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In ‘My First Love,' a Disabled Filmmaker Tells a Coming-of-Age Story About a "Complete Human Being" in a Wheelchair

You want to live independently and follow your dreams? Of course, you do. And so does Ella, 19, the protagonist of Norwegian writer-director Mari Storstein's fiction feature directorial debut My First ...
Screen International

Why the filmmakers of Norwegian romantic drama ‘My First Love’ believe the set was” the nicest one ever”

Norwegian filmmaker Mari Storstein was first introduced to Thomas Robsahm, one of Europe’s top producers, in 2020 when he was making what would go on to be the Oscar-nominated Cannes hit The Worst ...
The Hollywood Reporter

In ‘My First Love,’ a Disabled Filmmaker Tells a Coming-of-Age Story About a “Complete Human Being” in a Wheelchair

Mari Storstein's fiction feature directorial debut, which world premiered at Tallinn, stars newcomer Marie Flaatten and Niels Skaber: "As a disabled person, freedom and self-determination are not ...