The Group Crit

2022    
HD Video   
72 min

The Group Crit is a pedagogical and cinematic experiment – a humorous examination of group critique as a teaching form. By means of a LARP (live action role-playing game), designed by Sille Storihle, students at Nordland School of Art and Film explore current issues part of a public discourse. All students are players who develop their own stories within the game based on scripted characters. The workshop was organized as a part of their educational program. Everything is filmed by students in character. With its self-established rules of the game, The Group Crit challenges traditional forms of production.

Nordland School of Art and Film is located in Kabelvåg in Lofoten and offers a Bachelor's degree in Moving Images. Unlike a traditional craft-focused film school, NKFS specializes in moving images. In addition to practical film production, reflection on the language and methods used is central to the education. The school is engaged in discussions within the field about the need for new methods for financing, production, and distribution of films. Sille Storihle is an assistant professor at Nordland School of Art and Film and organized the LARP based workshop which is the starting point of the film.

Read “On Crits and Games—and Crits as Games. A Conversation between Sille Storihle and Krabstadt Education Center” in Parse - Spring 2022.

Concept / Game Design / Production
Sille Storihle

Players
Emilie Aagensen, Arjun David Acharya, Iggy Augunset, David Haugaard Bohl Andersen, Lise Ulvedahl Carlsen, Rebekka Christophersen, Emil Engesnes Bråthen, Gustav Oliver Gunvaldsen, Ali Jabaly, Thomas Lafuente, Haakon Midtsundstad, Simen Anthony Samuelsen, Sanjey Sureshkumar, Amalie Magdalena With Vedelsby, Ellen Vikström.

Editor
Katrin Ebersohn

Additional camera
Edvart Falch Alsos
Istvan Virag

Sound mix
Jochen Jezussek

Colorist
Ricco Højland Hansen

Financial Support
Norwegian Film Institute, Atelier Kunstnerforbundet, Arts Council Norway, Nordland Kunst- og Filmhøgskole, Nordic Artist’s Center Dale