Credits
Director Nadina Helen Bakos
Writer
Producer Terje Bruun Lien, Dennis Winther
Project Type Documentary
Runtime 32 minutes
Country of Origin Norway
Synopsis
When your best friend becomes seriously ill during a pandemic, how can you be there for her?
A few months after Norway goes into Lockdown, Viviann calls her friend Helen. Viviann has found a tumor in her breat. Can Helen come with her to the hospital?
Dandelion Sisters is a close and warm story about two women trying to nurture a friendship when it’s impossible to meet physically. Being infected by corona will be life threatening for Viviann. The film follows their lives from March 2020 to March 2021 and shows bits from a long friendship. In the film, we meet their dogs Karma and Snow, who also are friends.
Director Biography
Producer, scriptwriter, director, and photographer from Oslo, Norway. I have a BA in Photography from NISS, was an assistant to DOP Odd Geir Sæther for 2,5 years, and attended Cappelen Damm author school in 2021/2022. I have been an artist and freelancer since 2005.
My works have been exhibited in different galleries and museums in Norway since 2006, both in photography and video. Most known are Stenersenmuseet, Galleri Trafo, Blaafarveværket, Pride Art and Fotogalleriet.