About
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (b. 1989) grew up in Hamar, Norway. He is a self-taught filmmaker and trained cinema projectionist. Dahlsbakken has made several short films using different film techniques, and cultivates the analog idiom in the creative process. One of his greatest successes thus far has been the short film The Devil's Ballroom (2012), which won awards at multiple festivals around the world. Dahlsbakken's first feature film, Returning Home (Å vende tilbake), premiered in 2015 at the Rome Film Fest and was shortlisted as the Norwegian Oscar candidate for best foreign language film. Dahlsbakken continues to develop his own personal film projects, shorts as well as feature films.
Filmography
A Mouse Hunt for Christmas2025 · Director
The Arctic Convoy2023 · Director
Munch2023 · Producer, Director, Production Design
Possession2022 · Director, Producer, Writer
The Outlaws2022 · Director, Writer, Production Design, Producer
Project Z2021 · Writer, Producer, Director
Another Happy Christmas2020 · Director
An Affair2018 · Writer, Director, Production Design, Producer
Going West2018 · Production Design, Producer, Director, Writer
Cave2016 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Production Design
Late Summer2016 · Director, Writer, Casting, Producer, Production Design, Editor, Story
Thanks for Dancing2016 · Director
Returning Home2015 · Director
Mitt Lys i Mørket2014 · Producer, Writer, Director, Art Direction
A Stranger2014 · Director
The Devil's Ballroom2012 · Story, Director
The Time In Between2010 · Director