Freedom of the seas
Documentary (Release 2025)
Freedom of the Seas examines how powerstructures, globalization and capitalism challange democratic rights such as the common law court to the sea, and therefore also living conditions for both individuals and societies along the coast of Norway.
The fishing industry is Norways second largest source of income after the oil. How is the opportunity to make aliving from fishing distributed in the Norwegian continental shelf? Who can buy fishing quotas and how much does it cost? Who are the owners?
These seemingly simple questions turn out to be complicated to Norwegian authorities to respond to.
Director and artist: Siri Hermansen
Work as Editor
Chernobyl Mon Amour
Art / Documentary / Video installation
Following two state-employed guides in Priyat, Ukraine, Dennis and Maxim and their subjective perspectives and relationship to The Zone.
The project touches on the mysterious ability of both man and nature to adapt to the radioactive air.
Total runtime 20 minutes.
Artist: Siri Hermansen
Work as editor
Exhibition at Stenersen Museum (Norway 2012/2013)
Screened at Norwegian Short Film Festival (Norway 2012)
and Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam (Netherland 2012)
Detroit, Land of Freedom
Art / Documentary / Video installation
A film that explores what can grow out of the financial catastrophy that has ruined The Motor City, Detroit during the past decades.
Warning: Animal slaughter
Total runtime 32 minutes.
Artist: Siri Hermansen
Work as editor
Exhibition at The 15th Seoul International New Media Festival (Korea 2015)
Exhibition at Stenersen Museum (Norway 2012/2013)
Island of Memories
Art / Documentary / Video installation
A three channel video intallation. The film investigate how memories and traumas of the Second World War have been transferred and received by the 3rd generation descendants of German families. We get an insight into human processes of adaption, where negotiation mechanisms enter into force for the descendant to carry their family heritage.
Director and artist: Siri Hermansen
Work as editor
Picture above: Installation at Galleri F15, Jeløya, Norway. (Photo by Momentum)
Dreaming In The Stone-bed Walley
Art / Short film / Video installation
A non-verbal short film revolving around two realities related to the fundamental necessity of sleep within the Israel controlled Jerusalem and the bordering zone of the Palestinian controlled Bethlehem.
Two muted men presents two different perspectives on adaption to the conflict and of how new survival strategies emerge in order for human and nature to survive within this territory.
Artist: Siri Hermansen
Work as editor
Exhibition at Seoul International New Media Festival (South Korea 2018)
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Martine - Siste Kapittel / Murder In Mayfair
Documentary, 4 x 45 min, 1 x 60 min.
In 2008, 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen was killed after a night out in Mayfair. Hours after her death, the only suspect in the case, Farouk Abdulhak, the son of one of Yemen’s richest and most powerful men, fled the UK to Yemen.
Nawal Al-Maghafi seeks answers to what happened to Martine and uncovers how money, political power and Yemeni law protected Farouk once he had absconded to Yemen, which has no extradition treaty with the UK.
Directed by Gard A. Andreassen & Nawal Al-Maghafi
Production company: BBC, BBC Arabic & NeedToKnow
Work as Director of Photography
► Watch "Martine - Siste Kapittel" on TV2
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Migration Age
Documentary series (in progress)
The Migration Age, spanning from the late Roman Empire to the early Middle Ages, was a transformative period characterized by the movement of peoples across Europe.
Amid the decline of the Roman Empire, various 'barbarian' tribes from the north, including the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Burgundians, Langobards, and others, seized the opportunity to migrate and establish new kingdoms. This era witnessed clashes of cultures, the fall of empires, and the emergence of new political and social structures.
The series aims to explore the dynamic stories of these 'barbarian' tribes as they navigated an era of upheaval, leaving a lasting impact on the history and legacy of Europe.
Narrated by Mary-Ann Ochota
Production company: Ancient Productions & NeedToKnow
Work as series developer, co-director and DOP
Frihet på vent / Freedom on Hold
Documentary (in progress), 85 min
The documentary explores Sha'af's escape from social constraints and threats, as she becomes aware of her society's loss of secular ideas. She highlights the struggle for individual autonomy in the transformation of Palestinian identity through apartheid, occupation and war in the aftermath of the Oslo Agreement.
Sha'af seeks asylum in Norway. She lives under constant pressure from home and with great fear of how Norwegian authorities assess her future security.
Work as Director/DOP
