Studio Ibsen has been launched! A national dissemination resource with short films inspired by Henrik Ibsen's works.
The Sølvåren Ibsen Education Centre has taken the initiative and led the development of Studio Ibsen – a new national learning resource for young people. Four of Ibsen's perhaps best plays have been selected: The Wild Duck, The Ghosts, Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House. Short films will be produced for three of the plays, inspired by Ibsen's texts.
Through innovative and ambitious methods of communication, young people will experience something new, a form of communication based on the different ways we humans learn and experience.
With cinematic interpretations of Ibsen's works, young people can explore Ibsen's characters, plots and symbols. Or they can approach the big questions who are we, what do we want, what is a lie and what is true? And what happens when the truth has consequences? The intention is that young people get to work with expressions they themselves master, expressions they like and are committed to. Through a broader view of knowledge, the goal is that more people will participate.
– Ibsen should not be explained to young people, he should be discovered, experienced and made relevant again, says Helle Riis, project manager at the Sølvåren Ibsen Education Center.
The project started in 2024, and on Wednesday, Studio Ibsen was launched in the Ibsen Hall at Gyldendal Forlag. 150 young people and invited guests were able to attend a test screening of the short film Hent meg i morgen and take a look at the online portal.
– Ibsen should not be read just because he is on the curriculum, he is an artistry that young people can use to examine their own lives, their own relationships and the society they live in, and thus find joy in Ibsen, says Riis.
The goal is that by 2028, young people across the country will have become better acquainted with the great author from Skien.
The next film will be produced in Skien, in the summer of 2027, specifically at Gåsodden Camping.
Studio Ibsen is developed by project manager Helle Riis, subject manager Julie Nordahl (both Sølvåren), filmmaker Ola Martin Fjeld (Antfarm), Associate Professor Tone Krosshus, and University Lecturer Barbro Børli Løkken, (both University of South-Eastern Norway, editor Eli Anne Simensen and editor Charlotte Wilhelmsen, (both Gyldendal Forlag)
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