Bård Breien
- Born
- 1971 · Norway.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter · film producer
- Languages
- Norwegian
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• Name — Bård Breien
• Born — 1971 11 28
Bård Breien (born 28 November 1971) is a Norwegian film director.
Debut - The Art of Negative Thinking
Breien's first feature film as director was the 2007 movie The Art of Negative Thinking, a dark comedy about adjusting to life in a wheel chair and socializing with other people who have disabilities. The film won Breien a Crystal Globe award for best director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The movie's main character is despondent about his predicament in a wheelchair "and spends much of his time drinking, smoking pot and watching Vietnam War movies". The Art of Negative Thinking has been shown at numerous international film festivals and a Variety article described it as being about a "therapy rebellion".
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- 1.Award for Negative Thinking July 10, 2007 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2.Reyhan Harmanci "The Art of Negative Thinking", San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2008
- 3.Tizard, Will, "Talk with: program director Julietta Zacharova; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival", Variety, June 25, 2007 - Simon, Alissa The Art of Negative Thinking Daily Variety, July 5, 2007
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