Profile

Journalist, filmmaker, and consultant with a keen eye for content, context and presentation. 
Former Documentary Film Consultant at the Danish Film Institute (2011-16), the Norwegian Film Institute (2016-20) and Film Fund North/FFN, Norway (2021-2023).

I can offer

Assistance with pitch, development, rough-cut, strategy, financing and applications for documentaries.
Masterclasses and seminars, moderating, jury.
Extensive international network.

Relevant Experience

PRESENTLY WORKING WITH

The Balkan Network of Film Centers

MakeDox Documentary Film Festival, North Macedonia
Modern Times Review | The European Documentary Magazine

Production companies

Paranord Film, Norway
Artic Light, Norway
Medieoperatørene, Norway

A5, Norway

OsloPictures, Norway

Monster, Norway

The Why Foundation, Denmark
BoostHGB, Sweden
FilmFyn, Denmark
Dokumentarnica, Slovenia

FESTIVALS

Stockfish Film & Industry Festival, Iceland
MakeDox, North Macedonia

Icedocs, Iceland

Thessaloniki film festival, Greece

FipaDoc, France

Sunny Side of the Doc, France

DocPoint, Finland

MASTERCLASSES

Stockfish Film & Industry Festival, Iceland 2024
B2B, Prague, Czech Republic, 2023

Directors Guilt, Ljubliana, Slovenia, 2022 

Icedocs, Akranes, Iceland, 2022 & 2023

JURY

Moldovan National Film Center
Doc.fest München

IceDocs, Iceland

MakeDox, North Macedonia

FipaDoc, France

DOKUDOC, Slovenia

Contact

Helle Hansen

Independent Documentary Film Consultant

helle@hellehansendox.com
+45 4033 1445