Half Elf has been selected for Tromsø International Film Festival, TIFF, Norways biggest film festival. The film is one of six feature films included in this years “Films from the North” program, which presents “the best of new films made in the Barents region and other polar areas.” 34 short films, documentaries, student films and features are presented in total as part of this category this year.
The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival was held in 1991. TIFF has 5 screening venues, including one outdoor snow cinema. The total of admissions in 2014 it was 58167, which makes TIFF Norway’s biggest film festival.
Films from the North is Tromsø International Film Festival’s program for films from the Barents Region and other circumpolar areas. The sidebar has traditionally been reserved for shorts and documentaries, with more than 8000 tickets sold annually. TIFF accepted feature length films into the program for the first time in 2019, and in 2020 they further expanded their scope by inviting Icelandic films to participate.
Films are qualified if the subject, the production or the director is connected to the northern regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, or Iceland.
