Artistic Research Week: Blood & Honour

The NTNU Film Prize is awarded in collaboration between NTNU and Kosmorama and honors individuals who promote film production in Trøndelag and contribute to highlighting and developing the film community in Trondheim and Trøndelag. On Tuesday, September 22 and Friday, September 25, we will highlight four previous award winners and their film work: Mari Nilsen Neira (2025), Leiv Igor Devold (2023), Bente Maalen (2021), and the first recipient of the NTNU Film Prize, Håvard Bustnes (2016).

The award winners will be present at the screenings and give a brief introduction to their work on the films.

The screenings are free and open to everyone.

NTNU Artistic Research Week is an initiative that aims, among other things, to showcase art and artistic research at NTNU and strengthen collaboration between NTNU and the city’s art institutions.

Blood & Honor (2008), directed by Håvard Bustnes, NTNU Film Prize 2016**

Håvard will give a brief introduction to the making of the film and answer questions after the screening.

This documentary about Ole Klemetsen takes you into a brutal world. John Klemetsen did everything he could to make his son, Ole “Lukkeøye,” the world’s best boxer. Now John is an older man, reflecting on what it means to be a father. Did he make the right choices? Blood & Honor shows the highs and lows, knockouts and thrown towels, from Ole’s amateur days in Stavanger to his professional career in Detroit. At the same time, it is an intimate and warm portrayal of an extraordinary father-son relationship, an unconventional career choice, and the search for an identity. The film won the Amanda Award and the Nordic Panorama Award for Best Documentary in 2008.

Håvard Bustnes is an award-winning director and producer and co-founder of UpNorth Film. He studied TV directing at Lillehammer University College and NTNU in Trondheim. His documentaries have been screened at more than 100 festivals around the world and distributed theatrically in several countries.

Bustnes was the first recipient of the NTNU Film Prize in 2016. The jury highlighted him as a filmmaker with an established and unique voice and as an important contributor to promoting the film community and putting Trøndelag on the film map. The jury also emphasized his efforts to support new and younger talent, both among NTNU students and emerging filmmakers.