This is the jury for the Edith Carlmar-award 2026
The Edith Carlmar Award has been presented since 2010 to professional female film workers in Norway who have demonstrated integrity, a fearless ability to think in new ways, and a willingness to break boundaries. Since 2018, the award has been presented during Kosmorama. We are now pleased to announce that the jury for the Edith Carlmar Award 2026 consists of Ingvil Giske, Anne Gjelsvik, and Ingrid Synneva Holtar.
The Edith Carlmar Award is presented in collaboration with SpareBank 1 SMN.
Photo: Maja Langva (from the Edith Carlmar-symposium 2026)
Ingvil Giske
Ingvil Giske was educated at Volda University College. She produced Benjamin Ree’s documentary Ibelin, which won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival and was later acquired by Netflix. She also produced Øystein Mamen’s debut film Punishment, which received the Faith in Film Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival and later participated in the Slamdance Festival. Ingvil has a particular interest in children’s and youth documentaries and has produced Todd & Super-Stella (Mari Monrad Vistven), Away from Home (Bortebane, Line Hatland), and The School by the Sea and Tongue Cutters (Tungeskjærerne) by Solveig Melkeraaen.
Other titles include: Formørkelsen, Kunstneren og tyven, Dugma- the Button, Flink pike, Meet the Censors and Barneraneren.
Irene Torp Halvorsen
Irene Torp Halvorsen holds a degree in film studies from the University of Bologna. She has worked in various areas of film dissemination, including film distribution, teaching film history, the Cultural Schoolbag (DKS), film clubs, and film festivals. In 2008, she founded the Cinematheque in Kristiansand, which she managed for four years. Over the past ten years, she has been a curator at the Cinematheque in Oslo, focusing among other things on the Oslo Silent Film Festival and collaborations with the regional cinematheques.
Ingrid Synneva Holtar
Ingrid Synneva Holtar holds degrees in film studies from Columbia University and NTNU. Her research has focused on feminist film history in a Norwegian context, and in 2022 she completed a PhD at NTNU on feminist film and film culture in Norway in the 1970s, Feminism on Screen: Feminist Filmmaking in Norway in the 1970s. Holtar is currently a Researcher II at the National Library of Norway, where she works with the film collection through publications, lectures, screenings, and film releases.
