Bente Lohne (Writer/Director) is a critically acclaimed writer of multiple novels who has also worked in the theatre, including puppet theatre, and in films. Bente is best known for her popular 4-volume fantasy series Julia's Journey, which has entered Norwegian literary history as the first ever Norwegian fantasy series (published in the 1980's).
Lohne was co-producer on Gundersen's film BETRAYAL (2009) and has written several screenplays, including CODEX (projected release 2026), the screenplay for NORTH (in Norwegian called NORDOVER).
Bente speaks several languages, including French, German, Hungarian, and Chinese. Outside of Norway, she has also studied at London School of Economics and at Fudan University in Shanghai before getting a Norwegian Government Research Scholarship to further her Confucian studies.
Hawk Gundersen has co-produced through his company Viking Films several feature films, including classics such as FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR (Disney) and REVOLUTION (Warner Bros, starring Al Pacino).
Gundersen also produced the 3D animated feature film FREE JIMMY, which won the Best Feature Film award at the Annecy Film Festival for animated films in 2007, and the Amanda or Best Picture Award in Norway in 2006. The film was an official selection at both "Cinema de la Plage" and "Semaine de la Critique" in Cannes in 2006.
In 2001, his animated TV series TWO WASTERS won two Gullruten (the Norwegian top television award comparable to the Emmy award).
Ralph Guggenheim is renowned for his pivotal role as a co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, and as producer of the groundbreaking animated film TOY STORY (1995), the first of a subsequent series.
As a producer, he played a key role in bringing TOY STORY to life, marking a watershed moment in animation history. Guggenheim's contributions continue to inspire and influence the animation industry to this day.
Guggenheim's background in computer science along with his passion for storytelling led him to close collaboration with visionaries like Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs in shaping Pixar's early years.
Frederik Budolph-Larsen is a director and story-telling artist with 23 years of experience in Television and the AAA video game industry, where he has been part of the core story team on several major game titles.
He has worked on more than 33 episodes of animation, including Moomin Valley, LEGO: Star Wars, Ninjago, Novelmore, Duck on Call. He has more than 10 years of experience directing Motion Capture action and full body and voice performance-capture for Franchises like Hitman.
Frederik Budolph has been a returning evaluator at DADIU, The Danish National Academy of Digital Entertainment.
Raymond Enoksen is Norway's leading film and television composer. He has written music for more than 200 productions, including feature films, drama series, documentaries , format television, commercials, and stage work. He first worked with Gundersen on BETRAYAL in 2009. Among his most well-known work is the International Emmy award winning drama series ATLANTIC CROSSING (2021), the Norwegian Gullruten winning drama series TROUBLE MAKERS (2022) (Gullruten is the Norwegian Emmy), the Norwegian HELT PERFEKT (2018) (Eng.: All Perfect) , The Prix Europa winning documentary series THE SNOW BALL WAR (2011) and the feature film THALE (“Official Selection”, Toronto film festival 2012).
Raymond Enoksen has also worked as an orchestral arranger for multiple international artists like Steven Tyler, Jennifer Hudson, Ne-Yo, Seinabo Sei, Nico & Vinz, Emel Mathluoti, and James Blunt on the Nobel Peace prize concerts.
Rolf Løvland is a composer and lyricist.
He began composing at an early age (he formed a band at the age of nine) and grew up studying at the Kristiansand Music Conservatory, later receiving his master's degree from the Norwegian Institute of Music in Oslo. Løvland was a foreign exchange student in Shawnee, Oklahoma for a year while in high school.
Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist.
He is maybe most recognised for composing the song You Raise Me Up(lyrics by Brendan Graham), which, according to Rolf Løvland in an interview with Radio Norge in February 2010, has been covered more than 500 times thus far.
Løvland has won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, composing the songs La det swinge in 1985 and Nocturne in 1995 alongside Secret Garden, resulting in Norway's first two titles.
Maria Arredondo began performing at age 10 in her hometown of Vennesla, Norway. She developed her musical style over time and released her debut album Maria Arredondo in 2003, which received top reviews from VG. Her second album, Not Going Under (2004), featured music videos for the first time in her career.
She later released a Christmas album Min Jul, with contributions from Jon Lord of Deep Purple, before taking a short break. In 2007, she returned with For a Moment, whose lead single “Brief and Beautiful” became a major hit. That year, she was also cast as Maria Von Trapp in Norway’s first major Sound of Music production in two decades.
Arredondo has collaborated with artists like Marit Larsen and Marion Raven and entered the 2010 Melodi Grand Prix with “The Touch” by Rolf Løvland. Her music has sold over 150,000 albums in Norway. In 2013, she released Heime Nå while also working part-time at Heggedal Church in Asker.
Since 2017 Maria has achieved enormous success in China and Asia. Her catalog has reached close to 2 billion streams and in spring 2025 Maria played for an audience of 25 000 in Tiajing, China. The Asian and Chinese fairytale had just begun for Maria Arredondo.
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