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Torstein Parelius
- Location:
- Norway
- Languages:
- English
- Issues:
- Privacy and Surveillance, Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Alternative Distribution
- Cultural/racial identity:
- White/European
- Self identification:
- Male
Bio
Producer for Gammaglimt since February 2015. Producer and outreach producer for UpNorth Film from 2017. Attended the 2015 Young Nordic Producers Club in Cannes, the Dok.Elevator programme 2017 in Malmø and the 2021 Doc Society Impact Distribution Lab. Was a tutor at East Doc Platform 2019 in Prague, a panelist/decision maker at DocEdge Kolkata 2020, a mentor for several local documentary projects and a guest lecturer for master- and bachelor students at Volda University College. Has been an outreach consultant on several projects outside of UpNorth Film. Was in the programming commitee at the NxtMedia Conference 2019 and jury leader for the Ildflugen Award at The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2022. Select recent filmography includes The Chocolate War (2022/co-producer), Nelly & Nadine (2022/co-producer), Name of the Game (2021/Outreach producer), Oh, it Hertz! (2021/Producer), Newtopia (2020/Producer) and iHuman (2019/Co-producer/Outreach producer).