*HotDocs 2020 – All That I Am, Director Tone Grøttjord-Glenne

In her searingly insightful latest documentary, All That I Am, Director Tone Grøttjord-Glenne drops us into the life of eighteen year old Emilie Andrea. After five years in the foster system, she is returning to her family home to rebuild a fractured relationship with her mother and younger half-siblings. Over the next two years a determined Emilie begins to heal the trauma that haunts her, learns to speak her truth aloud, and takes her first steps towards a self-determined future. Now Emilie must gather the courage to reveal to her half-siblings the reason their father was imprisoned and their sister went away. Told with a commitment to emotional insight and dedication to Emilie’s subjective experience, this is the story of an extraordinarily courageous young woman on the cusp of adulthood finding the voice that was long denied to her. Director Tone Grøttjord-Glenne joins us for conversation on embedding herself into the lives of Emilie and her family, how a well intentioned Norwegian justice and welfare system can sometimes do more harm than good and the reception her remarkably intimate look at trauma, struggle and healing has received in her native country of Norway and the recent North American premiere at the HotDocs film festival. 

 

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About the filmmaker – Tone Grøttjord-Glenne has a master’s degree in direction from the National Film and Television School in England, and both her graduation film Brother (2003) and her debut film Prirechnyy won numerous awards, both in Norway and internationally. In 2005 she founded Sant & Usant with a vision of creating an environment for documentary film that had room to discuss both images and visual storytelling. Sant & Usant has produced several award-winning documentaries since then. Together with co-owner and producer Anita Rehoff Larsen, she has produced Bravehearts (2012), When the Boys Return (2012 ), I Am Kuba (2014),Maiko – Dancing Child (2015) and 69 Minutes of 86 Days (2017), among others. Currently she is directing Norway’s first Netflix Original, Sisters on Track, and is executive director on Gunda, which premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year, as well as working on the impact project for a cinematic release of ALL THAT I AM. 

“Gorgeously shot, expertly paced, and overwhelmingly emotional documentary All That I Am is the kind of film you hope everyone sees because it might make the world a more understanding and empathetic place.” – The Gate

“Tone Grottjord-Glenne directs this emotionally touching Norwegian documentary with a powerful appreciation of the lasting damage of sexual abuse on children and those closest to them.” – Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Spirituality and Practice

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