Tonje Hessen Schei is a Norwegian
film director
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producer and
screenwriter
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who has been making independent documentary films since 1996. Her films mostly take
on international issues that question systems of power.
Most recently, Hessen Schei directed Praying For Armageddon, a political thriller that investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. The film's worldwide premiere took place in early 2023 at the CPH:DOX film festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. The film will have its U.S. premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 8, 2023.
Hessen Schei also directed iHUMAN, a film on artificial intelligence, power and social control. It
premiered at IDFA in 2019 with sold-out theaters and a Doc Talk with Edward Snowden. iHUMAN won
Best Norwegian Documentary at HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival in 2020. The film also
had special high-level panel debates at Berlinale and Cannes and was screened at the UN. iHUMAN qualified for the Oscar run in 2020.
Drone, a documentary Hessen Schei directed on the secret CIA drone warfare program premiered in 2015.
Filmography
See also
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Arne Birkenstock
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References
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Norwegian film directors
Norwegian women film directors
Norwegian film producers
Living people
1971 births