&Action 2024, 29. oktober

&Action is an international mediafestival held in Levanger, Norway, celebrating a variety of media productions. It brings together all levels of industry through presentations, workshops and social gatherings. The festival is free and open for everyone.

OUR
SPEAKERS

  • Anders Tangen @ Viafilm

    Anders has previously produced massive hits like Lillyhammer, Home for Christmas, Magnus, One Night, Norsemen, Easy Peasy and Season 3 of what probably has been Scandinavia’s biggest hitseries the last few years - EXIT.

  • Bente Maalen @ Blaane Film

    Bente Maalen is a Film Producer and the owner of Blaane Film. She has a background from film studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and as a festival producer at Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival.

  • Julie Skaufel

    Julie is a writer and director working with TV-drama, short films and feature films. As a TV staff writer, she wrote both seasons of the Netflix success »Home for Christmas«.

  • Jørgen Steinheim @ Myreze

    Jørgen Steinheim is a pioneer at the intersection of traditional media and virtual production. He is a multiple award-winning television producer and received an Emmy for his virtual productions. He has created virtual productions for Warner Bros, CBS, Valve Corporation, and Riot Games.

  • Arnt Christian Scheele

    Arnt Christian Scheele @ Qvisten

    Commercial director and head of Qvisten Animation's commercial department, XTND. Has 25 years experience with award winning interactive storytelling and brand building from some of the larget advertising agencies in Norway (Try Apt, Los & Co, McCann).

    Qvisten Animation are known for: Kaptein Sabeltann, Flåklypa, Knerten etc.

  • Gabriel Kapellmann @ Breach VR

    Head of Engineering at Breach VR-

    Gabriel has a PhD in Automatic Control & System Engineering from The University of Sheffield in the UK. Due to his research background he is always interested in new technologies, methodologies and business opportunities.

  • Jordan Brown @ Breach VR

    With a Bachelor's degree in International Business, and a Masters degree in Society and Culture, Jordan approaches marketing with a dual approach!

    Breach VR is one of the largest growing game developers in Norway.

  • Nina Fjelnset & Marte Rye Bårdsen @ Ablemagic

    Nina Fjelnset & Marte Rye Bårdsen @ Ablemagic

    Marte Rye Bårdsen and Nina Fjelnset at Ablemagic have been developing concepts together for over 10 years. Always with a foundation in storytelling—and always looking for opportunities for participation.

    Ablemagic have recently done several productions for Steinkaret scene in Steinkjer kulturhus.

  • Marcus B. Brodersen

    Marcus B. Brodersen @ Pixotope

    With a sincere passion for storytelling and a keen interest in technology and problem solving. Marcus was a producer for the award-winning feature films “Max Manus” and “Trollhunter” as well as the Emmy-nominated show “Elias” and the international hit television series "The Heavy Water War".

  • Tarald Moe Bjølseth

    Tarald Moe Bjølseth @ NRK

    Tarald Moe Bjølseth is a Technical Operation manager at NRK. With a focus on innovation, he explores new, flexible methods for producing TV, using technologies like AR to push production boundaries.

  • Kjersti Greger @ Klipp og Lim

    Kjersti Greger is a creative producer for the production company Klipp og Lim in Trondheim. She has over 20 years of previous experience working in the film industry in Sweden and Norway, including roles as a project manager, festival producer, educator, consultant, and film commissioner.

  • Oscar H. Hansen @ Headspin

    Oscar H. Hansen is a VR Developer at Headspin Oscar graduated from Nord University in 2016 and has been working as a VR developer at Headspin in Trondheim for nearly 8 years.  

  • Marte Hallem @ Scene Midt

    Marte Hallem is a director, writer, and musician from Verdal who leads Scene Midt AS, a production company for film, theater, and music.

    She will be the host for &Action 2024.

  • Thomas Nikolai Blekeli @ NRK

    Thomas Nikolai Blekeli is a strategic advisor at NRK with extensive experience in technology and media development.

    In his presentation, Thomas will share insights into how NRK strategically works with AI to address the media challenges and opportunities of the future.

  • Linn Søvig @ Spawn Point TRD

    Linn Søvig has been working in the games industry for almost 15 years. Linn founded the game developer conference, Konsoll and GameDev Norway before she co-founded Norway's first publisher, Snow Cannon Games

  • Magnus Sæternes Lian @ Readymedia

    Magnus Sæternes Lian is a Senior Engineer at NTNU, where he works with video systems and service development. In addition, he runs ReadyMedia, which provides multi-camera production for TV and events.

FAQ

  • &Action is held at Vaskeriet Arena in Levanger. Directions

  • There is a parking lot across the road from the venue that offers free parking

  • Nearest train station: Levanger station. 15 min. walk to venue.