Sara Eliassen
Birth: 29.03.77. Oslo, Norway
Lives and works in New York.
Education
| 2010-2011 | The Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program. (Studio artist) |
| 2010 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture |
| 2008-2010 | Master of Fine Arts, Filmmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, USA |
| 2006 | Modern Japanese literature, University of Oslo, Norway |
| 2004 | French studies, Sorbonne, Paris, France |
| 2003-2004 | Western literature, University of Oslo, Norway |
| 1999-2002 | Bachelor of Arts- equivalent. The Kaos Pilot Academy, Denmark. 3 year-educational program in cultural leadership. Exam-project: The Medium (An activist film-attack) |
| 1997 | Examen Philosophicum/ Examen Facultatum, University of Oslo (Introduction to historical- philosophical studies) |
Fellowships/distinctions
| 2010 | Member of the Int. Short Film Jury, Nordic Panorama film festival Recipient of the Skowhegan Matching Grant Award Recipient of the 2010 James Broughton Film Award, SFAI |
| 2009-2010 | Fellowship, The Norway American Foundation |
| 2008-2010 | Fellowship, SFAI MFA, Filmmaking |
Norwegian Grants
| 2011 | Statens kunstnerstipend: 2 years Norwegian artist grant Oslo kommunes Kulturstipend: International exchange |
| 2010 | Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards Stiftelse: Research and Int. exchange Ragnvald og Ida Blix’ Fond: Research and Int. exchange Statens kunstnerstipend: Equipment stipend Fond for lyd og bilde: Screenwriting development grant |
| 2009 | NFI: Distribution and travel grant, Venice Film Festival NFI: Distribution and travel grant, Sundance Film Festival NFI: Project funding, Still Birds |
| 2008 | Fond for lyd og bilde: Project funding, Still Birds |
| 2006 | Fond for lyd og bilde: Distribution Not Worth It Fritt Ord: Project funding Not Worth It Bergesenstiftelsen: Project funding Not Worth It |
Selected Filmography
| 2010-11 | Postures (work in progress) 25 min HD. Fiction film and video installation Director/ writer/ editor/ executive producer |
| 2009 | Still Birds (no: Alle fugler) 12min 17sec. 16mm. Fiction Director/ writer/ co-editor/ co-producer Prod. by Henrik Henriksen, Union film and The Sara Eliassen Group Screenings: New Horizon Film Festival, Wrocklaw, Poland, July 2011 St. Johns Woman Film Festival, Canada, Oct. 2010 Calgary Int. Film Festival, Canada, Sept. 2010 Citizen Jane Film Festival, USA, Oct. 2010 Munich Int. Short Film Festival, Germany , June 2010 Toronto World Wide Short Film Fest, Canada, June 2010 Transylvania Int. Film Festival, Romania, May 2010 San Francisco Int. Film Festival, USA, April 2010 Breda Int. Film Festival , The Netherlands, March 2010 Go Short Int. Short Film Festival, Netherlands, March 2010 Miami Int. Film Festival, USA, March 2010 Sundance Film Festival, USA Jan. 2010 Stockholm Int. Film Festival, Sweden, Nov. 2009 Nordic Panorama, Iceland, Sept. 2009 (Special mention) 66. Venice Int .Film Festival , Italy, Sept 2009 The Norwegian Int. Short Film Festival, June, 2009 (Honorable mention) |
| 2006 | Not Worth It (no: Handlefri): Trash & Carry. Backwards Shopping. Something Special A Christmas Dream. Shine. Glow 6 Anti-Commercials. 35mm. 6 X 45 sec Director/ writer/ producer, collaboration with Lilja Ingolfsdottir Prod. by Toobeaucoup and Balfe/ Campbell Productions. Screenings: The anti-commercial series are part of a larger public art project, Handlefri, executed by Sara Eliassen and Lilja Ingolfsdottir in 2007. For a week, the films were screened as ‘ads’ in commercial TV-channels for 1.2 million people, they were showed as ‘ads’ in 80% of Norwegian movie theatres and on commercial screens in shopping malls, train stations, airport trains and on public buildings throughout Norway. The films have was also screened at the Haugesund International Film Festival (2007) and The Norwegian Short Film Festival (2006). |
Exhibitions
| 2011 | 516 Arts Center, New Mexico Worlds Outside This One. : Group Show with the collective Building a Nation. Installation/ video. Whitney Independent Study Program, group show The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco |
| 2010 | CAC, Las Vegas Contemporary Art Center Solo show with the collective Building a Nation, During Las Vegas Off The Strip, Performance Festival. Installation/ performance/ video |
| 2009 | Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco The Lab. Group Exhibition: Stevito and the Sarettes. Video works |
| 2008 | SF Cameraworks, San Francisco Chordata. Group exhibition curated by Blixa bargeld: The Republic of Zvadaland, installation and video work |
| 2007 | The Stenersen Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo, Norway Alfa Omega. Exhibition on consumption by photographer Knut Bry. The six Anti-commercials made in collaboration with Lilja Ingolfsdottir, took part in the show. |
Teaching
| 2011 | Science Fiction as a critical tool, Norwegian High Schools (DKS) |
| 2009 | Music-video history and making, Norwegian High Schools (DKS) |
| 2006-2008 | Anti-commercial film making, Norwegian High Schools (DKS) |
Casting/ Director’s Assistant
| 2006-2007 | Casting for the Norwegian feature film Upperdog, (Dir: Sara Johnsen, produced by Friland AS.) |
| 2004 | Director´ s assistant on the Norwegian feature film Uro (Dir: Stefan Faldbakken, prod. by Friland AS.) |
| 2004-2005 | Director´ s assistant on the Norwegian feature film High-School Teacher Pedersen(Dir: Hans Petter Moland, prod. by Motlys AS) |
References
Renée Green
Artist/ filmmaker/ writer/ professor at MIT, dept. of Art, Culture and Technology
Lynn Hershman
Artist/ filmmaker and Chair of the Film Department, San Francisco Art Institute
Hans Petter Moland
Feature Film Director. Moland Film Company. Oslo, Norway