fuckings adoptert
graduation documentary from The Norwegian Film School 2020
director & producer Nora Nivedita Tvedt — cinematographer Jan Bastian Muñoz Marthinsen
Nora invites Therese into a box. They paint their skin white to look more Norwegian, teach each other to fight and try to figure out why it’s so difficult to say out loud “I am adopted!”
a 3x3 meters steel-construction was designed as an installation piece for a black box studio, creating a limited space for the two women to interact and challenge one another. A mirror and a linen screen was installed within, as windows of observing themselves then and now