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SILJE HOLTET

Silje Holtet (b. 1975) started as an intern at Hedmark Teater in 1991 and has since acted in several films and plays. Among other things, she studied at The Acting Corps in Los Angeles. She has always combined her acting career with writing and directing theater productions, including at Hamar Teater. As an employee at Nordland Teater from 2007 to 2010, she wrote and directed several productions for children and young people. From 2011, she increasingly focused on writing for film and developed a number of projects with funding from the script development scheme at the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) for companies such as Maipo, Cinenord, Motlys, Amarcord, and Oslo Pictures. She has alsoeworked as a copywriter and script consultant. In 2015, she wrote the radio play "Himmeldronningen", a collaborative project between NRK Radioteatret (NRK Radio Theatre) and Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). Her feature film debut "Dancing Queen" (2023) won the Amanda Award for Best Children's Film and has received numerous international accolades, participating at over 70 festivals and winning 15 prizes, including the Amanda Award for Best Children's Film. In the autumn of 2024, her screenplay for the animated film "Nordlys" (Northern Lights), based on Malin Falch's book series, received funding from the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI). The film is set to premiere in 2027, and she is slated to write two sequels. "Dancing Queen in Hollywood" was released in the autumn of 2025 and won the Audience Award at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, as well as the award for Best Film at the Salam International Youth Festival in Azerbaijan.