Gunhild Enger
Director Gunhild Enger is a graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art, and has a Master of Film Directing degree from the School of Film Directing in Gothenburg. She received a BAFTA nomination for her graduation film BARGAIN (2005), and has since screened her films and received awards at festivals all over the world. Her films PREMATURE (2012) and A SIMPLER LIFE (2013) were both nominated for Norwegian Amanda awards. In 2016 she co-directed the short film THE COMMITTEE, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and in 2020 her short film PLAY SCHENGEN was nominated for 5 international festival awards including Chicago, Locarno, Valladolid, El Gouna and Bergen. She also worked with casting on Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or-winning film The Square (2017). TWO BUDDIES AND A BADGER – THE GREAT BIG BEAST (2020) is Gunhild’s first feature film as director, alongside Rune Spaans.