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TrustNordisk Boards Mari Storstein’s Disability-Empowering Pic ‘My First Love’ From ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
The story of a wheel-chair user's first love is told from the perspective of disabled helmer Mari Storstein.
“My First Love” is the film I wish I had seen when I was young,” said the 38-year-old Storstein, who laments the usual “one-dimensional and stereotypical” portrayals of disabled people on screen, based on “myths and internalized prejudices” that often “end up being seen as the truth about us.” At this week’s New Nordic Films market in Haugesund, Norway, TrustNordisk is repping Robsahm’s other production – the Karlovy Vary multiple award-winner “Loveable” by Lilja Ingolfsdottir, depicted by Variety reviewer Guy Lodge as “A marital drama that keeps our sympathies in flux.” Three TrustNordisk titles have been showcased as works in progress in Haugesund: the Danish rural drama “Home Sweet Home” by Frelle Petersen produced by Zentropa, the Norwegian animated feature “The Polar Bear Prince” by Mikkel B. Sandemose and “Three Men and a Villa” by Charlotte Blom, both produced by celebrated Norwegian production house Maipo Film (“Bikechess”).
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