# Søimer Guttormsen

Send a text We continue our coverage from Rotterdam with this conversation with Itonje Søimer Guttormsen, director of Gritt, a film  about a performance artist in pursuit of a dream. The film is an intense psychological portrait, but also an exploration of the reality of the artist, situated in the…

We had an interesting conversation with director Itonje Søimer Guttormsen about her debut film GRITT. On March 10 at 8pm (Berlin time). SYNOPSISThe artist Gritt is struggling for belonging in an unwelcoming society, but then she undergoes a radicalisation process in the name of art.  PRESS"Gritt is…

Director, teacher, all around rebel Itonje Søimer Guttormsen premiered her latest film, the buddy comedy-drama BUTTERFLY (2026) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and came here to talk about the film, her career, and all the bad advice she got at film school for the podcast. When you wat…