Director, writer, producer and owner of the film production company BulBul Film, BENT HAMER was born in Sandefjord, Norway. After a couple of years at The University of Oslo studying law he worked for some years as sailboat skipper abroad. In 1986 he moved to Stockholm where he completed his education in Film Theory and Literature at the University of Stockholm and in film making at Stockholm Filmskola. His feature film HOME FOR CHRISTMAS premiered was at Toronto IFF followed by the European premiere at San Sebastian IFF where he won the Best Screenplay Award.
O' HORTEN (2007) had its international premiere in "Un Certain Regard" in Cannes 2008. Bent's feature films also include FACTOTUM (2005), KITCHEN STORIES (2003) and EGGS (1995) which all had their international premiere at the "Director's Fortnight" in Cannes. KITCHEN STORIES received The Europa Cinemas Prize in Cannes. Both EGGS and KITCHEN STORIES were awarded The International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI). O' HORTEN and KITCHEN STORIES were the Norwegian entries for Academy Award.
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