Ode to Invisible (2025)
Experimental film/video work that intertwines poetic reflection with drone footage of a forest under threat from rare earth mining. The work examines the paradox of human progress: our ability to create and destroy, to sustain life and to erode it. Central to the video is the interplay between nature's fragility and its stubborn insistence on survival. Despite the encroachment of industrial greed, embodied as a humming, insatiable force, the roots persist, and saplings reach for light in the fractures of destruction.
Part of "Extractions", a HILO-project by Obrestad/Dølheim
If the word for world is forest, o = oak (2024)
In a forest near my home stands an ancient oak tree, estimated to be around 1,000 years old. A few years ago, a significant portion of the oak split off, and I thought that the tree would die. Yet, against all expectations, the remaining trunk continues to thrive, while the fallen section has transformed into a rich microhabitat that shelters a diverse array of life.
Part of Science New Wave's Forest Initiative: Scenes from the Forest (2024)
Hotter than before (2024)
Scenes of children playing joyfully on a beach collide with visuals of climate change impacts. The voiceover is drawn from recent newspaper headlines. As the innocence of childhood meets the harsh reality of a warming planet, “Hotter than before” reflects on the fragile balance between our actions and our common future. Can we alter our trajectory? Can we safeguard the future for these children and generations to come? Available at Labocine.
Travels in Reality (2024)
“Travels in Reality”. Experimental art film that explores reality and consciousness, taking viewers on a journey through time, space, and awareness. It uses ideas from quantum mechanics and excerpts from books and poems as a starting point to explore the instability of reality. Available at Labocine.
BUDO GIRLS (2025)
Budo girls (working title). Experimental documentary film in production. The film follows four Ugandan girls for almost two decades. It is a story about life, about growing up, about finding your own way, and making your own future. The narrative follows the girls´ journeys from high school in a Kampala boarding school to studies and work in Europe, USA and Africa. As they get older their perspectives broadens and sometimes change but their core values and aspirations to make an impact in the world are as strong as ever.
Filmed and directed by Linn Obrestad.
Made with support from Fritt ord foundation and Sørnorsk Filmsenter
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Growing up is about looking around and piecing together who you are and who you want to be. And although some dreams may change with time, these girls commitment to change the world for the better, step by step and by example, never fades.
