Norsk filminstitutt

Feature film Going West
(Rett vest)

An unemployed music teacher takes his estranged transgender father on a road trip to the west coast of Norway, in order to honor his late mother's excellent quilting skills. Going West is a warm and touching story about life, loss and love.  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-01-05
Release date (international):
2017-09-28
Production company:
FilmBros Productions AS
Producer:
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Sales agent:
LevelK Aps

Director

  • Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

    Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (b. 1989) grew up in Hamar, and has studied media science in Norway and the UK. He is a self-taught filmmaker and trained cinema projectionist. Dahlsbakken has made several short films using 8mm, S16mm, 35mm and 65mm film techniques, and cultivates the analog idiom in the creative process. His greatest success thus far has been the short film The Devil’s Ballroom (2012), which won awards at multiple festivals around the world. Dahlsbakken's first feature film, Returning Home (Å vende tilbake), premiered in 2015 at the Rome Film Fest and was shortlisted as the Norwegian Oscar candidate for best foreign language film. Dahlsbakken continues to develop his own personal film projects, shorts as well as feature films.

    Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

Cast

Kasper:
Benjamin Helstad
Georg Margrethe:
Ingar Helge Gimle
Iben M. Akerlie
Anne Krigsvoll
Reidar Sørensen
Trine Wiggen
Ine Jansen
Henrik Mestad
Per Schaanning
Bente Børsum
Marte Germaine Christensen
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Tuva Børgedotter Larsen

Festivals

2017:
BFI London Film Festival
2017:
CPH:PIX
2017:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2018:
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2018:
Cleveland International Film Festival
2018:
Scandinavia House, New York
2018:
Scandinavian Film Festival Bonn
2018:
Seattle International Film Festival
2018:
Frameline - San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
2018:
Carl International Film Festival
2019:
Jazzahead !

Crew

Director:
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Cinematographer:
Oskar Dahlsbakken
Screenplay:
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Editor:
Vidar Flataukan
Costume Designer:
Miriam Lien
Makeup artist:
Camilla Haanshuus
First assistant director:
Katinka Lotherington

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Comedy
Format:
DCP 2k
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
78'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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