Åshild Ramborg will be Norway’s Producer on the Move in Cannes

Norwegian Maipo Film producer Åshild Ariane Ramborg has been selected by the Norwegian Film Institute and European Film Promotion to participate in the Producers on the Move programme at the Cannes International Film Festival, which takes place between 8-19 May.

Strengthening the industry networks

Organised for the 18th time, the five-day schedule (10-14 May) for the 20 European producers – who have been main producers of at least one international co-production – includes a range of workshops and seminars, aiming at strengthening their industry networks.

Ramborg most recently produced Norwegian director Mikkel Brænne Sandemose’s The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Askeladden – i Dovregubbens hall) for Maipo Film, which sold 354,196 in Norway to become last year’s Norwegian top performer in the cinemas.

Ash Lad sequel

Educated at the Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer, Ramborg had produced short films, before she was signed by Maipo Film in 2009. Her first feature was Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick (De nærmeste/2015), which won lead actress Ine Marie Wilmann several prizes.

 ”The timing for joining Producers on the Move is perfect, since I experience an increasing need of a bigger  personal co-producer network to realise projects in development,” said Ramborg, who is now working on an Ash Lad sequel. 

Previous Norwegian Producers on the Move

 Previous Norwegian Producers on the Move include Turid Øversveen (2000), Edward Dreyer (2001), Bjørn Eivind Aarskog (2002), Bent Hamer (2003), Gudny Hummelvoll (2004), Jørgen Storm Rosenberg(2005), Christian Fredrik Martin (2006), Eric Vogel (2007), Silje Hopland Eik (2008), Yngve Sæther (2009), Asle Vatn (2010), Maria Ekerhovd (2011), Brede Hovland (2012), Hans-Jørgen Osnes (2013), Teréz Hollo-Klausen (2014), Kjetil Omberg (2015) and Bendik Heggen Strønstad (2016)