Aslak began making films at Lillehammer University College, where he got a BA in Documentary Directing with the thesis film “Martin-the Ghost” in 2009.

He then got an MA from The London Film School, where he focused on writing and directing fiction, and graduated with “Last Base” in 2014. His grad films have screened at more than 150 festivals combined, including IDFA, Tribeca and Chicago, and won numerous awards.

After graduation he directed the documentary series “Petter Uteligger – 52 dager på gata i Oslo” (2015) which was nominated for 5 Norwegian Golden Screen Awards 2016, winning 2 (Documentary Series and Audience Award). In February 2020 a new documentary series, “Petter i fengsel”, premiered to critical acclaim.

“Mamma” is Aslaks first short after film school. He is now developing his first feature, as well as other stories for film and television.

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  Mamma

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  2021
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  Last Base

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  2014
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  Home

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  2016
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  Martin-the Ghost

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  2009
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  Mamma

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  2021
  It’s Christmas Eve, and Synnøve is searching for her drug-addicted daughter Michelle in an almost desolated city. (Synnøve and Michelle are mother and daughter in real life and play versions of themselves in a story that is close to their own lives.)

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