Here you will find a list of participating directors, actors/actresses and other guests at TIFF 2023.
International press who would like to schedule interviews with guests can contact Kjersti Vikør at email kjersti.vikor@kulturmeglerne.no or phone +47 959 10 654.
National press who would like to schedule interviews with guests can contact TIFF's Head of Communication Sandra Aminda Indahl at email sandra@tiff.no or phone +47 481 46 419.
PROGRAM GUESTS
GUEST NAME | FILM | PROGRAM | Arrival | Departure |
Ole Giæver (dir) | Let the river flow | Opening Film | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen (act) | Let the river flow | Opening Film | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Taki Mumladze (act) | A Room of My Own | East Side Stories | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Mariam Khundadze (act) | A Room of My Own | East Side Stories | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Chandler Levack (dir) | I like Movies | TIFF UNG, Horizons | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Daniel Goldhaber (dir) | How to blow up a pipeline | Horizons | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Cèdric Ido (dir) | The Gravity | Competition program | 17.jan | 22.jan |
Darya Bassel (prod) | Butterfly Vision | East Side Stories | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Jumana Manna (dir) | Foragers | Arabica | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Nikki Hanseblad | So damn easy going | TIFF UNG | 19.jan | 20.jan |
Ragnhild Nøst Bergem (dir) | Ola - en helt vanlig uvanlig fyr | Horizons | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Ola Henningsen (cast) | Ola - en helt vanlig uvanlig fyr | Horizons | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Eirin Høgetveit (prod) | Ola - en helt vanlig uvanlig fyr & Rahčan- Ella’s Opprør | Horizons & Tiff ung DKS | 18.jan | 21.jan |
Kjersti Helen Rasmussen (dir) | Nightmare | Overdrive | 16.jan | 20.jan |
Einar Loftesnes (prod) | Nightmare | Overdrive | 16.jan | 20.jan |
Eili Harboe (act) | Nightmare | Overdrive | TBC | TBC |
Herman Tømmeraas (act) | Nightmare | Overdrive | TBC | TBC |
Carolina Cavalli (dir) | Amanda | Horizons | 15.jan | 18.jan |
Firas Khoury (dir) | Alam | Arabica | 17.jan | 23.jan |
Mohammed Abugeth (co-dir) | The devil´s drivers | Arabica | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Stefan Kloos (prod) | The other Chelsea: A story from Donetsk | East Side Stories | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Nathan Halverson (cast) | The Grab | Horizons | 16.jan | 22.jan |
FILMS FROM THE NORTH
GUEST NAME | FILM | PROGRAM | Arrival | Departure |
Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir (dir) | A Letter from Helga | Films from the North (Feature, FFN Opening Film) | 16.jan | 19.jan |
Torvaldur Kristiansson (main actor) | A Letter from Helga | Films from the North (Feature, FFN Opening Film) | 16.jan | 18.jan |
Einari Paakkanen (dir) | Karaoke Paradise | Films from the North (Doc) | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Marianne Mäkela | Karaoke Paradise | Films from the North (Doc) | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Saara Saarela (dir) | Memory of Water | Films from the North (Feature) | 18.jan | 21.jan |
Oistein Refset (prod) | Memory of Water | Films from the North (Feature) | 15.jan | 19.jan |
Veronika Lišková (dir) | The Visitors | Films from the North (Doc) | 18.jan | 20.jan |
Zdenka Sokolíčková (dir) | The Visitors | Films from the North (Doc) | 18.jan | 19.jan |
Johanna Raita (prod) | The Visitors | Films from the North (Doc) | TBC | TBC |
Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir (dir) | Band | Films from the North (Feature) | 17.jan | 20.jan |
Trude Ottersen (dir,prod) | Johansen Brothers | Films from the North (Doc) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Franciska Eliassen | Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? | Films from the North (Feature) | 17.jan | 21.jan |
John Trainor (dir) | Sound the Alarm | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 19.jan |
Andrew Grant (prod) | Sound the Alarm | Films from the North (Short) | TBC | TBC |
Hans Eirik Voktor (dir) | The Coastal Warrior | Films from the North (Short) | 17.jan | 22.jan |
Mona Steffensen (prod) | The Coastal Warrior | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Lisa Marie Kristensen (prod) | Unborn Biru | Films from the North (Short) | TBC | TBC |
Sofia Jannuk (act) | Unborn Biru | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 21.jan |
Nora Gjestvang (Sagtens Film Collective) | CHARACTER OF THE WIND or how to defend against dazzling suns | Films from the North (Young Directors) | 20.jan | 22.jan |
Hedda Emilie Østrem (Sagtens Film Collective) | CHARACTER OF THE WIND or how to defend against dazzling suns | Films from the North (Young Directors) | 20.jan | 22.jan |
Jon Muotka Pedersen (dir) | Smiley | Films from the North (Short) | 18.jan | 20.jan |
Gerry Lister (dir) | Smiley | Films from the North (Short) | 18.jan | 20.jan |
Johanna Carin Nyström (dir) | Today at the bus stop | Films from the North (Young Directors) | 20.jan | 22.jan |
Ali Jabaly (dir) | A Statement of Resistance | Films from the North (Short) | 19.jan | 21.jan |
Camilla Figenschou (dir) | Now, I also, am here | Films from the North (Short) | 18.jan | 20.jan |
Pascal Duschletta (prod) | Siddhartha | Films from the North (Short) | 17.jan | 21.jan |
Gabriel Koller (foto) | Siddhartha | Films from the North (Short) | 17.jan | 21.jan |
Minetta Westerlund (dir) | Among Herders | Films from the North (Young Directors) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Iver Innset (dir) | Distance | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Manna Bergström (dir) | Facade | Films from the North (Young Directors) | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Endre Lund Eriksen (dir) | Home Office | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Eilif Bremer Landsend (dir) | Mermaid | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Tor Edvin Eliassen (foto) | Mermaid | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Laurens Pérol (dir) | Just a tomato | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Emil Engesnes Bråthen (dir) | Violence | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Anders Lidin Hansen (dir) | Into the fog | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Olha Tsybulska (dir) | You know it's going to be about war | Films from the North (Short) | 16.jan | 22.jan |
MUSICIANS
GUEST NAME | BAND/ARTIST NAME | EVENT | Arrival | Departure |
Mie Bergh | A Million Pineapples | Closing party (This year's TIFF Band) | TBC | TBC |
Leonie Kristine Krupka | A Million Pineapples | Closing party (This year's TIFF Band) | TBC | TBC |
Helene Kvam Rognlid | A Million Pineapples | Closing party (This year's TIFF Band) | TBC | TBC |
Lars Birgitsønn Vik | A Million Pineapples | Closing party (This year's TIFF Band) | TBC | TBC |
Ida Solvang | A Million Pineapples | Closing party (This year's TIFF Band) | TBC | TBC |
Anthoni Hætta | Tøndra | Closing party | 21.jan | 22.jan |
Esben T. Andersen | Tøndra | Closing party | 21.jan | 22.jan |
Idil Mahamod | Idil | Closing party | 21.jan | 22.jan |
Bjørk Eide | Kinsella | Closing party | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Gustav Eidsvik | nonne | Closing party | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Erlend Skotnes | nonne | Closing party | 16.jan | 22.jan |
Mari Boine | Outdoor Cinema/Opening Ceremony | 15.jan | 23.jan | |
Svein Schultz | Outdoor Cinema | 16.jan | 22.jan | |
Kristian Svalestad Olstad | Outdoor Cinema | 16.jan | 22.jan | |
Wenche Marie Hætta | Outdoor Cinema | 16.jan | 18.jan | |
Neil Brand | Closing party + Silent Film: City Girl (Special Screening) | 18.jan | 21.jan |
DODGE BROTHERS
GUEST NAME | PROGRAM | FILM | Arrival | Departure |
Mark Kermode | Closing Party + Silent Film/Special Screening | Film Concert: City Girl | 19.jan | 22.jan |
Aly Hirji | Closing Party + Silent Film/Special Screening | Film Concert: City Girl | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Michael Kelly Hammond | Closing Party + Silent Film/Special Screening | Film Concert: City Girl | 18.jan | 22.jan |
Alexander Michael Hammond | Closing Party + Silent Film/Special Screening | Film Concert: City Girl | 18.jan | 22.jan |
BARENTS BAND
GUEST NAME | EVENT | PROGRAM | Arrival | Departure |
Remi Semshaug Langseth (ATTAN Band) | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Aleksander Ralla Vilnes (ATTAN Band) | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Fritz Ragnvald Rimala Pettersen (ATTAN band) | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Bjørn Are Johansen (ATTAN band) | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Mathis Ståle Mathisen (ATTAN band) | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Nikolai Olshanskii (bassist) | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
Tomas Järmyr | Film Concert: Arsenal | Silent Film/Special Screenings | 15.jan | 22.jan |
MERFILM/BURIAL
GUEST NAME | FILM | PROGRAM | Arrival | Departure |
Emilija Skarnulyte (Director) | Film Concert:Burial | Special Screenings | 17.jan | 19.jan |
DJ Timo Kaukolampi | Film Concert:Burial | Special Screenings | 18.jan | 19.jan |
Dagne Vildziunaite (Producer) | Film Concert:Burial | Special Screenings | 17.jan | 19.jan |
ÁRRAN 360°
GUEST NAME | FILM | PROGRAM | Arrival | Departure |
Liselotte Wajstedt (dir) | Eadni (ÁRRAN 360°) | Special Screenings | 16.jan | 18.jan |
Ann Holmgren Aurebekk (dir) | Ovias (ÁRRAN 360°) | Special Screenings | 16.jan | 18.jan |
Marja Helander (dir) | Áfruvvá (ÁRRAN 360°) | Special Screenings | 16.jan | 18.jan |
Elle Márjá Eira (dir) | Reindeer Corral (ÁRRAN 360°) | Special Screenings | 19.jan | 22.jan |