Håvard Bustnes (1973) is an award-winning director and producer. His latest film Name of the Game premiered in the IDFA Frontlight section in November 2021, has been selected to several other film festivals worldwide. Earlier films include Golden Dawn Girls, Two Raging Grannies, Health Factory and Big John. His films have been selected to more than 100 festivals and have had theatrical release in several countries throughout the world. The feature documentary Big John won the Norwegian «Oscar» Amanda Award for best theatrical documentary. It also won the Best Nordic Documentary Prize at Nordic Panorama and several other awards. His films has been broadcasted at TV stations globally: ZDF (Germany), Arte (France), Plante (France), NRK (Norway), TV2 (Norway), SVT (Sweden), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), TG4 (Irland), BOS (Netherland), ORF (Austria), 24 Docs (Russia), TVP (Poland), Aljazeera Documentary Chanel (Qatar) and NHK (Japan). They have been screened at festivals in Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, Qatar, Canada, Poland, USA, Russia, South-Korea, Germany, Belgium and Denmark.
Awards:
2008 Winner of Best Feature Documentary, Amanda Awards (Norwegian “Oscar”), Norway
2008 Winner of Best Documentary, The Norwegian Short- and Documentary Film Festival, Norway
2008 Winner of Best Nordic Documentary, Nordic Panorama, Sweden
2009 Winner of Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis
2014 Winner of Best Feature Film, Green Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea
2014 Honorable Mention, The Norwegian Short- and Documentary Film Festival, Norway
2015 Honorable Mention, Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias, Canarias
2016 Winner of NTNU’s Film Award, Kosmorama International Film Festival, Norway
2015 Winner of “The Euroimages Co-Production Development Award”, CPH:DOX, Denmark
2017 Nomination “Best Feature-length Documentary”, IDFA, Netherlands
2018 Nomination “The Norwegian Film Peace Award”, Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway
2018 Nomination “Dragon Award”, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden
2018 Winner “The Human Award”, Human International Documentary Film Festival, Norway
2018 Winner of “Best Documentary”, One World in Brussels, Czech Republic
2018 Winner of “Best Feature Documentary Award” at Nordic/Docs, Norway
2018 Honorable Mention, Den Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen, Norway
2018 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, USA
2019 EDAV Award, Humans Fest Festival Cine DDHH Valencia, Spain
2022 Nomination “Dragon Award”, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden
2022 Nomination “Impact Documentary”, FIPADOC, France
2022 Nomination “The Human Award”, Human International Documentary Film Festival, Norway
2022 Nomination “ConScience Award”, Docville, Belgium
2022 World Showcase, Hot Docs, Canada
2023 Winner of “Best TV Documentary, Golden Screen, Norway
Festivals & Special Screenings:
Phantoms of the Sierra Madre (2024)
CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
Docville
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
DocsBarcelona
Behind the Mask (2023)
DOC NYC
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival
Minimalen Short Film Festival
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Name of the Game (2021)
Golden Screen
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
FIPADOC - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
Göteborg Film Festival
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
Dokfilm - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
Femfilm Oslo
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Watch Docs International Film Festival
Golden Dawn Girls (2017)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival
Nordic/Docs - Dokumentarfilmfestivalen i Fredrikstad
One World Brussels
One World Slovakia
CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival
Nordic Panorama - Nordic Documentary Competition
TIFF- Tromsø International Film Festival
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
Croatian Documentary Film Festival
TQV - Festival Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Uruguay
Humans Fest - Festival Internacional De Cine y Derechos Humanos
Antirasistiska Filmdagar i Helsingborg
DOCK - International Documentary Historical Film Festival
DocsMX - The International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City
Take One Action Film Festival
RIFF - Reykjavík International Film Festival
Festival des Libertés
LIDF - Lemesos International Documentary Festival
Open City Documentary Festival
LAGFF - Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
EthnoKino
Biografilm Festival - International Celebration of Lives
BELDOCS IDFF - Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival
AIFF - Athens International Film Festival
CineDoc Festival
Doc Edge - Documentary Edge Festival
KVIFF - International Film Festival Karlovy Vary
DOK.fest München
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival
DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Dokfilm - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
Belfast Film Festival
Visions du Réel - International Film Festival Nyon
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
One World Romania Film Festival
DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival Belgium
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival
Hamarama
International Vera Film Festival
Kriterion Filmtheater Amsterdam - special screening
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Stockfish Film Festival
Tempo Documentary Festival
DocPoint Tallinn
DocPoint Helsinki
Two Raging Grannies (2013)
Göteborg International Film Festival
Dokfest - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
BIDF - Budapest International Documentary Film Festival
Doc@Everest
MICGénero - International Film Festival With Gender Perspective
Transition Town Totnes Film Festival
History Film Festival
Rucka Artists Residency
XIX International Ecological TV Festival “To Save and Preserve”
Contemporary Science Film Festival
12a Muestra de cine de Lavapiés
Puertas FilmFest
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival
CFF - Collinsville Film Festival
FICMEC - Festival International de Cinema Mediaombiental de Canarias
Zagreb Dox
AFF - The Annapolis Film Festival
One World Prague
Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival
31st Annual Olympia Film Festival
DogA Norsk Design- og Arkitektursenter, utstillingen «LEV VEL»
Cinema Vérité - Iran International Documentary Film Festival
Rokumentti - Rock Film Festival
DocsDF - 2014 Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México
Woodstock Film Festival
CIFF - Camden International Film Festival
HIFF - Hamptons International Film Festival
Certamen de Cine de Viajes del Ocejón
BSD - Baltic Sea Docs
Filmfest2014 Vatn
CNEX Documentary Festival Taiwan
Espoo Ciné
Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Prizren
TCFF - Traverse City Film Festival
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2014 Krakow Film Festival
SIFF - Seattle International Film Festival
GFFIS - Green Film Festival In Seoul
DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival Belgium
DocumentaMadrid - Madrid International Documentary Festival
BEFF - Barents Ecology Film Festival
Health Factory (2010)
The Norwegian Short and Documentary Film Festival
Nordic Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival
Planete+ Doc Film Festival
Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival
DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival Belgium
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
Red carpet International Film Festival
Dokfest - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
Big John (2008)
The Norwegian International Film Festival
The Norwegian Short and Documentary Film Festival
Nordic Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival
Tempo Documentary Festival
Visions du Réel - International Film Festival Nyon
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Planete+ Doc Film Festival
HIFF - Heartland International Film Festival
DMZ Docs - DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Ji.hlava IDFF - Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
DOK Leipzig
Nordic Film Days
CPH:DOX
International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage