berlinale Talent Campus in 2009, and his short film Levi's Horse was selected to the Generation section of Berlinale 2012. His first feature film Oskar's America, won the first Eurimages Co-production Development Award in 2014 and premiered in the Generation section of Berlinale 2017. It also won the award for best feature film in the section 8+ at Lucas International Film Festival in 2017. His short film Bog Hole (2018) was screened at numerous festivals, including Palm Springs, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Giffoni Film Festival and was nominated to the National Film Award Amanda for Best Short Film.