With acting and filmmaking in her blood, is was perhaps only a matter of time when Tuva Novotny would make the move behind the camera. Last year, the actress took on supporting parts in Janus Metz’s Borg vs McEnroe and Alex Garland‘s Annihilation, while 2018 would see Novotny premiere Blind Spot at TIFF (Golden Shell comp title at San Sebastian) with her sophomore feature Britt-Marie Was Here (starring Pernilla August) not that far behind in terms of a release. Her gut-wrenching, unrelenting drama on how society often passes the buck is a technical marvel for its choreography and one take film aesthetic. The drama is toplined by an all-encompassing Pia Tjelta (who we discovered in Eva Sørhaug’s 90 Minutes) — her character embodies the notion of a parent’s worst nightmare with a character who is a psychological buffet in terms of trauma, playing the victim, being victimized and finding empathy.
