THE LONG ROAD TO THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
Norway| 2025 | 70 min | bw. | English
Who gets to sit in the film director’s chair? In 1973, Vibeke Løkkeberg attended the First International Women’s Film Seminar in Berlin presenting her film Abort (1971). She filmed discussions, interviews, and moments of dialogue on how difficult it was to be women in the world of filmmaking, amid inequalities, marginalization, and sexism. The unedited footage remained buried in Norwegian archives for fifty years until recently, when the film stock and sound tracks were found. The resulting work is a powerful and necessary fresco: a historic document and a political manifesto. Not only has the director reconstructed an interrupted project, she has also transformed it into an act of resistance, a thread connecting past and present to remind us that the fight for a free and equal gaze is still an open battleground. (T.P.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 04 Nov 2025
- Time: 9:00
Location
- Cinema La Compagnia - Via Camillo Cavour, 50/R, 50121 Florence
Organizer
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Vibeke Løkkeberg
Born in 1945 in Bergen (Norway) Vibeke Løkkeberg is one of Norway's most prolific filmmakers, authors, and cultural icons. Known for innovative and often controversial films such as Løperjenten (The Runner) and Hud (Skin), the director brings her uncompromising vision and narrative skill to this project. In 2005, she was named a Knight by the Italian President, and in 2015, she received the honorary Amanda Award for her contribution to Norwegian cinema.
