Karianne Berge

Fragments of Ice

The director’s father, Soviet figure skating star, went on tours to the imaginary West and filmed his life in the transition period of the 80s and 90s. Rediscovering his amateur VHS archive, a director explores his vision of paradise against the changing historical background. 15 videotapes, the spirit of traveling to the West. The birth of a daughter. The collapse of the USSR. Fragments of Ice is a journey of growing-up for society, for the father, and for the daughter. A journey that is ongoing.

No Place Like Home

A young woman confronts her own story as an adopted child from Sri Lanka. Her existential quest expands into a detective hunt for the truth in a morass of forged documents, corruption and family trauma.

The Earth is a Chili

An imaginative and partly animated story told from an eight year old boy's perspective. The audience is taken on an adventure with the boy, his little brother and the girl next door, in a mix of dreams, nightmares and fantasies. The film explores how children themselves wish to convey and visualise their own universe.

Ida's Diary

Ida's Diary is a film about hope and courage, about finding your own identity and daring to live. It's a personal film based on Ida's own video diary from the last eight years.