Linda May Kallestein

About Me

Filmmaker.

Journalist.

Passionate about Human and Animal Rights.

You are welcome to read my blog on Montages, like my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter or read some of my publications on Scribd.

(Link to photographs are coming.)

Works in Progress

I am currently working on two main film projects:

"A Room With No View"

(Original title: "Et rom uten utsikt") -follow title links for more information.

-Short film, planned production mid 2012, release planned for Autumn 2012).

Visit and like our Facebook pages: English version and Norwegian version .

"Die Smiling", feature film in pre-production. More information to follow.

Shadows of a Midsummer Night (2011)

Original title: Midsommernattens skygge

It´s mid summer, the longest and brightest night of the year. Jon and Line run away from the summer party to hide at their secret place in the forest. The idyll is broken when Line has to leave. This will be the last time Jon sees her. A film about finding a way back.

Director Stian Einar Forgaard
Producer Geir Netland
Screenplay Stian Einar Forgaard, Linda May Kallestein
Photographer Tore Vollan
Actors Jon Vågnes Eriksen, Ingrid Philippa Bruun Larsen, Jesper Aarsland Fosdahl
Running time 16 min.
Produced by Phantomfilm

A short film that I co-wrote with director Stian Einar Forgaard. Screened at The Norwegian Short Film Festival (June 2011), The Norwegian Film Festival (August 2011 - read about it here) and The 28th Annual Chicago International Children´s Film Festival (October 2011 - read more about it here.)

Under Black Skies (2010)

Purified in Blood Music Video

Crew on music video: Director: Sui Bala Actor: Ruben Tumert Hansen Producer: Linda May Kallestein D.O.P: John Iver Berg Crane Operator: Jonny Engelsvoll Editor: Gary Cranner Dahle Animation: Vegard Midjor Script: Kaisa Berg Camera Assistent: Berat Haxhiu Assistents: Sverre Bjørn-Nielsen, Elias Kallestein, Benjamin Kallestein Carpenter: Terje Broadhurst Painter: Kjell Pedersen Make-up: Diane Østbø Catering: Resept Still Photographer: Erik Jørgensen

The Cut (2009)

-documentary on female genital mutilation

The Cut is a short documentary about Mary (14 years old) and Alice (early 20s) from Kenya. Both are affected by the traditional rite of passage into womanhood: genital cutting.

Mary and her community are preparing for her ceremonial cutting.

Alice is studying to be a social worker to work against female genital mutilation. As the first in her community to refuse the practice, she has paid a high price for her choice to break with tradition.

Alice tells of the different myths she encounters in the community around her, as to why circumcision is practiced. Mary, on the other hand, has no voice. She just goes through the preparations and rituals in silence.

Director: Linda May Kallestein
Photographer: Justo N. Casal
Editor: Trine Nordmark Børstad
Producer: Phantomfilm

Thoughts on Faith (2009)

Original title: Tanker om tro

46 teenagers on their thoughts about life, death and faith.

Produced by Vardenes Menighet/VM Media as a video exhibition and released on dvd. I was director.

Johannes and the Journey to the Land of Smiles (2008)

Original title: Johannes og reisen til smilets land

12 year old Johannes from Norway travels to Thailand. His first encounter with the Land of the Smiles, is through Knut, a Norwegian boy growing up in Bangkok. Together they sightsee and Johannes gets to try his hand at wakeboarding.

Knut´s mom works in one of Bangkok´s slums, so Johannes gets to see a part of Thailand that very few tourists ever see. Johannes meets Kep, a Thai boy living in the slums.

This meeting changes Johannes´trip from just an ordinary vacation adventure, to something much more.

“Johannes og Reisen til Smilets Land” was screened during the Stavanger Short Film Festival in 2008.

The film is produced in 2008 by TV Tro/Vardeneset Menighet, a project in the Norwegian Church, where film and videos are produced for and by children and young people. I was director and writer.

Spark (2007)

Original title: Gnist

Caroline is living the seemingly perfect life. She works in the top posh clothes store and lives with the prettiest boy in town in a beautiful house. It's exactly whather mother had planned for her...When Caroline’s dream can come true - what will she choose?

“Gnist” (“Spark”) is a 15 minute short movie about passion, dreams and the choices we are faced with when these are on the line.

“Gnist” is now available as VOD athttp://buskfilms.com/films/spark-gnist/ .

Directed by: Inger Lene Stordrange/Endre Kvia

Screenplay by: Inger Lene Stordrange/Endre Kvia/Ida Robberstad/Linda May Kallestein

Producer: Kitchen Filmteam/Inger Lene Stordrange (2007)

“Gnist” was produced in 2007. It has been shown at more than 30 festivals all over the world, in several European countries, in the USA and Canada, as well as in Australia. In 2009 it was released on dvd by SF Norge to the rental market, with three other short films. Here is the trailer for the dvd:

Mercy Ships Films (2007)

17 year old Robert and 18 year old Marius are both maritime apprentices from Norway. Two ordinary teenagers, getting ready to embark on an extraordinary adventure.

They have decided to take a year of their apprenticeship on the Africa Mercy, a hospital ship working off the coast of West Africa. We meet Robert and Marius as they are ready to leave and then again after they have spent some time in Monrovia, Liberia. A country trying to get back on its feet again after 14 years of civil war.

We made 3 movies about these boys. One 25 minute and one 7 minute version. Also the 7 minute promotional film for recruiting new maritime apprentices shown here.

Director: Linda May Kallestein

Photographer: Justo Casal

Editors: Justo Casal/Elias Kallestein

Producer: Mercy Ships Norway

You are welcome to read my blog on Montages, like my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter or read some of my publications on Scribd. (Link to photographs are coming.)

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