Norheimsund
TITLE
Norheimsund
DIRECTOR
Ana Alpizar
COUNTRY
Cuba, USA
YEAR
2025
DURATION
12′
GENRE
Fiction
Norheimsund
A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother out of their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he isn’t as idyllic as he seems.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Ana Alpizar
Ana A. Alpizar is a Cuban director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. As a director, her short films Norheimsund (2025), Hapi Berdey Yusimi in Yur Dey (2020), The Fisherman (2017), and El Estreno (2014) have been selected at major international film festivals, including Venice, Sundance, New Orleans, and the Miami Film Festival, among others. Since 2019, she has worked as an editor in film, television, and advertising, several short films, including Out the Window Through the Wall, officially selected for Cannes 2024. She is currently an MFA candidate in Film at NYU Tisch.
- DirectorAna Alpizar
- ScreenplayAna A. Alpizar
- CinematographyYuqian Zhang
- Cast Yaité Ruiz, Paula Massó Varela, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez
- Editing Ana A. Alpizar
- Producer/s Madeline Rose Finkel, Ana A. Alpizar
- Production CompanyFILA20 (Madeline Rose Finkel, Ana A. Alpizar, Juan Pablo Daranas Molina)
- Distributor/sLights On Film
- Project TitleNorheimsund
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date28 Aug 2025
- Country of originCuba, USA
- Country of filming Cuba, USA
- LanguageSpanish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectYes
Ana Alpizar
Ana A. Alpizar is a Cuban director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. As a director, her short films Norheimsund (2025), Hapi Berdey Yusimi in Yur Dey (2020), The Fisherman (2017), and El Estreno (2014) have been selected at major international film festivals, including Venice, Sundance, New Orleans, and the Miami Film Festival, among others. Since 2019, she has worked as an editor in film, television, and advertising, several short films, including Out the Window Through the Wall, officially selected for Cannes 2024. She is currently an MFA candidate in Film at NYU Tisch.
Venezia 82, Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica – Orizzonti Short Films Competition 2025
