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Anne Gjelsvik

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Anne Gjelsvik

Professor
Department of Art and Media Studies
Faculty of Humanities

anne.gjelsvik@ntnu.no
+4773591565 +4799031124 Bygg 5, 8455, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
Forskergruppe: Norsk film og fjernsyn Prosjekt: Uferdig fortid
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About

I am a professor of film studies at the Department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU, where I teach contemporary film and film analysis. As a researcher, I am particularly interested in the relationship between contemporary film and society, with a special emphasis on Norwegian and American fiction films.

I have written numerous books and articles (both in English and Norwegian) on topics such as film criticism, terrorism, violence in film, adaptation, and ecocriticism. My latest book is about the films of Joachim Trier (see publications)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Norwegian and American contemporary film
  • Memory culture
  • Terrorism in the media
  • Ecocriticism
  • Media theory, intermediality, and adaptation
  • Gender representation in film
  • Film criticism

I am currently working on two different projects related to Norwegian film culture: an individual project on Joachim Trier and one on memory culture after July 22nd (see more under research and publications).

I am increasingly interested in ecocriticism and am a member of the research network Environmental Humanities at NTNU, and the NOS-HS network MIINE, which looks at the relationship between ecology and media, and is developing a book project on nature and the climate crisis in Norwegian film.

I am a regular contributor to the film journal Montages, where I write about Norwegian film in the column “Analysen” (see more under konwledge transfer)

 

 

 

 

Competencies

  • Adaptation
  • Ecocriticism
  • Intermediality
  • Joachim Trier
  • Media Theory
  • Norwegian cinema
  • Terror and media

Research

As a researcher, I am particularly interested in the relationship between contemporary film and society, with a special focus on Norwegian and American fiction films. Currently, I am involved in three international projects: “Making Memories” at the University of Agder, “Translatability of Oil” at the University of Oslo, and “ENGRO” (Environmental Grotesque) at Linnaeus University in Växjö. In all these projects, I explore Norwegian cinema and television. During the fall of 2024, I will participate in several seminars and events related to Joachim Trier, both domestic and international.

  • Forskningsgruppen Norsk film og fjernsyn
  • Enviromental Humanities
  • Translatability of Oil (TOIL)

Joachim Trier

Sommeren 2024 utgav jeg Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier with Edinburgh University Press, og høsten 2024, vil jeg gi flere foredrag om dette arbeidet både i Norge og utenlands

Uferdig fortid

Et påfallende trekk ved dagens interesse for andre verdenskrig er det betydelige innslaget av estetiske uttrykksformer, som får mye oppmerksomhet og skaper debatt. I NFR prosjektet Uferdig fortid (2022-26), bidrar jeg med studier av norsk film.

Face of Terror

Mellom 2016 og 2021, ledet jeg NFR-prosjektet “Face of Terror: Understanding Terrorism from the Perspective of Critical Media Aesthetic.”

Publications

Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier

Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) is the first book about Joachim Trier's films, and the first international volume on a Norwegian film maker.

Bearbeidelser

Jeg har redigert “Bearbeidelser,” en bok om og med kunstneriske bearbeidelser av 22.juli. Målet med boken er å synliggjøre og reflektere over hvordan terrorhendelsene i Norge 22. juli 2011 har blitt behandlet og bearbeidet.

Cinema Between Media

Monograph co-written with Jørgen Bruhn. Cinema has always been a mixed medium, although rarely analyzed from that perspective. This book draws on case studies to rethink cinema as an aesthetic form, and raise new ideas about the practice of film analysis.
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2025

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Analysen: Den stygge stesøsteren . Montages.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Om visualiseringen av Holocaust. Mellom bildebevis og bildeforbud. Z filmtidsskrift
    Popular scientific article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Cinematic Representations of Crisis: Comparing Cinematic Treatments of the July 22 Terror Attacks. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Lotherington, Ann Therese; Gjelsvik, Anne; Lukic, Dragana. (2025) Feminist posthumanist engagements with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in popular expressions and co-creative arts sessions. UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT Norges arktiske universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

2024

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Analysen: Elskling . Montages.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Bruhn, Jørgen. (2024) Cinema entre mídias – Uma abordagem intermidiática.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Minnenes medium .
    Chapter
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Diniz, Thaïs Flores; Ramazzina-Ghirardi, Ana Luiza; Pires de Figuei, Camila Augusta. (2024) Intermidialidade: cinema e adaptação – palavra e imagem – transmidia(lidade). Editora Unimontes
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Outzen, Mads; Gjelsvik, Anne; Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold. (2024) Facing terror: the ethical potential of facing terror through film. Doctoral theses at NTNU (2024/169)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier . Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press
    Academic monograph

2021

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2021) Шта је филм/ Šta je film? . Karpos Books
    Academic monograph

2020

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2020) Bearbeidelser. 22. juli i ord og bilder . Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2020) Vond, men nødvendig. Erik Poppes Utøya 22. juli. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Furuseth, Sissel; Gjelsvik, Anne; Gürata, Ahmet; Hennig, Reinhard; Leyda, Julia; Ritson, Katie. (2020) Climate Change in Literature, Television and Film from Norway. Ecozona
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2020) Medierte minner. Tre romaners fortellinger om terrorisme. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2019

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2019) Openings and closures: Mental health in Joachim Trier’s cinematic universe. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2019) In Focus: Joachim Trier. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2019) «Ingen vanlig kinoopplevelse». Om å se Utøya 22. juli på kino. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
    Academic article

2018

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2018) Outsiders and bystanders in Erik Skjoldbjærg's The Pyromaniac (2016). Journal of Aesthetics and Culture
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Bruhn, Jørgen. (2018) Cinema Between Media. An Intermediality Approach. Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press
    Academic monograph

2016

  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Schubart, Rikke. (2016) Women of Ice and Fire. Gender, Game of Thrones and Multiple Media Engagements. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2013

  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Schubart, Rikke. (2013) Eastwood's Iwo Jima: A Critical Engagement With Flags of Our Fathers & Letters From Iwo Jima. Wallflower Press Wallflower Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Bruhn, Jørgen; Gjelsvik, Anne; Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold. (2013) Adaptation studies. New challenges, new directions. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2013) Hva er film. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic monograph

2007

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2007) Vondt og vakkert. Vold i audiovisuelle medier. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
    Academic monograph

2002

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2002) Mørkets øyne. Filmkritikk, vurdering og analyse. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Non-fiction book

Journal publications

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Analysen: Den stygge stesøsteren . Montages.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Om visualiseringen av Holocaust. Mellom bildebevis og bildeforbud. Z filmtidsskrift
    Popular scientific article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Analysen: Elskling . Montages.no
    Popular scientific article
  • Furuseth, Sissel; Gjelsvik, Anne; Gürata, Ahmet; Hennig, Reinhard; Leyda, Julia; Ritson, Katie. (2020) Climate Change in Literature, Television and Film from Norway. Ecozona
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2019) Openings and closures: Mental health in Joachim Trier’s cinematic universe. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2019) In Focus: Joachim Trier. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2019) «Ingen vanlig kinoopplevelse». Om å se Utøya 22. juli på kino. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
    Academic article
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2018) Outsiders and bystanders in Erik Skjoldbjærg's The Pyromaniac (2016). Journal of Aesthetics and Culture
    Academic article

Books

  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Diniz, Thaïs Flores; Ramazzina-Ghirardi, Ana Luiza; Pires de Figuei, Camila Augusta. (2024) Intermidialidade: cinema e adaptação – palavra e imagem – transmidia(lidade). Editora Unimontes
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier . Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press
    Academic monograph
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2021) Шта је филм/ Šta je film? . Karpos Books
    Academic monograph
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2020) Bearbeidelser. 22. juli i ord og bilder . Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Bruhn, Jørgen. (2018) Cinema Between Media. An Intermediality Approach. Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press
    Academic monograph
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Schubart, Rikke. (2016) Women of Ice and Fire. Gender, Game of Thrones and Multiple Media Engagements. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Schubart, Rikke. (2013) Eastwood's Iwo Jima: A Critical Engagement With Flags of Our Fathers & Letters From Iwo Jima. Wallflower Press Wallflower Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Bruhn, Jørgen; Gjelsvik, Anne; Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold. (2013) Adaptation studies. New challenges, new directions. Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2013) Hva er film. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic monograph
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2007) Vondt og vakkert. Vold i audiovisuelle medier. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
    Academic monograph
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2002) Mørkets øyne. Filmkritikk, vurdering og analyse. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Non-fiction book

Part of book/report

  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Cinematic Representations of Crisis: Comparing Cinematic Treatments of the July 22 Terror Attacks. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Gjelsvik, Anne; Bruhn, Jørgen. (2024) Cinema entre mídias – Uma abordagem intermidiática.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Minnenes medium .
    Chapter
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2020) Vond, men nødvendig. Erik Poppes Utøya 22. juli. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Gjelsvik, Anne. (2020) Medierte minner. Tre romaners fortellinger om terrorisme. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Lotherington, Ann Therese; Gjelsvik, Anne; Lukic, Dragana. (2025) Feminist posthumanist engagements with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in popular expressions and co-creative arts sessions. UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT Norges arktiske universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Outzen, Mads; Gjelsvik, Anne; Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold. (2024) Facing terror: the ethical potential of facing terror through film. Doctoral theses at NTNU (2024/169)
    Doctoral dissertation

Outreach

Analysen Montages

Jeg prioriterer fagformidling høyt og er blant annet fast bidragsyter i spalten Analysen i Montages.

Filminnledninger og seminar

Jeg har over flere år samarbeidet tett med Kosmorama International Film Festival, Tromsø International Film Festival, og Cinemateket i Trondheim om seminarer og innledninger.

2025

  • Lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Booktalk: ReFocus The Films of Joachim Trier . SCMS Nordic Studies Scholarly Interest Group SIG Booktalk , Online 2025-01-08 -
  • Interview
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Un volcán provoca un tsunami en La Palma: así es la fiebre en Netflix por las catástrofes escandinavas. ICON El Pais ICON El Pais [Newspaper] 2025-01-29
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Samtale mellom Cecilie Semec og filmprofessor ved NTNU Anne Gjelsvik. Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival Edith Carlmar Symposium , Trondheim 2025-03-20 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Zone of Interest, reflections after a special screening. Falstadsenteret Spesialvisning Zone of Interest , Falstad 2025-03-12 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Rekruttering av kvinner til norsk filmbransje. Panelsamtale. Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival Edith Carlmar Symposium , Trondheim 2025-03-20 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Ettersnakk spesialvisning Zone of Interest. Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival / Falstadsenteret Kosmorama film festival , Falstad 2025-03-22 -
  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Blurring the Lines between Truth, Fiction and Media in the Norwegian Television Series Makta (Power Play). Linnaeus University Centre (Lnuc) for Intermedial and Multim IMS seminar , Växjö 2025-04-09 -
  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Norwwegian Cinema in Times of Crisis. Literature as a Social Resource/Baltic Peripeties From Crisis to "Permacrisis" , Trondheim 2025-05-07 - 2025-05-08
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Snakk om film: Piken med nålen. Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival Snakk om film Kosmorama , Trondheim 2025-03-20 -

2024

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Innledning til filmen Creatura. Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival , Tromsø 2024-01-19 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Kritikerseminar: Coen-brødrene som filmskapere. Norsk filmkritikerlag Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival , Tromsø 2024-01-17 -
  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Playing with Power, Fiction and Truth: The depiction of the Alexander Kielland accident in Makta. Translatability of Oil, UiO Oil in Translation: A Workshop on Petro-Aesthetics and Energy Transition , Oslo 2024-06-13 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Snakk om film: Roter Himmel. Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival Kosmorama film festival , Trondheim 2024-04-06 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Om å bryte grenser som kvinne i norsk filmbransje. Panelleder for samtale med skuespiller Andrea Bræin Hovig, regissør Anne Sewitsky og Ingvil Giske. Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival Edith Carlmar Symposium , Trondheim 2024-03-08 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Nordisk film, mørk og melankolsk, eller er det en myte?. Foreningen Norden, avd. Støren Nordiske filmdager , Støren 2024-02-27 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Moderator for samtale om Dag Johan Haugeruds film "Sex", med Jan Gunnar Røise og Yngve Sæther. Trondheim kino Førvisning med samtale Filmen Sex , Trondheim 2024-03-28 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Innledning til filmen How to Have Sex. Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival , Tromsø 2024-01-17 -
  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Urban Memories in the Oslo Trilogy . Gustav Eiffel University, Sorbonne, Caen og NTNU Joachim Trier Urban Memories International Conference , Paris 2024-11-14 - 2024-11-15
  • Interview
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) "Nordmenn får aldri nok av andre verdenskrig" - intervju om Uferdig fortid. Nasjonalbiblioteket Nasjonalbiblioteket [Internet] 2024-11-12
  • Interview
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Intervju om boken Refocus The Films of Joachim Trier . Filmfrelst - Montages Filmfrelst - Montages [Radio] 2024-11-12
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Samtale med Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel om Armand. Trondheim kino Førvisning med samtale Armand , Trondheim 2024-09-23 -
  • Lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) The Cinema of Joachim Trier. Between realism and modernism . København universitet, film og medievitenskap Gjesteforelesning Københavns universitet , København 2024-10-10 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Conversation with screenwriter Eskil Vogt . Gustav Eiffel University, Sorbonne, Caen og NTNU Joachim Trier Urban Memories International Conference , Paris 2024-11-14 - 2024-11-15
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Refocus: The films of Joachim Trier. Bokpresentasjon. Institutt for kunst og medievitenskap m.fl Institutt for kunst og medievitenskaps fagdag , Trondheim 2024-08-27 -
  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Estetikk, politikk og kjønn i Joachim Triers filmografi. Forskergruppen Estetikk og politikk, ILOS Forskergruppemøte Estetikk og politikk, ILOS, UiO , Oslo 2024-03-11 -
  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2024) "Sister, What Grows Where the Land is Sick - a case study of the Eco-critical and Grotesque in Cinema. Vitterhetsakademien MIINe Workshop , Stockholm 2024-05-21 - 2024-05-22

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2023) Art and Perpetrator Memory: What Art can do. Falstadsenteret Exploring Art and Perpetrator Memory , Oslo 2023-10-20 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Gjelsvik, Anne. (2023) Snakk om film: The Blue Caftan . Kosmorama Internasjonale Film Festival Kosmorama film festival , Trondheim 2023-03-08 -

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