Håvard Bustnes (born 1973) is a multi-award winning director and producer. He holds a degree in Directing for Television from the College of Film and TV at Lillehammer and NTNU in Trondheim. His new film Phantoms of the Sierra Madre premiered in the International Main Competition at CPH:DOX in March 2024. In November 2023, his short documentary Behind the Mask premiered at DOC NYC. Earlier films include Name of the Game (original title: Trond Giske - Makta rår), which premiered at IDFA in November 2021 and won the Golden Screen award (Norwegian Emmy), and Golden Dawn Girls which premiered in the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary in November 2017, was selected for more than 50 film festivals, and won the Human International Documentary Film Festival, One World Brussels, and Nordic/Docs. Other earlier films are Two Raging Grannies, Health Factory, and Big John. The latter won the Norwegian “Oscar”, the Amanda Award, for Best Theatrical Documentary. Bustnes’ films have been selected for more than 100 festivals worldwide and have had theatrical releases in several countries around the world.

Awards:

  • 2008 Winner of Best Feature Documentary, Amanda Awards (Norwegian “Oscar”), Norway

  • 2008 Winner of Best Documentary, The Norwegian Short- and Documentary Film Festival, Norway

  • 2008 Winner of Best Nordic Documentary, Nordic Panorama, Sweden

  • 2009 Winner of Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis

  • 2014 Winner of Best Feature Film, Green Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea

  • 2014 Honorable Mention, The Norwegian Short- and Documentary Film Festival, Norway

  • 2015 Honorable Mention, Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias, Canarias

  • 2016 Winner of NTNU’s Film Award, Kosmorama International Film Festival, Norway

  • 2015 Winner of “The Euroimages Co-Production Development Award”, CPH:DOX, Denmark

  • 2018 Winner “The Human Award”, Human International Documentary Film Festival, Norway

  • 2018 Winner of “Best Documentary”, One World in Brussels, Czech Republic

  • 2018 Winner of “Best Feature Documentary Award” at Nordic/Docs, Norway

  • 2018 Honorable Mention, Den Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen, Norway

  • 2018 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, USA

  • 2019 EDAV Award, Humans Fest Festival Cine DDHH Valencia, Spain

  • 2023 Winner of “Best TV Documentary”, Golden Screen, Norway

  • 2024 Winner of “Best International Feature Documentary”, Visioni dal Mondo, Italy

  • 2024 Winner of “Best Short Documentary”, Bergen International Film Festival, Norway

  • 2024 Honorable Mention, Movies on War filmfestival, Norway

Festivals & Special Screenings:

Phantoms of the Sierra Madre (2024)

  • CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival

  • Docville

  • Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • DocsBarcelona

  • Visioni dal Mondo

  • OsloPix Filmfestival

  • The Norwegian International Film Festival - Haugesund

  • Nordkapp Filmfestival

  • Nordic/Docs

  • Nordische Filmtage Lübeck

  • Austin Film Festival

Behind the Mask (2023)

  • DOC NYC

  • TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival

  • Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

  • HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival

  • Minimalen Short Film Festival

  • Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • St. Louis International Film Festival

  • IndieCork Film Festival

  • Nordische Filmtage Lübeck

  • Bergen International Film Festival

  • Movies on War

Name of the Game (2021)

  • Golden Screen

  • IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

  • TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival

  • FIPADOC - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels

  • Göteborg Film Festival

  • HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival

  • Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival

  • CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival

  • Dokfilm - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival

  • Femfilm Oslo

  • Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • Watch Docs International Film Festival

Golden Dawn Girls (2017)

  • IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

  • Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival

  • Nordic/Docs - Dokumentarfilmfestivalen i Fredrikstad

  • One World Brussels

  • One World Slovakia

  • CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival

  • Göteborg Film Festival

  • Nordic Panorama - Nordic Documentary Competition

  • TIFF- Tromsø International Film Festival

  • Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival

  • Croatian Documentary Film Festival

  • TQV - Festival Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Uruguay

  • Humans Fest - Festival Internacional De Cine y Derechos Humanos

  • Antirasistiska Filmdagar i Helsingborg

  • DOCK - International Documentary Historical Film Festival

  • DocsMX - The International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City

  • Take One Action Film Festival

  • RIFF - Reykjavík International Film Festival

  • Festival des Libertés

  • LIDF - Lemesos International Documentary Festival

  • Open City Documentary Festival

  • LAGFF - Los Angeles Greek Film Festival

  • EthnoKino

  • Biografilm Festival - International Celebration of Lives

  • BELDOCS IDFF - Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival

  • AIFF - Athens International Film Festival

  • CineDoc Festival

  • Doc Edge - Documentary Edge Festival

  • KVIFF - International Film Festival Karlovy Vary

  • DOK.fest München

  • DOXA Documentary Film Festival

  • CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival

  • DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival

  • Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • Dokfilm - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival

  • Belfast Film Festival

  • Visions du Réel - International Film Festival Nyon

  • Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

  • One World Romania Film Festival

  • DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival Belgium

  • Millenium International Documentary Film Festival

  • Hamarama

  • International Vera Film Festival

  • Kriterion Filmtheater Amsterdam - special screening

  • Thessaloniki International Film Festival

  • Stockfish Film Festival

  • Tempo Documentary Festival

  • DocPoint Tallinn

  • DocPoint Helsinki

Two Raging Grannies (2013)

  • Göteborg International Film Festival

  • Dokfest - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival

  • BIDF - Budapest International Documentary Film Festival

  • Doc@Everest

  • MICGénero - International Film Festival With Gender Perspective

  • Transition Town Totnes Film Festival

  • History Film Festival

  • Rucka Artists Residency

  • XIX International Ecological TV Festival “To Save and Preserve”

  • Contemporary Science Film Festival

  • 12a Muestra de cine de Lavapiés

  • Puertas FilmFest

  • Millenium International Documentary Film Festival

  • CFF - Collinsville Film Festival

  • FICMEC - Festival International de Cinema Mediaombiental de Canarias

  • Zagreb Dox

  • AFF - The Annapolis Film Festival

  • One World Prague

  • Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival

  • 31st Annual Olympia Film Festival

  • DogA Norsk Design- og Arkitektursenter, utstillingen «LEV VEL»

  • Cinema Vérité - Iran International Documentary Film Festival

  • Rokumentti - Rock Film Festival

  • DocsDF - 2014 Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México

  • Woodstock Film Festival

  • CIFF - Camden International Film Festival

  • HIFF - Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Certamen de Cine de Viajes del Ocejón

  • BSD - Baltic Sea Docs

  • Filmfest2014 Vatn

  • CNEX Documentary Festival Taiwan

  • Espoo Ciné

  • Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Prizren

  • TCFF - Traverse City Film Festival

  • The Norwegian Short Film Festival

  • 2014 Krakow Film Festival

  • SIFF - Seattle International Film Festival

  • GFFIS - Green Film Festival In Seoul

  • DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival Belgium

  • DocumentaMadrid - Madrid International Documentary Festival

  • BEFF - Barents Ecology Film Festival

Health Factory (2010)

  • The Norwegian Short and Documentary Film Festival

  • Nordic Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival

  • Göteborg International Film Festival

  • Planete+ Doc Film Festival

  • Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival

  • DOCVILLE - International Documentary Film Festival Belgium

  • Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival

  • Red carpet International Film Festival

  • Dokfest - The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival

Big John (2008)

  • The Norwegian International Film Festival

  • The Norwegian Short and Documentary Film Festival

  • Nordic Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival

  • Göteborg International Film Festival

  • Tempo Documentary Festival

  • Visions du Réel - International Film Festival Nyon

  • Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • Planete+ Doc Film Festival

  • HIFF - Heartland International Film Festival

  • DMZ Docs - DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

  • Ji.hlava IDFF - Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • DOK Leipzig

  • Nordic Film Days

  • CPH:DOX

  • International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage